Makoto was happy to be left in peace, continuing to search for treasure clues in "The Witch's Code."
Page sixteen, sentence five, word seven...
Page thirty-three, sentence six, word two...
It took Makoto a long time to collect all the clues on the treasure map.
However, after connecting those words, he got a strange passage:
Something about the earth descending from the sky, stardust transforming into the ocean, and delicious Frozen Trees...
Looking at this irrelevant content, Makoto fell into contemplation.
He felt that the clues he had so painstakingly found were now broken again.
"Little Cutie, you seem to have run into a bit of trouble?"
At this moment, Lisa's voice sounded beside him.
Perhaps her nap today was very comfortable, so she seemed to be in a very good mood now.
She looked at the strange sentences Makoto had written and casually said, "Is it a decryption mini-game? Can I take a look?"
"Of course."
Makoto handed the text to Lisa, thinking that perhaps this genius witch could help.
Lisa merely glanced at the content and immediately had an answer: "What? So it's not a decryption game after all."
Makoto was stunned: "Why do I find it completely baffling? You just look at it and know what it is?"
Lisa chuckled and said, "Because these are the encrypted words of a witch, and since you're not a witch, of course you can't understand them."
From their conversation, Makoto gathered an important piece of information: the person who left the treasure map was a witch.
What else could be in a treasure left by a witch, besides intertwined fate? Makoto was a little curious.
"Lisa, what does this sentence mean?"
"This is a coordinate location, roughly midway between Thousand Winds Temple and Starsnatch Cliff."
Thanks to Lisa being here, otherwise Makoto really wouldn't have been able to decipher the information.
Although he still didn't know the exact location of the treasure, at least the scope had been narrowed down significantly.
Makoto planned to find time to visit Starsnatch Cliff.
"Thanks, I'll treat you to a meal sometime."
With new clues in hand, Makoto stood up, ready to leave.
He had been out for so long, and Little Cuties at home was waiting for him to return.
He also had to go to Windrise in the afternoon, and there were many things to prepare.
Lisa blinked: "There's no need for thanks... If you really want to thank me, why don't you help me with an experiment?"
"You don't have a Vision, yet you can guide element power. This is quite incredible, and I want to understand the principle behind it."
Evidently, Lisa was very interested in the matter of 'Makoto healing Uncle An'.
"Next time for sure, next time for sure."
Seeing Lisa's expression full of thirst for knowledge, Makoto stood up.
How could he let Lisa know his secret? So he laughed it off and bid farewell.
"Seriously, am I that scary?"
Watching Makoto's departing back, Lisa crossed her arms over her chest, her tone a little resentful.
"He's so unwilling to chat with me, he really doesn't care about others at all."
As she spoke, Lisa noticed a can of unfamiliar black tea on the table.
Makoto was the only guest in the library today, so the black tea must have been left by him.
Underneath the tea can was a note, with words written on it to rest more and not stay up late.
"Alright, I take back what I just said. That guy does know how to care for people after all."
Lisa had always received gifts every now and then.
There were flowers, there were lunches, but it seemed this was her first time receiving tea leaves.
Presumably, no one would think of giving tea leaves, after all, that kind of thing wasn't suitable for a goddess.
But tea leaves were precisely what Lisa used most in her daily life.
Giving fresh flowers or bento boxes, on the other hand, seemed vulgar in Lisa's eyes.
Lisa twisted open the tea can, took a few tea leaves and put them into a cup, then poured in hot water with a whoosh.
Watching the red tea leaves slowly float to the bottom of the cup, Lisa found the process very interesting,
because this was one of the few pleasures in her monotonous life.
After the pleasure ended, she would have to face dull and boring work again.
In the silent library, most of the time she was alone, and even the world was gray.
At this moment, the library door slowly pushed open, and a man slowly walked in.
Lisa recognized the man and casually teased, "Isn't this our Grand Master Varka? Are you skipping work again?"
