Original God's Dark Priest

Since Mona was not in Mondstadt, Saphir and his party went directly to the venue of the Seven Summonings.

Although the registration has already ended, the competition has not ended yet. Now is the time when the finals of the Mond region are about to begin.

Little Paimeng was looking forward to the final and started guessing which two familiar contestants would be in the final.

Saphir frowned and thought, then said, "Kaia...should make it to the finals, right?"

"He is an old fox and a frequent visitor to the tavern. I think there is a good chance that he can make it to the finals." Ying nodded. She also thought that Kaia could do it.

Little Paimon flew beside them, and then asked, "What about the others? How is Master Diluk?"

"Diluk, he doesn't seem to be particularly keen on this game... After all, it feels a bit weird for a winery owner to go to the Cat's Tail Tavern to play cards." Saphir felt that Diluk would not go to the Cat's Tail Tavern.

Little Paimon nodded in agreement. "Besides, he doesn't drink at all. It would be even weirder if he went there just to play cards."

A few people chatted and soon arrived at the venue.

The venue was very lively. Not only were there tables specifically for fighting, but there were also various ribbons and decorations. Many people wearing Adventurer's Association uniforms were maintaining order, and there were also several small stalls around selling fruit drinks and the like.

This venue is like a large gathering, it's fun to watch.

Little Paimon immediately exclaimed when he saw the crowds of people gathered at the venue: "Wow, is this the venue for the 'Summoning King Grand Prix'? It's really lively."

As she spoke, she and Ying walked inside on their own. They had already seen Kaia talking to a member of the Adventurer's Guild and planned to go and say hello and chat with him.

Charlotte noticed two men in simple clothes standing in the corner.

She thought about it, and came to a stall, pretending to buy something. In fact, her attention was already on the two men not far from her.

Saphir raised his eyebrows, walked over, picked up an apple from the stall, and observed the apple in his hand with interest.

The stall owner immediately began to introduce his fruit stall with great excitement: "Little girl, you have made the right choice by coming to my stall. I have the freshest fruits in all of Mondstadt. Not only apples, but also sunset fruit, sundown berries, and raspberries. As long as Mondstadt has them, I have them here, and the quality is absolutely first-class."

Safir smiled and tossed the red apple in his hand, then nodded and praised: "This fruit is really good. Just the appearance is very tempting. I dare not imagine how delicious it will be."

"That's why people say you are knowledgeable, girl!" The stall owner was very happy to be praised by Safir.

Safire simply paid for a bag of apples, picked one out, wiped it with his sleeve, and handed it to Charlotte.

Charlotte took the fruit handed to her by Saphir, took a bite without even looking at it, then took another bite with her eyes shining.

"Is there something wrong with those two people?" Safire asked in a voice that only the two people could hear.

Charlotte nodded slightly: "It's just a guess. I always feel that these two people are weird, and I think it's necessary to observe them."

"Just do it with confidence. Call me if you can't win. I'll try my best to leave them alive." Saphir patted her shoulder and went to find Ying and the others.

She would not interfere too much in Charlotte's affairs, as the young reporter also had her own pride.

Over there, Kaia also noticed the presence of the two little ones, and immediately ended the conversation with the man in front of him and came over: "Hey, isn't this Ying and little Paimon? I didn't expect to meet again so soon after we parted on Xumi. Did you come all the way to watch the final between me and Timmy?"

"Sapphire was right! Kaeya really made it to the finals. It seems she knows you very well, an adult who can ignore the work of the Knights and run out to play cards." Little Paimon put his hands on his hips, looking like he had seen through everything.

Kaiya almost couldn't hold back the smile on his face, and he coughed lightly: "Oh my, look at what you said, I came to participate in the competition only after completing my work. Drinking and playing cards, isn't this the best way to relax after work?

But... you mean what Saphir said? She actually came to Mondstadt?"

"Don't you know?" Ying turned around and began to look for Safir. She soon found Safir walking towards her with a bag of apples in her hand. "Look, here she comes."

Seeing Ying turned her head to look at her, Saphir knew what happened, so she came to Kaiya and threw an apple: "Hi, Mr. Kaiya, long time no see."

"Ah! Where did Safir buy the apples? Hey, these apples look delicious, can I have one?" Little Paimon noticed the bag in Safir's hand and came over shamelessly.

