Amber took unusually long to finish washing up that morning.
Kael waited quite a while before she finally emerged.
But the moment Amber saw Kael's face—her cheeks flushed scarlet again.
"Do you remember how you got back last night?"
Amber blinked, caught off guard. She rubbed her arm sheepishly.
"Ah… I drank too much at the tavern last night. I don't really remember what happened..."
Kael let out a sigh of relief.
No memory? Great.
That meant they could both pretend nothing happened.
"Anyway, I'm planning to open a meat stall here in Mondstadt, so it's about time I move out of your place."
Amber instantly looked crushed.
"There's no rush, really… My place is empty anyway. You could keep staying as long as you want..."
But Kael had already made up his mind—he wouldn't be swayed.
Amber could only sulkily accompany Kael as they headed to the Adventurers' Guild.
"Hello, welcome to the Adventurers' Guild. I'm Katheryne, your receptionist.
How may I assist you tod—ah! You're the traveler who brought back the Great Snowboar King yesterday, aren't you?
Are you here to join the guild?"
Kael was a little surprised.
Katheryne recognized him immediately.
All I did was kill one big boar… and now the whole world knows me?!
Back when he played Genshin, Kael always thought it was weird how information traveled so absurdly fast in Teyvat.
No matter what the Traveler did, it always seemed to spread continent-wide in hours.
The people of this land were gossip machines.
"Uh, thanks—but I'm not joining today.
I'm actually here to see if you could help me find a shop to rent. Ideally, one with space to live in as well. Do you have any listings?"
"Certainly, please hold on... Ah, here we go.
There's a property for rent right next to the blacksmith, owned by Mr. Goth, the proprietor of the Goth Grand Hotel.
You can go check it out first—if it suits you, I'll contact him to arrange the paperwork."
Goth? The same guy who tried to sell me a tent blueprint for 50,000 Mora?
This might be risky. That man was a capitalist menace.
But admittedly, the location right by Mondstadt's gate was prime real estate.
It wouldn't hurt to take a look.
"Alright. Thanks for your help."
—
After leaving the guild, Kael and Amber made their way toward the city gate.
"A property near the front gate?" Amber murmured.
"That's right next to Commercial Street. Rent there's gotta be insane..."
She kept trying to persuade him.
"I really think you should just rent a smaller shop, and keep living at my place. That way you'd save a ton of money!"
After meeting the Life Simulation Amber that morning, Kael was still feeling guilty.
So his tone with real Amber had softened considerably.
"Come on, it's not really appropriate for a man and woman to live together like this.
But hey, you're always welcome to drop by and hang out if you want."
"Visit your place…?" Amber muttered.
She didn't know what she was imagining, but her face turned bright red again.
"W-Well… I guess that's not… out of the question..."
Just as the two reached the busy commercial area—
A girl suddenly leapt into their path.
"Hey! You—are you the one fated to be entangled with me?! What's your name?!"
Standing in the middle of the street was a girl in a tight, gymnastic-style bodysuit, with twin-tails and a pointy sorcerer's hat.
Mona?!
Why is she showing up in Mondstadt?
At her sudden declaration, Amber frowned and stepped forward protectively, placing herself between Kael and the stranger.
"Fated to be entangled? Who are you?!"
The girl flicked her twin-tails proudly.
"Who am I? I'm the great and famous Astrologist Mona Megistus."