"I still plan to leave and see the world. I've stayed here too long. It's not yet time for me to settle down." Cid declined Elder Zhongli's kind offer.
He chose to shift his attention to little Hu Tao.
"Little Hu Tao, this world isn't just one small place." Cid rubbed little Hu Tao's head. "People always have to learn to part ways."
"Isn't parting something you should avoid if possible? Actively learning to part is the real problem, right?" Little Hu Tao rejected Cid's emotional manipulation.
Oh… This gives me a headache…
Is there no way to make little Hu Tao less attached to me?
Maybe I should try a different approach?
Cid took off the Seele dog tag from around his neck, feeling a slight reluctance toward this item that had accompanied him in the Genshin world for so long.
"Here, little Hu Tao. This necklace is very precious to me." Cid handed the dog tag to little Hu Tao.
Little Hu Tao accepted the dog tag from Uncle Cid and looked at the Seele on it, a little confused.
"Uncle Cid, why are you giving me your wife?"
"This means I will definitely come back."
Little Hu Tao fell silent.
At this moment, little Hu Tao felt Uncle Cid's determination to leave.
"If you take too long to come back, I'll bury your wife in a coffin." Little Hu Tao huffed angrily.
"Please don't… I will definitely come back to see you." Uncle Cid's tone was humble.
"Hmph…!" Little Hu Tao turned her head away, looking very angry, but her hands tightly clutched Uncle Cid's dog tag wife. "Wait a second, I have something for you too!"
Uncle Cid watched as little Hu Tao bounced into the house, then came out holding a set of black clothes embroidered with deep red plum blossoms.
"If it's a parting gift, this is what I'm giving you," little Hu Tao said noisily. "If one day you feel like you might die, put on these clothes. That way, when I come to collect your body, I'll be able to find you."
Uncle Cid accepted little Hu Tao's clothes with a hint of helplessness. He didn't feel offended and noticed that the fabric was surprisingly good quality. He subconsciously looked toward the elderly Hall Master Hu.
The elderly Hall Master Hu was watching this parting scene with a smiling face.
How nice…
Getting used to parting in advance isn't necessarily a bad thing.
Seeing that the elderly Hall Master Hu had no objections, Uncle Cid accepted the clothes.
"Alright, I'll wear these clothes next time I come to the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor to find you."
As for Elder Zhongli…
It seems he'll need to muster plenty of energy lately to deal with the energetic little Hall Master Hu.
…
The world is always like this.
No one can remain someone else's support forever.
In the end, people will discover
that the only one they can rely on is themselves.
Uncle Cid only felt that, as an adult, he was really too awful.
"My body has felt a bit weak lately…"
That doesn't seem right—it actually feels more agile.
His body had become unexpectedly flexible from running around and playing with little Hu Tao.
Cid once again chose the route through Dragonspine.
Just before leaving, Cid turned back for one last look at Liyue Harbor.
In the end, I'm still a man like the wind.
I feel like one day I'll settle in Liyue, but for now, it's still a day of leaving my home behind…
Parting happens quietly…
Wind…?
Uncle Cid looked at the Anemo Vision that had landed in his hand.
There was no warning—it just suddenly appeared in his palm.
Wait, can I, as a transmigrator, still obtain a Vision?
No system is fine, and not being able to use the Statues of The Seven is understandable, but now directly giving me a Vision…?
As a transmigrator, am I being a bit too undignified…?
It seems I'm just parting ways—nobody close to me has died, right?
Could it be because I gave my "wife" Seele to little Hu Tao…?
Does that mean…
My wife is gone?
Never mind, too many jokes like that stop being funny.
If it were real, no matter what, I'd be able to sense something.
That's truly just an item from my homeland, with no special properties.
While Uncle Cid was inwardly complaining, his hand had already tucked the Vision into his belt.
Then I'll try playing with the Anemo element in the snowy mountains.
I'm going to train until I can "use the Wind Glider to fly to every corner of Dragonspine"!
Uncle Cid unhesitatingly began exploring with the Anemo element in the mountains.
…
As everyone knows, the essence of wind is the horizontal movement of air caused by factors like pressure differences and Earth's rotation…
Whether Teyvat is a sphere is still up for debate.
But Cid had only one requirement for using the Anemo element.
To be able to create wind currents to fly.
Or rather, to concentrate wind pressure at a point and stab through a hilichurl with an invisible wind spike in an instant…
Or to use Anemo elemental force to accelerate his own movements…
As everyone knows, a jack-of-all-trades is also called mediocre—being proficient in everything means being truly proficient in nothing.
And if one looked at Cid's stats…
They would find that aside from speed and precision being fairly high, everything else was quite average.
Especially defense—it was practically caved in.
And now that Cid had obtained a Vision…
He had automatically decided to train in the snowy mountains for a while.
Having a Vision means he definitely needs to research it first, then take whatever tricks he figures out to play with little Barbara~
And there aren't many people on Dragonspine—perfect for research.