"Don't touch me! Get away, I'll walk myself!" Schubert struggled somewhat disheveledly, but the two Knights of Favonius holding him did not comply with his wishes.
"Stelle, are you hurt?" Eula turned and saw Stelle slowly approaching, hurrying forward to ask.
"Of course not, how could these people hurt me?" Stelle smiled and shook her head, then looked at Schubert nearby.
"This is the Mondstadt city defense map drawn by your uncle; I've retrieved it. Besides this, the Fatui shouldn't have obtained anything else." Stelle handed the map in her hand to Eula.
"Oh? I never would have thought..." Eula took it, glanced at it briefly, and then put it away.
"Eula! Have you forgotten that you are a descendant of Lawrence!" Schubert finally couldn't hold back and loudly spoke to Eula.
"I haven't forgotten, and I can't forget," Eula's tone was very calm, as if she didn't even put her uncle in her eyes.
"Joining the Knights of Favonius, teaching aristocratic etiquette to outsiders, do you still hold the family's rules in regard!?" Schubert's appearance at this moment could be said to be completely devoid of his former aristocratic demeanor.
"Is that so?" Eula looked at Schubert with a puzzled expression.
"However, compared to what I've done, the crime of colluding with external enemies seems much greater."
"What do you know! Understand this, I am your uncle, and everything I do is for the revival of the Lawrence Family. As a descendant of the Lawrence Family, not helping is one thing, but you even joined the Knights of Favonius and constantly oppose the family."
Schubert was panting heavily; if he hadn't been firmly restrained by the two Knights, he probably would have made even more violent movements.
"You still have a chance to repent! Quickly kill the Knights here and come with me!"
As soon as these words came out, the whole place fell silent.
It's hard to say whether he was too shocked or if his mind was already unstable to begin with, to be able to say such a thing.
"You want the Knights of Favonius to kill the Knights of Favonius? What foolishness are you talking about..."
"I'll say it again!! You are not a Knight of Favonius, you are a descendant of our Lawrence Family, you are an aristocrat with the blood of the Lawrence Family flowing in your veins, and you should obey the family's will!" Schubert interrupted Eula, his anger undiminished.
Looking at him in this state, Stelle felt more pity than anger.
If she had known he would be like this, she should have just hit him with the bat earlier and let him sleep soundly like Sergei.
"I say, that's enough. Eula is just Eula, not a tool for your family," Stelle couldn't help but say.
"You, a fool who wallows in past glory, who is unmotivated and only fantasizes and uses despicable methods, will only drag your family into the abyss."
Stelle truly believed that if the Lawrence Family was full of people like Schubert, then this family was truly beyond saving.
Even if there were a few more, a dozen more Eulas, it would be useless.
One rotten apple spoils the barrel; it's hard to imagine how the Mondstadter people would react once this incident became public.
"What are you! You're just an outsider, a barbarian! Do you think that just because Eula took a liking to you and you learned some aristocratic etiquette, you're truly an aristocrat, and you're fit to lecture me!? I'm telling you, you and Eula will have no future; you'll never step foot through the Lawrence's door!"
Schubert's attitude towards Stelle, who had deceived him, was naturally beyond words, even more hysterical.
"Huh? I don't care about being an aristocrat," Stelle spread her hands.
She was exhausted from learning all that etiquette today; whoever wanted to be an aristocrat could be one.
"But what did you say? What about me and Eula no..."
"Uncle, you've misunderstood something." Stelle's words were cut off by Eula.
"When have I ever obeyed the family's will? If anyone should be angry, it should be me," Eula's attitude finally shifted, and her tone became increasingly cold.
"You, knowing you are a member of the Lawrence Family, still engage in such acts that threaten Mondstadt's safety. Have you considered how much trouble you've caused so many people?"
"Have you considered how many people I'll have to make enemies with to resolve this matter!"
"You, you dare to lecture me?!" Schubert looked at Eula with a shocked expression, seemingly never having imagined she would speak to him in such a tone.
"I am lecturing you, in the name of the Lawrence Family you value so highly!"
"I don't understand the family's fanatical pursuit of so-called glory, but I am capable of judging right from wrong, and I deeply understand the meaning of freedom for Mondstadt. The Lawrence Family will not, and absolutely should not, become what you envision it to be!"
"You—cough, cough, cough!!" Seeing Schubert about to say something else, Eula directly punched him in the abdomen.
"Ah, please take him away, you two. He won't be noisy on the way," Eula sighed deeply, then waved her hand at the two Knights.
"Yes, Captain Eula!" The two Knights exchanged glances and immediately said.
Clearly, Eula's performance just now had greatly increased their goodwill towards her.
As the two Knights left, only Eula and Stelle remained in the cave.
"Eula, are you alright?" Stelle asked Eula with some concern.
"It's nothing, I expected it, but I didn't think he would be so stubborn." Eula shook her head, secretly glanced at Stelle, and seeing that Stelle didn't mind what Schubert had just said, she also breathed a slight sigh of relief.
"Then your uncle will..."
"He'll probably be in jail for the rest of his life. After all, it's a major crime to collude with external enemies." Eula shrugged, not really caring about Schubert's fate.
"What are you doing, don't look at me like that. I've thought about it for a long time. If the Lawrence Family remains unrepentant and continues to poison Mondstadt, then they and the Lawrence name should be cut down by me together..."
"At that time, I'll just change my surname to whatever, even if you choose it."
"Really? Too bad I don't have a surname, otherwise, I'd have you take mine," Stelle said with a smile.
"Huh? I, I just asked you to choose one for me, who said I wanted to take your surname! You... really, I'll remember this grudge!" Eula said somewhat flustered, as if she had heard something unbelievable, instinctively turning her head away.
Even though Stelle might not know what having the same surname meant, to Eula, those words truly sounded like a subtle confession.
"Ah? No?" Stelle was slightly disappointed.
Although she didn't actually have a surname herself.
"W-well, it's not impossible..." A faint blush appeared on Eula's cheeks, her voice almost inaudible.
"Alright, let's head back soon. We've been busy all day. How about we go to the Cat's Tail Tavern later? My treat."
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