"What a strange granny! She seemed very wise to Paimon!" Paimon's voice was light and bubbly, yet held a hint of suspicion.

"But Paimon feels like there is more to her than it seems!"historical

"Hmm...I feel like I've seen her somewhere before, but I can't remember where..." Hu Tao muttered to herself as she saw her leaving figure off.

"...Let's ignore that for now...We should find an inn in this town before it gets dark...wait a minute..."

Thinking about it carefully, since Lumine could use teleport, couldn't they just temporarily go back and stay at their own mansion and start here again tomorrow?

(Lumine seemed to have activated a few teleporters nearby, so we should be good to go.)

The moment he mentioned it, however...

"No! Don't do that!"

"Let us explore!"

"That's right! I will be more than happy to welcome you all in the Wangsheng funeral Parlor mansion for a few days!"

His suggestion was rejected immediately...

All of the girls in his party told him that it would be throwing away the enjoyment of the trip.

"Isn't it nice to be in an unknown town, visiting unknown shops, staying in an unknown place?" Paimon asked, her eyes sparkling with excitement.

Yomite sighed, "Alright, alright, fine, girls, I get it...I understand...we have enough of money anyway..."

They decided on an inn before the sun set completely.

They took an inn with slightly better rooms than the Resin Moon inn in Mondstadt.

The girls and him were assigned to two rooms.

His roommates were Hu Tao and Fischl, while Iris, Lumine and Paimon were together in the room next doors.

They've settled on the inn and left to have a dinner. The old woman at the inn said that the noodles here were absolutely delicious.

(I wonder if they're selling a ramen somewhere around here.)

When they entered a handy shop while taking a stroll inside the town, they heard sounds of yet another dispute from the roadside.

(Jeez...not again...This is gonna be my whole day, isn't it? I'm starting to regret coming here...)

Curious onlookers gathered on what seemed to be a commotion taking place.

Yomite and his party, who had their interest caught as well, tried to push through the crowds of people and barely managed to reach the center of the commotion. There stood a cute girl surrounded by several men.

"The choice of clothes women wear in this world is questionable at best..." Yomite concluded as he observed the girl in front of him.

"Ah! It's Xiangling!"

Hu Tao gave a short answer to Yomite's comment.

(Hu Tao knows her?)

Yomite narrowed his eyes.

A dark, indigo-black hair that looked like a pair of panda-like braided buns. Golden eyes, pale skin, and despite being in disadvantage against many opponents, she wore a perpetual smile on her face.

She also wore a brown and gold leotard with red ribbons in the front and back, the back being larger and holding a bell.

She seemed quite young, from fourteen to sixteen years of age, yet her clothes seemed a bit too revealing...

The men numbering close to six surrounded the lone girl while sending out dangerous glances. Some of them have already pulled out their knives and swords.

"The food was indeed as brilliant as you've promised, that's why you'll be coming with us and you'll become a personal chef for our young master!"

"...It would appear I will have to politely decline. While I adore cooking, I travel around a lot and don't wish to be tied down. Not to mention, if I was cooking for your lord, it would be the same exact dish again and again, wouldn't it? Limiting myself to a specific style of cooking, is bland and unsurprising~!"

"...You give us no choice then..." The man looked back towards his group, "Do it!"

All of the men attacked her at the same time.

The girl expected this and evaded nimbly, lightly grabbing the arm of one of the men and turning around as if he was as light as a feather, throwing him.

The man who was flung on his back fainted in agony as he hit the ground and stopped moving.

Neutralizing the opponent's force, breaking the stance and throw.

(Why does it feel like Hu Tao's moves...Perhaps she taught her?) Yomite thought.

Just like that, the girl flung away two people and pulled out a spear.

(Another spear user...)

She was successful in beating the rest of the men with her weapon, however, using this chance, a man she threw to the ground before, prepared to stab her from behind with a sword.

"Ayaya! No chance!"

Hu Tao shouted and dropkicked the man who was holding a sword. Although the girl was surprised by the sudden intrusion, when she took a look at Hu Tao, she sighed in relief that Hu Tao was not an enemy.

A short time later, all the men were flattened on the ground. However, the reinforcements came, so the party stepped in to help.

Despite this, the reinforcements were quickly defeated by the squad consisting of Vision users and other monsters such as a dragon and two Isekai figures.

Hu Tao had joyfully knocked down more than half of the opponents...to the point where their limbs were pointing in a wrong direction...

(Scary...)

The town guards arrived so they left the rest for them and departed from the scene after answering several questions.

Having around the Knight of Favonius medailon came in handy.

(Thanks, Jean.)