Chapter 40 Harold: If you don’t abandon me...

Chapter 40 Harold: If you don’t abandon me...

Harold planted the tubers of the twice-sweet Dun Dun peach, covered them with soil, and watered them a little. The soil in the rain forest was already very moist, so he only watered them a little.

In fact, before planting the tubers, he would have to soak them in water overnight to promote their germination. However, today is already Friday, and he has to rush back to Xumi City tonight to attend the society's activities at eight o'clock on Saturday morning.

And even if he skipped this step, the impact would not be that big. He just wanted to see the quality of the fruit of this Dun Dun peach. He did not need to record their budding date, flowering date, etc., which would give him much more freedom.

After planting the Dun Dun peaches, Harold used rock elements to condense many slender rock structures similar to wooden sticks. He inserted them in a circle around the area where he planted them, and then pulled a few ropes to make a simple fence.

Okay, now that we have finished our work here, let’s hurry back to Xumi City.

Harold looked at the time. It was half past nine in the evening. If he left now, he would be home before three in the morning.

Harold turned around and suddenly saw two fluorescent green balls floating in the air in the direction of the path leading to the residential area of ​​Huacheng.

Harold was startled.

"I'm sorry, but my eyes glow in the dark. Did that scare you? Is that better?"

The two small light balls shook and changed their angles. The flickering light in the darkness disappeared, replaced by the blurry profile of the black-haired boy in the darkness.

The first thing Harold saw was his face, and then his eyes were involuntarily attracted to the two long ears on the boy's head. Feeling Harold's gaze, the boy's ears shook.

"Well, this is my ear. A lot of people stare at my ears when they see me for the first time - although most of them can't help doing so after knowing me for a long time. I don't mind it, as long as they don't touch it suddenly, so you don't have to deliberately look away," said the boy.

Harold then refocused his attention on the boy. He had already vaguely guessed his identity. The boy in front of him was petite, with jet-black hair with a few strands of green highlights. The fur on his ears and tail was as black as his hair, and looked smooth and comfortable to touch.

"Hello, are you also a scholar who came to Huachengguo to investigate?" Harold asked.

"Yes, I've been in the Order House for a long time, so I need to go out and relax occasionally. I like the natural air." The boy took a deep breath and smiled with satisfaction. "My name is Tinari, and I'm a scholar of Amyrido College like you."

"I'm Harold. The scenery here is nice." Harold nodded and asked hesitantly, "I don't think I've seen you before. How do you know I'm a scholar from Amyrido College?"

"I heard it," Tinari touched his ears. "I didn't mean to eavesdrop on your monologue, but my hearing is very sensitive. The wind carried your voice and the whispers of insects into my ears."

What did I just say?

Harold froze involuntarily as he recalled his extremely self-indulgent monologue.

What kind of social death scene is this?

"So you are Harold. What a coincidence to meet you here. My mentor Nafis and your mentor Zacharias are good friends. When I was studying at my mentor's house, I often heard them mention you. The 'Amiritto God of War' who 'has the appearance of a great sage'? You are really special."

Tinari's eyes were bright and he exuded friendliness from the inside out.

Harold: ...?

It's embarrassing enough if one of them is mentioned alone, why do some people use these two names together?

Tinari asked softly, "You've been under a lot of pressure recently, haven't you? When I was at the Order of the Lords, I always heard scholars talking about you, whether they were scholars from Ami Lido College or scholars from the other five colleges, even the tutors would talk about you in their spare time...

I think it is a good choice to come to Huachengguo. When you are in close contact with nature, you can always forget a lot of troubles. Was that your inner monologue just now? Well... In this environment, it is indeed easy for people to have the desire to say everything in their hearts, so I will give it a try. "

Tinari put his hands to his mouth in a trumpet shape and shouted softly, "You damned Order! Lock me up if you can!"

"This is really a good way to relax. I feel good. Now I understand you. People really can't keep everything in their hearts," Tinari shouted, turned his head and said to Haroldt with a smile.

Harold nodded in agreement with what Tinari said.

It would be better if Tinari didn't ask any further questions, otherwise how could he explain to Tinari that he was just joking?

Can he explain to the people of Teyvat what "Dio's Unfortunate Adventure" and "The Girl with the Reading Machine" are?

During this time, Harold used the void to search for Tinari's information. Like himself, he had just entered the College of Ecclesiastical Enrollment this year and was also a special recruit. Strictly speaking, he entered the college a little later than himself.

