Yae from Genshin Impact is my sister

Paimon: 'It's not impossible. Firelight's made a lot of Mora lately; treating Su Bai to something to eat shouldn't be a problem.'

Ying: 'Paimon is right, Subaru. You can eat as much as you want today, I'll pay for Mora.'

Ayaka Kamisato: 'If the traveler is interested, I'll go with them.'

Ying: 'Shall we meet at the Wooden Leak Tea Room?'

Ayaka Kamisato: 'No, no, no, let's meet at Utsutei. It seems Taro-maru's secret stash of money was stolen recently, and he's very agitated. Let's not disturb him.'

Chapter 264 Linghua's Decision and Schemes

Outside the Utsu-tei in Inazuma Castle, Ayaka was holding a fan, waiting for Su Bai and Ying to arrive. In order to have some time alone with Su Bai, Ayaka had instructed Toma in advance to find an excuse to send Ying away at the festival.

That night, Kujo Sara had already made her feel a little threatened. Coupled with Yae no Kyouji's intentional or unintentional guidance over the past few days, Ayaka finally made up her mind to turn the tables and take the initiative for her love. She wanted to catch Kujo Sara off guard.

"I'm sorry, traveler. I'll definitely accompany you to the festival next time. But this opportunity is too rare, and I must seize it."

As she murmured, Linghua's eyes hardened. As Su Bai's childhood friend, Linghua knew him intimately. She had asked herself whether her feelings for Su Bai were friendship or romantic love, but the answer she received had never changed.

“Young Miss, Mr. Su Bai has already left home. The traveler you were concerned about did not have any overly close contact with Mr. Su Bai, but the ninja Hayayu from the Final Fantasy came out of the house with Mr. Su Bai.”

"That little one, Zaoyou, is fine. Is there anything else?"

"Um, Miss... Mr. Su Bai was called away by Miss Nohara Yomi to help him when he was halfway there. Judging from the time, he probably won't be able to meet up with you here, Miss."

The ninja from the Final Fantasy, dressed as an ordinary person, lowered his head somewhat guiltily. As one of Ayato's confidants, he could naturally see the young lady's feelings for that fox spirit. It was precisely because of this that he, who was in charge of gathering intelligence, felt guilty for not doing his job well.

"Is it just helping out? If it's that Miss Yoomiya, then it's not a big problem."

Ayaka thought about Yonomiya's usual performance and didn't think Yonomiya was her rival. Seeing her subordinate so guilty, Ayaka comforted him for a few words and then dismissed him. Judging by the time, the traveler should be arriving soon.

"Linghua, we're here. We didn't expect you to arrive so early."

"Traveler, Paimon, you've arrived. I just got here myself. Didn't Su Bai come with you?"

"He was called away by Yonomiya on the way to move fireworks. Yonomiya said there was a great fireworks display today, so let's wait and see."

Paimon was very excited. She had just seen the fireworks that would be set off tonight from the Night Palace. Putting everything else aside, the huge fireworks tube alone was enough to fill Paimon with anticipation.

Linghua used her fan to cover the lower half of her face, concealing the corners of her mouth that were curled up. It seemed that things were going as she had imagined; that Miss Xiaogong had indeed only asked Su Bai, her friend, for a favor.

"Then let's go to the festival together and have some fun. Su Bai should be here soon."

"Okay, let's go. I wonder what delicious food will be available at the Inazuma Festival. I'm really looking forward to it. Speaking of which, we owe it all to you, Ayaka, that we were able to make it to this festival."

"It's nothing. Since we're friends, Paimon, you don't need to be so polite."

In a high place in Inazuma Castle, Yomiya looked around and then beckoned Su Bai behind him to hurry up and come over. Su Bai, with an apple in his mouth, walked slowly behind Yomiya. And to be honest, the apple Yomiya picked was quite sweet.

"Su Bai, let's put the fireworks here. If we set them off from this spot, everyone in the entire Inazuma City should be able to see them."

"This place is indeed quite nice, but Xiaogong, just be careful not to set fire to the other haystacks."

Su Bai looked around and, after confirming that only a few haystacks were flammable, took the fireworks out of the small space. Su Bai was definitely going to pay attention to the large fireworks prepared by Xiao Gong, after all, he and Xiao Gong had been reprimanded by Yae no Miko when they were children for setting off fireworks and igniting flammable materials around them.

"Su Bai, your little space is so convenient. I wish I could have one too, then I could play with lots of little toys with my friends."

Xiaogong looked at Su Bai's Eye of God with some envy. Su Bai stroked his chin. This thing was all made for him by Granny Ping. If he remembered correctly, he also seemed to have a small bag that had been enchanted with the Outer View Technique.

"Here you are, Xiaogong."

"Although the space inside is a bit small, it's enough to bring some toys and such."

"Wow~ You're really giving it to me! Su Bai, you're so kind."

