Alex took a few steps towards Rosalyne, looking at her and smiling, "Hehe, don't be so impatient. Why do girls always think of solving problems with violence?"
Rosalyne stared at Alex without speaking.
"I'll make you a lemonade. Come, come, have a taste to cool down." Alex said, and within seconds, he made a cup and handed it to Rosalyne.
Rosalyne looked at it, took it in her hand, but didn't drink.
"Drink it," Alex said with a smile.
Rosalyne looked at Alex, then glanced at Clorinde, who was standing to the side with her arms crossed, watching her.
Rosalyne put the straw to her lips and took a few sips.
Oh! Don't even mention it, no wonder so many of the Fatui were drinking it before. Rosalyne, however, was constrained by her status and hadn't bought one.
And her subordinates wouldn't dare to offer her this delicious drink, after all, La Signora Rosalyne wasn't one to be easily appeased.
"There's an old Liyue saying: 'He who understands the situation is a wise man.'" Alex nodded in satisfaction.
It was at this moment that Alex pulled out his gnosis of anemo and placed it before her eyes.
Upon seeing it, Rosalyne felt the power of Anemo flowing from it and instantly knew this was her goal, the Gnosis she had been searching for.
She hadn't expected the Gnosis to be a chess piece!
"What do you mean? You defeat me and then bring it out to mock me?" Rosalyne said, looking at Alex.
"Eh~ Of course not!" Alex said, then put away the Gnosis.
"You know Lyney, right?" Alex asked.
"No," Rosalyne replied directly. Why was this guy suddenly bringing up a name again?
"The child from the House of the Hearth." Alex was speechless, but he could understand.
Rosalyne now understood: "Oh, why are you bringing that up?"
Alex took out a Primogem and dangled it in front of Rosalyne: "Hehe, just so you know, Primogems are easy to gather. Look, I asked them for Primogems, and they casually gave me ten or twenty thousand."
Of course, this was an exaggeration, just to make La Signora Rosalyne think it was easy.
"So, one hundred thousand should be simple for you, right? After all, there are so many beautiful but useless stones scattered throughout the world for you all," Alex smiled.
Rosalyne looked troubled. Although it was true, as he said, she had seen many such stones.
But one hundred thousand was no small sum. How could she gather so many people to help her? The people she brought with her could, at most, get her ten thousand.
"Hehe, I won't haggle. It's one hundred thousand, just as I said." Alex added, "Of course, the two options I mentioned still stand! If you fulfill them, the Gnosis is yours for free."
Rosalyne recalled their previous conversation.
It was still better to figure out how to gather one hundred thousand Primogems.
Although extremely reluctant, things had come to this point.
Even if it meant lowering her standing with the Tsaritsa and being accused of incompetence, she had to go back.
She had encountered a formidable opponent whom she couldn't defeat, and the target could disappear in a flash at any moment, which was very troublesome.
Instead of continuing this stalemate, it would be better to quickly return and report to the Tsaritsa, letting him figure out a solution and provide her with support.
"Give me a few days," Rosalyne simply said to Alex, not elaborating on what she would do.
Even traveling at the fastest speed, a round trip would take at least ten days.
This delay wasn't too long, as there were still a bunch of Gnosis to obtain; this little bit of time wouldn't make a difference.
"Alright, I'm going to Inazuma soon. I'll probably stay there for seven or eight days." Alex nodded, stating his itinerary.
If she chose the one hundred thousand Primogems, it indeed wasn't a small sum and would be difficult to collect. He should give La Signora Rosalyne more time; he wasn't in a hurry himself.
If she could go back and bring the Damselette and the Marionette to Mondstadt, so he could see them, that would be even better!
If that really happened, he would genuinely give away the Gnosis for free!
Those were his wives who only appeared in the PVs and haven't made an appearance yet!
He knew that the Knave had entered the banner, but he wondered if these two would. If not, wouldn't they be even rarer!
However, Alex was more looking forward to the Tsaritsa calling him 'Good Brother' in front of him. Haha, of course, that was just a thought.
"I'm not in a hurry! If you can't find me then, first, you can tell Katheryne. Secondly, if you meet the blonde Traveler, you can also have someone tell her." Alex said, giving Rosalyne his contact methods when they parted.
There was really no other way. After thinking about it, Alex could only have others contact him this way. Communication between information in Teyvat was still too poor.
"Alright, I'll find you then," Rosalyne said before leaving.
The recuperated Fatui in the temporary camp silently watched Rosalyne's return.
Rosalyne's face was covered in Frost: "We're heading back to Snezhnaya first."
Afterward, Rosalyne only took two Electro Cicin Mages as attendants to return, leaving the others to continue as usual!
Clorinde looked at the cheerful Alex, still with her arms crossed, and asked, "Are you going to Inazuma next? It's very dangerous there now."
Alex spread his hands: "No choice. I wasn't in a hurry to go originally, especially since the Rite of Descension is coming soon. I planned to stay in Liyue for a while before going, but my ascend materials are on Watatsumi Island in Inazuma, which is really frustrating!"
"Oh," Clorinde nodded.
Alex looked around, then turned to Clorinde with a smile: "Hehe, Clorinde. It's not easy for you to come to Mondstadt. Don't rush back. I'll take you around Mondstadt to play before you go."
"No need..." Clorinde was about to shake her head and refuse.
"I'll take you to play, I'll take you to play~" Alex didn't want to send Clorinde away so soon. After all, she wasn't a tool to be used and then put back.
Alright, so she's not a tool now, is she?
Clorinde sighed, then accepted Alex's kind offer: "Alright then... Since that's the case, let's bring back more specialties from Mondstadt."
"Oh!" Hearing Clorinde say that, Alex finally realized he hadn't bought any specialties from Mondstadt to give to everyone.
But it was fine; he had brought Furina a lot of dishes unique to Mondstadt, like Satisfying Salad and Sweet Madame.
However, it was true that physical gifts were also necessary.
Coincidentally, there were very beautiful flowers at Starsnatch Cliff, the ones Alex liked very much.
Their name was also very pleasant: "Cecilia."
"Come, get in! I'll take you to Starsnatch Cliff to pick flowers~" Alex summoned Baron Bunny, calling out to Clorinde.
Clorinde nodded, saw Alex summon the vehicle, took a few steps, and then, with one hand on his shoulder, jumped onto the back seat.
Wrapping her arms around his waist, settling her ample chest firmly against him, Clorinde then said, "Let's go!"
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