Chapter 135 Five Years
——Eula Lawrence’s perspective.
Eula felt as if she had had a very long dream.
In the dream, he did not have a younger sister, nor had he gotten rid of the bad reputation brought by the Lawrence family as he did now. Even the only person who could be called a friend in Mondstadt was Amber.
Even after adulthood, this fact has not changed. No matter how hard the sinner tries, he can only make the voices around him quieter, but the shackles from his family are always on him and he has never been able to break free from them for a moment.
The only way to relieve the stress is to go to the bar and get drunk, but even so, one still has to face deliberate provocation and pretentiousness from others from time to time.
The narrow-mindedness and malice between people meant that there was no place for her to live in this huge city of Mondstadt.
Is that kind of life what she wants?
Absolutely not—
No matter who sees this, they will think that such a miserable life is boring.
Suddenly, she understood.
Perhaps, if she had not gone to save Youya that day, or in other words, if she had not appeared in her life.
Will it really turn out this way?
The sadness was so strong that she felt overwhelmed.
When I woke up, my tears had soaked my pillow, but the familiar, soft and warm girl was gone.
She tensed her body and straightened up suddenly.
Looking around, calling out my sister's name...
Then, it dawned on me.
Youya has already left.
She sat up from the bed, covering her cheek. The young girl in the past has now grown into a famous beauty, and even served as the captain of the guerrilla knight squad.
They had a rich life, many friends, and even their childhood wish of having a house of their own, which they had always wanted to persuade their sister to do, had already been fulfilled.
But that empty house would not feel warm even if someone lived in it.
Instead, it seems more lonely and desolate.
Therefore, she moved into the Knights' dormitory early and lived with Amber.
I even raised a white cat, perhaps as a commemoration of something, or to convince myself to have the courage to move forward.
She got out of bed, put on her clothes neatly, and in the mirror she began to look like an adult.
After all, five years have passed.
Today is an important day.
Jean will be awarded the title of "Dandelion Knight" today.
The "Dandelion Knight", also known as the "Lion's Tooth Knight", has been passed down along with the Knights Templar system to this day and is an honor that only the most outstanding knights can receive.
In the past, perhaps she would have wanted to compete with her for this honor, not for who was most deserving of the honor, but to see whether she, who inherited her sister's Eye of God, was qualified to take on the title of "guardian".
That's right... on that day, the five of them gathered together, and while sorting out the girl's belongings, they each found the letter and gift that belonged to them.
Through the wind flower and a conch shell given by the girl, they can understand her last thoughts.
——Diluc Leggenfondre's perspective.
Sometimes a person's life can be changed by a certain moment.
Whether it is active or passive, when that moment really comes and is imposed on us in the name of "fate", all people can do is accept it.
On that day, Diluk had never been so confused. He always said that he would bring dawn to others, but he witnessed the girl whom he regarded as a precious family member leave silently.
No matter how strong and kind a person is, he can die without any warning. No, in fact, he had already known it, but he had been deceiving himself.
He never thought about the girl who was suffering from illness. In order to appear not to cause concern in front of them, she endured the pain and forced herself to smile many times. She even greeted them every day and even fantasized about the itinerary on the day of the Wind Flower Festival.
Youya was looking forward to it very much, because she had never participated in it before, so she had many good expectations.
He wanted to respond to this expectation and bring her the most unique Wind Flower Festival, but...
But before the girl could even participate, the flame of her life was sadly extinguished.
The so-called guardian of justice, protecting everything that one cherishes, even the eye of God that was lit for it seemed dim and gloomy that day.
If he hadn't accidentally touched the conch shell when he was collecting his belongings that day and heard her voice from it, he might have continued to live in a daze until he became the person he hated in the past.
There weren't many words, so concise that there wasn't even an opening line, but instead there was a sentence that almost reignited Diluk's faith.
"——Everyone can be a hero. Even if it's just putting a coat on a child and letting him know that life goes on."
Just as she said, Diluk aspires to be a hero, but... he is still young and has not yet realized his own weakness and limitations.
For him who could not discern the path and was hesitant about his own beliefs, Youya gave him a visible and practical direction.
The light of the guiding light was too dim, as if it would disappear at any time, but it allowed Diluk to continue moving forward instead of being confused.
A few years after Youya passed away, my father also died on a gloomy day.
And Kaiya, his sworn brother who used to be as close as a brother, told him the secrets that had been buried in his heart for a long time, and even said that he had known that Youya was in poor health, but still chose to conceal it.
The burning flames of rage completely swept towards him until they were contained by another wave of ice.
He was not angry at Kaia for hiding the truth, but he felt hopeless about himself. The scars that had been revealed and his father's death made him angry at himself.
However, he would no longer foolishly move forward blindly. He would manage his own strength and fulfill his own justice in the way the girl described.
When all thieves discover the firebird in the night sky that dispels the haze and brings the morning light, they will be terrified and will never dare to commit any illegal acts in this city again.
Kaiya joined this team and implemented his own beliefs in it -
Even though they broke up, they trusted each other more than ever before.
