Timmie relaxed his guard a little and looked at Xavier curiously.
"Really? Are you from another world, just like Traveler?"
Xavier still maintained his kind and approachable demeanor, saying, "That's right, so can I see your pigeons?"
Timmie hesitated, saying, "Well… okay, but you can't kill my pigeons with weird things like Traveler did!"
"How could I? I'm not that kind of person!"
Xavier patted his chest, making a guarantee.
Then, at Timmie's whistle, the pigeons ran to Timmie's side like obedient puppies.
"Look, these pigeons are all raised by me personally, and they all listen to me very well!" Timmie proudly introduced the pigeons to Xavier.
Xavier touched a pigeon standing by, finding it very cute.
If it were fried, Timmie would be very sad, and the pigeon would be very pitiful, right?
But suddenly…
"Oh no, there are Hilichurls!"
Amber shouted, and everyone immediately went on alert; after all, this was right at the entrance of Mondstadt.
Xavier also entered combat mode, his element power erupting!
"Where are the Hilichurls? Let me see!"
Following Amber's gaze, Xavier indeed spotted a wandering Hilichurl, seemingly lost.
Xavier aimed at this Hilichurl, and a streak of fire shot out, instantly killing it.
"Phew~ That's great, looks like there's no big problem." Amber breathed a sigh of relief.
If there was a large group of Hilichurls, it might have been troublesome.
"My… my pigeon!"
Timmie suddenly let out a sorrowful cry, looking at the charred pigeon lying on the ground, his heart aching immensely.
Everyone's gaze simultaneously fell upon it, realizing that the pigeon Xavier had just touched was charred…
And the other pigeons were so scared that they all ran away, not a single one left.
Navia flashed to Xavier's front and asked quietly, "Xavier, please don't tell me you did that on purpose."
Xavier chuckled awkwardly, "But I really didn't do it on purpose, do you believe me…?"
"I don't believe you." Navia shook his head.
Well, it was impossible to explain it clearly now.
Xavier, steeling himself, went to Timmie and apologized, "I'm sorry, Timmie, I really didn't do it on purpose; it's mainly because that Hilichurl appeared too suddenly…"
"Waaah, I'll never believe you again! You and Traveler are both bad people, specifically hitting my pigeons!"
Timmie wiped his tears, feeling incredibly wronged.
Hu Tao suddenly sniffed his nose, then asked the others, "Do you guys feel like this smells pretty good?"
Furina nodded, saying, "It does seem quite fragrant. If only we had some chili powder, cumin powder, or something right now…"
As he spoke, both of them were already drooling.
Kazuha suddenly walked over and said, "I have some here, do you need it?"
Fischl, surprised, said, "Why do you have such things?!"
Kazuha explained, "Because I travel around all year, and I usually eat out for my three meals a day. Without these, the food would be hard to swallow."
After hearing Kazuha's explanation, everyone found it incredibly reasonable.
Hu Tao quietly took the cumin and other seasonings and came to Timmie, offering "comfort."
"Oh, Timmie, don't cry anymore! Let me tell you, I, Hu Tao, am the Hall Master of the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor in Liyue, specializing in the funeral industry!"
Timmie wiped his tears, looked up, and asked, "Really, big sister?"
"Of course it's true! And recently, I've launched many new types of funerals, and my clients are all very satisfied!"
Shenhe, who had barely spoken the entire journey, finally couldn't help but ask Xavier, "His clients should be deceased people, right? Can they also participate in user surveys?"
Xavier: …
He didn't know how to answer Shenhe; this was clearly something Hu Tao made up, how could he actually believe it?
"Then… big sister, do you have any good funerals?"
Timmie looked at Hu Tao with hopeful eyes, wishing for a satisfactory answer.
Hu Tao said seriously, "Recently, our Wangsheng Funeral Parlor has developed a new type of funeral called 'Food Burial.'"
"Food Burial?"
Timmie couldn't quite understand what this meant, and the others also seemed confused.
Only Xavier looked on with a strange gaze, wondering if it was what he understood.
"Timmie, do you know that every time we eat food, we digest it and keep the essence within our bodies?"
"Food burial is a method to let the departed stay with us forever through this process. What do you think?"
Hu Tao spoke very seriously, but in reality, his true intentions were already clear.
Timmie was just a child after all; how could he understand these tricks?
He said, half-believing, "Then… okay, I think what you said sounds very impressive, so I'll believe you this once."
"Mm-hmm, trusting this Hall Master is never wrong!"
Hu Tao was extremely satisfied with his persuasive words, then took out cumin chili, salt, and other seasonings…
When these seasonings were sprinkled on the pigeon, the charred aroma mixed with the fragrance of the spices wafted into their noses.
"Oh no, this smells too good…"
Furina was already drooling, not expecting it to be so tempting!
Xavier also swallowed, mumbling, "As expected of a pigeon fed with Wheat, the taste is truly different!"
Fischl also couldn't help but say, "It smells so good, no wonder Traveler comes to hunt pigeons whenever he's free…"
Except for Kazuha and Shenhe, everyone instantly turned into foodies.
Even Timmie was no exception.
Tears streamed from his eyes, and drool streamed from the corners of his mouth!
"Am I really going to eat it? No, no, this is my good friend, gulp~"
Although he said that, Timmie kept swallowing his saliva.
Hu Tao continued to tempt him, "It's not eating; this is a necessary part of the funeral, a way for it to be with you forever!"
Hu Tao tore off a leg and stuffed it into Timmie's mouth.
And so, Timmie tearfully ate the pigeon leg.
With Timmie leading the way, the others no longer hesitated, quickly dividing the small pigeon among themselves.
5 minutes later.
"Goodbye everyone, I hope you find Bennett!"
Timmie happily waved to everyone, no longer showing any of his previous sadness or gloom.
Navia couldn't help but ask, "Hu Tao, where did you learn this skill of tricking people?"
Hu Tao chuckled, "What tricking? I genuinely think this way. Besides, didn't everyone find it delicious too?"
Everyone remained silent, because the pigeon really did smell delicious, didn't it?!
Meanwhile, Xavier's live stream chat was going wild with laughter.
"I'm dying of laughter, anchor. I don't know how you produced that flame just now, but this ending is just too hilarious."
"This show effect is absolutely 666, it's making me numb with laughter."
"Hahaha, congratulations to Great Demon King for completing the achievement: killing Timmie's pigeon!"
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