Genshin Impact: Funina's Official Pastry Chef

After Chang Ming handed the two approved documents to Sedna to convey, he came to Villette's office.

Chang Ming looked at the serious-looking Navrette in front of him and asked softly:

"Well, Villette, this afternoon, Furninna and I are going to have a diplomatic meeting with the "Fourth Seat", do you want to come?"

Hearing Chang Ming's question, Villette was stunned at first, then shook his head to refuse.

"I'm sorry, but I'm not good at communicating with people outside of trials."

Chang Ming did not seem surprised by Villette's answer. He just nodded, thought for a while, and then asked:

"Rather than letting her know that the 'Young Master' is missing, why don't we take the initiative and have someone from the Feimo Mang Palace go to Melo Petersburg to check?"

"Firstly, this can avoid alerting the enemy, and secondly, it can give us a say in diplomacy."

Hearing Chang Ming's words, Villette raised his head slightly and asked softly:

"What do you need me to do?"

"Go find someone you trust, have him go find Ying, and we'll both sign a document of incrimination for her, and ask her to investigate the matter."

......

After Chang Ming and Navilette told Ying to go to Melo Petersburg to investigate in person, he went straight into the kitchen and began to plan his afternoon.

Although it was a bit strange for a regent to do this, it was part of the plan.

To be honest, Chang Ming has never thought that the small cakes that are limited to sixteen pieces sold every day at the Debo Hotel are very delicious.

——If their cakes were better than Chang Ming’s, then Funina wouldn’t be eating the cakes he made every day.

The dessert-making skills that have been honed over nearly five hundred years are already at the top level in the Fontaine dessert world with just a little bit of skill.

Although the nature of the talks this afternoon means that we won't be eating these desserts, we still have to put on the necessary preparations.

Diplomacy...is never just about "talking" and "rhetoric", but a delicate job involving many aspects.

Since Chang Ming intends to outwit the Fatui in diplomacy, he naturally has to pay attention to many details, including desserts and clothing.

With the help of his dessert-making skills that had been honed for nearly five hundred years, Chang Ming quickly finished making the desserts for today's event.

Instead, they put on the "law enforcement agency" that had been slightly modified by Qianzhi as the "face" of this meeting.

He raised his head slightly and looked at the clock on the wall. He found that there were still three minutes left before the agreed meeting time. Then he said to Funina, who was a little scared beside him:

"Funina, we should set off."

"This time I'm here, you don't have to worry about what Alechino will do to you."

"Although I don't think this "servant" is a reckless man who doesn't like to use his brain, but...if she wants to take action, I will definitely not stand idly by."

"Like I said before, I will always stand by you and protect you from all the attacks and rumors."

Hearing this, Funina suddenly felt the temperature of her face rising, as if it was about to burn in the next second.

Although she has been with Chang Ming for nearly five hundred years, this does not mean that Funina has any special resistance to some of his straightforward remarks.

Even for her... Chang Ming's speech is the only conceptual existence that can expose her disguise as a god.

Thinking of this, Funina closed her eyes slightly, took a deep breath, and tried hard to calm herself down.

After a moment, the girl raised her head slightly, looked at Chang Ming who was still smiling at her tenderly, and said softly:

"The meeting time is almost up, should we set off?"

"Of course, my Lord God."

......

Alechino arrived at the reception room half an hour early.

Although she is the executive officer of the "Fourth Seat" and possesses power that is almost comparable to that of a god, this does not mean that she would be ridiculously "arrogant" when it comes to diplomacy.

What's more, this time...her purpose was to rescue her battle-mad colleague from Melo Petersburg.

To put it nicely, this is called respect. To put it bluntly... it is the correct attitude when asking someone to do something for you.

She slightly raised her black eyes with blood-red marks, looked at the exquisite macarons and various desserts in front of her, and couldn't help but sigh.

"He is really a regent who is proficient in everything..."

While sighing in his heart, Alechino put the pastries he had brought with him back into the built-in space of the Eye of God.

She knew very well that this was something the regent had prepared in advance.

As if hearing footsteps coming from outside the door, Alechino closed his eyes slightly and took a sip of black tea elegantly.

When she opened her eyes again, Chang Ming and Funina had already sat down.

Looking at the two rulers in front of him, Arlechino spoke first after a brief silence:

"...Although it can indeed be called a diplomatic meeting, I prefer to regard our meeting today as an ordinary "tea party."

"You should think so, Mr. Chang Ming."

Looking at those iconic black and red eyes, Chang Ming chuckled and nodded.

"Of course, many diplomatic issues can actually be resolved in this way, but... it requires both sides to be more honest."

Hearing this, Alechino nodded without surprise.

"Since the busy Regent has said so... I won't communicate with you two with those boring diplomatic words any more."

"I hope that at today's 'tea party', Fontaine can solve two problems with Zhidong."

"The first is to find out the true situation of the "Young Master" in Mellow Petersburg, and the second is Mr. Chang Ming's response to some suggestions from the North Country Bank."

Having said this, Alechino paused for a moment, then turned to look at Chang Ming and said:

"As both a diplomatic envoy of the Winter Solstice and an executive officer of the Fatui, the "Prince" and I have always been colleagues..."

"Whatever happens in Fontaine, we should act as each other's 'agents' and come forward to solve the problem."

"I have no opinion on the investigation report jointly released by Mo Mang Palace and Zhu Ying Court."

"At the same time, I have no objection to the two charges of 'resisting law enforcement' and 'intentional destruction of public property'."

"And now, the North Country Bank is willing to pay twice the amount of Mora lost on the Fontaine public property account in exchange for the right to dispose of the "Prince."

Hearing this, Chang Ming chuckled and shook his head, looking at Alechino in front of him with a fake smile and said:

"You should know that there is no such rule in the laws of Fontaine. If you do something wrong, you should be punished, not just pay more money to get away with it."

"Besides...as a Fontaine native, you should be well aware that Melo Petersburg is in an "autonomous" state and is not directly under the jurisdiction of the Momang Palace, right?"

Chang Ming's answer and counter-question did not surprise Alechino. It could even be said that...she did not expect that her request would be responded to.

"So...what if I step back?"

"I don't need Fontaine to hand over the 'Prince'. I only want to enter Melo Petersburg to meet the 'Prince' and confirm his specific situation."

As she spoke, she set her sights on Funina who was standing beside her. Her dark red eyes looked at her with a smile, and she said softly:

"You can't possibly be unable to satisfy even this little request, Miss Funina?"

Hearing that the criticism was suddenly directed at her, Funina panicked for a moment, then turned to look at Chang Ming for help, as if waiting for him to help her out.

However, Chang Ming did not say anything, but just looked at Funina with a smile, as if encouraging her to take a step towards overcoming her fear.

Perhaps it was Chang Ming's encouragement and the reassuring words he gave her earlier that worked. Funina took a deep breath and tried to stay calm as she spoke:

"Didn't my regent just say that? Melo Petersburg is an autonomous state, and the Momang Palace has no right to interfere."

"This means that even diplomatic issues... cannot be a reason for an "innocent person" to enter Melro Petersburg."

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Thanks to the boss of "Alice Attacks!" for giving me a great god certification. Thank you boss~

Thanks to the boss of "A Firefly Cake" for giving me a great god certification, thank you boss~

Thanks to the boss of "Void Illusion" for sending me two explosive flowers. Thank you, boss~

I'm back to eight chapters now (I'm back more and more chapters the more I write, I'll try to write four more chapters tomorrow...)