Saphir took one out and handed it to little Paimon. The little guy took the apple and happily flew to the side to eat it.

The smile on Kaeya's face was about to break, not because he was afraid of Saphir. In fact, in the minds of Mond's top leaders, Saphir's image has changed from a demon at the beginning to Schrödinger's brother now.

They have already figured out what kind of person Safire is, so they are naturally not worried that he will do something horrible for no reason, and there is also the guarantee of Ms. Alice.

Mond's goodwill index towards Safir is rising rapidly.

The reason why Kaeya was torn apart was because he really wanted the card "Aurora Holy Light" as the prize for this event. If Saphir knew about this...

Tsk...Kaeya would rather have his embarrassing drunken photos framed by Diluk and hung on the statue of the God of Wind.

"Long time no see, Miss Aurora. You look stronger than the last time we met." Kaia caught the apple thrown by Saphir, forced himself to smile and pretended to be calm.

Safir has been eating well recently, so he has gained some weight and doesn't look so thin anymore.

She touched her cheek and nodded with satisfaction: "That's good, Kaiya is here to participate in the event for the prizes too?"

"Um... hehe, this question is hard for me to answer. If I say I just want to play cards, am I being too idle? But if I talk about the purpose..." Kaiya blinked his exposed eye quickly, "We are all respectable people, so there is no need to be so disrespectful, right?"

Seeing Kaia's forced smile, Saphir lost the desire to tease her. He sighed and shook his head: "I won't say anything. Forget it. I wish you good luck."

"Then I'll take your kind words." Kaiya breathed a sigh of relief.

Little Paimon, who was eating an apple, was watching the two people talking. Although she didn't understand why Kaia's expression was so stiff, when she saw Ying also had a strange smile on her face, she also smiled.

After the two of them finished their conversation, she spoke up, "By the way, Kaia, have you seen any suspicious people during your recent competitions? The kind of people who... uh, steal other people's cards!"

"Stealing other people's cards?" Kaiya felt relieved now that the matter had been discussed. He thought about it carefully and then shook his head. "I've never seen this before, at least not when I was competing. Why are you suddenly asking this?"

Little Paimon then realized that she had not mentioned this to Kaia, so she immediately explained: "It's like this, we just met this reporter from Fontaine..." As she said that, she pointed to the empty place behind her.

Kaia looked in the direction of her finger and saw nothing.

"Hey? Where's Charlotte? How come she disappeared in the blink of an eye?" Little Paimon was shocked. She clearly saw Charlotte following her just now.

She immediately began to look around, searching for that touch of pink in the crowd. Fortunately, pink hair is a very rare color no matter where you are, and she quickly found the most handsome guy in the crowd.

Charlotte was standing in front of a snack stall, holding an apple that had been eaten until only the core was left, and seemed to be thinking about something.

Upon spotting Charlotte in front of the fruit stand, little Paimon became furious and stomped his feet in the air: "Damn...that guy actually went out to look for delicious food and drinks alone!" He completely forgot that he was also holding a half-eaten apple in his hand.

"The reporter from Fontaine...Oh, is it the one from the Steambird Newspaper? I read about him in the Knights' visitor list." Kaia had an impression of Charlotte. After all, visitors from Fontaine were relatively rare.

Most of the people here in Mondstadt are locals, followed by people from Liyue and Zhidong, and occasionally people from Xumi come here. Few people from the remaining countries come here.

Seeing that Kaeya had a recollection, Paimon nodded repeatedly, "Yes, it's her. She said she saw the 'Card Thief' that appeared at the venue. We are investigating with her."

"Card thief? Hmm... sounds really interesting. But... are you sure that this thief's target is cards? And..." Kaeya's eyes fell on Saphir.

Saphir looked up in confusion: "What are you looking at me for?"

"You've joined the investigation too?" Kaia felt that it would be a bit absurd if Saphir was also involved.

As if knowing Kaia's thoughts, Saphir put his hands on his hips and said confidently: "I'm on vacation! Can't I join in an interesting adventure?"

"Um... Of course." Kaiya felt sweat starting to form on his forehead. If you join, is that an adventure? That's someone else's adventure, right?

But Kaeya would not say this, so he turned to Paimon, as if waiting for her answer.

