"Quiet down!" the Lady snapped, instantly freezing Yu Jin's entire head after hearing his shout.
"Crack!" Yu Jin punched, shattering the ice on his head, then asked, "What is it, sis? If you're going to land the third strike, hurry up."
"I'm not here to fight you!" the Lady clenched her fists. If she weren't weaker than Yu Jin, she would have taught him a lesson by now.
Then she looked at Yu Jin, who was squatting on the ground—there was no other way, as she was occupying the only chair.
"Are you that poor? Is this house of yours really just a house with nothing else?" The Lady looked around Yu Jin's empty room, finding it hard to believe.
How could Yu Jin, being so strong, lack Mora?
"Who said I'm poor!" Yu Jin stomped his foot in anger, then opened the leather pouch at his waist and shouted at the Lady, "Look! 300,000 Mora!"
"Hmph—that little money isn't even enough for one of my meals," the Lady said with a slight sneer, crossing her legs.
Yu Jin put away his money pouch. He stood up and looked at the Lady. He was already thinking of how to interpret her recent mockery as the third strike.
"What are you doing?" the Lady asked, a little wary as she saw Yu Jin stand up from the ground.
"Nothing, it's just that you had a wardrobe malfunction just now," Yu Jin said slowly, looking down at the Lady sitting on the stool.
"You..." The Lady was so angry she couldn't speak. She thought Yu Jin had a problem with his brain.
But soon, she deflated. There were plenty of people with mental issues in the Fatui, so she wasn't in a position to criticize Yu Jin.
"Never mind, let's talk business," the Lady waved her hand, not wanting to chat and joke with Yu Jin anymore.
"Oh, we have business to discuss? How unusual," Yu Jin chuckled. He felt he shouldn't have anything to discuss with the Fatui.
"Phew—" The Lady closed her eyes and patted her chest. She swore that after this, she wouldn't say another word to Yu Jin!
After a long while, the Lady finally opened her eyes and said through gritted teeth to Yu Jin, "The Knave is coming. She's probably looking for you, so be aware."
The Knave? Yu Jin stroked his chin in thought, then clapped his hands together, realizing, "The Knave? I know! Is it the one two ranks below you?"
The Lady's fists, which had just relaxed, clenched again. What did he mean, two ranks below her? As if she was weak.
"Why is she looking for me? Did I offend her?" Yu Jin thought about it. His only interaction with The Knave seemed to be merely knowing that such a person existed in the world.
"Tina, your methods are quite clever, to have turned someone like her into that state."
The Lady looked at Yu Jin. She knew where Tina had served before. Although the Fatui didn't usually do good things, Dottore's place was definitely the dirtiest part of the Fatui, and many Fatui members avoided it like the plague.
Among them, The Captain often went there to cause trouble.
Those who could work under Dottore either had some special reason or were psychologically twisted.
"Tina is an orphan from the House of the Hearth. The House of the Hearth was founded by The Knave. Do you understand now?" the Lady said slowly.
Yu Jin listened and nodded. "Understood, why didn't you say so earlier? So it's a mother visiting her prodigal child. I'll give her a good reception!"
After saying that, Yu Jin patted his chest plate in front of the Lady, making a "clang, clang, clang!" sound, combined with his annoying demeanor.
The Lady nearly had a heart attack.
With a twisted face, she stood up and stared at Yu Jin, saying, "Are you really stupid or just pretending to be stupid! The Knave is a madwoman!"
Yu Jin stopped making noise and said, still unsatisfied, "That's all it takes? I haven't even used my full strength."
He now found annoying people quite fun, especially those as impatient as the Lady.
"Creak—" A sound came from the Lady's mouth. She was so angry her molars were almost grinding to dust.
Yu Jin felt that if he continued to annoy her, someone might die in his small room, so he gave up his antics and said,
"You said The Knave is a madwoman, what's the deal?"
The Lady was an Harbinger after all, and she quickly composed herself. After thinking for a moment, she said, "I don't have much interaction with The Knave; I only know a little."
