Genshin Impact: I'm The Envoy of Snezhnaya
Chapter 350: Anemo Archon's Drunken Dream
Honestly, at first glance, the generous amount of mint and lemon made it seem like the drink might be very sour.
But if you took a careful sniff, you would realize that the sweetness of the fruit itself had completely surpassed the mint and lemon.
In other words… if such sweet juice weren't balanced with slightly sour ingredients like these, it would probably become so sweet that it was difficult to drink.
The mint and lemon, added in just the right amounts, perfectly neutralized the sweetness of the juice, achieving a flawless balance that made the drink irresistible.
"This Anemo Archon's Drunken Dream is very strong. I suggest you don't sip it, drink it in one gulp. Otherwise… you might collapse before you even feel its charm."
Seeing that Venti intended to take a small sip, Bai Luo immediately offered his advice.
If Venti only drank a little, Bai Luo wasn't confident it would completely knock out Barbatos.
After all, when that pink-haired fox had taken a bite of a Sunsettia, she had managed to hold on for quite a while.
If Bai Luo hadn't followed up with a strike of his staff, it would have only forced her back into her original form at most—not knocked her out.
"Hmm, there isn't any drink in the world that can knock me down in a single gulp. And besides… you didn't even add alcohol to this juice, did you?"
The lack of alcohol was probably the most regrettable thing about this so-called Anemo Archon's Drunken Dream for Venti.
Still, he decided to follow Bai Luo's advice and drink it in one go.
After all, Bai Luo was the one who had made the drink, he surely knew the best way to enjoy it.
Gulp
Venti tilted his head back and drained the entire glass.
At the moment he swallowed it, Bai Luo thought he heard the faint, satisfied snort of the Tsaritsa in his ears.
And then—
Thud—!
The wine-loving bard collapsed flat onto the floor, still frozen in the posture of tilting his head back.
Feathers made of Anemo energy burst outward around him, scattering things across the room.
If Bai Luo hadn't reacted quickly and grabbed the remaining bottles of wine on the table, the expensive Dandelion Wine would have been wasted as well.
"..."
The effect was even better than Bai Luo had expected.
At the very least, he had thought Venti would react like Zhongli or Yae Miko, asking why the drink was so sour before fainting.
Could it be that the mint and lemon he added had further stimulated the Sunsettia's potential, making it even stronger?
"C-Customer… are you alright?"
The bartender, who had been secretly sending information out from inside the room, rushed over as soon as he heard the commotion.
"It's nothing. My friend drank too much and accidentally leaked a bit of elemental energy."
Glancing at the glass bead hanging from Venti's waist, Bai Luo explained calmly.
"Ah? Then what about this…"
The bartender clearly wanted Bai Luo to compensate for the damaged items.
But considering Bai Luo's identity, he didn't quite dare to say it.
Yet if he didn't say anything, there was a high chance the losses would be deducted from his own salary.
"Don't worry. All the damages will be covered by… my bard friend here. The drinks too, just ask him for the money when he wakes up."
Looking at the remaining Dandelion Wine in his hands, Bai Luo quietly put it away.
Heh. Trying to fleece me?
No chance.
I admit that when it comes to slacking off, you're stronger than me.
But when it comes to money, you ancient god who's lived for thousands of years is still far too inexperienced.
"But… does he even have money?"
The bartender actually remembered this bard who had recently appeared around Mondstadt.
He had tried performing at Angel's Share before.
Unfortunately, the tavern already had its own resident bard, and the newcomer had been pushed aside repeatedly.
Forget the finest Dandelion Wine, even the cheap apple cider required him to sing an entire day just to afford a single cup.
A whole bottle was completely out of the question.
"Well, that's not my problem. Whether he sells his body or his talent—you can negotiate with him yourselves."
The idea of the Anemo Archon being forced to sell himself to a tavern just because he couldn't pay his bar tab…
Honestly, the thought alone was thrilling.
Taking advantage of the moment when the bartender went downstairs to find someone, Bai Luo came to Venti's side and reached out to touch his chest.
Unfortunately… he did not possess the method to extract a Gnosis from a god's body.
Unless the god willingly took it out themselves like the Geo Archon and the Electro Archon had done, Bai Luo had absolutely no way to obtain it.
"Eh-heh, looks like I've found another excuse for slacking off."
Not bad.
Bai Luo put away the cup still in Venti's hand and the juicing tools on the table. Even the leftover fruit pulp from the juicing process—he didn't leave any of it behind.
It would be best if ordinary people never came into contact with these things.
Just look at poor Diona. Simply because she used her shaker to mix a drink called Sunsettia Sunset, the lingering effect of the Sunsettia still caused a large number of people to lose consciousness.
Even the spring fairy was affected.
After finishing everything, he took a deep look at the sleeping Venti, grabbed the completely intact bottle of Dandelion Wine, and left Angel's Share.
…
"They were just drinking and chatting. In the middle of it, that bard even performed a song for him."
Seeing his master observing the bard's condition, the bartender behind him tried his best to recount everything he knew.
Originally, he had thought the bard had simply gotten drunk. But after that Fatui Harbinger left, no matter what they did, the bard showed no reaction at all.
If he weren't still breathing, the bartender would have thought he was dead.
After all, in the hearts of Mondstadt's people, those Fatui from Snezhnaya were ruthless killers.
"This outfit…"
Looking at the bard's clothing, Diluc felt it looked very familiar.
He seemed to have heard someone mention people dressed like this before, but no matter how he tried to recall it, he couldn't remember where he had heard it.
Logically speaking, something this important shouldn't have slipped his memory.
Then there was only one possibility.
When he returned to Mondstadt earlier, he had immediately informed Jean about the Ausbilder.
After leaving the Knights of Favonius headquarters, he should have encountered the Ausbilder again. Unfortunately, for some reason he had been turned into a cat and had also lost part of his memory.
That missing piece of memory had been bothering him ever since.
Now it seemed that this bard might be related to that lost memory.
"You're saying that before he fainted, he drank alcohol personally mixed by the Ausbilder, correct?"
Sniffing the scent of alcohol on the bard, Diluc said with a frown.
"Yes. He even borrowed our tools specially."
"Where are those tools?"
The bard's condition looked very similar to Kaeya's when he had fainted earlier.
Which meant Ausbilder had likely used the same method on this bard.
Perhaps those tools could provide some clues.
"Uh… when I went to find someone to notify you, the Ausbilder secretly took them away."
"…."
Such important items were simply taken away by the Ausbilder?
But he didn't blame the bartender.
Given the situation at the time, if the Ausbilder had insisted on taking them, the bartender wouldn't have been able to stop him even if he risked his life.
"Do you remember what the drink he mixed was called?"
"I think it was called… Anemo Archon's Drunken Dream?"
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