Chapter 232

Sleep under the bridge and eat mushrooms.

Paimon was instantly shocked.

During this time, she had been enjoying good food and drinks. Now, she was supposed to eat mushrooms? That was unacceptable.

"Alright! Fine! Use it," Paimon said, feeling extremely aggrieved.

She had no doubt that Lumine was actually capable of forcing her into such a situation.

Seeing Paimon reluctantly agree, Lumine nodded in satisfaction.

"Good! I'll save you a big room in the future."

Takumi watched this exchange with amusement before stepping outside to retrieve the motorcycles for the three adventurers.

Since the money was coming from Paimon, Takumi wasn't entirely sure what had happened, but he figured that Fischl and the others would eventually pay Lumine, meaning the money would end up in Lumine's hands. 

Essentially, Lumine was spending Paimon's future earnings without hesitation.

After handling the motorcycles, Takumi glanced at Paimon and smirked. 

"Paimon, if you don't take good pictures, I might just sell you to pay off your debt later."

"Right now, you owe me 4 million Mora. Originally, I planned to give you 1 million Mora as a reward for your previous work, so you now owe me 3.99 million Mora. I even reduced the amount for you."

Paimon was devastated. 

She hadn't even done anything, yet somehow, she owed Takumi nearly 4 million Mora. 

Feeling overwhelmed, Paimon picked up the camera and immediately started taking pictures of Lumine, determined to work off her debt.

"I'll be filming every day from now on," she declared.

Takumi nodded approvingly. 

"Not bad. Keep it up."

Then he turned to Fischl. 

"By the way, Fischl, Klee and Noelle are here too. If you want to see them, let Lumine take you."

Takumi then looked at Razor and added, "You should go too. Klee will be happy to see you."

Hearing this, Razor's eyes lit up. 

"Klee!"

Lumine nodded. "I'll take them there later. We'll meet up after we finish our business."

With that, she ran back into the restaurant to settle the bill. Then, along with Fischl and the others, she set off for the tavern before heading to Guyun Stone Forest.

Takumi shook his head, not bothering to think much more about it. Instead, he returned to his meal.

Meanwhile, Lumine was busy teaching the others how to handle their motorcycles. Once they got the hang of it, she led them towards Diona's tavern.

When Klee saw that her friends had arrived in Liyue, she was overjoyed. Fischl, however, didn't stay long. 

Soon, they left for Guyun Stone Forest in search of Ruin Guards and Ruin Hunters.

Especially the Ruin Hunters—capturing even one of them would bring in a fortune. Rumor had it that Guyun Stone Forest had plenty of them. Whether that was true remained to be seen.

Armed with various tools, Lumine and Fischl set off confidently.

With three teammates, Lumine felt assured. 

Since unlocking her second element, she hadn't really tested her strength against tougher enemies.

Capturing slimes had been easy, but how would she fare against stronger foes?

She wasn't entirely sure of her own power.

Finding their direction, the four of them accelerated on their motorcycles and sped off.

Once they mastered control, the exhilaration of high-speed riding took over. Cycloning through the air, they all found it thrilling—especially Fischl, who quickly grew fond of the sensation.

Inside Diona's tavern, Yaoyao suddenly stopped what she was doing, recalling something.

"Hey, Klee."

"Huh?" Klee looked up in confusion.

"Sister Fischl and the others went to Guyun Stone Forest, right?"

When Fischl had mentioned their destination earlier, Yaoyao had overheard it. But now, she suddenly remembered a warning that Ganyu had given her.

"Yeah, what about it?" Klee asked, tilting her head.

Yaoyao's face became serious. 

"Sister Ganyu said that place is really dangerous. There's an ancient evil being sealed there, and there are many Ruin Guards on the island. Even the Qianyan Army avoids going there."

Klee's eyes widened in alarm. 

"Isn't that really bad? We need to call them back!"

Panicked, Klee immediately pulled out her phone and tried to call Lumine.

However, Lumine, caught up in the excitement of racing, didn't hear the call.

Seeing that no one was answering, Klee became even more anxious.

"I have to find Brother Takumi!"

Saying this, she ran out of the tavern.

Yaoyao and Qiqi followed closely behind.

Seeing them rush out, Noelle put down what she was doing and hurried after them, equally worried.

Diona sighed but didn't stop them. Instead, she put down her work, told someone to watch the tavern, and followed the group.

At this time, Takumi had just finished his meal at Xiangling's restaurant.

As he stepped outside, he saw a group of little girls rushing toward him, looking panicked.

"Brother Takumi!" Klee called out. "Sister Lumine and the others went to Guyun Stone Forest!"

"Yaoyao said it's dangerous there. We have to go quickly!"

Hearing this, Takumi raised an eyebrow. 

"Guyun Stone Forest?" He muttered. "Good grief. Are they really trying to make money there?"

Yaoyao quickly explained. 

"They said they were going to capture Ruin Guards. Apparently, there are a lot of them there."

Now Takumi understood. 

For a moment, he was speechless.

"They're actually heading to Guyun Stone Forest to capture Ruin Guards?"

Thinking about it, Takumi's expression changed. 

Were they trying to form some kind of "Guyun Pavilion F4" squad?

This was way beyond what they could handle right now.

Without hesitation, Takumi said, "Alright, let's go. I'll take you there."

Saying that, he quickly got into his car.

Seeing this, Klee abandoned her own vehicle and hopped onto Takumi's instead.

Qiqi followed suit, climbing into the back and holding onto Takumi tightly.