[Genshin Impact] A world where only travelers are alone

Heque didn't understand what she had done wrong that Kamisato Ayato, who was always gentle to her, would say such a thing, but she didn't dare to ask, or she couldn't open her mouth to ask.

Because after Kamisato Ayato said this, her tears couldn't be controlled and she was sobbing and couldn't utter a complete sentence.

He Que stood stubbornly in front of Kamisato Ayato, hoping that he would come over to comfort her and wipe away her tears like he used to, but the fact was that Kamisato Ayato simply looked away and raised his hand to call the Kujo family servant standing in the distance.

"Please take your young lady home," he said.

The servant couldn't hear their conversation from where he was standing, so he thought He Que was having a tantrum, so he quickly picked her up and patted her back to comfort her.

She said goodbye to Kamisato Ayato, saying that the young lady might be homesick.

Neither of the two parties pointed out her guess which was far off the mark.

Kamisato Ayato thought there was no need to say anything, and Suzaku was still unable to figure it out. All they could think about was Kamisato Ayato's ruthless behavior just now.

She realized belatedly that Kamisato Ayato was serious, and for a moment she even forgot to resist. She just stared at him blankly and let the servant carry her away from Kamisato's house.

After returning home, she still couldn't stop crying. When she ran into Kujo Kamajima who happened to be returning home at the same time, she threw herself into his arms with grievance.

She held on tightly and refused to let go, howling loudly and completely ignoring what others said. It was not until she was tired of crying and fainted that Kujo Kamajima succeeded in pulling her off him.

When Heque finally woke up, everyone from her father, siblings to every servant in the house knew that she had cried her heart out after returning from Kamisato's house.

He was so embarrassed that he tried his best to block the door but failed to stop his gossiping brother and sister.

As one of the parties involved, the second brother Kujo Kamajitsu was pushed out by his eldest brother Kujo Masahito and eldest sister Kujo Sara to take the lead. He managed to withstand the resentful look of Wadame and asked her what happened in Kamisato's house.

He Que pursed his lips and felt like crying again.

Kujo Kamajima made a quick decision and stuffed a candy into her mouth.

With the sweet candy in his mouth, Kazuque reluctantly decided to tell them what Kamisato Ayato had said.

The child's words were not to the point, and the three of them took some time to sort out what she meant.

Kujo Sara held his forehead helplessly: "Didn't I tell you at that time? Don't go to see Master Kamisato during this period. He should have no time to deal with you, so he asked you to stay at home."

The oldest, Kujo Masahito, had a feeling that things might not be that simple, but looking into the clear eyes of Kazuque, it was not convenient for him to say something, so he could only nod and agree with Sara: "Yes, Master Kamisato has a lot of things to do during this period, so it's better if you don't disturb him."

He Que argued: "I'm very good! I never quarrel with him!"

The three siblings all shook their heads, clearly not believing it. It was not like they had never been entangled with Que before, so how could they not know how annoying she was.

He Que was so angry that he wanted to beat them.

The three people who had found out the gossip with satisfaction soon said goodbye, and He Que curled up in his little bed humming and thinking about what to do next.

It was of course impossible for her to stay at home obediently. Not to mention whether she was reluctant to leave Ayato, Kazuque herself really couldn't sit still and didn't like staying in the Kujo family with its strict rules.

But Heque really didn't dare to disturb Kamisato Ayato anymore.

She rolled around in bed wrapped in the quilt for several times in confusion, and finally came up with a compromise plan, which was to change the original destination to Narukami Taisha Shrine. This way, she could not only pray for a talisman to bless the head of the Kamisato family with safety, but also test the situation when passing by Kamisato's residence.

With an idea in mind, He Que calmed down and lay on the bed. His round cheeks were bulging with soft flesh because of the arms resting underneath.

She opened her eyes in a trance.

It would be great if the Kamisato family head could recover from his illness sooner, so that Ayato wouldn't have to be so tired and wouldn't be so sad every day. Of course, it would be even better if he was willing to continue playing with her at that time...

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While Kujo Takayuki had not yet planned to take back her right to go out at will, she and Suzu did what they said and sneaked to the Narugami Taisha Shrine the next day. Following the instructions of the shrine maiden, they wrote on the ema a wish for the health of the head of the Kamisato family and asked for a protective amulet.

The shrine's magistrate's duties are closely related to the daily affairs of Narujin Taisha, so Kamisato House is located at the foot of Mt. Kagemukai. When passing by on the way back, He Su hung the amulet and a small note that explained its origin on the door handle.

She sighed quietly, ignoring the shrine administrators guarding the gates on both sides and the crowd of servants protecting her behind her. She just felt that the world without Ayato was empty and lonely.

So her original plan of a three-day trip was changed to a one-day trip. She became even more excited after she found out that the amulet was accepted. She would bring one with her almost every time she went to Narukami Taisha Shrine.

The priestesses also changed from being respectful in the beginning to being silent, and later on they even stopped leading the way and let her go through the process of going from one place to another on her own.

He Que didn't care. As usual, he went to buy an ema and wrote and drew on it as he walked towards the wooden frame.

