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Grand Master Falgar didn't know if Dvalin would be angry, so he could only instruct the Knights of Favonius to clean up the ruins of the wind dragon after the explosion as soon as possible.

"Wendy, what are you doing here?"

At this moment, Falgar noticed Wendy's arrival.

He had some impression of Wendy, the bard who often appeared around Fang Xun.

Wendy chuckled and scratched her head sheepishly, "I accidentally drank too much, and I was thinking of going out for some fresh air..."

"I didn't realize I'd ended up here."

"You all seem to be very busy, so I won't disturb you any longer and will take my leave now."

After bidding farewell to the Knights of Favonius, Venti found a secluded spot and used the wind current to fly up to the ancient tower.

The idea that he accidentally wandered into the Wind Dragon Ruins while drunk is complete nonsense.

In fact, Wendy cared more about the situation at the Wind Dragon Ruins than anyone else.

Because this place not only housed his retinue of Dvalin, but also held extremely precious memories.

Fortunately, Alice's bomb only damaged the outer perimeter of the tower, without causing any substantial damage to its interior.

Wendy stands in the tower, gazing out over Mondstadt.

At this moment, the people of Mondstadt are immersed in a joyous atmosphere of praising the wind god.

Their god stood atop a desolate, unlit tower, lost in thought.

Da da da...

Just then, Wendy heard footsteps behind her.

Although the footsteps were very light, they were clearly audible within the silent, solitary tower.

Wendy turned around and saw that the person who had arrived was Fang Xun.

"Mr. Fang Xun, shouldn't you be with the children at this time?"

Wendy was initially surprised by Fang Xun's arrival, but then greeted him with a smile.

"With Gan Yu taking care of things over there, I don't need to worry."

Fang Xun came to Wendy's side and also looked towards Mondstadt.

"The view from a high place is indeed different. No wonder you like to come here, even if you do nothing, just looking around is good."

Fang Xun paused for a moment, then took out two bottles of dandelion wine from behind him and handed one of them to Wendy.

"Would you like to sit down and have a drink together?"

"Okay."

Wendy didn't stand on ceremony with Fang Xun; the two were already quite familiar with each other.

He opened the dandelion wine and took a sip.

Before meeting Fang Xun, Wendy would slowly sip her drinks until the bottle was empty.

Because once you finish a bottle of wine, you don't know when you'll be able to drink it again.

Therefore, you must drink slowly and savor the taste of the wine.

After meeting Fang Xun, Wendy was able to drink alcohol every day, but he still couldn't shake his habit of taking small sips slowly.

Because habits are very difficult to change.

"Now everyone calls this place the Wind Dragon Ruins, but a long, long time ago, this was the capital city established by the 'Wind God of Tornadoes'."

Wendy continued talking to herself.

He seemed to be speaking to Fang Xun, but also to himself.

"Back then, I was not a god, but merely a wisp of wind among a thousand winds,"

"And Old Mondstadt was also surrounded by an endless wall of wind, so that even birds could not pass through."

"The people in the city are like birds that have lost their freedom, trapped in a cage for their entire lives."

As Wendy recounted her story, Fang Xun gradually learned about that past.

"Later, I met a boy."

"The boy held an organ, yearning to write the most beautiful poems in the world."

"But he was born in Old Mondstadt and couldn't see the world outside the Windwall."

"The boy once told me that his greatest wish in life was to see birds soaring in the sky."

"To fulfill the boy's wish, I found him a falcon's feather,"

"But when I saw the boy again, he had already fallen on the road to pursuing poetry."

Fang Xun looked at the feather tied to Wendy's waist; that must be the feather Wendy had failed to send out in time.

It turns out that Wendy has been wearing the feather all these years to remember her friend.

"Death is not the end of life; being forgotten is when one truly dies."

"So I transformed into the appearance of an old friend, to show him the world properly on his behalf."

Wendy stood up and looked towards Mondstadt outside the tower.

“Mondstadt is completely different now than before. There is no bitter cold or wind wall. You can see birds and blue sky as soon as you look up.”

"I was thinking... if the boy could see these views, he would be overjoyed, wouldn't he?"

"Unfortunately, there is everything in this world except 'what ifs'."

Wendy's voice gradually faded until it was barely audible.

At this moment, the seemingly unconventional bard looked somewhat forlorn.

"No, he can definitely see it."

Fang Xun interrupted Wendy.

He took out a spirit lamp from his backpack and placed it on the ground.

As the lights gradually came on, a figure slowly appeared in front of Wendy.

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The boy looked exactly like Wendy; anyone who didn't know better would think there were two Wendies at the same time.

However, the boy's figure was not clear, as if it might disappear with the wind at any moment.

Thousands of years have passed, leaving the souls of old friends like flickering candles in the wind.

"Partner, is that you?"

The boy looked at Wendy, his voice rising and falling.

Although there was someone standing in front of him who looked exactly like him, the boy immediately recognized Wendy's identity by looking into her eyes.

"It's me, my partner."

"haven't seen you for a long time."

Wendy nodded slightly, his own mind equally unsettled.

When Wendy met the boy, she didn't have a name yet, so they both referred to each other as partners.

After developing this habit, the two of them never changed how they addressed each other.

“My friend, after you left, I will walk in your image in this world.”

"The poems you taught me are now being sung in every street and alley of Mondstadt."

"And this feather..."

A thousand years ago, Wendy did not deliver the feather to her old friend in time, which became a lifelong regret.

A thousand years later, Wendy finally returned the feather to her old friend.

"Thank you, this feather is beautiful, just as I imagined!"

The boy had never seen a bird in his life, so he could only imagine what a bird looked like.

Now that he had finally seen the bird's feathers, the boy cheered with joy.

"Friend, how is Mondstadt doing now? Has it become the Free Land?"

At this moment, the boy raised his head; what he cared about most was the current situation in Mondstadt.

"Instead of me telling you, why don't you see Mondstadt for yourself now?"

"Mondstadt is now very free and unrestrained, and the people are very free."

Wendy closed her eyes, and her body glowed with a rich aura of wind.

He took the boy and Fang Xun and flew into the sky, heading towards Mondstadt.

At first, the boy screamed in fright and clung tightly to Wendy's arm.

This was his first time flying so high; if he accidentally fell, he would be doomed.

But then I thought that I was already dead, so there was nothing to worry about.

Guided by Wendy, the boy saw the sky and birds for the first time.

"Friend, so all the birds in the sky are this big!"

The boy pointed at Dvalin flying in the sky and sighed with emotion.

He thought birds were only the size of a palm, but he never imagined that birds could be so big that they blot out the sky.

Wendy smiled. "That's Dvalin, my partner."

"Of course, there are even bigger birds in the world."

The boy nodded as if he understood, thinking to himself that the weak wind spirit of the past had now become an extraordinary figure.

He was genuinely happy for his partner.

After that, Wendy appeared again with the boy in the skies above the bustling city of Mondstadt.