Original God's Dark Priest

Since Cole didn't say anything, Sandang naturally didn't ask any more questions, so she just talked about Amber: "As for Amber, you two are very good friends, right? Is this difficult to get along with?"

Sugar didn't understand this.

Cole nodded, looking serious: "Well, I value Amber as a friend very much... I don't know. If you think about it carefully, maybe everything is my own problem.

When I was in Mondstadt, I was very immature, wary, and mean to everyone... Amber almost chased after me and made friends with me..."

On the way out of hell, Saphir is the shadow that silently guards, but Amber is the light that welcomes her. This fiery red girl adds the first touch of color to the dark black and white in Cole's miserable life. Only then does Cole realize for the first time that there is light in this world.

"If it weren't for her, I might not be able to stand here like today. That's why I admire her so much and want to imitate her and become someone like her." Cole's feelings for Amber are different.

For Cole, Safir did take her away from that miserable place, but they never became friends in the true sense. At least in Cole's perception, Safir was not like a friend, but more like an elder, a teacher-like role like Tinari.

And Amber is her friend, the first and most important friend. Cole doesn't have many friends, so Amber has an irreplaceable position in her heart.

They are both friends, but the importance of their friendship is different. This is the difference between how Cole and Amber treat their friendship.

As he spoke, Cole felt a little disappointed again: "But after all these years, I have understood one thing... I can't become Amber.

Rather, it is ridiculous for me to have such an idea. She and I have nothing in common from the beginning to the end. My personality is... not very good. I get nervous easily and tend to overthink..."

"Cole, don't say that." Looking at the lost Cole, Shatang felt a little distressed, but she didn't know how to comfort him.

In this atmosphere, Kelai seemed to have made up his mind. He raised his eyes and looked at Sandang steadily: "Sandang, would you... like to hear about my past?"

It takes great courage to reveal one's scars and bloody past in front of others. Cole did this because she felt that Satou was the qualified listener who could bring her some peace.

The two talked as they walked, and when they got tired, they found a place with beautiful scenery to sit down and continue talking.

"Where should I start? I guess I should start with the Demonic Scale Disease..."

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"At that time, I really thought I would die in that place. That madman had no humanity at all."

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“I have wanted many times to ask God out loud why he made me go through so much suffering.”

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"Then, Safire opened the door and told me that I should embrace my own future. Just like that, she threw all the unfamiliar things at me, forcing me to accept the fact that I was free."

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“I thought I was going to die on the road, but every time I couldn’t hold on, I would be lucky enough to find food to fill my stomach.

Once or twice it was just luck, but after so many times, even I realized that it wasn’t luck at all, she was protecting me.”

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"I asked her if we could meet again, and she said yes, and told me to live well."

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"Amber appeared just like that, like a ball of eternally burning fire, blinding but also warming my heart. At that moment, I knew that a miserable death was definitely not my ending. I could and should have a better future."

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“Amber… is mine, the light in my heart.

Irreplaceable and one-of-a-kind.”

Cole herself didn't know that although she was talking about Amber, she actually said more about Sapphire.

Satang saw through it all but didn't expose it. Moreover, she was shocked by Cole's tragic past and didn't know what to say for a moment.

Cole's words also resonated with Sugar. Why did she have to encounter these things?

Suffering is never worth singing about, let alone when it is man-made suffering.

"I'm sorry, I can't help but tell you all this after just knowing each other for a short time... I also hate my own personality. I get into conflicts and struggles all the time, and always find somewhere to complain..." After telling her story, Cole felt a little guilty. She shouldn't have brought these negative emotions to Sugar.

Sandang didn't think Cole was wrong, she shook her head and said, "It's okay, I'm really glad you're willing to tell me this.

You know what? For me, hearing someone speak their mind is a form of validation.

Because I…” Speaking of this, Sandang felt a little embarrassed, “Um… You should have noticed that my conversation skills are not very good, and I always get stuck in the topics that interest me and talk non-stop…

But you didn't mind me talking to you about alchemy the other day. Now that you're telling me this, it makes me feel more balanced.

Before I heard what you said just now, I had no idea that you had so many troubles. After all, we are the same people. "

To some extent, Sandu and Cole are also another me in the world. They are also shy, sensitive and not good at speaking.

Because of this, their souls resonate with each other, and they are two people who are very suitable to be friends.

"Really?" Kelai's eyes brightened. Wasn't this a kind of recognition for her?

Acknowledging that you are the same person as the other person is a kind of identification. This is empathy. At any time, "self" is the hymn of mankind.