An excited Xiaogong took the small bag from Su Bai and gave her a big hug. Su Bai blushed as she felt the softness against her chest, but fortunately, Xiaogong was focused on the small bag and did not notice Su Bai's unusual behavior.

Whew~ Su Bai took a long breath to calm his restless heart. Watching Xiao Gong happily collecting and setting off fireworks with a small bag, Su Bai took out his phone and silently took a picture and sent it to the group.

Su Bai: "Tonight at nine o'clock, the Night Palace is going to set off all these fireworks. Everyone can find a spot with a good view beforehand."

Su Bai: 'I heard from Xiao Gong that she's been preparing these fireworks for several days; they're definitely worth looking forward to.'

The beautiful and intelligent Yae no Miko exclaimed, "Oh my, is Su Bai on a date with Yoru no Miyako? When will I get to hold a little fox like that?"

Su Bai: '??? Sister Shenzi, don't you have anything to do? I've noticed you seem to be just chatting in the group all day.'

Hisaki Shinobu: 'We, the Arataki Faction, have dealt with the thugs harassing the shrine maidens near Narukami Shrine and have handed them over to the Tenryo Magistrate.'

The beautiful and intelligent Yae no Miko said, 'Shinobu, you're really serious about what you do. Compared to your older sister, you're quite outstanding.'

Hisaki Shinobu: '...If there's nothing else, I'll be going now. The boss went to the festival to join in the fun, and I'm worried something might go wrong.'

Kujo Sara: 'What? Araki Ichito went to the festival? Shinobu, you absolutely must keep a close eye on Ichito. Many clans are attending this festival; if Ichito gets into trouble, probably only Su Bai can get him out of there.'

Su Bai: 'Although Yi Dou is a bit of a fool, he's not stupid. He can tell who he can mess with and who he can't, right?'

Hisaki Shinobu: 'I'd better hurry and find the boss. Now that he's lost his Eye of God, he might be in danger if he gets into a conflict with someone else.'

Inside the festival, Ayaka bit her lip as she looked at the messages on her phone. Su Bai had never taken a picture of her before, and she had a feeling, though she wasn't sure if it was just her imagination, that these plans were going to fail.

Linghua looked at Thomas, who had been waiting for who knows how long, and felt a little guilty. It must have been difficult for you, Thomas. Su Bai's long absence made it difficult for Thomas to act. Poor Thomas, in order to avoid being discovered by Ying, had already eaten three bowls of udon noodles while disguised as a diner. He probably never wanted to see udon noodles again for a while.

Chapter 265 Su Bai Arrives Late

"Why hasn't Su Bai arrived yet? Ying, could you urge him again?"

"Paimon, don't you have a cell phone? Why don't you urge him?"

"Speaking of which, how exactly do you send messages on your phone, Paimon? I can't sense a single trace of elemental power from you."

As if she had thought of something, Ying pinched Paimon's chubby cheek with some doubt. According to Abedo's explanation, only people who can control elements can use cell phones, so how could Paimon control one? Could it be that, as Abedo speculated, Paimon is her external elemental device?

After struggling to break free from Ying's clutches, Paimon scratched her head in confusion. She didn't understand why she could easily send messages as soon as she picked up her phone.

"Why didn't you go inside and wait for me? The festival started a long time ago."

After Su Bai's words interrupted her train of thought, Ying, who couldn't figure it out, simply stopped thinking about the problem. Anyway, the silly Paimon wouldn't hurt her, so instead of wasting brain cells here, she might as well relax at the festival. Seeing Su Bai walk over, Ying returned to her usual carefree Ying state, and said with her hands on her hips.

“Linghua said she wanted to wait for you here, and Paimon and I were worried that Linghua would be bored, so we stayed here with her. You made two beautiful young girls wait for you for so long, Su Bai, shouldn’t you treat us?”

"Haha, I would like to invite you guys, but I don't have any Mora, and Ying, didn't you say you were going to invite me?"

Su Bai spread his hands to indicate that he didn't have a single Mora on him. Ying looked at Su Bai's nonchalant attitude and had a headache. She really didn't know who had made Su Bai develop this habit. If this continued, wouldn't Su Bai become the second Zhongli?

"Alright, alright, the expenses for today's festival will be paid by the Kamisato family."

Seeing that Su Bai and Ying were bickering, Ling Hua generously covered all the expenses. The Shen Li family didn't care about such small amounts of money. Moreover, thinking that Ying and Paimon would be sent away later, Ling Hua felt that she should compensate Ying.

"Really! Linghua, you are so generous, unlike Ying who is so stingy. When we were eating tricolor dumplings this morning, she only gave Paimon one skewer but ate two herself."

"Paimon, shut up. I don't know who ate three bowls of udon noodles and a serving of butter crab this morning."

After glaring at Paimon, Ying looked at Ayaka with a little embarrassment. These days, she had taken on many simple but well-paid jobs from Ayaka, and now Ayaka was going to treat her to something to eat. Ying felt that it was quite a waste of Ayaka's money.

