Chapter 49: La Signora

"Mmm, that was goooood! Note to Paimon, Amber's recommendations are the best!"

Amber smiled and was proud of her choices, "Of course! While I don't trust myself in the kitchen, you can always trust me with the menu!"

As we were about to leave a knight approached us. "Excuse me, are you two the Honorary Knights Lumine and Jun?"

"Yes, we are." I said

"I have a message from Acting Grandmaster Jean. She would like you two to meet her at the Cathedral. It's something to do with the Holy Lyre der Himmel."

"Thank you for the message. We will meet her soon."

"Then I will excuse myself and thank you for your contributions to Mondstadt."

The knight walks away to go about his business. I turned to Amber "Do you want to come with us?"

"Sure, I don't have anything to do. I also want to meet my friend there so it is perfect."

"Then let's go."

We all went to the Cathedral to meet Jean. When we arrived, we entered and saw Jean and Venti talking to a nun. I recognized her, her name was Barbara and Jean's sister.

Barbara wears her hair in two high pigtails that spiral downward.

Barbara wears a white frock that is open at the shoulders and a large white and blue bow in the front along with white tights, white ankle boots, and a blue and white cap. Her Vision is attached to a gold-adorned spell-book with a light blue cover and a small cross charm hangs at her side.

Jean saw us and greeted us "You have arrived, this is Barbara, the Deaconess of the Church. She is here to retrieve the Holy Lyre der Himmel."

Barbara put her hand to her chest "May the Anemo Archon protect you. I'm not really in a position to speak compared to our Acting Grand Master… But I still want to thank you all on behalf of all of Mondstadt for your assistance!"

"You don't need to mention it, Barbara. We all want to protect Mondstadt, so it is natural we help." said Amber

"Amber! It has been a while. I've heard about you joining to help Dvalin. It was moving." said Barbara

Amber could only smile "Hehehe, thank you."

"Fortunately, everything was resolved peacefully... I can't imagine how an all-out war between the military and the dragon would have ended…" said Barbara

Jean was happy and relieved "Now the Fatui have no choice but to keep their mouths shut. They must be annoyed that things didn't turn out as planned for them. This time, they even lost their best excuse to pressure the Knights of Favonius. Diplomatically speaking, they gained nothing, and on the contrary, simply proved how vexatious they can be."

"Sounds like quite the story. So, did you bring the Holy Lyre with you?" asked Barbara

"We cannot ask you to keep defending the lyre forever. The Seneschal has been pressing me for a while now…"

"We do have but… it is not in the same state it was before."

Barbara was alarmed "Did… did you break it."

"No! It is quite the opposite, it is better than ever." I said to reassure her

I looked at Venti and he understood what I meant. Venti took out the Lyre and presented it to Barbara. When she saw it she was amazed, it practically looked brand new

"It…It looks brand new… and this energy… It is as if Lord Barbatos came down and repaired it." She took the Lyre and examined it carefully. The wood was smooth and looked freshly varnished. The strings looked brand new and the green gems were crystal clear.

Barbara came closer to me "How… how did you restore it!?"

"Uh… Barbara, you are a bit too close."

She noticed that she was only a few inches close to me and felt ashamed. She backed away giving me space "I-I'm sorry! That was so shameful…"

I didn't mind it, who doesn't like when a cute girl gets close to you, "Don't mind it. About how it got restored. We used purified Dvalin's tears, they were full of Anemo energy and I'm guessing how close he was to Barbatos. That is how the Lyre was restored."

"Amazing…" Barbara put her hands together in prayer "Lord Barbatos thank you for your blessing."

I saw Venti on the side looking proud of himself. I only smirked at him. I wonder what will happen when Barbara finds out a drunk bard is her Archon

"Thank you all once again for saving Mondstadt and restoring the Holy Lyre der Himmel. I should put it away for safekeeping now. I hope you all take care of yourselves." Barbara walks away with the Lyre

"Should we see ourselves out now?" I said asking the rest. They all nodded and we exited the Cathedral

Once we were outside the shadows moved. Out from the shadows came two Fatui Pyro Agents aiming at Venti. I took out my Attache Calibur and parried their strikes.

"The Fatui!" said Jean alarmed

We surrounded Venti to protect him. The two agents disappeared into the shadows

*clack*clack*clack* We heard the sound of heels coming toward us. When we turned to the source we saw a tall blonde woman. She was La Signora, The Fair Lady — The Eighth of the Eleven Fatui Harbingers. Alongside with her were two Cicin Mages

"Scurrying through the streets, looking for leftovers… Mondstadt calls this a god?" said Signora

"Resident rodent... beats invasive vermin." retorted Venti

Signora was infuriated by that comment, "Don't you dare speak back to me, insolent bard! Hand over the Gnosis or I will grab it myself."

I stepped forward in front of Venti, "Sorry lady, but nobody is taking anything today." I equipped the Zero-One driver and Rising Hopper progrisekey

[Jump!]

[Authorise]

[Progrise!]

[To-bia ga rise!]

[Rising Hopper!]

[A jump to the sky turns to a Rider Kick]

"Hmph… you must be the Kamen Rider that's recently talked about. Step aside and nobody gets hurt."

"Sorry, but I won't let my friend get hurt."

We both stared at each other tensed about who was going to make the first move.

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