The original god, the zero-seat executive of the Fools

Turning his head to look at the people on both sides who either smiled kindly at her or stared at the money bag in her hand with eager eyes, Kelai shrank uncomfortably and looked in the direction of Knox involuntarily. But his figure had already disappeared in the crowd.

Suddenly, Kelai felt that her heart skipped a beat, and the noise around her seemed to turn into a whirlpool. She couldn't hear it clearly, but she felt like she was sinking. Standing in the center of the whirlpool, she felt helpless. It's an abandoned cat——

"Hey! Do you need help?" A lively voice pulled Kelai out of this sinking feeling. She shook her head to regain consciousness, and then she saw clearly the girl in red clothing in front of her.

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"I've heard about the name of Mr. [Decedent] for a long time, but today's meeting is indeed extraordinary." A young man with blue hair and dark skin said with a smile on his face to Knox, who covered his entire appearance with a mask.

A gentle and elegant laughter sounded from under the mask: "Mr. Kaiya, you are so complimentary. Your dress and the attributes of the Eye of God are very similar to an old friend of mine, so I fell in love with you at first sight."

"Haha, really?" Kaia asked with a happy smile: "The old friend of Mr. [Decedent] was also from Mondstadt?"

"Oh, he is an ice-attributed abyss mage. I met him in Liyue a few months ago. We were quite able to chat, but when I asked him to borrow some mola for use, he actually refused and said no, I I thought he was too stingy, so he was killed by me." Knox said with a smile.

"..." Kaiya's expression froze slightly, and then he smiled: "Mr. [Decedent] is really funny, but please come in first, the meeting is about to start."

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There are two long tables in the bright and bright Knights Conference Hall. One side is full of people, and the other side only has a figure sitting there. But the strange thing is that the side full of people looks prepared, but there is only one person sitting there. On the other side of the person, the person folded his arms and looked bored and lazy.

Knox sat next to the man. Neither he nor the man spoke yet, but the middle-aged man who belonged to the Fools and stood behind them respectfully bowed to Knox and greeted: "Lord [Decedent]."

Knox ignored him and instead greeted the people around him with a smile: "Long time no see, Dotore, how are you doing lately?"

"Heh." [Doctor] chuckled as if he heard some unfunny joke. Under the mask that covered three-quarters of his face, he glanced at Knox: "Thanks to you. , I am doing well, and it would be even better if you would lend me an arm or a thigh to study, Mr. Knox!"

"Oh, what's the matter with your tone? Oh - it turns out that I recognized the wrong person. I thought it was another doctor who resurrected you. It turns out that you are not the one who was killed by me. It's really disappointing, but Speaking of which, you look really alike, are you twins?" Knox still had a smile in his words: "You have the same bad mouth."

"Ha ha……"

"Ahem." At this moment, a cough interrupted the exchange of greetings between [the deceased] and [Doctor]. Kaia, who came in behind Knox, smiled and said: "Since everyone is here, How about we start the discussion of the meeting first, gentlemen?”

Dotore raised his eyes to look at him, and then glanced at the people behind the opposite table, Bishop Simon, the deputy head of the Knights...well, and some insignificant minions...a scornful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: " Discuss? Is there anything to discuss? Does Mondstadt have any room for bargaining? You fools are recruiting troops, will you not cooperate? "

"Mr. [Doctor], Mondstadt is a free city-state that believes in Lord Barbatos. The people of Mondstadt have the right to choose where they belong." The deputy leader in a knight uniform sternly refuted the doctor's words.

"Tsk..." Knox let out a sneer, supporting the side of his face with one hand and looking at [Doctor]: "It seems that your methods are just as showy as your mouth."

Suddenly, the corners of Dotore's mouth curved. He ignored Knox's sarcasm. The scarlet eyes behind the eye holes of the mask narrowed, and he said in a bad voice: "So you are going to refuse to cooperate?"

"Oops, ouch." Just when everyone on the Knights side was frowning or nervous, Kaia stood up from his seat and interceded with a smile on his face: "Don't get into such a tense situation right from the start, you two. You’ve come a long way, why not try our Mondstadt wine first?”

"Okay." Knox's first response was very honorable. [Doctor] glanced at him indifferently and said nothing. However, there was a clear sound of relief from the seats of the knights opposite.

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"Did you know? It is said that the turning of windmills is the trace of the wind god. During the badminton festival celebrations, people made windmills to commemorate the wind god and feel the wind god." The girl who called herself Amber took Kelai to walk in the festive ceremony. Holding a small windmill that he had just bought from the stall, he turned around and introduced it to Kelai with a cheerful smile.

