Genshin Impact: I wrote the plot into a novel to spoil the future

This saves most people time in collecting cards, but it's not so great for seasoned card players like Sino.

What kind of trash deck is that? Can it compare to my ultimate, invincible, high win rate deck?

The card player's focus was still on the decks; he was very curious about what those pre-assembled decks were.

However, before the traveler could even participate in the competition, he was stopped by someone, and the focus was then stolen by this pink-haired beauty who appeared on stage.

This beautiful girl has pink hair, white clothes with vertical stripes on her chest, and a camera hanging from her waist. She is even ice-themed.

The girl had a bright and sunny smile, and a white leg ring was tied around her left leg.

These characteristics already make the visitor's identity obvious. Yes, she is Charlotte, born on March 7th... thirty-four days later!

Speaking of voices, Diona, who was talking to the traveler just now, is actually March 7th. Anyway, Diona also has pink hair.

Charlotte... might have gotten into Genshin Impact through a back door via V2V.

Charlotte said, "Let me introduce myself—I'm Charlotte, a reporter from the 'Steambird Newspaper' in Fontainebleau. I've been specifically assigned to cover the 'Summoning King Grand Prix'."

Now everyone knows her. Although Charlotte is a very famous journalist, she is only famous within her own circle.

Moreover, the reporter rarely shows her face; many people know her name but not what she looks like.

It belongs to the type of show that could be made into an episode titled "You may not know me, but you may know my work."

So when readers saw the illustrations, they didn't realize who she was until she introduced herself.

Wow, it really is you!

Thanks to the prophecy, now everyone in the world knows you.

It has to be said that the Book of Prophecy is doing quite well, even riding on the coattails of the Steambird News.

Steambird News is quite well-known. Although its headquarters are in Fontainebleau, it has branches in other countries and is a global organization.

Lin Qiu chose Steambird Newspaper to publish his prophecy because of its influence. Other newspapers may have great influence domestically, but they are not very strong in terms of international influence.

At first, everyone thought the prophecy book was a new marketing magazine from Steambird Newspaper that was just jumping on the bandwagon.

Unexpectedly, the prophecy turned out to be so accurate, even directly influencing the overall atmosphere of the Steambird newspaper, where people are now more cautious about the veracity of news before publishing it.

As for the renowned journalist Charlotte, she was all about authenticity.

I came to Mondstadt to report on the "Summoning King Grand Prix," and also to deliver my payment for the article.

She had thought it would be a boring trip, but now she's encountered some very interesting things.

One is the "Card Thief," which suggests that someone stole the cards during the match.

Another is the traveler, and as everyone knows, wherever a traveler goes, there is big news.

Charlotte's eyes lit up when she heard that Yingmei was the famous Traveler.

She was very interested in big news, but Sino was clearly not interested in that; what really interested him was the "Card Thief".

This is a crime! The Grand Disciplinary Officer is ready to take action!

Stealing other people's cards is just too much. Seno's heart breaks at the thought of his limited cards being stolen.

Whether it's being robbed in a game or in real life, it's unacceptable!

It seems that Deng Ai and Anduin have infiltrated the competition venue; they need to be dealt with.

Fortunately, Charlotte in the story also wanted to investigate the matter, and she even invited the Traveler to join her, which calmed Seno's agitated heart a little.

Paimon asked疑惑地问道：“…Why didn’t you look for someone else, but specifically sought us out for cooperation?”

It's not surprising that Paimon had this question; they were travelers, not great detectives, and solving cases wasn't their specialty.

Charlotte replied matter-of-factly, "Of course, because you are the honorary knights who saved Mondstadt, the great heroes who fought alongside the Liyue Herald, the great contributors who lifted the Inazuma seclusion order, and the ones who rectified the Sumeru Cult..."

The dialogue style in this segment is reminiscent of the original Hu Tao and Xiao.

I feel like I'm imagining voices coming from my head: 'A great hero who fought alongside the Liyue Immortals!'

'A great hero who lifted the Inazuma seclusion edict!'

