"Come, come, come, I remember Joseph should live here." Yu Jin pulled Katheryne to a house on Mondstadt Street, explaining enthusiastically to Katheryne.
Given Joseph's state, he and Katheryne would certainly have many common topics. This way, they could find the 'kindred spirits' that people like them desired most.
In Yu Jin's experience, the most desired things for such intelligent and unique life forms that suddenly gained sentience were recognition and kindred spirits.
As long as one of these two appeared in their lives, it was highly probable that they would be stable and would not turn into 'monsters' like terrorists.
Now Yu Jin wanted to be even more stable, so the first thing he did after returning to Mondstadt was to take Katheryne to find Joseph.
However, Yu Jin looked at the lock on the gate and found it very strange. According to Mondstadt Katheryne, there were always storms happening near Mondstadt, so what was Joseph doing going out at this time? And he even went out with Joel.
"That's strange? Where did they go?" Yu Jin fiddled with the door lock, completely puzzled.
Just as Yu Jin was wondering what to do next, Joseph's neighbor heard Yu Jin's knocking and came out.
"Yu Jin, right?" The person immediately recognized Yu Jin by his peculiar attire.
After all, Yu Jin often visited Joseph's house, and with his distinctive features, it was hard to forget him.
The neighbor saw Yu Jin but did not come out. Instead, he ran back into the house. Before long, he came out with a letter.
"That kid Joseph went out with Joel! It was a long time ago. He left a letter for you, telling you not to worry." The neighbor handed the letter to Yu Jin and explained.
"Thank you." Yu Jin nodded, then directly tore open the envelope and began to read. He felt there was nothing to hide between himself and Joseph.
Yu Jin quickly scanned the letter. Soon, the hand holding the letter began to tremble. Then Yu Jin crumpled the letter into a ball in his hand.
His other hand kept stroking his chest plate. Yu Jin walked to the side of the road, squatted down, and thought.
He thought about why he had to be so enigmatic back then, saying something about hoping he would run towards the light.
Because the entire letter contained only one sentence: "Yu Jin, don't worry, Joel and I are going to chase the sun!"
"Rebellious son!" Yu Jin felt his asthma was about to act up. However, what slightly relieved him was that Joseph said in the letter that he would take good care of himself and Joel, which somewhat eased Yu Jin's heart.
"What's wrong, Mr. Yu Jin?" Katheryne asked worriedly when she saw Yu Jin's dejected look.
It was her first time seeing Yu Jin show such a dejected expression. Could something bad have happened?
Yu Jin saw Katheryne's worried expression, stood up, waved his hand, and said, "It's nothing serious, it's just that Joseph went on a long trip, so you probably won't see him for a while."
Katheryne shook her head after hearing that. "It's okay, I'm already satisfied just knowing that there are others like me in the world."
"Alright, next I'll take you to see a little one." The first meeting failed, Yu Jin didn't dwell on it too much and directly took Katheryne to wander around Mondstadt again.
Soon, they arrived at Mondstadt Square. Due to the Dragon Scourge, there were many fewer people in Mondstadt Square than before.
However, among the bustling crowds, Yu Jin immediately spotted the person he was looking for: a young Damselette with bright brown hair sitting in a corner.
"Yo! Still sitting here, Anna." Yu Jin greeted the somewhat pale Damselette in front of him.
"Hello, Miss Anna." Katheryne also greeted her after hearing Anna's name.
Anna was clearly surprised to see Yu Jin and Katheryne, but she quickly smiled and nodded, saying:
"Hello, Mr. Yu Jin and Miss Katheryne, are you two on a date?"
Thanks to Yu Jin and Katheryne's good reputation, Anna's gaze lingered on Yu Jin and Katheryne for a moment before she directly started joking.
Katheryne still smiled, while Yu Jin lightly flicked Anna's forehead. "This Katheryne is new, just like you, she's about to become an Adventurer."
