Chapter 116 Servant
"Girl~What are you doing hiding under the quilt?"
Although Nashida tried hard to hide, the room was so small that Liu Bai soon found her. He rushed over and hugged her along with the quilt.
"Ah? Nothing, nothing, I'm just a little sleepy..."
Nashida, who was suddenly hugged, immediately poked her head out from under the quilt. Her face was so red that it seemed as if water was about to drip out. She forced herself to calm down and explain.
She held the drawing papers tightly in her arms and hid them under the quilt, worried that Liu Bai would see them.
"Really? What a pity. I wanted you to help me step on it for a while longer."
Liu Bai said this with some regret, but he was reluctant to let go of Nashida.
Although there is a thick blanket between us, it is so comfortable to hug like this...
Nashida really wanted Liu Bai to let her go, but she was worried that once he let her go, the drawing paper hidden in the quilt would be seen.
What should I do? Should I destroy the drawing paper...?
Nashida was a little hesitant, and for some reason she felt a little reluctant.
"It seems that we need to use the ley lines to transport them to a safe place..."
Nashida thought about it and decided to do so.
Then Nashida immediately mobilized the elemental power to connect the drawing paper in her hand with the power of the earth veins.
The next moment, the stack of drawing paper disappeared in Nashida's arms, drilled into the earth veins, and was sent towards Sumeru along the earth vein network.
"Ok?"
The Great Compassion Tree King, who was in the Grass God's office, suddenly sensed something and waved towards the earth vein network leading to the Jingshan Palace.
The next moment, the drawing papers appeared on the desk of the Great Compassionate Tree King.
"Did she write to me?"
The Great Compassionate Tree King picked up the drawing paper with some curiosity.
"...?"
"It turns out that people nowadays are even more extravagant than the flower gods..."
After looking at the contents on the drawing paper, the Great Compassion Tree King muttered after a while.
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"Ah! You, you're not sleeping well...what are you doing!?"
Late at night, at Liu Bai's request, Nashida had to agree to let him hold her in his arms while she slept, but Liu Bai's sudden bad move made Nashida scream.
"Girl, there are rice grains on your ears. I'll lick them clean for you."
Holding Nashida's petite body in his arms, Liu Bai withdrew his tongue from her ear and answered seriously.
"Don't lie to me with such a lame excuse. How could there be rice grains on my ears? If you lick me again, I won't sleep with you!"
Nashida pushed Liu Bai's chest with both hands, her face flushed and she glared at him angrily.
"Ok."
Liu Bai smacked his lips and nodded with some regret.
Then Liu Bai hugged Nashida just like he usually hugged his sea otter doll, and soon fell asleep quietly.
Looking at his peaceful sleeping face, Nashida finally relaxed a little. However, when she thought back to the paintings she had just seen, her heartbeat quickened.
“Ugh… If I fall asleep in this state, I’m sure I’ll have a terrible dream tonight…”
Nashida thought so in her heart, but still leaned her head in Liu Bai's arms, feeling Liu Bai's heartbeat and soon fell asleep.
The next morning, when a ray of sunlight shone onto Liu Bai's face from the window, he was immediately awakened.
Although he didn't know what happened, when he woke up he found that Nashida had washed the mattress and replaced it with a new one.
After asking what happened, Nashida could only stammer and explain that it was a complicated situation like "the abnormality of the earth veins caused the water elemental force to overflow and was pulled together by the divinity." Anyway, Liu Bai couldn't understand it.
Although it is not suitable to hang clothes out to dry in winter, Nashida can use a little more elemental power to temporarily create a drying machine, and quickly dry the washed mattresses and put them away.
"Okay, time for breakfast."
After putting away the mattress, Nashida took out the breakfast she had prepared in advance.
Nashida made breakfast today herself because she didn't have time to go out to buy breakfast, but she was worried that Liu Bai would want to make breakfast for himself after getting up, so she had to make it while washing the mattress.
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In the next few days, Liu Bai had nothing to do every day, so he simply took Nashida out to eat, drink and have fun, and almost visited the entire Winter City.
This made an executive who had been waiting for Liu Bai for several days feel helpless, so he had to come to him in person.
"Excuse me, my father wants to see you."
There was a knock on the door that day. Liu Bai opened the door and saw a little boy in black stockings who looked familiar greeting him.
"Hello, Mr. Lerch, long time no see."
After saying this, the young man named Linni stepped aside, and a tall and majestic woman came forward.
She has long hair that is mainly white but has some black hidden inside. There are red cross patterns in her black eyes, just like... a mushroom with some fancy patterns on it.
"Oh, I remember you, you are..."
"You are the father, right?"
Seeing her iconic mushroom eyes, Liu Bai quickly remembered her and spoke with some surprise.
"Hehe, if Mr. Lerch wants to join Hearth House, I think my children will welcome it."
Facing Liu Bai's address, she did not react much, but answered jokingly.
However, Linny and Linnet behind her kept their mouths shut. They knew they should not get involved in such a topic.
At this time, Nashida also poked her head out of the house and happened to meet the eyes of the woman at the door.
Then Nashida immediately leaned over to Liu Bai's ear and whispered a reminder.
"Oh, it's Miss Arlecchino. Sorry, sorry, I recognized the wrong person. Please come in."
With Nashida's reminder, Liu Bai finally remembered the identity of the woman in front of him.
The fourth Fatui Executor, [Servant] Alechino.
"Ah."
Alechino did not refuse and entered the rental house.
"My work in the winter will be finished in the next few days, and I will set off to return to Fontaine. I wonder when Mr. Lerch will take action?"
After sitting down and taking a sip of the Shenyu Fairy Tea brewed by Nashida, Alechino asked Liu Bai.
"Oh, let's go together. I have nothing to do anyway."
Liu Bai agreed without even thinking about it.
After all, apart from the task of stealing the Heart of God, he currently has no work in the Fatui. If he doesn't steal the Heart of God, he will have nothing to do and can only lick Nashida every day to satisfy his pleasure.
"Well, I have prepared the boat. I will have Linnie come to inform you in the afternoon of two days."
Alechino nodded slightly and said.
Afterwards, Alechino chatted with Liu Bai for a while about his experiences in Liyue and Xumi, and after drinking a few cups of tea, he said goodbye.
"Come on, girl. We only have two days left. I'll take you to hunt down the Winter's Deceitful Flowers and make a wreath for you."
There was no time limit before, and Liu Bai was very idle every day. Now that he knew that they would set off in two days, Liu Bai suddenly began to feel a little anxious and immediately pulled Nashida outside.
"Who would use the lily of the valley to make a wreath..."
Nashida was a little helpless, but except for the way here, she had never left Winterfell, so she did not resist. She went to the suburbs with Liu Bai and began to search for the deceiving flower on the snowy field.
"Look at them all... I picked these up~"
Nashida swept her hands across the snowfield, searching for the trace of the Deceptive Flower, but it was quite difficult to find the Deceptive Flower in the vast snowfield.
In this way, it took about two days for Liu Bai to collect enough flowers to weave into a blue and white wreath, and put it on Nashida's head.
"Speaking of which...Girl, are you a branch of the World Tree?"
In front of a tent on the top of a snowy mountain, the two sat together overlooking the endless snowfield. Liu Bai suddenly asked Nashida who was leaning on him.
"Yes."
Narcida nodded.
She was transformed from the branch that the Great Compassionate Tree King broke off from the World Tree.
"That girl, you are actually a piece of wood!"
Liu Bai nodded as if he understood something, then touched Nashida's head and spoke seriously.
"..."
It was hard. Nashida’s fist was hard.
"You are the wooden one..."
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