Teyvat Survival Guide

“…That’s roughly what happened, Your Majesty. I’d like to hear your advice.” Qin recounted to Samuel the sudden appearance of the Black Wolf Tide and the attack on Cangfeng Highlands, her tone filled with urgency and solemnity.

She looked straight into Samuel's eyes, as if trying to capture something from the blue.

Jean's attitude towards the newly appointed Pope has always been subtle.

After all, the origin of this His Majesty can only be traced back to a report letter sent back by the Wave Knight Eula Lawrence, which introduced that Samuel was just a wind slime at the beginning.

Ordinary wind slimes could never possess intelligence, nor could they transform into human form.

Even if Lord Barbatos transformed into the bard Wendy, he would not randomly choose a wind slime as his follower.

So not only did Jean feel that Samuel's origins were full of mystery and secrets, but Eula, Albedo, Diluk, Amber who knew the inside story, and even Bennett from the Adventurer's Guild who was currently helping the Knights with rescue operations and resisting the Black Wolf Tide, all thought so.

——This wind slime is more than what it seems.

But during the few days that Qin spent with Samuel, she felt that the other person was not as unfathomable as she had imagined.

From the first time they met, she noticed that the then very young His Majesty wanted to hide his emotions and was always trying to "keep a peaceful smile on his face no matter what happened."

But she could always roughly read the other person's thoughts from his blue eyes.

Although His Majesty's personality did become more stable after he became a teenager, she could still guess his emotions.

Her Majesty's apparent inscrutability was all forced, and this was confirmed when she saw the slightly red corners of her eyes when she was training the other party.

His Holiness Saint Samuel is a very interesting person. He is introverted but appears to be very cheerful. He always pushes himself to work hard.

Qin believed that under normal circumstances, she would get along well with ordinary people like Samuel, and would give him encouragement and comfort.

But unfortunately, the person in front of her was not Samuel, nor an ordinary person, but His Holiness Pope Saint Samuel.

As Mondstadt is a place where theocracy is supreme, the only person with the greatest power besides the Knights is Lord Barbatos, the God of Wind.

But now there is suddenly another Pope, the earthly representative of Lord Wind God. So in addition to Lord Barbatos, there must be another Saint Samuel above the Knights Templar.

His Majesty is not a commoner with his own life. His every move and every word may affect the entire Mondstadt.

That's why she took so long to think about it after listening to Amber's report. If it were any other time, she would have called all departments together and issued the emergency order herself instead of asking Amber to convey it on her behalf.

Although this doesn't make much difference, it would be more accurate and faster for her to issue the instructions personally.

She wanted to see if His Holiness the Pope was really hiding something.

The Pope in front of her, His Holiness Saint Samuel, trembled his lips and said nothing.

All the gathering places in the Blue Wind Highlands area have been invaded? Tens of thousands of people are being slaughtered by the black wolf tide?

...Is that something a student like him, who hasn’t even graduated from high school, can handle?

Samuel instinctively wanted to escape at first, but he froze when he saw Qin's fixed gaze.

——He had to give advice. He was the Pope. If he wasted one more second, countless people might die under the sharp teeth of the black wolf.

But he is just a high school student who has not taken the college entrance examination yet...

What can I do? What can I do...

He suddenly thought of someone and hurriedly felt the wind element around him, wanting to know if Lord Barbatos was still watching him.

Sure enough, he felt a very faint breeze floating slowly beside him.

Lord Barbatos is not in good condition...

Samuel's heart suddenly stopped.

After a long while, under Qin's gaze, he held onto a feeling of helplessness, anxiety, and confusion, and spoke slowly and forcefully:

“…I will personally take part.”

Jean's eyes widened, obviously not expecting that answer.

His Majesty will personally take the stage...?

She recalled the strength of His Majesty that she had tested during the previous competition. It couldn't be said that he was weak, but he was definitely not capable of turning the tide.

...If you let Your Majesty do as he pleases, he will only go to his death!

Just as she was about to speak, she saw the other party spread his wings, and without saying another word, he quickly walked out of the room to the door of the library, flapped his wings and flew into the clouds.

