Genshin Impact: Become a heart-stealing thief in the land of justice

(Happy birthday to Mr. Leo~~Added an additional chapter today)

When I stood on the first floor of the office with Leosley, I saw that a new passage slowly appeared on the originally flat ground after pressing the switch. It was impossible not to be surprised... After all, I had not been in Meizhou before. When Luo Petersburg was in office, Yu Shui also dug through the entire Mero Petersburg.

Unexpectedly, I didn’t realize that there is an underground secret room in Leosley’s office...

"You... are hiding it really deep. What is this?"

"A secret room, obviously."

Leosley seemed to be satisfied with Yu Shui's surprised attitude. After all, there weren't many things that could surprise him.

"Of course I know this is a secret room, I just want to know...forget it, just go down and see what's in it. Is this the secret you want to share with me?"

"Hmm~ This contains the deepest secret of Merlot Petersburg, and it is also my biggest plan. If I can't surprise you, I will be very frustrated."

"Oh ho?"

Seeing Leosley's confident look, Yu Shui also began to get curious... It must be something extraordinary for the Duke to boast so profusely.

Yu Shui remembered the secret of Merlot Petersburg that Arecino had always wanted to investigate. It was probably here...the restricted area.

The time when Arecino pretended to be a big thief, Yu Lin, to help Yu Shui, she conducted a blanket search throughout Merlot Petersburg, but still found nothing. The only places she hadn't visited were Leosley's office and Shigwen. infirmary.

"Is there a secret passage in Sigwen's infirmary?"

"Of course~ You are so smart, you guessed it like this."

There really is... Yu Shui was really just guessing.

Without further ado, let’s get down.

……

Walking down the circular staircase, what appeared in front of Yu Shui was a lift platform and a lift door. Obviously there were two options in this space.

Leosli looked around and then handed the choice to Yu Shui.

"Which way do you want to go first? To see the deeper secrets first, or my secrets?"

"Of course the Duke's secret should be left to the end. Let's take the lift first... Your tone was not very good when talking about this place. Is it a bad secret?"

"...Sort of."

As he continued to go down bit by bit on the lift platform, the surrounding iron walls were hard and cold, which made Yu Shui's heart calm... The Eye of the Water Elemental God hanging around his waist seemed to be glowing.

The further down, the stronger the familiar scent that Yu Shui could smell became stronger. When the lifting platform reached the bottom, the uneasiness in Yu Shui's heart reached its extreme.

Leosley noticed his mood and crossed his arms, feeling slightly distressed.

"It seems like you already have a feel for where this place is?"

"Huh... this breath in the air is something I will never forget. I have had many encounters with this kind of breath in the Thorn Rose Society... the original sea of ​​​​fetuses?"

Yu Shui looked at Leosley's eyes for confirmation. He saw confirmation and a little admiration in the warden's eyes.

After getting such a response, Yu Shui was still a little unhappy. After all, he had imagined any bad secrets before coming down, and he never thought... that the bottom of Merlo Petersburg actually sealed the original sea of ​​fetuses.

"To be precise, it should be a circulation channel between the original Fetal Sea and the surface of Teyvat. After all, the area of ​​the sea cannot be as big as Merlo Petersburg."

When he spoke, Leosli had already walked forward, and Yu Shui had no choice but to follow him. There were three huge gates in front of them, which seemed to be used to block the use of Taihai.

At this moment, Yu Shui suddenly understood Merlo Petersburg, and Leosli's other identity...the unknown gatekeeper of the entrance to the original sea of ​​​​fetus.

The sound of footsteps echoed crisply in the empty steel. Yu Shui followed Leosley to a place like an observation platform and looked at the iron gate below.

The four fixed nodes made this place seem unbreakable, but Yu Shui knew that once the fetal sea really started to rise, the gate would not be able to hold it.

There was a conspicuous dial installed in the middle of the gate... Yu Shui saw that its pointer had left the zero-moment position and was rotating quietly and slowly... Was it referring to the concentration of the original sea of ​​​​fetuses?

Now Yu Shui knows what Leosli said about his professional counterpart to Tui Hai... although it is Yu Shui who is really fighting against Tai Hai's professional counterpart.

"...Why? Why, Merlo Petersburg is built on the Fetal Sea."

"How do I know this? I am not the original manager here. This restricted area was discovered when I took over here. I am very curious about what exists behind it, but opening the door rashly is not a wise choice...

But leaving it alone is also allowing hidden dangers to exist, so as you can see, I found this..."

Presumably Leosley himself would be very distressed sometimes.

At this moment, everything is calm here, and in the sight of the two managers of Merlot Petersburg... Leosley told a story that once belonged to Fontaine.

Initially, when Merlot Petersburg did not exist, prisoners who were convicted in the trial were only sentenced to exile, but they had no place to exile. Therefore, some prisoners gathered together to confess their crimes and petition their predecessors. Help from the water goddess Egolia.

Egolia is a benevolent god and is naturally willing to listen to the confessions of sinners.

"Then, go to the bottom of the sea and guard my secret."

With the help of the water goddess Egolia, they established Merlo Petersburg and developed it step by step into what it is today.

The secret of Egolia...may be the original womb sea.

As for the specific legend about the development history of Merlot Petersburg, Leosli also briefly talked about it, although Yu Shui didn't care much about this aspect.

"Is it just a legend? Well... Even the legendary past is still the foundation of everything today. This is really a shocking secret, Your Majesty Duke... Thank you for being willing to tell me this."

"I should have told you this a long time ago. I delayed the time. I'm sorry~"

"Because I'm your assistant? Haha~ You don't know how leisurely my life has been recently because you went back to the prison to work... I always feel like I'm about to lose my job."

Yu Shui said this very seriously, but Leosli just laughed it off.

He also had to admit that falling in love was good for his physical and mental health. At least he no longer had nightmares about the big thief... his mental state was much better.

As for the second secret that Leosley wanted to show Yu Shui, it was naturally everything that existed on the lift platform and behind the lift door... Unfortunately, they came back to visit this time, and Julius and Lulwe were not here. .

"Jurieu and Lulvi... I seem to have seen them in the infirmary."

"Yes, the two of them are actually my specially hired engineers. Julius was the assistant of Edwin, the former chief engineer of Fontaine Academy of Sciences, and Lulvie was Julius's assistant... Oh, Edwin is Feng Dan's assistant. The one who blew up the Dan Science Academy to the sky."

"…I'm impressed."

Of course it is profound... On the day when the Fontaine Academy of Sciences was bombed into the sky, Yu Shui was also present, and he was still a member of the group... but it was not a big deal, not worth mentioning.

"However, the relationship between the two of them is really complicated. Isn't it true that they are taking advantage of their positions to fall in love?"

"Just like us? I think so, hahaha~"