Until that day comes every year.
—Barbara Page’s POV.
My father once said.
As long as we don't do bad things and treat others sincerely, we will be able to grow up safely and smoothly and become the person we want to be.
This sentence is not a lie to deceive young girls, but there are very few people in this world who can be so precious and yet "grow up normally".
Barbara is one of the lucky ones, and it has been like this since she met her beloved friend Youya.
But when she learned that her friend had passed away on the day of Wind Flower Festival, she felt dizzy and felt the absurdity of the world collapsing and her faith being destroyed.
The friend who always teased her but recognized her more than anyone else gave her a lot of courage and made Barbara not an unknown person behind her sister's brilliance, but the one and only Barbara.
I fell asleep quietly in the early morning of the Wind Flower Festival and never woke up again.
Idols, dreams... all those precious things given by friends seem to be incomplete when you lose them.
No matter how hard you try, you can't be seen by the person you most want to be seen by. Then what's the point of all these hard rehearsals and singing until your voice is hoarse?
Barbara cried very sadly that day, and the same was true for the rest of the song, if it weren't for the somewhat bumpy song that belonged to her in the conch shell.
Perhaps in the future she will return to those gloomy days again, just blindly following her father's ideas and living like a walking corpse.
only--
Whenever such thoughts came to her mind in the dead of night, she would fall asleep listening to the song in the conch.
Then, you can greet every day when you wake up with the most enthusiastic spirit.
I want to love everyone and be loved by everyone on your behalf who is unable to grow up.
Perhaps, it is based on such simple and naive ideas.
The troublesome family problems in the past were gradually resolved with the help of her and her sister, although her father and mother still kept their distance.
But at least, the emotional entanglements of their generation no longer stand in the way of the two sisters.
They shared their troubles with each other, worrying about the overly enthusiastic fans during performances, and being troubled by their knight subordinates who always lacked initiative when doing things.
These are the daily routines between her and Sister Qin, and it is always at this time that they both think about them.
If it were Youya, she would definitely smile cunningly like a cat and then come up with a bold and practical plan.
Because she is always like this, able to see what others need at a glance.
Barbara pulled herself together from her depression.
Today is an important day.
Apart from my sister's awarding ceremony, it's time to go visit her again...
What should I tell her from the bottom of my heart this time?
For example, those things that I didn’t have the courage to tell you when I was a child?
Chapter 136 Return Yuya's Eye of God to Me
The sacred tree in the wind-rising land is the end point of the first generation "Dandelion Knight"'s road.
According to records, Vanessa, the first Dandelion Knight who founded the Knights of Favonius and revitalized Mondstadt, came here at the end of her life.
She bid farewell to the city-state she protected with all her heart, leaving behind a legend and a sapling.
With the care of thousands of winds and the shining of countless suns and moons, this sapling eventually grew into a towering tree.
Even as far away as Mondstadt, one can still see the towering shadows of the trees standing tall above the plains.
It was the end of a legend, but also a new life for those who came after.
Qin had thought many times whether she was really qualified to inherit this great title?
Can he really carry through the resistance and benevolence symbolized by that honor, even now that Mondstadt has been rebuilt for more than a thousand years?
Is this ancient, free and proud city-state really as fragile as a baby bird, which will quickly die from its own rapid metabolism once it is out of the care of its parents?
Hidden beneath his steady and mature appearance is the heart of a young girl who has just completed her knighthood and has not yet confirmed whether she has enough ability to complete her mission.
Whenever I worry and question my own abilities...
She couldn't help but look at the Eye of God pendant around her waist.
The wind-like green mist brings peace of mind and makes it hard to forget its previous owner.
She treated her like a younger sister, a wonderful girl who always attracted the attention of everyone around her and made people follow her.
However, she left quietly during the day of celebration until they came to her door that night.
Looking at the girl who was sleeping peacefully, so quietly that she seemed to have forgotten to breathe.
The kind that overturned all emotions, leaving only sadness and mourning, and even his expression as if he was heartbroken when facing his sister.
Qin finally came to her senses and realized that not only Barbara, but she was also so dependent on the other party.
Fortunately——
The conch shell left by the girl told her a promise.
A small and gentle expectation from the deceased to the living.
What fell out of the envelope were the girl's divine eyes and some brief but nostalgic words.
"Please light up my divine eyes, and continue to protect Barbara with my share."
The moment Qin got the Eye of God, the dim color was re-infused with the power of the wind, and the breeze blowing past her face seemed to bring someone's whisper.
"Finally, please take this blessing with you and move forward more calmly."
This was what Qin had always dreamed of, but its appearance made Qin unable to be happy.
If the price of possessing the Eye of God is losing one's beloved family, then this is not a miracle, but an exchange...
How can I repay this blessing that can never be repaid?
Qin is unknown.
Therefore, after the awarding ceremony, she quietly left the banquet and went to Fruit Wine Lake.
Unlike other nobles whose funerals were mostly handled by the church or who returned to their family's ancestral lands after death, the girl's tombstone was placed at the Fruit Wine Lake according to her request.
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