bookbashuk Chapter 93: Reunited with Amber, encountered Klee, and received by Jean.
Chapter 93: Reunited with Amber, encountered Klee, and received by Jean.
Chapter 93: Reunited with Amber, encountered Klee, and received by Jean.
Inazuma, Narukami Taisha Shrine.
Yae no Miko lay languidly on the soft couch, a slender finger casually tracing across the huge screen in front of her.
As the child's finger slid across the screen, the images on the screen kept changing.
At the Tenryo Magistrate's residence, Kujo Sara was addressing a group of soldiers with a serious and meticulous expression.
"Tsk, boring." The divine child curled his lip and flicked his finger.
The scene shifts to a shady spot under a tree.
The ninja Hayato from the final episode is probably having a wonderful dream; he's drooling.
"This is cute, but it gets boring after a while."
She then looked at Mizuki's bathhouse, the warehouse of the Kansei Honyō, and even the editors of Yaedo.
At first, watching the surveillance footage was quite fun, but the novelty wore off quickly.
The current Divine Child no longer experiences the same joy as when she first acquired this equipment.
The main point is that I can't play tricks on myself.
These devices have no other functions.
"How boring—" the goddess sighed. The lives of the others were also quite mundane.
How about we add something to Ruixi's tea?
Just as she was figuring out how to create some fun, her finger swiped across a screen specifically monitoring the Cocoon of the Formless Flame.
The screen was completely empty.
"Um?"
The divine child sat up straight, his beautiful fox-like eyes narrowing slightly.
Oh, the things Chen Bo left there are gone.
She pulled up the video playback, and the progress bar rewound rapidly.
In the scene, the giant fire cocoon remained unharmed until a certain point in time when spiderweb-like cracks appeared on the cocoon shell. Then, a burst of blazing red light erupted from it, transforming into a large bird that flew into the sky.
The cocoon has broken.
"Oh dear, it's hatched?" The divine child became interested and was about to set off to use the floating telescope to find out what the little creature that had hatched looked like when a scorching heat rushed down from the sky.
She walked out of the room and looked up.
A giant bird, its entire body made of pure flames, trailing magnificent tail feathers, tore through the clouds and swooped down like a falling sun.
The scorching heat wave hit us, distorting the air in the shrine courtyard.
Just as the firebird was about to crash into the shrine roof, its enormous body suddenly shrank and slowed down, transforming into a violently pulsating fireball in front of the priestess, hovering in mid-air.
The firelight flickered, but it was Chen Bo's familiar voice that rang out.
"My Lord, are you there? I've come to pick up a package."
Yae no Miko was taken aback at first, but then burst out laughing at this.
"Hehe—Mr. Chen Bo, you really don't consider yourself an outsider. Coming to my Narukami Shrine without even using the main entrance?" She crossed her arms, scrutinizing the pure elemental life form with interest: "So, what hatched inside the cocoon was yourself. Has this been possession of the Flame of No Form?"
Chen Bo didn't bother with pleasantries: "It's an emergency. I need to borrow your discarded cargo rocket casing."
"I need to go to Mondstadt and use that rocket as cover to get through the thunderstorm."
"It was originally yours, take it." The goddess waved her hand readily.
Crossing a thunderstorm seems to be a slightly complicated matter for the other party as well.
The divine child suspected that if there hadn't been a thunderstorm, there would have been countless cameras belonging to Chen Bo in the sky.
Speaking of which, the divine child squinted and looked up at the sky.
I wonder if there are cameras up there spying on me.
With permission granted, the fireball immediately flew toward the shrine's backyard, its fiery tentacles lifting the heavy rocket casing and carrying it away.
Upon reaching the stormy sea area, Chen Bo forcefully threw his clone of the Formless Flame, and then plunged into it.
Purple electric snakes lashed wildly against the metal casing, emitting a piercing hiss, but were perfectly guided by the Faraday cage structure, creating an environment without lightning inside.
Even so, the temperature of the outer shell continued to soar under the power of the lightning, gradually turning crimson.
This time, after passing through the thunderstorm, the rocket's outer shell was completely destroyed.
After passing through the thunderstorm, Chen Bo casually tossed the outer shell into the sea and flew at top speed towards the free city of Mondstadt.
Yae no Miko stood there, watching the light disappear into the horizon.
Another question arose in my mind: could there be a camera on the screen that the child brought over?
The most suspicious and fearful people are those who secretly spy on others.
Mondstadt, whispering forest skies.