Sandu nodded affirmatively and held Cole's hand: "Really! Everyone has their own problems, and I think I have the right to speak!

I understand the feelings you are talking about. Introverts have to spend several times more effort than others to fit in with the crowd.

I completely understand why people make drafts in their minds before speaking, fearing that they will say something wrong and cause a dull moment. Besides, it is not easy to learn from a genius.

Before I met you, I had never met anyone who was so like me."

What Sugar said touched Cole's heart. At this moment, Cole truly opened his heart to Sugar and held Sugar's hand with a little more strength.

Feeling the strength in her hand, Sandang coughed lightly: "I... am not very good at comforting people, nor will I persuade you to think positively. Just sit here for a while, don't think about the topic, let's sit together for a while."

After that, she blinked and added, "I'll stay with you."

Cole let out a long sigh, nodded, then snuggled up with Sugar and quietly looked at the scenery in the distance.

Although he stopped talking, Cole's mind was still moving: "Sugar really stopped talking. But for some reason, I didn't feel restrained. Maybe it's like she said, we are very similar.

When I was in Xumi, I often found a place to enjoy the scenery. I always did this alone, but I didn’t expect that today I would have a companion by my side…”

Cole took a deep breath, then slowly exhaled, revealing a smile from the heart: The wind in Mond is so soft.

"Look at the clouds over there, don't they look a bit like my test tube?" Sugar suddenly said this.

Cole followed the line of sight of Sandu, hesitated for a second, and shook his head: "Emmm, I... I don't think so, sorry..."

"Um...haha, okay, then we may still have a little distance...at least in terms of vision." Sugar smiled, but didn't feel uncomfortable at all.

This is the best communication between friends, no need to be cautious or rack your brains.

Kelai understood that Sandang really regarded her as a friend, so he looked at her profile carefully and said, "Thank you, Sandang. I feel much better now that you've said it."

"Right? I can talk to the flask too. Next time I get the chance I will definitely show you my quadruple-sized sweet flower seeds and quadruple-sized wind flower seeds." Sugar couldn't help but talk about her research again.

But Cole didn't know about this research, so she asked in confusion: "Four times...what?"

"It's my amazing work. I think if it were you, you might be able to appreciate it." When talking about her own work, Sandu became energetic again, and her eyes were sparkling under her glasses.

It was the first time that Cole saw this kind of sugar, and he was a little stunned, but he quickly reacted: "Oh, oh! Okay, please let me see it!"

Realizing that her sudden change was a bit abrupt, Sandang became a little shy again. After thinking for a while, she suddenly took out a small purse and said, "I have some biscuits here. Would you like to try one? There are cheese and tomato flavors."

"Okay! Um... I want the cheese flavored one!" Cole did not resist and decisively accepted Sugar's suggestion to share snacks.

Two shy and sensitive people approached each other cautiously, their hearts slowly got closer and deeper into their understanding of each other.

In the distance where they couldn't see, Amber and her group looked at Sugar and Cole with smiles on their faces.

“…Yeah, yeah! They are enjoying the scenery!” Amber was very satisfied with the result.

Ke Li didn't understand Amber's intention, and asked in a daze: "Do you want to go over and play with them?"

Eula reached out and rubbed Klee's little head: "No, let them sit for a while."

"Blindly guiding and using language to educate will have limited effects. If we want the little girl to get out of her predicament, the best way is to let her make new friends 'on her own'. Only in this way can she open up her heart." Rimuru analyzed Amber's intention.

This is also one of the tasks assigned to him by Safire. Jyn is very responsible, but she is not very good at taking care of children. Many times, Klee will only be told that she is wrong but does not understand why she is wrong.

So what Rimuru has to do is to tell Klee in daily life those things that Klee doesn’t quite understand yet. Parents are the best teachers for their children, but for Klee, her parents’ words and deeds are a luxury.

Or rather...it's better not to let Alice educate her.

That's why this arrangement was made.

Amber nodded: "What Cole needs most right now is not us, but a 'brand new' friend who didn't know her at all in the past."

After hearing this explanation, Keli nodded thoughtfully: "Keli... seems to understand a little, but also seems not to understand..."

"Klee will understand when she grows up. People must draw different strengths from different friends. For Klee now, just me is not enough." Amber said with a chuckle.

No matter who you are, having just one friend is never enough.

Where they couldn't see, Saphir and Zhongli Wendy were also watching all this.

