Remains of the Demon Gods?
Demon Gods?
Lumine, sitting to the side, was also quite interested in the matter Kaito and Zhongli were discussing. She hadn't eaten much of her food, having been listening to their conversation the whole time.
It was just that this was the first time she had heard the term "remains of the Demon Gods."
"I naturally must thank young friend Kaito for this act." Pausing for a moment, Zhongli continued, "It is simply that on this land of Liyue, the remnants of the deceased Demon Gods are distributed far too widely. Relying solely on young friend Kaito alone would likely require a considerable amount of time and energy. You might even be poisoned by such things."
In truth, Zhongli was not clear whether the remains of the Demon Gods could cause any harm to Kaito, but He felt it necessary to explain the situation clearly.
After all, no matter how one looked at it, Kaito obviously did not understand these things very well. Even if he could directly clear them away, Zhongli still had to explain the circumstances.
"Mm, I know." Kaito nodded.
He was well aware that excessive contact with the remains of the Demon Gods would produce many negative effects, just like with those Yakshas.
Now, among them, some had died, some had gone mad, and currently, only one remained relatively normal.
But even this sole survivor, Xiao, had almost gone mad before. Fortunately, that drunkard Anemo Archon had appeared in time, preventing such a consequence.
As for himself, he wasn't very clear. He couldn't be certain if his current self could resist that kind of corruption.
But there was one point where he was quite different from those Yakshas: he could thoroughly clear away the corruption of the Demon Gods, rather than only being able to endlessly repeat that futile effort.
Of course, it couldn't exactly be called a futile effort. It was just that if there was no way to thoroughly clear it, one could only grind it out against it, and the final outcome was almost exclusively a loss.
However, even so, those Yakshas did not retreat. On this point, Kaito admired them greatly.
"Then I shall first thank young friend Kaito on behalf of Liyue."
Hearing Kaito speak like this, Zhongli naturally understood his thoughts, so He immediately expressed His gratitude.
Leaving aside the results, merely based on Kaito's mindset, He felt he ought to do so.
Afterward, Zhongli continued, "However, it is getting late today. After you finish eating, you should stay here for the night."
"No problem, we'll trouble Mr. Zhongli to provide accommodation then." Saying this, Kaito smiled.
Although he had Mora on him, Zhongli would certainly help arrange accommodation, so there was no need for him to stand on ceremony regarding this.
"That is only natural." Nodding, Zhongli continued, "After you left last time, the place you stayed at before is still empty. How about you continue to stay there?"
Because the place provided for Kaito previously was still empty, and since Zhongli felt Kaito would likely prefer staying in a familiar place, He wanted to let him continue staying there.
Of course, this still depended on what Kaito had to say.
"That works. The previous place was quite nice, though this time it's just the two of us." Although, in the end, it was really just missing Paimon this time, Kaito still mentioned it.
After all, in the eyes of others, it wouldn't be seen that way.
Lumine: "!"
Lumine, who was in the middle of eating, was stunned for a moment upon suddenly hearing Kaito say this.
Although there wasn't anything wrong with what Kaito had just said, nor was there anything strange about it, Lumine still felt somewhat different.
However, she didn't show anything and continued to eat silently, only at a much slower speed.
Just me and Kaito...
Mm...
Involuntarily thinking about that small courtyard with only herself and Kaito, Lumine's thoughts wandered.
"Then let us eat first. After we finish, I will take you over." While Lumine was dazed, Zhongli's voice sounded again.
"Eat, eat, eat, I'm hungry too." Saying this, Kaito began to eat without standing on ceremony.
Although they had bought a lot of food while at the hot spring earlier, he hadn't actually eaten much, so he was a bit hungry at this moment.
"Slow down, Kaito, be careful of choking."
Seeing Kaito seemingly eating with such impatience, Lumine hurriedly reminded him to be careful of choking.
Even if Kaito was very strong, she still worried about such things happening.
It couldn't be helped; she had seen this situation too many times with Paimon. Every time, she had to forcefully pat Paimon's back, or directly pour water into Paimon.
If Kaito were to be like this too, she wouldn't pour water; she would first pat Kaito's back to see if it could solve the problem.
If that didn't work, she would probably have to pour water into Kaito just like she did with Paimon.
"I won't, I definitely won't... Cough cough." Before he could finish his sentence, Kaito coughed. It looked like he was really choking.
"Kaito, are you okay?"
Not expecting Kaito to actually choke, Lumine quickly stood up, walked behind Kaito, and bent down to check on his condition.
"Are you okay?" With her hand already placed on Kaito's back, Lumine asked about his condition again, her face full of worry.
"I'm okay, I'm okay. You actually predicted it."
Nodding, Kaito looked up at Lumine and smiled somewhat awkwardly.
It could be said that nothing was more awkward than this sudden slap in the face by reality, and it was such a quick one at that. He hadn't even finished his sentence. It was truly too awkward.
"Who told you to talk while eating?" Silently sighing in her heart, Lumine looked very helpless.
However, beneath that helpless expression, she breathed a sigh of relief.
Afterward, as if remembering something, she looked at Zhongli and asked, "Mr. Zhongli, is there any tea here?"
Although there was soup on the table, Lumine felt that tea would be better.
No matter what, one had to drink some water when choking.
"Yes, I will go ask for some." Saying this, Zhongli stood up from his seat.
Because He felt it was somewhat inappropriate for Him to continue staying there, Zhongli used this excuse to leave temporarily, leaving the space to the two of them, Kaito and Lumine.
"Eh?" Lumine, who had originally intended to go get the tea herself, was a bit dumbfounded watching Zhongli's retreating figure.
She had thought to ask Mr. Zhongli for the location so she could ask someone to bring the tea. However, she had only just asked when Mr. Zhongli took the initiative to go get it, leaving the words she had prepared unspoken.
"It seems Mr. Zhongli gets impatient as soon as he hears about tea."
Kaito cracked a joke regarding Zhongli's actions.
It couldn't be helped; Zhongli really loved drinking tea too much.
"By the way, Lumine." At this moment, Kaito seemed to remember something.
"What is it?"
"Do you want to go buy some clothes?"
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