While Ningzhe was making a series of plans on Haiji Island, Albedo, who had returned to Mondstadt, encountered something strange.

From the beginning of the cultural exchange meeting, to the Fools' Plan, to his return to Mondstadt, at least a month had passed... However, Albedo's colleagues in the Knights were not surprised by this.

——Perhaps one thing that surprised them was that Albedo actually came back from the ship with a group of bards. It was really strange, hadn’t he been staying in the snow-capped mountains?

But based on this alone, the knights did not make a fuss. In other words, they already had the most basic understanding of the magic of Albedo, the captain of the investigation team and the chief alchemist. It would not be surprising if he did even more magical things. .

Isn't it just teleportation? Compared to his "miraculous" alchemy, this is simply childish.

The knights, including Hoffman, paid no attention to this trivial matter. Even Qin, Amber, Kaia and others did not say anything about it. Apart from briefly greeting Albedo on the day he returned, they were completely Daily activities resumed.

But Albedo didn't say anything about this situation. He just frowned, and then, as if he understood something, he returned to his alchemy laboratory in the Knights without saying a word.

After returning to the laboratory, Abedo immediately began to explore the various instruments and research progress reports he had left in the laboratory. The results did not seem to be beyond his expectations. All his research reports showed signs of being read. And the instrument also shows signs of being used...

After getting this result, Albedo didn't say much, but quietly collected all the instruments and research reports, then left Mondstadt and walked towards the snow-capped mountains.

During this period, he also met Kaiya on the road, but after Kaiya saw Albedo, his expression became a little strange, as if he wanted to say hello but was worried about something.

Seeing this situation, Abedo paused, was silent for a while, and then started walking again. Instead of coming to Kaia, he chose to continue walking towards the snow-capped mountains.

"..."

Seeing Abedo like this, Kaia frowned even more, causing even several members of the cavalry team following him to look sideways.

"Captain Kaia, what are you..." A knight member looked over in surprise. Following Kaia's gaze, he also saw Albedo walking towards the outside of the city not far away. Suddenly enlightened, he said: "Oh, Abedo? He's back to the city again. He's been back to the city many more times these days than before."

"...yes."

Hearing his subordinate's words, Kaia nodded, then looked at Albedo's back, and said almost to himself: "And...his attitude is also quite strange. Last time he said he wanted to Buy me a drink..."

Kaia did not lower his voice intentionally, and the knights standing beside him naturally heard it, but their expressions were much more exciting.

"Mr. Abedo invites Captain Kaia to drink?"

"Is it the captain of the investigation team, Mr. Abedo, who has stayed in the snowy mountains for a long time to do research? He actually wants to invite Captain Kaia to drink? Is it a gift from an angel?"

"Isn't the chief alchemist famous for being a teetotaler? How could he..."

The knights couldn't suppress their surprise at all, and they immediately started discussing it in various ways.

The center of the topic was nothing more than the incident of [The dignified Albedo actually invited Kaia to drink]. It seemed that for everyone in the Knights, the impact of this incident was too strong.

"It's not a big deal, I just mentioned it when Abedo returned to the city..."

Seeing that the discussions among his subordinates were getting more and more heated, Kaiya waved his hands and said with a black line on his head: "I just didn't expect that he would agree directly. I was a little surprised at the time."

"I see..."

Hearing this, the knights nodded as if they were suddenly enlightened, but someone soon reacted.

"Speaking of which, I have seen Mr. Abedo many times recently. His behavior cannot be said to be very different from other situations, but it always makes me feel a little strange..."

Hogg, the chief of staff of the cavalry team, touched his chin, looked in the direction Abedo left, and said thoughtfully: "When I met him before, I never took the initiative to say hello, I just nodded very gracefully, but last time

He also said hello to me very seriously..."

"Ah? So I'm not the only one receiving preferential treatment from Mr. Abedo?"

Hearing this, the other knight suddenly frowned and couldn't help but increase his volume.

"Hey, be quiet!"

This sudden increase in volume startled Hogg. He quickly glanced in the direction Abedo left. Fortunately, Abedo had disappeared from sight, so there was no need to worry about being heard by him.

"ah......"

However, this knight was obviously a little depressed, and the ups and downs of falling from the mountain even passed through himself to other knights.

"..."

The others didn't say anything. Everyone knew that this guy admired the chief alchemist of the Knights very much, and admired his behavior of doing research on the snowy mountains all year round. If Albedo really took the initiative to say hello to him,

, then it is normal for him to have this reaction...

But having said that, Abedo’s recent behavior is indeed a bit strange...

Not only did he often return to Mondstadt, but he also started to actively communicate with the knights... It cannot be said that he had not communicated before, but it was just that there was much less communication than now.

"...Okay, today's inspection mission has not been completed yet, let's break up, otherwise Captain Qin will have to work overtime again."

Looking in the direction Abedo left, after a moment of silence, Kaia finally shook his head, turned around and spoke to the knights gathered around him.

"Yes, Captain Kaia!"

"clear!"

All the knights were also qualified West Wind knights. When they heard Kaia's words, they all nodded, then walked towards their original work scope and started their original inspection work.

"..."

Soon, the knights all left, but the chief of staff, Hogg, did not leave soon. He stayed by Kaia's side until everyone left.

"Hogg, do you have anything to say to me?"

Kaia naturally saw his colleague's actions. After everyone left, he turned to look at Hogg and asked.

"Captain Kaia...I have heard some strange things recently, about Mr. Abedo."

After subconsciously taking a look around and making sure there was no one else around, Hogg looked at Kaia and his tone became serious: "I heard that there has been a strange hardening phenomenon in the areas after the avalanche in Longcrest Snow Mountain these days.

, Mr. Abedo’s survey camp is nearby, and some adventurers claim that the camp has been destroyed..."

"Destroyed?"

Hearing this, Kaiya was stunned for a moment, then frowned.

Abedo's alchemy camp...should have an alchemy array defense that he installed himself. How could an ordinary adventurer...

"It's those adventurers, I want to meet them."

Thoughts flashed through Kaia's mind and she quickly made a decision.

"They are on standby at the Adventurers Association now, and President Seleus is communicating with them."

"Understood."

Kaia nodded, then looked at the Mondstadt Adventurers Association, his eyes gradually darkened.
Chapter completed!