Chapter 391: Chapter 393: Jianna’s Older Brother
Genshin Impact: I’m The Envoy of Snezhnaya
Chapter 393: Jianna’s Older Brother
Jianna didn’t seem to care much about the marks on her body.
Or rather, given her eyesight, she might not even know they were there.
Perhaps only when bathing would she feel something strange and wonder why her arm had such an odd sensation.
"Have you lived in Snezhnaya since you were little?" Dipping a feather pen into the prepared ink, Bai Luo asked.
"Um... I’m not sure. Ever since I can remember, I’ve been in Snezhnaya."
The tip of the feather pen wasn’t particularly sharp, but as it traced back and forth across her arm, Jianna still felt a slight discomfort.
Even so, she didn’t dare pull her hand away.
"Do you know the Doctor?"
After writing on her skin, Bai Luo tried rubbing it with his hand.
The effect of this solution was better than he had expected—despite being freshly applied, it wouldn’t come off at all.
"As for the Doctor... I know him, but he might not know me."
With her free hand, Jianna scratched her head awkwardly.
For a low-ranking soldier like her, getting the chance to become a Pyro Agent was already remarkable.
As for knowing a Harbinger?
Not all Harbingers were as approachable as the Ausbilder.
"I see..."
Bai Luo paused slightly, a thoughtful look flashing in his eyes.
In Snezhnaya, experiments conducted casually on human bodies were usually connected to the Doctor.
If Jianna had really come into contact with him, she shouldn’t have forgotten.
Could it be that the injuries on her body really had nothing to do with the Doctor?
"Did you grow up in the House of the Hearth?"
Many members of the advance teams came from there—people like Sveta, Lyudochka, and Katarina.
With surnames like "Snezhevna," they were considered a core force within the Fatui.
"No. I have a home in Snezhnaya, and an older brother. Although he’s away most of the time and I rarely see him, if it weren’t for him, I might have..."
Her voice suddenly trailed off.
She didn’t seem willing to finish the sentence.
Bai Luo could more or less guess the situation.
Perhaps her ability to become a Cicin Mage, despite her physical condition, had something to do with this so-called brother.
Mentioning such favoritism in front of a Harbinger like him was indeed inappropriate.
Still, her words reminded Bai Luo of someone—Ajax, also known as Tartaglia.
Although Bai Luo had spent some time in Snezhnaya, he hadn’t had much contact with Ajax’s family.
Mainly because his direct superior, the Rooster, didn’t allow it.
In his view, as an assassin, Bai Luo getting close to Tartaglia’s family might give rise to unnecessary suspicions.
So Bai Luo had essentially avoided any interaction with the family members under the Rooster’s "protection."
"Your brother... wouldn’t happen to be named Ajax, would he?"
Even though the possibility seemed low, he still asked tentatively.
"No, my brother’s not called that. My brother... he... he..."
When it came to her brother, Jianna started stammering again.
Her expression didn’t look like she was trying to hide anything.
In fact, from how fiercely she seemed to defend him, she clearly admired her brother deeply—almost as if she wanted the whole world to know how wonderful he was.
And yet, even so, she struggled to speak about him.
Could it be... that Jianna herself didn’t even know her brother’s name?
If that were the case, things would become interesting.
It would suggest that she and this so-called brother weren’t actually related by blood.
Perhaps their relationship wasn’t even that close—she might simply be naïvely treating him as her brother.
Bai Luo already had a faint suspicion forming in his mind.
"When does he usually come back?"
"Only when I’m seriously ill. He’ll come back once, and every time he cures me. He’s really amazing."
Perhaps worried that her brother’s long absences might leave a bad impression on the Harbinger, Jianna hurriedly added an explanation.
But what she didn’t realize was that her words only confirmed Bai Luo’s guess.
"Alright, that’s enough."
After asking everything he needed, Bai Luo put away his feather pen.
On Jianna’s arm, there was now something like a small sapling... a tattoo?
Calling it that wasn’t inaccurate. After all, without special solution, it couldn’t be washed off—just like a real tattoo.
And this "tattoo" perfectly covered the scars on her arm.
Perhaps for someone her age, having such a thing wasn’t exactly pretty.
But compared to the horrifying scars from before, it looked far better.
"What is this?"
The scars hadn’t been very noticeable to Jianna, but the little sapling Bai Luo drew was crystal clear to her.
She didn’t understand why the Harbinger would draw a tree on her.
"Just think of it as a medal. You’ve done very well recently—this is your reward."
Bai Luo’s tone was like he was coaxing a child, but it worked perfectly on Jianna.
As if afraid of accidentally rubbing it off, she carefully lowered her sleeve.
After getting Bai Luo’s permission, she left happily.
But once she was gone, Bai Luo’s expression gradually turned serious.
"Doctor... was this your doing?"
Among certain circles, it wasn’t exactly a secret that the Doctor had sliced different versions of himself at various ages and turned them into autonomous bodies.
To most people, it was an incomprehensible idea.
But to Bai Luo, it brought a single word to mind—cloning.
Could it be that the Doctor had already mastered cloning? That those so-called bodies were clones created from samples of himself at different ages?
Unfortunately, although the Doctor trusted Bai Luo, it wasn’t to the extent of sharing secrets like this.
Still, he believed that one day, the answer would come to light.
Even if some people knew about the Doctor’s bodies, in Jianna’s eyes—someone of her level—there was only one Harbinger: the Doctor.
And the "brother" she spoke of was very likely one of the Doctor’s bodies from a certain age.
As for why Bai Luo was so certain...
First, there was the matter of favoritism.
In Snezhnaya, becoming a Cicin Mage wasn’t something that could be achieved through connections alone.
The only ones who could ignore the rules and make it happen were people at the level of a Harbinger.
Second—and most importantly—the Doctor was the leading authority on human experimentation in Snezhnaya.
Someone who would conduct such reckless experiments on human bodies could only be him.
Bai Luo once thought he could harden his heart and become a proper "villain."
He had been able to watch strong test subjects be tortured to death and endure it.
But when it came to Collei, his humanity ultimately prevailed.
He could watch the Doctor torment fully grown trees—but he couldn’t bear to see young saplings trampled so carelessly.
No matter how grave a person’s sins, children are innocent.
Children... were his bottom line.
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