Genshin Impact: Please don’t bully me, fellow stragglers

She thought it would be some time before the Flower Goddess Festival arrived, but the time was shorter than she expected.

The mercenary also had a bad look on his face. It seemed that as a desert citizen, he was dissatisfied with the holding of the Flower Goddess Festival.

The hotel is opposite a coffee shop. I guess they have already greeted me from the Order. The proprietress sitting at the front desk directly handed Nan Ke a key: "Third floor."

The mercenary nodded slightly to Nanke and walked towards the hotel hall where tables, chairs, wine and food were laid out.

In the hall, a group of desert people dressed as mercenaries were drinking. When they saw him, one of them raised the leg of lamb in his hand and said, "Brother! Did you make a lot of money on this trip?"

"Do mercenaries also live here?" Nanke asked the landlady.

"They live on the first floor and won't go upstairs if nothing happens." The landlady said without raising her head, "From eight in the morning to six in the evening, there are meals in the restaurant, so don't make a mistake."

Nanke weighed the heavy key in his hand and said "thank you".

The skirmishers did not return until after nightfall.

"I thought you wouldn't come back." Nanke sat in front of the table with his face in his hands, with a pile of small parts in front of him.

"What is this?" The skirmisher picked up one of the parts.

"Maybe it's a bug." Nanke stretched out his hand, and the back cover of the component popped open, revealing the electrical crystal fragments inside. "The technology tree of the Academy is a little higher than I thought."

The skirmisher threw the bug back on the table: "Tinari's decision not to come is a wise choice."

"How is the situation over there?" Nanke asked.

"I only saw the great sage from the Order Academy, and the fools didn't show up for the time being."

"You should have passed the interview, right?"

The skirmisher raised his eyes slightly, as if to say that her question was unnecessary.

"I went to the Adventurers Association today to send a letter, but was stopped by mercenaries, and the letter was taken away." Nanke continued to talk about what happened during the day, "The loss of contact between mother and son should be the work of the Order Academy, and, this There are also mercenaries monitoring the first floor of the hotel at all times."

The straggler muttered: "It's probably because I'm so strict that I'm afraid that I'll regret it and treat you as a hostage."

"According to this trend, once you officially join the god-making experiment, I'm afraid the Order Academy will not let us meet."

"I'll handle this."

Hearing what he said, Nanke calmed down: "Yeah."

"Since the mercenaries specially guard this hotel, you should not be the only family member of the scholar who is under house arrest here." The skirmisher pinched her face, "Will you investigate tomorrow?"

"which aspect?"

"The research directions of those scholars."

Nanke blinked, unable to figure out the thoughts of the skirmishers, so he could only nod: "Okay."

The corners of the soldier's lips slightly raised, his brows lowered, covering the sinister look under his eyes, and he pulled the man up: "It's late, go to sleep, and be careful when you go out tomorrow."

To be fair, the hardware of this hotel is quite well laid out.

It has good ventilation, good lighting from the windows, soft beds, and even specially equipped leather chairs and dining tables for guests.

The journey was hard and it was rare to get a good night's sleep. When Nanke woke up, the bed beside him was already cold.

When I opened the glass window and looked outside, the sun had just passed over the roof of the coffee shop opposite.

A conservative estimate would be no more than seven.

This is not the same as being a scholar for the Jiaoling Academy, it is more like being a cow or a horse.

Nanke stretched and turned around to wash up and change clothes.

No matter which world or country you are in.

As long as there are people like her who are forced to do nothing for various reasons.

There is a card table and eating melon seeds.

The card table refers to the table summoned by the Seven Saints.

On the first floor of the hotel, the mercenaries were still gathering together and chatting. From time to time they glanced at the women who were two tables apart and were happily holding cards in their hands.

To join them, just watch.

"Isn't the little girl unfamiliar?" An aunt gave up half of the bench to Nanke.

"Thank you," Nanke said warmly, sitting down with his skirt folded, "I'm from Daozi and I just arrived yesterday."

"Foreigner?!" Auntie raised her voice in surprise.

The two women who were playing cards also looked sideways and looked at Nanke: "The Academy of Education also invited foreigners?"

"My boyfriend is a scholar who studies earth veins. He came here after being recommended by a friend he knew." Nanke showed a slightly unexpected look, "Were you also arranged to come here by the Order Council?"

The card-playing aunt rolled a dice and said, "Yes, the one in my family is similar to yours, but he is just a blacksmith."

"You're here again. Can you call it 'Metallurgy'?" said the aunt opposite.

"It's almost the same. Haven't you been poor for most of your life? Fortunately, I was favored by the Order Council. I almost want to burn incense! Ouch, why are they all covered with rocks? I'm so lucky!"

The hard back of the card slapped on the table, and the sound was extremely clear.

"What do you study at home?" Nan Ke asked the people around him with curiosity on his face.

It didn't take long for Nanke to get a lot of information from them.

There are about 30 families of scholars and families who have been placed here. Most of them are old, weak, women and children. They first moved in half a year ago.

Unlike their relatives who are scholars, they have basically not received a unified education, and their economy cannot be called rich. They are from a truly poor family.

The standards for selecting people in the Teaching Council vividly explain what it means to pick the weakest persimmon.

Unfortunately, these people didn't realize that they were being held hostage, and they were still living quite comfortably——

The mercenaries who follow him every step of the way are personal bodyguards assigned by the Order.

Being unable to see relatives and being strictly restricted from socializing and communicating is a contribution to keeping Xumi's major projects secret.

You can't go out at will. It doesn't have much impact. Anyway, the food and clothing expenses are guaranteed by the Order Council.

Want to go out for some fun? Yes, you can pick up and drop off at most once a week with a dedicated person and car for the ultimate private tour experience.

Nanke was a little speechless.

After all, the positive image established by the Order is too impeccable.

Or are they too optimistic?

"What did you have for breakfast?" an aunt asked casually while playing cards.

"Rainforest salad, pocket pancake."

"Why are you still like this?"

"No way, Void Terminal wants me to control my weight. What about you?"

"Grilled fish with milk sauce and stir-fried mushrooms. I have a bad stomach recently, so I picked out the most appetizing dish from the terminal recipes."

"Oh, that's what happens when you get older. You don't even have a choice when it comes to eating..." The speaker sighed as he spoke, suddenly turned his head, stared at Nan Ke, and said as he woke up from a dream, "I'm telling you, there's something wrong with you, girl." ——Where is your void terminal?"

"Huh?" Nan Kexian was extremely bored and had long been distracted. He raised his eyes when he heard the sound, "I'm not used to wearing it, so I put it in the room."

Several people showed disbelief as if they had seen aliens: "Oh my God..."

Nan Ke smiled: "Isn't it strange not to wear a void terminal?"

"Of course it's strange! Take eating, for example. Without a void terminal, how do you know when and what to eat?"

"That's right!" Others echoed.

"Also when playing cards, how can you know which deck is good if you only use your eyes?"