Holy Lord from Teyvat

Zhongli had dealt with Alice before, and he knew very well how eccentric and difficult she was.

As for the current matter, the two sides are unlikely to completely break up, and Alice probably doesn't want to intensify the conflict.

But she's very likely to steer things in some other direction, toward the kind of conflict she enjoys.

But Zheng Tian can be stubborn sometimes, and Nico's casual peeping just now obviously irritated him.

If the two sides continue to argue, who knows what will happen in the end.

Zheng Tian's face quickly turned dark: "What do you want to say?"

Alice: "Actually, the cause of this matter is just a discussion about R's ability. Coincidentally, I have been thinking about celebrating Klee's birthday recently, and the location is the Golden Apple Islands in the sea. Although I can't be there due to some things, I can make some arrangements in advance."

"Mr. Zheng Tian, ​​I will provide the venue and contact R. You are in the Golden Apple Islands. How about having a competition? I believe she will be happy to do so."

Zheng Tian: "Why should I compete with her? And I'm not an alchemist."

Alice: "Well, just treat it as a game. It's just a competition of creating creatures. It doesn't require alchemy, and there are stakes."

Zheng Tian raised his guard: "What's the bet?"

If you come into contact with such a lawless guy, you might get tricked if you are not careful. For example, I am already thinking about how to deal with him in the game.

Alice: "Since we are all family, we will not play too much. If Mr. Zheng Tian wins, Nico, you have to apologize in public. At the same time, we can each agree to a small wish of Mr. Zheng Tian."

Nico was probably persuaded by Alice, so he immediately said, "Okay, I agree."

Mona asked, "What if Zheng Tian loses?"

Alice: "If you lose, Zheng Tian, ​​please admit that R is more capable and apologize to us."

Zheng Tian refused: "Then I don't agree."

Alice was a little dumbfounded: "Why?"

This was a match without any personal hatred, and the conditions seemed very good for Zheng Tian. If he lost, he could just say a few meaningless words to them, and if he won, he could make two small wishes for them.

Why not agree?

In response to Alice's question, Zheng Tian said, "In my world, there is such an allusion: it is called "The Debate on Haoliang", and the story goes like this."

"Zhuangzi and Huizi were good friends. One day, they were walking outside. Zhuangzi was standing on a bridge, pointing at the fish in the water and said, 'The fish are so happy.' Huizi said, 'You are not a fish, how can you know the happiness of the fish?' Zhuangzi asked in return, 'You are not me, how can you say I don't know the happiness of the fish?' Huizi said, 'I am not you, so I don't know your thoughts. Similarly, you are not a fish, so you naturally don't know the thoughts of the fish.'"

The others didn't quite understand the significance of Zheng Tian's story, but they didn't interrupt.

Alice and Zhongli were especially interested in stories from other worlds that they had never heard of.

Zheng Tian was still talking: "At this time, Zhuangzi said, please go back to the topic we started with. You said, 'How do you know the happiness of fish?' etc., which means you already know the happiness of fish and asked me, and I know it here."

Zhongli's eyes lit up: "Excellent debate."

Paimon was probably already nervous, and asked in confusion, "What do you mean?"

Zhongli explained: "Logically speaking, I personally think that Zhuangzi was at a disadvantage. Huizi used Zhuangzi's logic to block his mouth and successfully made him contradict himself. But Zhuangzi then cleverly avoided the topic and tried to reverse the victory from the root. After reading the whole article, this is an extremely wonderful allusion."

Paimon: "So, what does Zheng Tian mean by telling this story?"

Zheng Tian stood up and said, "Ms. Alice, you should understand what I mean. The initial cause of the problem was that I did not approve of Rhinedort releasing Dulin, which caused an irreversible disaster."

Alice sighed, "Alas~ It seems that I can't return to the so-called original topic like Zhuangzi did. Mr. Zheng Tian, ​​can't we have a happy ending?"

Zheng Tian: "I can admit that Rheindorte is great, but I can't apologize because I don't think I was wrong."

"If you insist that I agree to apologize, that's fine, but I have a request."

Alice: "What request?"

Zheng Tian smiled. "I require Jean, Kaeya, Diluk, Lisa, Amber, Eula, Albedo, Klee and others to be present and to know what happened in advance."

Alice: "..."

This request is simply putting them on fire, and Klee is still present. How can she hold her head up in front of everyone in the future?

Seeing this, Zhongli clapped his hands twice, trying to ease the atmosphere: "Everyone, why don't you listen to me."

Hearing this, everyone except Zheng Tian looked at him, expecting him to come up with a solution.

Zhongli continued, "I believe that no matter what the result of the game is, it will not change your true thoughts about this matter. Even if Zheng Tian agrees, an insincere apology will be meaningless to you, Alice."

"There wasn't a big dispute in the first place. I think it would be better for us to meet and laugh it off. For the bet, just forget about the apology."

"When you attend a child's birthday party, don't get too involved. Just have a happy race and treat it as making friends."

Seeing that Zhongli had given her a way out, Alice said, "I think it's okay. What about Mr. Zheng Tian?"

Zheng Tian thought that Alice was not an enemy after all, and was even a friendly force, so he followed the steps given by Zhongli and said, "Okay."

The smell of gunpowder disappeared instantly, and the tense atmosphere in the air gradually began to dissipate.

Alice said happily, "Okay, okay, I promise I won't be biased towards either side. As for how to compare, I'll contact you later."

Zheng Tian: “No problem.”

Alice: "That's settled. Goodbye everyone."

After saying that, Alice directly asked Nico to disconnect.

Everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Paimon sighed, "I didn't expect to encounter something like this right after I came back. It's really exciting."

Mona blamed herself: "It's my fault. I should have reminded you directly, so you wouldn't have started scolding me."

Zheng Tian comforted him: "It's not your fault. It's our own personalities and perspectives that led to the conflict."

Zhongli: "I'm glad you're alright. I'll be back then."

Zheng Tian: "Actually, nothing will happen. I won't fight over it. The Witch Society won't fight over it either, right?"

Zhongli nodded in agreement, but before leaving he still avoided Zheng Tian and told Kong and the others that they could find him if they had any problems.

I don’t know whether he is worried about Zheng Tian being impulsive or worried about the witch being impulsive.

Zheng Tian didn't care and ran to the laboratory.

When Kong and the others came back and found out, they thought he was going to cause trouble and were terribly scared.

Zheng Tian had no choice but to confess: "What are you thinking about? I'm just preparing a way to prevent others from detecting me."

Nico's spying on him still irritated him and made him feel uneasy.

As someone who had been chased by an antique shop, he wouldn't be able to sleep well if he didn't use some tricks to block others from prying eyes.

Mona was still worried, so she simply stood guard in the hall, fearing that Zheng Tian would go out and fight with her elders.

In the middle of the night, when Zheng Tian temporarily put down his work to go to the bathroom, he saw Mona on the sofa giving him a sleepy and stiff smile.

In desperation, Zheng Tian had to cast a sleeping magic on her and then sent her back to the bedroom.