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He came up with a reason to explain his behavior. He hadn't thought about it when he applied for the assistant job; he just wanted to make a living and have a place to stay.

As a result, he was given a simulation of a knight commander halfway through the journey.

"Why is it that girl, Jean? Could it be that Rustan... you like her?"

“But if I just said I was Rustam, no one would believe me, so… um? Rosalyn, what did you just say?” Su Chen was taken aback. He realized that he and the lady seemed to be on different wavelengths.

"N-nothing, I understand, I understand you, Rustan."

The woman shook her head.

How could that be? How could Rustam possibly be interested in that naive little girl, Qin?

Yes, that's right, it's naiveté.

The lady had witnessed everything Su Chen did in Mondstadt, so she knew very well what kind of person Su Chen was. It could be said that Jean's philosophy was almost completely opposite to Su Chen's. How could such a person win Su Chen's admiration?

She's overthinking it.

"Thank you, Rosalyn. You've always been so understanding," Su Chen said with a light laugh.

"I... am not as good as you think."

The woman's expression darkened.

She wants to go back 500 years.

But everything is already irreversible.

“Lustan, my hands are stained with sin. I am no longer the Rosalind you knew five hundred years ago. I have become utterly filthy, the ‘Flame Witch’ feared by the people of Mondstadt. I have…”

"Alright, Rosalyn." Su Chen stepped forward, gently patted her head, and said softly, "No matter what your identity is, you will always be Rosalyn, the girl with the beautiful singing voice that I met in Mondstadt, and the person I have always trusted the most."

"Russian..."

Ah, what a scorching feeling!

The voice she misses, everything she misses... From this day forward, she will only be Rosalyn, a person.

...

"Is anyone crying?"

Outside the secret room.

Arya and Erwin are still waiting.

Hearing the crying coming from inside, Erwin was taken aback.

That voice...a woman's voice...is it the Judge?!

The judge was beaten to tears?

Arya smiled victoriously.

The fact that the woman cried proves that the teacher won, doesn't it?

...

The lady was right; Su Chen and Qin's philosophies were indeed quite different.

However, there was one thing she hadn't expected: Su Chen valued Qin's ideals, which was why he thought of helping her secure her position as the group leader.

The existence of earth fire is a necessary condition for supplementing the other side of the zither.

That evening, to Alvin's astonishment, Su Chen learned in detail about the current state of the subterranean fire.

Although it is not as powerful as before, after hundreds of years of development and 'survival', its influence should not be underestimated.

Most importantly, the core figures who remain at the Earthfire are all highly influential figures in their respective fields.

Even within the high ranks of the Knights, there are people from the Earth Fire.

These people don't usually show up easily, even when the fire is in crisis, unless it's a truly life-or-death moment.

"Merchant, adventurer, knight... Hmm? A potential recruit, Diluc?"

Su Chen looked at one of the names on the list and was somewhat surprised.

He remembered that Diluc seemed to have joined a faction in the game, but it wasn't the Knights of Favonius; it was something like the Wandering Band or something.

"He is an important development goal for Dihuo."

Alvin was about to explain, but the woman quickly took over the conversation.

“Diluc has a lot of influence in Mondstadt, and he is also very strong. He has the will to protect Mondstadt, so the Earthfire wants to develop him.” After saying that, the lady gave Elwynn a look, meaning to go somewhere cool and stay away.

Su Chen hesitated for a moment: "Have you made contact with them?"

"I've tried to contact him twice, but he refused." The woman scoffed. "You know what? Back then, he caused a huge uproar among the Fools, and it took several executives to calm him down."

"None of the executive officers killed him?"

"I'm not sure. It seems like he was saved by some force, and that guy used the Evil Eye at the time."

The matter of the Evil Eye was a secret of the Fools, but the lady still told Su Chen about it without reservation.

"He's quite capable and influential, so he's definitely worth developing." Su Chen nodded. If Grandpa Lu could join Earthfire, it would greatly help Earthfire's survival in Mondstadt.

In fact, the purpose of the Earth Fire's existence largely overlaps with Diluc's philosophy.

However, the reputation of the Earthfire has not been good in recent years. If it were 500 years ago, Diluc would have joined the Earthfire long ago.