"Oh my, this handwriting is so beautiful."

The sudden strange voice frightened He Que so much that she shivered and was about to trip over her left foot and fall on the spot. Fortunately, before she fell upside down, the person behind her was quick enough to grab the back of her collar and pulled her back.

The beautiful fox lady smiled and happily watched the human ball in her hand fluttering with its hands and feet: "Don't you want to thank me, little guy?"

He Que was put back to the ground by her with a puffy face, complaining secretly that if she hadn't suddenly spoken to her from behind, she wouldn't be in such a mess now.

But she only dared to think about these words in her heart, because the person standing in front of her was Yae Kamiko, the chief priest of Narukami Taisha Shrine, second only to Inazuma. She stood up and saluted obediently: "Good morning, chief priest."

Yaejinko looked at her and the painted horse in her hand with a smile and asked, "Do you know why I came to you?"

"I don't know." He Que shook his head honestly.

Yae Miko then took her to the wooden frame where the ema were hung and shook her head in distress, "Look, little one. These are all the ema you hung. Recently, many people have reported to the shrine maidens that they don't know where to hang their ema. Some even took the initiative to hang them on the sacred cherry tree. Sigh, that's too much. Now, in order to clean up these ema that were hung in the wrong place, the shrine maidens have to postpone their rest time."

Heque suddenly felt guilty and put his hands behind his back, carefully hiding the ema he had just drawn.

Yae Kamiko just smiled and made a pinky promise, and the purple fox spirit quickly went behind Heque and took away her Ema.

"Eh!?"

Heque was anxious to get it back, but Yae Kamiko held her head down and said, "Okay, I've seen your wish, and it's good to come to the shrine to pray for the safety of the head of the Kamisato family. But you have to know that if you make the same wish too many times, it will make the gods hate you. Don't do bad things with good intentions."

"Master Palace Administrator..." She was extremely embarrassed.

Yaejinko hung up the ema for her and said, "I'll indulge you one last time, little one, but you must remember to help the miko collect the ema that were hung in the wrong place later."

He Que nodded obediently.

By the time they finished cleaning up all these, it was almost noon. Heque's stomach was rumbling and he began to miss the Japanese confectionery at home.

She said goodbye to Yae God and went down the mountain surrounded by servants.

She stopped subconsciously when passing by Kamisato's House, but when she reached the door and touched her body, she suddenly realized that she had forgotten to ask for amulet today.

She squatted outside in frustration, wondering whether it would be more important to go have lunch first or go back now and ask for another one.

Before he got an answer, the door behind him suddenly opened. He Que, who had been using the door as a backrest, fell backwards to the ground, tears coming out of his eyes due to the pain.

But after seeing who opened the door, she forced herself to hold back her tears, quickly got up and greeted: "Madam——"

The person who came was Kamisato Kayo, the mistress of the Kamisato family.

She held the young Kamisato Ayaka’s hand and gently walked forward to wipe away the tears from her eyes: “Good girl, are you hurt from the fall?”

He Que didn't want to cry, but for some reason, after hearing what she said, her nose felt stuffy, and even her voice was a little unclear: "It doesn't hurt, ma'am."

She suddenly thought of something and took a step back in shame: "I'm sorry, ma'am, I forgot to bring the amulet this time..."

Kamisato Kayo smiled and scratched her nose: "Don't mind, you've given me enough amulets, and I'm very grateful that you care so much about my husband's affairs. Come in and sit down, you probably haven't had lunch yet at this time, right?"

He Que then remembered what she was worrying about. Her stomach rumbled in response, not giving her any chance to refuse.

But she was still a little hesitant and couldn't help but secretly glance at Kamisato Ayato behind Kamisato Kayo.

Kamisato Ayato has not yet expressed his opinion.

Kamisato Kayo saw this scene and probably guessed something. She leaned over and put Kamisato Ayaka, who seemed particularly excited because she hadn't seen Heque for a long time, into Heque's arms.

"Eh?"

Kamisato Kayo patted the dazed Heque soothingly and said softly, "Ayaka seems to miss you a lot. Heque, can you take her over there to play for a while?"

He Que nodded stupidly and took Linghua to play on the other side.

After sending away He Que who was not suitable to listen to what was going to happen next, Kamisato Kayo sighed to Kamisato Ayato: "I know what you are worried about, but Ayato, I don't believe you can't see that He Que doesn't understand these things yet."

Kamisato Ayato was certainly aware of this, but he could not tolerate any existence that would threaten the Kamisato family.

He turned his head away and refused to speak.

Kamisato Kayo thought about it and decided to persuade him in a way that he might like better.

"To put it another way, connections are also part of resources. If you really want to maintain the glory of the Kamisato family, Wakatsuki, the only daughter of the Kujo family, may be able to help you."

Kamisato Ayato suddenly looked up and stared at his mother in a daze.

Kamisato Kayo actually doesn't like to judge a person by his family background, but in this case, in this extreme case...

She was silent for a long time, and finally exhaled a breath and added the last sentence -

"She likes you a lot, doesn't she?"

(End of this chapter)