Genshin Impact, I'm Slime

The scent of sea salt floats in Liyue Harbor at night, and the bluestone steps glow moistly in the moonlight after low tide.

FAMAS was squatting beside a pile of wooden boxes, fiddling with the iron barrel of a musket he had picked up from the scrap pile at the dock warehouse. The metal parts glowed coldly in the moonlight, and the modified barrel, which he called the "Red Star Launcher," was now emitting wisps of green smoke.

"Brother Famas! I have connected the fuse!"

Tok came bounding over holding a half-burnt candle, his boots making the plank road clatter. The little boy's trouser legs were still stained with mud and dust, but the gunpowder paper package in his arms was neatly tied.

If you ignore those crooked bows.

"Very good, put all these medicine packets in there."

FAMAS directed Tok's actions, and while the little boy tiptoed to stuff the gunpowder into the iron cylinder, the boy also ground the materials of different elements brought from the dock warehouse into powder and mixed them in appropriate proportions.

"How about adding some turquoise powder?"

Wendy was also sitting cross-legged on the ground, folding ribbons filled with gunpowder. Her fingertips brushed against the vortex formed by the wind element. "How about letting the fireworks fly higher on the air current?"

It wasn't until Wendy spoke that it was revealed what the three were discussing making.

It turned out to be a firework that was expressly prohibited from being set off by the General Affairs Department.

"Great, we can fly higher!"

Tok cheered happily, but Zhongli's cough soon came from the fence three meters away. His right hand hanging by his side unconsciously stroked the pattern of the stone fence, and his eyes wandered over the sulfur powder piled at Tok's feet:

"From a common sense point of view, wooden piers at the port cannot withstand open flames."

If it were three thousand seven hundred years ago, when Zhongli saw a madman like Famas who disregarded Liyue's "Fireworks Management Regulations", he would have struck him hard, arrested him and put him in jail. He would not have swallowed his anger like he is doing now.

Before leaving, Tartaglia asked Zhongli to look after Toke, and repeatedly praised Toke as the most well-behaved child in the family.

But now, under the leadership of two unreliable guys, Famas and Wendy, Tok seems to be moving further and further away from the word "well-behaved".

"Uncle Zhongli, do you want to give it a try?"

Tok suddenly raised the cylinder covered with powder, the firelight making his blue eyes shine, "I've seen fireworks in Winter Solstice that could explode three stories high!"

Tok enthusiastically invited Zhongli to participate in the production of fireworks, but Mr. Keqing just blinked in surprise.

No, FAMAS and WENDY are the older brothers, so I am Uncle Zhongli?

Mr. Keqing didn't respond for a while, but soon the rustling sound of seagulls flying over their heads could be heard. The traveler's skirt spun out a piece of moonlight on the stone steps, and then she landed on her knees in a superhero posture.

"Hey, it's a good sister!"

Tok was first dazzled by the dust raised by the traveler when he landed, but after seeing who was coming, he excitedly surrounded them and asked them about their lives. Paimon also came out from behind the girl in time and saw at a glance what the three were doing.

"Hey! You guys are secretly making fireworks here? Zhongli, you don't care?"

The little mascot looked at Mr. Zhong who was walking towards him from a distance. Mr. Zhong sighed as he looked at the newly charred marks on the dock tiles. Finally, he stared helplessly at the iron pipe in FAMAS's hand. His eyes clearly said:

"Can I control them?"

Famas and Wendy waved to the traveler as a greeting, then put their index fingers to their lips to signal them to keep their voices down, and continued to make fireworks, while also waving to Tok over.

The girl then seized the opportunity and whispered to Zhongli what she had seen and heard at the market.

"Well, around the Sea Lantern Festival, the price of sky lanterns is indeed abnormally high, and it has been like this every year."

"As for the matter of the Northern Kingdom Bank... there may be something fishy, ​​but considering the other party's reputation and the current status of the Fatui in Liyue, I think the rich will not dare to do anything high-profile."

