Chapter 36
West Wind Cathedral
""Jizi, there's no need. This is the church. I'm not here to fight. Besides, the Honkai energy has already been eroded. You're making me look like a useless person."
Lidao played with the green chess piece in his hand and looked helplessly at Jizi who was sitting next to him.
She changed into normal clothes, wearing a dress called Midsummer Party.
"Be careful of accidents, you said that."
Ji Zi just shook her head and looked curiously at the small chess piece in Li Dao's hand, the Heart of the Wind God.
"You're just going to carry this thing around in the church? Is that okay?"
"I was just sitting quietly, not showing off. And this thing looks easy to get. We got one within a few days of our arrival, but in fact, few people know about it, and even fewer know and can recognize it."
Li Dao saw Ji Zi's curiosity and handed her the Heart of God.
"It should be a very rare item indeed... After all, there are only seven gods. Captain, are you bragging? You got this thing just a few days after arriving? It's amazing."
Ji Zi rubbed it curiously. She couldn't tell what material it was made of, but it felt good, like a high-end product.
"There is nothing to brag about."Lidao shook his head.
Anyone who is familiar with the plot can do this, because Wendy didn't want this thing in the first place, and the same goes for Rock God and Thunder God. They can take it if they want.
Oh, as for Thunder God... I guess I have to give Yae Shinko a good novel? The
Heart of God is really worthless...
Lidao thought so, but his eyes were always observing the people who were receiving treatment on the side of the church.
In order to find that strange person, he even deliberately disguised himself. He probably just wore a hood, changed his usual white clothes into black clothes, and wore a black mask by the way. Combined with his own unfriendly aura, his whole temperament became a lot more gloomy.
"You are here again... Captain?"
Ji Zi found that Li Dao was not listening at all. She followed his gaze and saw a young pastor lady who was treating the wound of a Fontaine uncle.
The man was very strange. He looked like he was obviously stabbed by a knife, but he used the arm with the wound without any care.
For example, when he helped the pastor lady get the ointment, he used the arm that needed treatment.
The pastor lady was surprised for a while.
And when applying the ointment, she would actively press her wound. Ji Zi felt a phantom pain and frowned.
"It's that kind of monster again."
"Again? Miss Pastor, besides me, are there any other people being attacked?"
As Miss Pastor sighed, the Fontaine man asked in surprise
"Yes, I heard from other nuns that many adventurers have been attacked by strange monsters recently. Mr. Layer should wait until the dragon disaster is over before considering returning to Fontaine. If you have any unspeakable problems, you can also ask the Knights of Favonius for help."
While helping to bandage the wound, the priest reminded worriedly.
"No, I don't have any hidden reasons. It's just that I've been out for a long time. I wrote a letter to my family saying I was going back, but before I left, the dragon disaster came. My family must be worried."
The Fontaine man called Layer said this, feeling a little depressed.
"Really... That's terrible. It would be great if I could write back to my family to let them know I'm safe. But in this situation, the only people who can communicate are probably the Fatui. But you can imagine that the Fatui won't help us."
"That is to say……"
Layer and the pastor were complaining about the unpredictable nature of life, and their large intestines... cough cough, were lamenting that things were not going well.
"Miss Barbara? Are you having any troubles?"
A familiar yet strange voice came over to the two of them.
"Hey!"
The pastor turned around when her name was called and saw a man with a gloomy temperament standing behind her. She was startled, but she quickly recognized the man because of his temperament.
""Ah, Mr. Lidao?! It turns out that you are the one sitting in front of me. I was wondering who it was. Hello, Mr. Lidao, thank you for taking care of me last time~"
Barbara knew Lidao, and she had met him many times in Mondstadt besides in the store, so although she was surprised, she had no resistance at all, and was even very happy to see him.
"It's just a small thing, please don't take it to heart."
Li Dao pulled Barbara's hand and kissed the back of her hand, then naturally let go.
Barbara didn't feel disgusted by this, but smiled even happier.
"Things are accumulated little by little from small things."
Barbara stretched out her index finger and waved it, saying playfully
"Well, this is also Miss Barbara's way of dealing with things." Lidao nodded, then looked at Layer,"Why don't you introduce me?"
"Ah! Sorry, sorry, Mr. Lidao, I haven't introduced you yet. This is Mr. Layel, an adventurer from Fontaine.
Mr. Layel, this is Mr. Lidao, from Liyue, a very powerful businessman!"
Barbara gestured to introduce the two people separately.
"Hello." Lidao extended his hand to Layer.
"……"Layer hesitated and looked at the island cautiously.
"Mr. Layer, Mr. Lidao just looks difficult to get along with, but he is actually a very nice person."
Barbara felt that it was a bit impolite for Layer to let Lidao just raise his hand, so she reminded him.
After Barbara's reminder, Layer finally reacted and was about to reach out his hand, but before he could make a move, he saw Lidao put his hand back.
"It's okay, Miss Barbara. You don't have to explain anything to me. I'm used to it. But thank you anyway.
Lidao smiled as usual and thanked Barbara.
"How could it be possible? Mr. Lidao is such a gentle and kind person, he shouldn't...ah, that's it...I think I understand what you mean."
Barbara was still feeling unfair for Lidao, but halfway through her words she remembered what Lidao had said and suddenly felt relieved.
"What?"Lidao tilted his head.
"No, it's nothing. By the way, I didn't encounter any difficulties, please don't worry. Wait a moment, I'll be done soon."
Barbara smiled at Lidao, then turned around and continued to help Rayer bandage.
The nun worked very hard, but Rayer could clearly feel that the atmosphere was not good.
"Are you from Liyue?"
Layel frowned and asked directly. He was not used to this situation.
"Of course, Liyue people, what's wrong?"
"The name is Rijima? Rijima what? Rijima Hachiman? Rijima Kiyotaka? Or Rijima Houtarou?"
"Just call me Lidao, surname Li, given name Dao, courtesy name… Forget it, it’s meaningless."
Lidao shook his head gently, the other party’s words did not cause him any emotional fluctuations.
As he said, he had long been accustomed to it, because he grew up in such malicious jokes, and he had heard similar words when he was in elementary school. He forgot the process, but only remembered the result. The other party compensated him a lot of money, probably hundreds of thousands? And all of them were expelled from school, and he also had a long vacation.
"You think I don't understand? Haha, unfortunately, I've been to Liyue, but why don't I remember that there is a hand-kissing ceremony in Liyue?"
Layer's tone was unfriendly, staring straight at Lidao, as if he wanted to find a flaw in him.
"I didn't say that Liyue has the hand-kissing ceremony, but it's my freedom to do what I want to do. I have nothing to say."
Lidao shook his head calmly and looked at him indifferently.
There was a kind of contempt in that indifference, which made Layer even more annoyed:"You can't explain it clearly and then you have nothing to say? You are so...……"
"Mr. Rayer! Have you had enough of the trouble?"
Barbara suddenly interrupted Rayer loudly and looked at him coldly.