Genshin Impact: The wind blowing back to the starting point

"Snowwind Contest? What is that?" Wendy wondered. Mondstadt people have always loved poetry and freedom, but this kind of competition that sounded like a fight was unheard of.

Unable to explain it in a sentence or two, Willy took a few apples and invited them to the living room.

The decoration of the living room is quite Mondstadt, with brown wooden floors and furniture exuding fragrance, and an ancient clock hanging on the wall making sounds from time to time.

In addition, there are many flower pots in the living room, and what surprised Wendy was that there was actually a glass lily.

He went over and smelled it. The smell was strong and seemed very fresh.

The fact that such fresh glass lilies can be placed at home also shows that Willy's financial and material resources are really strong.

After pouring hot tea for the three of them, he arranged for the maid to prepare dinner for the three of them.

The meal was sumptuous and luxurious, and the exquisite presentation made Edwin couldn't help but say: "Oh my God!"

Wendy and Siswan were not so exaggerated, but they were still shocked by the food in front of them.

Fruits and vegetables are luxurious, but there are three fruit salads and baked apples.

These meals are enough to prove how wealthy Willy really is.

Wendy immediately glanced at Siswan calmly. Siswan raised the tea in front of him and took a calm sip, then looked at Willy: "You are already so rich, why do you need this competition?"

"Hahahaha, that's different. We live for fame and gain. Once we have gain, we should also consider fame." Willy laughed, "Do the three of you have a place to live? If not, I can give it to the three of you. supply."

"No." Wendy quickly refused, "You are not very popular. I, the Lord of Night Cold Bow Thousand Winds, Lord Jiye Barbatos, came down to earth to see my people, so I don't want to live in such a remote place. place."

Edwin looked at Wendy and was speechless for a moment. He approached Siswan and asked in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Did he suddenly go crazy?"

Siswan glanced at him speechlessly. There happened to be a plate of nuts among the dishes on the table. He took Edwin's bowl and scooped a spoonful for him: "I heard that this stuff is good for the brain."

Hearing this, Edwin was a little surprised. He immediately held the bowl and said to Siswan with a smile: "Then I want to eat more."

So he scooped a few more spoons into the bowl.

Turning around to look at Wendy, he was chatting with Willy in extremely nonsensical terms.

Regarding Wendy's decision to live in the downtown area, Willy frowned: "It's too chaotic there, and you're an outsider, so it's easy to be deceived."

Hearing this, Wendy geared up and looked like she was going to do something big. "That's just right. It will allow me, Lord of the Night Cold Bow Thousand Winds, Lord Jiye Barbatos, to take good care of the unhealthy trends in the world."

"Young man, that can't be dealt with with just a few words. This place is far more peaceful than what you see." Willy said with pretentiousness.

"I'm not afraid. I, Lord Barbatos, want to eradicate all evil in the world! The undercurrent is my home ground!"

After listening to Wendy's words, Willy laughed, his laughter full of disdain: "You are too naive, so be it, I will take you to a place after dinner."

Soon, after eating and drinking enough, and resting for a while, they temporarily left the cold meat at Willy's house, and then headed to the center of the city.

Under Willy's arrangement, they returned to the city in a carriage. It was already dusk, the warmth was slowly withdrawing from the ground, and there were fewer vendors and residents on the street.

"Okay, let me show you some things that are not easy to see."

After that, Willy led them into an alley. After walking in the intersecting alleys for a while, they unknowingly arrived at the edge of the town.

At this moment, Willy stopped and turned sideways to show the scene behind him: "Here is the filth beneath the glamor, the things that those in power are unwilling to bring to light, and the things that everyone in this city is unwilling to expose. The place to enter.”

Wendy frowned and looked ahead. In front of them were many poor people. A few of them were huddled together and covered with tattered blankets.

There were several luxurious and huge kennels around, and Wendy could almost guess that this was where they took shelter from the wind and snow.

There was no expression in their eyes, and they just stared blankly ahead. The matter of being alive seemed to have lost any color to them.

Wendy secretly clenched her fists. As the god of wind, she felt a little guilty for not being able to give his people a warm place to live.

"It's so miserable..." Edwin couldn't help but sigh, "How about we cook the cold meat and share it with them?"

"It's useless," Wendy said seriously, looking at them. "They lack food, but they also lack a way to make a living. Just giving them meat won't save them."

Wendy frowned, thinking in her mind how he could provide them with a way to make a living. With their appearance, even if the wind and snow were blown away, it would be difficult for them to survive.

"This little brother is right. There is a saying in Liyue that it is better to teach people to fish than to teach them to fish. Just letting them eat a good meal or giving them enough blankets will only prolong the time they can survive. That’s all.”

"This city is quite lively, but why are there so many poor people?"

Willy's lips curled up, revealing an unknown smile: "They are from the old city of Mondstadt. They once believed in the Lone King of the Tower. After the tower collapsed, they became refugees and fled here."

"Refugee!?" Wendy was puzzled.

If his memory was correct, after the death of Karapian, all the residents of the old city followed the Gunnhild tribe and moved south to the location of what would become Mondstadt.

Why is there still a part here?

During the month he stayed under the tower, how many things happened that deviated from history.

"I don't know why they ended up here. I also thought about letting them settle down and live a prosperous life. However, this town does not welcome them. The nobles think they bring filth, and the common people regard them as ridiculous."

"Why?" Siswan asked.

"Because the people's faith in the city has been impacted. They believe in God and pray for the God of their faith to come. But this is a godless town, and their faith has become extremely ridiculous."

However, something even more outrageous happened: God exists. The Eye of God and the elemental power they brought proved that there was a God in this world, and the existence of God threatened the rule of the nobles.

This is different from the situation in Kanria, which knows that there is a god but does not believe in it.

And here, the existence of God can be said to be something beyond their cognition.

"But the nobles also discovered their role. Originally, every year the Xuefeng Tournament was attended by city people, but this year all the nobles invariably selected people with divine eyes from this group of refugees for training. To come out on top.”

Willy added calmly.

After coming out on top, you will receive magic crystal mines and generous rewards, and that noble will become one of the most influential people in the town this year.

Now that the city lord has done nothing, the victor has become the actual leader of the town.

"This is too casual. Isn't it just that whoever wins the cricket fight is the boss? Who set the rules?" Edwin felt that it was very outrageous.

"Of course it's not that casual. The people voted for fifteen candidates. These fifteen candidates can be from the same family. In the end, it's the competition." Willy said calmly.

"Do you want to be the city lord?" Wendy looked at Willy warily and asked.