Chapter 196 Sea Lantern Festival
With the vigorous vitality brought by the grass elemental force, the thrush's injuries healed quickly, and the dying bird regained its spirit.
"Elemental power..."
Seeing Nashida healing the thrush, Clavier's eyes flickered.
Under the guidance of her "mother", she possessed martial arts that were no less than that of ordinary people, otherwise she would not have been able to stand on the cruel stage of the King of Decisive Battles with Pepe.
But she is still an ordinary person after all, and has never even obtained the Evil Eye of the Fatui, so she has never come into contact with elemental power herself.
“Chirp, chirp!”
Seeing that its mate had regained his energy, Liu Bai's thrush immediately came closer, stuck close to it, and spread its wings to cover it, just like a human hug.
Nashida held the two intimate thrushes in her hands, with a relieved smile on her face.
"Oh, it's like my own son getting his best friend's daughter..."
Seeing his thrush and Zhongli's thrush being so close, Liu Bai suddenly sighed.
"Hmm? You are wrong. Of these two little guys, the one you raise is the mother bird."
Hearing Liu Bai's sigh, Nashida explained to him.
"what……?"
Liu Bai opened his mouth blankly. His mood suddenly changed after hearing this...
"Sister Nashida, can you let me touch them?"
Krevy returned her attention to the thrush and approached Narcida to plead.
"Okay, but remember to be gentle."
Nashida nodded in response, then held the two thrushes in front of Crevy.
After the initial reunion, the two thrushes continued to stay obediently in Nashida's hands, allowing Crevy to gently touch their heads with her fingers without resistance.
Especially the chubby thrush. After all, compared to the gentler Zhongli, Liu Bai often holds the thrush in his hands and plays with it, so it has long been accustomed to it.
"Tweet~"
After a while, two thrushes flew up and circled around Liu Bai and the others, as if saying goodbye, and then flew back to their nests.
On the way back, they were happily chasing and playing in the air.
"It seems that the family formed by these two little guys is very happy."
Standing on the edge of the cliff and watching the two thrushes return to their nest, Nashida held Liu Bai's hand and spoke.
"But their families lack one thing compared to ours."
Hearing Nashida's words, Liu Bai, who was holding her hand, also responded.
But his words made Nashida a little confused.
"What's missing?"
Nashida looked up at Liu Bai.
"There's a child missing."
Liu Bai explained, then turned around and looked at Krevi beside him.
"?"
Krevy was standing on the edge of the cliff, carefully stretching her head to observe the thrush's nest. After hearing Liu Bai's words, she looked at him in confusion.
"Well, it is true. For many humans, a family is truly complete only when parents and children are included."
Nashida nodded in agreement with Liu Bai's words.
"What are they talking about? Why did I become a child..."
Krevy scratched her head in confusion.
After solving the problem of the thrush, the three returned to the place where they had just barbecued.
During this time, the vines created by Nashida continued to roast the meat conscientiously. When Liu Bai and the others returned, the meat was almost done.
The three of them sat down on the edge of Tianheng Mountain, overlooking the bustling Liyue Harbor and eating delicious barbecue.
……
On the day of the Sea Lantern Festival, there is usually a lively celebration, which Liu Bai thinks is similar to the "Spring Festival Gala".
The immortal commemorated this year is "Lord Rādhāra". A huge sky lantern is placed at the port of Liyue, which is shaped like a sturdy and heroic rock dragon.
As in previous years, this year's celebration will also be held near the Xiao Lantern.
"This must be Mr. Zhongli, the guest official of the Wangsheng Hall. I have heard a lot about you. I am a colleague of Mr. Tartaglia. You can call me by my Liyue name, Panda. I often hear Tartaglia mention your profound knowledge."
Before the celebration began, Pantalone, who came with Tartaglia to the appointment, stretched out his hand and spoke to Zhongli with a gentle smile.
At the same time, he glanced inconspicuously at Ruoli who was holding Zhongli's hand.
It turns out that this gentleman already has a child...
"?"
Ruoli always felt as if someone was looking at her with a rude look.
"It's Mr. Pan. Nice to meet you. I really don't deserve Mr. Tartaglia's praise."
Zhongli responded calmly, gently holding Pantalone's hand out of politeness, but let go in less than a second.
"..."
'what happened……'
When Zhongli's hand retracted, Pantalone suddenly felt a weak electric current running through his body. His physical condition became a little strange and his breathing became slightly rapid.
"Hey, what are you standing there for? The celebration is about to start. Didn't you say you came with me because you wanted to watch the celebration?"
At this time, Tartaglia nudged Pantarone, who was lost in thought, with his elbow.
Pantalone finally came back to his senses. Although he was a little confused, he still followed Tartaglia and Zhongli to look at the celebration stage.
"Hey hey hey..."
However, their position was not very front. Although it had no effect on the three of them, Ruoli could not see anything. She had no choice but to grab Zhongli's braids and climb up from behind him, and finally rode on Zhongli's shoulders.
"Oh, the view here is great."
Ruoli, who was riding on Zhongli's shoulders, held Zhongli's head and said with satisfaction.
This way she could see clearly what was ahead.
"……hehe."
Zhongli really wanted to beat her up, but with so many people around, he could only let out a helpless chuckle.
"Mr. Zhongli is so gentle. I wonder which woman is so lucky to marry him."
Looking at Zhongli's "pampering" behavior towards Ruoli, Pantalone couldn't help but think in his heart.
For some reason, he felt inexplicably empty inside when he thought that Zhongli was already married and had a daughter.
"...Girl, come up."
Not far away, Liu Bai, who brought Nashida to watch the Lantern Festival celebration, also noticed this scene. He immediately squatted down with his back to Nashida and spoke to her.
"Ok."
Nashida's face turned slightly red, but she did not refuse. Instead, she rode on Liu Bai's shoulders in the same posture as Ruoli.
"..."
Alechino, who had rushed back from the suburban machinery factory, stood silently beside Liu Bai. On her shoulders rode an excited-looking Krevi, who had already been disguised as a Liyue person.
Although Krevi remembered her past memories after her resurrection, perhaps because of her young body, her behavior was not much different from that of a child.
Finally, led by Zhongli and Ruoli, most of the children who came to watch the Lantern Festival celebrations rode on the shoulders of the adults around them.
"Um...Yaoyao, come up."
Qiqi, who was dragged by Yaoyao to watch the celebration, also noticed this scene. After thinking for a while, he turned around and said to Yaoyao.
"We don't need to do that, Qiqi. We can see it clearly here anyway."
Yaoyao shook her head and said.
"Lulu~"
"Hey, hey, Guoba, don't move!"
Not far from Yaoyao and the others, the voices of Xiangling and Guoba were heard.
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