[Cheat] Chapter 126: Big Sister Honorary Knight Is a Good Person

"Actually, he didn’t really do anything wrong. It’s just that he did something outside the scope of his duties. His intentions were good, but he was unlucky and ended up exposing his superior's money-power dealings, which led to him being suppressed.

Originally, he was supposed to be promoted to squad leader, but not only did he lose that opportunity because of this, he was even reassigned to patrol duty in the wilderness.

I think... maybe it's exactly because of that experience that he now refuses to do anything outside his official duties. The higher-ups assigned him to patrol, so he patrols. As for saving travelers? Sorry, that’s not in the job description."

Paimon said, "That’s... that’s way too ridiculous!"

Kaeya sighed, "Yeah, I was shocked when I heard about it too. As the captain of the cavalry, I’ve clearly been incompetent."

Jean added, "Exactly. That’s why I’m planning to find some time soon to properly reorganize the Knights, to prevent more of those corrupt, power-abusing scumbags from appearing again.

Of course, Kaeya, as the captain, you’ll also need to take responsibility for what’s happened under your command."

Kaeya exaggeratedly said, "I feel deeply ashamed—and also very grateful that Acting Grand Master Jean is giving me a chance to atone for my failures."

Zephyr said, "...Are you two performing a rehearsed act?"

"What are you talking about? I’m being sincere about admitting my mistakes. Speaking of which, Jean, I actually discovered two Knights with questionable character just the other day."

"More? Two of them?" Jean frowned.

"It’s Swaan and Lawrence—the two who guard the front gate of Mondstadt."

"Swaan and Lawrence? I remember them. What did they do that crossed the line?"

"According to a very reliable source, the two of them love bullying little kids. And they especially like capturing the pigeons on the bridge."

"Bullying children? Kaeya, are you sure you're not mistaken?"

"I’m not. This intel is absolutely solid!"

At that moment, Zephyr couldn’t take it anymore and interjected, "How can you slander them like that?!"

"Oh? Blond girl, do you have some higher wisdom to share?"

Jean cleared her throat and said, "Kaeya, this girl is our Honorary Knight now. Show some respect."

"Understood!"

"You don’t mean to tell me your intel came from Timmy, right?"

"Wait—how did you know?!"

"How did I know? I could figure that out with my toes. Amber, you didn’t mention this to Jean?"

Amber looked a bit guilty and said, "I meant to, but then things came up and I forgot..."

"Ugh, alright then."

Zephyr said, "You can’t blame those two entirely for this."

"What do you mean by that? Wait—do you know them?"

"I met them when I first arrived in Mondstadt."

Kaeya added, "Oh really? I also heard they specifically asked you to help them turn all those pigeons into Sweet Madame. That true?"

"It’s true, but there’s a reason for that."

Jean said, "Alright, tell us everything from the beginning."

Zephyr explained the whole story from start to finish. As the tale went on, everyone’s expressions gradually turned... strange.

Kaeya even covered his nose and said, "No wonder I kept smelling pigeon droppings every time I left the city. I thought the pigeons were just doing their business on the bridge... but it turns out it was..."

Jean sighed and said, “Sigh… if that’s the case, then we really can’t put all the blame on them. Alright then, Kaeya, go to the Knights of Favonius and request funding to build two small pavilions at the city gates. That should help prevent something like this from happening again.”

“Leave it to me,” Kaeya replied, then hurried off in a rush.

Amber said, “Jean, you didn’t mention how much funding Kaeya should request.”

“Oh, right, I forgot… well, Kaeya should know the proper limits. A few thousand Mora at most should be enough.”

Zephyr muttered, “I’m more worried the slacker-in-chief will embezzle a few hundred thousand…”

“You’re overthinking it. Kaeya’s not that kind of person.”

Suddenly, the door burst open with a loud bang, and a red blur rushed inside.

“Dun-dun-da-dun! Spark Knight Klee of the Knights of Favonius, reporting in!”

Jean held her forehead. “Klee, how many times have I told you to knock before coming in?”

Klee stood with hands on her hips and declared, “Klee didn’t break anything today, so Acting Grand Master Jean can’t scold me!”

Paimon muttered, “You sound a little too proud of that…”

Klee turned and exclaimed with surprise, “Huh? Big Sis Lumine and Paimon? You’re here too!”

As soon as she said that, Zephyr’s heart sank. Oh no.

Sure enough, Jean raised an eyebrow and said, “Oh? Klee, you know them?”

“Of course I do! Last time, it was Big Sis Lumine who helped me—uh.”

Klee instantly clapped her hands over her mouth, but the guilty expression on her face was impossible to hide.

“I knew it!”

“Klee, we’ll set aside your punishment for now. Let’s first talk about this Honorary Knight young lady. It seems we’ll need to temporarily suspend your honorary credentials. Based on your answers, there’s even a chance you might have to take a trip to Mondstadt’s confinement chamber.”

“Ehhhhh?!”

Paimon panicked. “No way! Paimon don’t wanna go to the confinement chamber!”

“Ahem, I was referring to the Honorary Knight, not you.”

“Whew… that’s a relief.”

Zephyr blinked. Why not Paimon?

The reason was simple: Jean hadn’t seen Paimon involved last time. Paimon had flown too fast and, being small, completely escaped Jean’s notice.

And given Jean’s personality, there’s no way she’d blame someone uninvolved—well, someone possibly human-like… but regardless, in Jean’s mind, Paimon had human rights, so of course she wouldn’t hold her accountable.

“Paimon!” Lumine glared at her.

“Uhh… even if you look at Paimon like that, it’s no use. As the old saying goes, human nature is inherently selfish. You can understand Paimon, right, Traveler? Right? Right?”

Just then, a confused voice chimed in beside them.

“Jean, why are you arresting Big Sis Lumine? And Paimon was totally with us last time too!”

“Gah…” Paimon’s voice cut off sharply.

Jean’s sharp gaze turned to Paimon. Paimon broke out in a cold sweat and said, “Uh, Acting Grand Master Jean, l-let me explain…”

Zephyr quickly stepped in, “Jean, this is all a misunderstanding! Let me explain.”

So Zephyr recounted the events—but of course, he trimmed out all the parts that were unfavorable to himself. And, as an accomplice, also conveniently omitted anything that would implicate Klee.

Klee was overjoyed and kept repeating, “Big Sis Lumine is a good person! Big Bro Zephyr is a good person!”

Amber leaned over and whispered, “Klee, Big Sis Lumine is now Honorary Knight Big Sis.”

“Really? Honorary Knight Big Sis is amazing! Honorary Knight Big Sis is a good person! Sis Amber is a good person too!”

//END