hsntnovel Chapter 687 Tracheitis
Chapter 687 Tracheitis
"So you rushed to Fontaine from Liyue."
When Alechino said this while holding a cup of tea, he used a declarative tone rather than a question or a rhetorical question.
To be honest, when Alecino sensed the powerful aura in the house, he immediately prepared to eliminate the threat.
It was not until she saw Zuo Xi surrounded by children that she realized what was going on.
This guy is not dead... should I say that's as expected? Alechino found that he was not too surprised.
The two of them then held an impromptu tea party, eating snacks and drinking black tea. Alechino listened comfortably to the various information that Zuo Xi told her.
The first is about Zuo Xi’s current identity and strength. Strictly speaking, the master of Zhidong is still the Queen... but Zuo Xi can now be said to be the Queen’s master.
It may be a bit disrespectful to Her Majesty the Queen to say this, but from a formal point of view, Her Majesty the Queen has taken the lead in surrendering, and in terms of status, Zuo Xi is the supreme existence in Zhidong.
From this point of view, it was simply treason for her to drink tea and eat snacks with the other party on an equal footing... But the Queen had not yet summoned the executive officers to announce this matter, so Alecino pretended not to know.
Judging from the strength, Zuo Xi today can be said to be unfathomable.
The Rock King Morax and the Rock Dragon King Ruotu were definitely not ordinary people. Among all the creatures on earth, they were the top ones.
However, the two of them together are no match for Zuo Xi at the moment. Although there is no evidence, Alechino feels that Zuo Xi should win easily.
It's stable - these are the two words that suddenly popped up in Alechino's mind.
The current [Mechanical God] Zuo Xi is obviously more unfathomable than the previous [Mortal] Zuo Xi, so the possibility of solving the Fontaine problem is greater.
And because of the peculiarity of its dual identity as a god and an adventer, when faced with something as metaphysical as prophecy, there may be unexpected surprises.
All in all, Alechino was quite satisfied with the current situation. From a probability perspective, the possibility of successfully solving the prophecy was obviously much higher.
"I guess so. Knowing that you returned to Fontaine, I guessed that you would definitely tell Nata, so I came here to clarify... Your skills haven't deteriorated."
Zuo Xi took a bite of the dessert, and the quality and taste were quite good. After all, it was Nata who made the afternoon tea dessert herself, and Zuo Xi still missed it very much.
I haven't seen Nata for a long time, her cooking skills are still so good.
"As long as you like it, Master Zuo Xi."
Natalia is indeed a professional maid. Except for her mood swings that were difficult to control at the beginning, she has now regained her professionalism and demeanor as a maid.
She hadn't seen Master Zuo Xi for a long time. Natalia would naturally not allow herself to make any mistakes as she hadn't been serving him for a long time.
"Oh...I'm sorry for talking too much."
Alechino didn't have any explanation for this, and simply apologized, even though it wasn't her fault, or strictly speaking, anyone's fault.
But for such an insignificant matter, she didn't mind a little loss. It would be better to say that such a small loss could make the other party not take advantage of the issue, which was actually a gain for her.
"No, no, I should thank you for still remembering Nata. As a thank you, and also as a long-standing agreement? I promised to help with Fontaine's matter, and I will fulfill my promise, but I still advise you not to have too high expectations."
Originally, Zuo Xi wanted to blackmail Alechino, and he had already thought of a reason.
such as……
"The one who made the promise is a [mortal], what does it have to do with me, a [Mechanic]? The past is the past, and the present is the present. If you want to get things done, we have to renegotiate..."
…and so on.
But he didn't expect that Alechino was still thinking about Nata, which made him feel a little embarrassed to continue blackmailing her.
"Everything depends on human effort. If you really can't do it, I won't force you... But I won't give up."
Alechino put down the teacup. Everything has a limit. After all, this is also asking others to do things. If the attitude is not well controlled, pushing too hard will have the opposite effect.
But what the other party said was not wrong. Since there was no direct evidence to prove that he could definitely solve the problem, we couldn't be too lax on our part.
Although she had never intended to pin all her hopes on others...
"So, what are you doing in Fontaine this time?"
Alechino pushed the refreshments in front of him to the side, clasped his fingers together, and crossed his right leg over his left leg. His aura changed, but soon disappeared, and his movements returned to their previous relaxed state.
