Genshin Impact: Teyvat High School

"Is this... the birthday you mentioned?"

Yu Fengye asked Ying puzzledly, in fact he was also very surprised.

Ying stood there motionless, not saying a word, her eyes wide open. She totally didn't believe what she saw.

He was fine this morning, why, just a few hours later, Zheping...

Several people in the house heard the noise and turned to look over.

The birds looked at each other, but there was no language. It was extremely quiet. Even Ah Hui, who was usually very noisy, just lay quietly in his nest at this time.

In the end, the silence was broken by the sudden arrival of Paimon.

"Ying, don't be too sad, this..." Paimon scratched his head, "Oh, I really don't know how to comfort people..."

"How did Teppei... die?"

Ying tried her best to restrain herself from crying, but her voice still had a hint of tears in it.

"Zhe... Zheping, yes... yes..."

Paimon really couldn't say it out loud.

"Let me do it. Teppei was poisoned to death."

Kamisato Ayato walked over and said.

"What?!" Ying looked up in surprise. "Who, who did it? Tell me."

At this moment, Ying suddenly felt her right hand filled with strength. She clenched her fist. She didn't know why she felt infinite power circulating in her body.

Yu Fengye next to her looked at Ying, blinked, and her eyes became sharp again. At this time, she also saw that Ying's right hand was emitting a faint black aura.

"Oh? Is it the Ninth Element?! It seems that at that time..."

Yu Fengye was whispering to himself beside him.

……

"No, it's not what you think. He is reaping what he has sown."

Kamisato Ayato explained.

"What did you say?!"

"Let me tell you where all this came from."

"it is good."

"Why don't we go in and sit down? My waist hurts if I talk while standing, and I also need to explain to those two people."

Kamisato Ayato turned sideways and looked back at the two people who were sitting on the sofa with their heads down.

"what ever."

Ying echoed.

Kamisato Ayato discovered the girl who was standing next to Ying in silence.

……

Yu Fengye stretched out a hand and supported his chin.

Should I awaken the ninth element or not... Well... forget it. If I awaken it and it harms myself, it will not be worth it.

She raised her head slightly and looked at the rusty house again.

It’s a familiar place, but I didn’t sense the [Heart of Elements] here. It seems that it is hidden somewhere else.

"Miss? Miss?"

Someone is calling her.

"What's the matter."

She turned to look at the tall man in front of her.

"You are Ying's friend, right? You..."

"No, I'm going back to school. You can talk to her."

After Yu Fengye finished speaking, he turned and left.

"Ah good……"

I didn't want you to go in.

Kamisato Ayato still felt a little confused. He looked at Yu Fengye's back.

"What a cool girl."

Kamisato Ayato turned and walked inside.

……

Ying waited for Kamisato Ayato to sit down, then immediately asked:

"Yeah, Teppei's death."

"It's in the House of Oblivion!"

Paimon rushed to answer.

"The House of Oblivion?!" Ying was a little surprised. "What does it have to do with that place?"

"It was Teppei who saved you! Teppei saw you..."

"What did you say?!"

"Let me do the talking, Paimon, please sit down."

Kamisato Ayato spoke.

"Okay...okay..."

Paimon flew over and sat on the back of the sofa next to Ying.

"Mr. Ayato, we noticed something was wrong with Teppei at noon today. He acted like a 60-year-old man."

Feifei said.

"This is also a side effect of the medicine."

Kamisato Ayato answered.

"Does that tell us much about where this is coming from?"

Chayevich asked.

"I heard from my spy who was ambushing in the House of Oblivion that on the day of the mission, Teppei happened to see Ying tied up while delivering food, so he wanted to save Ying."

“But I never found him!”

Ying said suddenly.

"Because before that, he was held back."

Kamisato Ayato briefly answered Ying's question and continued:

"Then he accidentally sneaked into the House of Oblivion and picked up a bottle of potion made by the manager of the House of Oblivion. After drinking this potion, people can gain endless strength and energy, and can also relieve pain, but the price is to consume lifespan. The most obvious thing is that the victim's appearance will age rapidly in a short period of time."

Ying listened to this and recalled the time when she was in the House of Oblivion to get the potion. When she turned to leave, she seemed to see the notebook at the bottom turn a page, and it seemed to say...

"Side Effect - Death"

That's the bottle, the one I lost. Was it picked up by him? So... I killed... Zheping... Damn it, why did I take this thing out!

"But I didn't see Teppei until the end!"

When Ying recalled the Forgotten House, it seemed that she had never seen Zheping.

"You really didn't see him. He rushed in to save you when the store manager detonated the gas tank. Otherwise, no one would have saved you..."

Kamisato Ayato explained.

thump—

Ying suddenly pounded the table.

"Is there no way to remedy this?"

"Now he is gone... The doctor tried to treat him, but it was too late. All the cells in Teppei's body have aged to the death stage."

"hateful……"

Ying now regretted it very much. She hated herself for taking that bottle of medicine. If she hadn't taken it, Zheping wouldn't have found out...

No, it's all the fault of that evil store manager!

"Where is that store manager? I've only seen his puppet so far! He must still be alive in some dark corner! I want revenge--!!"

Ying said through gritted teeth.

"In theory, he is indeed not dead. The store manager possessed the power of [The End] and merged himself with the House of Oblivion. After the explosion, most of himself was destroyed, but his core was preserved."

“Where is the core?”

"Well... the core contains the power of [End], so we are keeping it sealed now."

Paimon suddenly asked: "Ayato, you have said [the end] twice, what is this [the end]?"

"The Ninth Element - [End]."

Paimon was shocked when he heard this.

"There's a ninth element?! I only know seven elements: wind, rock, fire, thunder, water, and what are the other two..."

"Those are common elements, the eighth element [nothingness], and the ninth element [the end]."

"Then what's the use of this [End]? Why can it be integrated with the house?"

"[End], possessing this power can transform the things in your mind, and you can also integrate yourself into the object. This is the power of the ninth element."

"Besides the ninth element, is there a tenth element?"

"Yes, the tenth element——[Re…"

dong dong dong-

Suddenly, a man stood at the door and knocked on it, and then everyone in the room looked at him.

The man at the door was stunned for a moment when he saw the scene inside the house, and then he said:

"Is Mr. Teppei here?"

"..."

There was silence in the room for a moment, and then Kamisato Ayato spoke up: "It's me. What can I do for you?"

The man took out a rectangular box from the car behind.

"Oh, hello, Mr. Teppei. Your customized 'Bright Tomorrow' team uniform has arrived. Please sign for it."

"..."

Falling into silence again...