Genshin Impact: Reincarnation as a Hilichurl

Diona no longer cared about whether she was cute or not. She couldn't stop wagging her tail and asked Wang Chen hurriedly, "Is there really a way?"

"Um, don't get excited yet. There are people waiting for autographs behind you. How about we make an appointment at a place and I'll come to you after the signing is over?" Seeing that the readers behind him were getting restless and Emma had finished her business and was walking back from a distance, Wang Chen proposed to Diona.

"...Okay, my name is Diona, and I work as a bartender at the Cat's Tail Tavern. I'll be waiting for you there, so don't break your promise!"

After persuading Diona to leave, Wang Chen was absent-minded.

Emma noticed that he was not in a good state and asked with concern, "What's wrong?"

"No, it's okay."

He took on a responsibility that could change Diona's life.

If it weren't for Xiao Wen's meddling, Diona would probably have grown up with the blessing of the spring elves, her cocktail-making skills would have been praised by people all her life, the Cat's Tail Tavern would have remained standing, and Mond's alcohol industry would not have to worry about being monopolized by Diluk.

Once the blessing of the fountain spirit is lost, it will definitely be impossible to mix delicious wine with just any ingredients. Although Diona has the Eye of God and there is still a long way to go in the future, it is inevitable that negative comments such as "the fallen cocktail genius" will appear.

The contrast before and after is too huge. The more famous she was before, the harder she fell afterwards. Diona may not be able to bear it at her age.

By then, Wang Chen will be the culprit of everything.

"No, I have to find a way to stop Diona from giving up her blessing, or at least explain it to her clearly."

Wang Chen's hand slipped and he almost signed the wrong word for the reader, but fortunately he reacted and corrected it in time.

When the signing session was over, Wang Chen took out his pocket watch and saw that it was already past six o'clock. Because there were many people who brought "Fairy Tale in the Box" to sign, the actual number of people far exceeded three thousand.

He stood up and stretched his body, preparing to go find Diona, but Emma stopped him and said, "Teacher Huijin, how about having dinner together?"

"Sorry, I already have an appointment."

Wang Chen quickened his pace and rushed to the Cat's Tail Tavern, which made Emma stamp her feet in anger: "I don't know when we will meet next time!"

As soon as he approached the Cat's Tail Tavern, three kittens meowed and acted cute at Wang Chen. He pushed open the door with cat ears and the first thing he saw was the black cat "Little Prince" with a top hat and a bow, and then Shu Yun behind the bar.

Diona was not mixing cocktails behind the bar, but was playing with a few kittens on the cat climbing frame nearby.

Wang Chen listened to the card-playing tune playing from somewhere and looked around the tavern.

The business here is not bad, but it cannot compare to the angel's gift.

There was only one table in the tavern with the secret box of the Seven Summonings. It seemed that the Seven Summonings was not very popular at this point in time. When playing cards became popular, the number of guests here would be able to catch up with the Angel's Gift.

"Diona."

"Oh! You're here. Let's go inside and talk."

Diona brought Wang Chen to the room that would be transformed into a card player duel room in the future. After Wang Chen came in, she carefully closed the door and said impatiently, "Tell me quickly, how can I remove the blessing from you!"

Wang Chen pulled out the Wentian Sword, which was equally impatient, and placed it on the table.

"Hey! Listen to me, little cat girl, do you remember when you met a pure water elf?"

"Cat, cat-man?! How can this sword speak?" After seeing the true face of the person who was talking to her, Diona was a little distrustful.

"Humph, I was born and raised as a spiritual stone. It has been a hundred thousand years since I was born—"

Wang Chen interrupted its self-introduction: "Its name is Xiao Wen, and it is a sword spirit."

"Humph! That's it. Don't you believe me?"

Seeing Diona was hesitant, Wang Chen said, "The blessing Xiaowen mentioned is real, but I really don't know how to solve it. You can just listen to it first."

Looking at the picture on this guy's cloak and the pictures of Klee in Alice in Wonderland, he should be friends with Klee, right?