Lisa, who was standing by, crossed her arms and looked at Qin with a hint of condemnation, but she also understood her actions.

As the acting leader of the Knights Templar, Jean had to manage Mondstadt and resist various disasters for Lord Barbatos in the absence of Lord Barbatos, on behalf of Grand Leader Falga.

For example, the last dragon disaster and this wolf disaster.

In the past, if Qin encountered such things, she would think of ways to solve the problem, consult other people's opinions, and make arrangements one by one, and finally solve the problem.

And during this period, she was the only one in charge.

But now she not only has the missing Lord Barbatos above her, but also His Majesty Saint Samuel.

She was probably just trapped by the two points of "ignoring Your Majesty's authority and arranging everything on her own" and "Your Majesty may not be able to solve the problem, but you must respect the other party's status", so she resorted to this desperate measure and wanted to test it out.

The results seem less than satisfactory...and unexpected.

So Lisa shook her head and said nothing.

Speaking of which... just now, the people living in the Blue Wind Highlands were still facing a crisis of life and death, and she and His Majesty were playing a question-and-answer game in the room, and if they answered incorrectly, they would be punished by being labeled with a note.

She couldn't help but sneer.

What an irony.

Thinking of this, she waved goodbye to Qin and went into the alchemy workshop to add potion supplies to the support front line.

Qin walked out of the library, looked at Gao Tian, ​​sighed, and performed the etiquette of the Knights.

“…May you be well, Saint Samuel.”

She then rushed to various departments to understand the development of the situation, make strategic plans, and prepare to deal with the next emergency.

……

Samuel was flapping his wings and gasping in the sky. His face was no longer as fair as usual, but as pale as paper.

The wind was still blowing in the sky as usual, just like when Lord Barbatos was flying in the sky before.

But when he flew towards Qingquan Town, lowered his altitude and looked down, he did not see the peace and harmony he had imagined.

He could see tiny black spots on the ground, like ants, gathering together into black balls, hunting "prey" in one village after another.

He could see the knights in silver armor fighting hard, and the civilians with God's Eyes also joined the battle against the invasion of alien species.

They resisted very hard, and although they beheaded quite a few black wolves, there were too many of them, and they also had the ability to teleport.

As he was resisting, the group of black wolves instantly moved behind him, pierced his armor with their sharp claws, and blood oozed out of the holes in the armor.

Samuel was anxious and wanted to go down to help, just like the protagonist Long Aotian in the novel of his previous life:

One sword can wipe out those evil creatures.

But he is not the protagonist Long Aotian, and his elemental power has not yet fully recovered. If he goes down now, facing those black wolves that are now in the sky and look tiny but are actually twice as big as him...

He might just be like an ordinary God's Eye owner, unable to resist for long...

Samuel looked at the green grass on the ground that was now dyed bright red, and couldn't help but feel desperate...

...He clearly understood on the first day that Teyvat was not as beautiful as it seemed, but he forgot about it in his harmonious daily life.

So, today, reality taught him a bloody lesson.

For the first time, he realized his situation so deeply:

He holds a high position, but he does not have the corresponding ability.

He is totally unable to handle anything of similar magnitude right now.

He is a gaudy piece of crap.

Samuel looked bitter. He looked up at the thin wisps of wind blowing in the sky and called out for help:

“…Lord Barbatos, Lord Barbatos!!

“You’re listening, you know that, right?!

"I can't handle it. I really can't handle it—"

He hadn't finished speaking before the remaining sound was blocked by the flowing wind.

Then, he heard the voice in the wind that was usually full of divinity, ethereal but cheerful. Today, it was particularly low and seemed very tired:

“—I’m sorry…my little slime.

"But I'm about to fall into a deep sleep. I can't help you, or Mond...

"And... I made a huge mistake, one that could even be called a heinous crime..."

…A heinous crime? What kind of crime could Lord Barbatos have committed? His tone sounded very guilty…

Before Samuel could finish his thoughts, he heard Feng continue to speak, his tone even heavier:

"Black Wolf Tide...

“…I released it.”