"Gawk-gawk!"
"Gawk, gawk!"
Lime and the dialogue device grew more and more agitated, then started wrestling.
"...Wait, you can understand Lime?"
Yun Xu quickly went to separate them, then, holding the dialogue device, asked in surprise.
"Of course, after all, my creator, Cloud Retainer, is an adeptus in animal form."
"It's you, Master, as a fox, you can't possibly not understand animals, can you?"
The dialogue device responded with certainty, posing a question that embarrassed Yun Xu.
He really didn't understand... "Who, who said a fox must understand what animals say?"
After his embarrassment, Yun Xu retorted stubbornly.
"Hehe..."
The dialogue device deliberately raised its hand to cover its mouth and chuckled.
"?"
Yun Xu tilted his head, then grabbed the dialogue device and placed it in front of Lime.
"Extra food for you today."
Yun Xu said gently to Lime.
"Gawk, gawk, Master, you... Stupid dragon, you really bit it!"
The dialogue device, pinned to the ground by Yun Xu, wanted to say something, but Lime had already pounced, wrapping around the dialogue device like a snake and biting down.
However, whether it was because the dialogue device's material was too good, or Lime was just playing, the dialogue device wasn't damaged, but it still started arguing with Lime.
But Lime didn't respond, just kept biting it.
"They have such a good relationship."
Yun Xu nodded secretly, then transformed into his white fox form and burrowed into Lime's nest, intending to rest.
Lime noticed this and immediately abandoned the dialogue device, running back to the nest. He circled around the curled-up Yun Xu, guarding him.
"Hmph, what can you do, dragon, besides get me covered in drool?"
The dialogue device, released by Lime, finally flew up from the ground, wiping the drool off itself with a huff.
"So noisy... Oh, right, the island here hasn't been cleaned in a long time. Go clean it thoroughly, don't leave a single speck of dust..."
Yun Xu, curled up and intending to sleep, lifted his head in annoyance, then instructed the dialogue device.
"Huh?"
"Master, are you a fox or a dog? This is an island, where am I supposed to clean it until there's no dust? Should I just sink the island for you?"
However, the dialogue device's questioning received no response; Yun Xu was already asleep.
Running all the way from Ritou to Inazuma City, then to Mt. Yougou today, he was already exhausted... "Little one, what are you looking at?"
The next morning, Yae Miko noticed Yun Xu squatting beside the Sacred Sakura Tree after leaving his room, doing something unknown, so she approached him.
"Ah, Guuji... Sister, good morning, I'm studying this thing."
Yun Xu quickly responded, then raised his hand to point at a strange ball of cherry blossoms on the ground.
This ball of cherry blossoms was composed of many petals, but it possessed a peculiar power that held the petals together in a ball.
However, when Yun Xu reached out to pick it up, it was as if Yun Xu's hand and the petals became two magnets with the same polarity, repelling each other, and he couldn't grasp them at all.
"Ah, this thing, it's a cherry blossom petal that fell from the Sacred Sakura Tree. People usually call it a Sakura Bloom; you need to inject Electro element power to collect it."
Hearing Yun Xu's words, Yae Miko introduced him to this unique Inazuman specialty.
Then, with a gentle wave of her hand, an electric arc fell, and Yun Xu saw the peculiar power maintaining the Sakura Bloom contract, gathering all the petals at its center.
"So that's how it is..."
Yun Xu finally nodded, reaching out to pick up the gathered petals.
He had never seen Inazuman specialties before, and he wondered what kind of elixir they could be refined into... Yun Xu muttered to himself.
However, since that fox-shaped cherry tree was called the Sacred Sakura, it must be no less impressive than the Fulong Tree that suppressed Azhdaha. The quality of these cherry petals might be comparable to volt locust wood.
Thinking this, Yun Xu put away the cherry petals.
"Alright, let's go down the mountain, Sister will treat you to breakfast in the city."
After Yun Xu put away the Sakura Bloom, Yae Miko finally suggested.
"Hmm... But Guuji Sister, I have Mora, I can treat you too."
Yun Xu nodded, but couldn't help but say.
"Oh, alright, then I'll trouble you, little one."
Yae Miko immediately smiled happily, covering her mouth with the back of her hand, and agreed.
She loved juniors who obediently paid for meals.
In Inazuma, she was famous for being a good senior; she helped care for little yokai like Kirara who had only recently taken human form, and Kirara's job was one she recommended.
And most of these juniors were trained to be obedient, willingly paying for meals just as she wished.
Thus, Yun Xu followed Yae Miko and left the Grand Narukami Shrine.
The journey from Mt. Yougou to Inazuma City was long and arduous. As the chief editor of Yae Publishing House, Yae Miko often needed to travel between the Grand Narukami Shrine and Inazuma City. Even as a divine attendant, she found it to be a very time-consuming task.
Therefore, she secretly opened a passage that allowed her to use Electrograna or her own Electro element power to fly from the heights of Mt. Yougou all the way to the outskirts of Inazuma City.
Yesterday, when she brought Yun Xu to Mt. Yougou, she also took this aerial flight path, saving both time and effort.
Soon, the two arrived in Inazuma City together.
Yae Miko took Yun Xu to a restaurant called Shimura's in Inazuma City.
This restaurant was no ordinary place; it was located directly opposite the famous Adventurers Guild, and the street it was on was the most bustling street in all of Inazuma City.
Yun Xu looked at the prices on the menu; while not very cheap, they weren't very expensive either.
However, Yun Xu didn't know what was good, so he simply followed Yae Miko and ordered a bowl of Wakatake Ramen and a serving of Tempura.
After a simple meal, Yae Miko continued to take Yun Xu to Yae Publishing House.
"Let me think, little one, since you're so cute, how about... you play a popular character from Yae Publishing House's hit light novels? That would make it very easy to attract customers for Yae Publishing House~"
On the way to Yae Publishing House, Yae Miko suggested to Yun Xu.
"Play a character? What kind of character?"
Yun Xu scratched his head and asked curiously; he hadn't learned about similar things in Liyue.
Although Yae Publishing House's business was once very extensive, with works sold even in distant Natlan and Snezhnaya, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say it was spread across Teyvat.
But Inazuma had been in isolation for the past few years, and most of Yae Publishing House's overseas branches had closed, as the latest chapters of those popular light novels couldn't be sent out.
"Hmm, let me think... There's a fox Guuji character who would suit you perfectly..."
Yae Miko's eyes darted, and she suggested with a mischievous smile...