The Embers of King's Teyvat Journey

"Mr. Ember, please don't laugh at me. What would I do with these things?" Catherine rubbed her forehead. It really was true that everything except her consciousness and appearance had changed completely.

"Haha, you can't say that. Have you thought about what you want to do in the future?" Yu Jin asked Catherine.

Catherine fell silent. Her number in Winter Solstice must have been erased. As Catherine, she really didn't seem to have anywhere to go.

“Become an adventurer!” Ember said, looking at her.

"You were born because of adventurers, yet none of you are true adventurers. Don't you find that a bit ridiculous?"

“You can grow faster on adventures. Besides, there’s a guy in the Adventurers’ Guild who’s pretty much like you.” Ember thought of Joseph, who was somewhat similar to Catherine in some ways.

Catherine looked at Ember, who was speaking eloquently, nodded, and said with a smile, "I agree. It will be nice to work with you from now on, Mr. Ember!"

Ember paused, then smiled and said, "It's been a pleasure working with you, Miss Catherine."

"Towards the stars and the abyss!" X2.

"Clap!" Ember and Catherine gave each other a high five, showing that they were quite in sync.

"What riddles are you talking about?" Alex leaned closer, realizing he couldn't quite understand Ember and Catherine's actions.

"Don't pry into things on the ground." Yu Jin thought Alex didn't know how to read the room.

"Haha, actually it's a unique way of greeting people that we have on the ground." Catherine also noticed the anomaly in this space at this moment.

Advanced technology, ubiquitous guardians of ancient ruins, a kingdom built underground—all these elements point to one place: Kanria, destroyed five hundred years ago.

Catherine didn't know how she got here, nor did she want to know.

The only thing she was certain of was that Ember had brought her here, and then a kind guy had fixed her up. But that was enough; nothing else mattered.

"Really? You people on the surface are really strange." Alex scratched his head. He had also gone to the surface to investigate and communicate a few times. How come he had never heard of such a strange way of greeting people on the surface?

And what exactly is an adventurer? What's so appealing about the Abyss? Alex simply couldn't understand it.

However, considering that both Ember and Catherine had done so, Alex didn't pay attention to these details.

He followed suit, saying to Catherine and Ember, "Towards the stars and the abyss."

Ember and Catherine were both visibly stunned. They hadn't expected that the Kanria people from five hundred years ago would utter such a slogan that would become widely known in later generations.

But it's not bad, is it?

The three exchanged a glance, then laughed and shouted:

"Toward the stars and the abyss!"

Chapter 98 The Adventurer, Catherine

2023-08-28

“Mr. Ember, would you like me to carry you?” After crossing the stone gate, Ember and Catherine were walking along a forest path in Mondstadt.

Although Catherine had been modified inside Ember for nearly a year, only a few days had actually passed. Now Ember was taking Catherine back to Mondstadt.

However, this time, Yu Jin didn't jump around like before. Instead, he broke off a stick and used it as a cane, walking slowly along the road like an old man.

“No need, I’m just looking at the scenery, looking at the scenery…” Yu Jin stubbornly refused Catherine’s offer, pretending to be attracted by the scenery.

Seeing Ember's appearance, Catherine shook her head helplessly, then slowed her pace and walked beside him.

As for why the embers are so ethereal, it's simply because creating something illusory out of thin air is indeed a deadly feat.

When he created Tina's body, there was a tree branch involved, but now, creating Catherine was a complete creation out of thin air.

Moreover, Catherine's body had so many intricate parts that he had to squeeze them one by one, which almost killed him.

Creating flesh and blood would be much simpler. Ember only needs to have a concept of "what life should look like" in his mind, and the flesh and blood will automatically evolve into that concept.

But Catherine was different, because Ember had no idea what it was like for machines to have life. So he could only follow the blueprints Alex gave him and sculpt Catherine bit by bit.

“Mr. Ember, you said there’s someone in the Mondstadt Adventurers’ Guild who looks just like me. What is he like?” Catherine recalled what Ember had told her before and couldn’t help but wonder what this guy who looked so similar to her was like.

"Hehe." Ember smiled mysteriously, then said to Catherine, "You'll see when we get back to Mondstadt!"

Ember patted his breastplate, quite confident in Joseph's condition. As his creator, Ember had said he hoped Joseph would focus on the positive aspects; how could he possibly turn evil?

Turning to the dark side won't help; if you do, you'll suffer the Ember's personality-correcting punch.

"By the way, can you use that shared network? Send a message to Liyue, she's the one who asked me to save you." Yu Jin said to Catherine, remembering something.

Catherine smiled and nodded. "I already said that. She even said that if I really become an adventurer, she'll let me go on adventures in Liyue!"

Ember nodded. Okay, now there are no mistakes. We can stride straight toward Mondstadt without looking back.

But why is the wind so strong in Mondstadt lately? A gust of wind blew by, bending the big trees along the roadside.

Catherine reached out, and a circular, pale blue light shield enveloped her and Ember, keeping out the flying sand and stones stirred up by the gale.

“It works very well, Mr. Ember.” The light shield moved with Catherine, which surprised her greatly.