Lisa used "again," indicating that this was clearly not Grand Master Varka's first time skipping work.
"Lisa, what kind of talk is that?"
Varka's face was full of anguish.
"You should know, I am actually a dedicated, professional, and work-loving good Grand Master."
"The reason I'm not in the Grand Master's office handling documents is entirely to provide training opportunities for everyone in the Knights of Favonius."
"If I didn't skip work... if I didn't make sacrifices, how could I help everyone grow? Don't you agree?"
Varka spoke with conviction, very seriously.
"Seeing everyone improve every day while I remain stagnant, you simply don't know how much pain I feel inside."
"So, let me bear this pain alone."
If Lisa hadn't known Varka for a long time, she would have almost believed this excuse.
To be able to talk about slacking off so grandiosely, Varka must have learned from Venti.
Seeing Lisa not respond, Varka smiled, noticing the black tea in Lisa's hand.
"You've changed to new tea leaves? They smell quite fragrant."
If Varka remembered correctly, Lisa brewed the same type of tea leaves every day, seemingly unchanged for years.
And today, she had surprisingly changed tea leaves, which was rare.
Regarding Varka's surprise, Lisa chuckled and nodded: "Yes, changing tea leaves, changing mood."
Varka smiled: "I also want to change my mood. Coincidentally, there are no tea leaves left in the office."
The entire Knights of Favonius knew that Lisa had the most tea leaves here, and the best quality tea leaves.
So whenever Varka appeared in the library, it was usually because there were no tea leaves in his office.
"This tea tastes quite good. Grand Master can take it back to the office to drink."
As she spoke, Lisa handed the tea leaves to Varka.
Varka was overjoyed.
He had been drinking tea for many years and had reached the realm of 'knowing the quality of tea leaves just by smelling their fragrance'.
Now, smelling the black tea, he immediately knew that this tea was of excellent quality.
Given Varka's style, which he inherited from Venti, he would naturally want to take some good tea leaves back.
However, Lisa did not intend to share the black tea with outsiders.
The tea leaves she gave to Varka were other ordinary tea leaves.
"Grand Master Varka, I have all kinds of tea here, but only one can of black tea, which I cannot share with you."
"A friend sent it?"
Varka could tell that this can of black tea held a different meaning for Lisa.
Lisa nodded: "Something like that."
"Is it Makoto?"
Varka had just met Uncle An not long ago, so he naturally knew that Makoto had come to the library.
"Yes, I didn't expect him to give me tea leaves."
"That rascal, he's even poaching people from my Knights of Favonius!" Varka gnashed his teeth in anger.
It had always been the Knights of Favonius who poached people; when had they ever been poached from?
Tea needs to be slowly brewed with hot water; Makoto's intentions were obvious!
"Where is that boy? I need to have a good talk with him."
"I'll see if he wants to stay in Mondstadt, or if he wants to be unable to leave Mondstadt!"
Lisa was stunned for a moment. Was there a difference between the two?
"He just left."
"Then it's fine. I'll go check other places."
Lisa quickly realized that Varka had come to see Makoto under the guise of getting tea.
Now that he heard Makoto had left, Varka didn't stay any longer and prepared to depart.
"Oh, right, Lisa, the Knights of Favonius are a bit short-staffed recently,"
Varka stopped suddenly at the door.
"During this time, you might need to take on multiple roles and be assigned to more work positions."
Lisa detected a problem from Varka's few words: "Is there any big movement recently?"
"Something like that," Varka said without looking back.
"Ann just told me that the four Ruin Guards near Springvale were intentionally awakened."
"Someone wants to give us something to do at this critical juncture of the Windblume Festival."
"Those people are truly idle all day, they just can't be comfortable without meddling in other people's affairs."
Watching Varka's departing back, Lisa remained silent.
Varka didn't mention the Fatui directly in any of his sentences, but every sentence was about the Fatui.
She looked up at the sky outside the window.
The sky was gloomy, as if the weather was about to change.
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