Chapter 71: Fighting is Fun, Paying Fines is Not

Being escorted down from the sky by Keqing, when they returned to the fatui's camp, the entire area had been controlled by the Millelith Army.

Seeing Wang Daoyi obediently squatting beside Tartaglia, Keqing put away her long sword. She had recognized Wang Daoyi, who had a chance encounter with her in Stone Gate. At that time, Wang Daoyi happened to be traveling back from Mondstadt with Xiangling.

At that time, Xiangling had told Keqing many stories about their journey, and Keqing had been envious for quite some time.

She never expected that this man would actually be associated with the Futui.

"What exactly have you two been doing here?"

Keqing coldly looked at the two people lying back on their mats, questioning them.

"Cough, Miss Keqing we were just sparring here, really! I had someone report it to the Ministry of Civil Affairs!" Seeing Wang Daoyi pretending to be dead silent, Tartaglia could only step forward to answer Keqing question.

"Spar?!" 

Keqing looked around. The originally picturesque mountainside of Tianheng Mountain was now in pieces, with rocks and dirt scattered all over the ground. The once flourishing vegetation was now reduced to mere debris.

It could only be said that the original Tianheng Mountain had a kind of natural beauty, while the current scene had a messy charm.

"Do you know that beneath Tianheng Mountain is Liyue Harbor? The commotion you caused here has been noticed by the entire Liyue Harbor!"

Looking at the two people, Keqing couldn't think of a solution for a moment.

Arresting them and throwing them into prison was definitely not possible. One was the envoy of Snezhnaya , and the other was a powerful resident of Liyue. They couldn't be imprisoned directly, and besides, they had indeed reported it, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs had approved it. There was no reason to detain them. Keqing felt for the first time that the efficiency of the Ministry of Civil Affairs was too high, which was not a good thing either.

Since she couldn't arrest them, she could only fine them. However, it was a good opportunity to search the Fatui's camp.

The Fatui's camps on the surface of Liyue were all protected by diplomatic immunity. Even the Qixing of Liyue couldn't search them at will. This incident gave Ningguang an excuse to conduct a search.

"Regarding your sparring, I have my doubts. I need to verify the testimony of the witnesses and search this camp."

Keqing tone was icy, making it difficult for the fool's military officers beside her to respond. However, since the highest authority here was not them, but the Executive Targalia, they could only follow his orders.

Sensing the gaze of the fatui's military officers, Targalia waved his hand casually, "Well then, let Lord Keqing search as she pleases. Instruct them, regarding the battle between me and Wang Daoyi, just tell the Millelith Army the truth!"

Tartaglia wasn't afraid of the Millelith searching. From the end of their battle to the arrival of the Millelith, there was at least a ten-minute gap.

Moreover, this camp was already close to Liyue Harbor, and there was nothing dangerous hidden here. There were only some confidential documents. With ten minutes, the fatui could destroy these documents several times over.

Keqing narrowed her eyes slightly, ignoring Tartaglia's confident demeanor, and looked at Wang Daoyi, who was trying his best to play dead.

"And you, Xiangling's companion, Lord Wang Daoyi, why are you here?"

Keqing words interrupted Wang Daoyi's intention to play dead. He could only force a smile, "Cough cough, sparring, of course we had to come outside of Liyue Harbor. Since the Fatui have a camp here, we came here."

"Heh, I remember you're the "future" owner of the Wanmin Restaurant. Why would a small business owner be with the Fatui and 'spar' together!"

Her tone grew colder, as if she were about to draw her sword at any moment.

"This is a long story!"

"Then make it short!"

Seeing the increasingly cold gaze of the girl, Wang Daoyi knew that they probably couldn't bluff their way through today.

"The matter of my acquaintance with the Executive of the Fatui has been reported to Lady Ningguang, so if Lord Keqing needs it, you can ask Lady Ningguang." First push some of the questions to Keqing, and then push the rest of the questions to the Fatui. "The Fatui have been acting arrogantly in our Liyue, so I proposed a sparring match to him. Look at how miserably I beat him!"

Keqing expression relaxed slightly. Since Keqing knew about Wang Daoyi, it meant that Wang Daoyi was not a member of the Fatui. Although she didn't agree with Ningguang on some matters, she still trusted Ningguang's judgment.

"So, are you still a good citizen of Liyue?"

Looking at the blood-stained Tartaglia and then at Wang Daoyi, who was in much better condition, it was indeed much better than Tartaglia.

It seemed that she didn't catch the sarcasm in Keqing tone. Wang Daoyi nodded with a shameless look, "Yes, I am indeed a good citizen of Liyue!"

His shameless appearance left Keqing momentarily speechless. Tartaglia, on the other hand, gave Wang Daoyi a disdainful look.

He returned Tartaglia's look with an expression of "Don't underestimate me," then looked innocently at Keqing.

The three fell into silence.

After a while, the Millelith soldiers who had been conducting the search returned to Keqing side and handed her a report.

Looking at the description of the battle on the report, which compared their powers to gods and demons, Keqing eyes flashed with surprise. From this description alone, it could be proven that this incident was indeed caused by the two of them fighting.

And although no contraband was found in the Fatui's camp, a lot of ashes were discovered. It seemed that the Fatui had destroyed some documents in advance.

Handing the report to the Millelith officer beside her, "Take this report back to the Ministry of Civil Affairs and have them review it before submitting it to Lady Keqing."

Then she looked at the two.

"We have verified the situation, and indeed it was caused by your battle."

At this, Targalia revealed a victorious smile.

"However, because the damage you caused has seriously affected the environment, elements, and earth veins of Tianheng Mountain, it has exceeded the scope of normal sparring. Therefore, you still need to be punished."

Upon hearing Keqing words, Targalia showed a "I don't care" gesture.

"We'll pay the fine, but we won't be responsible for solving the problem!"

With such a big battle happening here, the area would definitely be monitored by the Millelith in the future. The Fatui's camp here would no longer be safe, so Tartaglia planned to abandon the camp at Tianheng Mountain and withdraw. Therefore, he didn't want to do any follow-up work.

Keqing nodded, "The Ministry of Civil Affairs will send someone to verify the specific situation. Although I don't know how much you will have to pay, it will be no less than ten million mora!"

Keqing gave them a wake-up call to prevent the Fatui from evading payment later.

Tartaglia nodded. He didn't care about money. In the end, the money would definitely come from the Northland Bank. This time, he and Wang Daoyi's battle had also collected a lot of data on Wang Daoyi's special form. The value of this data was enough for the wealthy people behind the Northland Bank to foot the bill. Even if the wealthy people didn't want it, the Doctor would.

So Tartaglia wasn't worried about not being able to pay the fine.