"Hahahaha! Oh, excuse me, excuse me. So, these are the new friends that Xiangling girl has made outside. I thought..."
"Ahem!"
"... I thought they were just passing through. These dishes are at the house's expense, so eat your fill, eat as much as you want! If it's not enough, there's more, and it's all free!"
With just a few words, Chef Mao made Lumine, Paimon, and Yunli appreciate Liyue even more.
Delicious, good food.
No charge, invincible!
The three foodies always believed that a city where you are invited to eat as soon as you arrive is, without a doubt, a good city.
Just as good as Mondstadt, where they also invite you to eat. Thank you, Amber.
Looking at the dishes on the table, it was a feast: grilled tiger fish, sautéed slices of meat, tofu with crab roe, fried river fish, golden prawn dumplings, boiled black loin perch...
Orion was worried about whether this group of young girls would be able to finish all that food.
Apparently, he was thinking too much about it.
Don't be fooled by Paimon's small size; she is a real glutton. Yunli is a food expert from Xianzhou, and the strong-headed Noelle also eats a lot.
On the other hand, Lumine and Clara had the least appetite.
Orion took an empty bowl, added a little of each plate, combined it with a rice bun, and secretly teleported it to the Strange Domain.
Inside the Strange Domain, two bowls appeared on Skirk's table: one with the main meal and one with the plates.
Skirk looked at them, shook his head in a low voice, and sent a telepathic message to Lumine.
Lumine, who was busy gathering food, suddenly stopped, turned to Orion, and said, "You say there is no need for this."
Orion ignored her. Whether or not she eats it is her business, but whether you give it to her or not depends on how much you value it.
As it turned out, before he had even taken a couple of bites of his own food, the two empty bowls were teleported back.
Orion stared at the empty bowls, which had been licked clean, even without a trace of sauce. Suddenly, a whisper from Lumine, mixed with the aroma of food, reached his ears: "It says bring another portion."
Orion:...
You, dead tsundere, aren't you afraid of starving?!
Both the host and guests enjoyed the food. When he finished, Orion tried to pay, but Chef Mao flatly refused. They argued for a moment, and eventually Orion only paid half.
Noelle took out a small notebook from her breastplate and wrote everything down frantically: "I see, then in Liyue you have to do it like this..."
Paimon scratched his head: "I didn't expect the people of Liyue to be like this... Even Orion ended up negotiating with Chief Mao."
Xiangling laughed nervously: "Haha, this is how we are in Liyue."
Finally, everyone waved goodbye to Xiangling and went to find an inn.
In Liyue, buildings are easily distinguished by the color of their tiles, which indicate their location and status. The most prestigious level corresponds to the residences and offices of the Seven Stars of Liyue, as well as the Jade Chamber, whose tiles are golden. The next level is characterized by red tiles; there reside upper-class families and close to royalty, such as the Yuehai Pavilion and the headquarters of the Eight Halls, in addition to the properties of some tycoons.
The next level has emerald green tiles. This category corresponds to business districts and affluent families. Here is the headquarters of the Feiyun Trade Guild, along with some teahouses, restaurants, opera houses, and inns.
The lowest level is for ordinary people, where the Wanmin restaurant is located. The colors of the tiles are still green, but they are quite mottled; some tend to blue, while others appear faded by the sun.
However, it is interesting that in the game, the second lowest level of commercial land occupies the largest area, but in reality, the last two are almost equal and occupy a very high proportion of the port of Liyue as a whole.
Orion and the others eventually arrived at a commercial area, but they did not look for an inn. With the Strange Domain, who would spend such money?
They simply found a deserted place, and in the blink of an eye, they entered the Strange Domain.
As soon as they entered, they found a bored Skirk trying to piece together the fish's appearance before it was devoured, using the spines of the black-backed perch.
The instant Skirk noticed Orion's gaze, he used the "Seven Transformations of the Serpent" to simulate the fire element and burned the fish bones. Under the moonlight, she remained as cold and distant as ever: "Are you here?"
Orion: "... Having a little hobby is fine."
Skirk: "Lumine, Yunli, do the digestion and then we'll do a special workout in the evening."
Orion: "Do you want me to buy you a puzzle to entertain you?"
"Come too!"
Today, Skirk aroused feelings of shame and anger.
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At dusk, Noelle, driven by her maternal instinct, insisted on waiting for Orion and the others to fall asleep before going to sleep. Orion told him to go to bed early now and get up early tomorrow so he could clean the room first.
Noelle thought that made a lot of sense and obediently put on a nightgown to go to sleep.
The nightgown was embroidered with roses and was very pretty.
Paimon, seeing that there were no strangers, quickly undressed and put on small pajamas similar to the bathing suit she wore in Natlan. His belly was bulging, indicating that he had not yet finished digesting.
Orion rubbed his chin and asked, "With such a small belly, how can you put so much stuff inside?"
Paimon flew over there, sticking out his belly: "Delicious food is stored in another stomach! No matter how much I eat, it always fits!"
"... So what is your stomach originally used for?"
I had only heard of dessert being kept in a separate stomach, never of all food being kept in another stomach.
