"Yes! Captain, leave the task of calming this young lady to me!"
The Millelith named Zhang San immediately nodded.
He looked extremely confident as he faced the little girl.
Afraid of scaring her, Zhang San tried his best to make his smile appear gentle and friendly.
Then he spoke in an oddly accented tone:
"You!"
"Small, small Inazuma flower girl!"
"Afraid—no need!"
"Tears—no drop!"
"We are Millelith! Big, big good people!"
"You! Where come from work! Why on this ship come work!"
Little girl: "????"
What was this armored big brother even saying?
The tone sounded vaguely familiar… but she couldn't understand a single word.
The other Millelith nearby also froze.
Wait…
Zhang San, are you sure that's Inazuman?
"Waaahhh!!"
Finally, overwhelmed by the unfamiliar surroundings and fear, the little girl burst into tears.
Now the Millelith were even more flustered.
"What's going on here?"
At that moment, a voice sounded behind them.
It was Jiang Yan, drawn over by the crying.
"Immortal Lord!"
The Millelith immediately straightened and saluted.
One of them quickly explained the situation.
Jiang Yan was stunned after hearing it.
What?
Human trafficking??
He looked toward the little girl with white hair, who was still crying softly.
Jiang Yan suddenly narrowed his eyes.
Something felt off.
Why did this little girl look so familiar?
He walked over and carefully observed her.
Suddenly—
His eyes widened.
That familiar white hair.
That distinctive bangs style.
This…
Isn't this Kamisato Ayaka?!
Wait.
Why would Kamisato Ayaka be in Liyue at this time?!
Jiang Yan frowned.
According to his memories from his previous life, Ayaka had never left Inazuma.
"You… are you called Ayaka, right?"
Jiang Yan asked gently in Inazuman.
As the Tianquan, he had learned the languages of all seven nations to make communication easier.
So speaking Inazuman wasn't a problem.
When the little girl heard a familiar language, she stopped crying and looked up.
Little Ayaka: !!!
Such a beautiful big brother!
Because of Jiang Yan's appearance, she subconsciously relaxed a bit.
After all, in a child's mind—
Good-looking people couldn't be bad people.
She then explained carefully why she had ended up here.
Just as Jiang Yan suspected—
Her name was Kamisato Ayaka.
The young lady of the Kamisato Clan, head of the Yashiro Commission in Inazuma.
Because she was unhappy with the endless lessons arranged by her family, little Ayaka had run away from home in anger.
To avoid being found, she had rushed all the way to Ritou and hid inside a small crate.
Unfortunately, she fell asleep inside it.
And she never expected—
The crate she chose happened to be cargo bound for Liyue.
So when she finally woke up…
She was already here.
After hearing the whole story, Jiang Yan rubbed his forehead.
This is ridiculous.
You slept through an entire sea voyage without waking up once?!
But with her suddenly appearing in Liyue like this, the Kamisato Clan in Inazuma was probably in chaos right now.
Jiang Yan originally wanted to send Ayaka back immediately.
But then he hesitated.
Because that might mean encountering Raiden Makoto, Raiden Ei, and Kitsune Saiguu.
Ever since Jiang Yan saved Raiden Makoto five hundred years ago…
Something strange had happened.
Makoto and Ei began visiting Liyue frequently.
And every time, they hinted—sometimes quite directly—that they wanted Jiang Yan to move to Inazuma.
Makoto had even stopped hiding it entirely.
She openly pursued Jiang Yan.
It was like she had suddenly unlocked her emotional restraint.
Completely different from her previous gentle demeanor.
As a result, whenever the sisters and Saiguu came to Liyue—
Jiang Yan would mysteriously "have business elsewhere."
It wasn't that he disliked them.
Back when he played the game in his previous life, almost every female character was his "wife."
He had even jokingly gone crazy over characters like Ei and Ningguang.
But that was inside a game.
In reality, Jiang Yan had grown up in a monogamous society.
He still couldn't easily accept polygamy.
Even though Ganyu said she didn't mind.
Jiang Yan still felt it would be unfair—to both Ganyu and the Raiden sisters.
So he kept avoiding them.
And somehow, he had dragged things out until now.
Yet Makoto and the others clearly had no intention of giving up.
"When is the next cargo ship heading to Inazuma?"
Jiang Yan asked the Millelith.
"Four days later, Immortal Lord," the guard replied respectfully.
"Four days…"
Jiang Yan thought for a moment.
"Then let Ayaka stay here and have some fun first."
"As for Inazuma…"
He decided to write a letter and send it through special means to inform the Kamisato Clan that Ayaka was safe.
"Little one, the next ship back to Inazuma won't leave until four days later."
Jiang Yan said to Ayaka.
When Ayaka heard she couldn't return immediately, her face fell.
She had only wanted to sneak out for one carefree day of fun.
She never imagined things would turn out like this.
Her brother and parents must be worried sick.
The more she thought about it, the more guilty she felt.
Tears began to gather in her big eyes again.
Jiang Yan gently rubbed her head and smiled.
"Don't worry."
"I'll use a special method to inform your parents that you're safe with me."
"They won't panic searching for you."
"I'm the Tianquan of Liyue, the ruler of this nation."
"Your family will believe what I say."
"So relax."
"You can take these few days to explore."
"Liyue is a wonderful place."
"Maybe you'll even come to like it."
Little Ayaka lowered her head.
At this point…
It seemed this was the only thing she could do. 🌸🚢
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