[Genshin Impact] A world where only travelers are alone.

Chapter 11 Unexpected Situations

Sedna's last words before leaving were somewhat inexplicable, but Villette somehow understood them. By the time he realized it, he had already unknowingly walked into the Grand Hotel de Bois.

When I saw him, the noise from the diners in the restaurant suddenly subsided.

This kind of thing is common. Now Violet is able to calmly deal with other people's attitudes. With a normal expression, she walked to the front desk and asked the waiter in charge of taking orders for the cake that Sedna had mentioned.

The waiter was quick; he came out with the packaged cake box in just a few minutes.

"Lady Navelette, your cake..."

"Thanks."

Navelette thanked her politely and left.

As soon as he left, everyone in the store breathed a sigh of relief.

The waiter who had the most contact with Navelette almost collapsed into her chair, but even so, it didn't stop her from having fantasies about the Supreme Judge's handsome face.

"No wonder Lord Navelette has been voted the number one man Fontaine wants to marry in tabloids for years. He's so polite and dignified, he's so handsome!" She enthusiastically recommended him to her companion.

Her companion calmly glanced at her, cutting to the chase: "Forget it, she has a boyfriend. Didn't you see it in the newspaper the other day?"

If I remember correctly, she was hugging herself and howling at the time.

The waiter, not wanting to recall this shameful incident, quickly added, "Didn't Mo Mang Palace already declare that it was fake? Besides, Zhu Ying Ting has been investigating this matter recently."

Her companion looked at her teasingly: "I have a little inside scoop. The two recent reshuffles of the security forces were both because of that 'secret girlfriend'~ And do you want to guess who Lady Vilette bought that cake for?"

"Who? Lord Water God?"

The Grand Hotel De Bo and the Palace of Mo Mang have a long-term partnership, and the hotel regularly provides desserts to the Water God every day. That was the only thing the waiters could think of.

"There are other dedicated staff members responsible for getting the cake for the Water God, and they just came this morning. So, Lady Vilette's cake is probably prepared for that 'secret girlfriend'." Her companion spoke with great conviction, as if she had personally heard Vilette admit it.

However, what she said was mostly correct.

At that moment, Navelette was carrying a cake on her way to Chloe's house.

According to Sedna, Chloe should be very happy to see this cake, right?

He still remembered that when Chloe was in the coffee shop, she would always squint her eyes when she ate a dessert she liked, and the corners of her already smiling lips would turn up even more, like a satisfied cat.

The water goddess Funina loved these kinds of small animals and often sneaked out alone to feed them.

However, perhaps because of his aura as a water dragon king, Vilet often failed to gain their favor, and he could only watch from afar to avoid scaring away these little guys.

He had seen well-fed cats purring softly around Funina's feet, rubbing against her with their soft fur.

Could Chloe have this side to her too?

Before Villette could find an answer to her thoughts, her attention was stolen by a little guy who suddenly rushed out from not far away.

It's Chloe's family's pet sea otter.

But how did this little guy end up here? Where's Chloe?

Upon seeing him, the little sea otter immediately stopped in its tracks, ran to his side, and used its teeth to bite his trouser leg, trying to pull it back the way it came.

At first, Villette didn't understand what it meant until he smelled a foul, bloody odor emanating from the little creature.

At that moment, he realized that Chloe might be in trouble.

Without thinking twice, he immediately took the little sea otter and rushed over as fast as he could, only to find the girl lying in front of her house, covered in blood.

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The rain outside was pouring down, and the noisy sound of the raindrops hitting the windowpane woke Chloe from her long sleep.

However, the bed beneath me was so soft and warm, it was almost too comfortable—

Chloe was so comfortable she didn't want to open her eyes; she just rolled over in bed and mumbled something indistinctly.

This commotion, of course, did not escape Villette's eyes. However, the woman on the bed did not make any other sound. He was unsure whether she was awake or not and was still hesitating whether to make a sound.

Compared to him, the little sea otter had none of those concerns.

Upon hearing Chloe's voice, it immediately ran from the foot of the bed to the head of the bed and snuggled into her arms, making a ruckus.

"Alright, alright! I'm awake!" Chloe was so tickled by its fine fur that she had to open her eyes and hold the little sea otter in her arms to calm it down.

However, due to her position, she couldn't see Navelette behind her.

"Ms. Chloe..."

Villette's voice was drowned out by Chloe's giggles, and the latter couldn't hear him at all, which forced him to raise his voice, but it seems he raised it too much?

Upon realizing that the Supreme Judge was behind her, Chloe immediately fell silent and cautiously turned around.

The pink-haired girl looked extremely guilty, not daring to look him in the eye, and her voice was barely audible: "Lord Vilette, what are you doing here...?"

As if sensing its owner's mood, the little sea otter immediately stood between the two, glaring fiercely at him.

Navelette sighed helplessly: "Ms. Chloe, do you remember what happened before you lost consciousness?"

Huh? Unconscious? Did I unconscious?

Chloe was completely bewildered, but with Violet's prompting, her brain raced, and she finally recalled what she had seen before she closed her eyes.

"Snake! There's a snake!"

Chloe recalled that when she opened the box, a brightly patterned snake darted out and bit her hand.

God knows, she was fearless in her entire life, except for this kind of frightening, long, thin creature, so her voice trembled slightly when answering Vilette's question.

But what happened after that? She doesn't remember anything about what happened afterward.

"Lady Vilette, have I been driven mad by that snake venom? Or have I actually died from the poison, and what I see of you is just an illusion, a figment of my imagination?" Chloe grew more and more frightened as she thought about it, and her words became incoherent.

She recalled that classic line from a light novel and couldn't help but hug her weak, pitiful, and helpless self: "So all of this was just a dream before I died..."

A remarkably beautiful mental state.

Navelette was never good at dealing with people, and now she was even more helpless in the face of a madman, and could only silently try to appease him.

The man took Chloe's hand.

Chloe: ?!

(End of this chapter)

The author says: I actually finished writing it and released it ahead of schedule! Praise me!