My precious

Imunlaukr Manor in Mondstadt. Fatso's subordinates quickly scurried inside. The guards were perplexed by his sudden entrance. The two guards look at each other.

"Isn't that the young master's subordinate?" The guard asked his friend.

"Did something happen again?" but his friend did not answer.

"That overly spoiled pig doesn't know any better." The first guard shook his and lamented.

"Hey, don't talk like that. We are working for them." The second guard cautiously said.

"They can't do anything to us. We are protected by law while they don't. The only thing they have is Mora, nothing more. We are here simply here to monitor them." The first guard plainly said.

He was right. They are not from Imunlaukr, although the Clan paid for them. They are sent to watch the Imunlaukr clan's action.

Inside the manor. The fatso's subordinate asks some servants about the whereabouts of someone.

Not long, the Fatso's subordinate found a door. Knocking three times.

"Who is it?" A voice comes from behind the door.

"Head Chief, Young Master is in trouble!"

"Come in."

The fatso's subordinate opens the door in a hurry. There he saw the person in charge of Mondstadt's department for the Imunlaukr clan. He is Yggip's uncle. Like the Lawrence, their main base is not in mondstadt but somewhere else as they could not fully live with Mondstadt's citizens due to high prejudice against them.

Why can't they just leave Mondstadt?

The answer is they can't. The other nations will not accept them. With such a history on their back, no nation is willing to accept them. Liyue is a nation of contract, it was the only country that was willing to accept them as long they abide by the contract. But Mondstadt and Liyue have some sort of relationship, they have no other options but to stay in the land of mondstadt.

It was a miracle their whole clan was not beheaded in the past. They should thank Venessa and the others.

The Head Chief raised a brow. "What did that brat do again?" he replied with a plain emotionless tone. It's as if the current situation was not new to him.

"Young master has been taken as hostage! They wanted us to pay them, 100,000 primogems!"

"And here I thought it was something new. Just give them what they want. We have plenty of such gems in our treasury... Oh yeah, what quality of gems do they want?"

"Uhh, is it okay to just give them what they want? Those gems can be exchanged for artifacts." The subordinates sweated and he asked shakily.

"Other than that, it cannot be used as ornament or other things. It's pretty much useless anyway." The Head Chief replied.

In this world, Primogems were in abundance but the usage of such gems was never found. In millenniums of research, no one has ever uncovered its secrets. Nowadays, Primogems are used as currency to buy artifacts. That's the only use it has.

But, a primogem cannot be exchanged for Mora. It's a one-way conversion.

"Why did we have so many of them if they are useless?"

"Our ancestors did... Stop talking and give them what they want." The head chief shooed away the subordinate.

"Y-Yes!"

The subordinates got out of the room. While the head chief continued to work. "This is why I hate babysitting. Fortunately, these people only demand useless things. Probably wanted to buy some artifacts."

Just because one can exchange primogems with artifacts. Those who know the real usage of artifacts will not necessarily buy them. Moreover, you can only exchange up to 3-star artifacts and never 4 stars as they are very rare to begin with. It is better to equip the artifact yourself rather than sell it.

The Head chief, the fatso's uncle was unfazed by the situation. He hated that fatso, if he wasn't the son of the patriarch he would have killed him himself for giving him countless troubles.

'A pig who does not know better. Horny bastard and troublemaker. Stop giving me headaches, will you?' Grumbling inwardly, the head chief continued writing on the paper.

"Now that I think of it? That servant never answered my questions... Hmm, who cares? They are all useless anyway. They can't make money and just waste storage space." Shrugging off, the head chief continued his work again.

But he felt a tingling in his senses like something is wrong. As a merchant, he knew this situation very well.

Something was not right. He got up and called another servant.

...

Fatso's subordinate walked out from the treasury with 4 small bags in hand. How could hundreds of thousands of Primogems fit inside such small bags?

With alchemy, one can make a magic pouch that can hold many things. Though, there is a limit to what can hold, and one magic pouch is very expensive.

He ran hurriedly towards the top while gasping for breath.

...

"Just because you can get away from this according to the law, doesn't mean I will. Ronan, I want to see you in my office later. Understand?" Jean was not convinced by his excuse. She will teach him how to become a good person herself. She cannot let such a person like him become evil.

A smile formed on my face. "Why?"

"Why? To teach you." Jean strictly replied.

"Oh, is it a one-on-one lecture with teacher Jean?" Just thinking about Jean in a formal suit for a teacher makes my heart flutter.

"Huh? Don't play around." Jean was confused by his words.

"As much as I want to discuss with you later Master Jean. You know I'm not the one at fault first, right? They attacked me first and you saw it. I was just standing and let them attack me. I did not even raise my hand."

"..." Yet again, Jean went silent. This guy knew how to play with his words, She thought. But she didn't want to lose. "Even so, I have to teach you some things. I don't want to see a person with so much potential to go rogue."

"..." Shaking my head. This woman is too headstrong when it comes to morals and strict rules. She is also the type that does not want anyone to say no to her.

Either way, I could have time with her. Sigh, I plan to have a date with Lisa, but now. Sigh, let's just make it up to her later. Honestly, I couldn't stop myself. The opportunity was like a pie falling from the sky.

"I'll take your silence as your agreement. I'll go back to the Headquarters, you can deal with that mentally disabled thing however you want. However, don't cross the line. They may not be protected by law and cannot considered citizens of Mondstadt, but they are still people, and taking their lives is a serious matter."

Without waiting for my reply, Jean and her people walked away. Except for a few ones. Lisa and Eula are my women, so they want to accompany me. Lumine, Paimon, Amber, and surprisingly Sucrose were chatting together. The shy green-haired girl is smiling as she becomes closer to the three.

Looks like they had something in common.

Albedo was gone with the Knights of Favonius. Apart from them, there were two people I noticed. A pink-haired little loli with cat ears was curiously looking at me.

Oh no. She probably wants me to destroy the Dawn Winery! I jokingly thought. Diluc would kill me.

There were still some bystanders watching the situation. I did not care about them. What I care about is that damn trap storytelling.

Today is a very busy day. I then noticed that Fatso's subordinate running toward me with four small bags in hand. Ah, My precious primogems. Hahaha, I'll become strong and no one can defeat me in Mondstadt, except for a few people.