Looking at Xing, who had returned to her usual capricious demeanor, Arkz looked up at the sky. What else could he do? He could only indulge his clone.
"Next, Xing, you need to listen carefully."
"There is another extremely crucial problem that needs to be solved to help this child recover!"
Amber and Xing asked nervously: "What is the problem?!" × 2
"That is to persuade this child to cooperate obediently and accept treatment."
Xing nodded in agreement: "This child's personality doesn't seem like one who would willingly accept our kindness."
Amber recalled the time she had been in contact with Collei, starting from the trash can. Collei had been like a small hedgehog, hiding her frail body and pointing all her quills at anyone who approached her.
"Xing and I will persuade her."
Amber's gaze was firm, without the slightest waver.
Xing, standing beside her, quickly nodded as well, indicating that she would also help persuade her.
Seeing this scene, Arkz smiled and thought to himself, "As expected of Amber."
Arkz looked at Collei in Xing's arms and said, "Xing, place this child on the bed inside the wooden house and let her sleep soundly."
At this moment, Collei was small and frail, her height just reaching Amber's shoulders. Held in Xing's arms, she appeared even smaller.
Thinking of Collei's miserable life these past few days, Arkz looked at her with a hint of pity.
He himself had been targeted by a clone of that guy, the Doctor. If he hadn't managed to escape in time, he probably would have ended up like Collei, lying on Doctor Dottore's operating table.
Although the female segment of the Doctor looked gentle in personality, all of the Doctor's segments were essentially mad scientists, completely devoid of morality and boundaries.
Arkz felt that if the Doctor learned about the knowledge hidden in his mind and the prophecy concerning Teyvat's fate, the most likely outcome would be him being brainwashed and controlled by the Doctor, having every last bit of his value squeezed out before being discarded like waste.
Arkz felt that his plan for revenge against Dottore should be put on the agenda.
Now that he had ascended to godhood, he wasn't afraid of confronting Dottore head-on. Moreover, he was now a Blessed One of the Anemo Archon in Mondstadt.
Although Mondstadt looked weak, it actually harbored many powerful individuals, as it was the first nation the Traveler arrived in: Lisa, Albedo, Klee's mother, Lady Alice, and the mysterious and unfathomable Anemo Archon.
Even though Venti appeared approachable and claimed to be the weakest of the Seven Gods, any discerning person could tell that Venti's strength was definitely not weak.
His background alone was extraordinary.
Not to mention the Knights of Favonius expeditionary force campaigning on the borders.
If Mondstadt and Snezhnaya truly went to war, it would be hard to say who would win.
Just as Xing and Amber carried Collei back inside, Arkz turned to leave when a knocking sound suddenly came from outside the farm.
Knock, knock.
"Is Mr. Arkz there? We were sent by Master Diluc to deliver brewing barrels."
"Brewing barrels?" Arkz slapped his forehead. He remembered mentioning this casually when he delivered strawberries to Diluc previously. He hadn't expected Diluc's efficiency to be so high.
"Please come in, please come in."
Arkz opened the farm gate and saw dozens of people waiting outside, with five carriages, each carrying ten brewing barrels.
The person in the lead took out a piece of paper and a pen and handed them to Arkz.
"Please check the goods, Mr. Arkz. If there are no issues, please sign here."
"We will be responsible for moving the goods into the farm."
Arkz casually inspected them and signed the paper without hesitation.
The rest of the men began unloading the cargo. The entire process was orderly, clean, efficient, and elegant. In no time, all the brewing barrels were placed in the location Arkz had designated.
These subordinates from Dawn Winery politely declined Arkz's invitation to stay and rest for a while, then quickly drove the carriages away from Springvale Farm.
Arkz watched Diluc's subordinates with envy. It would be great if his own wooden men could work with such efficiency.
"Hmm, perhaps I should send the wooden men to Dawn Winery for some training."
Just as Arkz stood at the entrance watching the people from Dawn Winery, thinking, Xing walked out from inside the house.
"Are these... brewing barrels?"
Arkz nodded. "That's right. A group from Dawn Winery just arrived and said they were sent by Master Diluc to deliver brewing barrels."
"My goodness." Xing stared at the pile of brewing barrels, secretly amazed. "Xing and Amber only took a few minutes to bring Collei back inside. Their efficiency is this high?!"
Saying that, Xing curiously approached the brewing barrels and carefully examined their exteriors.
Poke, poke.
"Arkz, are we starting to brew wine on the farm?" Xing asked while poking the barrels.
Arkz: "That's right!"
"The strawberries on the farm will be ripe tomorrow."
"The strawberries we sold to The Good Hunter and Mondstadt Department Store last time haven't even sold out yet."
"If I can't find a way to deal with these strawberries soon, I'll just have to stack them up in the warehouse."
Xing nodded in agreement:
"We really do need to process these strawberries quickly."
"Although strawberries won't spoil if kept in the warehouse, they always lack a certain freshness compared to freshly picked ones."
Then Xing changed the subject and asked a crucial question.
"Arkz, do you know how to brew wine?"
Arkz waved his hand. "Aren't our memories shared? Don't you already know whether I can brew wine or not?"
"Then of course I— I can't!"
Xing: "..."
Xing: "And you say it so righteously even though you can't."
Arkz explained: "I can't, but I can invite someone who knows how to brew wine over!"
"Someone who knows how to brew wine?" Xing asked curiously. "Is it Diluc?"
Arkz shook his head. "No."
"Although, I really don't know if Diluc knows how to brew wine."
As the master of Dawn Winery, Diluc had many excellent brewers under him, so brewing wine naturally wouldn't require him to do it personally. Furthermore, Diluc didn't like drinking, so it wasn't impossible that he didn't know how to brew.
"I've already troubled Diluc once; I'd feel too embarrassed to trouble him again."
"The brewer I invited is—Venti!"
When Xing heard Venti's name, her eyes immediately widened:
"Venti? Isn't he just a Drunkard who only knows how to drink?"
"He has that skill too?"
Arkz explained: "You know how poor Venti is. If he has no money to buy wine, he naturally has to find a way to brew it himself."
"That guy has lived for so long; his brewing skills must be quite good."
"I'll tell you a secret, you absolutely must not tell anyone."
"Actually, Venti has hidden a batch of wine he brewed himself in a certain location, and that location is..."
Swish!
Venti suddenly appeared beside the two, covering Arkz's mouth with a look of horror, and shouted, "Spare my wine!"
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