Genshin Impact, I'm Slime

"Eh?"

"Zhongli, why are you here too?"

The crisp sound of the porcelain cup hitting the jade table startled the birds on the eaves. Paimon turned into a star-like ball of light and pounced on Zhongli, grabbing his sleeve embroidered with rock patterns.

Previously, when she and the travelers were making money in Liyue Harbor to buy boat tickets to Inazuma, she remembered the Hall of Rebirth where Zhongli was.

The two girls originally wanted to borrow some collections from Zhongli in Liyue Harbor to exchange for some Mora for emergency use, but the waiters in the hall always said that Mr. Zhongli was out for something and his return date was uncertain.

This made Paimeng always puff up his cheeks and complain that Zhongli was not loyal enough.

"Now that I have retired, Liyue is so big, where can I not go?"

Zhongli still looked as if it was a matter of course, which made Paimeng so angry that he stomped his feet in the air and the star pendant in his hair jingled.

But after seeing the figures of FAMAS and Venti, the corners of Zhongli's mouth drooped slightly, but he still maintained the calmness that had accumulated over thousands of years.

"Hey, old man, long time no see?"

Just when the atmosphere was tense, Venti, who was originally the leader, saw Zhongli appear and immediately crouched down and hid behind FAMAS, only sticking out half of his head to greet him.

"It's been a long time since I last saw you. The singer is as charming as ever." Zhongli responded to the greeting calmly.

“Liyue is so big, and you have to show up here.” Famas glanced at Zhongli impatiently, turned around to confirm that Vikas’ tomb was intact, and then nodded to him reluctantly.

If he saw correctly, before they came, Zhongli was sitting in the inner room drinking tea, while Tartaglia was walking towards the kitchen with firewood.

He was too embarrassed to say what the retired Rock King and the wanted Fatui executive were doing together in the wilderness.

"Yeah! Why is Zhongli here? Could it be related to Tartaglia?"

Paimon followed the thread of FAMAS's conversation, and suddenly found something strange. He stomped his feet in the air and circled around Zhongli, "This room should be where Tartaglia hid from Pantalone, right? Eh? Why is there a broken gun stuck in here?"

The white-haired guide suddenly swooped down in front of the gun mound, holding his chin and looking up and down:

"I feel like I've seen this somewhere..."

The traveler who had been silent all the time also came to the broken gun at this time. The moment he saw the patterns on the gun body clearly, his pupils suddenly contracted.

This pitch-black spear was once used by Vikas to break through the air and go straight for Ningguang's vital point. She risked her life to cut it off. Even though it was broken into pieces, it was unforgettable.

If this gun really came from that fatal fight, the bluestone tomb in front of us must be the final resting place of the iron-blooded general Munata.

Yingmei suddenly turned her head and looked at Famas. The boy met her gaze and nodded slightly, with the ends of his red hair forming tiny arcs in the wind.

No wonder FAMAS was upset when he saw the fist marks on the wall.

Paimon was still circling the tomb, trying to find clues about the owner.

It’s a pity that Famas only left the spear and the Heart of God here, but did not engrave Vikas’ name, so Paimon still didn’t understand after going around in circles.

Fortunately, the little mascot's attention was quickly diverted. She soon came to Zhongli and began to ask when the opportunity to leave Liyue and go to Inazuma would appear.

After all, there was no need for her to worry too much about a broken gun and an unknown grave.

At this time, Tok was grabbing Tartaglia's clothes and telling her in broken words about how Pantalone took him across the ice field and the Sea of ​​Clouds.

Tartaglia stared at his brother's collar, which was stained with icing sugar, and sighed helplessly while holding his forehead.

This kid actually dared to sneak onto the Fatui's diplomatic ship and followed Pantalone from the winter to Liyue Harbor. As for what Tok said about Grandpa Pucciniera arranging him on the ship, Tartaglia did not believe it completely. In his eyes, Grandpa Pucciniera treated them, the younger generations, very well, especially his brothers and sisters. He was almost attentive to them.

This must be the conspiracy of that old fox Pantalone.

Ever since receiving Tok's letter in Zhudian Fang, Tartaglia has been searching for Tok's whereabouts through the Fatui's spies.

But many things happened later, which forced him to temporarily stop his search.

Fortunately, Tok appeared in front of him safely.

The dusk coated the broken spear in the backyard with dark red rust. When Tartaglia knelt on one knee, a rock crystal butterfly happened to land on the emblem of the Fatui on his shoulder. The young executor's palm covered the top of Tok's head, and the new scar on the base of his thumb from years of holding the bow had not yet scabbed over.

"Tok, your sister Tonya and brother Anton...how are they? Are they doing well?"

The wind swept through the broken rock pillars, startling the blue-feathered sparrow perched on the broken spear. When Tartaglia asked this question, his fingertips unconsciously stroked the mouth of the broken blade at his waist, as if the weapon that accompanied him through the abyss could measure the temperature of his hometown.

"They all miss you so much. Sister Dongnia prays every night before dinner, praying for her brother's safety..."

The child stood on tiptoe and tried to grab the rock crystal butterfly on his brother's shoulder. Tartaglia swallowed his sigh with his Adam's apple rolling, and gently picked away the dead grass leaves that were stuck to his brother's hair.

"It's dangerous to travel alone, Tok."

"I am indeed very happy to see you, but promise your brother that you will never do such risky things again, okay?"

The setting sun leaking through the cracks in the rock ridge flowed like a river between the two brothers. The last syllable of Tartaglia carried the unique chill of northern country wind and snow, but it was completely melted away by the little movement of his younger brother grabbing the tassel of his cloak.

"Well... Tok knows I was wrong, brother, please don't be angry with me..."

Toke obviously thought that Tartaglia was still angry with him, and he reached into her arms timidly.

"Brother is not angry, I'm just worried about you..." Tartaglia began to explain, but soon his attention was focused on the pass that Tok took out, "What is this?"

"This is the pass Uncle Pantalone gave me. He said there is a whole One-Eyed Little Treasure factory outside of Liyue. With this pass, I can go in and visit for free!"

When talking about his favorite one-eyed little treasure, Tok waved his hands excitedly, and even stuttered when mentioning the complicated pronunciation of the stingy uncle's name, and then stared at Tartaglia with an expectant look.

"I want to go with brother Ajax...well, sister Nice Guy, big brother Green and big brother Red!"

Tok counted the number of people on his fingers, and the pass symbolizing the identity of an executive was naturally taken by Tartaglia.

After quickly browsing the contents of the document, Tartaglia also discovered that the signature at the end of the document clearly contained the name of the Fatui's second-in-command, "Doctor" Dotore.

Even if Tartaglia was not very worldly-wise, he understood that this pass was clearly a fatal trap.

He had heard about the abandoned factory set up by the doctor in Liyue. Those rusty ruins guards wandering among the broken walls and ruins even frightened him, let alone a young child.

"Dottore...Pantaronie, you guys did a great job..."

A chilly whisper rolled out of the executor's throat, but his boiling fighting spirit condensed into warm amber when it met his brother's gaze. When the executor stood up, the metallic clanging sound of the Eye of God on his waist colliding with the broken blade woke up the dozing lizard in the crevice of the rock, and it scurried into the dusk.

"Brother, are you okay?"

Toke stood on tiptoe to reach his clenched fist, and suddenly said excitedly: "Oh! By the way, there was a big fire at the place where the stingy uncle sold toys. It was the kind sister who saved Toke. Toke was so worried about his brother at that time..."

The childish ending brought Tartaglia back to his senses, and he remembered the traveler he had left out, as well as Famas, Venti and others. (End of this chapter)