My Next Life in Teyvat: I Just Wanted Friends, Not Every Girl's Love!-Chapter 219 - 218: Miss Shrine Maiden Who Doesn’t Know What To Do

The Tenryou Commission is corrupt and evil, and they collude with the Fatui for private smuggling—these are things everyone on Ritou knows.

Although much of it is rumor, no one believes it to be groundless. Moreover, the Tenryou Commission is already terrible; who knows if that old scoundrel, upon seeing the Fatui, would forget everything Durandal entrusted him with due to greed.

Hiiragi Shinsuke indeed acted that way before, and that was his personality. But now he has something more important than Mora—his health—so he certainly wouldn’t cooperate with the Fatui.

However, it was impossible to cut off the dealings immediately. Furthermore, last night, The Lady, a Fatui Harbinger, came in person. Hiiragi Shinsuke could only pretend as usual, agreeing to her demands, but in reality, he had no intention of heeding her.

"So, the commission you plan to give us during the day isn’t anything too outrageous?"

"Of course, this is the commission I prepared for you. Please review it. If there’s any discrepancy with the content, you may punish me directly."

Hiiragi Shinsuke handed the already prepared commission document to Durandal. The content was indeed not difficult; the slightly harder part was asking them to investigate evidence of corruption among some Tenryou Commission soldiers, so he could find reasons to dismiss those people and promote soldiers with better reputations.

Durandal nodded, realizing she had misunderstood Hiiragi Shinsuke, or rather, his daughter had. His daughter didn’t know much and still thought Hiiragi Shinsuke was the same as before, which was why she subtly hinted to Lumine during the day not to accept Hiiragi Shinsuke’s commission.

"I see, I wondered why she suddenly changed her tune. So, it was Chisato’s doing."

"You know well how you behaved in the past. It’s not strange for her to think that way; you, as a father, are not very well-liked by her."

"You’re making fun of me. I will try to correct myself. Oh, right, Chisato probably asked you to come over to help you leave Ritou, right? How does she plan to help you?"

"I don’t know. When I heard you were planning to scheme against us, I rushed over to deal with you. I didn’t hear the rest of the content."

Hiiragi Shinsuke wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. Did he just escape a calamity?

Durandal didn’t know, and Hiiragi Shinsuke couldn’t ask Hiiragi Chisato. But what she could ask for should only be a small matter. Since that’s the case, let her handle it.

He would be very busy lately, dealing with the Tenryou Commission’s affairs and negotiating cooperation with the Shuumatsuban. He wouldn’t bother with these small matters.

Small matters? Well, indeed, it was just a small matter, merely helping Hiiragi Chisato deliver a letter to the person she liked. It truly wasn’t a big deal.

At least, Durandal thought so. What expression Hiiragi Shinsuke would show if he knew about this, only he would know.

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"Fortunately, with Miss Chisato’s help, otherwise leaving Ritou this time would have been a bit of a headache."

Paimon, who had successfully left Ritou, wiped the cold sweat from her forehead. They truly were blessed with good fortune, receiving help when they needed it most.

Hiiragi Chisato, under the guise of an escort, commissioned them to help transport a batch of goods from Ritou to Watatsumi Island. This allowed them to bypass the "customs clearance documents" and successfully leave Ritou.

During the transportation of the goods, one of the escorts helping with the delivery behaved a bit strangely, especially when he heard Hiiragi Chisato tell Lumine to make sure to deliver the letter to her beloved, his mood became even more complex.

"Even if you are intoxicated by an unreachable love."

Lumine, noticing this scene, sang this song, which was clearly beautiful but gave off a strange feeling, under the puzzled gazes of everyone.

The escort, whose mood was already complicated, looked even worse when he heard Lumine’s song.

He wasn’t quite sure why Lumine was singing at that moment, but he could tell that her purpose in singing this song wasn’t pure, as if she was mocking him, or... watching a show?

The escort, persuaded by his companions, returned to Ritou, and Durandal’s party continued towards Narukami Island.

But on their way, Durandal noticed the mountain where cherry blossoms bloomed. The ominous feeling grew stronger as they approached.

"Can you feel it, Shenhe?"

Durandal pointed at the mountain, which subtly emanated an ominous aura, and asked.

"I feel uncomfortable, but I’m not sure what’s happening there."

The aura emanating from that mountain was somewhat different from the evil spirits that exorcists usually dealt with. Although she could tell something was wrong there, she didn’t know what was happening.

"Things are worse than you imagine. What you’re feeling now is just a tiny fraction of what’s overflowing; in reality, it might have accumulated an unknown amount."

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