[Genshin Impact] A world where only travelers are alone

"cheers!"

Inside the Lambad Tavern, scholars in graduation gowns raised their glasses to celebrate graduation after four years of hard training.

In such a festive atmosphere, Idilya was alone, curled up in a corner, curling her red hair, in a daze.

A confused scholar nudged his companion with his elbow and whispered, "Hey, Idilia doesn't seem to be in a good mood today. She's almost graduating and will be able to get rid of those messy papers soon. What is she still worried about?"

His companion rolled his eyes at him and said, "Do you think she is you? Aren't Idilia's papers always praised as soon as they are submitted? There is no need for them to be criticized and revised repeatedly by the tutor like us. If you ask me, who else can make her feel embarrassed except for El Haisen, who has been pursuing her for three years?"

Although Idilia wanted to keep the fact that she was chasing after someone a secret at first, unfortunately, so much time had passed and the fact that she was chasing after Elhaisen everywhere became known to everyone. Unfortunately, the latter only attended classes in their academy for a period of time, so they were not able to witness Idilia's pursuit with their own eyes.

Although the scholar who asked the question had vaguely heard of this incident, he never liked gossip and did not know the details. He was confused for a long time after hearing it, but in the end, his desire for an answer prevailed.

He brought a glass of wine and sat down next to Idilia, and asked carefully: "Idilia, you don't seem to be in a good mood today, is it because of El Haisen?"

Idiliya remembered that this classmate even had a good impression of him. Knowing that he asked this question out of pure curiosity and not deliberately provoking trouble, she didn't mind answering: "Yes, besides El Haisen, who else can make me so upset."

She had drunk a little wine, so she couldn't help but open up. It would have been fine if she hadn't mentioned El Haisen, but once she did, she started chattering non-stop: "I asked him this morning if he could come pick me up later and go home, but he said he had a project to hand in today and didn't have time to pick me up!"

There were many guys present who had relationships, and several of them talked about the female scholars from Sahasrara College and Sipatama College, who were deeply moved when they heard this.

Although the Shravarman Academy where Elhaisen is located is known as the liberal arts college of the Academy of Teachings, Elhaisen, as a guy who specializes in the logical concepts of runic language, thinks in the same way as the typical science-oriented straight men of the Myo-lun and Su-lun schools.

Several of them felt the same way, after all, their boyfriends had also left them aside for the projects at hand.

A group of sisters in distress immediately pushed the scholar who asked the question aside and surrounded Idilya, comforting her softly, "It's okay. It's normal for people like them to do such things. But there's nothing we can do about it. Straight science guys are just stupid and don't understand romance. They usually just send flowers on anniversaries or something like that."

The problem is that El Haisen has never sent her flowers! They are still just ordinary friends until now!

Idilya had been pursuing him for three years, and every time she tried to confess her love to him, she was forced to delay due to various accidents. She had originally made up her mind to confess her love to Elhaisen today to put a perfect end to her school career, but Elhaisen had no intention of picking her up this time, so she had no chance at all.

So all the props that she had prepared for her confession were left at home. Idilya came to the graduation dinner alone in a bad mood, and she couldn't even drink happily.

Unfortunately, Idilya was not in a position to tell them all these things, and was forced to drink one cup after another of the wine they gave her as a consolation. After drinking too much, she inevitably felt dizzy, and the only thing in her mind was the warning from Mentiaga before she left the house, which told her to drink less to avoid embarrassment.

She subconsciously put out her hand to refuse, but her classmates mistakenly thought she wanted more, and another glass of wine was stuffed into her hand.

"I'm sorry guys, I think what Idilia means is that she doesn't want to drink anymore."

A familiar voice sounded in her ears. Idilya looked up curiously, only to see Elhaisen, who had appeared out of nowhere, standing in front of her and blocking the wine handed to her by others.

She blurted out: "Wow, is the wine now so advanced that it can produce such a realistic hallucination?"

The private room suddenly fell into an eerie silence, and even Elhaisen's look at her became indescribable.

Idilia realized belatedly what she had said and her face instantly turned red: "Ai, El Haisen, it's you! Why are you here? Didn't you say you had something to do today - ugh!"

She said she bit her tongue in such a hurry!

El Haisen sighed, lowered his head and asked, "Are you okay?"

Idilia's eyes were filled with tears, but her mouth was in so much pain that she couldn't utter a word.

El Haisen had no choice but to turn around and look at the others present: "Idilia said that she is ready to go back. I hope everyone has fun."