So, I will finally have a junior who can call me “senior”?

Just thinking about it makes me a little excited.

Since I arrived in the continent of Teyvat, I have always been the one calling others "senior" and "predecessors". This is the first time I have met someone who entered school later than me!

"Tinari, are you just starting school this year?" Haroldt brought up the topic.

"Yeah, I just started school not long ago, it seems like less than two weeks," Tinari said, "Oh, yes, then I should call you 'senior'."

He was discovered by a wise man of the Life-theoretic school and brought into the House of the Decrees, so he was not asked to report back the following year. Instead, he was directly assigned to be a disciple of Nafis and began to conduct research with him.

He is so smart! Harold sighed in his heart and asked casually, "What topic are you researching now?"

"This is also about Dun Dun peaches. We are trying to extract ingredients from them that can refresh people's minds. It's an interesting topic, isn't it? - Come, try this. It's something that can help you relax. I eat it often recently. It's a good choice to eat it dry or use it to make tea."

As Tinari spoke, he took out a small cloth bag from his pocket, took out a piece of dried fruit and handed it to Harold.

It is dried Dun Dun peach, made using the most traditional drying technology. Harold only likes freeze-dried fruit and does not like dried fruit because it is troublesome to eat and he can't taste any flavor other than sweetness.

But since it was given by Tinari, he took it and put it in his mouth to chew.

It's just ordinary dried peaches.

Tinari also ate a piece of it himself. While chewing it carefully, he looked at the residential area in the distance and said softly, "I really want to stay here. When I graduate, I might as well come here to be a forest ranger."

It is a good choice as it allows you to stay away from the disgusting Majlis and observe wild animals and plants up close.

"It sounds good. Living here, I can breathe fresh air and eat fresh mushrooms every day," Harold nodded.

In the game, Tinari did become a forest ranger right after graduation and made great contributions to protecting the rainforest ecology.

"This is the life I've always dreamed of," Tinari's tail swung slightly from side to side, proving that he was in a very good mood.

"Well, I have other things to do today. Let's talk another day. Excuse me," Harold said to Tinari.

"It's so late, and you still have things to do?" Tinari was a little surprised.

"I need to rush back to Xumi City."

"Now? The mountain road is not easy to walk on at night. Why not wait until tomorrow morning?" Tinari kindly reminded.

Harold told him about the society.

"Then you should have set off earlier, 'senior'. You're not setting a good example for us juniors like this," Tinari said "senior" with obvious dissatisfaction.

Harold coughed lightly and said, "I'm quite busy today. I don't usually travel at night."

"Let's go together then," Tinari suggested.

"Don't you want to stay here and relax?" Harold asked.

"That's enough," Tinari stretched, "Today is the last day of my vacation, and I have to devote myself to my research again. Come, follow me, my hot air balloon is near the temporary residence over there."

"Hot air balloon?" Harold repeated in surprise.

"Have you never ridden one? It's a means of transportation that uses hot air to make balloons float in the air. You don't have to worry about it being punctured by trees. I can make it rise to a suitable height. Also, my night vision is very good, so there won't be any accidents when driving at night," explained Tinari.

"I've never ridden one, but I've heard of this kind of transportation. I just didn't expect there are hot air balloons in Xumi. Is that yours?" Harold asked.

In his previous life, when he was playing games, he also had the task of defending a cargo hot air balloon, but that was a cargo hot air balloon, it flew very low and might even be besieged by the Hillilians.

Now think about it, since there are cargo hot air balloons, it is not surprising that there are also manned hot air balloons. They are based on the same principle. Moreover, the hot air balloons on Teyvat can change direction freely, not completely relying on wind power, and do not need a rotating cylinder. I don't know what power system is used.

"That's not the case. Hot air balloons are expensive and require frequent maintenance. I'm just a scholar and can't afford it. The hot air balloon I'm using now was lent to me by my mentor. He thinks that adapting to life in the Order of the God requires a gradual process, and the special admissions system cuts off this process, which is unreasonable. Special admissions students need more than just the additional research funds subsidized by the various colleges. The Order of the God needs to give them more time to grow.

He said he had always regarded me as an ordinary freshman, and freshmen like me should go out and relax more. What I learned in the wild is better than what I learned in the institute, so he gave me four days off, lent me his hot air balloon, and taught me how to operate it.

Tinari paused and continued, "The specific method is very simple. If it's not too dark, I can let you try it. Flying a hot air balloon in the sky feels like commanding a dragon to fly. Haha, it's really romantic. But even if you can't fly it yourself, riding a hot air balloon is also a good experience. You will experience it soon."

