My Next Life in Teyvat: I Just Wanted Friends, Not Every Girl's Love!-Chapter 221 - 219 To be able to feel that ominous presence from such a distance showed just how much of that ominous power had accumulated and how terrifying it was.
To be able to feel that ominous presence from such a distance showed just how much of that ominous power had accumulated and how terrifying it was.
"What are you two talking about? Is there something on that mountain covered in flowers?"
To Paimon and Lumine, the mountain was beautiful, but Durandal and Shenhe’s expressions didn’t look like they were admiring it; instead, they were wary of something.
"Something? Something very bad."
To more vividly show Lumine and Paimon what she was feeling, Durandal condensed the invisible ominous energy pervading the air in her hand.
In a short while, a cluster of purple energy, emanating an uncomfortable feeling, appeared in her right hand, which had been empty moments before.
Even Paimon, upon seeing it, realized it wasn’t a good thing. Then she thought, this thing is what Durandal and Shenhe felt, coming from that mountain?
"This... this serious?"
"This is just a tiny part. The most serious area is somewhere on that mountain. The specific situation is unknown, but... if it continues like this, these energies will eventually explode due to excessive accumulation."
The energy in Durandal’s hand, under her control, transformed into the shape of a barrel of explosives, then burst open very graphically. The exploding energy spread out, startling Paimon.
"This... this would be very bad, wouldn’t it? If it really exploded, it would definitely cause a very serious accident, right?"
"Perhaps, but since we know about this, Inazuma’s official personnel should also know about it."
Even Shenhe could sense the anomaly there, so Inazuma’s specialized agencies that handle such things must have already discovered it.
The reason there was no movement should be that they were discussing how to deal with that energy, so even if they ignored it, there wouldn’t be any problems.
Paimon listened and thought, that makes sense. This problem surely isn’t appearing for the first time. Even if Inazuma’s people were stupid or bad, they wouldn’t just watch this problem grow larger and larger. They would definitely solve it in the end.
Since the professionals would handle it, they, as outsiders, shouldn’t worry unnecessarily. They should just focus on their own matters and not fret over things that aren’t their concern.
After this small interlude, the group continued towards Narukami Island.
Not long after they left, a girl wearing a shrine maiden outfit and a fox mask walked out from behind a fox statue.
"To actually... to actually be able to control defilement and absorb it, just who is she?"
Although she wore a mask, her voice revealed her shock. According to her understanding, ordinary people couldn’t handle this defilement; it required a special ritual.
But this ritual is currently lost, and for this very reason, the shrine has not dealt with this problem.
Her situation was special; she knew how to deal with it, but she needed help to complete the ritual.
However, her situation was also very unique; if she sought professional help, she certainly wouldn’t be able to gain their trust. She could only search for foreigners with sufficient strength and reliability.
She had been waiting here because this was a place one would pass through when leaving Ritou. She could observe these people and find suitable ones among them.
This time, she found someone suitable. She was originally thinking about how to strike up a conversation, but Durandal pulled off such a stunt, completely throwing her off.
She wasn’t quite sure to what extent Durandal could go, but if she was powerful enough to absorb the defilement, then... perhaps there wouldn’t be a need to use that method to deal with the defilement.
But... even if it were truly possible, what good would it do? She... was destined not to exist.
Durandal hadn’t realized her actions had been noticed.
After passing through a village, they wound their way to Narukami Island, which Thoma had told them about, arriving at Inazuma’s largest city—Inazuma City.
The residents here were exceptionally numerous, unlike Ritou; one could even see Scholars from other countries.
Paimon’s attention was drawn by the surroundings, and Lumine also looked around curiously, as if Ritou’s environment was unique to that place, and other areas were still very good.
But... this was only on the surface; if the situation in the capital was also terrible, then this nation would truly be finished.
The Tenryou Commission would surely not allow the city under the Raiden Shogun’s feet to be filled with public grievances; they would at least make this place better than others.
Following the address on the invitation, the group arrived at Komore Teahouse.
As soon as they stepped in, they were stopped by the attendant at the door; her aura was very strong, somewhat reminiscent of White Oriole.
It wasn’t until Lumine took out the invitation Thoma had given them that the attendant’s attitude improved.
"Since you are Mr. Thoma’s guests, then you are honored guests.
It has been a long time since we’ve seen new guests with invitations.
May everything go smoothly for the two of you."
"Woah~ Her attitude is completely different from just now, like a different person."
The drastic change in attitude made Paimon unable to resist complaining.
"When facing guests, one naturally greets them with a smile.
If they are unwelcome guests, they naturally won’t receive a good look."
"You... what do you mean by that?
Are you saying we’re unwelcome guests?"
"Looking at your attire, one can tell you are people who have smuggled yourselves from overseas and are now exiles here.
Without an invitation, you would naturally fall into that category."
"Woah~ I can’t find anything to refute."
If it were her, she wouldn’t give much of a good look to potential enemies, but to be able to do it to this extent, she was quite professional.
"Then, welcome, everyone, to Komore Teahouse, the Shuumatsuban’s small ’protected area’."
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