Chapter 353 Harold: No point in talking
"It's not your style to let your emotions influence your judgment." Elhaisen walked to Harold's side and glanced at the written text symbols on his draft paper.
Harold curled his lips and revealed a mocking smile: "...You are not the one who has been locked up here for half a year and whose brain will soon be used for mining."
El Haisen: "..."
"And don't say things like 'For Sumeru, for Teyvat'. I'm tired of hearing them, and I won't change my opinion. You will destroy Sumeru." The quill in Haroldt's hand spun faster and faster, almost leaving an afterimage.
After a moment of silence, Elhaisen said, "Don't be so extreme. In my opinion, I have made the best choice, both for you and for myself."
"Why don't you pretend to agree and then come back to tell us the whole story? Even if you are willing to reveal a little, with my caution and connections among merchants, I can immediately take you to the sea on the ship of foreign merchants--"
Harold took a breath, and in a space where only the two of them were present, he no longer concealed his anger.
He casually inserted the feather pen into the ink bottle, rubbed his hair with one hand, and added irritably:
"Because you are unwilling to take any risks and can't let go of your current status, you chose to sell us for a good price, El Haisen. I didn't expect you to become like this."
After saying this, he waved his hand as if to drive him away.
El Haisen: "..."
Elhaisen turned around and walked to the door in silence. As soon as he opened the door, he was stunned for a moment, then closed the door calmly.
"Great Sage," Elhaisen said in a calm tone.
Hazard was standing among several guards and did not leave, as if he was waiting for him to come out.
Hazard nodded: "Let's go."
Elhaisen nodded slightly, and the guard at the door watched them leave. The thirty-man team responsible for the security in the room quickly returned to their posts.
After walking a distance, Azar suddenly said: "My secretary, those who cannot keep up with you are destined to be just passers-by in your life."
"I understand." Elhaisen replied.
Azar sighed, "You are not wrong. There is no need to blame yourself. Harold just cannot understand it for the time being. When everything calms down, he will regret what he said and did today, and he will be proud of himself for having the honor of participating in our plan."
Elhaisen raised the corner of his mouth: "Given his personality, even if he realizes his mistakes, he has hundreds of ways to shirk responsibility."
Azar snorted, "...Arrogant young man...When you become a great contributor to Xumi, countless people will want to make friends with you. Do you still have to worry about not being able to find a good friend?"
Elhaisen nodded slightly in approval.
...
Sora and Paimon returned to the tree house and had a good sleep. The next morning, the sunlight came through the window, making his golden hair warm.
Sora opened his eyes, stretched, and took a deep breath of fresh air.
"Phew, what a comfortable sleep!" Pai Traveler's external generator Meng said what Kong was thinking.
Sora smiled and nodded, climbing out of the bed.
"Traveler, Paimon, you're awake!" Cole walked into the tree house carrying a bowl of medicine.
"You're recovering well, and you look much better." Tinari followed closely behind, his voice gentle, "Here, pocket cake."
"Wow, there's delicious food as soon as we get together! That's great!" Paimon stomped his feet happily.
Sora nodded and smiled approvingly, took the pie from Tinari, took a bite and chewed slowly, the aroma of bacon and the sweetness of fresh vegetables instantly filled his mouth.
After breakfast, Sora and Paimon
"Traveler, I wish you a safe journey. Be careful of swamps and mosquitoes on the road. You can apply more of the ointment I gave you."
Tinari said, placing his right hand on the side of his face and emphasizing again, "Be especially careful not to eat plants in the forest casually. It may affect your brain and cause hallucinations."
Kong had been paying attention to Tinari's hand movements. He was very puzzled by Tinari's hand-raising action. In his opinion, this action had no connotation and could not reflect emotions, and seemed very redundant.
"Well, we remember it!" Paimon said loudly.
Then, she lowered her voice and said to Sora, “Tinari is indeed just as Cole said, although he is nagging sometimes, he is also doing it for our own good.
He even gave us an ointment made from nectar! Cole said it was very precious and had not yet been put into production. Only Harold's students and friends had some.
Hehe, it seems like we are getting closer to him, even though we have never met him..."
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[1. "I still have a very bad impression of him..."
2. "My impression of him has improved a little bit."]
"Yeah, after all, he made such a terrible thing. Now that I think about it, I am still a little nervous..."
Paimon covered his chest with his hands and muttered softly, "The students I taught are still so fierce. Humph, I'm going to give them ugly nicknames! I'll call them... I'll call them 'Square-Faced Man' and 'White Eyebrows'!"
"Very vivid." Kong nodded with a smile.
"Phew, we must talk to Haroldt about this when we see him. His students are so mean! If Seno and Tinari hadn't arrived in time, we might have been caught by his students and forced to work in the laboratory for a month!"
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[1. "Well, I must have a good talk with him."
2. "...it is said that the apprentice follows the master..."】
...
The two walked and talked all the way, and finally arrived outside Xumi City at noon.
"Is this Xumi City? It's so lively!" Paimon floated around Kong, looking east and west, "Traveler, look, what are they riding?!"
Sora looked in the direction Paimon pointed, a little surprised: "It's a tricycle."
Having traveled through many worlds with his relatives, he was of course aware of this type of transportation, but he did not expect to see such a down-to-earth car in Teyvat.
"Traveler, can we buy one too? Then, you ride the bike and I'll sit in the back, hehe!" Paimon said happily.
Sora joked, "Then Paimon has lost even the last bit of his exercise, and will soon eat himself into a ball."
"No way!" Paimeng wanted to refute, but after hesitating for a long time, he couldn't figure out how to refute.
Seeing his little floating spirit puffing up his cheeks in annoyance, Kong smiled and said, "Let's go buy one. Xumi City is so big, having a means of transportation like this can save a lot of time."
"Really? Great!" Paimon cheered, "Then let's go!"
The man and the floating spirit finally walked onto the streets of Xumi City. Paimon looked around for a while, spread his hands and said:
"But where can we buy a tricycle? I don't see anyone selling one nearby...should we go find someone to ask?"
"Okay." Kong nodded and was about to ask passers-by when he was suddenly stopped by someone.
"Hey! You two over there, you must be from out of town!"