The nights of the Lantern Festival seemed shorter than usual. Before Ying and Paimon had enough fun, they noticed that the number of pedestrians on the streets began to decrease.

"Then let's go find Sines and Xiao."

Paimon looked at the people preparing to go home and thought of the two people who were still in the wild enjoying the wind.

Ying was holding a package in her hand, which was a gift for Sines and Xiaodai.

The two of them were naturally quite fast and soon found Sines lying on the ground and Xiao standing next to him.

"You are back."

When Xiao saw the two of them, he was the first to greet them.

Ying handed the package in her hand to Xiao with a smile.

"Hey, since you two didn't go to the Lantern Festival, this is a gift I brought you."

Paimon also cheered on the side.

"Quickly take it apart and take a look!"

Hines also sat up from the ground and stretched out his hand to Ying.

"Where's my share?"

Ying casually threw another package to Hines.

There are some small toys in the package.

Xiao looked at the rattle in his hand and remained silent, but after all, it was a token of their good intentions.

"...Thanks."

I wonder what Hinesh would say about the red tiger hat in his hand, and isn’t it a bit small?

......

"I can't imagine it. Xiao is holding a rattle and Sines is wearing a tiger hat... the style of the painting is wrong!"

"I can't laugh anymore. I thought Ying brought some gifts."

"But, it's really cute!"

......

"That was a great gift. Don't give it again next time."

Hines stood up, grabbed Paimon, and slammed the tiger hat onto her head.

Hey, it’s just right!

When Xiao saw this scene, he silently handed the rattle in his hand to Paimeng. As expected, the scene was harmonious.

Paimon - Mascot form, makes a shining debut!

Paimon pushed up his hat that was covering his eyes and shook the rattle in his hand.

The other three smiled at each other. It seemed that these gifts were not for Sines and Xiao.

"So where is our real gift?"

Ying smiled and took out three tiger hats and rattles from her backpack.

"I've already told you this, this is a gift for you! Come put it on!"

Ying immediately put the tiger hat on Hines' head, and it fit perfectly!

Seeing this, Xiao on the side quietly retreated, but unfortunately he was a step too slow and was caught by Sines before he disappeared.

"Xiao, we are friends, right?"

Four people were sitting on the grass, each wearing a red tiger hat and holding a rattle in their hands.

Ying curled her lips at Shines. She had refused to accept the gift just now, but now she was having more fun than Paimon.

Xiao adjusted his hair that was pressed down by his hat and smiled at the three of them with a rare smile.

"This is a rare moment, let's take a photo together!"

The person who spoke was naturally Shines, and he just lay down on the grass after he finished speaking.

Xiao pondered for a moment, and decided to lie down together.

Ying and Paimeng were already used to it and lay down with the formation.

The four of them faced in four directions, their heads touching each other. Hines made an extremely old-fashioned scissors hand gesture, Paimon happily shook the rattle in his hand, and Xiao's face looked a little unnatural, maybe because he was also wearing a tiger hat?

Ying clasped her hands together and closed her eyes slightly, as if she was making a wish?

With a click, Hines controlled the wind element to retrieve the camera floating in the sky.

"Everyone looks so cute!"

Hines brought the photos to several people, one for each person. Ying and Paimon looked at the photos and put them away as usual.

Xiao held the photo in his hand, wondering what he was thinking about.

At this moment, brilliant fireworks exploded behind them, and colorful lights spread across the dark night sky.

"Dangerous gunpowder can also produce such brilliant fireworks, don't you agree, Xiao?"

As Hines spoke, he shook the rattle in his hand.

Xiao carefully put the photo into his clothes.

"But premature fireworks can also bring misfortune."

Even Paimon could tell that the two of them were talking about more than just fireworks.

"Xiao, you can have more confidence in yourself."

Xiao remained silent, and Ying grabbed the tiger hat on Paimeng's head and pulled it down hard.

Paimon: Why is it suddenly so dark?

Ying walked to Xiao's side and spoke softly,

"What Paimon said makes sense. Didn't you save many people the last time you helped fight Osel?"

Xiao still shook his head. Even though most of his karma had been eliminated by Sines, he still feared the day when he would lose control...

If there are other people around when you lose control...

Xiao closed his eyes slightly.

"No need to say more, my life will only be about killing."

Although Sines didn't want to destroy Xiao's tragic atmosphere, he still wanted to complain.

"Xiao, you could take off your hat before you say that."

"..."

Xiao was still very obedient. He took off his hat silently and threw it... into his arms.

......

"I can't hold it in any longer. Xiao can't be aggressive with this hat on, okay?"

"Xiao's final gesture of putting down his hat was so gentle~"

"I was like, these guys would all look cute in this hat!"

......

Seeing that Xiao was still unwilling to interact with ordinary people, Ying had no choice but to look to Hines for help.

What can Xines do? Of course it's the original... ahem, of course,

"Now that things have come to this, let's find a place to rest."

Xiao looked back in the direction of Wangshu Inn.

"Then say goodbye here."

Xiao put the rattle in his hand on his waist and was about to go back to Wangshu Inn.

But Ying pulled him back.

"Don't worry, let's go back to Wangshu Inn."

Xiao did not refuse, but took the initiative to speak.

"Then I'll take you away."

Hines grabbed Paimon and ran away, apparently handing Ying over to Xiao.

Xiao glanced at Ying and stretched out his hands.

"Come up."

Unfortunately, Ying, who had been on the Sines too many times, subconsciously hugged Xiao's legs...

Xiao:? Isn't this right?

Ahem, anyway, when they finally arrived at the inn, Xiao was holding Ying in a princess hug.

Hines had naturally already opened the room and thrown Paimon in.

Ying waved goodbye to Xiao awkwardly. Even though Xiao had no expression, Ying still felt a little embarrassed.

Walking onto the terrace, Xiao saw Hines already sitting in his seat.

"This railing isn't that comfortable to sit on. Why do you always sit here?"

Xiao doesn't want to answer this meaningless topic, but...

"It's just a habit."

Hines chuckled and shook the rattle in his hand.

"Happy Lantern Festival, Xiao. We're leaving for Inazuma soon, and I don't know when we'll see each other again."

"Happy Lantern Festival. I've been here forever."

After Hines finished speaking, he went back to his room to rest. Xiao sat back in his seat, gently shook the rattle in his hand, and took out the tiger-head hat and photo in his arms.

“Sea Lantern Festival…”

"...hapiness."

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