Noelle's arrival instantly relieved a lot of pressure from the three busy individuals.
Among them, one or two people from the Knights of Favonius also came to help, while the remaining guards maintained order in the main square.
A guard used his body and rifle to push back the crowd, saying, "Disperse! Disperse! Customers who have bought lemonade, please do not gather in the square! Do not gather!"
Finally, after a busy period, the number of lemons in Alex's hands had dwindled to less than a hundred.
At this point, there weren't many people left.
Alex packed up his stall and looked at Noelle who was not far away.
Due to the earlier crowding and commotion, the area had become very messy. Now that it was almost time to close, Noelle finally found time to clean up the site.
"Thank you so much, Noelle!" Alex walked up to Noelle and said with his hands clasped together.
Noelle put away her broom, lightly wiped the sweat from her forehead, and said gently and kindly, "It's nothing. You can tell me if you have any difficulties. Leave it to me, I can do anything!"
Alex nodded, yes, Noelle can do anything!
Then Alex recalled earlier events, tutted twice, and shook his head: "I never expected it, someone actually wanted to buy my recipe and lemons. When I refused, he got angry and tried to smash my stall! Luckily, the Traveler and Noelle helped subdue him!"
"You don't have to be so polite, everyone from the Knights of Favonius also helped," Noelle said, slightly swaying her body with her hands behind her back, looking a little embarrassed.
"Oh, right! That's it!" Alex slapped his head, then made a free lemonade for several Knights of Favonius guards who had helped earlier, inviting them to drink.
As he handed them the lemonade, Alex politely said, "Thank you for your hard work! I'm truly grateful!"
"You really don't have to be so polite, it's our duty!" a Knights of Favonius guard said on behalf of everyone.
Alex, realizing it belatedly, suddenly thought: "By the way, will Grand Master Jean charge me a stall fee for setting up a stall like this?!"
"Hmm, normally, you do need to go to the Knights of Favonius to get a permit and pay a stall fee," Noelle said, tilting her head and poking her cheek.
Paimon, hearing this from the side, said, "Oh no, what should we do! Let's hurry to the Knights of Favonius and pay it now."
Alex waved his hands, crossing them as if holding two cards, and said, "It's fine, we're not normal! I've decided to activate the Honorary Knight card! Plus Lumine the Traveler's! Triggering special effect fusion! Super Honorary Knight card..."
At this moment, a one-eyed brown-haired man slowly walked over: "No more Knight cards! Grand Master Jean wants you to come to the Knights of Favonius headquarters."
"Ah, oh~" Alex spread his hands, deflating. So he still couldn't avoid a trip to the Knights of Favonius after all.
Lumine watched Alex being led away by Kaeya, her shoulders shaking.
This is too funny, is he finally going to pay the fine obediently?!
After laughing, Lumine looked at Noelle with curiosity, this 'little sister' that Alex had called over.
Lumine, with a gossipy heart, asked, "How did you two meet before?"
Hearing Lumine's question, Paimon on the side also looked at Noelle curiously.
"What? I don't know him, I don't even know his name!" Noelle shook her head in confusion.
Speaking of which, she really didn't know that young man, but how did he know her?
Was it because she was famous in the Knights of Favonius? That couldn't be...
Noelle thought, lacking confidence.
"Hmm?" "Ah?" Lumine and Paimon both let out surprised, questioning sounds.
It wasn't long before Alex flew back.
Actually, it wasn't a big problem; Grand Master Jean just got him a stall permit with an official seal. And he paid a small fee.
He also gave Grand Master Jean a lemonade, which made her feel a bit more refreshed.
When Alex returned, he found Lumine and Noelle with their arms linked.
Upon closer inspection, it was entirely Lumine's initiative.
"What are you two doing? Your relationship suddenly got so good?" Alex asked curiously.
"Hehe! Nothing..." Lumine said mysteriously: "It's just that Noelle is a serious, responsible, and kind good girl."
Lumine continued, "Her voice is also very pleasant, and quite similar to mine. I feel like Noelle and I get along very well."
"Oh, stop it." Noelle covered her face, a little shy.
"That's true. You two should indeed get along." Standing outside the two of them, Alex then vaguely remembered that Noelle and Lumine were the same, weren't they?
It must be, hearing this. When they spoke together in his ear, they indeed had the same 'flavor'!
"Then I'm going to guide Noelle in her training. See you next time." With that, Lumine pulled Noelle away, with Paimon following beside them.
"Uh... See you next time!" Alex scratched his head.
This Lumine, she actually connected with Noelle first.
Guiding in training... Alex also walked and pondered.
Oh, is it Noelle's maid training? Is Lumine starting Noelle's Hangout Event?
When Alex strolled to a corner of Mondstadt, he noticed that the surroundings felt a bit off.
He seemed to see some people wearing familiar outfits, all with masks, and they seemed to be surrounding him.
Alex, without panicking, instantly activated his teleportation. He arrived at the Knights of Favonius' top-floor Teleport Waypoint.
After teleporting, Alex felt a little regretful. Were they Fatui members?
He had run too fast, and he didn't know if they were targeting him. Perhaps he just happened to stumble upon their gathering, and they shouldn't have known that the gnosis of anemo was in his hands so quickly, right?
However, he really should run.
He wasn't suitable to meet the Lady right now. At the very least, he needed to ascend to level fifty, be a higher level, to have some leverage for negotiation.
After all, he didn't know what level of combat power the Lady here would be.
Don't rush, don't you all rush!!!
Thinking this, Alex activated his Wind Glider and flew through the city.
He now needed to go to the Cat's Tail Tavern to find Diona.
Then he would have a good talk with Venti and repay the favor he owed him, by having Diona make more of his fruit wine!
Not only making wine with his own fruit, but he could also buy a few bottles of Venti's favorite Apple Cider and offer them to him.
So, Alex arrived at the Cat's Tail Tavern, and as soon as he entered, he saw Diona at the counter, looking troubled.
He quickly waved his hand, greeting her.
"Hello there, Diona~" Alex said.
"It's you! Why are you at the counter, you're not here to order drinks, are you!" Diona looked up at Alex.
In the past few times, Alex had stopped talking to her at the bar and asking her to mix drinks, only caring about his Genius Invokation TCG.
This time, he actually came over to talk to her.
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