Passing through the hazy snow and fog, what finally came to the entrance of the cave was a person that no one expected.

Wearing the uniform of the Knights of the West Wind, blond hair, and very recognizable blue-green pupils... coupled with his somewhat surprised but overall calm expression, it is no surprise that he is Albedo.

But not only did everyone at the entrance of the cave not expect it, but it seemed that even Abedo himself did not expect to meet these people.

"Traveler? There are Paimon, Yora and Diluc...why are you here?"

Abedo stopped, gently swept some fallen snow off his shoulders, and looked at them with some confusion.

"Back off."

Unexpectedly, Yula took out her weapon, quickly came to Sora, and assumed a fighting stance facing Albedo.

"..."

Seeing Youla being so hostile to him, Albedo frowned, but soon he seemed to understand something and shook his head gently.

"Yura, although I don't know what happened specifically, there must be some misunderstanding between us..."

"Misunderstanding?" After hearing this, Youla smiled, then inserted the big sword in her hand directly into the ground, then crossed her arms and looked at him: "You were not such a gentleman before, but you can explain - if you can convince me

my words."

"..."

Seeing Youla's resolute attitude, Albedo just sighed lightly, then stretched out a hand, and a small ice element formation was condensed in his hand.

"This is...?"

The moment she saw this thing, Yura reacted. She subconsciously tightened her grip on the sword hilt, but after sensing that there was no hostility on Albedo's body, she gradually relaxed her grip.

"Sure enough, you have seen this thing..."

Abedo gently threw the formation on the ground. In the next second, some solid ice spread from the formation, and a frightening cold air spewed out from it.

"Not only have I seen this thing, I've also had a fight with [you]."

Seeing Abedo's actions, Youla seemed to have completely let down her guard. With a wave of her hand, the big sword stuck on the ground disappeared: "But judging from the current situation, that [you] seems to be different from you."

Too much the same?"

Hearing this, Abedo was silent for a while, then nodded: "It's just a guess. But just like you said, I also think there is something disguised in the snowy mountains... As for who he will disguise himself as, I don't know."

"So, you weren't the one who attacked the winery?"

Hearing this, Diluc, who had been observing the ice-made dagger, came to Yula's side at some point. He also looked at Albedo, but his tone was very calm.

"Attacking the winery?"

As soon as these words came out, it seemed that even Albedo himself did not expect that such a thing would happen. He looked at Diluc in surprise for a moment, "You mean Chenxi Winery was attacked? When?"

"Just two days ago, I was attacked in the winery. The attacker, whose aura was almost the same as yours, destroyed all my information about the snow-capped mountains, but did not attack anyone."

"..."

Perhaps the impact of this incident was so great that Abedo did not react for a while, and it was not until a few seconds later that he slowly shook his head.

"...This is something I didn't expect."

Ordinary people would not dare to try to attack Chenxi Winery, but they didn't expect that he would go astray and do this just to destroy such a small amount of information...

Now Abedo is a little unconfident. What on earth does the guy still hiding in the mountains want to do?

First, he went to Mondstadt in his own appearance to communicate with other knights, and then returned to the snowy mountains to take away his alchemy notes and instruments... Then he seemed to have gone to the Knights' alchemy laboratory to take them away.

More instruments.

Albedo himself knew the above things, and it was not surprising to him that the impostor would do these things.

But what happened next...

Attacking Youla without hesitation, and suddenly attacking Chenxi Winery... these are not decisions that [he] would make.

"So at first, even though the direction of the breath above was very obvious, I didn't suspect you."

Seeing that Albedo fell into silence, Diluc looked at him deeply, and then continued: "But the aura of the alchemist above is too strong, so I chose to come to Longji Snow Mountain to have a look in person...

I didn’t expect to meet you here.”

"Yes, I was not the one who attacked Youla, and I was not the one who attacked Chenxi Winery. But I have not yet grasped the whereabouts of that guy."

Seeing that Diluc had already said this, Albedo knew that he could no longer hide it, so he directly expressed his guess and answer: "That guy used some means to make himself look exactly like me.

And the attack methods he used are also consistent with mine... I don’t understand his real purpose, but what is certain is that he has intentions for this snow-capped mountain."

"I see."

Hearing this, Diluc nodded and then stopped talking.

Yula also had a thoughtful look on her face, as if she was thinking of something.

And it was not until the scene was silent for nearly a minute that Paimon suddenly said, "So, there are two Albedos in the snow mountain?!"

"...Of course, you can understand it that way."

Hearing this, the corners of Abedo's mouth twitched, but he quickly returned to his normal expression.

"The "Albedo" who attacked Youla and Chenxi Winery is obviously the impostor. Can you confirm what he did in the snowy mountains?"

Beside Paimon, Kong was still very calm. He thought about it and asked a question.

"I haven't investigated the specific thing, but what I can confirm is that... this avalanche was caused by him. The way to trigger the avalanche is to adjust the alchemy equipment to a chaotic state, and then create an explosion, causing the avalanche to rise higher.

The snow fell to the lower ground."

"That's why...the temperature at the foot of the mountain is so low, because the snow piled on the ground does not belong to the foot of the mountain, but the centuries-old ice on the top of the mountain."

"But I don't know about other things... I have only been back for a few days, which is not enough for me to find out the truth of this matter."

Having said this, Albedo's eyes turned to the ice-made dagger, as if there was something inside that attracted his attention.

"How many days have you been back?"

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Yula frowned.

As early as a week ago, Abedo had appeared in Mondstadt... Of course she knew that Abedo had gone to attend a cultural exchange meeting organized by Inazuma some time ago, but hadn't he been back long ago?
Chapter completed!