Orion watched Paimon's delicate belly and small navel swinging in front of him, and on an impulse, he buried his face in it and took a deep breath. Hey! Soft and fragrant.
"Aiya, what are you doing?!" Paimon was so frightened that she took off her crown and hit Orion several times.
After Lumine and the others finished bathing, Orion accompanied Yunli, Clara, and Lumine to the room, but for some reason, Yunli insisted on leaving a crack in the door.
Forget it, who doesn't have some quirks?
While we're at it, we could go to the end; Orion even called the monk Sanzang.
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Xiangling had become accustomed to staying with Orion and the others these past few days, and suddenly she couldn't fall asleep alone.
Suddenly, he remembered his pitchfork and the Strange Domain that Orion had mentioned.
He sat up, looked at Guoba, who was sleeping with a large bubble of snot, and with a thought, he disappeared.
Opening his eyes again, Xiangling was shocked to find a wonderful scene that he had never seen before.
"Wow... how wonderful! Just like grandma's teapot."
Xiangling entered the house barefoot, with her hair down, hopping and hopping.
The house was completely dark. Xiangling thought it made sense; Orion and the others must have gone to stay at an inn, so there shouldn't be anyone there.
But after walking a few steps, he saw a half-open door and a ray of infernal light.
Xiangling swallowed hard and walked over slowly. Finally, after a while, he sat down slowly on the floor.
"Five... five people..."
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The next morning, as soon as Orion opened the door, he saw Noelle scrubbing the floor.
"Huh, you got up so early?" asked Orion.
Noelle smiled beamingly: "Yes, I think what the eldest said makes a lot of sense: go to bed early and get up early!"
Orion smiled, stroked his head, and then left.
At first, Noelle didn't think much of the pat on the head, but she soon realized what had happened and blushed slightly. Did you think maybe it was a way to encourage an older student than a younger one?
Then, he opened the door and took a look inside the room.
This time, his entire face turned bright red.
When they all woke up, Orion took them and teleported them straight out of the Strange Domain. The morning in Liyue was already full of people, and no one would notice a few more people in a certain alley. The group went to have breakfast together, and then walked around Liyue Harbor.
And just off the alley, a boy with a runny nose and a lollipop in his mouth was so shocked that he even forgot to wipe his nose.
The next few days passed like this. Orion took the girls out to eat, shop, and get acquainted with Liyue's terrain every day, and from time to time he would get in touch with Miss Katheryne. Except for the first two times she accompanied them shopping, Lumine took Paimon to the guild to do quests on the third day; The truth is that she could not sit still.
Yunli kept leaving the door ajar every night, Xiangling still didn't sleep in her own bed every night, and Noelle kept scrubbing the floor every morning.
A week later, at the weekend, an unusual person appeared on the street today.
His hair was white, tied back with a white jade hairpin. Although he had put on a much simpler outfit than usual, that couldn't hide his noble aura.
He went out into the street, found a group of children playing and started playing with them. If the children won, he would give them small gifts, whether they were discontinued cards or exquisite sweets.
He even sometimes let the children win deliberately to give them more prizes.
"Alright, kids, after playing with me for so long, I have a few things I want to ask you."
"Ask me, ask me!"
"Sister Ningguang! I know! I know everything, ask me!"
"Sister Tianquan hasn't even asked yet, how do you know you know? Clearly I am the one who knows!"
One of Liyue's Seven Stars, Tianquan Star Ningguang, covered her mouth and laughed as she asked her question, "Hehe, don't hurry, little ones. I only have one question. About a week ago, a group of foreigners arrived in Liyue. The leader was an older man with light hair, dressed in red and with pointy ears, and the others were... Do you know where they are staying now and what their daily activities are?"
A week ago, Wangshu Inn reported on a group of interesting travelers, and two days later, his pen pal, Acting Grand Master Jean of the Knights of Favonius, also wrote him a letter specifically asking him to take care of this group. This undoubtedly piqued Ningguang's interest.
A day later, the news arrived by urgent courier from Wangshu Inn. According to the letter, Orion and his group should have arrived at Liyue Port the next day, at a normal pace, but they had actually arrived two days earlier. The caravan of the Feiyun Commercial Guild also arrived, two days ahead of schedule.
But Ningguang sent someone to investigate, and all the members of the merchant guild responded enthusiastically, telling him about their encounter with a powerful magician.
Jean did not specify Orion's background in the letter, saying only that he was very strong and somewhat lewd. This halo of mystery and his own lack of control over the situation caused Ningguang to mingle with curiosity and unease.
As Tianquan, Ningguang had its own intelligence service and reviewed the reports it submitted, such as that of Squadron Leader Millelith, who had been present during the treasure hoarders' attack.
Though surprised by the identity he attributed to himself—someone who was supposedly a member of that legendary coven of witches,
However, instead of just accepting the partial accounts of the intelligence service, Ningguang preferred to consult the children's perspective from time to time. The little ones saw things from a differentpoint of view than adults and, sometimes, they could provide different information.
As soon as she asked, the children did indeed begin to cry out.
An instant later, the expression on Ningguang's face not only did not soften, but became more and more bewildered.
"What do you mean they randomly respawn in the alley every morning?"
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