Chapter 291 Sundial
That night, it was said that a daring thief stole the Sky Harp enshrined in the West Wind Church.
But this had nothing to do with Liu Bai, because he and Nashida were sleeping in the little white house.
However, Nashida did not fall asleep. Instead, she secretly put her head close to Liu Bai and leaned on his chest.
This way you can clearly hear his strong heartbeat.
Perhaps it was some biological instinct that made Nashida feel at ease, so she liked it very much, but...
"Um..."
Feeling someone approaching, Liu Bai, who was sleeping soundly, used his hands and feet to hug Nashida in his arms as if she were a pillow.
As it is now, it can easily be used as a pillow.
Fortunately, Nashida is a demon after all. If an ordinary person was held like this for a whole night and unable to move freely, he would probably feel extremely uncomfortable the next day.
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"Oh no, Liu Bai! Krevy is missing!"
The next morning, Liu Bai brought Nashida to the Deer Hunter Restaurant to enjoy Mond's special breakfast. At this time, Amber suddenly came over in a hurry.
"Huh? Who is this?"
Noticing a new face next to Liu Bai, Amber looked at Nashida curiously.
"I am her wife. My name is Narcida."
Nashida answered as she sipped her fisherman's toast.
"Oh, she is my girl."
Liu Bai was finishing his bowl of noodles with meat sauce. After hearing Amber's question, he answered it.
"Eh?!"
"So that's how it is. I was really shocked..."
Amber was shocked by Nashida's words, and she opened her eyes wide in shock. She only felt relieved after hearing Liu Bai's words.
At the same time, she imagined a popular plot in which her younger sister said she wanted to marry her brother when she grew up.
But the name Nashida sounds so familiar, like some famous foreigner, but I forgot who it is...
"Who did you say was missing?"
Liu Bai asked while eating breakfast.
"It's Krevy. I haven't seen her since yesterday... no, it was the day before yesterday. Anyway, I haven't seen her since I brought you back to Mondstadt. I went to her place and saw that she hasn't been back for two days!"
Amber immediately explained it in detail to Liu Bai.
This was also what she came up with when she went to look for Krevie and found that she was not there. She asked Liu Bai to help find Krevie.
One was to confirm Krevi's situation as soon as possible, and the other was to find something for Liu Bai to do and disrupt his possible "plans" in Mondstadt.
"She is my father's friend, and my aunt. We should go find her."
After listening to Amber's explanation of Krevy's disappearance, Liu Bai nodded and spoke seriously.
"……what?"
What Liu Bai said made Amber a little confused. Is the relationship between him and Clavi so complicated?
"Then let's go find her together. She shouldn't be far away."
Nashida also nodded, but based on her understanding of Klevi, she didn't think that Klevi might have been abducted by bad guys. It was most likely that she didn't want to be followed by others and sneaked out to do something.
"Yes, well, please. First, let's go to the Adventurer's Guild and ask Catherine."
Amber nodded and then made a suggestion to the two of them.
"She's been wanting to run out of the city these past few days. Normally, she's an adventurer and I can't control her, but now the Wind Dragon has been active around Mondstadt. It's very dangerous to go out casually, so I've been trying to stop her."
On the way to the Adventurer's Guild, Amber explained to Liu Bai and Nashida.
But Klevie was not a member of the Knights of Favonius after all. Although she was worried that Klevie might get into danger when she went out, she couldn't keep an eye on her all the time, so she could always slip away easily.
"That's just how she is. The more you don't want her to go out, the more she wants to sneak out. After all, she is a person who longs for freedom."
Nashida said with a chuckle. She knew a lot about Crevy's past.
"Ahem, what little sister Nashida said is indeed correct. Although Mondstadt is a free city, the situation is different during special periods. At least we should wait until the dragon disaster is over."
Amber coughed awkwardly.
The Free City almost became a place where freedom was restricted.
"Ms. Krevy, she accepted a long-term commission here a long time ago that no one has completed."
Upon learning that Krevie was missing, Catherine truthfully explained to Amber the missions Krevie had undertaken in the Adventurer's Guild in response to Amber's questions.
In the first few days, she took on some daily tasks for novice adventurers, but she didn't like tasks like finding cats, distributing flyers, and cleaning up garbage, so she later started to take on some tasks that required her to go out.
Because she was given special privileges, even though her age and adventurer level were not high enough, she could still accept commissions of any difficulty.
With Catherine's explanation, Liu Bai and the others soon learned about the mission that Krevy had accepted, which was to investigate an overseas island.
The reason why no one has completed it yet is not only because the island is difficult to reach, but also because no clues have been found on it.
"There is a sundial on the island... Could it be..."
Listening to Catherine explaining the information brought back by other adventurers in the past, Nashida suddenly muttered softly, as if she had thought of something.
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After a night of hard work, Krevi's small wooden boat slowly docked on the beach of the nameless island.
Although it is an isolated island in the sea, you can still see the remains of man-made buildings here.
"It's just dawn now. We need to investigate and clear the situation before noon. At noon... well, we'll just eat crabs to fill our stomachs."
After observing the environment on the island, Krevy quickly made an action plan.
Then Krevy conducted a careful investigation on the island.
But until noon, she had only discovered a sundial on the island, and borrowed Klee's bomb to blow up a ruins guard who was here for some unknown reason.
This also resulted in the complete use of the bombs she got from Klee.
At noon and in the evening, Krevy had two meals of grilled crabs on the island, which tasted very ordinary.
As night fell and she had no results, she had to retreat to the somewhat tattered tent left by her predecessors.
She didn't get any rest last night and is now very sleepy.
Soon, Krevy slowly fell asleep in the tent.
In her sleep, Klevi always felt like there was wind whistling around her, making it impossible for her to sleep well.
But when she was woken up, she found that it was already dawn.
"Ah, it's already early in the morning. I just laid down..."
Yawning, Krevy got up reluctantly.
At this time, the sun had just risen from the east, and the shadow of the pointer of the sundial, which was facing away from the sun, happened to be pointing directly downwards.
The flow of elements on this island seemed to be abnormal; the wind seemed less calm.
"The wind brings new stories, time makes them myths..."
"Ok?"
In the wind, Klevi vaguely heard a sound and turned to look at a stone next to the tent.
She always felt as if there was something under the stone.
After thinking for a while, Krevy moved forward, dug up the soil under the stone, and quickly took out a torn notebook.
"Thousand Wind Temple... the demon god related to 'time'..."
Looking through the torn notes, Krevy always felt as if she was about to touch upon some secret.
"In the early morning, the shadow of the sundial needle points directly downward..."
"Eh? Isn't that now?"
Seeing this, Krevy quickly ran to the sundial with her notes, and indeed found that the shadow of the pointer was pointing directly downwards.
"It's really troublesome. These days, academics can hardly make any progress without divine eyes..."
However, at the end of the notes, this passage also caught Krevy's attention.
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