"We didn't manage to borrow the Holy Lyre der Himmel earlier, but at least we got information—it's indeed kept inside the Favonius Cathedral in Mondstadt." Venti glanced at Chen Luo, who was eating a chocolate stick.
"Nonsense, of course they wouldn't lend it to you just like that. To borrow the Holy Lyre, you need signatures from the Bishop, Acting Grand Master, and others one by one." Eula said helplessly.
Just how lacking in common sense do you have to be to think you can casually get the Holy Lyre? Do you think the Holy Lyre belongs to you?
"But speaking of which, why are we discussing this in such a hidden place?" Paimon asked with a puzzled expression.
Chen Luo and the others were currently discussing matters in the most cornered, most obscure spot in the square. Although others couldn't discover them, the environment wasn't very good.
"Please, what kind of issue do you think we're discussing? Do people discuss such matters openly?" Chen Luo said speechlessly.
"What are we discussing? Aren't we discussing borrowing the Holy Lyre?" Paimon looked confused.
"Didn't you hear what Venti said earlier? Borrowing openly doesn't work, so we can only acquire it skillfully. Besides stealing, what other 'skillful acquisition' do you think there is? Buying it?" Chen Luo rolled his eyes at the silly Paimon.
"Eh? We're going to steal?" Paimon's voice was initially loud but softened after Lumine signaled her.
"What else can we do if not steal? The question now is who will do the stealing?" Chen Luo said.
"Besides singing, I don't have any particularly confident skills. Moreover, I have no connections in Mondstadt; if caught, no one would plead for me, and I'd definitely receive severe punishment." Venti was the first to state his position.
"Eula can't do it either. Eula's identity is extremely sensitive; if she's caught stealing... then it would truly be over." Chen Luo instinctively stood in front of Eula to defend her.
"..." Eula seemed to want to say something but stopped herself.
"But you, Traveler, are different. You're the Knights of Favonius' rising star who has contributed to Mondstadt. If you fail, you might be able to explain it away properly later. And the guards here seem to get off work at night." Venti whispered this little secret to Lumine.
"But I don't want to steal..." Lumine said somewhat innocently.
"Bar owner..." Lumine couldn't help but look at Chen Luo.
Lumine remembered Chen Luo saying that as long as someone's wish is strong enough, he would help others realize their wishes. In that case...
[Ding! You have a new commission!]
Reward: 50 Primogems
"You all really know how to get creative with commissions." Seeing that a commission had already been issued, Chen Luo couldn't help but take another look at Lumine.
This Lumine is truly a natural genius; how long has she been in contact with me, and she's already learned how to order people around?
"Alright, I'll grant this wish. You might not believe it, but I'm actually quite good at infiltration." Chen Luo sighed.
Chen Luo's Stealth Master, that four-star item he drew, had never been used since he obtained it. Now it's finally time to put it to use.
"Great, we've decided on the candidate. There are about two hours left until dark; infiltration will be smoother at night." Venti looked up at the sky, judged the approximate time, and said.
"Ah, no need. Infiltration isn't such an inconvenient thing. True infiltration means being able to enter and leave the Favonius Cathedral freely even during the day." Chen Luo snorted coldly.
"That impressive?" Venti exclaimed in surprise.
But then Venti thought about Chen Luo's elusive bar and felt relieved.
"Then we'll wait for your good news in your bar." Venti expressed full approval of Chen Luo's enthusiasm.
"No, don't go to my bar; go to Angel's Share." Chen Luo suddenly interrupted Venti.
"Eh, why?" Venti asked in surprise.
"Do you want to hear the truth or a lie?"
"I want to hear both." Venti said honestly.
"The lie is that I want to learn from Angel's Share bar, see how they run their bar, to learn from their experience." Chen Luo said.
"I knew it! A'Luo, your bar really does give a similar impression to Angel's Share." Venti had an expression that said 'as expected.'
"Then what's the truth?" Lumine couldn't help but ask.
"Of course, to continue recruiting people for the hero team." Chen Luo said.
"Eh? We're still recruiting?" Venti exclaimed in surprise.
"Otherwise? What else do you think I'm here for besides helping you complete your commission? Isn't it to boost Eula's reputation during this operation? Do you think with just our four people, if we really save Dvalin, how many would believe we did it?"
