Genshin Impact: Past Events in Dust Rock

I haven’t returned to a populated place yet.

The young man stopped the wind elf.

"Wait a minute." The boy stopped the sylph who was continuing to move forward.

"What's wrong? Boy." The wind elf made a confused voice.

"You may... not be able to enter the city."

The wind elf didn't question it, because he also knew that he couldn't just enter the city with such arrogance.

Although he didn't know why he knew this, it seemed like he was born with it.

No one said anything, and the sylph got into the boy's clothes.

The young man bent his body slightly and couldn't see it at all.

"Hey, let's go." The young man smiled and continued walking towards the city.

……

In the blink of an eye, the wind elf had been staying in the boy's home for some time.

During this period, he saw all kinds of people through the window.

However, people's behaviors are all very different from what the wind elf's memory told him.

The sylph didn't know where those memories came from.

But his heart told him that those memories were real.

What he saw and heard was very different from what he thought in his mind, which made the wind elf very distressed.

One day, the boy returned home as usual.

What was different from usual was that he seemed to have a few more scars on his body.

Although the boy hid the wound well, it was still discovered by the wind elf.

"Young man, you...don't worry." The wind elf made a concerned voice.

"It's okay. The injury will be fine in a few days." After being discovered by the wind elf, the young man no longer wanted to hide it.

"Why...why is this?" The wind elf felt depressed. This was different from the human society in his memory.

He wanted to rush out and ask the king here why.

But his reason told him that if he did this, the young man's peaceful life would be ruined by his own hands.

For his sake, the sylph did not convert the thoughts in his mind into reality.

"Wendy, I want to go out." The wind elf carefully asked the boy what he meant.

If the other party disagrees, then he will continue to suppress his ideas.

"You are curious about the outside world, aren't you?" The young man looked at the wind elf with a smile.

At that moment, the wind elf felt a strange feeling.

It was as if there was an extra beating thing in the originally empty chest.

Is this the... heart in memory?

The sylph doesn't understand.

He looked at the position on his chest. It was still the same as before, and he couldn't see any changes.

But his own feelings were very clear.

"If this will cause trouble to you, then I..." At that moment, the sylph panicked.

For some reason, he suddenly felt a new emotion arise within him.

That emotion is called fear.

"Humph." The young man smiled and took out a snow-white cloak from his clothes.

Putting the cloak on the wind elf, it was neither too big nor too small, as if it was tailor-made for him.

"Well, it seems that I measured it accurately." The young man nodded with satisfaction, "In this case, you will be less suspicious of others when you go out."

The young man has long seen the wind elf's yearning for the outside world, and he has been preparing for him.

This piece of cloth was saved for him by me through frugality for a long time.

At that moment, the two beating hearts seemed to have the same frequency and beat together.

Under the eaves, there was a young man and a wind elf. They just stared at each other without saying a word.

……

The sylph's range of activities expanded, and he began to walk through the city under the cover of night, observing human behavior.

But the more he observed, the more obvious the thoughts he had previously hidden in his heart became.

But for the boy, for the boy who awakened him, he couldn't do this.

The wind spirit was so confused, wandering and hesitating at the fork in the road of life.

……

One day, the boy returned home.

"Where did you come to Mondstadt?" he asked the wind elf.

Hearing the boy's words, the sylph shook his head in confusion.

Ever since he was awakened by the boy that time, he had often thought about this issue.

Unfortunately, to this day, he still has not found the answer.

"That's it." The young man's eyes couldn't help but dim a bit, "Then have you ever seen the outside world?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the young man regretted it.

The wind elf has been with him since he was born, how could he have seen the world outside the wind wall?

But the wind elf didn't move. His eyes gradually began to diverge, as if he was thinking or remembering something.

"In the outside world, the sky is blue, the clouds are white, and there are birds flying freely in the sky..." The wind elf seemed to have entered a magical state and began to vividly describe the outside world to the boy.

Although he had never seen these scenery since he was awakened by the boy, the memory of these scenes in his mind became increasingly clear.

Sometimes the sylphs can even dream of those scenes when they are resting.

Those scenes were so real, so real that the sylph couldn't help but wonder where the reality was.

The young man was fascinated by the description of the wind elf.

He had never seen, or even heard, the scenery described by the sylph.

The strings in his hand were plucked, and a light tune was played according to what the wind elf said.

It was as if he was already in the outside world described by the sylph.

A seed of yearning for freedom is quietly taking root and sprouting in the young man's heart...

After the song ended, the boy and the wind elf came to their senses at the same time.

"Is the world outside the wind wall you talk about true?" the young man asked dreamily.

"My memory tells me that this is the world outside the wind wall." The wind elf said thoughtfully.

"You think, can we see the world outside the wind wall one day?"

I don't know if the young man said this to the wind elf or if he was talking to himself.

"Yes, we can definitely see the world outside the wind wall." The wind elf replied with certainty.

Even though he clearly realized how slim their chances of leaving the world under the wind wall were.

Even if the wind elf knew that even if he tried his best, he might not be able to crack a crack in the wind wall.

But the wind elf secretly swore in his heart.

Even if his body is broken into pieces, he still wants to let the young man see the outside world.

This is the most solemn decision he has ever made in his life.

For this, the boy woke himself up from his deep sleep.