Mr. Zhongli, we can't slack off anymore!

The gentle morning light shines on the traveler's face.

A night of sweet dreams has come to an end.

The statue was made of very hard material, and my back ached.

However, the thing I was using as a pillow was quite comfortable.

"Good morning..." The traveler reluctantly opened his eyes, and what came into view was a lovely sleeping face.

The innocent, naive sleeping face of the boy instantly woke the traveler.

Stand up suddenly.

It felt like I'd done something wrong, like I'd been caught doing something wrong...

Looking back, I realized that I had been using Wendy's arm as a pillow all night.

As if executing a command of some code, the traveler checked his clothes to see if they were undone.

"Thank goodness, thank goodness..." The traveler patted his chest in relief.

I don't know what they're worried about.

Wendy's clothes were intact, but she draped her little cloak over the two of them as a blanket.

"Wendy, Wendy, it's morning, get up!" the traveler called to him.

Wendy rolled over and murmured a sound of refusal.

"Mmm...it smells so good, what's that smell? It smells like the apple pie that just came out of the oven at the Deer Hunter's Restaurant!" The traveler threw out the bait, glancing at him.

Wendy, lying on the statue, remained unresponsive.

"Alright, I know you've spent all your Mora on alcohol. How about I treat you to a meal?" The traveler swallowed hard as he looked at Wendy, who was pretending to be asleep.

Hehe, so cute.

She reached out and pinched his fair and delicate face: "Get up quickly, the sun is already high in the sky."

It feels amazing, so soft and bouncy. If there were any other squishy toys on the market with this feel, I would buy them all.

Wendy's long eyelashes fluttered. He rubbed his eyes, then slowly sat up and stretched: "Hmm... Good morning..."

"Let's see how long you keep up this act. Gods don't need to sleep." The traveler stared at him speechlessly.

"Hehe, there are gods who like to sleep too. Sleeping is a kind of freedom, isn't it?" He stood up and reached out to pull the traveler sitting on the stone statue up as well.

"Ready to embark on a new adventure?"

"It's not really an adventure. Today I need to find a hotel to put my luggage away before I go see the real estate businessman that Kaiya introduced me to, and get the work at the Hall of Rebirth sorted out first."

"Why is there no place for me in your itinerary?" he asked, looking puzzled.

"You still want to follow me? Is there some kind of conspiracy?" the traveler thought warily.

"Following the traveler sister means you get to drink wine, hehe..."

"You're still thinking about that bottle of dandelion wine? Seriously, as a deity, shouldn't you be doing something worthwhile?"

"Accompanying players who have traveled a long way as NPCs in the game is the main thing, isn't it?"

"I mean, have you thought about how to deal with the demons outside the city?"

"To be honest, I'm ashamed to say this," Wendy said, her eyes darting away. "I don't have the Heart of God right now, so I'll need your power to deal with them."

"So it really isn't a demon god." The traveler recalled the dream he had at the Dawn Winery.

The girl in the fog begged the travelers not to harm them.

"what happened?"

"It's nothing! Since you need my power, I'll lend it to you." The traveler said, hands on his hips, looking quite smug.

I am an indispensable force for world peace.

"Then you have to learn how to control the wind element first."

"Oh, okay." So what he needed was the power of the wind element.

“Did you notice that when you first encountered the Shadow Demon, you couldn’t trap it with Geo? Shadows are invisible, and so is wind. Aerial can help you capture invisible things.” Venti rarely showed a serious expression.

"So you were here."

"Yes, it's a pity that Diluc appeared before I could even speak to you. Sigh... what a shame."

"Then we must hurry!" He wasn't in a hurry at all, while the traveler was getting impatient.

"Don't rush me. Didn't I set up a wind elemental barrier in Mondstadt? That gives you plenty of time to practice. You still have time to eat an apple pie."

“After last night’s practice, you should be used to being with the wind. Now let’s increase the difficulty a bit. Before everyone in Mondstadt gets up, let’s not use Wind Wings, but just catch the wind elementals and fly down from here.” As he spoke, particles of wind elemental light attached themselves to him.

Wendy walked to the tip of the statue's finger, lightly jumped, and floated in the air: "See, it's very simple. You should try it too."

That's so thoughtful, Fengshen provides one-on-one instruction.

"Alright!" The traveler gathered wind elements.

A light green elemental force clung to her contours, forming a halo.

"That's it, take it slow."

Okay, take your time.

The more you use a single elemental force, the more the water and rock elements stir within your chest.

It's too difficult to separate the wind element.

Soon, the output of elemental power started to lag.

"Tsk." Could it be that the more elemental power one possesses, the more difficult it becomes to convert it?

"It's alright, take your time. Last time you had my guidance, but now you'll definitely encounter difficulties using the wind element on your own." Wendy's voice was like a clear spring, soothing the traveler's unease.

Having broken through the bottleneck, the wind element rapidly converged.

It might be a bit too fast.

A hurricane blew the traveler away...

I always have to pull off something fancy every time I use a new elemental power...

"Whoa! Ah! Ah... Ugh." The traveler, swept into the air by the wind, had his mouth covered.

"Shh. Don't wake them." Wendy calmed the wind element around the traveler and, seeing that she was in a stable mood, released her.

"Sorry. I didn't control myself."

"You've learned very quickly. When Jean was learning the wind element, she blew all the books in the entire Knights' library away, hahaha, every time I think about it, hahaha... I can't stop laughing."

"Even the leader of the Qin Troupe has a dark past," the traveler laughed along.

“This time, our destination is the Deer Hunter Restaurant,” Wendy said, and then flew away.

The traveler struggled to control the wind element, chasing after his figure.

No problem, I'm getting better and better at it.

*

Deer Hunter Restaurant.

Wendy finished the last piece of apple pie and leaned back happily in her chair.

"It's been so long since I've had the first apple pie baked at the Deer Hunter Restaurant."

Is there anything special about the first piece of food each day?

"If there's anything special about it... it's... the first apple pie of the day, hehe."

"I thought there was some kind of discount? Do you get a discount when you dine at Fengshen Restaurant?"

"Hehe, even if they believe you are the Wind God, they would never believe that a drunken bard is the Wind God."

"So you still know... Please let me go. Being mistaken for the Rock God has already caused me a lot of trouble."

A kitten, drawn by the scent, jumped onto Wendy's lap.

"No, no! Achoo! Achoo! Traveler... Achoo! Help me..." Wendy seemed to be allergic to cat fur; he started sneezing incessantly the moment he came into contact with it.

"Hahaha..." The traveler burst into laughter.

"Traveler sister... Achoo!" Tears streamed down his face, making him look rather pitiful.

"Okay! Haha..."

That's amazing.

The demon is just outside the city, and thick fog covers almost the entire Mondstadt. Despite the crisis, the traveler can still relax and laugh.

There was not a trace of suppressed or tense emotion.

Under the protection of the wind god, Mondstadt was not threatened in the slightest.

Under Qin's rule, the city remained orderly.

"Excuse me, are you Miss Lu Ren?" The man in knight's armor approached the two of them.

"Yes!" the traveler replied.

Unlike the traveler, the knight's face was very serious: "Hello, Miss Traveler, Commander Qin requests your presence at the Knights."

“Okay,” the traveler agreed.

I guess Ningguang replied.