Hiss, there actually are such good mentors in the world.

Only then did Harold realize the extent to which Nafis was kind and generous to his students as Zacharias had said.

Then he suddenly remembered the invitation letter that Nafis gave him. He had casually put the invitation letter in a book as a bookmark, and now the book was placed in his bedroom.

...I should have put it in the bedroom, right?

Go back and look for it quickly, don't lose it.

That's just a check...

When he finds the check, uh, no, the invitation letter, after participating in the society activities, he will immediately visit Nafis and worship him as his teacher, no, as his godfather!

"So are we setting off now? Do we need to make any preparations?" Harold asked.

In his previous life, he had to bring a parachute bag when riding a hot air balloon, but this was the continent of Teyvat, and he didn't have the wings of wind yet, so he always felt unsafe.

Tinari: "No, the hot air balloon is equipped with wind wings and emergency wind slimes. Just check the equipment and these safety devices before departure. Don't worry, it will be very fast. It only takes four hours to get back to Xumi City by hot air balloon. It will not delay your participation in the society activities."

Four hours? It was about the same time as his walking and boat ride. The speed of the hot air balloon in Teyvat was still slow, but riding a hot air balloon didn’t require walking on mountain roads, which was really good.

How come there is a wind slime in the hot air balloon? The people of Teyvat have really developed a lot of strange uses for monsters.

Harold thought.

But he felt relieved with the Wings of Wind. He had used a hang glider in his previous life. What's more, there was the Wind Slime. Although he didn't know how to use it specifically, it sounded quite reliable.

Besides, it was the first time for them to ride in a hot air balloon in Teyvat, so they shouldn’t be so unlucky as to encounter a plane crash. He was not a vehicle killer.

Harold followed Tinari to his temporary residence. Tinari took the hot air balloon cloth out of the box and checked the condition of the balloon, burner, basket and some emergency equipment. Then he turned on the burner and held the bottom of the balloon with one hand to let the hot air enter the balloon.

Harold also came forward to help, helping him lift the other side of the bottom of the balloon so that the hot air could enter more easily.

"Thank you, I always find this to be the hardest step because the hot air goes in very slowly if I lift it by myself," Tinari said with a wink.

A few minutes later, the balloon swelled into a spherical shape. Tinari waited for a while until it could completely maintain its balance, then said to Harold: "Come on, get on, I will support you."

With the help of Tinari, Harold climbed into the hanging basket and saw a cage inside. There were two wind slimes locked inside. They were covered by a net bag with two ropes tied under it. They could be tied to the body and used as parachutes in case of accidents.

In addition, there is a long wooden box and a long piece of cloth in the hanging basket. The wooden box probably contains the Wings of Wind, but the piece of cloth...

Harold could not guess what it was used for.

After Harold went up, Tinari also climbed into the basket. He did not immediately untie the rope that fixed the hot air balloon, but first picked up the long piece of cloth, pressed down his ears, and wrapped the cloth around his head in circles.

“My ears are so big that they get blown over when I’m flying, so I have to wrap them up,” Tinari explained.

It turned out to be the case.

Harold suddenly realized.

Tinari covered his ears and tied a bow at the back of his head. He now looked like an Indian wearing a round hat.

Tinari shook his head, slightly adjusted to the feeling of his ears and head being wrapped, and said, "That's good, we can set off."

"Ok."

Tinari untied the ropes that secured the hot air balloon, and the balloon slowly rose into the air. Tinari manipulated the joystick to control the direction of the balloon.

Harold watched his movements in the dim starlight.

It’s really novel. A hot air balloon that can freely control its direction and fly for four hours without an internal fuel bottle. It really is the use of elemental power.

"Is it cold?" Tinari asked as he saw Harold sitting in the basket and staring at him.

In his opinion, people who take a hot air balloon ride for the first time should be very excited and look around.

Harold said: "It's OK."

"If it's really cold, you can bury your hands in my tail," Tinari turned in a direction and handed the big furry tail to Harold.

Hiss, this is really a proposal that is hard to refuse. I want to touch this big tail when playing games.

Of course Harold would not miss this opportunity. He immediately hugged the big tail in his arms and started to rub it.

"Ah - don't pinch the base of the tail!" Tinari suddenly bent his waist.

"...Um, sorry, I didn't know that wasn't allowed there," Harold said sheepishly.