"Are you done touching?" Yu Jin looked at Tinae, who was so close, and said with a hint of helplessness.
"No." Tinae still clung to Yu Jin, not letting go.
But this time, Yu Jin didn't indulge her. He simply performed a vertical slash with both hands and returned to the ground.
Beneath Tinae's veil, her beautiful face was now revealed.
Her fair skin was tinged with pink, and her bright eyes were fixed on Yu Jin, while her hair, usually hidden beneath her cloak, was now somewhat disheveled.
There was no need for concealment in the King's presence.
However, Yu Jin paid no mind to any of this. He looked at the eager Tinae in front of him, cleared his throat, and said, "Tinae, I've said…"
"Yes, yes, yes, you've said it. Your love is not love in the worldly sense, and you will not have love in the worldly sense." Tinae heard Yu Jin's opening and knew what he was about to say, so she preempted him and spoke his lines.
Looking at the eloquent Tinae in front of him, Yu Jin wondered if he had misunderstood something. How did the usually reticent Black Knife become like this?
"Forget it, do whatever you want. I've told you everything I needed to say." Yu Jin gave up struggling again. Let them do as they please, as long as they were happy.
"Hehe." Tinae let out a melodious giggle upon hearing Yu Jin's complaint. Sure enough, the King hadn't changed at all.
Yu Jin heard Tinae's laughter and couldn't help but feel a surge of emotion. It seemed that she had suppressed her feelings for too long when she was a killing machine. Now that her emotions were released, she had a maidenly charm.
"Oh right, did you come alone, or are there others?" Yu Jin suddenly realized and asked Tinae in front of him.
"All of the Black Knives have come. They should be gathering intelligence right now," Tinae replied without hesitation.
"Call them all back. There's no need to be so tense here." Yu Jin lowered his head in thought for a moment, then said.
Teyvat was generally peaceful; there was no need for the Black Knives to do anything.
"Understood." Tinae knelt on one knee, lowered her head, and began to communicate with the other Black Knives. The Black Knives, when united, could kill a top demigod, and a large part of that credit was due to their ability to communicate telepathically through special methods.
Yu Jin looked at Tinae, who was kneeling before him, and said, covering his head, "In this world, you can just treat it as a vacation. There are no working hours. So, stand up!"
After tapping Tinae's head twice, Yu Jin took the lead and walked towards Mondstadt.
Tinae touched her forehead, smiled, then vanished from sight, following closely behind Yu Jin… "What, what, what! What is this!" Inside a moderately sized house in Mondstadt, it was now packed with people.
Yu Jin sat on the only chair, holding a large blueprint in his hand—it was the city plan of Mondstadt.
It was densely marked with information such as the spheres of influence of various factions in Mondstadt, power comparisons, shift change times, and so on.
He put down the blueprint and casually pulled out a stack of white papers from the desk piled with documents. Yu Jin's eyes went dark when he saw the file name.
Because the title of the file was "Mondstadt Vision Wielder Habits Record and Strength Estimation." He flipped through it and saw information about Jean, Diluc, Amber, and others.
"What do you want to do? What do you want to do? Go to war?" Yu Jin only looked for a moment before burning all the documents and blueprints.
He didn't want to be misunderstood because of these things.
"Everything is only for the King's safety," Alecto and the other Black Knives knelt on one knee in the small house, shouting in unison.
Yu Jin glanced around; all eleven Black Knives were present. Seeing their uniform appearance, he fell silent for a moment, then said helplessly, "Really… I'm impressed with you all. Don't you have anything else to do?"
"I've said it, I only know how to fight, not how to manage people. It's perfectly fine with Godwyn and Miquella managing The Lands Between."
"You insist on coming to me. I don't have anything good. Without me, wouldn't you have plenty of time?"
"Alecto, didn't you want to explore The Lands Between thoroughly with Dihsi? Have you seen it?" Yu Jin glanced at Alecto at the front and Shi Yi at the back.
Then he grumbled to Er, "And you, Titina, didn't you want to open a restaurant? Have you opened it?"
"Don't move, Tines. There are so many strong people in The Lands Between now. Shouldn't you be challenging them? Why come looking for me? I'm so weak right now. If you all came at me together, I probably really couldn't handle it."
Yu Jin then looked at San, who was about to say something, and stopped her words in advance.
"Tifuna (Si), I remember you and Tifuya (Jiu) seemed to want to learn painting, right? You didn't have time before, but now you do, and instead of learning, you come to me?"
"Tinae (Wu), never mind, I won't say anything about you."
"Tinani (Lu) and Tifulan (Qi), you two have always been talking about doing business? Wanting to be rich? Now you come to me, how will you become rich?"
"Tilisa (Ba), you wanted to make 100 friends. Now you've run over here, how will you make them?"
"And you, Tinamei (Shi), you're not watching your sister Tinae closely. Be careful, she might get a love-struck brain and be abducted by someone."
Yu Jin rarely spoke so much. He felt there was really no need to seek him out. After all, a new life was right before them; why seek out a guy who crawled out of a grave like him?
Finally, as if there was nothing left to nag about, Yu Jin scratched his head and said, "Lastly, if you're worried about my safety, there's really no need."
"What are you worried about? I can't die." After saying that, he laughed self-deprecatingly.
The silent stillness lasted for a long time. Looking at the quietness before him, Yu Jin felt a little guilty. Had he said something wrong? Trying to fathom people's hearts was truly difficult for him.
"Heh… hehe, why aren't you talking? It's fine if you want to find me, it's not like you can't." Yu Jin chuckled a few times, trying to break the atmosphere.
"Pfft~, Hahaha!" Ba was the first to laugh, and even the light gauze outside her armor began to tremble.
Then Yu Jin saw Ba make a big leap and pull him into her embrace, a light and melodious teasing voice, like a wind chime, ringing in his ears.
"King, there's something I've wanted to say for a long time."
"What is it?" Yu Jin struggled in Ba's embrace for a while, realizing he couldn't break free, so he resignedly sat in Ba's arms.
"Your naming skills really don't match your strength. Sometimes even I get confused about other people's names. So, from now on, let's just use our codenames."
Just as Yu Jin was about to refute, he found that Ba held him even tighter. Then, warmth emanated from his face.
"However, I really like the name Tilisa!" As she spoke, Ba rubbed her face against Yu Jin's, contentedly saying:
"Ah~, I've wanted to do this like Wu for so long. The King's scent is truly delightful."
Just as Yu Jin was feeling utterly despondent in Ba's embrace, he suddenly realized he seemed to be enveloped in a shadow.
Looking up, Yu Jin saw that the Black Knives had gathered around him at some point. Their figures, two heads taller than his, put no small amount of pressure on Yu Jin.
Yu Jin instinctively felt that something bad was about to happen, so he clutched his chest and said nervously, "Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing?"
"Nothing, just wanted to hug the King once, like Wu," Er said, her clear voice carrying an uncontrollable laugh.
"Eh, really? I'm not like you. I want to give the King a princess carry!" Si patted her bulging breastplate and said boldly.
"Where do you think you're going, King?" Jiu looked at Yu Jin, who had secretly broken free from Ba's embrace while they were chatting, and said with a half-smile.
"I can run, you know." Yu Jin looked at the eager Black Knives and said seriously.
"Is that so? But it seems the King said he couldn't handle all of us at once, right?" San looked at Yu Jin, who was preparing to escape, a faint smile playing on her lips.
"Sisters, follow me! There won't be such a good opportunity again! Don't you feel tempted to playfully torment the King?!"
"Help! There are female hooligans!!!"