Chapter 585: Rongcai Festival, Ending
——Teyvat
Inazuma, an outlying island port.
Today is the second day of the Rongcai Festival. The ship that came to Inazuma is a passenger ship from Liyue. Ying and Paimon went to greet them according to work requirements.
"Xingqiu is also on this ship. We must be careful and not let anyone know about the loss."
【Xingqiu: You finally remembered me?】
[Paimeng, just don't let anything slip. ]
[Who understands? When I was fighting in the abyss, Paimon suddenly spoke, and I was almost scared to death on the spot. ]
[Is there anyone who can talk bigger than Paimon? ]
At this time, the ship docked.
Guests from Liyue disembark.
Paimon said as he did to Mondstadt's guests yesterday: "You all came from Liyue to attend the Rongcai Festival, right?"
"We are guides, responsible for bringing everyone to the island."
Ying took out the information registration form and said, "Please register your information here."
Everyone noticed that this was Liyue's great hero, so they cooperated with Ying's information registration.
Paimon looked at one person and said, "Huh? Is it my illusion?"
"I always feel like you look familiar."
The man laughed and said, "Haha, it's not an illusion. I'm Ah Xu from Feiyun Chamber of Commerce. We have not only calligraphers and painters on this ship, but also chess players from Jijianqitan."
A Xu is the servant of Feiyun Chamber of Commerce.
According to him, he came here with Xingqiu to investigate the potential of the product "Mechanical Chess".
"Oh~ Speaking of which, where is your second young master?"
Ah Xu looked aside.
Paimon followed his gaze and said in shock, "Xingqiu actually fell asleep while sitting."
I saw that the second young master of our Feiyun Chamber of Commerce was sitting on a box and sleeping very soundly.
It seems that he can feel the gaze of others.
Xingqiu woke up from his sleep and uttered, “…Ah?”
[Trivia: Players can also sit on the boxes here. ]
[“Xingqiu, wake up, your book is lost!”]
[Is this the ascension to heaven? ]
[Cute, the last person who fell asleep on a box like this was Bennett (both are six-star war gods)]
[This “Ah…” is so cute! ]
Xingqiu looked at Ying and Paimong: "Oh, it's the Traveler and Paimong, you are here to visit Inazuma too? It seems like we are really destined to be together."
"We are not guests, but guides for the Rongcai Festival."
Paimon said to Xingqiu.
"You seem a little listless."
Ying said as she registered.
Then Xingqiu said awkwardly that he was so engrossed in reading a novel on the boat that it was already dawn when he came to his senses.
"I heard that when we go to the island, the Kanjo Bugyo will want to see everyone's invitation letter, right? I'll take out the invitation letter first."
Xingqiu lowered his head and began to search for the invitation letter in his luggage.
At this time, two unexpected people appeared.
"Can't I attend the Rongcai Festival without an invitation?"
"If you are an invited guest, you do need to show an invitation letter to attend the Rongcai Festival, but..."
Paimon was fulfilling his duty as a guide and making the introduction.
Then he turned around and saw the Drifter in front of him.
"Eh? Drifter?"
Rurouni ignored Paimon's doubts and said, "But? If there is another way, please explain it clearly."
"I lost my invitation."
Gan Yu walked out of the crowd and said, "Things like invitations should be reissued, right?"
(Player perspective dialogue options:)
(1. It’s you again, Wang Xiaomei.)
(2. Ganyu is also here...)
"It's you again, Wang Xiaomei."
Ying greeted her old friends happily.
"So who is Wang Xiaomei?"
Ganyu narrowed her crimson eyes and said helplessly.
【Wang Xiaomei is Wang Xiaomei! (Immediate answer.jpg)】
【There is only one option for this question. 】
[I can understand that Rogue showed up, but... Wang Xiaomei, what are you doing here? Is the General Affairs Department expanding new business? ]
【I discovered a detail: the wanderer was wearing handcuffs. 】
[Really? Did they escape from prison? And they kidnapped Ganyu as a hostage?]
"Doesn't the Rongcai Festival only invite literary and artistic workers such as bards, writers, and painters?"
"So why are Ganyu and Drifter here too?"
Paimon recalls the news about the Rongcai Festival.
Venti, Albedo, Xingqiu, these people all have extraordinary identities, at least they cannot go abroad at will.
But even so, their appearance in the Rongcai Festival is reasonable. After all, these people's secondary occupations are related to the Rongcai Festival.
However, these two people appeared now.
Ganyu is from the General Affairs Department, and Rurouni is a direct descendant of Kimihaku.
Not to mention that they can't travel abroad freely, the main thing is that these two people have nothing to do with the theme of the Rongcai Festival.
"...Didn't my aunt tell you?"
Rurouni wondered, "One of the five singing fairies in the background of the Rongcai Festival is me."
"Ah... ah?"
Paimon said in surprise.
Ying seemed to be thinking: "Come to think of it, when I first met you, you were the one reciting a poem."
[The wind is blowing and the clouds are flying, how can we find brave warriors to travel in all directions? ]
【An impressive appearance. 】
[Although this is actually a quote from a famous scene, I have to admit that I became a fan of Rurouni because of this scene.]
[So this foreshadowing has only just been resolved...]
[I didn't realize that you, Rurouni, are a cultured person. ]
"So Rurouni is one of the Five Songs Immortals..."
"The wind is blowing and the clouds are flying. How can I find brave men to travel to all directions?"
Rurouni recited the words he had said to Ying when they first met, and then said, "The past is too hard to look back on, and I am indeed one of them."
“But that’s in the past.”
"It's just that my aunt seemed to want to take advantage of my identity, so I received an invitation letter before the Rongcai Festival began."
"I was asked to come here to be a model for a man called "Chalk" and paint, so I boarded the ship to Inazuma."
"Then what are you..."
Ying looked at the handcuffs in Rurouni's hand.
"Let me explain."
Ganyu stepped forward and said, "Liyue has received an invitation to the Inazuma Rongcai Festival, and would like to take this opportunity to further communicate with Inazuma."
"Although Drifter received the invitation, he is still serving his sentence."
"So after discussions among all parties, we finally came to the conclusion that we should let the wanderers go out to participate in the Rongcai Festival in the name of voluntary labor."
The wanderer gestured with the handcuffs on his hands and said:
"These handcuffs are proof that I am doing voluntary labor."
Ganyu smiled and said, "As for me, of course I am here to promote diplomacy between the two countries, and to supervise the Drifters."
"Although we all believe that Drifter will not violate the rules, we still have to leave when the situation warrants it."
Ying and Paimeng suddenly realized.
The four of them chatted for a while, and then Xingqiu found the invitation letter and showed it, and entered Inazuma with the crowd.
Ganyu is going to take Rurouni to find Yae Godson to solve the problem of Rurouni losing the invitation letter.
Before leaving, Ganyu asked:
"Ying, Paimeng, have you seen Chi Ling recently?"
"Red feather?" x2
Recalling the appearance of the mechanical bird in Jun Bai's hand, Ying and Paimeng shook their heads together and asked:
"Does Jun Bai have something to talk to us about?"
Gan Yu nodded: "I don't know the details either, I just know that Senior has something important that needs your help recently."
"If you see Chi Ling, you should know the details, so remember to pay attention."
Ying and Paimon kept these words in mind.
Then, at the end of the Rongcai Festival, the familiar red mechanical bird was seen in the sky.
——Digression
Note 1
The author did not watch the story of the Rongcai Festival, so I am not impressed. If Rurouni is not one of the Five Songs, please correct me.
I'll make corrections when I get around to it.
Note 2
Rurouni first appears in Chapter 84, if I remember correctly.