"Huh? This is..."

Su Chen's gaze fell on another list.

Alvin opened his mouth, glanced at the woman, and then chose to remain silent.

“Go ahead,” the woman said.

She wasn't familiar with this list; she had only paid attention to the previous one because of Diluc.

“This is the candidate list,” Erwin explained. “They have all passed the initial interview with Earthfire. Next, there will be a period of evaluation. If there are no problems, they will be admitted and officially become members of Earthfire.”

"This guy is a candidate too?"

Looking at the name 'Wendy' on the list, Su Chen fell silent.

...

Chapter 30 Wendy Joins the Earthfire?

According to Erwin's explanation, the guy named Wendy is a rather famous bard in Mondstadt.

She was young, but played the harp well and told stories that were vivid and interesting.

Earthfire absorbs members without considering their identity or strength, since it's impossible for everyone to be a thug. People like bards, who frequently appear in various places without arousing suspicion, are very suitable for gathering information.

However, Erwin was somewhat reluctant to recruit Wendy because, after observing him for the past few days, he found that although the bard was a good storyteller, he was inconsistent in his efforts, always thinking about drinking even though he didn't have much money. His alcoholism was too great and he was likely to cause trouble.

After all, it's hard to trust people who are gamblers or drunkards.

Furthermore, despite Wendy's repeated insistence that she was an adult, Alvin remained quite skeptical.

From this perspective, a minor drunkard seems rather bad, and the Earth Fire's situation isn't so dire as to absorb someone like that.

If that guy hadn't been so eloquent and shameless, Erwin wouldn't have put him on the shortlist.

Too many things have happened recently, and Alvin has temporarily forgotten about his existence; otherwise, he would probably have been kicked out by now.

"Is this guy doing this on purpose?"

Su Chen wasn't quite sure what Wendy was thinking. This guy was usually quite funny, and he would always use "Hehe~" to get by when things got really tough.

However, at this stage, Venti should be trying to resolve the dragon disaster. He was outmaneuvered by Venti in Whispering Wood, so Venti might have already taken notice of him.

"What's wrong?" the woman asked, puzzled. "Is there something wrong with this person?"

She doesn't yet know that Wendy is the Wind God.

"Oh, it's nothing, just an old friend."

Arya tilted her head to the side, thinking to herself, "Teacher, why is it your friend again?"

"Should I have him join the Earthfire?" Elwin asked hesitantly.

The woman asked, "Male or female?"

Alvin wondered, "Does the Earth Fire not care about this?"

The woman frowned: "Male or female?"

"A man..."

"Since we're friends, as long as there aren't any major problems, let's let him join."

After the woman finished speaking, she glanced at Su Chen again, but the latter was still pondering Wendy's 'carelessness'. The Traveler had already arrived, and Wendy had also secretly provided assistance. Everything was just like in the story, and the problem of the dragon disaster should be left to fate.

However, he was considering whether he should let the lady have a heart-to-heart talk with Wendy.

"what happened?"

The woman asked, puzzled.

"It's nothing." Su Chen glanced around. "Rosalind, contact that person we have inside the Knights."

"Okay... is there any action to be taken?"

Su Chen chuckled: "Go and deliver a big gift to Commander Qin."

...

The next day, the team heading to wipe out the Temple of the Four Winds set off from Mondstadt.

At Qin's request, Ying also joined the army.

Meanwhile, the powerful nobles of Mondstadt, led by Diluc, began to rapidly seize the industries owned by those nobles, including wine, livestock, fruit, grain, and so on. Mondstadt is a place with a spring-like climate all year round, vast plains, and highly developed agriculture. Its winemaking is a unique art form on the continent, and the profit chain is astonishingly large.

Even though Dawn Winery is only the largest winemaking force in Mondstadt, a large portion of it is still controlled by the original nobles.

Right now, these resources are being consumed at an extremely rapid pace.

This action caused quite a stir in Mondstadt, but fortunately, Qin maintained the situation, and with the addition of the Yanhuang Merchant Guild, the most basic trading channels were kept in place. Some people didn't even realize that the supply chain had changed without them noticing.

Everything is changing, but everything seems unusually calm, as if nothing has happened.