Little Paimeng was confused by the question. He blinked his big clear eyes and asked in confusion, "What do you mean?"

However, she did not get an answer, because at this moment, the man wearing the clothes of the Adventurer's Association who had just talked to Kaia walked to the front of the stage and said loudly: "Dear audience friends, our finals are about to begin. Now, please invite our two finalists to take their seats!"

"It seems like the timing is not right. We can only talk about this topic later." Kaia spread his hands, looking regretful.

Ying thought it was okay, it was just a game after all, it would be the same if she asked after Kaia's game was over.

She clenched her right fist and placed it in front of her chest, and said very seriously: "I wish you victory in the game, Kaiya, and don't underestimate the enemy!"

"Well, I'll take your blessing!" Kaiya smiled and nodded to Ying, then looked at Saphir, "Miss Aurora, there's no need to bless me again, I already got your blessing from the beginning."

Saphir shrugged. Since Kaia said so, she was happy to say less.

And little Paimon also cheered for Kaeya: "Come on, Kaeya! See you later."

Kaia went on stage ready to compete.

Little Paimon looked at Timmy who was coming on stage from the other side and asked the two people beside him: "Who do you think will win this game?"

"Let's go with Kaeya, he's very difficult to deal with." Ying felt that Kaeya had a better chance of winning. After all, no matter how smart a child was, he couldn't beat a despicable adult. What's more, Kaeya was an extremely despicable person among adults.

But Safire has another opinion: "I feel like Timmy might win."

"Huh? Why is that?" Little Paimon was very confused about Safir's opinion.

Saphir smiled and said, "Don't underestimate Timmy. The Seven Summonings is a game of luck. Didn't you notice that Timmy's face is much whiter than Kaia's?"

"But... you are much whiter than Timmy, why do you always..." Ying knew how bad Saphir was at playing the Seven Summonings. In fact, it was not because of her deck, but mainly because...

Every time this guy rolls the dice, he rolls colorfully, with almost no more than three repeated elements. He can hardly do anything except basic attacks every time, let alone save enough points to activate an elemental burst.

She felt that Saphir's luck in summoning the Seven Saints was even more outrageous than Bennett's.

Safir's face suddenly became long, and then he turned his head away and snorted coldly: "I will never play this game again."

Paimon smiled and tried to smooth things over: "Okay, okay, let's put luck aside and talk about strategies. Kaeya has a lot of tricks up his sleeve, and I don't think Timmy can handle them.

The winner of this competition should be on the news, right? Oh... No, when it comes to news, this job should be done by Charlotte who is responsible for reporting the competition! "

She thought of Charlotte again, but looking at the young reporter who was still lost in thought not far away, little Paimon didn't know what to say: "Could it be that Charlotte was fascinated by Mond's snacks? Ying, Saphir, let's go call her!"

"You guys go ahead, I'll check out the message board here." Saphir was too lazy to disturb Charlotte's rhythm. After all, it would be a loss of status for her to get involved in such trivial matters, and... as Kaia said, it was too bullying.

Ying and little Paimon went to find Charlotte. Saphir walked to the message board and looked at the contents with interest.

This message board was simply decorated with information about the competition.

At the top is the schedule briefing.

"Timi has won every round, and his luck is like the help of the wind god! He has become the hot candidate to win the Mondstadt championship."

The following are the comments from the audience.

"Timmy is really something! I saw him compete against a blonde girl, and he won brilliantly!"

There was another reply: "Foolish! Have you ever seen the holy feathers behind that young man?

It must be that its dazzling light shackled the princess's eyes of judgment, causing the scales of fate to become skewed!

Next time, this princess will definitely bring along the followers of the Pure Land of Dark Night to avenge her past!"

This is the reply that Fischl left here because he was arguing with others and refused to admit defeat.

Safir bit his lip and almost laughed out loud. No matter how many times he saw it, that girl's style could always make people laugh.

But the most fun is still below.

"Mi, don't stay here too late. If you see this, come back early for dinner."

This should have been left by her father or mother. The content is very simple. Even though it has been smeared, people can still understand the meaning very smoothly.

Safir scratched his cheek. How should I put it? The middle school girl with second-year syndrome was afraid that others would see the messages her family left her, so she smeared some Cthulhu meanings on their words?

She couldn't help but sigh, it's great to be young.