At an altitude of 1,000 meters, Chen Bo, Farusan, and Ke Lai stood beneath the clouds, clad in portable mechs.
The view of the open space below was clearly visible through the screen.
Amber, the scout knight of Mondstadt, is surrounded by a large group of Hilichurls.
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She was agile and her arrows never missed, while Earl Rabbit dutifully drew the fire from the side.
However, there were too many Hilichurls, including a few tough Rock Shield Hilichurls, making it difficult for her to escape for a while.
"Is Amber clearing out a Hilichurl camp? Let me help her."
He casually raised his hand.
Behind them, dozens of floating cannons, which were on standby, turned and aimed, their muzzles glowing with green grass light, and began to lock onto the Hilichurls.
Once locked on, Chen Bo lowered his arm.
Dense energy beams rained down from the sky like a storm.
The energy blast precisely bypassed Amber and Earl Bunny's location, covering all the surrounding Hilichurls.
A series of explosions rang out.
The entire camp of Hilichurls was wiped out before they could even scream.
Chen Bo matched different intensities of firepower to different Hilichurls.
The rock shield of the Rock Shield Hilichurl shattered instantly under the maximum force of the attack.
With just one volley of fire, the battlefield was completely wiped out.
As the smoke cleared, Amber remained in the position of drawing her bow, staring in astonishment at the empty meadow around her.
What happened?
She looked up warily and saw the three strangely shaped metal objects slowly descending.
"Who goes there!" Amber immediately pointed an arrow at them and shouted.
The mask of the lead mech snapped open, revealing a face that was both familiar and somewhat unfamiliar to Kolai.
Her face was filled with excitement and a touch of shy trepidation at returning home.
"Amber————"
Amber was stunned for a moment when she saw that face and heard that voice.
Without further hesitation, Cole stepped out of the mech, rushed over, and hugged Amber, who was still in a daze.
"Amber, it's been a long time!"
Amber hugged Cole in return, saying, "It's you, Cole. Long time no see."
She could sense that the girl in her arms was healthy, confident, and in much better condition than when they last met.
After the initial excitement of a long-awaited reunion.
Cole blushed and took Amber's hand, introducing her: "This is Anil, my... junior."
Then, she pointed to Farusan: "This is Senior Farusan, a senior member of our Order of the Order, a very powerful mentor."
"Hello, I am Amber, a scout knight of the Knights of Favonius!" Amber greeted them warmly.
At this moment, "Moon One," who had been following behind Chen Bo, also stepped forward and extended his hand to Amber: "Hello, Amber. I am Moon, their mechanical partner."
Amber stared in surprise at the exquisite doll, and Cory was also somewhat taken aback. She remembered that the old Luna One wasn't this intelligent; it spoke slowly and haltingly.
Ke Lai quickly added, "Oh right, and this one too. I forgot to introduce it before. This is Luna One, a mechanical doll that doesn't usually talk."
Amber greeted Luna 1 warmly: "Hello, Moon, it's really exquisite."
Then, Amber changed the subject, saying, "Speaking of which, you haven't eaten yet, coming all the way from Sumeru. I'll treat you to the Deer Hunter's Restaurant! Mondstadt's honey-glazed carrot fritters are the best!"
The tables at the Deer Hunter's Restaurant were soon piled high with Mondstadt's specialty dishes.
As Amber ate meat with gusto, she excitedly recounted the interesting things that had happened in Mondstadt recently, especially the upcoming badminton festival.
"—The champion will choose a young girl who will then throw a shuttlecock, symbolizing Lord Barbatos's blessing, into the crowd. Whoever catches it will have good luck for the entire year!"
Fiona listened with great interest: "The modern form of the badminton festival is indeed very vibrant. However, its original form was much more solemn than it is now."
"When Mondstadt was just an unnamed settlement in the wind, the wind god Barbatos threw a feather of a bird, a symbol of freedom, to the earth. The place where it landed was the future city of Mondstadt."
"The original celebration was to commemorate this blessing from the gods."
Kolei's eyes widened: "So this is the origin of the Wind God Festival?"
Fiona nodded: "I remember that after the Lawrence family came to power, the celebration was seriously distorted."
"They canceled the competition and directly assigned a young girl to toss the shuttlecock, and that 'lucky' shuttlecock would only land in the hands of their chosen person. The so-called blessing of freedom became a game within the aristocratic class, and the unfortunate princess chosen as the shuttlecock-tossing girl had to serve in the noble court for three days."
