Chapter 621: The So-called Leadership
The farce is over, or rather, the members of the Knights of Favonius have once again successfully thwarted the enemy's conspiracy and made another major contribution to the stability of Mondstadt.
The above are all official answers.
Gu Sanqiu and Wendy, two people who don't care about anything, have already started drinking in the tavern. The others cannot join in because they need to take over a large number of industries and the recovery of secret bases.
But ordinary people are not included. After Master Diluk personally promised a 30% discount on the tavern today, everyone's enthusiasm has risen to a new level.
Among the passionate ones is Wendy.
According to several people who had already had their second round of drinks, it seemed that the Cat's Tail Tavern had also implemented a discount sales strategy, and a certain little cat who was mixing cocktails with puffed cheeks was very angry.
Entertaining guests who came to celebrate by drinking, and also entertaining her father who was also an alcoholic, this was double the achievement for the boss, but it was double the torture for Diona.
Damn it!
One day, I will definitely overthrow Mond Wine Industry!
A cat whose hands were sore from mixing cocktails once strengthened her belief that she must succeed!
"Woohoo~, good food and wine after a hard day's work can always make people relax completely, right, nephew?"
Gu Sanqiu supported his face with his right hand: "If you don't understand, just ask. What are you tired of? Didn't you come up with the bard chorus yourself? The rest were all done by Tevarin and me."
"Tsk, I'm tired too. Do you think any random conductor can bring all these people together to create the best chorus effect? That's too naive."
Wendy had an "I'm awesome" expression on her face: "Only your great Uncle Barbatos can do that!"
"Uncle? Not calling you uncle is already very kind."
Gu Sanqiu yawned. "But I really didn't expect you to do something like this. The original plan didn't include you leading a team to mess things up."
"Oh, I wanted to do it, so I did it this way."
Wendy laughed triumphantly. "After this, not only the people of the Church of West Wind, but all the people of Mondstadt will know that although the bard Wendy has made up many stories about the god of wind, he still loves Barbatos in essence."
"This is the benefit of building an image. I've also read the book that Alice brought to Barbara. Image public relations is a high-end operation. It's normal that you don't understand it, nephew."
No, I understand.
The corner of Gu Sanqiu's mouth twitched. He finally understood why Wendy suddenly intervened. After all this time, she had this plan in mind.
Because of the concept of blackening oneself, Wendy often made up stories for herself when singing, which also attracted questioning from the West Wind Church.
But after today, there will be no so-called questioning, because everyone knows that Wendy is a die-hard fan of Lord Wind God, and can call on a large number of bards to chorus at such a time.
This one thing alone is enough to prove his loyalty to Mond and Lord Wind God!
The effect is probably equivalent to successfully rescuing an enemy on a single horse in an extremely dangerous battlefield, and even knocking down an enemy commander.
"I have a little sister in Liyue. She should be able to share common ground with you in this regard. The difference is that she is real, while you are a fabricated image."
Keqing's love is real, while Wendy just wants to make some extra money and have a few drinks.
"Hey, how can you talk like that?"
Wendy said with a righteous look on her face: "Of course I am telling the truth, I love Lord Barbatos deeply!"
"Who would refuse to love themselves deeply, hehe~"
Gu Sanqiu touched his abdomen and suddenly felt a stomachache. As usual, Wendy was able to find some strange and heretical theories.
"My commission should be considered finished. If there is nothing else, I will gather everyone together for a meal and then return to Liyue. I am needed there as well."
Wendy waved her hand nonchalantly: "Hey, why do you take yourself so seriously? It's a rare opportunity to take a vacation, so can't you just relax? Don't be like your old man who's always busy all day long."
Gu Sanqiu squinted his eyes: "But the problem is that being in charge of Liyue Harbor was originally the task my father gave me. I came to Mondstadt on a temporary business trip."
"Don't worry, don't worry. If something really happens, do you still think your old friend will just sit there and do nothing?"
Gu Sanqiu held his forehead with his hand. “He said that he is just a casual reader wandering around the world, and he also said that the hope of the new era needs to be carried by young people like us. This makes me feel insecure.”
"What are you afraid of?"
Wendy said with disdain: "I am still a bard singing in the tavern. This time I came out as a god to take charge of the situation."
“Although the adjectives are a little off, it seems to make sense.”
Gu Sanqiu suddenly realized that he and these two slacking off guys were actually somewhat similar.
My own father is known as a secular listener who wanders around the world.
Wendy, the pub singer.
Then he also often called himself a social idler.
The sense of the picture came out all at once.
It seems very interesting, but the two big guys in front are basically playing the pig and eating the tiger, and I just simply don't want to be in charge and want to fish in slack.
After all, Xianyu Tangping Zhenjun is the immortal name that he likes most!
"Huh, it seems like a long time has passed since then. Even I can't remember the last time I intervened in Mondstadt's affairs. Was it five hundred years ago?"
Wendy took a long sip of her liquor and sighed.
"I miss it a little bit, but of course I also have some resistance."
Gu Sanqiu was puzzled: "What is there to resist? Isn't this an ending that everyone is happy about? Oh, by the way, except for the people of the Lawrence family."
"Yes , everyone is happy, but I don't like this approach. Personally, I still hope that the Knights of Favonius will be autonomous."
Wendy said with a smile: "After all, I let it go a long time ago. Now I have to govern Mondstadt all of a sudden. It's awkward no matter how you look at it, right?"
"That's just your feeling. It's not the case for the people of Mondstadt. Listen to what the people around you are saying. They are very grateful to Lord Barbatos."
"Free will ultimately requires someone to show the way. If left alone, the tragedy of the old Mondstadt era might happen again."
He who slays a dragon will eventually become a dragon. Perhaps my father has realized this problem in his long life. His family has never had any official position from ancient times to the present.
“But is this kind of guidance really useful?”
Wendy's eyes turned serious. "If it's always like this, when disaster is about to strike, I use various methods to reawaken the Mondstadt people's desire for freedom, is that really a good idea?"
Gu Sanqiu raised his eyebrows: "Isn't this what you, as the ruler of Mond, should do?"
You want to give up somehow, right?
"No, no, if that's the case, it's not 'Freedom of All Peoples', it's the freedom of Barbatos."
"This is a kind of restraint. For this reason, I am different from your old man. I basically don't care about things."
Wendy said in a deep voice: "Twarin's doubts at the beginning enlightened me. Can freedom commanded by God really be considered freedom?"
