Childe looked at the Fatui before him.
"Well done, may you all win glory!"
"For Snezhnaya, for Her Majesty the Tsaritsa, and for yourselves."
"Dismissed!"
Childe smiled as he addressed the Fatui lying sprawled on the ground.
"Harbinger, you were too forceful."
"We don't have the strength to stand up."
The new Fatui recruits lying on the ground looked up at Childe and spoke weakly.
"Uh... what should we do about this?"
Childe scratched his head as he looked at the weakened new Fatui recruits.
"Leave it to me."
Qiu Yue placed a hand over her chest and smiled at Childe.
Qiu Yue and Qiu Xue had appeared beside Childe without anyone noticing when.
Qiu Yue walked on her beautiful legs toward the Fatui recruits collapsed on the ground.
She extended her delicate hand, and a yin-yang fish appeared in it.
The yin-yang fish split in two, with the yang fish emanating divine light, floating above her jade-like hand.
Combined with her white dress and gentle smile, she looked like a celestial maiden.
"My goodness, a goddess..."
The Fatui recruits sitting on the ground felt their strength continuously recovering as they stared at the fairy-like Qiu Yue, murmuring in amazement.
After a while, all the new Fatui recruits stood up. They looked at their own hands in disbelief, then turned grateful gazes toward Qiu Yue.
"Thank you."
The surrounding Fatui looked at Qiu Yue with gratitude.
"It's nothing."
Qiu Yue smiled and nodded at the many new Fatui recruits before her.
The new Fatui recruits looked at Qiu Yue, feeling a sense of reverence just by gazing at her.
Then they dispersed in all directions.
"Thank you, Miss Qiu Yue."
Childe looked at Qiu Yue and thanked her with a smile.
"It's nothing."
Qiu Yue smiled and nodded at Childe.
"Brother! Brother is so amazing!"
Teucer ran over and looked at Childe with admiration.
"Huh? Teucer!"
"You came too!"
Childe turned around and looked at Teucer with surprise.
"That acting skill is comparable to Azhdaha."
Qiu Xue murmured with a smile as she watched Childe performance.
"Uh, I thought they had taken you to play!"
Childe ran over, lowered his head to look at Teucer and spoke with delight.
"Teucer also wants to learn combat skills."
"To be as impressive as you, brother!"
Teucer looked up at Childe with admiration.
"Combat isn't about showing off, Teucer."
"Only by understanding the meaning of conflict can one continuously grow stronger."
Childe waved his hand and explained indulgently to Teucer.
"I can teach you if you want."
"But you need to think carefully about why you want to fight."
Childe hesitated for a moment before continuing to address Teucer.
"I want..."
Teucer scratched the back of his head.
"I want, I want to protect Sister Tonia!"
Teucer looked up at Childe with determination.
"Good answer, Teucer."
"When we return to Snezhnaya, I'll start teaching you fighting techniques..."
"From now on, Tonia will be under your protection, how about that?"
Childe heard Teucer answer and looked at him with satisfaction.
"Hehe, you can count on me, brother!"
Teucer looked at Childe happily.
"Hmm..."
"When he's not being so willful, Teucer is really a good child."
Qiu Xue patted Teucer head with a smile.
"Teucer has always been a good child."
Teucer looked up at the gentle Qiu Xue with a smile.
"We've been in Liyue for quite some time now."
"Shouldn't we take a ship back, Teucer?"
Childe looked at Teucer, his voice becoming gentle.
"Eh, but, but brother."
"You've been so busy, you haven't had time to play with Teucer properly..."
Teucer put his hands behind his back and spoke with some dejection.
"Teucer, you know brother's work keeps me busy..."
"And haven't these two beautiful sisters already taken you around to play?"
Childe spoke softly to the dejected Teucer.
"Then, then how about this, brother helps Teucer fulfill one wish."
"And then Teucer will be good and go home!"
Teucer looked up at his brother pleadingly.
"Who taught you to bargain like this? Haha... alright."
"Let's hear it, what is it?"
Childe looked at the bargaining Teucer with affection.
"I want to visit the toy research institute here!"
Hearing Childe's agreement, Teucer looked up happily.
"The toy research institute?"
"That might be the destination Ningguang asked me to help with."
Qiu Xue looked at Childe and chuckled softly.
However, she couldn't keep helping Liyue Harbor like this, as it was now truly the era of human governance.
"When this matter is over, I should let Ningguang know."
Qiu Xue murmured softly as she looked at the blue sky and white clouds.
She, too, should truly retire for good.
"What's wrong, sister?"
Qiu Yue looked at Qiu Xue with confusion, not understanding what she was saying.
"Nothing, sister."
"Just thinking about some things."
Qiu Xue smiled as she explained to her sister.
"That's fine."
"After all, Teucer traveled thousands of miles to Liyue for me..."
Childe crouched down and patted Teucer head.
"This last wish before leaving."
"As your brother, I should show appropriate sincerity."
Childe smiled as he looked at Teucer.
"Exactly, hehe."
Teucer scratched the back of his head happily.
"You two beautiful big sisters, come along too!"
"This time it's Teucer turn to show you around!"
Teucer turned around and smiled at the two gentle big sisters, Qiu Xue and Qiu Yue.
"Alright, Teucer."
"Thank you for taking us on a tour."
Qiu Xue lowered her head to look at Teucer and spoke gently.
"Toy research institute... hmm... actually, it's the one near Lingju Pass."
"So... let's go take a look."
Childe rubbed his chin, thought carefully, and then smiled at the three people before him.
Qiu Xue nodded at Childe with a smile. Their original destination had been that place anyway.
Afterward, everyone followed Childe toward the so-called toy research institute.
After enjoying some scenery along the way and chatting, they finally arrived at the place Childe had mentioned.
"Here it is, Liyue's toy research institute."
Childe stood with his hands on his hips, looked at the ruins gate before him, then turned to Teucer with a smile.
From within the ruins gate came some clicking sounds.
"Is this what Mr. Tartaglia..."
"Called a research institute?"
Qiu Yue examined the ruins gate before her with curiosity, sensing it with her divine power.
She sensed that inside, there seemed to be some strange machines.
There were also several large iron doors, and in the deepest part, some Ruin Guards.
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