Teyvat Survival Guide

Chapter 107: Positive and Negative Comparison

Lawrence Parfield was furious.

Three years ago, he was accused of "bad aristocratic customs" because of a scandal, and his position has never been transferred since then. He is still guarding the gate.

He endured it for three years and gradually got used to the days of guarding the gate. After all, he had Senior Swan Edner to accompany him.

However, his senior had recently been promoted and transferred to the headquarters of the Knights Templar, so the person who took turns guarding the southeast gate of Mondstadt with him became a colleague he was not familiar with.

It's a good thing that his senior got promoted. He can't stop him from leaving out of his own selfishness, right?

I thought I could slowly get used to it as before.

But recently, the previous scandal was inexplicably dug up again, and his little troubles were exposed again.

He resisted the urge to go to the headquarters to find Swan in his spare time to avoid affecting the other party with his own affairs.

But by chance, he heard that the person who exposed his past affairs was the recruit he had a crush on before!

He was first incomprehensible and confused, then filled with indescribable anger and indignation.

He doesn't understand.

why?

Why did Rentel do this?

He had never looked for the other party since the incident was reported in the newspaper three years ago. Even before he knew that this incident was related to the other party, he almost forgot about Lentel!

So, with anger in his heart, he went to the Knights' base where the other party worked to inquire about the news and wanted to get to the bottom of it.

However, not only did the other party not explain the reason to him, the first thing he said was to insult him.

He didn't understand why.

Why on earth?

If it was just directed at him, perhaps he wouldn't be as excited as he is now.

But Rentel chose to bring Senior Swan with him!

What on earth does he want to do?

Why on earth would he do this?

What did I do wrong? I had already apologized and made amends, and then I kept my distance and stopped contacting Lentel.

Isn't it enough that he suffers insults and strange looks from others on a daily basis?

Why on earth would Rentel do this?

Parfield didn't understand why someone he once loved had become like this.

He felt strange and incomprehensible.

The more he communicated with Rentel, the more his emotions became out of control.

Finally, he could no longer control his excitement and wanted to take action.

At this moment, a huge wind pressure suddenly came without warning, pressing him and Lentel to the ground face to face.

He raised his head to see who was coming, only to find that it was the noble Pope Saint Samuel!

…Why is Your Majesty stationed at this knightly order’s base?

Before he could think more, Pafield heard the white-haired boy wearing a crown slowly ask in a gentle and clear voice:

"what happened?"

Before he could speak, Lentel beside him said:

"Your Majesty! Stay away from him! He's a disgusting homosexual!"

"...Lentel, you...!" Pafield never expected that the other party would speak directly about him in front of His Majesty!

Not sure if it was an illusion, but Pafield saw that His Majesty's gentle face seemed to turn cold after hearing the words "disgusting homosexual".

After a moment, he heard His Majesty's gentle voice become flat and he said indifferently:

"Watch your words. I don't want to hear any more vulgar words."

Rentel choked and had to lower his head without saying anything else.

Then, Pafield felt that the pressure on him suddenly disappeared.

His Majesty helped him up and asked slowly:

"Tell me what happened."

Looking at His Majesty's noble and handsome face, Pafield felt like he was dreaming.

Under the gaze of those blue eyes, he came to his senses and started talking about what happened three years ago, then what happened recently and the reason why he was about to take action.

His Majesty listened quietly, looked at him and thought for a while, then asked:

"What's the matter with your name 'Lawrence'?"

Pafield didn't expect His Majesty to ask this. He was stunned for a moment before he slowly spoke:

“…It’s my father. My father is a Fontaine merchant who came to Mond to do business. He is a heavy drinker.

"There is a 'Schutz' blacksmith shop in the southern part of Mond City. In addition to forging iron, the blacksmith Wagner likes to gamble and compete with each other in drinking. He dares to gamble on anything when he is drunk...

“For example, the name of his blacksmith shop was changed because he lost a bet with his apprentice Schutz.

"One day, my father and Wagner the blacksmith had a bet, and my father's bet was his child's name, which was my name.

"later…"

He didn't say anything else, Samuel had already roughly understood the origin of his name.

In his opinion, the whole thing started out as a result of Lentel's strong resistance, and then became associated with the old nobility.

If Pafield's name had not been associated with the old nobility, it would not have caused such a big stir.

After thinking for a while, Samuel asked:

"Why don't you ask your father to give you another name?"

"My father... died at the hands of a monster on the road while transporting supplies..." Pafield lowered his eyes and whispered, "He left me this name... Although it's a bad name, I've never thought of changing it..."

After hearing this, Samuel took a deep breath without any expression, and his eyes became cold as he looked at Rentel who was kneeling under the pressure of the wind.

But he still released the wind pressure on Rentel and asked him:

"What about you? Apart from your initial resistance, what is your reason for bringing this up again?"

Rentel lowered his head and said nothing.

"Did not say?"

Rentel still kept his head down.

"Because of hatred?"

Rentel shuddered.

Samuel saw his reaction and realized that he had guessed correctly, so he continued:

"The Knights have not transferred you to another position due to the need to regulate public opinion, and you have often been insulted and scorned because of your status as a descendant of the old nobility.

"So, you developed hatred towards Pafield because your old noble identity was revealed to the public.

"Now, seeing that the idle Knight Edna has been promoted, while you have not been transferred at all, you feel that this is unfair, so you vent your resentment on Pafield again?"

"Your Majesty..." Lentel's lips trembled. He did not expect that the white-haired young man wearing the crown in front of him could easily tell him his motives and reasons.

But isn't it so? If it weren't for the incident at Parfield that exposed him to the public, he would at most have been blocked by his name.

If the women in Lawrence's family could climb to the position of knight and become "Knight of Waves", why couldn't he?

The always leisurely Swan Edner was transferred to the headquarters of the Knights.

...Then why didn’t the Knights transfer his position?

Why is the Mondstadt Knights Headquarters short of manpower and would rather recruit from other places than transfer him?

...It's Parfield, that's the reason!

It was Parfield who tarnished his reputation!

Just as he was feeling angry, Lentel heard the noble His Majesty speak and comment calmly:

"vulgar."

Luntai suddenly felt unreasonable.

Vulgar? Me, vulgar?

He is a descendant of the old nobility. His clansmen told him since he was a child that Mondstadt originally belonged to them, but now it is under the rule of the Knights Templar and has become a rat crossing the street that everyone wants to kill.

It was good enough that he did not try to overthrow the Knights Templar. He only wanted to prove himself by climbing up the Knights Templar and regain his power.

How patient he is.

It's just a little venting because of the injustice I feel.

Now, His Holiness the Pope of the West Wind Church actually said that he was vulgar because of this?

Thinking of the rumors he had heard secretly recently, and facing the disparity in status and strength between himself and His Majesty, Rentel, who should have kept silent, could not help but sneer.

There suddenly appeared in his mind a thought that he had never thought of before:

Why should I keep silent?

What right does he have to say that about me?

Samuel saw him smile inexplicably, frowned slightly, and asked:

"Am I wrong?"

He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he felt that the other person's eyes seemed to be gradually becoming less clear, and the wind around him was also mixed with strangeness.

"…Then Your Majesty, tell me, what does a non-vulgar person look like?" Rentel stared at Samuel with his gradually cloudy eyes, with the corners of his mouth curled up, "Like you?"

Samuel came to his senses and raised his eyebrows. This was the first time someone dared to challenge him openly.

Just as he was about to speak, he heard Rentel continue:

"For example, you colluded with the Wind Demon Dragon and the remnant spirit of the old demon god to create the wolf disaster? And then you pretended to 'save' them?"

Samuel was stunned.