Zuo Xi knew that the other party was planning to start talking about business. The gesture he had made before was a typical move to put psychological pressure on the other party during the escape.
But then he quickly returned to his original state, probably because that posture was just subconscious. After realizing that this posture might be useless and inappropriate, he quickly changed to a calm posture.
It seems that the fact that Alecino was able to climb to the fourth seat was not entirely due to the strength brought by his background and bloodline.
At least in terms of skills, Arlecchino is not necessarily weaker than the mayor and the banker.
"There's nothing special about it. It's mainly to report the news so that Nata won't worry too much. Also... I haven't been here for a long time, so I came to take a look."
In fact, if Alechino hadn't come to inform him of his death, Zuo Xi probably wouldn't have come to Fontaine so early.
After all, most other people knew about his death, but Nata was probably still in the dark.
In the end, he still didn't catch up, and when he came out of the portal, he happened to see Nata, who was like a walking corpse.
Abe Xio might also be unaware of this, but that guy is far away in Inazuma, so no one would have the time to inform her.
"Heh... Did Sandone know about this? After you came back to life, you didn't go find Sandone right away, but instead went around the world looking for other women... Oh, did I know something I shouldn't know?
Don't worry, I will forget it soon? "
Alechino narrowed his eyes slightly. It seemed that Zuo Xi went to Liyue after he was resurrected. Sandone was clearly in Zhidong, but he didn't even go to take a look?
You know, everyone can see the drastic change in Sandoni's temperament in recent times... If she were to say, Sandoni might go crazy in a while.
Oh no... maybe he has gone crazy now?
"Uh... ahem! I'll go find her when the time comes."
Zuo Xi coughed twice, and his expression became a little unnatural.
"Well...you're afraid of her."
Still using the familiar tone of statement, Alechino spoke the truth without any hesitation.
"Huh? I'm afraid of her? How could I be afraid of her! Are you kidding me? I just... just... um... just, I haven't figured out how to make my debut yet!"
Like a cat whose tail was stepped on, Zuo Xi almost jumped onto the table to refute.
To be honest, Zuo Xi really didn't know how to face Sandone. On the one hand, he didn't know how Sandone would react after knowing that he was dead.
On the other hand, he had no idea how the other party would react when they knew he was resurrected and saw him again.
It always feels a bit scary...
So after being resurrected, Zuo Xi has been looking for excuses to delay this happening.
She always felt that she might face something particularly terrifying, so she subconsciously avoided it... Now that she was exposed by Alechino, Zuo Xi began to regret why she didn't blackmail her just now.
"Well, good, you're not afraid of her."
Alechino closed his eyes and agreed directly, which almost made Zuo Xi blush. Fortunately, although he blushed, he was not drunk.
Anger is the biggest enemy of reason, Zuo Xi knew this a long time ago. After all, in the first half of his life, he was just a human who knew a little bit about technology, and he didn't have the same powerful power as them.
"I'm too lazy to talk to you anymore. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first... Nata, you should come with me this time. It's a bit inconvenient without someone to take care of you."
With the attitude of out of sight, out of mind, Zuo Xi didn't want to stay here any longer. He had said that he would come to pick up Nata after Xumi's business was over, so this time he could take her with him.
"It's my honor, Master Zuo Xi."
Nata bowed slightly and accepted it with pleasure. Although it was nice to stay in the Hearth House and I hadn't seen my brothers and sisters for a long time, I felt more at ease with Master Zuo Xi.
"Hey, Master Zuo Xi is so heartless. He's leaving right after arriving, and he's taking Nata with him."
Linnet, who was listening on the side, complained and acted like a spoiled child with an expressionless face. Her father was always intimidating without even getting angry. Although they all respected and loved their father very much, they were generally more relaxed in front of their brother Zuo Xi.
"Don't worry, Linnet. I'll be back soon. After I take care of some things, I'll go back to Fontaine to be with you guys?"
Zuo Xi reached out and stroked the cat's head. When he first met Linnet, Zuo Xi didn't let her go.
Originally she was still very resistant, repulsive, and fearful, and Linnie would even get stressed...but after it happened many times over a long period of time, she gradually got used to it.
In the end, Linnet no longer resisted.
What else can I do? Just fight. Resistance is useless anyway.