[Genshin Impact] A world where only travelers are alone

Idiliya's alcohol-anesthetized brain began to work with difficulty because of this sentence: "Someone close to...?"

The curve of Elhaisen's smile is still faint, but it seems inexplicably attractive in such an atmosphere.

"Yes, someone close to me."

Idilia was very moved.

This kind of heartbeat was expressed so directly that Elhaisen could clearly feel her burning gaze sweeping over him from head to toe.

He sat calmly and let her look at him.

But who would have thought that the look would change from admiration to resentment, and Idyllia's expression would instantly become lost.

Elhaisen frowned in surprise.

Idilia sighed pretentiously: "I know, you are just lying to me. Even if it's not true, there are so many kinds of close people. What if you only regard me as a good friend?"

The more she muttered, the more she felt that this possibility was higher. She muttered, "Then I might as well listen to you calling me senior sister more often..."

Elhaysen was silent.

Why is Idilia always so smart in places he least expects?

He pointed at the table expressionlessly and began to think about what to say next.

But the drunk man couldn't calm down at all. He continued to talk nonsense when he was silent: "Really, if you want to be closer, can't you change to a better name? For example - for example, sister!"

Idiliya's eyes lit up: "Yes, that's it! This one must sound much better than Senior's!"

The more she thought about it, the better she felt her suggestion was. She excitedly walked over to Elhaisen and suggested, "How about it? Do you want to yell now to get used to it?"

Elhaisen pushed her face away without any hesitation: "You can imagine as much as you want."

The implication is that it is enough to think about it, but it is impossible to do it.

Idilia was quite dissatisfied and snorted in a nonchalant manner: "It's boring. You are really not fun at all. If you weren't pretty, I wouldn't bother with you! I'm going home now. You can eat here by yourself!"

After saying that, she turned and walked out.

The clear logic when she spoke and the firm steps when she ran once again made Elhaisen begin to doubt whether she was really drunk.

As a result, the next second, the very strong-willed Idilia ran straight into the pillar of the tavern, kicked her legs and fainted.

A question mark slowly appeared on top of Elhaisen's head.

*
When Idilia woke up again, it was already the next day.

Her head was aching from the hangover, and she couldn't help but press her temples. She heard a knock on the door and mumbled "Come in".

Mengtiaga opened the door with a bowl of hangover soup.

Seeing her leaning against the bed in a listless manner, he couldn't help but tease her, "Are you feeling uncomfortable now? Why didn't you control yourself when you drank so much?"

Idilia pouted: "No, I only drank a little bit--"

She stretched out two fingers and gestured, hoping to prove in this way that she had really restrained herself.

Mengtiaga knew his daughter very well, and did not try to expose her self-deception. He only sighed and said, "I hope you didn't act crazy after getting drunk yesterday. But judging from how calm that kid named Elhaisen was when he sent you back yesterday, you probably didn't do anything too outrageous."

It was he who took Idilia to the Lambard Tavern for the first time. Mentiaga knew her alcohol tolerance very well, and also knew how noisy Idilia could be when she was drunk. But this guy would forget everything he did when he woke up the next day.

Once upon a time, Idilya pointed at the round bump on her head and asked him, didn't she just drink some wine secretly, was it necessary for him to beat her like this?
Little did she know that this was caused by her getting drunk and losing her way, and banging her head against a pillar.

Thinking of this, Mengtiaga felt a little amused.

As expected, when he mentioned who sent her home last night, Idilia said "Ah" in bewilderment. Mentiaga added, "But before you left yesterday, didn't you say you were going shopping with Gorna?"

So Idilia screamed even louder.

She soon realized that she was being too convicted, and explained hurriedly: "Gorna-Elhaisen, he-they-"

The old father just smiled and said nothing.

Idilia lost her temper and collapsed on the bed like a wilted tomato, blaming Mentiaga for only knowing how to laugh at her: "You only know how to make fun of me!"

Mengtiaga had no choice but to apologize and said he would pay for her to buy the new dress she had wanted for a long time. Only then did Idiliya's face finally look better.

She crawled out from under the quilt again, took the sobering soup from Mengtiaga and drank it all, and then asked, "So I didn't do anything after I got drunk, right?"

How could Mengtiaga know so clearly: "How should I know? Elhaisen didn't tell me anything."

Idilia tried to think.

Considering Elhaisen's character that absolutely refuses to suffer any loss, if I offended him while drunk, it is impossible for him to keep it to himself, right?
A fairly reasonable guess.

Idilia breathed a sigh of relief and suddenly felt that she still had some dignity left to go to school with Elhaisen tomorrow.

Mentiaga took in the ever-changing expressions on her face and decided not to disturb his daughter's deep thoughts for the time being.

Alas, young man—

But before he left, he suddenly remembered something and said, "By the way, Elhaisen helped this time, you must remember to bring something to thank him tomorrow morning. I happen to have a set of hardcover books that are suitable for him, you can take them to him."

Idilya remembered that she had never told him about this, and in an instant, the shame that she didn't want her father to know that she was pursuing someone else came over her.

She immediately became angry and said, "Dad! Even if you see through it, don't say it out loud!"

Mengtiaga smiled, closed the door and slipped away.

Although she was dissatisfied, Idilya would not let her father down. The next day, she came to Elhaisen's door carrying a bag of books that was as heavy as moving bricks.

For some reason, when he opened the door and saw her this time, Elhaisen was silent longer than ever before.

Idilia didn't think much about it. The only thing on her mind was to quickly hand over the huge bag in her hand.

Elhaisen was still looking at her, whose expression was the same as usual, when a bag was suddenly stuffed into her hand.

"My dad said this is a thank you gift for you. Thank you for your hard work in sending me home." Idilya smiled.

Elhaisen glanced down and realized it was a book. He understood what was going on and said calmly, "It's not a big deal, but... apart from this sentence, don't you have anything else to say?"

Idilia tilted her head in confusion: "Do I need to say anything?"

Elhaisen's look was indescribable, and he finally turned around and put the things into the house and arranged them first.

While he was busy, Idilia could only kick stones outside bored and suffer the cold morning breeze.

But the temperature today seemed a bit low. When Elhaisen came out, her nose happened to be itchy and she sneezed loudly.

She took out a handkerchief and pinched her nose, saying in a muffled voice, "Well, is autumn coming so early this year? The wind is so strong."

El Haisen glanced at her and said, "Are you cold? I'm fine."

Idilia: ...

(End of this chapter)