"An idle bard who doesn't do his job properly, a golden-haired foreigner, a black-haired foreigner no one has ever seen before, and a sinner of Mondstadt..."
"And me!" Paimon raised her small hand.
"Oh, and an emergency food." Chen Luo said.
"I'm not emergency food!"
"Then a cup."
"What's a cup?"
"Don't mind these details. The point is, this five-person team looks completely unreliable no matter how you look at it. So we need to recruit someone relatively reliable onboard. This way, boosting Eula's reputation will be more convenient, won't it?"
Doing great deeds quietly is actually fine, but if you want to use it to escape negative reputation or achieve other goals, you need to engage in promotion.
Without Chen Luo saying much more, among those present, only Lumine has a slightly better reputation.
Simply put, if these four people save the world, few would believe it.
"So you chose Master Diluc from Angel's Share? But will Diluc believe it?" Venti couldn't help but say.
"Isn't that where your eloquence as a bard comes in? After all, Lord Barbatos guides the people of Mondstadt." Chen Luo said.
"Um, actually, there's no need for this. I can earn this city's acknowledgment through my own efforts." Eula tugged at Chen Luo's sleeve and said.
"Look at what you're saying. The fact that you're willing to believe and join our completely unreliable team is already effort enough, isn't it?"
To be honest, if Chen Luo didn't know his own team well enough, even he would think this team is unreliable.
Just look at what kind of demons and monsters are in this team.
The fact that Eula, a normal person, is willing to join is already giving Chen Luo enough face—Chen Luo is almost moved to tears.
"You... I... Vengeance will be mine!" Even Eula couldn't find an excuse to get vengeance against Chen Luo, so she could only dryly say this.
"If you really feel guilty, then get me some high-quality customers. Or buy me a set of alchemy equipment would work too. Alright, you all go wait for me at Angel's Share bar. I'll be back soon." Chen Luo walked out of the shadows while chewing on the chocolate stick in his mouth.
The chocolate sticks created by the talent panel not only taste pretty good, but most importantly, the chocolate on them isn't chocolate in the true sense—it won't melt in hot weather and get all over your hands, making it quite clean.
The most crucial thing is that eating this stuff can strengthen mental power!
It has to be said that this production by the talent panel has truly conquered Chen Luo—no matter which aspect you look at, you can't find any flaws in these chocolate sticks. One chocolate stick represents one year's worth of purified darkness, and one chocolate stick happens to be the minimum limit that Chen Luo can digest.
Normally, slowly eating one chocolate stick takes Chen Luo about 10 minutes. Eating too quickly can easily cause "choking"—at least that's how it is for Chen Luo now.
One can imagine that chocolate sticks might become Chen Luo's standard accessory in the future.
That's fifty thousand sticks...
When Chen Luo slowly walked to the entrance of the Favonius Cathedral, he ignored the strange looks from the two guards nearby and simply stood quietly at the cathedral entrance.
"Um, sir, is there anything you need help with?" one of the guards asked friendly.
"Emmm, it's nothing. Let me gather my emotions before I go in, since it's my first time entering the Favonius Cathedral." Chen Luo waved his hand and said.
After all, the person Chen Luo was waiting for hadn't arrived yet.
And the person Chen Luo was waiting for hadn't left either.
But speaking of which, these guards' attitudes are really quite good—this is one of Mondstadt's more friendly aspects.
Of course, it could also be that the more ruthless ones all went off to join the expedition.
Suddenly, Chen Luo, standing at the entrance, felt a stir in his heart and took a few steps to the side.
The guard gave Chen Luo a strange look, but the next moment the door of the Favonius Cathedral was pushed open, and two sisters walked out.
"Rosaria, it's still so early—come with me to the choir?" A golden-haired girl kept talking as she followed behind a tall sister with wine-red hair.
"Barbara, I'm off duty now." The tall sister wearing fishnet stockings said after looking up at the setting sun.
"But Sister Rosaria, you've never attended ceremonies on time, and you completely skip choir activities." The petite girl named Barbara didn't seem willing to let this sister named Rosaria go.
"Hmm?" Suddenly Rosaria frowned and looked to the side.
The guard who was suddenly stared at by an extremely sharp gaze instinctively shuddered.