Fortunately, the traveler wasn't a demon; she was much thicker-skinned and could remain completely silent.

Paimon, however, couldn't stand it any longer and spoke up to stop it:

"Alright, alright...we didn't even realize how long our names have gotten."

It's outrageous that Paimon, who loves being praised so much, can't stand being praised by others.

I vaguely remember that when she wrote The Forest Book, she even "forced" poor Lana Luo to write some lyrics to praise her.

Ying said in a calm yet expectant tone, "Give me more."

It has to be said that Yingmei is really amazing. If Xiao had her thick skin back then, he could have remained unmoved by Hu Tao's remarks and wouldn't have had to suffer at the dinner party.

Hu Tao just shouts whatever he wants, and Xiao, with a skin as thick as Ying Mei's, is hiding in the shadows, enjoying it more and more.

Even if you're acting in front of two gods, you won't be the one being persecuted.

Ultimately, it's because they're too thin-skinned. Look at Zhongli and Wendy's skin; Wuxiang couldn't even cut them with a single blow.

They're reading the story now, and when they see Charlotte's comments, they even want to add a couple of things.

She even freeloaded off the Geo God's meals, stole the Anemo God's drinks, and even attacked the Thor. You're exaggerating.

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Character Voice Lines - Charlotte: About March 7th

"Lin Qiu gave me an outfit to cosplay as March 7th interviewing him, but who is March 7th?"

Chapter 730 The Card Thief?

Getting back to the story, before dealing with the interesting events, Charlotte also needs to hand over her royalties to a very popular author.

This is quite interesting to everyone. Mondstadt has another popular author, right? Could it be Kaeya? He's quite good at making up stories.

It couldn't be Fischl, could it? Although she has a great imagination, her stories are too childish and cheesy for the average reader.

Charlotte ended up at Mona's place. Holy crap? Mona?

Fischl found it unbelievable. She had read Mona's stories, and they were obscure, tedious, and utterly rubbish. How could she be a popular author?

I only realized after reading the later dialogue that Mona was writing for an academic journal, not a novel. That put my mind at ease; as long as it wasn't a novel, it was fine.

Fischl was terrified of being completely outshone by her best friend in writing novels; that would be too painful for her. Her competitive spirit wouldn't allow her to be inferior to her friend even in terms of imagination.

Charlotte greeted her, "You must be Professor Astrologis Mona Megistus? It's an honor to meet you."

Mona doesn't even have a pseudonym; she goes online using her real name.

But thinking about it, it makes sense. Mona mainly publishes in academic journals, so she wouldn't use a pseudonym.

Now everyone knows why Mona is so rich; she's a popular columnist who can make a living off her writing even without fortune-telling.

Wait a minute, you make a living by writing articles instead of fortune telling? Are all you prophets like this? Lin Qiu only did fortune telling for two days before he started 'neglecting his duties'.

Mona couldn't suppress the smile on her face while watching this. Now the whole world knows how amazing this genius is, right?

I just can't write novels, but I'm not completely incapable of writing!

With my genius level, I'll definitely learn to write novels very quickly. Just wait and see!

Fischl felt a chill run down her spine, as if a 'defense' was beckoning to her.

It's hard to say whether readers are aware of Mona's prowess, because apart from a few academics, not many people read Mona's columns.

But it has indeed increased some people's stereotypes about prophets, so you prophets just like to write things, right?

When they later learned that Fontaine's prophecy had also been written on the stone tablet, this stereotype was firmly established: prophets just like to write things down.

Fischl pouted. "Damn it! Why aren't my stories popular? Is it because I'm not a prophet?"

Should I learn some divination techniques...? Fischl had some outlandish ideas, and it was clear that she had misunderstood some cause and effect.

In the story, Charlotte and Mona exchanged a few words, and in just those few words, Charlotte sensed Mona's financial difficulties. Then, she came up with a news headline:

"Oh, oh, oh, 'Renowned astrologer goes hungry; can astrology truly foresee the future?'... That's a good headline."

