After learning it was the Pyro Archon's arrangement, Paimon was still a bit worried if her big mouth had offended the other.
But after putting on the nice clothes, her doubts immediately vanished into thin air.
Someone who gives her such good clothes must be a good person.
The reason for specifically telling Kachina to hide it was probably just to tease her, right?
After taking the usual bunch of photos as per habit, the Traveler remembered they still had important business to attend to.
"You're looking for Xilonen sis to ask about the Ancient Name?" Kachina repeated after hearing what the two said.
"Yeah, Mavuika specifically instructed us about it. But—"
Paimon placed her hand horizontally over her forehead, her beautiful eyes scanning around, "For some reason, Mavuika suddenly disappeared— she clearly came with us."
"She probably left while we were changing clothes." The Traveler said.
"Mm." Kachina nodded slightly, "Mavuika sis said she had work to handle during your try-on, then drove off on the Flamestrider."
"This..." Paimon was stunned, spreading her hands, "I always feel like Mavuika left because she doesn't want to see the Xilonen she mentioned."
"Agreed." Lumine slowly nodded, agreeing with Paimon's statement.
After all, from what Mavuika said, she and Xilonen had many arguments over forging matters, and she herself had been scolded countless times by Xilonen.
Plus, this time's request to Xilonen was extremely excessive, to the point that now when Mavuika mentioned Xilonen, she felt a bit guilty.
"Sometimes, voices of Xilonen sis scolding Mavuika sis and the Pyro Archon do come from her workshop."
Hearing the two's conversation, Kachina added.
"So that's really how it is."
Great Detective Paimon had immediately cracked the mystery of Mavuika's departure.
"Looks like this artisan named Xilonen really has a huge temper— she dares to scold both the current Pyro Archon and the one from 500 years ago... uh, Mavuika."
Paimon subconsciously almost said Mavuika's true identity, but remembered it had to be kept secret from the uninformed, so she quickly changed her words.
"What kind of person is that Xilonen?" Lumine looked down at the little girl.
"Xilonen sis is someone who takes her work very seriously and responsibly, and her craftsmanship is especially good." Kachina said, "Many people in Natlan like to go to her for weapon forging—there's always a long line every day."
"But lately, Xilonen sis has been busy forging weapons according to the Pyro Archon's requests, so she rarely takes ordinary commissions."
"Things like phlogiston-driven machine guns, sniper rifles, defense towers... those weapons were all made by Xilonen sis according to the Pyro Archon's requirements." Kachina said.
[So it's you!]
[Xilonen, you are truly guilty of heinous crimes]
[Do you know how we've been living these years?]
[I thought Zhongli was retiring, and switching to other shield characters in the overworld would be more than enough, but after coming to Natlan, I realized I was wrong]
[Natlan not only has pool characters with three-body people stats, even the NPC damage is scarily high—without a survival slot, you'll get burst by Natlan's mobs]
[Not just mobs—their camps have tons of traps too—as soon as you step on one by accident, it's instant health bar deletion]
[Those traps seem to be made by Xilonen too, right?]
[Then she's even more guilty of heinous crimes]
[Hard to imagine what treatment the Abyss will face when it invades Natlan next]
[Ten of them, if one survives, that's a lot]
[The remaining one half-dead, right?]
[The Abyss can only hope some of them can really transform into Archon-level monsters]
[No, don't you think this is too exaggerated?]
[Forging cold weapons and forging guns are completely different things—why can Xilonen forge them, don't you find it abrupt?]
[No need to overthink Genshin stuff.jpg]
[Fun fact: Kachina's Sky-Spinning Drill is made by Xilonen too—is that hot or cold weapon?]
[Forget Sky-Spinning Drill—according to the plot, even Chasca's spirit gun that can fly into the sky is made by Xilonen]
[That spirit gun is already sci-fi level]
[Compared to the spirit gun, Sky-Spinning Drill, and Mavuika's Flamestrider, machine guns and such seem downright tame]
[I'd rather get headshot by a sniper rifle than see someone firing a giant gun that flies into the sky, hitting four elemental reactions in one attack and bursting me]
[I don't want to get revved to death by wild monsters on motorcycles while farming— I don't wanna be a speed bump]
Although some felt Xilonen forging guns was very abrupt, after discovering she could even forge sci-fi level weapons, they no longer found it abrupt—instead, it felt quite normal.
If she can forge sci-fi weapons, isn't forging guns totally normal?
Genshin world.
The Traveler and others arrived at Xilonen's workshop.
They originally thought they'd hear sounds like blacksmithing.
But when they reached the workshop, what they heard was the intense clanging of bullets hitting steel, mixed with a woman's cursing.
"Die! All of you die! Know my power now, huh!"
Xilonen was seen holding a submachine gun, continuously spraying at two metal lumps in front of her, riddling them with black holes and making them look particularly scary.
"Is that Xilonen?" Just seeing her stance scared Paimon.
As expected of someone who dares to scold two Pyro Archons—truly... mighty.
"She wouldn't be treating those targets as Mavuika, would she?" Lumine said.
"Probably... not to that extent." Kachina didn't think of people that badly, "Xilonen sis is probably just testing new weapons."
So, Kachina shouted Xilonen's name loudly.
Hearing someone arrive, Xilonen put down the submachine gun in her hand and came before the group.
"Sorry about that—I was just testing the newly forged gun."
As she spoke, Xilonen couldn't help but smile: "I specially learned some swordsmanship for self-defense before."
"But lately I realized these weapons are much more handy."
Xilonen looked proudly at the submachine gun she forged.
With it, even if Mavuika wanted to run in the future, she wouldn't completely miss hitting her.
"Right, you two must be the Traveler and Paimon who's been all the rage lately?" Xilonen looked at the two, "You came this time to ask about the Ancient Name, right?"
"Yeah." Paimon smiled and answered, "Originally Mavuika came with us, but she had something to handle, so she left first."
"That's truly a shame." Xilonen curled her lips in a smile.
But to the girls, this smile seemed a bit scary.