"Really? Then congratulations in advance, Miss Katheryne." Anna's eyes held a hint of envy as she looked at Katheryne. She was still ill, and becoming an Adventurer was still a long way off.
Yu Jin saw the change in Anna's expression and comforted her, "I went to Bubu Pharmacy in Liyue to check, your medicine is fine, they prescribed it. Take it on time, and you'll get better."
"Really?!" Anna's eyes lit up. As for why she doubted the authenticity of the medicine, it could only be said that the ingredients in that prescription were too strange.
Strange things like Berries swallowed by Slimes, and Windwheel Asters blown by Wind Slimes were all in the prescription.
This made Anna suspect that she had been tricked. She had complained about her prescription to those around her more than once, and Yu Jin, who used to run all over Mondstadt, was naturally among them.
Yu Jin nodded, then continued, "Not only that, I also have something to give you."
With that, Yu Jin pulled out a photo and a seven-colored bracelet and gave them to Anna.
"What is this?" Anna asked curiously as she took the items Yu Jin gave her.
The picture was very clear, showing Yu Jin crossing the storm in the Dark Sea; and the seven-colored bracelet also subtly made Anna feel that it was no ordinary item.
"A photo of my Adventure in the Dark Sea, and a bracelet I made from seven Anemo Cores." Yu Jin explained calmly.
Then Katheryne and Anna froze.
"The Dark Sea?"
"A bracelet made from seven Anemo Cores?"
Anna felt her throat was a little dry. She looked at Yu Jin in front of her. She had occasionally heard the people of Mondstadt discussing the strongest combat forces in Mondstadt, and Yu Jin's name was among them.
Although Yu Jin himself was not a Mondstadter.
But she never expected Yu Jin to be so powerful. So, had he been to the Dark Sea all these days?
"No, I can't take it, it's too valuable!" Anna hurriedly returned the bracelet and photo in her hand.
This was a Great Adventurer's proof of his Adventure, too valuable.
Yu Jin saw Anna's flattered expression and found it amusing. He tapped Anna's head and laughed:
"What's valuable or not valuable? Everyone has one."
Yes, Yu Jin still had a large stack of photos, all of them landscape photos of the Dark Sea, including some pictures of Gods.
He originally wanted to include Kutri in the photos, but Kutri directly refused. According to him, the fate of ordinary people who knew about the existence of the Seven Dragon Sovereigns would probably not be good.
"Huh?"
Anna was stunned again. She silently took back the photo and bracelet, and said gratefully, "Then I'll accept them. Thank you, Mr. Yu Jin."
"Hehe, although everyone has one, the gifts I give to each person are different." Yu Jin said with a smile, taking out a stack of photos and enumerating them as if they were treasures:
"Cyrus will definitely want this photo of me holding the Adventurers' Guild flag. He cares most about the Guild and new recruits."
"Lin will definitely like this picture of me cooking in the Dark Sea. She always teaches others how to grill skewers on the outskirts of Mondstadt. Maybe I should take her to the Dark Sea to grill sometime."
"And this one, a picture of two Gods fighting, Stanley... hmm, Stanley will definitely like it."
...Every time Yu Jin pulled out a picture, he could say who it was for, and he chattered on like this for a long time.
Katheryne looked at the busy Yu Jin, her smile growing even wider. She was very glad to have met Yu Jin, and her future Adventure life would surely not be boring.
"Haha, everyone is really lucky to have such a good senior." Anna also laughed. She knew that everyone in the Adventurers' Guild would surely be so excited that they wouldn't be able to sleep all night after receiving these gifts.
"Is that so? Then you must take your medicine on time. I'm really looking forward to you becoming a junior." Yu Jin put away the photos and encouraged Anna again.
"Yes, I will. I'll need your guidance then, senior." Anna no longer had her previous despondency. She now yearned to go on Adventures.
"That's natural, I like juniors the most." Yu Jin said with a smile, crossing his arms.
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