Idilya really wanted to leave. After losing face and being forced to drink so much, she couldn't stay any longer and just wanted to slip away quickly back to her happy home.

At this she quite consciously stood up and followed him.

The parties involved have expressed their opinions, and no one would be so blind as to dare to stop them. They all wished them a safe journey. Elhaisen led Idyllia out of the tavern quite easily.

As soon as he left the tavern, he leaned over to Idilia and whispered, "Let me see."

Idilia looked confused.

"Tongue." Elhaisen explained. Idilia was a little embarrassed and waved her hands and took a step back, but Elhaisen just raised his eyebrows slightly and she walked back guiltily and opened her mouth obediently.

Elhaisen pinched her face and looked at her carefully. "It's okay, it's not serious. Go home and ask Mr. Mentiaga to find some medicine for you. Try to talk less in the next two days. You will be well soon."

Idilya felt relieved immediately, and even felt that the wound on her tongue was not so painful anymore.

After getting rid of a worry, she remembered that Elhaisen had not been able to come before, and used gestures with her hands and feet to ask him why he came in the end.

Elhaisen said calmly, "You really didn't listen to me. I said I couldn't guarantee I could come, but you obviously assumed I wasn't coming. You were so angry that you didn't listen to a word I said afterwards. Well, you had a good chat with those guys."

Obviously, the guys he was talking about were the scholars who had been urging him to drink.

Idilia was a little unsure about how much he had heard, and wanted to cover his mouth in embarrassment.

Elhaisen was not annoyed when his mouth was covered. After all, with Idilya's strength, it would be easy for him to resist if he wanted to.

He easily pulled Idilia's hand away and held it instead: "Anyway, let's go back."

For some reason, Idilia suddenly felt a little awkward and struggled to break free from his hand.

El Haisen looked back at her.

Idilia endured the pain on her tongue and muttered softly, "You have no status, who allowed you to hold the hand—"

"Oh?"

Idilia took a deep breath to give herself courage, and after brewing her emotions, she gave up and said, "I'm telling you, who told you not to come at the beginning? I was going to take this opportunity to confess to you, but now I have left everything I need to confess at home, and you don't have a chance anymore!"

"I don't make uncertain promises." Elhaisen lowered his eyes to look at her aggrieved look, "But I told you that I would deal with the project as soon as possible and come to you. Even if you didn't hear it, you can't deny that I did come, and what you expected is not over yet."

Idilia seemed to not understand.

She tried to understand what Elhaisen meant, but the more she tried to understand, the more incredible it seemed to her: "Wait, wait, is that what I thought it meant?"

"I think so."

When the time came, Idilia began to back down: "Uh, this, that... my things are still at home..."

"Then let me speak." Elhaisen had obviously guessed how things would turn out, and continued without hesitation, "Idilia, are you willing to build an academic family with me?"

Academic family is a kind of family relationship unique to Xumi. Some scholars who are crazy about academic research will choose like-minded allies to build a family for the purpose of studying. However, this term has evolved into a popular proposal language among scholars.

Idilia was stunned for a moment: "Huh?"

Weren't they just dating? Why did it suddenly evolve into marriage?
El Haisen's soul asked: "Besides me, have you ever thought about marrying someone else?"

"That's not the case..." Idilia frowned, dissatisfied with him for wrongly accusing her.

"So now we're just skipping some steps and getting straight to the point, which can save you a lot of trouble. Of course, I'm not in a hurry to get your answer. After all, you need to discuss it with Mr. Mentiaga. If you need, I can go back with you to see him now." Elhaisen told him all his plans.

Idilia was even more confused.

She cautiously probed, "Is there a possibility that if you go back and tell my dad about this today, you will be beaten?"

Although Mengtiaga was in favor of her having a relationship, especially when the target was a quality stock like El Haisen, that was three years ago. However, because she had never been able to win the guy over and was always irritated by El Haisen, El Haisen had successfully become a bully in his eyes who looked down on his precious daughter.

If it was really as Alhaisen said, and if she went back today and told Mengtiaga that she was going to marry Alhaisen, Mengtiaga would really be so angry that she would hit her.

She explained this to Elhaisen and managed to see a rare expression of surprise on the latter's face.

Idilia suddenly stopped worrying, and pretended to pat his shoulder while holding back her smile: "Hey, if you really want to marry me, you'd better get past my dad first. Good luck, Junior Elhaisen."

(End of this chapter)