"She has a strong desire to control the children of the House of the Hearth. Of course, this desire for control is ideological."
"If a Fatui member from the House of the Hearth dies on a mission, she won't show any pity; but if any of them want to leave the Fatui, to escape her control, she will travel great distances to find them."
The Lady spoke slowly. She knew more than just this, of course, but she felt that other information would be useless for Yu Jin to know.
"Her rank is lower than yours, right?" Yu Jin looked at the Lady.
"Naturally," the Lady nodded, then said, "Don't think you can relax just because her rank is lower than mine."
"Her strength is far more than what you've seen. Her rank is just a means for her to conceal herself."
The Lady knew a little about The Knave's thoughts, but what she knew, other Fatui Harbingers also knew.
The Knave and The Rooster had been feuding for a long time. The Rooster even supported Childe to help him deal with The Knave.
"Do you think my strength is only what you've seen?" Yu Jin smiled, crossed his arms, and a massive aura emanated from him.
The Lady instantly felt as if she was surrounded by an endless deep sea, with infinite pressure coming from all directions, making her gasp for breath.
The Knave? Just a walking punching bag.
"By the way, why are you warning me?" Yu Jin only maintained it for a moment before relaxing.
Please, showing off is also tiring.
"Ha... phew—" The Lady gasped for air like a drowning person rescued. She looked at Yu Jin warily and said, "You still haven't told me about my past."
Ever since that dream, the question of who she was in the past had been lingering in her mind.
Only The Jester and Yu Jin knew the answer to this question. However, the whereabouts of The Jester, the chief, were unknown even to her.
So the only breakthrough was Yu Jin.
"Heh heh, I don't understand. If you care so much, why did you forget it in the first place?" Yu Jin said with a smile, touching on what the Lady cared about.
The Lady suddenly sprang to her feet, staring intently at Yu Jin. But soon, she moved past Yu Jin and walked towards the door.
She had said everything she needed to say; the rest was up to Yu Jin to handle.
"You can look into Young Wolf Rostam."
"Also, train your fire resistance more. Who knows, perhaps a fire more intense than your inner turmoil will ignite in the future. It will be very difficult then."
Yu Jin sat on the chair, instructing the Lady's retreating figure.
The Lady's figure paused for a moment, then disappeared from Yu Jin's sight.
"The Knave? A madwoman? Hehehe!" Yu Jin looked at the Lady's back and bit his finger.
"Pleh, pleh, pleh, it's really fishy!"
...A new day. Yu Jin got up from his wooden plank bed. In fact, ever since he fell asleep last time, he had wanted to sleep again, but unfortunately, he hadn't succeeded.
Stepping out of his room, Yu Jin went to the Adventurers' Guild; the pursuit of money couldn't stop!
He casually accepted a commission to do odd jobs in Springvale, then ran out of the city gates. As for why he had to go to Springvale?
That was, of course, to ask if there were any other Spring Sprites! His life skills all depended on these elemental beings.
And to check on the Spring Sprite he had blessed.
But the journey was not as peaceful as before. If previously, the road from Mondstadt to Springvale would at most encounter one monster.
Now, Yu Jin had encountered at least three!
"Phew!" Yu Jin pulled his hand out of the Slime's body. He wondered why there were so many monsters.
"Are the Knights of Favonius slacking off?" Yu Jin was a bit confused. Or perhaps it was the monsters' mating season?
Why were the Hilichurls and Slimes all howling like they were on a stimulant?
But even so, Yu Jin's pace towards Springvale was not hindered.
He fought his way through, taking much longer than usual, until he finally arrived in Springvale.
Then he witnessed an extremely eye-sore scene.
"Bah! Old Finch, you're really an old ox eating young grass!"
I'm not trying to piggyback on official hot topics; this draft was written before the PV appeared.
Sigh, I originally thought the boss of Fontaine was Marionette, but with the official reveal, I have to revise my outline.
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