Chapter 385: Chapter 387: Is The Ausbilder Barbatos?

Genshin Impact: I’m The Envoy of Snezhnaya

Chapter 387: Is The Ausbilder Barbatos?

By the time Jean finished settling matters in Mondstadt and rushed to the battlefield, the fight was already over.

Although they had only faced ordinary Hilichurls and Mitachurls, their numbers had been overwhelming, so the two had still expended quite a bit of effort.

As soon as she arrived, Eula led her reconnaissance company to secure the surrounding area.

As the captain of the reconnaissance company, she spent most of her time leading her squad outside the city hunting monsters and the Abyss Order, so she was far more skilled at this than knights who usually just stood guard or patrolled within the city.

"Are you two alright?"

After securing the area, Jean brought medical personnel over to them immediately. 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

"Some Abyss Order members headed toward Springvale. Acting Grand Master, you’d better send reinforcements." Putting away his one-handed sword, Kaeya spoke.

It wasn’t that he didn’t trust his subordinates, but these Hilichurls, empowered by the Abyss, were clearly stronger than normal. Better safe than sorry.

"We’ll handle that."

Eula, who had come along, volunteered as soon as she heard Kaeya.

No matter how you looked at it, her reconnaissance company was better suited for reinforcement missions.

"Then I’ll leave it to you."

"No problem."

Perhaps because the situation was urgent, Eula didn’t make any of her usual remarks about vengeance this time.

She quickly led her squad toward Springvale.

"So... where’s Dvalin?"

After confirming the area was completely safe, Jean sheathed her sword and looked at the two of them.

Had the Dragon of the East been driven off by these two brothers working together?

"He flew away. He was injured, so he shouldn’t return anytime soon."

Looking at the spot where Dvalin had been lying, Diluc replied.

The Abyss’s power had given Dvalin some support, allowing him to recover a bit of strength.

With the help of the wind, he had taken to the skies again and returned to his lair.

"I see..."

Jean felt conflicted.

As the Acting Grand Master, she wanted to protect the people of Mondstadt and hoped Dvalin wouldn’t return.

But at the same time, she didn’t want to give up on Dvalin, the Dragon of the East.

Still, the fact that he wouldn’t attack Mondstadt again anytime soon was, for now, good news.

"Kaeya, what is it you want to say?"

While thinking, Jean noticed Kaeya beside her hesitating.

In her memory, Kaeya always carried a calm confidence—this kind of expression was rare for him.

"The Ausbilder was here too."

Glancing at the surrounding knights, Kaeya ultimately didn’t dare mention how Dvalin had addressed Bai Luo.

Because that would be explosive news.

"What? He was here too?"

The Ausbilder again? How did everything seem to connect back to him?

Could it be...

"Let’s talk back in the city. This isn’t the place for it."

Seeing the seriousness on Kaeya’s face, Diluc immediately realized his sworn brother was hiding something.

Or rather... there was something he didn’t want ordinary knights to know.

Following his suggestion, Jean dispatched more forces toward Springvale. After the rest cleaned up the battlefield, they all hurried back to Mondstadt.

...

Sunlight streamed through the attic window, illuminating the room.

It looked like a storage room, yet there was no dust in sight—it was clearly cleaned regularly.

On a modest square table sat two bottles of grape juice and one bottle of dandelion wine.

Normally, the fact that Diluc would even offer Kaeya alcohol would already be surprising.

But this time, Kaeya had no intention of touching it.

Originally, this meeting was meant for four people, but Lisa had been urgently assigned to analyze the sample Diluc brought back from Stormterror’s Lair, trying to understand the mechanism behind the storm barrier. She had no choice but to be absent.

"This is absolutely impossible. How could the Ausbilder possibly be Lord Barbatos?"

The first to speak was Jean.

Ever since Grand Master Varka left, Jean—now serving as Acting Grand Master—hadn’t lost her composure like this in a long time.

But the information Kaeya brought was simply too shocking for her to accept.

"I don’t want to believe it either, but Dvalin said it himself. And we both know who Dvalin is. Even if the Ausbilder could fake things, Dvalin’s words can’t be false, right?" Rubbing his temples, Kaeya spoke.

If this claim had come directly from Bai Luo, there would be no need for debate.

Even if he displayed some abilities unique to the Anemo Archon, none of them would believe him.

But the problem was... during that battle, Dvalin—who was a servant of the Anemo Archon—was absolutely certain that Bai Luo was Barbatos.

And it wasn’t based on appearance, but on something like presence and familiarity with the Anemo Archon.

Meanwhile, Bai Luo himself flatly denied it—"I’m not, I didn’t, don’t talk nonsense."

"So that ’Barbatos’ he called out at the end... that’s what it meant?"

When Bai Luo disappeared, Dvalin had looked at the spot where he vanished and sorrowfully called out the name of the Anemo Archon.

Diluc had originally thought Dvalin was calling for help.

He hadn’t expected... this.

"I still can’t accept it. If we acknowledge that he is the Anemo Archon, then wouldn’t that mean..."

Acknowledging a Fatui Harbinger as the Anemo Archon?

Even if the Anemo Archon rarely involved himself in worldly affairs, if he were to step forward and demand that the Knights hand over Mondstadt’s governance to the Fatui, what should she do?

In principle, as a believer of the Anemo Archon, she should follow his will.

But thinking about how that would push countless Mondstadt citizens into ruin gave Jean a splitting headache.

"I think the best course is for the three of us to keep this to ourselves—for now. At least until we can truly communicate with Dvalin, we shouldn’t jump to conclusions."

After calming down, Kaeya offered his suggestion.

The "evil" of the Fatui was something only a few of them truly understood.

To the average citizen of Mondstadt, the Fatui appeared to be a charitable organization eager to help others.

Especially during the recent dragon crisis, the Fatui Counselor Anastasia had put on quite a show, greatly boosting their reputation.

But no matter how much they tried to present themselves positively, it couldn’t erase what they had done in Mondstadt.

It wasn’t just that Diluc’s father’s death was connected to them.

The child from the bakery in the city, even the daughter of a certain knight...

Many young lives, conscripted by the Fatui, had vanished forever, leaving their families behind.

Several families had been torn apart because of this.

Leaving aside older cases, just looking at the Knights themselves—

Diluc was a perfect example. If not for the Fatui, he might have become the next "Wolf" after Grand Master Varka.

And then there was the knight who, after his daughter disappeared, became utterly disillusioned with the Knights and eventually vanished without a trace.

Case after case proved one thing:

The Fatui were not to be trusted.

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