"Hmph, fine, I won't tell you then. Su Bai, let's go. I've already observed all the food being sold at the festival, and Paimon's festival trip is all planned out."

"Little Paimon, you really do use all your brainpower on food. Come on, let me see how Paimon's festival trip is going."

After teasing Paimon, Su Bai followed Paimon to the vendor selling tricolor dumplings. Although he didn't have much Mora in his pocket, it was enough to treat Linghua and the others to some tricolor dumplings.

Seeing Su Bai and Paimeng excitedly go to buy the tricolor dumplings, Linghua smiled and explained a few words to Ying.

"It's alright, traveler. The things sold at the festival aren't expensive, and you've helped our Kamisato family complete so many requests before. It's nothing for me to treat you to something."

After hearing Linghua's explanation, Ying's impression of Linghua improved dramatically. Listen to how eloquent Linghua is! And look at those two guys over there who have already eaten the three-colored dumplings; their words are more infuriating than the last.

"Hehe, it seems Su Bai and Paimon have a good relationship."

“The two of them really get along well, and sometimes even I find it strange that these two guys are so close.”

Ying rubbed her hair. Perhaps it was because their horoscopes were compatible, but she always felt that Su Bai and Paimon had a very good relationship. Sometimes she even felt that their relationship was better than hers with Su Bai.

"Linghua, Ying, come quick! Su Bai bought you some tricolor dumplings. If you don't come soon, I'll eat them for you."

"Here it comes~"

Paimon's shouts from a short distance away brought a knowing smile to Ying's face. After so many busy days, it was time to relax. As for Ayaka, who was standing to the side, she had long been itching to enter the festival to carry out her plan, but she couldn't show it yet. Suppressing her excitement, Ayaka said to Ying.

“Let’s go for a stroll around the festival together, or Su Bai and Paimon will get too far ahead if we don’t leave soon.”

"Then Miss Linghua will have to spend money today."

As Ayaka and her group of four finally entered the festival, Thomas, who was disguised as a diner observing from the side, suddenly vomited, which startled the udon noodle vendor next to him.

"Are you alright, buddy? You've eaten way too much."

"It's okay, boss. Your udon noodles are so delicious that I couldn't help but eat a little more. I didn't expect to eat so much. I left Mora's message on the table. Ugh, I'll be going now."

After saying that, Thomas gagged a few more times and ignored the vendor's attempts to persuade him to stay, walking into the festival grounds. Having eaten five bowls of udon noodles, Thomas now only wanted to leave this place as soon as possible. He didn't want to see udon noodles for a week, no, for a month.

As for the udon noodle vendor, he still doesn't understand why his udon noodles suddenly tasted so good; they were no different from usual.

After thinking for a while and still not understanding, the vendor shook his head and put away the Mora on the table. He had given too much Mora. Oh well, he would give the guy extra noodles next time he met him.

Upon entering the festival site, Thomas first found a drink vendor and ordered a glass of sour raspberry juice to aid digestion. Sitting on the stool, Thomas pondered for a moment. He thought that if he appeared immediately now that the traveler had just entered the festival, it might seem a bit fake. He decided to look around and kill some time first.

Kurumi: "Wow, wow, wow! I didn't expect so many people to be talking about the Inazuma Festival. I saw so many people walking towards the festival on the street. Since we got back early today, let's go join the fun."

Zhongli: 'To be able to present such a scene under the Eye Hunt Order shows that there are still some loyal and capable people among Inazuma.'

The beautiful and intelligent Yae no Miko: 'I'm truly sorry to have made you laugh, Mr. Zhongli. If possible, I sincerely hope that you could persuade my old friend.'

The beautiful and intelligent Yae no Miko: 'Ever since that guy came along, my old friend has been locking himself in his room all day, eating sweets and looking down on everyone. If this keeps up, I might even be able to hold onto the general's position for a few days.'

Kujo Sara: 'Priest, please do not slander the General in front of delegations from other countries. Also, Lady Kurumi, as a member of Liyue's delegation, even if you don't consider your own safety, I do. Therefore, I hope you will not venture to Tsurugaan again.'

Walnut: 'What did you say? My signal is bad, I can't see clearly.'

Kujo Sara: '...'

Chapter 266 Thomas Almost Forgot His Mission Because of the Water Group

Zhong Tuo: 'Is there anything good to eat at this festival? I'd like to bring some for Qiqi and Keli, hmm, preferably something kids like.'

The beautiful and intelligent Yae no Miko: 'Children usually like sweet things, so tricolor dumplings would be perfect.'

Xiaogong: 'Let me know when you're leaving Inazuma, Zhongduo. I'll pick out some good food for you, because some foods don't keep for long, and there's no way to take them back now.'

Thomas: 'Speaking of which, I can also help prepare some Inatsume sweets. The Kamisato family always makes extra sweets, so I'll pack some for you.'

Zhong Tuo: "Thank you very much. When you go to Liyue, I'll treat you to some Liyue specialties."