"Here's this flight guide for you. You don't need to memorize it, but you should still read it carefully."
Amber handed a book to Lumine, and Lumine and Paimon obediently began to read.
"When the world's first breeze began to blow, birds that longed for the sky had wings but could not fly."
"They asked the Anemo God: How can we embrace the heavens?"
"The Anemo God replied: You have not yet found the most important thing."
"At this time, the wind blew across the grass, and dandelion seeds flew into the distance."
"They struggled to spread their wings, but the wind on the grass was too gentle, only willing to let them stumble slightly."
"So they came to a canyon, where the strong wind displayed its unmatched power."
"They mustered their courage and leaped down the canyon, flapping their wings in the howling wind."
"Until they could fly freely in the sky."
"So they happily said to the Anemo God: So that's it, what we lacked was the strong wind."
"But the Anemo God replied: What is important is not the strong wind, but courage. It is what made you the first birds in the world."
The story in the book Amber gave them ended, seemingly telling others that the key to flight is courage.
"Mondstadters' way of learning to fly is truly romantic…" Lumine said the same thing as the book.
She had originally thought this flight guide would be about precautions and flight technique lessons.
She didn't expect it to be an allegorical story.
To others, it seemed like an allegorical story, but Barbatos himself knew.
This story was actually about history; the birds and strong wind here actually referred to the old Mondstadters and the Wind Glider cage.
This was not a story about how the first birds learned to fly at all.
Instead, it was a story about how the old Mondstadters, by mustering their courage to resist tyranny, gained freedom.
The old Mondstadters, who had never seen the sky their entire lives, finally embraced the longed-for sky after mustering their courage.
"Is the current flight guide this storybook?" Venti smiled.
"How could it be? Amber just got the wrong one." Kaeya explained.
At this moment, Amber herself was covering her face.
"How could this happen? I just said not to embarrass myself, and I immediately grabbed the wrong book."
"What examiner gets the exam book wrong?!"
"Though I really like this story…"
This story gave Amber a lot of courage; for her, it truly was her flight guide.
But for the exam, one still needed to use the official textbook.
This was bad; if the Traveler failed the exam, it would all be her responsibility.
She had even said at the beginning that she would take responsibility, but she ended up messing things up for the other party right away.
However, the others, unaware of the truth, thought Mondstadt's flight guide was very interesting.
The exam material being a storybook was quite romantic.
"Courage?" Collei recalled her experiences with Amber.
Indeed, Amber had always been a lively, cheerful, and courageous person.
And it was this side of her that changed the current Collei.
Collei couldn't imagine what her future would have been like if she hadn't met Amber.
"I also want to become braver." Collei clenched her small fists.
"I will also become the first bird in the Lawrence Family!" Eula's tone was firm.
Resisting her family, facing the Mondstadters' disdain and gossip—this was her courage.
She had already spread her wings against the strong wind, and it remained to be seen if she could fly high into the sky and embrace the heavens.
Unexpectedly, no one mocked Amber for getting the wrong book; instead, everyone liked the story very much.
Courage and resistance are the wings of freedom, which is more like the Mondstadters' flight guide.
Moreover, Wind Gliders are mostly for gliding, requiring takeoff from high places, so you really can't use them without some courage.
The story in the book continued.
After the Traveler and Paimon finished reading the book, they went to the examination location.
When Amber saw the Traveler arrive, she naturally knew that the other party was ready to take the exam.
She just didn't expect the Traveler to become familiar with the flight regulations so quickly.
"Ah, you're here."
"Have you read the flight guide carefully? Are you familiar with all the rules and regulations?" Amber asked.
"I did finish reading it… but, I really can't get familiar with the rules and regulations…" The Traveler said helplessly.
It would be strange if she could get familiar with them; there was absolutely no mention of rules and regulations anywhere in the entire story.
So what were the rules and regulations? Take off when you encounter a cliff and strong wind?
"Hmm, that reluctant tone, I understand, I understand." Amber had a look that said, 'I get you.'
"Flight guides are just so dry and boring; I can't stand reading them either."
At this point, Amber seemed to remember something, let out an 'Ah,' and quickly added:
"Don't tell Acting Grand Master Jean I said that."
...Amber, no wonder your flight license is always suspended. It turns out you never bothered to remember the flight regulations." Acting Grand Master Jean said helplessly.
My workload is already heavy enough, but the people under me still don't make it easy for me.
Although Amber's habit of mentioning Acting Grand Master Jean every three sentences indeed showed her admiration and trust in her.
But receiving daily reports from citizens about Amber flying around recklessly with her Wind Glider was truly exhausting!
Regarding Amber's behavior of mentioning Acting Grand Master Jean every three sentences, no Mondstadter found it strange.
They trusted Acting Grand Master Jean too much; they would seek her out for even the smallest matters.
If anything, they all were beings who mentioned Acting Grand Master Jean every three sentences.
Acting Grand Master Jean was fully qualified to say, 'This family would fall apart without me.'
"Is that so? I think the story in this 'flight guide' is quite interesting."
Paimon didn't find the book's story boring at all.
"An interesting story? Oh~! Are you talking about the cases in the appendix?"
The two of them had been talking about different books from the start, essentially chatting on different servers.
"I like some of them too. My favorite is the one about illegally taking off using a Wind Slime."
Lumine agreed with this point.
Because she had tried the feeling of blowing up a Wind Slime and then taking off.
It was indeed fun; the bigger the Wind Slime, the more fun it was.
"Using the airflow that erupts when a Wind Slime is broken, they say you fly very, very high all at once. I really want to try it."
"Oh no!" Seeing her own words in the book, Amber broke out in a sweat.
Now all her little thoughts would be known to Acting Grand Master Jean!
It's a miscarriage of justice! Although I wanted to try it, I never dared because of your awe-inspiring power, Acting Grand Master Jean!
It was a good thing she was out on a mission right now, otherwise she would definitely be lectured by Acting Grand Master Jean.
"Amber…"
Acting Grand Master Jean began to consider whether she should accept the suggestion from the reports and suspend Amber's flight license again, making her retake the exam.
But it hadn't even been a month since the last suspension, had it? Would that be too bad?
Aside from Amber's embarrassment, the Traveler was also embarrassed.
She hadn't expected that Amber, known as Mondstadt's flight enthusiast, had never even experienced taking off with a Wind Slime.
She had certainly done that a lot when clearing monsters during her daily quests in the wild!
After all, many daily commissions involved clearing Slimes, and if you encountered Wind Slimes, it was a waste not to play with them!
If you didn't play with a Wind Slime during its last glorious moment, wouldn't you be letting it down?
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Character Voice Line · Venti: About Amber.
"The Knights of Favonius's little Outrider, lively, cheerful, and courageous, always able to inspire and influence those around her… Hmm, maybe I should write a song for her sometime?"