Genshin Impact: Learning makes me stronger

After chatting for a while, knowing the purpose of the two people's visit, Raiden Shin chuckled, and the pleats of his hakama with cherry blossom patterns swept across the bluestone slabs: "You are going to find Xiao Gong. It just so happens that the Naganohara Fireworks Shop is looking for someone to try out the newly made 'Thousand Sakura' fireworks."

"That's great!" Kurumi waved her hands in excitement, and her fire butterfly hair accessories drew a golden trail in the morning light, "It's just right for Eula to see Inazuma's most gorgeous fireworks!"

The long street of Inazuma Castle was shrouded in morning mist, and the curtains of the shops were rolled up one after another.

Walking among the bustling crowd, Eula was surprised to find that Inazuma's clothing was subtly similar to the Mond knight's uniform - the same corset design, but with an exotic style flowing between the furisode and hakama pleats.

As she passed the blacksmith's shop, the crisp sound of hammer hitting metal reminded her of the morning bell of Westwind Cathedral.

"Eula, look!" Walnut suddenly grabbed her wrist and pointed her fingertips towards the other side of the wooden bridge.

Under the vermilion torii, an orange-haired girl was standing on tiptoe to tie a firework tube to the tassel of a lantern. When her sleeves fell down, her wheat-colored arms were wrapped in anti-burn bandages.

Xiao Gong turned around after hearing the noise, and his golden eyes lit up like the rising sun the moment he saw everyone: "Hu Tao?! Who is..."

She came trotting over, and the wind created by her wooden clogs blew up the petals of the camellia trees that the old lady had been drying on the roadside.

"Eula, the Wave Knight from Mondstadt." Walnut smiled and pushed Eula forward. "She is a master of cocktails. Maybe your plum wine will find a soulmate."

Before Youla could say anything, a warm bamboo tube was suddenly stuffed into her palm.

Looking down, the amber wine was emitting tiny golden rays in the morning light, and the fragrance of plum blossoms mixed with a faint smell of gunpowder hit me in the face - it was a scent that belonged only to fireworks craftsmen.

"Give it a try!" Xiao Gong blinked expectantly, "Last year, I buried the aged wine under the thunder cherry tree. Even the general said..."

Before he finished speaking, there was a sudden sound of wind above his head.

Everyone looked up and saw nine Sara flying through the air.

Youla subconsciously tightened her grip on the Songlai sword at her waist, but saw Xiaogong waving towards the sky with a smile: "Sara!"

The lightning suddenly dissipated, and when Jiujo Saro drew his bow and landed on the ground, his jet-black wings had not yet been fully folded.

She looked at the knight's sword on Eula's waist, and her eyes stayed on the Eye of the Ice Elemental God for a moment: "Guests from Mond?"

Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of the fireworks tube hidden behind Xiao Gong's back, and his stern expression instantly changed: "I have told you many times that it is forbidden to test new types of fireworks in commercial areas!"

Kurumi suddenly poked her head out from behind Eula and said, "Oh my, isn't this the general Kujo who helped us last time~"

She waved the scroll in her hand, "Would you like to book the special service of the Hall of Rebirth? Recently there is a buy one get one free offer..."

"No need." Kujo Sara interrupted quickly, and the wind caused by flapping its wings lifted a corner of the noren curtain of the roadside tea stall.

She knew Hu Tao's identity. She was the general's "sister". If she couldn't afford to offend him, could she not just hide from him?

Eula looked at the figure of the lightning flashing away in the distance. The other party's temperament was very consistent with the image of a general in her mind.

At noon, Lei Dianzhen brought Kitsusai Palace and Miyano Chiyo to Wuyou Pavilion.

The lacquered wooden low table was filled with Inazuma's special delicacies. Eula held the green bamboo chopsticks and was at a loss as to which to choose from the crystal clear eel rice in tea - Mond's knife and fork etiquette seemed out of place at this moment.

"You have to do this." Xiao Gong suddenly held her hand and dipped the eel in the tea soup. "Let the rice grains absorb the soup, then take a sip..."

Before he could finish his words, Kurumi stuffed his mouth with Taiyaki.

Lei Dianzhen chuckled and waved his sleeves across the table. A few early cherry blossoms fell on the ice-blue hair of Youla. "Don't be shy. Inazuma's hospitality emphasizes 'once in a lifetime'. This moment of clumsiness is also precious."

Eula was slightly startled when she heard this, and recalled how her elders in her family had criticized her about aristocratic etiquette when she was in Mondstadt.

Miyu Chiyo suddenly replaced the bamboo chopsticks in his hand with a silver fork: "Just use what is comfortable to use. With delicious food in front of you, why should you be trapped by the formalities?"

As the demon girl spoke, she actually grabbed the tempura with her hands and stuffed it into her mouth.

The melodious tune of the shamisen came from outside the window, mixed with the sound of waves hitting the shore.

