"So powerful…"
As the Acting Grand Master of the Knights of Favonius, Acting Grand Master Jean was also a well-traveled and knowledgeable person.
But she had never seen anyone like Ann, who, without the aid of a Vision, could completely destroy a Ruins Guard purely with her own brute strength.
"Acting Grand Master Jean, can this thing be sold for money?" Ann ran over, holding two plates she had just detached from the Ruins Guard.
These things were engraved with strange circuits that Ann couldn't quite understand; these should be the core components of the Ruins Guard.
"Hmm, of course it can… but it might not be easy to sell right now." Acting Grand Master Jean first nodded, then poured a little cold water on Ann's enthusiasm.
The high price of this item was due to the danger of Ruins Guard and the difficulty of acquiring them.
But in reality, not many people were willing to pay a high price for such things.
Especially Albedo, who was most likely to purchase them, his main research direction recently was Hilichurl, and his interest in these items was not as high as before.
So, it would probably be quite difficult to sell them.
"Oh, I see. That's fine, I'll just keep it for now and worry about it later." Ann was satisfied just hearing that it could be sold for money; other things didn't matter much.
This world was good in that regard: defeating monsters dropped items, and selling them earned money.
For someone with her strength, she should be able to live quite comfortably in this world.
"Ann, you're really amazing." Acting Grand Master Jean stared at Ann for a long time before slowly sighing in admiration.
"Hmm? Not really…" Ann said with a slightly embarrassed smile.
She didn't think she was that strong; among the people in her memories, there seemed to be many who were more powerful than her.
She was just slightly special, thanks to the Stellaron within her body, that's all.
Should it be said that the monsters in this world were too weak?
Compared to the monsters of the Antimatter Legion, whether it was the Hilichurl tribe of this world, or the Ruins Guard she had just destroyed, or even Dvalin, they were all incredibly weak.
"Anyway, let's quickly take that tear Crystalize and head back."
"Okay." Acting Grand Master Jean nodded.
The two walked together to the tear Crystalize and collected it.
Perhaps that Ruins Guard considered this thing a treasure within the ruins, which is why it kept wandering near it?
However, this one Crystalize was far from enough. To repair the skylyre, according to Venti, at least three more were needed.
Lumine already had one, which meant two more were missing.
It was definitely too late tonight. After Lumine and her companions recovered the skylyre, they would go together to find the last two.
"That takes care of it. Let's go back." Acting Grand Master Jean put away the Crystalize and turned to Ann.
"Um, do we need to use the Wind Glider again to go back?" Ann couldn't help but ask.
"Hmm, if you want to save time, it's certainly better to use the Wind Glider, but…" Acting Grand Master Jean looked at Ann with some concern, but then recalling the feeling of holding Ann in her arms just now, her cheeks became slightly red again.
"That was just an accident earlier. After all, I haven't really played with this thing much." Ann didn't want to recall that embarrassing moment just now, her gaze darting elsewhere, not noticing Acting Grand Master Jean's expression.
"Actually, if you don't mind, I can carry you." Acting Grand Master Jean tried to make her voice sound normal, so as not to reveal the little thoughts she hadn't even noticed herself.
Carrying someone while flying actually violated the Wind Glider's usage rules, but this rule only applied to ordinary people.
Acting Grand Master Jean herself was a Anemo element Vision user; controlling a Wind Glider was not difficult for her.
Carrying one person was also fine…
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"Sigh, why do I feel a bit stifled inside?" Lumine tossed her Dull Blade aside and slowly sighed.
"Lumine, are you okay?" Paimon flew worriedly to Lumine's side.
"I'm fine. The last of the enemies have been cleared. Let's go quickly." Lumine shook her head.
This Fatui stronghold was strange; not only was it underground, but it was also a labyrinth of interconnected passages with various mechanisms, and the air didn't circulate well, making her feel incredibly annoyed.
"Yeah, Diluc has pretty much finished clearing his side too." Paimon nodded, then said with some concern, "I wonder how Ann and Acting Grand Master Jean are doing. I just heard Diluc say that there seemed to be a Ruins Guard at their location."
"They'll definitely be fine," Lumine said, comforting her.
What was a Ruins Guard? Lumine herself had dealt with quite a few.
Not to mention Acting Grand Master Jean's superb Knights of Favonius swordsmanship, with Ann there, a Ruins Guard probably couldn't even withstand two hits from her, right?
She was, of course, just as worried as Paimon about Ann and Acting Grand Master Jean, but her concern lay in the relationship between Ann and Acting Grand Master Jean.
She didn't know why Ann was so attractive, especially to women. Because of this, she had even deliberately kept a little distance from Ann.
But Ann was like some kind of poison; once you were exposed, you couldn't quit. Even if she deliberately kept her distance from Ann, whenever she thought of that tall figure, she would fall deeper and deeper, becoming increasingly unable to extricate herself.
After meeting at the tavern, this feeling had become more and more intense. Now, whenever she thought of Acting Grand Master Jean and Ann acting together, she would feel extremely depressed.
Darn Venti, why did he arrange it this way? It would have been so much better to have Diluc and Acting Grand Master Jean, both from Mondstadt, go retrieve the skylyre together. For the Knights of Favonius, it would even be a good story.
Now, Acting Grand Master Jean and Ann were acting together, and who knew what their relationship would be like when they returned.
"Your movements were a bit slow." Diluc's indifferent voice brought Lumine back to her senses.
"Sorry, there were a lot of enemies over there." Lumine gave an apologetic smile. She had just been in a bad mood and was purely using those enemies as punching bags.
"Let's go. The room where the skylyre is kept is just ahead." Diluc nodded, not minding.
The two, plus Paimon, walked together towards the final room.
There was still some distance to go, and the two were a little silent.
"What is your friend's background?" Diluc suddenly asked.
"Ah? Are you talking about Ann?"
"Yes, you two don't seem to be from the same place." Diluc nodded; he was still somewhat interested in Ann.
After all, she was someone who had single-handedly defeated a Cryo Hilichurl Armor King without the aid of elemental power.
"We actually just met on our journey, but…" Lumine pondered for a moment, thinking about how to answer Diluc.
"She's a very good person, I really like him!"
"Is that so…" Diluc glanced at Lumine. He had a strange feeling that Lumine's words seemed to have some deeper meaning.
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