At this moment, inside a dark alley.
Eula was carefully sweeping her gaze back and forth.
She was absolutely certain—the voice she had heard belonged to Lin Mo, and it had come from this very alley.
Yet no matter how she searched, there was no sign of him.
"Damn it… did he get away?"
She could more or less guess how Lin Mo had escaped.
Straight ahead, at the end of the alley, stood Mondstadt's city wall.
With her understanding of Lin Mo's agile physique, there were only a few possibilities.
Either he had vaulted over the wall and fled outside the city,
or he had used the closely packed houses to climb up onto the rooftops on either side,
or perhaps he had already escaped across the rooftops into another residential area of Mondstadt.
"Don't let me run into you again…"
"This grudge—I'll remember it."
Eula's beautiful eyes darkened with resentment, her heart full of unwillingness.
And just then—
She noticed something in the damp alley.
Footprints, still wet.
One set of large footprints unmistakably belonged to Lin Mo.
The other, much smaller set, belonged to Klee.
"Klee… that little one is gone too…"
The instant she realized this, a trace of confusion flashed through Eula's eyes.
"Strange… why would Lin Mo be with Klee?"
"No. I need to find Klee and ask her myself."
With that thought, Eula quickly headed toward the Knights of Favonius headquarters.
—
Meanwhile.
Lin Mo had already returned to the room assigned to him by the Knights.
Klee was hugging her Dodoco plush, her round little face full of confusion.
"Daddy, Daddy~ why did Sister Eula call you a scumbag~?"
"And also, also—why does Sister Eula, who's usually just pretending to be angry, seem really angry this time~?"
"Klee remembers that Sister Eula is actually very easy to get along with~"
"Daddy~ did you bully Sister Eula before?"
…
"Well…"
Lin Mo rubbed his temples and gave a simplified explanation.
"On the way back to Mondstadt, Daddy passed by Dragonspine."
"At the time, your Sister Eula happened to be bathing there…"
"And, um… Daddy accidentally saw everything."
"Sister Eula was so angry that Daddy got scared and ran away."
"So… maybe she's still holding a grudge because of that?"
…
"Oh~"
Klee suddenly understood. "So Daddy was being pervy~ peeking at Sister Eula while she was bathing~"
"Cough, cough… anyway, that's basically what happened."
Lin Mo looked rather awkward.
He wasn't lying to Klee.
After all, the way he had met Eula during her hangout quest really had been at an icy lake in Dragonspine.
Although Lin Mo had been trying to find Eula, he had never intended to peek at her bathing.
His original plan was simply to meet her and get acquainted.
But after searching all over Mondstadt without finding her, he noticed that the Mist Flowers near Springvale had all been picked.
Based on Eula's fondness for Mist Flowers, Lin Mo guessed it was probably her doing.
In the end, he discovered her trail near Dragonspine and entered the mountain.
Not long after going in, by sheer coincidence, he saw Eula bathing in the lake.
Even though it was just a misunderstanding—
Now that Lin Mo thought back on that scene,
he couldn't help but praise it in his heart.
Damn. My wife has an amazing figure!
"Daddy, then what do we do next?"
Little Klee asked curiously. "Sister Eula is also a Knight of Favonius. You'll definitely run into her again someday, right?"
"Sigh…"
Lin Mo had already thought of that problem.
He also remembered that Eula had seen Klee earlier.
Before figuring out how to face Eula properly, Lin Mo decided—
Avoidance was the best option for now.
So he gently patted Klee's head.
"Klee, I'm worried Sister Eula might come to the Knights to look for you. How about Daddy takes you out into Mondstadt for a walk? We'll eat some good food."
"Yay~! Klee wants to go to Good Hunter~! Klee wants to eat lots and lots of yummy food~!"
"Alright, let's go."
…
"T-tap! T-tap! T-tap!"
Just as Lin Mo stood up,
he heard hurried footsteps echoing through the hallway outside.
"Klee~!"
"Klee, are you in your room?!"
Bang, bang, bang!
Urgent knocking, accompanied by Eula's anxious calls, reached their ears.
Although Eula was knocking on the door of the room next to Lin Mo's—the one assigned to Klee—
his heart still tightened instinctively.
"Sister Eula~ um—"
Klee was just about to answer out of habit when Lin Mo quickly covered her mouth.
"Shh… Klee, be good. Don't make a sound."
He whispered softly.
Klee immediately understood and nodded her little head rapidly.
"Klee~!"
"Klee~!"
Bang, bang, bang!
The knocking and Eula's calling continued.
Lin Mo thought that if she kept this up for a few more minutes and realized Klee wasn't in her room, she would probably leave.
The plan sounded perfect.
Reality, however, was cruel.
"Huh? Miss Eula, are you looking for Klee?"
At that moment, the voice of the maid Noelle suddenly rang out.
"Oh no—she's going to block us right at the door!"
Lin Mo instantly sensed disaster.
"Yes. I have something very important to discuss with Klee."
…
"I see. Well, Klee isn't in her room right now~"
"She's next door."
"It looks like she's helping Mr. Ganqing tidy up his room~"
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