Chapter 185 Sea Lantern Chapter Commemoration
Pantalone came to Liyue for two main purposes.
One is to celebrate the festival, and the other is to look for God.
There is a third smaller point, which is that his cargo was intercepted by someone. The cloak made of the fur of an ancient exotic beast, which he was going to present to Her Majesty the Queen, was stolen.
However, he did not hold out any hope of finding the other person, so he might as well just enjoy the holiday.
"It's really lively. It seems that he brought his friends back to celebrate the festival..."
Seeing Pantalone, who had already changed into Liyue clothes, coming out of Liu Bai's house and leaving, Zhongli muttered something at the door of the Hall of Rebirth.
"Why are you standing at the door blocking the way?"
Being blocked by Zhongli, Ruoli poked him in the back and asked.
"Nothing, it's just that the Lantern Festival is coming up, and it looks a lot more lively outside."
Zhongli shook his head slightly, then stepped aside after walking out the door.
"Oh, indeed."
Ruoli also walked out of the Hall of Rebirth. From here, she could see Chihu Rock across the bridge. It looked much more lively and festive over there now.
"Speaking of which, I recently heard that every year during the Sea Lantern Festival, a former immortal is commemorated. Who is the immortal being commemorated this year? Do I know him?"
Ruoli looked up at Zhongli and asked.
In fact, she joined Morax's camp relatively late, and she did not know some of the allies who died earlier, such as Guizhong.
After all, it was after the fall of Guiliji that Morax began to wipe out the Liyue Demons.
"Of course you do."
A smile appeared on Zhongli's lips, but he deliberately did not directly say who it was.
"I know him? Who... I try to think... I can't think of anyone."
Ruoli tilted her head, and the horn on her head almost broke the door frame of the Wangsheng Hall, but she couldn't figure out who it could be.
"The person commemorated at this year's Lantern Festival is the Dragon King Ruota."
Seeing that Ruoli couldn't figure it out, Zhongli began to explain.
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"But I'm not dead!"
Ruoli tilted her head, then widened her eyes and exclaimed.
"But in the eyes of ordinary people, the Dragon King Ruotu has long been dead, and they don't know about the seal."
Zhongli explained to Ruoli, whose eyes were wide open, asking her not to be so excited.
"What about the Liyue Seven Stars? How could they not know?"
"I only have a vague idea. My reply to them at that time was that the remaining spirit of the Ruotu Dragon King was causing trouble in Jueyunjian."
Facing Ruoli's questioning, Zhongli explained calmly.
In order not to expose Ruoli and his own identity, he did not tell the Liyue Seven Stars who asked in the dream that it was Ruota Dragon King who escaped.
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After Pantalone left, Alechino left after briefly instructing Crevy.
"Sister Nashida, your new outfit is so beautiful~"
Klevi quickly became familiar with Nashida, who looked the same age as her. She had seen Nashida before in Fontaine, so she could notice the changes in her appearance.
"Of course. This is Liyue after all. This look is perfect for the holidays."
Nashida was somewhat happy to be praised.
Unlike Liu Bai, he has changed into this outfit but still acts like he didn't notice it. How annoying...
"Is that so? Pepe said the festival is in two days, so I have to go out and buy clothes. Pepe gave me a lot of Mora."
Krevy nodded and quickly decided what to do today.
"Then I'll go with you. I've bought it a few times, so I'm quite experienced."
After hearing what Crevy said, Nashida took the initiative to propose.
"Okay, please, Sister Nashida."
Krevy agreed immediately, and then the two of them went out together.
"Hey hey hey, girl, what about me? What should I do?"
Seeing the two people were about to go out, Liu Bai hurriedly called out.
"Do whatever you want, just remember to go home at night."
Nashida responded without turning her head, then pulled Crevy away.
Liu Bai scratched his head and turned to look at Ruoli who was waving at him at the door of the Wangsheng Hall. Zhongli was also standing beside her and nodded to him.
"Brother Zhongli! Ally! Long time no see!"
Liu Bai then responded and ran over.
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"Pantalone? Why are you here?"
At the North Country Bank, Tartaglia was somewhat surprised upon seeing Pantalone’s arrival.
"Wait...are you also interested in Rock God's Heart of God? But didn't you accept a mission before?"
The Heart of God in each country is basically managed by an executive officer. Now that Pantalone has come here, Tartaglia can't help but think so.
Moreover, executives like [Rich Man] and [Rooster] who hold important positions in Winter would normally not be sent out to perform missions.
"Oh, dear Mr. Tartaglia, I think you misunderstood. I am not interested in the Heart of God of Rock God."
"On the contrary, I am more interested in Rock God."
Pantalone responded to Tartaglia with a smile.
"Master Pantalone."
Naturally, there was no employee in the Northland Bank who did not know his immediate superior, Pantalone, and they immediately saluted respectfully.
"Forget it. As long as you provide enough funding, I don't care what you want to do."
After hearing what Pantalone said, Tartaglia had no choice but to nod.
"nature."
Pantalone responded and then took the account book handed over by the account manager Andre.
"Hmm... this was reimbursed by Mr. Tartaglia? How come I didn't know you had a hobby of raising thrushes? And they were worth three hundred thousand dollars?"
Pantarone saw a not-so-large expense reimbursement bill, and he looked at Tartaglia with some confusion.
As mentioned before, he doesn't mind spending money, but it cannot be meaningless.
"Ahahaha... it's because Mr. Zhongli's thrush eloped with his friend's thrush some time ago, so I bought him a new one..."
Tartaglia scratched his head awkwardly as he explained that he had never expected that such a small bill would be noticed by Pantalone.
"I see, Mr. Tartaglia has made a friend. I'm so happy for you..."
Pantalone nodded slightly, but felt a little depressed. Such a small amount of money was a drop in the bucket for him, so why did he need to be reimbursed?
You really don't treat the money in the Northland Bank as money...
This money is my future...
"Speaking of which, Mr. Tartaglia has been in Liyue for a while. I wonder if he has found out any news about the God of Geo?"
After walking to the reception room of the North Country Bank with Tartaglia and sitting down, Pantalone began to ask about important matters.
"...Don't worry about it. You are not interested in the Heart of God."
Tartaglia said after a moment of silence.
"I see. Then I hope Mr. Tartaglia can share some news with me when he has it. Don't worry, I'm really not interested in the Heart of God."
After hearing what Tartaglia said, Pantalone knew that he definitely had no news yet, and nodded slightly.
"Okay, okay, since you said so."
Tartaglia had no choice but to nod and agree.
"But then again, why are you in Liyue now? Didn't I hear that you were in Winter Solstice not long ago? You can't make it in this time, right?"
Tartaglia asked suspiciously.
Although the Solstice Army possesses teleportation technology, that technology does not support ultra-long-distance teleportation.
"Oh, Mr. Lerch brought me here."
"noob?!"
"Great, we finally caught him! I'm going to go fight him right now!"
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