At the harbor of Liyue Harbor, aboard a passenger ship that had sailed from Inazuma, Lyney, Lynette, and Freminet stepped off the vessel and set foot on the land of Liyue...
"Lynette, we’ve finally arrived in Liyue,"
Lyney said with a sowhat helpless expression, forcing a wry smile:
"Su Yuan... he actually left Inazuma without saying a word to us..."
"We had to ask around quite a bit before finding out he’s currently in Liyue..."
"We’re carrying out a task assigned to us by Father—could it be that Su Yuan sensed that and deliberately ditched us without a word?"
"Su Yuan doesn’t seem like that kind of person," Freminet replied softly.
"Maybe he just had an urgent matter to attend to, so he left without having ti to notify us..."
"But either way, we should hurry and find Su Yuan and et up with him," Lynette said.
"Who knows—he might be in trouble right now and really need our help!"
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At that mont, Su Yuan was inside Wanmin Restaurant, speaking with Master Mao...
"Master Mao, we’ve already found Xiangling."
Looking at the extrely busy Master Mao, who was greeting custors nonstop, Su Yuan thought it best not to tell him the full truth about Xiangling...
Although Xiangling had managed to survive with the help of Cloud Retainer, the chanical transformation her body had undergone had undoubtedly caused serious damage...
Recalling the blank, vacant look in Xiangling’s eyes back on Mt. Aocang, Su Yuan couldn’t be sure whether she would ever regain her consciousness and sanity—let alone fully recover physically...
Now, standing before Master Mao, Su Yuan felt he could only tell a small, well-aning lie...
"Xiangling encountered a great fortune while foraging for ingredients on Mt. Aocang!"
"You know the adeptus Cloud Retainer who lives on that mountain, right? She saw great talent in Xiangling and invited her to train in her domain, working with her to create the ultimate version of the chanical Culinary Divine Machine!"
Hearing this, Master Mao’s tired face lit up with joy as he laughed heartily:
"Hahaha! Cloud Retainer’s na is known far and wide throughout all of Liyue. My daughter Xiangling truly is gifted—this is already her second encounter with an adeptus!"
"Now that I know she’s safe and has received another blessing from the Adepti, I can finally breathe easy!"
"Today—everything at Wanmin Restaurant is half off!!"
Seeing how happy Master Mao looked, Su Yuan truly couldn’t bring himself to tell him the truth about Xiangling’s current condition...
He could only place his hopes on Cloud Retainer’s care and healing—that maybe, just maybe, Xiangling would return to normal...
Suddenly, sothing occurred to Su Yuan...
Speaking of Xiangling, one couldn’t forget Guoba, who was always by her side...
Co to think of it, back on Mt. Aocang, he hadn’t seen any trace of Guoba at all...
Where had Guoba gone...? Was he... still alive?
Just as Su Yuan was deep in thought, three people entered Wanmin Restaurant and greeted him:
"Su Yuan! We finally found you—it’s been a while!"
Su Yuan looked up and saw that it was none other than Lyney, Lynette, and Freminet...
A sheepish smile imdiately appeared on his face.
Oh boy—he had completely forgotten about them...
Ever since he left Fontaine, they had always stayed by his side, offering him a great deal of help...
And yet he had left Inazuma so suddenly without saying a single word to them, leaving them behind completely...
"It really has been a long ti..." Su Yuan said.
"Back in Inazuma, I wanted to test whether the teleport waypoints were still functional—and I accidentally got sent straight to Liyue, leaving you behind in Inazuma..."
"Seriously, I didn’t an to, haha..."
"It’s fine, really. We didn’t take it to heart," Lyney replied with a gentle smile.
"Now that we’ve reunited, that’s all that matters."
"So then, Su Yuan—do you have anything you need my help with?"
"As a matter of fact, I do."
Su Yuan nodded and gestured for the three of them to take a seat before continuing:
"The House of the Hearth is a renowned intelligence organization across Teyvat, so I’d like to ask you to use its information network to help find soone..."
"Oh? You need to locate soone?" Lyney nodded.
"Alright, tell —who are we looking for?"
"The Traveler—Aether," Su Yuan said.
"Hm?" Lyney showed a puzzled expression and replied, "Su Yuan, you disappeared from Inazuma together with the Traveler, so I thought you two were still together..."
"So the Traveler isn’t with you now?"
"No." Su Yuan nodded, then proceeded to tell Lyney and the others everything that had happened over the past few days.
"I see..." Lyney nodded slowly.
"Got it."
"But I should give you a bit of a heads-up first..."
"After you and the Traveler suddenly vanished from Inazuma, we’d been actively trying to track both of you down."
"Even though our intelligence network spans all of Teyvat—and we did manage to locate you and ca to Liyue because of that..."
"We haven’t found any trace of the Traveler. And after pinpointing your whereabouts, we stopped searching, assuming the Traveler was still with you..."
"But no worries. We’ve still got around two days. I’ll have the House of the Hearth agents prioritize finding the Traveler above all else."
"Thank you, Lyney," Su Yuan nodded.
"Also, help pass on my thanks to the one behind you all—Father Arlecchino."
"...So Su Yuan, you already knew that Father sent us to assist you?" Lyney asked.
"No, I just guessed. Didn’t expect you to admit it that easily..." Su Yuan said with a faint smile.
"Silly brother..." Lynette stuck out her tongue and sighed helplessly.
Su Yuan knew very well that although Arlecchino was currently showing goodwill and hadn’t displayed any hostility, there was no way she would help him without a reason—she definitely had her own motives...
But at the very least, for now, Arlecchino was not his enemy.
So then, who exactly did Arlecchino et with that day in Fontaine, which caused her to delay the eting with Neuvillette?
What could possibly be more important than a Gnosis?
And what exactly is the condition for Arlecchino to beco Eerie?
She cares so deeply about the House of the Hearth... about these children of hers—could these be connected to the condition for her Eerie state?
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