This title is indeed good; at least students of the Sumeru Minglun school are quite interested in it.

I understand now. The reason why prophets of Lin Qiu and Mona's caliber are writing is that divination is not thriving!

Is it a choice between graduating and immediately becoming unemployed, or finding a job but still struggling to make ends meet? It's such a tough decision.

To be honest, these two stories feel a bit like they're targeting the Ming School. What did astrology and prophecy do to you?

Laila is so tired from her studies that she can't get enough sleep, and she feels like she's never loved her bed more.

She doesn't want to graduate only to find herself unable to afford food! Maybe I should try studying writing too...

However, Charlotte's title was too honest; only those interested in the industry would read it.

It should be changed to "A famous astrologer fainted from hunger at home, and hundreds of millions of Mora vanished!"

Such headlines are more attractive to the general public, as people are always more interested in 'well-known' things, and the number 'hundreds of millions' of Mora is also quite stimulating.

Putting everything else aside, it might stir up some resentment towards the rich, and you might even watch it with a gloating attitude.

And this title isn't misleading; Mona really is rich, and she could easily come up with hundreds of millions of Mora, it's just that it hasn't 'disappeared'.

Everyone knows this; it was already revealed in the island story that Mona is actually a rich woman.

In the book, Mona didn't participate in the card players' competition, not because she was a rich woman who didn't lack money, nor because she wasn't interested, but because she was too busy lately.

Besides, to win with certainty, one would need to use astrology, but Mona wouldn't use astrology for that, as it would be unfair to the others, so she didn't even sign up.

Using astrology to cheat won't work, but it can be used to find thieves. Mona said she could help the travelers with a divination about that card thief, but Charlotte refused.

Charlotte still wanted to investigate herself, because that would make it an exclusive story.

No one had any objections to this. Mona saved herself some trouble, and the readers were just having fun anyway. They could keep the anticipation going even if the answer was revealed slowly.

In the book, Charlotte and the Traveler arrive at the competition venue looking for clues, only to run into Kaia, who is about to face Timmy in the final.

Kaeya seems to know something about the Card Thief, but you know him, he's never going to tell you the answer directly.

They just said things in a mysterious way, like, "Are you really sure the Card Thief is really after cards?"

It seems like he said it, but it also seems like he didn't. Once the answer is revealed, you'll feel like he was right. He's a complete riddle teller.

More than his riddles, people are more concerned about Timmy making it to the finals. Now those who were eliminated by Timmy don't have to feel wronged. After all, we're third in 'soft power', right?

It's not surprising that Timmy made it to the finals; he's a level 10 player, which is incredibly impressive, and it made Sino even itchy to play.

Kaeya's strength should not be underestimated either; the Eighth Generation Kaeya was an extremely powerful figure back then.

However, their match was clearly not the focus. Charlotte discovered a suspicious person, suspected to be the Card Thief, and led the Traveler to follow him.

Upon seeing this, Furnessa was suddenly reminded of some unpleasant memories, and Charlotte would occasionally stalk and investigate her.

It can only be said that Charlotte is really hard to fool and hard to get rid of. Even Frynn found her troublesome, let alone the suspicious people in the story.

Charlotte's investigation went smoothly, eventually leading to the discovery of the heist gang. Readers commented on this result: "I'm not surprised at all."

It feels perfectly reasonable that any bad thing that happens is eventually implicated in the Treasure Thieves or the Fools.

However, the Fools usually have grand schemes, and the treasure-hunting group... is just a bunch of comedians.

Everyone is curious about what kind of antics the comedy troupe has come up with this time.

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Character Voice Lines - Fryna: About Being Stalked

"Sigh, the troubles of a famous star. Don't worry about it. I don't care, because I always maintain elegance and grace."

"Huh!? You mean Arecino is here!?"

Chapter 731 Who would pay such a high price for a card back?

The man being followed had just made a deal; someone offered three times the price for his card back, and that's when the heist gang started targeting him.

This is indeed strange. Why would a group of thieves target a card back? There must be some hidden secret behind it.