Chapter 31: Qin Goes Shopping

Klee admitted her mistake quite decisively, standing in place as she waited for Jean's reprimand.

Jean looked at Klee, and only then did she realize why she had felt a sense of familiarity when looking at Hook earlier. It turned out to be Klee; Jean had caught glimpses of Klee in Hook. It wasn't until a later day, when the two little girls went fish-blasting and accidentally blew a god out of Liyue, that Jean realized her intuition had been correct. But those are stories for another time.

Returning to the present, Jean sighed. "Klee, it’s not that I don’t want you to go out and play, but Mondstadt hasn't been safe lately. I’m afraid you’ll encounter danger."

Klee knew she was in the wrong and hung her head, looking dejected. "Klee understands, Acting Grandmaster Jean."

Ye Yun looked down at Hook, who was standing by his feet, watching Klee with curiosity. Ye Yun smiled. "Klee, do you want to go play?"

Klee nodded. "Mm-hmm!"

Ye Yun continued, "Then come play with big brother. There’s no danger where I am. Do you want to go?"

Upon hearing that she could go play, Klee’s face lit up with joy. "Really! Big brother, can Klee go play with you?"

Ye Yun nodded. "Really. If you don't believe me, ask Acting Grandmaster Jean."

Klee looked at Jean, her little face filled with anticipation. "Is it true, Acting Grandmaster Jean?"

Jean thought for a moment. Keeping Klee confined to the Knights of Favonius headquarters indefinitely wasn't a sustainable solution, and Klee hadn't been out at all since the dragon crisis began. "You may go."

Klee cheered, jumping for joy. "Yay! Klee gets to go out and play!"

Klee happily ran over to stand beside Ye Yun, looking at him expectantly. "Big brother, where are we going to play?"

Ye Yun ruffled Klee’s hair. "Come on, big brother will take you there now."

With that, Ye Yun looked at Jean. "Jean, have we arrived at the location? Is it a safe place?"

Jean gestured toward her office nearby. "Right here, in my office."

Ye Yun walked into the office and placed the shop portal. Himeko and Welt had already seen this portal and remained calm, but Lumine, Paimon, Lisa, and Jean all gazed at it with great curiosity.

Ye Yun introduced it, "This door is now fixed here. You can use it to travel to my shop." He then set permissions for Jean, Lisa, and the others to pass through freely.

Paimon turned the door handle and, sure enough, saw March 7th and Dan Heng playing chess on the other side. Dan Heng was fiddling with his phone in one hand while making a move with the other, while March 7th looked distressed, wracking her brain over her next move.

"Wow! It really is Ye Yun’s shop on the other side!" Paimon didn't wait; she flew straight inside, eager for the free and unlimited supply of drinks in Ye Yun’s shop. Her favorite was the grape juice.

Ye Yun looked at Jean and the others. "Let’s go. Didn't you want to see what I have for sale?"

He then walked into the portal, holding Hook’s hand in one and Klee’s in the other. Himeko and Welt followed, bringing Clara along.

Lisa tapped Jean on the shoulder. "Let’s go, Jean. Bring the Primogems and let’s head over."

Jean picked up the Primogems that Kaeya and Amber had worked all night to gather and stepped into the portal. Lisa had tasked Kaeya and Amber with working overtime to collect them from the wild. Thanks to Amber’s familiarity with the terrain, the two had managed to gather just over 1,000 Primogems overnight. After deducting the 200 given to Lumine, Jean and her team still had over 800 left. They stepped through the portal.

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Back in the shop, Klee stared at her surroundings with wide, curious eyes. When she saw the starry sky outside the window, she couldn't look away. "Wow! So many stars! Did Klee fly into the sky?"

Ye Yun crouched down. "Does Klee like it here?"

Klee nodded vigorously. "Klee likes it here!"

Looking back, her eyes suddenly brightened. Pom-Pom was walking toward Jean and the others, carrying a tray of juice with its short legs.

"Little bunny!" Klee rushed over and began circling Pom-Pom. "Little bunny, what’s your name?"

Pom-Pom looked at Klee and said sternly, "I am not a bunny! I am the conductor of this train, Pom-Pom. Pom!"

Klee bit her finger. "Oh! Little bunny, your name is Pom-Pom~ Hello, Pom-Pom little bunny, my name is Klee, Spark Knight of the Mondstadt Knights of Favonius. It’s nice to meet you!"

Pom-Pom felt a bit helpless—why couldn't she drop the "little bunny" label? But looking at Klee’s appearance and age, it decided to let it go. Children said the darndest things; it didn't matter what she called it.

Just then, Hook joined the fray. "Pom-Pom, you have a name like 'little bunny' too?"

Pom-Pom looked at Hook. *Great, another child.*

However, Pom-Pom was quite skilled at dealing with children. After all, how many had it raised over the years? Pom-Pom handed the juice to Jean and the others, then took out its phone and opened a video player.

The next second, a cheerful children's song began to play: "Pleasant Goat... Beautiful Goat... Lazy Goat... Fierce Goat..."

The catchy melody instantly captured the attention of Klee and Hook. Pom-Pom smirked—got them.

Pom-Pom led Klee and Hook to a sofa to sit down and watch the cartoon. Jean looked at Pom-Pom with admiration; this was the first time she had ever seen Klee sit so still. It was a scene she previously couldn't have imagined. Klee sat quietly on the sofa, watching the cartoon without moving a muscle.

Lisa tapped Jean on the shoulder. "Jean, don’t forget why we’re here."

Jean snapped back to reality and asked Ye Yun, "Ye Yun, what should we do now?"

Ye Yun led them to the small bar and opened the touchscreen. "Have you thought about what kind of items you want to buy?"

Jean replied, "We want to buy things that can strengthen the Knights of Favonius. Do you have anything like that?"

Ye Yun thought for a moment and tapped on the screen. A moment later, the display changed, revealing an item. "Take a look at this."

Jean and Lisa looked on.

[Item: "Wind Spirit Art"]
[Function: A foundational cultivation technique from a xuanhuan world. The practitioner can gain the power to control the wind.]
[Price: 2,000 Star Credits]

Lisa read the description. "A xuanhuan world? What is a xuanhuan world like, Ye Yun?"

Ye Yun explained, "In the myriad realms, xuanhuan worlds are, at the very least, mid-tier. The strongest beings in those worlds can command the ages, and with a flick of their fingers, they can turn the universe to dust."

Considering that Lisa and Jean might not have a concept of the scale of the universe, he added, "A universe contains countless stars. Teyvat, at most, is only the size of a single planet."

The two were shocked by Ye Yun’s explanation; they hadn't expected this "xuanhuan world" to be so powerful.

"Jean," Lisa said, "let's buy this one first. If we have money left, we can look at others. Besides, Mondstadt is the city of wind, isn't it?"

Hearing this, Jean didn't hesitate. She took out the Primogems to make the payment.