Original God's Dark Priest

"Although you can't participate in the official competition, are you interested in the spontaneous competitions organized by card players?" Margaret suddenly asked.

Little Paimeng and Ying looked at each other, a little confused: "A competition in the market?"

"Although the official competition is more exciting, the addiction of those card players will not subside in a short time. So, those people held a private competition that can attract more people." Saphir leaned back on the sofa, a little nonchalant.

Margaret smiled and nodded, adding, "For the community competition, there is no limit to the registration time, the number of challenges, and even the cards are prepared for you. Oh, and the prizes are pretty good, too."

Margaret spoke with a hint of playfulness, and seemed to be harboring some evil intentions. Saphir was too lazy to spoil her plans. The competition did have prizes, but those things would probably be hard to attract the attention of Ying and Paimon.

However, if they want to participate, they probably just want to find a few opponents to play cards with, so let them go.

Little Paimon couldn't wait any longer: "Wow, shall we go check it out later? Thanks to Margaret and Sapphire for clearing up my confusion!"

"Haha, you're welcome. There are many snack stalls and entertainment activities at the venue. It's definitely worth a visit. Maybe you will run into some old friends." Margaret chuckled. "Well, if you two don't mind, let's stop here and chat."

Ying knew that this meant the topic was coming to an end, so she looked at Saphir to find out what she was going to do next.

Safir sat up lazily, no longer burying himself in the sofa: "Mond is your hometown after all. You can't expect me to accompany you when you travel here, right?"

"No, no, I want Safir to go with me!" Ying quickly grabbed Safir's arm, as if saying, "I won't leave unless you come."

Margaret giggled at the sight.

Saphir pulled Ying's little face helplessly: "Forget it, let's go together."

After she finished speaking, she stood up and left a Dongtian Pass on the table: "I'm leaving first, Margaret. I'll let An Jiu and Grusha contact you later. You can try out the Moonlight Tavern in Liyue and Inazuma first."

"No problem, happy cooperation." Margaret did not put away the Dongtian Guandie immediately, but also stood up and sent Safir and others to the door of the store.

After leaving the Cat's Tail Tavern, Ying began to consider whether to ask Saphir about Su, but little Paimon was obviously not in the mood.

The little guy has been completely attracted by the competition: "I always feel that with Ying's ability, winning the grand prize of the competition is not a problem at all.

By the way, does Safire plan to compete?"

Saphir shook her head. Her Seven Saints summoning skills were not that good, so she didn't want to bring shame upon herself.

Little Paimon nodded and said, "Yes, it is indeed not appropriate for the Fatui executive to appear in public at such an occasion. In fact, I think it is also good for you to participate in the competition as the Silver Wolf.

Of course, there is also Ying, "Honorary Knight Overcame All the Enemies and Won the Summoning King Competition Championship!" Hehe, this sounds good too."

While she was talking to herself, she didn't notice that there was a little pink-haired girl standing not far away, eavesdropping with her ears perked up.

When the little pink-haired boy heard what Paimon said, his eyes widened a lot, but then he immediately restrained his emotions and acted indifferent.

She heard amazing news!

However, if it was really that Safire, then my eavesdropping would have been discovered long ago. The reason why he hasn't been silenced yet is probably because the other party feels it is unnecessary.

Of course, the pink-haired girl is not afraid of Safir. After all, she has actually had contact with Safir, and strictly speaking, it was a collaboration.

That simple communication made her think that the girl named Silver Wolf, although she seemed a little cold, was not a bad person. In other words, Silver Wolf actually had a passionate heart, which was very rare.

Silver Wolf is just a code name. She had thought of this possibility a long time ago, but she had never thought of Safir. Now that she knew it, she would not doubt the other party's character just because of Safir's reputation outside. After all... she had really come into contact with Safir.

Of course, this was not a suitable topic to start a conversation, so the pink-haired girl decided to find a breakthrough from the traveler: "Oh? Did I hear you right? Are you three trying to make some great news?"

Her sudden conversation startled little Paimon: "Woo! Who are you? Why are you eavesdropping on our conversation?"