Youla scooped up a spoonful of tea rice, and the warm aroma of brown rice tea melted on the tip of her tongue, which was even more soothing than the mellow taste of dandelion wine.

In the afternoon, the Naganohara workshop was filled with smoke.

Youla covered her mouth and nose as she watched Xiaogong busy at the test bench, mixing various colored medicinal powders into a rainbow-like vortex in the glass cup.

Hu Tao was squatting in the corner studying the "Jumping Cat" fireworks, and the Eye of the Fire Elemental God flickered with her movements.

"Eula, do you want to try it?" Xiao Gong suddenly raised the gilded fire tongs, and the firework tube between them was emitting sparks. "The latest developed 'Ice and Fire Trio', use your elemental power to ignite it!"

Before Eula could step back, her fingertips were already on the fuse of the firework. The ice element meandered down along the saltpeter veins, creating frost patterns on the tube.

Xiao Gong quickly threw it into the sky, and the exploding fireworks condensed into ice crystal roses in mid-air, and were ignited again by the fire core inside, turning into a drizzle of fire all over the sky.

"So beautiful!" Walnut jumped and clapped her hands, sparks flying from her hair, "I'm going to use this firework at the next Lantern Festival!"

As dusk fell, everyone arrived at the Naruko Shrine.

The fluorescent light of the sacred cherry tree illuminated the eight hundred stone steps. Eula looked up at the starlight flowing through the treetops and suddenly remembered the giant tree in Mondstadt.

The witches passed by holding prayer sticks, and the sound of the bells was somewhat similar to the fragrance of Cecilia's wreath.

"Would you like to try making a wish?" Yae Kamiko appeared under the vermilion torii gate at some point, holding a wish stick with a picture of Thunder Triple Tomoe on her fingertips.

Eula paused as she took the wooden stick.

When she was in Mondstadt, she never believed this - after all, even Wendy, the god of wind, was drunk and singing in the square all day long.

But at this moment, the falling petals of the sacred cherry tree carried a reassuring spiritual power, and she somehow condensed frost and carved the winding Mondstadt language on the sign.

"Let me guess~" The pink fox leaned close to her ear, "Is it about someone..."

"Son of God!" Eula hurriedly tied the wooden stick to the branch, and the ice crystal earrings jingled against the amulet.

As the red cherry blossoms fell, she didn't notice that her ice-patterned wooden skewer was tightly entangled with the fire-patterned skewer that Su Xun left behind last year.

As the night deepened, the sound of cicadas could be heard from outside the bamboo curtains of the hot spring hotel.

Eula immersed her whole body in the milky white hot spring, staring at the starry sky above in a daze.

"Would you like to try this?" In the misty water, Miyu Chiyo suddenly handed over a glass bottle. The golden orange liquid was bubbling in the moonlight. "It's a special brew of the ghost tribe, fermented with fireflies from the Guardian Forest."

Youla took a sip, and the clear wine slid down her throat, igniting a burning warmth.

She looked at the water droplets on Chiyo's gilded horns and suddenly asked, "How did you... adapt to this kind of life?"

"Um?"

"I mean, sharing the same person." Eula rested her chin on the pebbles by the pool, her long ice-blue hair spreading out like a galaxy on the water. "In Mondstadt, this is unimaginable."

Chiyo chuckled as she shook her wine cup. The water reflected the red lines at the corners of her eyes. “Look at the cherry blossoms—” She pointed to the night cherry blossoms outside the window. “Thousands of petals share one branch, but each has its own splendor.”

Suddenly he dived into the water, and when he emerged he held Eula's hairband in his fingertips: "What's important is that every petal remembers how it bloomed."

Suddenly, there was a huge splash of water next door, accompanied by Walnut's exclamation.

Youla turned her head and saw that the "hot spring fireworks" that Xiao Gong was experimenting with were exploding above the women's bath. The fireworks made the entire mountainside look like daytime.

Lei Dianzhen's soft scolding mixed with the palace official's sweet laughter, startling all the sleeping birds in the forest.

In the early morning light, Eula woke up on the tatami, the cherry-patterned haori covering her body still lingering with the aura of Raiden.

Pushing open the sliding door, the scent of Lei cherry blossoms wrapped in the salty sea breeze poured into the corridor.

“Would you like to try Inazuma’s breakfast?”

Youla turned around and saw Lei Dianzhen leaning against the pillar holding a lacquered wooden food box.

The moment she opened the lid of the box, the fluorescent light of the Crystal Butterfly Sushi illuminated her eyes - the rice was mixed with tiny crystals of lightning elements, as if the starry sky was sealed in a small space.

The moment you bite into the sushi, the tingling sensation spreads from the tip of your tongue to your entire body.

Youla suddenly remembered Su Xun’s improved version of the fried carrots with honey sauce, and two completely different kinds of warmth blended deep in her memory.

She looked at the sun gradually rising above the horizon, and suddenly felt that this morning light across the two countries might be able to illuminate the darkness in her heart that had been suppressed for so long.