The Homeless Man of Teyvat

"Alas!"

The little mascot screamed and immediately hid in Ying's arms, carefully looking at the coral that turned into a cactus.

I saw the coral ice spikes melting rapidly, returning to their original harmless and beautiful appearance in a matter of seconds.

"Why did Tian Feng put these terrible things in the secret realm?"

Paimeng swallowed, suddenly thought of something, and said cautiously: "Ying, I haven't done anything to make Tianfeng angry, right?"

"Probably not. Don't worry, even if there is, he won't do anything to you."

Ying couldn't help but smile and pinched the little mascot's cheek: "Let's go, let's go find Tian Feng."

She followed the direction pointed by the bright white scales, identified the direction, bypassed the trap that someone had set up based on his will, and walked toward the center of the secret realm like a walk in a garden.

Paimon followed her closely, determined not to touch anything in the secret realm.

The secret realm is very quiet most of the time, and the occasional shouts and screams of fighting are very clear. When Kaijijima and others entered the secret realm, they dispersed and fought individually. Suddenly they encountered groups of shogunate troops, and naturally there was no possibility of fighting back.

One side pursued the blockade with all its strength, fighting with more and less, and achieved remarkable results; the other side desperately fled and tried to gather, but suffered heavy losses.

The quiet secret place also became lively.

Ying ignored the melee and took the little mascot to the altar in the center of the secret realm. There was a copper-green bronze coffin placed in the altar.

"Dong dong."

Yingqu tapped the coffin board with her fingers and said with a smile, "Is anyone at home?"

After a short silence, an answer came from the coffin. Perhaps because of being in the coffin, the voice sounded a little muffled.

"There are probably some, but they are probably not alive. Do you mind?"

"Well, can you survive?"

"Maybe?"

"That's no problem."

"..."

Chen Tianfeng pushed the coffin away, sat up straight, and his black eyes met those golden eyes that were several years away: "What's wrong with you? You look unhappy?"

According to the original plan, Ying should not have knocked on his coffin. Instead, after some "hard work", he "luckily" obtained the bronze coffin, escaped from the secret realm, broke out of the shogunate encirclement, and led the resistance army back to Kaiji Island. .

"It's nothing, just...a little boring."

Ying thought for a moment, then leaned forward while holding the coffin to take a look inside, and asked curiously: "Tian Feng, what does it feel like to lie in the coffin?"

"It's very quiet. It feels like everything is still. The world and I are the only illusions... Do you want to give it a try?"

"OK."

Ying nodded, and then under Chen Tianfeng's slightly stunned eyes, he turned in the coffin before he left, lay down next to him, and patted his arm by the way: "The coffin prepared by Shenzi is quite big, you can lie down on it." There are two people.”

"...Ah, it's quite big."

Chen Tianfeng was a little dazed, and for a moment he didn't realize what the development was now.

In contrast, Paimon was even more stunned. The little mascot's eyes widened, and his mind was stuck for a moment. He subconsciously wanted to fly into the coffin and lie in his arms, but he felt something was wrong.

that is! Who are the friends who meet up and lie down together?

"Well, Tianfeng."

Ying moved to the side and motioned for Chen Tianfeng to lie down together: "I have a question."

"you say."

Chen Tianfeng blinked. Although he didn't understand what was going on, he lay down next to the girl calmly without being shy. He smelled the elegant fragrance on the tip of his nose and subconsciously wanted to inhale, but stopped hastily.

"Are we considered [deaths in the same hole] now?"

The girl turned her head and looked at him with bright eyes.

"It shouldn't count, right? Look, you are a living good person. Although I am half dead, it is only half, isn't it?"

Chen Tianfeng thought for a while and looked at the dome of the secret realm: "So it shouldn't count. Also, compared to this, I'm more curious about what you encountered. You said boring before...is it a matter of Haiji Island?"

"Um."

"Why do you feel so suddenly?"

"have no idea."

Ying shook his head, turned his gaze to the dome of the secret realm, and was silent for a few seconds: "Tianfeng, if I don't want you to pretend to be Orobas, and I don't want you to have anything to do with Haiji Island, what are you going to do?"

"Then forget it."

Chen Tianfeng shrugged and said in a relaxed tone: "I said, no matter what his plans are, the most important thing is to have fun. Since you are not happy at all now, we don't care what those plans are."

"But you agreed..."

“I can go back on my word, and I’m pretty good at going back on my word.”

"...So shameless."

"I mean, this is for you, isn't it appropriate to say that?"

"Hmm... so shameless, but I like it very much?"

"Barely qualified."

The two laughed at the same time. The little mascot sat on the half-pushed coffin lid, holding his chin in his little hands, looking at the two people below and sighed.

——Like a helpless child watching his parents show affection.

"So now can you tell me what happened?"

Chen Tianfeng just pretended that he didn't see Paimeng and didn't hear the sigh, and guessed: "Is it because I have been in friendly contact with the people of Haizhi Island in the past few days, but I have to send them to the afterlife, so I feel bad?"

"I'm not that fragile yet. I'm worried about you."

"What do I have to worry about?"

"You are a god. You should feel uncomfortable sending your people to die, right?"

"……ah?"

"……Is not it?"

"Here, do you listen to the truth or lies?"

"Listen to the lies first."

"Very sad, I couldn't sleep all night because of self-blame. Just as the Son of God imagined, I felt guilty and cared for the people of the Coral Palace on Haiji Island, or I left because of shame, and stayed away from Inazuma from then on, and never contacted each other until I died."

"Well, what's the truth?"

Ying blinked, and suddenly felt that she still didn't know Chen Tianfeng well enough.

"The truth is... I don't care whether they live or die, they are not my people."

Chen Tianfeng changed to a comfortable posture and said: "If you have to take care of everything, take care of everything... then life is too tiring."

Whether it's a human or a god, the ability is always limited. It's impossible to take care of everything and do it perfectly to satisfy all living beings. Just do what you should do and have a clear conscience.

"If you don't want to get involved in the affairs of Haiqi Island anymore, we can just go back on our word. Ying and Shen Zi asked us for help for two main purposes. One is to clean up the dangerous elements hidden in Haiqi Island, and the other is to work with us and build a closer relationship. The second point is more important than the first point, and they can easily do the first point themselves."

"Really?"

"Of course, when did I... uh, at least I'm not lying now."

"Puff--"

Ying laughed out loud, turned her head to look at him, her beautiful eyes rolling: "In this case, then I can do whatever I want?"

"If I let you do whatever you want, will you be happy?"

"Of course."

"Then will I be paid?"

"Well, maybe?"

"You're sad, you should be more sure at this time."

Chen Tianfeng smiled and looked at the girl's golden eyes close at hand: "Just do it, just have fun."