"As long as it works." Ember didn't say much more. This kind of use was a bit of a waste, but as long as Catherine was happy, that was all that mattered.

The howling wind subsided after a while, and Catherine looked at the sky, which had returned to its clear state, and exclaimed in surprise, "Mondstadt... are there dragons?"

"Hmm?" Upon hearing Catherine's words, Ember looked up and saw a blue wind dragon soaring through the sky in the distance.

Why is it dragons again? Yu Jin wondered if he was about to transform into a dragon. Otherwise, why would he see dragons every day?

Teyvatron is very rare!

"It's just a dragon, what's the big deal?" Yu Jin yawned. He'd seen plenty of dragons; it was no big deal.

"Really?" Catherine remained skeptical, keeping her doubts to herself.

Ember glanced at the desolate surroundings, threw down the wooden stick in his hand, and said, "We've rested enough, let's hurry back to Mondstadt!"

Having said that, Ember took the lead and transformed into a black shadow, rushing towards Mondstadt.

Seeing this, Catherine also bent down, and her furnace began to burn.

"Hiss—" A large plume of white smoke began to spew from the exhaust vent on Catherine's back. Then, with a "boom!", Catherine burst into the air, the huge shockwave causing the surrounding trees to sway once more.

"Mr. Ember! How could it be so fast—"

"Go ask Alex!"

……

Catherine had now adapted to her insane speed, and she no longer needed to stop and run every now and then as she had before.

She can now chat with Ember, who is also speeding alongside her.

“We’re almost at Mondstadt, let’s stop for a moment.” Ember stopped when he saw the Mondstadt walls in the distance.

"Boom!" Catherine's reaction was much louder than Ember's. She stretched out her hands, and huge flames erupted from the thrusters in her palms, quickly slowing her down.

"Phew... what a strange experience." Catherine patted her chest, still somewhat surprised.

“You’ll get used to it.” Ember looked at Mondstadt in the distance, somewhat surprised.

Why are there so few people again? Didn't he clear out the monsters around Mondstadt before he left? Are these monsters so prolific?

A series of questions surfaced in Yu Jin's mind, but he quickly shook his head and dismissed them.

Anyway, let's go into the city first.

After greeting Swan and Lawrence, who had been guarding the gates for millennia, Ember and Catherine entered Mondstadt.

The first step upon entering the city is to find Catherine!

Ember led Catherine toward the Adventurers' Guild. He thought it would be very interesting to see the two Catherines meet this time.

"Towards the stars...???" Mondkatherine saw another version of herself following behind Ember, not even finishing that classic line.

It seems that Catherine only told Liyue Catherine about her own news.

"Hehe, how is it, Miss Catherine? Aren't you happy to see another version of yourself?" Ember pulled Catherine from behind him to stand in front of Mondstadt Catherine, allowing the two who were not supposed to see each other to have a good look at each other.

"You... how did you get here?" Mondkatherine asked, looking at herself in front of her.

Catherines wouldn't leave their posts; they must have suffered some major upheaval.

“My ID number is ksl015, shouldn’t it be deactivated by now?” Catherine asked her Mondstadt self.

Several days have passed since she received that order, and barring any unforeseen circumstances, her number should have been cancelled.

Mond Catherine nodded. She had just checked and there was indeed no Catherine with that number.

"Haha, right? So I'm no longer in charge of anything, which means I've left Winter." Catherine smiled slightly, unconcerned about the news that Winter had removed her from her account.

“Then you…” Mondkatherine looked at her other self and Ember, and a guess formed in her mind.

"Of course, I'll register as an adventurer! Then I can share my adventures on the internet so everyone can see them," Catherine said with a smile, revealing her plan.

Mondkatherine was silent for a moment, then bowed solemnly to Ember and said:

"Thank you!"

"You're welcome. If you ever feel like quitting, you can just let me know." Yu Jin waved his hand, then asked, "So, when can we do the test?"

Mondkatherine sighed upon hearing this, and then said, "We don't need to test for now. Just write down my name, and we can test together after the Dragon Calamity is over."

"Dragon disaster? What's going on?" Yu Jin recalled the dragon he had seen, and it seemed that it was probably related to it.

"Recently, Stormterror has stirred up storms around Mondstadt, and everyone is unable to leave the city, resulting in a sharp drop in the number of quests."

Mondstadt's Catherine explained that the dragon scourge had affected the entire Mondstadt region. The impact of this attack was even greater than the previous monster tide.

"Really?" Ember nodded, rubbing his hands together; his Sunlight Gun was itching to get going.

"Sigh... Stormterror was originally one of the Four Winds Guardians, I never thought it would one day become an enemy of Mondstadt." Mondstadt's Catherine shook her head and sighed.

Yu Jin stopped rubbing his hands, as if there was something going on?

"So what do you guys do next?" Mondkatherine looked at Ember and her other self and asked.

"What do we do?" Ember stroked his chin, then pulled Catherine away and shouted:

"Of course, it's to meet my future colleagues!"

Chapter 99 Gift

2023-08-28