If I had known that the person talking to me was a sword, I should have checked with Klee first.

Well, just trust him this time.

After a mental struggle, Diona said, "Okay, I'm willing to believe you. But after I tell you my experience, you are not allowed to laugh at me, and you can't tell anyone else, okay?"

"I have received professional training and will not laugh unless I can't help it. As for keeping secrets, don't worry, I will keep my mouth shut."

After hearing Wang Chen's assurance, Diona shifted her attention to the Wentian Sword.

"Humph! Me too!"

Diona then began to tell the story that Wang Chen already knew:

"In my hometown, Qingquan Town, there is an old legend that when Qingquan Town was not yet a town, there was a well that had been dry for who knows how long.

"One day, a mother and son who were seeking medical treatment passed by the well and sat down by the well to rest.

"Although the child was seriously ill, he was very sensible. He knew that in order to treat his illness, his mother had spent all her family wealth and brought him to many places. Her hair had turned white at the age of nearly 40. He felt sorry for his mother and asked her to give up her life, but was severely reprimanded.

"The mother in the mother-son relationship doesn't care about anything. The child is her only relative in the world. She must cure him no matter what, even if she loses Mora and her hair turns white. The child once had thoughts of committing suicide, and the mother scolded him harshly.

"Every time they found a pharmacy or hospital, the mother would tell her child before entering the door: It will definitely be cured. But as of this day, the mother and son had traveled across half of the continent of Teyvat, and despair was brewing in their hearts.

"What made the mother even more desperate was that the last doctor told her that the child didn't have much time left. Sitting by the well, she told the child again: He will definitely be cured, but she couldn't help turning her head away so that the child wouldn't see her tears.

"In fact, the child also overheard it. At that moment, he felt relieved, but he was also afraid that his mother would be too sad and that she would be alone without anyone to take care of her after he left. Seeing his mother secretly crying, he could no longer hold back, so he turned his head to the other side and cried silently."

Diona's tone changed, and she said a little excitedly:

"At this moment, a miracle happened. The tears of the mother and son dripped into the dry well, accidentally awakening the spring spirit sleeping under the well. The spring spirit rose from the dry well and gurgled. After filling the dry well, it gathered outside the well into a spring.

“The child who was originally terminally ill was actually cured in this spring!

"People at that time came to see the blessed spring water and even built settlements here, unwilling to leave, thus forming the present Qingquan Town."

Diona looked at Wang Chen and Wen Tianjian, hoping to see some expressions on their faces. She was very moved when she heard this story as a child.

Unfortunately, one of the two guys opposite was wearing a cloak, and the other had no face.

"Oh! So you are that child?"

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Diona's cat ears trembled unhappily: "What kind of reading comprehension ability is this? It says it's an 'ancient' 'legend'. Although I don't think it's a legend, how could it be me!"

"Hey! You haven't even talked about yourself in all this time? I was wondering how someone could receive the blessing of the Pure Water Spirit twice. Tell me about your experience."

"My experience is not that special. When I was a child, I liked to whisper to my reflection in the spring water at night. I think when I was seven years old, I heard the spring spirit talking to me.

"She said: 'I send my blessing to the hunter's daughter as a gift of growth and farewell. May your cup always be filled with wine of celebration, as sweet as the spring water of thousand-year-old melted snow', but I always thought it was a dream..."

"Yes! That's it. 'May your cup always be filled with wine of celebration, as sweet as a spring of thousand-year-old melted snow.' This is undoubtedly the blessing of the pure water spirit."

"Hmm... now that I think about it, the spring spirit has good intentions towards me, but..."

Diona put her head on the table, her ears trembling, her tail wagging, her tangled mood revealed without any concealment.

"No... With this blessing, I can't destroy Mond Wine Industry and end the drunken career of those uncles..."

She suddenly raised her head, sat up straight on the stool where her feet could not reach the ground, and said to Wentianjian: "Please tell me how to remove the blessing."

"Hehe! As the saying goes, the person who tied the bell must be the one to untie it."