The Lost People of Teyvat

Chapter 73 The Rejected Future
"Kaia? When did you get here? Wait! You just watched?!"

Eula responded, frowning.

"Just arrived, just arrived. I feel like the two of you are working in perfect harmony. If I go up, I'll just cause more trouble."

Kaiya smiled without any shame and changed the subject: "The Fatui suffered heavy losses in the explosion, and only a small number of the treasure-stealing group escaped. This mission is basically completed, and only the final finishing work remains."

His strength is almost comparable to Noel's, and his control over the wind element is very high. He doesn't look like someone who has just obtained the Eye of God. Only his swordsmanship is slightly lacking. It can only be called skillful, but far from advanced.

Kaiya's eyes flashed slightly, recalling Chen Tianfeng's performance just now, and adjusted his threat index in his mind.

"Captain Kaiya, are you referring to the secret treasure?" Chen Tianfeng glanced at the direction Kaiya came from, thinking: "Did the seal withstand the explosion?"

Kaiya came from the direction of the Gongtai seal, and specifically said that there was still finishing touches to the mission, which meant that he was unable to take the secret treasure.

"No, the seal was shattered. It was a leyline-projected monster."

Kaiya shook his head and said, "The explosion just now seems to have affected the earth veins. Monsters have appeared throughout the ruins, and the area around the secret treasure is no exception. It's very troublesome."

"Speaking of which, why did it explode? What did you do?" Eula's eyes moved between the two of them, and she expressed her doubts and guesses reasonably.

"Captain Eula has misunderstood. I didn't do anything. Just to sneak into the treasure-stealing group without arousing suspicion has already taken all my effort." Chen Tianfeng said sincerely, words that no one would believe.

"Mr. Chen is really humorous. I saw with my own eyes that you led the treasure-stealing group to besiege the Fatui. But if you just don't arouse suspicion, you can't do that, right?"

Kaiya glanced at him and smiled playfully: "I didn't do anything, and I was almost blown to death."

"In short, it really didn't arouse suspicion."

Chen Tianfeng's expression remained unchanged as he bowed to Kaiya, "Captain Kaiya is truly humble. I also saw with my own eyes that you infiltrated the Fatui leader group and came into close contact with the magic circle. Then the magic circle that was operating normally exploded. What a good move."

Youla twitched her lips. Seeing these two people exposing each other's shortcomings and slandering each other, she couldn't help but feel a headache. She sighed and said, "So why did the explosion happen?"

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Kaiya and Chen Tianfeng looked at each other, neither of them wanting to explain.

"What kind of monsters are around the secret treasure?"

Chen Tianfeng naturally changed the topic back, "If Captain Kaeya feels troubled, he must not be an ordinary hillbilly."

"Yes, three Hilichul Thunder Kings, plus a dozen Hilichul thugs."

Kaiya looked serious and took over Chen Tianfeng's topic: "There are too many monsters, and they are gathered together. I tried to lead them away and solve them one by one, but it was useless - these monsters never wanted to leave the tribute platform too far."

Obviously, neither of them wanted to explain the cause of the explosion at this moment, at least they didn't want to explain it themselves.

"What exactly is going on with the explosion?"

Eula looked at the two of them suspiciously, as if she wanted to get to the bottom of things.

"This"

"Captain Kaia is naturally the one who knows this matter best. He is closest to the magic circle and can see it most clearly."

Chen Tianfeng moved his feet slightly, changed his position slightly, and together with Youla, he cast an inquiring gaze towards Kaia: "Captain Kaia, please enlighten me."

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Kaiya's face twitched, and he looked at Chen Tianfeng deeply, regretting that he was a step late, and also lamenting that he actually cared a little more about his face than Chen Tianfeng. It seemed that he had been slacking off recently.
He thought for a few seconds and said, "Schubert Lawrence."

It is better not to hide such things from Eula. Otherwise, the longer the concealment lasts, the greater the chance of conflicts and misunderstandings.

Not everything can be done in the name of "for your own good".

".Huh?" Eula was stunned, as if she didn't understand why Kaia suddenly said this name.

Schubert Lawrence, her uncle, was a typical old aristocrat, proud but incompetent, rigid and conservative. He clung to the glory of a thousand years ago and always fantasized that one day he could restore the glory to Lawrence.

Such a person should pose no threat. Even if he wanted to do something to harm Mond, he does not have the talent to succeed.

"The Fatui cooperated with Schubert, who found an 'alchemist master' named Cornell."

Kaia carefully chose his words and described it in as much detail as possible, while defining Schubert's behavior as "personal behavior" and distinguishing it from the entire Lawrence family.

".I see. This seems like something my uncle would do."

Eula lowered her eyes, took a deep breath, and slowly exhaled: "Is the 'alchemist master' named Cornell still alive?"

No matter what, Schubert was her uncle and her family member. Even though their relationship had long since reached the point of mutual disgust, it did not stop her from avenging him.

Before she joined the Knights Templar and nearly broke with her family, her uncle always regarded her as the freak in the family, but he never denied her identity as the eldest daughter of the Lawrence family and believed that she was indeed capable of leading the Lawrence family to regain its glory.

It is reasonable for her to avenge Schubert Lawrence and her uncle.

"died."

Chen Tianfeng gave the answer: "He died under my knife ten minutes ago."

".ah?"

Youla blinked and looked at Chen Tianfeng half-bewilderedly and half-confusedly: "You killed him?"

But why? Could it be that Chen Tianfeng was also deceived by Cornell?

"About half a year ago, Cornell committed fraud in Liyue Harbor, and one of my friends was defrauded of all his savings."

Chen Tianfeng paused and said, "I came to Mondstadt this time, not only for traveling, but also to find Cornell and seek justice for my friend."

"Did Mr. Chen get an explanation?" Kaiya raised his eyebrows.

"Well, I asked him if he remembered my friend and if he was willing to pay me back. He said he didn't remember. He didn't have the money, but he had his life. If you have the guts, you can kill me and that will be considered paying back the money."

Chen Tianfeng sighed: "To be honest, I have never heard of such a strange request."

"Mr. Chen has started calling himself 'I' again."

Kaia smiled, hinting at something.

"Indeed, it was a bit deliberate." Chen Tianfeng thought for a moment and said, "I'll just follow my mood in the future."

Kaiya looked at Chen Tianfeng with some surprise and felt that he seemed a little different from before, as if he was more free and easy?
"I didn't expect he was dead."

Youla reached out and lifted her hair, then turned to look at Chen Tianfeng, and said solemnly: "Thank you."

".You're welcome."

Chen Tianfeng was in a strange mood. Looking at Eula's performance, if Schubert had not been fooled, he would have killed Schubert. The worst case scenario was that Eula would find him and then join Kaia to hunt him down.

What will I do then?
Chen Tianfeng already had the answer in his mind: fight back, try to fight back, and look for a chance to escape.

If the situation gets worse, and he becomes more unreasonable, the Knights will issue a wanted order and conduct a full-scale search, regardless of the relationship between Mondstadt and Liyue, and swear to kill this lunatic...

Then he would have no choice but to try to spill blood in every important body of water in Mondstadt - neither surrendering nor submitting would be an option for him.

I just feel a little sorry for Venti. He is one of the few friends I have in the world of Teyvat.

(End of this chapter)