Chapter 405 - 404: Dangerous Thoughts

"Mm, I came back yesterday. I came today to see if you were secretly working overtime behind my back."

Durandal observed Jean’s face from side to side, wanting to see the fatigue brought on by staying up late, but she looked for a long time and didn’t see any fatigue.

"You... haven’t been working late recently?"

"I really haven’t been staying up late, Durandal. Following your instructions, I go home to rest on time every day; I don’t pull all-nighters like I used to anymore."

That was a lie. Jean did occasionally work overtime, but to avoid showing too much obvious fatigue, she didn’t stay up late as frequently as before.

While she was working last night, she heard the news of Durandal’s return, so she immediately canceled her plans to stay up late, went home to rest on time, and arrived at the office bright and early.

Durandal shouldn’t be able to tell, right? Jean was quite confident in her heart; she was certain that Durandal wouldn’t be able to see any flaws from the outside.

Jean was right; Durandal indeed couldn’t see any flaws from the outside, but she could check the situation from the inside.

Don’t forget that she could observe a person’s state of fatigue. As long as she let her feel Jean’s physical condition, the lie would fall apart on its own.

"Let me check your physical condition. If you really followed my instructions, then you won’t refuse."

This... I was careless. I only thought about putting on a facade and forgot that Durandal had this trick up her sleeve. What should I do now?

Cold sweat slid down her face. Watching Durandal walk toward her, Jean’s heart gradually began to panic. Could it be... could it be that all her plans had failed?

Just as Jean felt she was about to be discovered, the office door was pushed open with great force, and then a small figure rushed in.

"Sister Durandal! Sister Durandal is back, right!?"

The one who burst into the office was none other than our little cutie — Klee. He had been sleeping in, but after being reminded by Diko that Durandal had returned, he had no more sleepiness and immediately put on his clothes and ran over from his room.

Seeing Durandal, whom he hadn’t seen for a long time, Klee’s eyes lit up, and he excitedly pounced over.

"Sister Durandal!"

"Klee."

Seeing Klee appear, Durandal instantly cast Jean aside, stretched out her hands to hug the pouncing Klee, and gently stroked his head.

It had been a while since she last saw Klee, but he hadn’t changed at all; he was still so... reassuring.

Durandal had also seen children similar to Klee in Liyue Harbor and Inazuma; Qiqi and Sayu had similar traits to Klee, but none of them could bring Durandal the same sense of peace as Klee.

As expected, her little sun could only be this little cutie.

"Let me see how you’ve changed after not seeing each other for so long."

Gently releasing Klee from her arms, Durandal cupped his little face and smiled: "Hmm, still just as cute. I just don’t know if you’ve been behaving well and if you’ve caused any trouble for others."

"Klee... Klee has of course been behaving well. If you don’t believe me, ask Grand Master Jean."

Hmm, he didn’t deny the part about causing trouble for others.

That’s true, if he could be someone who didn’t worry others, then he wouldn’t be the Klee she knew.

Taking off his hat and rubbing his head, Durandal’s eyes were full of doting affection. Klee, being treated gently, also happily hugged Durandal, rubbing against her chest and acting spoiled with all his might.

Phew~ Jean let out a long sigh of relief. She had escaped disaster this time. She had to admit that Klee had come at the perfect time; if he had arrived a little later, she would have been in big trouble.

Durandal was still as doting on Klee as ever. No, wait, Jean felt that Durandal seemed to dote on Klee even more. What was going on? They had only been separated for a relatively long time; was it necessary for Durandal to spoil him this much?

Jean didn’t know about Durandal’s experiences in Inazuma. Many children there had lived very difficult lives in the early stages, and she had even witnessed A-Liu’s story on Tsurumi Island.

At the same time, she had also traveled to the past with Raiden Ei and spent several decades together. Strictly speaking, several decades had passed since she last separated from Klee.

No one knew how much Durandal missed Klee. She hadn’t lied to Durandal last night, but missing Klee didn’t conflict with missing Venti.

"Today... I’ll take you out to have some fun. How about we set off fireworks outside Mondstadt tonight? These are things I brought over from Inazuma, and I also brought other interesting things. Let’s have a good time together today."

"Really? Sister Durandal is going to go out and play with Klee today? Yay! ヾ(≧▽≦*)ノ"

Klee cheered and jumped for joy. If Jean hadn’t been watching from the side, he would have already grabbed Durandal’s hand and rushed out of the office, out of the Knights of Favonius headquarters, out of Mondstadt, and found a place to have some fun.

Although it was very far from Inazuma, Klee would occasionally hear some things about Inazuma from other people.

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