"You stand on the bridge to enjoy the scenery, and the people who enjoy the scenery look at you from upstairs. The bright moon decorates your window, and you decorate other people's dreams." Safire said softly, with a hint of emotion in his tone.

Zhongli turned his head to look at her: "Boss Phil seems to be very emotional. Do you think this kind of friendship is precious?"

Saphir nodded, then shook his head: "Friendship, isn't it a luxury for me? I am also afraid of loneliness. Zhongli, you know, I don't have many friends."

Wendy rarely put away her nonchalant smile, with a complicated look in her eyes: "Yes, we don't have many friends. We are all drifting in the long river of time.

Time takes away our companions and leaves them forever in a certain day in the past, but it cruelly drives us further and further away from them.

As time goes by, the image of deceased friends becomes increasingly blurred in our memory. Therefore, as people who fight against time, we are increasingly reluctant to make new friends because we are afraid of losing them. "

"It's really unlike you to say something so serious, Barbatos." Saphir looked at the few people who were living in peace in the distance and chuckled, "I thought the person who spoke just now was Ying."

Zhongli reached out and picked up the dandelion seeds that had just fallen on Saphir's head, and sighed softly: "As a demon god who has survived for thousands of years, the things he has experienced are similar, and the conclusions he can draw are also similar.

Baalzebul is just too persistent. In this respect, we are no different. We are all slaves to fate."

"That's why I have to fight." Saphir put away her smile. Countless reincarnations and suicides were all for one purpose, which was to repair the laws of the world with her own strength. She had paid too much for this world. This time, she must completely reverse the doomed ending.

This is, the last time.

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Star-Picking Cliff, Ying, little Paimon and Xier came here.

Flying in the air, Little Paimeng was a little excited: "We have arrived at the Star-Picking Cliff. Is there the person we are looking for here?"

Just as she was speaking, a cry for help came from far away: "Help! Please don't let go!"

Hearing the cry for help, the three of them didn't have time to think and ran over there quickly.

"Tsk..." The pale-skinned nun made an impatient sound, then exerted force with her hands and pulled up the young man who was hanging on the cliff.

Beside her, an astrologer in a blue tights and a woman in a white nun's robe stood quietly.

When Ying and his group approached, they finally saw the people making a commotion here: "Timaeus? And Rosaria and Mona, and... Keisha? What kind of combination is this?"

"I also want to ask, what kind of combination is this?" Mona spread her hands, looking helpless.

Rosaria saw Ying, Paimon, and Xier and greeted them expressionlessly: "Long time no see."

As for Rosalyn, she just nodded slightly as a greeting.

"Hello everyone, happy Wind Flower Festival." Ying ignored Timaus who was lying on the ground and said a blessing first.

Mona looked at Ying's face carefully, then looked at Xi'er, and nodded slightly: "Judging from your complexion, you have been doing pretty well recently, right?"

"Mona is not staying in Liyue anymore? When will she return to Mondstadt?" Xier knew that Mona had been staying in Liyue since she left Inazuma, but now she appeared in Mondstadt, which surprised her a little.

Mona, however, acted as if it was a matter of course: "I am a Mondstadt person after all. What would it be like if I didn't come back for the Windblume Festival? Liyue and Mondstadt are not far away."

"Oh, yes, Mona is from Mond. I would have forgotten if you hadn't told me." Little Paimon scratched the back of his head, smiled, and then looked at Timaus. "Speaking of which, why is this guy lying on the ground?"

Hearing what little Paimon said, Timaus immediately raised his head, with an indignant tone: "Please don't say such things, I am also struggling for life!"

"Struggle for life? Do you mean to challenge the impossible without knowing your own abilities?" Rosalyn raised her eyebrows. "If this counts as struggle, you might as well just jump off the cliff. The result won't make any difference anyway."

Rosaline's words were sharp and made Timaeus feel very ashamed.

Mona couldn't bear to watch it any longer, but she also agreed with the other party's point of view: "Remember this. If it weren't for this nun, you might have been seriously injured or even died!"

"I understand, I understand... Thank you so much, I don't know how to repay you." Timaeus quickly got up from the ground and expressed his gratitude to Rosalia very sincerely.

"You're welcome. It's just a small favor." Rosalia waved her hand indifferently, obviously not taking it to heart.

Mona complained in passing: "It was indeed a piece of cake. He raised his hand to pull Timaeus back from the danger of falling."

Hearing this, little Paimon was shocked: "What happened? Timaus almost fell off the cliff?"

Timaeus was a little embarrassed and told what had just happened: "This is what happened..."