"I-Is it really okay for us to be watching like this?"
Hearing Amber say this, Eula hurriedly spoke up, "Sister Miko, I won't watch anymore... This is terrible! I can't be looking at these things!"
"Oh?"
Yae Miko gave a little laugh, "If you don't want to watch, just close your eyes, or look somewhere else."
"Why is it that I feel you're watching very intently?"
"Eh!?"
Eula's face flushed at once, and she hastily made excuses, "I-I am not! I was just...."
"I..."
For a moment, Eula didn't know how to defend herself.
In truth, she really had been drawn in by this scene, and her subconscious made her shamelessly want to see it a little more clearly!
This scouting youkai art could even zoom the field of view in and out, and she hadn't been able to resist enlarging some of the key details.
She didn't even know why she'd done it.
Perhaps it was because... it felt very novel.
And besides... she'd only ever heard about such things vaguely; she'd never witnessed them with her own eyes.
Earlier, on those nights back at the Knights of Favonius dormitory, Amber would chat with her late into the night, and they'd touch on some similar topics.
Things like cats and dogs and the like, which had stirred up a strong curiosity in her.
So.... she couldn't help but take a few more glances.
It wasn't until she heard Amber say that watching like this wasn't quite right that she was jolted awake by a momentary sense of shame.
She hadn't expected that, just as she was looking for a way to gracefully back down, Yae Miko would call her out.
This left her both startled and embarrassed, in a flustered panic.
Seeing Eula stammering and unable to get a word out for the longest time, Yae Miko couldn't help bursting into laughter.
"Aiyaya~ I'll stop teasing you, this is just too funny."
As she spoke, she released the tail that had been coiled around Eula's slender waist.
The moment the contact was broken, Eula's vision instantly returned to normal.
Her face red, her voice even trembling, she said, "Amber... did I just...."
"Eh!?"
"Amber!? How are you still watching!"
She saw that Amber wore an utterly engrossed expression, her little face slightly flushed, still softly murmuring in amazement.
Eula was stunned.
A moment ago she'd heard Amber say all that, and assumed Amber had already looked away—who'd have thought Amber was only paying lip service!
"Amber! How could you be like this!"
Yet Amber's beautiful eyes were opened wide.
Hearing Eula grumbling beside her, she gave a giggle, "Don't you think it's novel?"
"Keqing is our very best friend, and as the Yuheng Star of the Liyue Qixing, she actually..."
"Mn! Amazing!"
Amber felt as though she'd opened the door to a brand-new world.
As a Scout Knight of Mondstadt, she often patrolled the forests of Mondstadt.
Mondstadt's wilderness had a fine ecology, so now and then she'd see all sorts of animals.
Like cats and dogs, boars and wolves.
As time went by, a deep curiosity had taken root in her.
And now, she'd finally found her answer!
Seeing Amber growing more and more absorbed, Eula felt utterly deceived by her good bestie!
"Amber, I'm marking this grudge down!"
Collei was experiencing this scouting youkai art of Yae Miko's.
Looking at the scene before her, she gained a new understanding of Keqing.
So it turned out that even the vigorous, decisive Yuheng Star could have such a delicate, tender side.
Because Keqing had only just become [family] not long ago, she hadn't yet had the chance to spend such a time together with Keqing.
She couldn't help feeling a little expectant.
Yae Miko was watching very intently too, only she suddenly noticed something strange.
"Little ones, did you notice?"
"It looks like a strange shadow has slipped into the picture~"
"Eh!?"
At her words, Collei and Amber froze for a moment, then took a look around.
Sure enough, behind that decorative rock, they spotted Xiangling's figure!
"Wh-who is this little beauty!"
"Collei, is she someone from our household?"
Having lived with Ye Xi for so long, Amber had never once seen Xiangling!
Collei was rather surprised, and quickly shook her head, "No, I've never seen her either!"
Eula, off to the side, wasn't drawn in by the figure Amber and the others were talking about; rather, it was Amber's offhand words that instantly put her on guard.
Amber had actually referred to this place, as a matter of course, as [our home].
You have to understand, she and Amber were both knights of the Knights of Favonius!
Mondstadt was home, the Knights of Favonius was home!
And Amber's offhand words clearly showed that she'd come to rely on this place, that she'd developed a sense of belonging here!
In that very instant, she suddenly had a very strong intuition.
She felt that Amber, in all likelihood, really would stay here!
Beside her, Ningguang heard Yae Miko's description and immediately realized the current situation..
It had to be that after Keqing went next door, she'd discovered Xiangling hiding, and then, to keep Ye Xi from noticing Xiangling, she'd...
used this to draw Ye Xi's attention away.
At this thought, she hurriedly spoke up, "That should be Xiangling!"
"Xiangling!? Is she the master chef of the Wanmin Restaurant that Keqing mentioned yesterday!?"
Amber couldn't help marveling, "So cute! She's so pretty!"
"I thought she was just good at cooking, with rather ordinary looks! I never imagined she'd be this beautiful!"
Yesterday Keqing had told everyone about Xiangling.
Once everyone learned how excellent Xiangling's cooking was, they all very much wanted Xiangling to become family.
Collei was a little surprised, "But how did she suddenly turn up here?"
Seeing this, Ningguang explained Keqing's plan, along with the whole course of everything that had just happened.
Hearing Ningguang's words, Collei and Amber both marveled again and again.
"So that's how it is, but why didn't Keqing say so earlier—we could all have helped Xiangling!"
"Right, right! With us helping to cover for her, it would surely have been a breeze!"
Yae Miko couldn't help saying with a smile, "People these days really know how to have fun~!"
Eula couldn't quite take it anymore, and spoke up, "Amber, just look at you—these past few days you've picked up bad habits."
"Eh!? Have I?"
Amber, while continuing to watch, replied to Eula perfunctorily, "Eula, don't you think you ought to study up a bit more too?"
"After all, you're one of Mondstadt's great beauties; wouldn't it be awfully awkward if, when the crucial moment comes, you don't understand a thing...."
This vague, evasive attitude, and all of this on top of it, made Eula even more mortified and indignant!
Amber was even a year or two younger than her!
If even Amber understood it all, then wouldn't she, the older sister, lose all face!
She gave a snort, "Sister Miko, I... I want to keep watching too!"
Yae Miko lightly covered her little mouth and laughed, her heart blossoming with delight.
So funny!
These little girls were truly far too amusing!
Even more amusing than reading light novels!
Beside them, Klee was utterly baffled, "Sister Lisa, what are Sister Amber and Sister Eula watching?"
Lisa shook her head with a smile, "Little Klee doesn't need to know~ It's bedtime~"
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