"Ah, sorry, sorry, it's my professional habit. I heard it inadvertently." The pink-haired girl glanced at Saphir secretly, and found that the other party did not show any displeasure. She was relieved and said with a smile, "Let me introduce myself. I am Charlotte, a reporter from Fontaine's Steambird Newspaper.

This time I was sent here specifically to report on the news regarding the Summoning King Grand Prix."

"Steambird Newspaper?" Little Pimeng tilted her head. She thought it sounded familiar.

Ying had the same feeling: "I think I've heard of it."

"The Steambird Newspaper is headquartered in Fontaine. It is a newspaper that is quite influential in various regions. Mondstadt also has people who specialize in providing articles for the newspaper." Charlotte introduced patiently.

Her words didn't contain much information, but at least she said something, so little Paimon reluctantly agreed with the statement: "Okay, I'm Paimon, this is Ying, and this is Saphir. What did you just say... great news? What is that?"

"Oh? It seems that the three of you have become interested in this. To be honest, my keen professional sense tells me that there must be big news hidden in this Summoning King Grand Prix." Charlotte vowed.

"Breaking news?" Upon hearing this word, Paimon immediately frowned, "Is your sense of smell reliable?"

Charlotte put her hands on her hips. She would not allow anyone to question her professional sense. "Of course it's reliable! After all... I just witnessed the card thief who appeared in the venue with my own eyes!"

Safir felt that Charlotte was really willing to sacrifice her life for the sake of the news. She knew that she might be targeted, but she still dared to come over to show her presence. Just based on the self-awareness of this worker, she was almost moved. She decided not to hurt this girl.

"Card Thief?!" Little Paimon was attracted by what Charlotte said and had long forgotten what his original purpose was.

Charlotte nodded seriously: "Yes, he took away the opponent's cards when the player was not paying attention. When I wanted to go to bed, the thief had disappeared."

"But why do you specifically steal cards?" Little Paimeng expressed his confusion.

Although the Seven Summonings are very popular, the cards cannot be sold for money, and the only valuable ones are the limited edition card backs.

But not many people have this kind of bad luck.

By the way, Saphir also has her own set of card backs, which was written by Albedo and rendered in gold and black. It is the only card back with angel wings and devil bat wings outlined on it.

Ying frowned and thought for a long time, then guessed, "Maybe... it's to disrupt other contestants?"

Charlotte held her head high with a proud look on her face: "Hehe~ We journalists are here to dig out all the incredible parts and turn them into our own 'exclusive news'!

How about it? Are you three interested in following me to uncover the shocking news behind the competition? "

Looking at Charlotte who was full of energy, Safire wanted to laugh. It seemed that this girl had been rewarded after exposing Usher, and now was the time for her to be ambitious.

Little Paimon was a little hesitant. After all, it was strange that Charlotte invited us to cooperate so familiarly from the beginning. So she said hesitantly, "I am interested, but... why don't you find someone else and cooperate with us specifically?"

This is what Ying wanted to ask. She is a mature traveler and will never be blinded by inexplicable kindness and lose herself!

Charlotte felt that there was no need to ask this question. "Why do you still ask? Of course it's because you are the honorary knights who saved Mondstadt, the heroes who fought alongside the Liyue Immortal, the great contributors to lifting the Inazuma Isolation Order! The ones who rectified the Xumi Church..."

"Ahem..." Safir couldn't bear to listen anymore, so he coughed twice and said, "It's over, it's over."

Charlotte scratched her head and chuckled.

In fact, Safire was involved in all these things, but she was perfectly hidden in them, and most people really didn't know what role she played in them.

Little Paimon also knew that this was flattery, so he said speechlessly: "It turns out that without realizing it, our name has become so long."

Ying, on the other hand, put her hands on her hips and puffed out her chest, smiling: "Tell me more, I love to hear it!"

"Hey! We're not here to listen to this!" Little Paimon looked down upon the shameless Yingmei, and then pointed at Saphir, "But she's not a traveler, why do you want to cooperate with her?"

In fact, what she wanted to say was, aren’t you afraid?