Kelai held a bunch of candied haws in his hand, biting it in small bites while silently following the overly enthusiastic girl. He didn’t know where he was going anyway, so he should just follow Knox before he finished his work. …

"Do you like candied haws very much?" Noticing that Kelai seemed to be only interested in the sweets in his hands, Amber couldn't help but come over and said, "There are many other delicacies in Mondstadt. I recommend you try this." She had already taken advantage of Kelai's free mouth and stuffed a bunch of fried radish balls into her mouth.

"Hmm..." Unexpectedly, he ate food that completely clashed with the sweetness in his mouth. The strange taste of the two made Kelai wrinkle his nose.

But Amber had already run to the other side and cheered: "Come on! There are lots of competitions here!"

Adhering to the good habit of not wasting food, Kelai ate up the fried radish balls with some exhaustion, and then followed Amber to the next stall.

"By the way, are you coming to Mondstadt alone?"

While stacking various foods, Amber chatted with Kelai.

"No...someone brought me here." Kelai whispered.

"Are you taking advantage of the badminton festival to travel with your family?" Amber asked.

"..." Kelai was speechless and didn't know how to answer. To be honest, she couldn't understand her relationship with Knox...

But fortunately, the next moment, the "high pile" that Amber had piled up without thinking suddenly collapsed, and she shouted: "Wow! It failed! I thought it could be piled higher..."

Kelai: "..." No, no, no, your stacking method of putting the fish at the bottom won't make it higher no matter how hard you try...

Chapter 53 Performance

In the lounge next to the conference hall.

Taking advantage of the intermission, Mond's representatives gathered here.

"Tell me, what do you think of this matter? [Doctor] is coming in a menacing manner, and now there is another mysterious [dead man]..." Bishop Simon put his hands on the desk, and the cold sweat had not yet been wiped off his face. Full of solemnity.

"Whether it's from my personal standpoint or that of the Knights, I think the Fools' request must be rejected." Deputy Captain Qin folded his arms and leaned against the wall and said calmly.

"Of course, this is the goal of our negotiation." Kaiya spread his hands and said: "But the question now is how to deal with the pressure from the fools."

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After the break, as soon as everyone returned to their seats, they immediately noticed something unusual. The [Doctor] opposite him disappeared. Except for the [Decedent], he was still sitting in his original position, lifting the corner of his mask and tasting the wine in the glass. Only a few ordinary members of the Fools stood behind him.

"May I ask Mr. deceased, [Doctor] he..."

"He left first because he wasn't feeling well. I think he might have a stomachache. Don't worry about him. I'll let Mr. Ke...well, Mr. Ke talk to you about the next thing." Knox shook his head. Wine glass, said with a gentle voice.

"Ahem..." A middle-aged man standing behind Knox came out with a stern expression. After coughing twice, he put on a serious expression: "My name is Krober. , then I will negotiate with you, the Knights of the West Wind, on behalf of my master and Lord [Dead]."

Everyone in the Knights looked at each other a few times, some were puzzled, and some frowned deeply, but all in all, having one less executive officer is a good thing for them... right?

And it turns out that this is indeed a good thing. [Doctor] left, and [the deceased] just drank and didn't care about anything. Although the man named Clober was somewhat skilled, he faced the two executives step by step like he did in the first half. The feeling of being a little out of breath is much better.

Krober was fighting against many, and the two sides were fighting each other. In this atmosphere, the sun outside the window gradually disappeared into the western horizon.

Knox drank the first bottle of wine sent by the Knight of the West Wind and couldn't help but look at the sky outside.

"It's really smelly and long, but in terms of delaying time, it should be enough..." After he murmured, he put the wine glass on the table with a slight bang, but it was such a slight movement. , the noisy conference room suddenly fell silent, and everyone's eyes immediately turned to Knox's direction.

Everyone was probably waiting for him to speak, but who knew that Knox just stood up silently and walked towards the door. Before going out, he also took away a bottle of wine held by the waiter standing by the door.

As the [deceased] left, the conference room fell into an eerie silence, and everyone looked at each other in confusion.

The two principals left before the meeting came to a conclusion?So can this meeting still be held?

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The sky was gradually darkening above the head. Kelai, who had been playing with Amber all afternoon, followed behind her without any sign of fatigue. After all, although he had experienced many novel things, he had never played with Knox before. Project" compared to those games are simply child's play.

"There's a circus performance over there!" Amber's sudden exclamation made Kelai subconsciously look in the direction she was pointing. He saw that there was indeed a stage for a performance in the middle of a sea of ​​people not far away.

