"By the way, what are you two doing inside the pot?" Yu Jin looked at Lumine and Paimon's sizes. Paimon might just barely fit if forced, but Lumine definitely wouldn't.
Given Lumine's physique, her head would probably burst the pot.
"We're getting the Dustbell! To prepare for the Rite of Parting!"
"We're preparing for Lord Rex Lapis's Rite of Parting, you know!"
Paimon held the bell, speaking with immense pride. It seemed she was very proud to be able to participate in the Rite of Parting.
"Rite of Parting?" Yu Jin felt a little confused. First, there was the Rite of Descension, and now a Rite of Parting. Does Liyue have so many rules?
"If there's a Rite of Descension, there's naturally a Rite of Parting. Nowadays, the Rite of Parting is simplified, but using a Dustbell is a very old custom." Madam Ping saw Yu Jin's puzzled expression and offered an explanation.
"Oh, right, Madam Ping, you're so amazing and know so many things others don't. Are you an Adeptus?" Lumine, seeing Madam Ping speak so eloquently, asked curiously.
"Adeptus..." Madam Ping nodded, then shook her head, her eyes filled with emotion.
"More or less. You two must conduct this Rite of Parting properly."
"Constantly shouting about a murderer, yet forgetting the Rite of Parting – in my opinion, that's putting the cart before the horse."
"The fact that you've come to borrow the Dustbell this time must mean an old friend couldn't stand it anymore and has stepped out to take charge."
Madam Ping nodded at Lumine and Paimon, seemingly displeased with the current actions of the Qixing.
"Zhongli told us to come! I knew he seemed to know everything; turns out he's an Adeptus too!"
Paimon exclaimed in surprise after hearing Madam Ping's words.
"Zhongli?" Madam Ping murmured a few times, then seemed to understand, saying, "So that's it, so that's it..."
"Alright, you two little ones, hurry along and get busy!"
Madam Ping nodded at Lumine and Paimon, then sent them off to continue preparing for the Rite of Parting.
"Hey, hey, hey~! Wait! Are you two just going to run off like that? Aren't you afraid of being caught by the Millelith?"
"Hehe, don't worry, senior! Although I don't know why, our bounty is gone!"
Lumine and Paimon waved at Yu Jin and then ran away from the area.
"Bounty cancelled?" Morgott frowned, but his expression quickly relaxed. He looked in the direction Lumine had left. Though a Damselette, her power was not to be underestimated.
"You two, it's getting late. Would you like to come sit in my old woman's dwelling? I just finished cleaning it; it's very tidy." Madam Ping tapped the brand-new Serenitea Pot, inviting them.
"No, I'm afraid I'll break your pot." Yu Jin shook his head and pulled Morgott away from there.
Although the Serenitea Pot contained a small space inside, in Yu Jin's opinion, this space was not only small but also very fragile.
He was afraid that if he got too excited, breaking someone's pot wouldn't be good.
As dusk settled, Yu Jin and Morgott returned to the Liyue cottage. Yu Jin turned to look at Morgott. Fortunately, the houses here usually came with courtyards; otherwise, with Morgott's size, entering the house would suffocate him.
"Phew! This is where you'll be staying from now on!" Yu Jin stretched, then threw a large wooden stump into the courtyard.
Morgott didn't mind and sat down directly. Then he gently placed his Cursed Sword and the stone table on the ground—the stone table was something Yu Jin had just bought.
Watching Morgott quietly observe the scenery outside like an old man at a doorway, Yu Jin took a chair from the house, sat opposite him, and asked:
"What do you think? It's lively here, isn't it!"
"Indeed, but Leyndell is not bad either." Morgott nodded. Then he realized that when Yu Jin left, not to mention Leyndell, even the entire Lands Between probably had fewer living people than one city in Liyue.
Those extra people were all resurrected after Yu Jin left.
"Is that so? Well, that's good then." Yu Jin also nodded; more people is always better.
"I wonder if the King has noticed; the atmosphere in this city is a bit tense." Morgott recalled what he had seen and heard today, stating calmly.
"Of course, their Geo Archon is 'dead,' so how could they not be tense?" Yu Jin leaned back in his chair, looking at the stars gradually brightening in the Sky, saying indifferently.
Then he saw Morgott's gaze fixed on Yu Jin.
"Why are you looking at me? Am I the kind of person who causes trouble?" Yu Jin immediately felt his character was insulted.
He was determined to become a good person like Solaire; looking at him with such eyes was simply a denial of him!
"Let me tell you, it's actually like this..."
Seeing that the suspicion in Morgott's eyes had not diminished, Yu Jin, out of helplessness, had to recount his time in Liyue to Morgott.
"Tap! Tap! Tap!"
After listening, the suspicion in Morgott's eyes indeed vanished, but he started tapping the table again.
"Wanting to return to human rule..."
Morgott didn't know what he was thinking.
"The people and gods here are different from The Lands Between. The people are very capable, and the gods are also different. Don't blindly apply what you know."
Yu Jin looked at Morgott in thought, reminding him.
"Heh heh, the King worries too much. I am merely a passerby; I have no right to judge the choices made here."
Morgott shook his head, then his hand stopped tapping, and his gaze returned to Yu Jin, saying to him, "But this is a very good case study. How does the King view everything here?"
"How do I view it? I stand and watch, of course." Yu Jin pouted. What else could he do? Find some fun, just play around.
"That is not an answer befitting a King." Morgott stood up, pulled out a map from his cloak, and hung it on a nearby tree.
"Where did you get such a detailed map?" Yu Jin looked at it and found that the map's details clearly exceeded the scope of what was commercially available; even those unknown small mountains and forests were marked on it.
"That's not important." Morgott picked up the Cursed Sword from the table, pointed to Yujing Terrace, and asked:
"Why does the King think Lumine ran away? If the King were in the position of the Qixing, what would he do?"
"I suddenly remembered I have something to do; I need to go!" Yu Jin, seeing Morgott's burning gaze, immediately felt that things were not looking good, and he wanted to escape.
"King, this is a necessary ability for you. As King, you should be able to anticipate the actions of people or organizations from various standpoints and factions, and take appropriate measures."
"Do not evade, King."
"Alright." Since Morgott said so, Yu Jin could only obediently sit back down.
"How would the King respond?" Morgott tapped Yujing Terrace again, continuing to speak.
"Uh..., catch Lumine and ask her directly?"
"What if she doesn't answer?"
"I'll search her soul!"
"..."
"New question. How well does the King think the Qixing currently grasp the situation?" Morgott's Cursed Sword trembled slightly, then pointed to Yujing Terrace as he asked.
"How would I know? I'm not the Qixing." Yu Jin spread his hands. How would he know? He wasn't some pervert who peeped into other people's souls every day.
"..."
"As King, you need to learn to analyze situations." Morgott fell silent for a moment again. Good, very much in line with his imagination of Yu Jin.
Then he pointed to a corner of Liyue, still asking patiently, "Then, another question. Why would the 'dead' Geo Archon, Zhongli, want Lumine to hold the Rite of Parting? His..."
"No, so many questions, Morgott, do you even know the answers yourself?" Yu Jin felt that Morgott's questions were getting more and more outrageous. He felt that Morgott was messing with him.
These questions, if you couldn't read minds, were impossible to answer. Yu Jin seriously suspected that Morgott didn't know the answers either.
However, upon hearing Yu Jin's words, Morgott re-inserted the Cursed Sword into the ground. A confident smile appeared on his lips: "Of course this subordinate knows."
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