The Weapon Master Shall Never Die Bare-Handed in Genshin Impact [433]

“So… what’ll happen to Azhdaha from now on?”

Lumine asked, curiosity in her voice.

“Azhdaha… will likely slumber for some time,” Zhongli replied. “And for that, I must thank you both.”

“If not for you… I might have had to seal my friend with my own hands once more.”

“No need for thanks. I’ve got something to ask you, actually,” Lumine said, turning to Zhongli.

“Do you know anything about Khaenri’ah?”

She asked seriously, “Its disappearance, the punishment from the gods… All of it involves my brother. Zhongli, can you tell me anything?”

“You’re a genuine god who’s lived for thousands of years,” Paimon chimed in. “You must’ve been there when it happened, right?”

“……”

Zhongli was silent for a long while, then let out a soft sigh.

“I cannot speak of it.”

“Why not?!”

Lumine was visibly stunned. “You can’t talk about it?”

Zhongli nodded. “I’m sorry… That is part of a contract.”

“This contract predates everything—before even the beginning. I… am bound to silence.”

He looked at Lumine, whose disappointment was plain to see. “I consider you a friend. Disappointing you was never my intention. But as the God of Contracts, I cannot break this vow.”

“Traveler… it really looks like Zhongli won’t say anything…” Paimon whispered.

Lumine stood quiet for a moment.

“I figured it wouldn’t be that easy…” she said. “Which means Venti probably won’t say anything either.”

“I asked him for you.”

Jia Changjiang spoke up from the side. “Venti didn’t want to talk about it either. It’s probably best not to dig too deep.”

“I thought as much… Forget it.”

Lumine shook her head, as if trying to cast the lingering thoughts out of her mind.

“'The cart will find its way up the mountain, and the boat will straighten out at the bridge'… That’s how people in Liyue say it, right?” she said.

“No matter what… I’ll find the answers eventually, won’t I?”

She looked toward Zhongli.

Zhongli nodded.

“You’re coming to understand this world more and more,” he said. “So many things that have happened on this land… stretched over such long time, they’ve been forgotten—or cast aside.”

“But if it’s you… you might be able to find them, and carry them forward.”

He looked at her carefully.

Lumine was different from Jia Changjiang.

Jia was a warrior.

Lumine was a traveler.

“A witness, here to bear witness. A recorder, born to remember.”

“On the road to finding him, you may encounter countless obstacles. But if you truly believe that this road leads to what’s right—then every step is meaningful.”

“I… understand,” Lumine said, though her nod was a little hesitant.

After that, she and Jia Changjiang stood with Zhongli for a while longer at the stone stele beneath the Dragon-Queller, before returning together to Liyue.

...

Once Zhongli left the area around Nantianmen, back beneath the Dragon-Queller…

“Damn it! Morax! He stood up there for ages and didn’t even come down to say hello! He really thinks we don’t matter, huh?!”

A voice rang out angrily.

“No… He probably just didn’t want to disturb us. Let’s move quickly.”

Another voice spoke, this one gentle. “Morax chose to live as an ordinary man of Liyue now… Perhaps we can learn something from that.”

“Hmph!!”

...

Back in Liyue, Zhongli accepted an invitation to visit Lumine and Jia Changjiang’s Serenitea Pot.

However…

When Lumine took out the pot, Zhongli couldn’t shake the feeling that something was… off.

Is this Serenitea Pot… a little too square?

Teapots were usually more… round, weren’t they?

Has Madame Ping changed how she crafts these things?

Zhongli stared at the teapot in Lumine’s hands, pondering why it looked so rigid and angular.

Jia Changjiang and Lumine entered first, and Zhongli prepared to follow them.

And then—

As soon as he stepped inside, what greeted him was a world entirely built of blocks.

The houses were square. The lamp posts and roadside pillars were square.

“…What is this?”

Zhongli looked off into the distance—and saw the forest surrounding the homes…

Also square?

Zhongli took a moment to inspect his surroundings carefully. Within his line of sight, nearly everything was rectangular or cubic in shape.

The only thing not square… was perhaps the sun in the sky, and even that wasn’t entirely convincing.

“Hello.”

A cheerful voice called out.

Zhongli turned to see a round-headed figure walking past him, hoe in hand.

It was Tubby, heading toward the fields behind Zhongli.

As she passed, Tubby politely nodded in greeting.

Zhongli turned and looked behind him—where vast farmlands spread out in orderly square plots.

“?”

Wasn’t the exterior realm of the Serenitea Pot originally… not designed for farming?

“Zhongli! Over here, come on!”

Lumine’s voice called out from further ahead, and Zhongli saw her waving at him, smiling brightly.

With a faint sense of novelty, he stepped into the house that Lumine and Jia Changjiang now called home.

As he entered, he was immediately greeted by the aroma of stir-fried dishes wafting through the air.

Moments later, Jia brought out several plates.

Paimon and Lumine eagerly dove in, practically fighting over the food.

After a while, Zhongli finally asked:

“You two…”

“What are your plans from here?”

“We’re planning to head back to Mondstadt for a bit, then try to make our way to Inazuma,” Lumine replied between bites.

“I’ve still got some questions I want to ask Ms. Lisa… and there are a few things I promised others I’d do.”

She set down her bowl, ticking things off on her fingers: “Knight training with Noelle and Eileen…”

“Helping Barbara write a new idol song…”

“There’s still so much to do.”

She nodded firmly.

“I see.”

Zhongli nodded as well. “By the way…”

“…What happened to this Serenitea Pot?”

He extended his hand.

He could sense something within the pot—some fundamental laws beginning to shift.

As if, once the pot was freed from Teyvat’s constraints, it had begun to be shaped by the rules of another world entirely.

“Oh, you’ll have to ask Greenskin about that one!”

Lumine laughed. “When we first got here, the ground wasn’t even suitable for planting anything. We spent days digging with pickaxes to fix it up…”

“And then the pot just… turned square!”

She shrugged. “But honestly, a lot of things have gotten more convenient. Tubby seems to like the change too—she hasn’t complained.”

“But I can’t help thinking…”

“All that work Greenskin put in…”

“It was probably just for that vegetable patch outside.”

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