"...Miss Barbara, discussing work matters after hours is very anti-humanitarian." After confirming nothing was unusual here, Rosaria's eyes instantly turned lazy again, and she continued walking quickly, trying to shake off this little nuisance beside her.
Right now, Rosaria just wants to go to Angel's Share bar for a good drink, then find the very suspicious merchant she saw today to chat and see if they need to disappear from Mondstadt.
As for the choir?
Who would want to go there?
"Hmm, quite sharp senses." Chen Luo's figure slowly emerged from behind the guard.
If not for the aura concealment and aura shielding that came with Stealth Master, Chen Luo would really suspect he might have been discovered by her.
Truly worthy of being one of Mondstadt's dark night heroes—her killing intent is heavy indeed.
Mondstadt's two dark night heroes: Sister Rosaria and the Darknight Hero Diluc.
As for the soldiers who clearly saw Chen Luo but remained completely unaware of his evasion, their consciousness had naturally been obscured already.
To be honest, Stealth Master combined with the Herrscher of Sentience is simply the highest level of infiltration.
Of course, if the Herrscher of Sentience were willing to come, infiltration would definitely be easier.
Standing by the railing at the entrance of the Favonius Cathedral, Chen Luo watched Barbara and Rosaria walk away with a smile, then returned to the main entrance.
The people who needed to leave have left, and the person he was waiting for has arrived.
Chen Luo stood in front of the cathedral door, took a deep breath, then kicked the door open.
"FBI!"
Such a loud commotion naturally startled the two guards nearby, who immediately raised their spears and pointed them at Chen Luo. But before they could act, Chen Luo delivered a chop to each of their necks, and they instantly fell unconscious.
Infiltration has its limits.
The closer you get to mastery, the more you understand how difficult truly perfect infiltration is to accomplish.
The so-called infiltration means being able to smoothly reach the target and complete the mission.
As long as you can achieve this, it means it's perfect infiltration.
The difficulty of infiltrating the Favonius Cathedral is indeed quite high. While not impossible, it would be very troublesome. In that case, why not change infiltration methods?
As long as no one discovers you, it doesn't count as failed infiltration.
Chen Luo's door-kicking naturally attracted the attention of the guards and sisters inside who had just gotten off work or were still working.
"You are..." A guard standing right by the door started shouting at Chen Luo, but halfway through, this person was knocked out by a thin thread.
Of course, this was a thread of consciousness—it doesn't hurt, it just makes people fall asleep.
"You are Fatui..." a sister sternly shouted!
"Stop shouting. I'll send you to meet your Lord Barbatos." Chen Luo snorted coldly as countless threads extended from his hands, flying menacingly toward the pitifully few guards.
In almost no time, Chen Luo had dealt with almost all the guards and sisters.
With the two Vision holders gone now, there's nothing left in the cathedral that can stop Chen Luo.
Chen Luo slowly walked up to the only white-clad sister who hadn't fainted.
"Fatui breaking into the Favonius Cathedral—do you want to start a war with Mondstadt?!" Although the sister's figure was trembling slightly, she still mustered her courage to warn Chen Luo.
"Open the passage to the Holy Lyre, then forget about this incident." Chen Luo said softly to her, while a thread had already wrapped around her body.
Whether it's because of Chen Luo's class or his Stigmata, the Herrscher of Sentience manifests as feathers on Senti, but as threads on Chen Luo.
Of course, Chen Luo could transform into feathers if he wanted, but threads are more convenient to use.
The white-clad sister's eyes instantly went blank, then she silently led Chen Luo to the very front center of the cathedral and opened a hidden door.
After Chen Luo's thread detached from her, the white-clad sister instantly fell unconscious.
"Fatui..." Even while unconscious, the sister was still murmuring this name.
"Hmph!" Chen Luo smiled noncommittally.
The reason everyone was calling Chen Luo Fatui was because in their eyes, Chen Luo didn't look like himself, but rather like an Electro Cicin Mage in purple clothing.
Just like the masked Electro Cicin Mage following behind Chen Luo—exactly the same in figure and posture.
And that Electro Cicin Mage was the person Chen Luo had been waiting for.
There's no reason only the Fatui can frame Chen Luo—Chen Luo can frame the Fatui first!