Chapter 68 - 67: Collei's Expectations, And Straighter Than The Frost Nail On The Dragonspine Mountain

There is a reason why the Ludi Harpastum Festival is called by this name. After the festival begins, there will be various competitions. After lively poetry, banquets and flying competitions, a girl will be selected by the overall champion of the three competitions. At the end of the celebration, the girl will stand in the palm of the statue of Barbatos, the god of wind, in the Square infront of the Favonius Cathedral, and throw a Harpastum symbolizing Barbatos' blessing to the crowd. The first person to catch the Harpastum will receive a generous prize and fortune worth for the whole year. During the last few years of the Lawrence family's rule over Mondstadt, this person was usually chosen by Master Barca Lawrence of the Lawrence family. The old nobles simply cancelled the competition, nominated a certain girl as the candidate, and directly took over Harpastum. Not only Harpastum, but even the girl herself will be taken home by him, and the outcome is self-evident. This went on for five years until a bard who called himself Wendy snatched the Harpastum that represented blessing from him. The rule of the Lawrence family finally came to an end. The mysterious man who attacked the Fatui was eventually lost by Collei and her companion Amber. Considering that there were still mechanical birds in the city, they finally chose to give up the hunt and returned to Mondstadt. After finding all the mechanical birds, they participated in the Ludi Harpastum Festival celebration. With Amber's encouragement, Collei also participated in the competition. Although she was not successfully selected, the kindness of the people around her still made her enjoy herself. When the Harpastum was finally thrown down, she used the skills she learned from Bai Luo to successfully grab the Harpastum from the crowd. Not only did she grab the Harpastum, she also received an unexpected gift. "See you tomorrow, Collei." When they reached the fork in the road, Amber had to say goodbye to Collei. Although she really wanted to invite Collei to her house and let her see the Baron Bunny she made. But considering that her disease might cause trouble to the other party, Collei declined her offer. What's more...she had one more thing to do. The celebration is over, but the number of pedestrians on the road has not decreased much. There were still happy smiles on everyone's faces, and from time to time some people continued to discuss the things happening at the celebration. In this atmosphere, Collei, holding the gift from the Ludi Harpastum festival in her arms, ran towards the Goth Grand Hotel in the night. But before she reached the hotel door, she saw a person standing in the shadows in front of her. Bai Luo. In Collei's impression, Bai Luo always liked to stand in such a dark place. In addition, he was wearing a black windbreaker. If he was not wearing a white mask, it would be easy for people to ignore him. Collei trotted up to the other person, and the latter took off the mask covering his face. Under the mask, there is still that familiar smile, gentle and with a hint of doting. "Did you have fun?" Bai Luo casually hung the mask around his waist. He wears his mask in different ways in different situations. During assassinations or negotiations, he would wear it on his face, which would give the other party a sense of oppression. In formal occasions where he had to show his face, he would wear it at one side, declaring his authority as an executive. Only in private would he hang this mask representing death around his waist. Nodding, Collei raised her hand and handed the gift she had been holding for a long time to Bai Luo. "Here! This is for you!" "this?" Bai Luo casually took the gift box handed to him, but didn't pay much attention to it. He just thought it was something Colle bought at the celebration. "You...you don't want to take a look?" Seeing that Bai Luo didn't seem to have any intention of opening it, Collei asked carefully. This guy always has this smiling expression on his face all year round, whether he is angry or threatening others, he is always like this. Collei would have liked to see a different expression on his face. Will he show a surprised expression when he sees this gift? Collei is looking forward to it. "Gifts are something that should be opened at the right time, but now is not the time to open them... Come with me, Sumeru's scholar is here, let's go meet him." "oh..." He didn't know if it was an illusion, but Bai Luo discovered that after the little girl, Collei, knew that the person who could cure her illness had arrived, she was not happy at all. Instead, she looked a little disappointed. Is it because of this gift box? Looking at the gift box tucked under his armpit, Bai Luo showed a thoughtful expression on his face. He was already beginning to wonder what was in there. The headquarters of the Knights of Favonius is not far from the Goth Grand Hotel. It is just diagonally opposite, just a step up. Whether it is the Fatui controlling the Knights or the Knights monitoring the Fatui, it is very convenient. But when Collei saw Bai Luo pulling her straight towards the Knights, she couldn't help but ask. "Are we just going to go there like this?" Collei knew very well that if Bai Luo, as an Fatui Harbinger, walked towards the Knights like this, it would definitely cause chaos. To some knights, she herself was a stranger with mysterious whereabouts. Even the arsonist that the Knights have been investigating these days is her. "It's okay." For the first time, Bai Luo took the initiative to hold Collei's hand, and a faint blue halo enveloped the two of them. [Shadow]: Enters stealth mode after 1 second and increases movement speed by 8%. You will exit stealth mode after normal attack and skill casting, and the next attack will be a critical hit. This skill has always been his greatest reliance, because after testing it with General Raiden, he can almost confirm that this is an invisibility skill that even the gods cannot see through. After using it many times, he also vaguely understood the principle of this skill. Basically it means hiding yourself and the objects or people you come into contact with in another world. In this case, neither footsteps, heartbeats, nor even breathing would exist. It means disappearing from this world in a real sense. Maybe...it has something to do with the so-called quantum. This also reminded Bai Luo of another word related to Genshin Impact and Mihoyo in his previous life. The quantum sea. I don't know if the two are related. Relying on this unique means of invisibility, Bai Luo and Cole successfully entered the Knights Headquarters. "You...you wouldn't normally be in the shower right?" After realizing how terrifying this ability was, Collei suddenly got goose bumps all over her body, and the look in her eyes when she looked at Bai Luo became strange. When she wipes her body in the bathroom, she often notices something strange. Could it be... "Don't worry, I won't use my skills on such a boring thing." "That's good, I still..." "Besides, what's so good about your small body? I've seen it so many times when I was applying the ointment. I'm more excited to look at my own chest muscles than your flat wall." "..." It turns out that gentleness and all that is just an illusion. This thing is straighter than the Frost Nail on the Dragonspine Snow Mountain! Just when Collei was speechless about Bai Luo's speech, a small room next to him was suddenly opened. "Da da da!" The hot red figure ran out impatiently and rushed towards the open gate of the Knights. result... "Boom—" The young figure seemed to have bumped into something extraordinary. She raised her head and looked ahead in confusion, but found nothing in front of her. Nothing in the true sense. "Wooohoo! Brother Kaeya is right! There are ghosts in Mondstadt at night! I will never run away again!" The little guy, who looked very fragile, subconsciously reached out to take something from behind, and then found that her backpack seemed to have been left in the confinement room. "Wow!!" So...a little girl whose confinement time was over took the initiative to enter the confinement room, which was a nightmare to her, for the first time. ________________________________________ [A/N: Poor klee, got scared by ghosts or Probably ghosts should be scared of her now. Because, Next time she will not forget her bomb bag] Hello my dear readers, I noticed that I am not getting power stones. Common guys, power stones motivate us authors to regularly dish out updates. It's our battery. 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