"Back then, the badminton festival became a time for girls to hide and run away from each other."
Amber gripped the knife and fork tighter.
"I've heard some of this mentioned by the senior members of the Knights—"
Amber looked at Farusan with eyes full of admiration.
"How did you know all this? Aren't you a Sumeru person, senior?"
Chen Bo explained with a smile, "Falushan is an epistemologist who loves reading books. She knows a little about the languages, histories, and literary works of the Seven Kingdoms."
"According to senior Farusan, every young person should learn at least twenty languages before graduation."
Amber's eyes widened, her mouth forming an "O": "Twenty, twenty kinds?"
After being praised by Chen Bo, Farusan was quite pleased and smiled, saying, "It's just the basics of a scholar, nothing to brag about."
Chen Bo said, "Twenty languages is just the level of a graduate. Senior Farusan is over a hundred years old. I don't know how many languages she has mastered now."
Amber's mouth dropped open in astonishment: "Wow, amazing! Senior Farusan looks so young too."
"Absolutely! I'm also planning to win the badminton shuttlecock for Farusan at the badminton festival."
After everyone finished eating, they had just left the restaurant when a little girl with a red backpack ran past the restaurant entrance like a gust of wind.
She cheerfully shouted, "Klee can finally go out and play!"
"Klee!" Amber stopped Klee and said, "Remember, whatever you do, don't fish with explosives outside the city!"
Klee: "Yeah, Klee will secretly fry fish without Jean finding out."
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Amber firmly refused, saying, "Absolutely not."
Looking at the lively Klee, Chen Bo thought that the child's energy needed to be released, so he asked seriously, "Klee, aren't you interested in blowing up a powerful big guy, the Thunder Hypostasis?"
Startled, Cole quickly covered Chen Bo's mouth and whispered, "Anil! If you corrupt Ke Li, Captain Jean will put us all in solitary confinement!"
Amber waved her hands repeatedly, "It's too dangerous! Absolutely not!"
Chen Bo covered the back of his head and laughed, "I just thought that kids need to release their excess energy."
"Let's take Klee to throw some bombs and burn off some of our excess energy."
Amber thought about it carefully for a moment and said, "Yes, I will tell Jean's suggestion."
Then, Amber changed the subject: "Speaking of which, would you guests from Mount Sumeru like to experience our Mondstadt-specific Windwings?"
Chen Bo asked curiously, "Wings of Wind? Wouldn't they be difficult to control?"
"Don't be afraid, I'm here, Mondstadt's number one flying champion!" Amber said as she walked. "I guarantee I'll teach you all! It'll be a lot of fun."
Just as Amber finished speaking, a crimson figure streaked across the sky.
Everyone in Mondstadt's square instinctively looked up.
A giant firebird pierced through the clouds, carrying a visible heat wave, and swooped down toward the plaza.
Passersby scattered in panic, and Amber's expression changed. She immediately grabbed Cole and prepared to hide.
"Enemy attack! Follow me, I'll take you to a safe location."
"Don't be nervous, that's my clone." Chen Bo reassured everyone that there was no need to panic.
Just as the firebird was about to crash into the ground, its massive body rapidly contracted, transforming into two flowing wings of flame. Then, it flapped its wings sharply and came to a stop in mid-air.
It hovered behind Chen Bo.
Chen Bo scratched his head and said, "Wind Wings doesn't seem to be needed for the time being."
"These are the Wings of No Form."
This extravagant creation naturally attracted the attention of the Knights.
Soon, the group was "invited" to the Knights' headquarters.
Acting Guild Leader Jean's expression was serious. The firebird had entered Mondstadt, and this matter had to be thoroughly investigated.
"Amber, who are they?"
"Captain, these are Cole's classmates and teachers, guests from Sumeru," Amber quickly explained.
Lisa, the librarian who was leaning lazily against the bookshelf next to the zither, lit up when she heard the word "Sumeru".
"Are you students and teachers from the Order of the Fathers? Little one, which house are you from?"
"The School of Wise Theories, Anil."
"The Wondrous Theory School?" Lisa's smile held a hint of nostalgia and teasing. "Although we're not in the same college, you can call me senior. I also studied at the Order Academy."
The alumni connection eased the serious atmosphere in the office considerably.
Chen Bo followed suit and naturally greeted her, "Hello, Senior Lisa."
Qin, standing to the side, looked at the two overly familiar people with each other and felt somewhat helpless.
Lisa asked, "So, Anil, did you come to Mondstadt for academic exchange?"