Zhongli held his chin and pondered, and finally gave a positive answer. He didn't think the Fatui could make any more waves, and Pantalone might have participated in the auction because he was really interested in the Ancient Sky Lantern?

The traveler's voice was not loud, and he was obviously trying to avoid Tok, but with Famas and Wendy's hearing, they could still hear the conversation clearly.

Wendy had no interest in the Fatui's conspiracy and just worked with Tok to grind turquoise powder.

And Famas was stunned when he heard this, knowing that Pantalone should be preparing to execute his plan.

As for the other party's detailed plan and how the rich man planned to recover the losses of Zhidong in Liyue, Famas had no idea.

However, since he had promised Pantalone to help him attract Ningguang's attention, the boy was not going to break his promise.

A firework that resounded throughout Liyue Harbor could obviously attract a lot of people's attention.

Famas hummed an unknown ballad, put the last small portion of the Burning Agate into the iron pipe, then stood up and patted his butt: "Done!"

Wendy also pulled Famas' arm and stood up upon seeing this, and at the same time, she used the breeze to gently blow away the dust and gunpowder powder that was attached to everyone.

But perhaps because it was too far away from Mondstadt, or perhaps because the wind in Liyue was really heavier than that in Mondstadt, the breeze created by Venti not only carried away the dust, but also overturned the wooden boxes piled in the corner of the square.

"careful!"

The traveler caught the wooden box that almost rolled onto Tok's head in one leap, but accidentally kicked over the remaining agate powder next to the fireworks.

Scarlet smoke rushed over the blue bricks. Wendy hurriedly used the wind to roll up the scraps of colored paper and blew the powder away from the firework tube fixed on the ground. In an instant, dozens of glass lily-shaped paper lanterns were suspended in the air.

Zhongli stepped forward quickly, and a dark yellow jade shield blocked Tok and the Traveler: "The powder is about to burn to the fuse."

Wendy pulled Tok by the back of his collar and retreated quickly. Famas swept the spear in his hand, and the tip of the spear picked up the burning colored paper and drew a red arc in the air, hitting the group of hovering paper lanterns and the set fuse.

There was a moment of silence.

A blinding fire rose from the night sky of Liyue Harbor, instantly exploding into a sky full of fireflies. Indigo and crimson-purple waterfalls poured down, transforming into golden sparks in the shape of a dragon that circled and climbed upwards before bursting into millions of emerald fragments at the highest point.

Tok's cheers were drowned out by the thunderous explosion. Wendy found a few sunset fruits from somewhere and chewed the flesh while enjoying the fireworks. The ends of her hair were still stained with fine light dust from the burning sulfur.

"it's beautiful."

The young poet quietly walked behind Famas and stuffed the extra sunset fruit into his hand.

"The dried goods drying in Wanmin Hall are probably going to be in trouble..."

Zhongli's sigh also dissipated in the smoke.

Almost at the moment when the fireworks exploded, the sound of armor colliding could be heard from the port pier. The cold light of the Qianyan Army's standard spears pierced through the remaining shadows of the fireworks, and in the darker place, several dark purple lanterns of the Leiying Warlocks lit up.

Obviously, this firework has attracted the attention of countless people, but everyone has their own abilities and is not afraid of the prying eyes in the dark.

When the remaining light from the fireworks faded away, Wendy took the last bite of the fruit and plucked the invisible strings with her fingertips.

"The wind is blowing~"

The green wind carried Wendy upwards, swirling the unburned ashes into the clouds. FAMAS picked up Tok and jumped onto the pile of cargo boxes to escape.

Zhongli looked at the mess on the ground and twisted his knuckles lightly. The barrier condensed by rock elements silently covered the traces of sulfur. Then he slowly left from another staircase at the dock.

The Traveler and Paimon hurried after him.

When the captain of the Qianyan Army turned the corner with a torch in hand, all that was left on the pier was confetti swirled in the sea breeze and a sunset fruit core left on the railing by a bard. (End of this chapter)