Charlotte glanced at Saphir, and Saphir looked at her indifferently.

"Because we have cooperated in Fontaine! Right, Miss Silver Wolf~" Charlotte showed a harmless smile.

Safir smiled and nodded slightly. After a few seconds, he said, "If I ever find that the Steambird Newspaper has published something that shouldn't be there, I will definitely give you a new Mr. Wen Henting, and by the way, I will also let Editor-in-Chief Ou Fu recall how to discipline his subordinates."

"No matter how you think about it, there's no way that kind of stuff would be published. It's not like Ms. Oufu doesn't check the content of the newspaper." Charlotte avoided the question, as if she was trying to pass the buck.

Saphir still smiled: "Oral instructions count, too. I will appear under the bed in your bedroom."

"Woo... Miss Silver Wolf is so scary..." Charlotte immediately backed down.

Seeing that the pink-haired reporter had calmed down after being scolded, Saphir chuckled and shook his head, then said to Ying and Paimon, "Don't worry, there's no problem cooperating with Charlotte. I know her leader, she's very reliable. Besides, she's a reporter for Fontaine, and you'll probably have to deal with her when you go to Fontaine in the future."

"That's right! And I will fill in your names in the column of contributors of the exclusive news. Moreover, with my connections in the newspaper, it will be more convenient for you to travel in Fontaine in the future. It will be no problem for you to place an advertisement in the newspaper!" Charlotte perked up and started chattering.

Little Paimon thought about it carefully and nodded: "It does sound good, Ying, what do you think?"

"Since he is an old acquaintance of Safir..." Ying actually trusts Safir a little more.

After confirming that she was accepted, Charlotte immediately made the decision: "It's settled then! Ah, hearing about him is worse than meeting him in person. This legendary traveler is indeed willing to help.

However, before investigating the 'Phantom Thief', I still have a small job to complete.

The Mond author mentioned earlier who contributed to the Steambird newspaper has always been very popular with readers, and the newspaper decided to give out a bonus, so I brought it here on the way."

"Are we going to find the author now?" asked little Paimeng.

Charlotte nodded. "Well, I already know where the teacher's house is. We can just walk a short distance and bring the prize money over there."

Just as she was about to lead the way, Saphir suddenly spoke up: "Are you talking about Mona?"

"Yes, you do know teacher Astrologius Mona Megistus!" Charlotte was very excited.

Little Paimon was stunned for a moment: "This person can actually call out Mona's name in one breath! How scary!"

Of course, Charlotte didn't have time to care about Paimon's feelings now, she was staring at Sapphire.

Saphir pinched his chin, thought for a while and said, "I remember... Mona moved to Liyue, right?"

"Yes, we used to cooperate with Liudashka to set up a fortune-telling house. Later, Liudashka went to Fontaine, and Mona partnered with Natia. Her fortune-telling house is doing pretty well now." Ying has an impression of this incident.

The business model of Mona cooperating with others in divination was thought up by Saphir when he first participated in the Sea Lantern Festival. This model effectively alleviated the problem of Mona being too straightforward when talking to others.

The results are explained by people with higher emotional intelligence in a tactful tone, which makes it easier for customers to accept, so business has been good.

Now, Mona has no problem buying some expensive instruments, let alone eating.

And because of the existence of the Chen Ge Pot, her needs for a house and a laboratory were actually met, so all her expenses were used on experiments and instruments. It can be said that although she was still poor because of buying a lot of things, at least she no longer had to worry about food and drink.

After all, the most basic thing about working with Safir is that food and accommodation are provided.

If it weren't for Barbiros's consideration, Saphir would have treated Mona more like a junior. Otherwise, she would have kidnapped her to work for the Fatui long ago.

For example, I would do divination before going to work every day to find out which patrolling area is less likely to encounter yellow-haired thugs, and which patrolling area is more likely to have adventures.

"Eh? You're in Liyue? Then I'm not..." Charlotte was a little disappointed. She thought she could see Mona first when she came here.

"We can see each other in Liyue anyway, so let's get down to business first," Saphir suggested.

Charlotte nodded. This was indeed the only way now.