"The performance has already started! If it's not a festival, you can rarely see it!" Amber excitedly pulled Kelai over, who was feeling uneasy in her heart.

Standing in the crowd, Kelai shrank uneasily and looked around subconsciously, as if looking for someone, but it was obvious that the only person she knew at the scene - Amber was beside her.

"Thank you everyone for coming to watch our performance! Next, please enjoy our group's most gorgeous magic!"

The clown actor's eager voice to create an atmosphere came from the stage, and the audience's interest was indeed ignited by his speech, and the scene was full of excitement.

But Kelai became more and more uncomfortable with it. She couldn't help but tugged at the hem of Amber's clothes: "Well, can you leave?"

"Eh?" Amber looked down at her with a puzzled look on her face: "The magic is very exciting, at least finish it before leaving..."

At this moment, the clown actor on the stage dropped another sentence that made the whole audience agitated: "This time the magic needs an audience as a guest to cooperate! Who will be the lucky audience! Let our lights turn Get up!"

"Wow! Guest!" Amber looked forward to it, and then the light illuminated the corners of her sparkling eyes, shrouding Kelai beside her.

"Kid over there, congratulations!"

"Eh?" Ke Lai was in a daze and was pushed onto the stage by everyone laughing.

"Then please invite our little guest to enter the magic box!" Another clown actor showed the big box behind him that looked like a coffin standing upright.

Kelai was led in ignorantly, and as the lid of the "magic box" closed, he felt a sudden feeling of weightlessness beneath him.

Kelai fell into another box under the stage, and then she felt that the box containing her was being lifted up——

"Just lock the lid and move it to the edge of the stage."

"Yes, don't let the audience find out. Move quickly."

Hearing such a conversation coming from outside, Kelai in the box instantly understood what was going on. She slapped the wall of the box and shouted: "Open it quickly! Let me out!"

However, the people outside were indifferent, and the box was not put down until it seemed that it had finally reached its destination. No matter how hard Cole slapped it from the beginning to now, it was of no avail.

She pushed the lid of the box above her head hard, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't open it.

The oxygen was consumed, and she gradually became breathless. The dark and small confined space completely exploded the fear that had been accumulating in her heart since Knox left. Maybe she didn't realize it, but she didn't know. Since then, her dependence on Knox has reached a pathological level.

Her mind could not help but recall what happened when she was brought into the crowd of fools. She hugged her legs tightly in fear, trembling all over, and buried her cheeks in her arms. The thoughts in her mind were already in a mess.

Will I be locked up here until I die?

Can't escape...

The hustle and bustle of the outside world was completely blocked by this box with a small internal space. He was transported to another world. Kelai hugged his legs and allowed his thoughts to continue to sink...

Suddenly the noise outside disappeared, and the host's loudly exaggerated words also stopped abruptly. Except for the sound of familiar footsteps, all sounds disappeared.

When you know a person well enough and have been with him long enough, even if there is only the sound of footsteps, you will know that he is here.

Kelai raised her face, her mouth slightly opened, and she looked above her head expectantly.

——The lid of the box was opened, and light poured into the box, but Kelai's eyes only reflected the figure with a half-masked face. She desperately rushed forward with tears in her eyes and hugged his neck tightly.

Perhaps he was caught off guard by her sudden attack. The wine bottle in the man's hand was knocked out by Kelai, and it flew out. The wine flowed along the mouth of the bottle and onto the ground.

The man sighed, patted her on the top of her head, and said in a helpless voice: "It's rare to get good wine from the Knights. It's a pity."

Chapter 54 Exchange

When Knox left with Kelai, she grabbed the hem of Knox's clothes and followed closely, as if she was afraid that he would disappear before her eyes if she wasn't paying attention.

As Knox stepped forward, the crowd of spectators all around him consciously moved out of the way in an inexplicably depressing atmosphere.

And just when the two of them were about to disappear from everyone's sight, a fiery red figure caught up with him panting: "Well, wait a minute!"

Kelai looked back and saw that the person pursuing him was Amber, but Knox's footsteps did not stop at this moment. She hesitated for a moment, let go of her hand holding Knox's clothes, and stopped to look at Amber.

"Um...I'm sorry, I didn't expect you to be so scared..." Amber said with a guilty look on her face.

Kelai was slightly stunned. She turned her head and glanced at Knox who was walking further and further away. Then she smiled at Amber: "It's okay. I should thank you for taking care of you today."

As soon as she finished speaking, she turned around and ran towards Knox, grabbing the hem of his clothes again.

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"You can handle the next thing by yourself, right?"