Outside Mondstadt City, Lumine and Paimon had already reunited with Stelle.
On the way to Dragonspine, Stelle also told Lumine and Paimon about the commission he had just accepted from Sucrose.
"Ah?" Lumine's eyes widened slightly. Hearing Stelle recount what had just happened, his heart inexplicably tightened.
"Mm, he said we need to find someone named Albedo, and we'll be research material for a while... But don't worry, Lumine, I hear he's very generous, so he'll surely give us a lot of Reward." Seeing Lumine's stunned expression, Stelle thought he was unwilling and quickly added.
Speaking of which, Stelle also felt a bit embarrassed, having agreed to it without asking Lumine's opinion.
However, it shouldn't be a very difficult task, and it's said there's a generous Reward. Plus, the other party is the Chief Alchemist of the Knights of Favonius, so there shouldn't be any major problems, right?
"Lumine, it sounds pretty simple, and there's a generous Reward!" Paimon was already imagining the mountain of Mora Albedo would give them after the task was completed.
"No, I'm not... You said a Damselette named Sucrose commissioned you for this task just now?" Lumine shook his head, asking about what he truly cared about.
"Yes, why?" Stelle nodded, then looked at Lumine in confusion.
Could it be that Lumine and Sucrose know each other?
"N-nothing..." Lumine came back to his senses, shaking his head.
He had a deep understanding of Stelle's charm, but thinking carefully, someone he had only just met and talked to for not very long shouldn't be... yet.
No, that's not right, he couldn't let his guard down. Even if they had just met, for a pure Damselette, it was very possible for him to have ill intentions towards Stelle.
Wasn't he like that himself?
Of course, given his age, he probably couldn't be considered a pure Damselette anymore.
But no matter what, he had to keep a close eye on Stelle.
"Anyway, we just need to find someone named Albedo, right?"
"Mm, but Sucrose couldn't clearly describe what Albedo looks like, and I don't know what he looks like either. We'll just have to ask people in Dragonspine when we get there." Stelle rubbed his head helplessly.
The description Sucrose gave was too vague, and Stelle didn't know if he would be able to find the person smoothly.
"Since Albedo is the Chief Alchemist of the Knights of Favonius, many people should know him, right?" Paimon rubbed his chin, then said.
"Mm... but Dragonspine is so big after all, we can only try our luck first." Stelle spread his hands.
If it really didn't work out, there was nothing he could do; he could only wait for later. Anyway, Sucrose didn't specify how long the commission had to be completed within.
"Mm."
The group chatted as they walked towards Dragonspine.
Not long after leaving the city, Lumine suddenly stopped.
"Stelle, is there something you want to try?" Lumine walked to a strange pillar by the side of the road and asked Stelle.
"Oh, right! If Stelle can do it, it'll make things so much easier for us!" Paimon also quickly said.
"What is it?" Stelle looked at the strange pillar behind Lumine. "Is it related to this thing?"
Stelle had naturally noticed this thing when he left the city before; it seemed to be all over Mondstadt, but Stelle never knew what these things were for.
"Mm, this thing is called a Teleport Waypoint." Lumine nodded and introduced it to Stelle.
"As the name suggests, it allows us to freely teleport between various Waypoints. Although I don't know why, it seems only I can use this thing."
Lumine was also very confused about this; everyone he met couldn't use this thing, and they didn't even know what it was.
They seemed to treat it only as some kind of ancient ruin.
"Teleportation?!" Stelle's eyes widened; he almost thought he had misheard.
"Can it really teleport us?"
"Mm, I can, I just don't know about Stelle..." Lumine looked at Stelle, and his expression suddenly became a little guilty. "A-anyway, Stelle, just come and try it. I'll guide you."
"Mm!" Stelle felt a bit excited. If he could really achieve such convenient long-distance teleportation, it would be very simple to return to Mondstadt even if he left later.
He walked to Lumine's front and stopped, curiously looking at the stone pillar floating in the air.
He had also approached it and studied it carefully before, but at that time, he hadn't found anything unusual and never thought this thing would have such magical effects.
"But, how do we do it?"
"Well, Stelle, I'll let you experience it first, and maybe you'll know how to use it." Lumine rubbed his head, saying a little awkwardly.
He couldn't explain it either; this feeling was very strange. If Stelle still couldn't feel anything after experiencing it once, then he probably wouldn't be able to use it.
"Alright." Stelle nodded.
"Then, if you'll excuse me..." Lumine slowly walked in front of Stelle, and to Stelle's surprise, directly reached out and hugged Stelle's waist, resting his head on his chest.
"Hehe, let's go!" Paimon also flew behind Stelle and wrapped his arms around his neck.
Before Stelle could even ask, their bodies began to glow white.
Moments later, their figures disappeared.
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In front of Dragonspine.
"Hmph... Albedo, what trick is he up to now?" Rosaria stood in front of Dragonspine, staring at the camp on the distant mountain peak, his brows slightly furrowed.
He was supposed to be carrying out his plan for Stelle.
But Albedo's sudden change forced him to temporarily alter his plans.
He didn't know what had stimulated Albedo recently, making him run to such a freezing place to conduct experiments.
Just as Rosaria was about to take a step forward to continue tracking and investigating, the sudden movement and voices behind him made him freeze on the spot.
This voice, he couldn't be mistaken.
It was Stelle.
Rosaria instinctively flashed behind a tree and hid.
Squinting his eyes, he looked into the distance.
Stelle and the Honorary Knight, and the strange floating humanoid beside the Honorary Knight.
Why are they here…
The distance was a bit far, so Rosaria couldn't quite hear what they were saying.
She only caught sporadic words like "Albedo" and "experiment."
"Tsk, she isn't getting involved in trouble again, is she?" Rosaria stared at the two figures in the distance, planning what to do next.
Soon, he made a decision.
Anyway, it seems they are also connected to Albedo, so it might be better to combine his two plans…
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