Yes, I'm back. Nice to meet you, Miss Noelle."
Because the young girl only mentioned him.
To avoid awkwardness, Jack could only answer first, and then give the space to Miss Keqing, the main force of this life discussion.
"Nice to meet you?"
"Hehe, it's a complicated story. Noelle, is your training urgent? How about we move to another place to continue our chat?"
"Ah! Okay, okay, Honorary Knight, I'll go change now!"
Noelle looked at her sweat-soaked training uniform. The close-fitting fabric wasn't transparent, but it perfectly showcased the Maid Miss's well-defined muscles.
As expected of a god's eye holder of the Geo element.
These muscles, this power.
Definitely blows Inazuma's famous delinquent, Arataki Itto, out of the water.
"Cough cough!"
Keqing coughed dryly from the side, then glared at Jack threateningly.
Jack understood, then stepped back, allowing Noelle to notice her presence.
"Hello Miss Noelle, I am Jack's wife. I have something I'd like to discuss with you alone. Do you have some free time now?"
"W-wife?!"
Noelle took a step back, covering her heart with both hands, afraid it would jump out.
Keqing nodded. She was the kind of person who spoke her mind openly.
She didn't act arrogant or overly humble because of her status as the main wife.
She simply stated a fact in a very calm manner.
Noelle felt a bitter taste in her mouth, "Okay, I… I'm fine, this…"
"Keqing, you can call me whatever you like."
"Phew~ Miss Keqing, please follow me. The women's changing room at the training ground is empty at this time."
Then, under the gaze of Jack and Lisa, Keqing was led away by Noelle.
Lisa walked closer, leaning on Jack's shoulder, "My dear, do you think they'll fight later?"
"What kind of mindset do you have to guess they'll fight? Of course not!" Jack rolled his eyes.
"Only the strong deserve a man, isn't that a law of the natural world?"
Lisa said meaningfully.
"Strong… are you trying to say Keqing won't be able to persuade Noelle, whose spirit is as tough as rock?"
"My dear's comprehension is as excellent as ever." Lisa sighed, "Little Noelle, though her face is like a rose, her heart is as stubborn as a rock. Because of her troublesome good-hearted nature, Jean has talked to me several times about little Noelle's education, placing it on the same level of importance as little Klee."
"Faced with her moth-to-a-flame courage, how will our decisive Yuheng Star respond?"
"You're asking how I should respond, Lisa. It's truly tiresome talking to you witches."
Lisa smiled without speaking, her beautiful eyes fixed on Jack.
"Don't worry, I'll take full responsibility and clean up the mess, returning a physically and mentally healthy probationary Knight Noelle to your Knights of Favonius."
"Hehe, I'm relieved to hear that, my dear."
Lisa lightly pecked Jack's cheek, then gracefully collapsed into his arms.
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"Achoo!"
"Um, Miss Keqing, are you alright? Are you sick?"
"I'm fine, I just suddenly feel a bit heavy-headed. I guess I'm not used to the climate here yet, having just arrived in Mondstadt."
Keqing didn't think about someone being unfaithful outside the door.
The focus now was how to communicate with this Miss Noelle.
Despite her calm demeanor on the surface, Keqing was actually a little unsure how to begin.
If Jack were here, he would probably quip:"First time being the main wife, how to convince the mistress who deeply loves my husband to withdraw from the competition? Waiting online, urgent!"
"Um… Maid Miss?"
"I'm here!"
Noelle was startled by Keqing's sudden loud voice.
Keqing blushed and said, "Sorry, I'm a bit nervous… Phew, let's start from the very beginning. Jack just mentioned meeting for the first time, right? Do you want to know why?"
Noelle felt her heart clench.
Her intuition told her she didn't need to know the truth, but she wanted to understand everything about the Honorary Knight.
"Yes, Maid Miss, please tell me! I'm ready!"
Seeing Maid Miss suddenly become serious,
Keqing, on the contrary, relaxed. "There's no need to be so nervous. Oh, your voice sounds very familiar to me, it reminds me of another Honorary Knight from Mondstadt, Lumine."
Keqing, uncharacteristically, made a playful remark.
This earned her a shy look from Maid Miss, and for a moment, the situation looked promising.
Then, Keqing slowly recounted a somewhat long story.
"Jack's real name is Jack. He's 25 years old, but he's already a person who has lived through two lives…"
An hour passed.
Keqing organized and combined all the information she knew, recounting it without any embellishment.
It was evident.
Maid Miss no longer had her initial shy demeanor.
Her mouth was unconsciously slightly agape, and her pupils were unfocused.
This was a sign of extreme astonishment.
After speaking, Keqing took out a bottle of soda water from her backpack to moisten her throat, waiting for Noelle to digest the enormous amount of information.
After a long while,
Noelle finally came back to her senses, her beautiful eyes glistening with tears. "Maid Miss, is everything you said true? Are all those events the Honorary Knight spent with us fake, a fairy tale compiled by a company called MiHoYo?"
"It's MiHa… Never mind, MiHoYo it is. Yes, that's what he told me."
"Are you telling me all this to make me forget these false stories and start a new life of my own?"
Keqing shook her head. "It's best if you can let go. It would be good for both you and him, but I won't interfere with your final choice. It's entirely up to you."
Noelle wiped away her tears, looked up, and her emerald-like eyes were filled with determination.
"Maid Miss, would you like to hear my story?"
"Eh? Well… it's not impossible. Go ahead."
Noelle sat on the chair in the changing room, closed her eyes, and began to recall.
"I am a child who grew up in the Knights of Favonius, a flower nurtured by the Knights of Favonius."
As Maid Miss recounted her story,
images gradually formed in Keqing's mind.
A little girl growing up under the care of the kind Knights of Favonius, influenced by the spirit of chivalry, thus setting her ambition to help others and become a Knight of Favonius.
She strived to climb upwards.
Doing things she wasn't accustomed to, from knowing nothing to mastering various skills, the sweat behind her efforts was known only to Noelle and the wind.
Until one day, Noelle's unwavering will was acknowledged by the gods, and she obtained a god's eye.
However, it was also from that moment on,
Noelle felt the awe and distance in the eyes of the Knights of Favonius.
Did she do something wrong?
She had thought so.
But in the end, Noelle's conclusion was that she hadn't done well enough!
She needed to work even harder to help others, to practice knightly virtues, only then could she become an excellent Knight of Favonius.
Day by day,
the little sapling named Noelle grew more and more robust, becoming more and more like a perfect Knight of Favonius, yet moving further and further away from the path of becoming a West Wind Knight.
Until the dragon disaster erupted, and two Travelers from other lands visited Mondstadt, she met the most important person in her life.
He said, "Becoming a perfect Knight of Favonius can certainly bring you self-satisfaction, but at the same time, it elevates the standards of the secular profession of 'Knight of Favonius.' No one but you can meet these requirements, so they will do everything in their power to prevent you from becoming a 'Knight of Favonius.' Of course, there are also those who see through this and are helping you integrate into the group."
"The way to integrate into the group is to become imperfect. You need to have flaws, shortcomings, to become a 'qualified' West Wind Knight."
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