Chapter 13: Stay close to my sister for a tomorrow without tears! ...

After all, the Abyss Mage was the murderer who had corrupted Tevarin's spirit.

Qin answered the call carefully, expressed her gratitude again, and finally considerately sent the little knight of West Wind back to the room.

Only Diluk seemed to be thinking about something. Ibai's tone was more like a warning than a reminder. Would the Abyss Mage... hinder their next action?

…

Morningside Winery.

"The Tevarin Protection Society assembles!"

Paimon clapped his hands cutely to cheer everyone up.

Wendy's eyes sparkled and she looked very energetic:

"Anyway, with the tear crystals and Skyharp given by Little Ibai and the Traveler, our plan to save Tevarin has made rapid progress!"

Qin continued:

"Yes, it saves us a lot of time. Recently... Mondstadt has been burdened with too much."

Diluk crossed his arms, still with a sullen look on his face.

"It's a pity that the people who finally solved these problems were a poet, a traveler and a young knight. The knights had to work hard."

"Oh, oh, oh, Yi Bai reminded us yesterday that we should be careful of the Abyss Mage this time!"

Paimon tapped his little feet and reminded Wendy.

"Abyss mages? ... That's right. Although we didn't encounter any Abyss mages when we met Tevarin before, since they have corrupted Tevarin's spirit, they must have some ulterior motives. We must be as careful as possible."

Wendy confirmed Yi Bai's reminder and thought of the mysterious little guy.

"Um……"

After thinking for a moment, Wendy returned to the topic:

"Anyway, let's figure out where to summon Tevarin..."

The wind at high altitude was both wild and gentle. The green grass swayed non-stop in the wind. Accompanied by the scent of Cecilia's flowers, the group arrived at the Star-Picking Cliff.

"Here it is."

Wendy smiled confidently, stood at the corner of the cliff, looked at his companions, then turned around and looked up at the sky.

"The greatest bard in the world is about to pluck the strings of his harp."

A pleasant piano sounded, and the giant dragon spread its wings, stuck close to the cliff in front of Wendy, and rose into the sky while roaring.

The remaining four were blown by the wind created by the dragon and could not stand steadily. Only Wendy stood still and looked at her old partner seriously.

"I have nothing more to talk to you about..."

The Wind Demon Dragon spoke.

"Really? But I think at least you still like this song."

Wendy held out one hand, trying to communicate with the dragon.

"Mr. Wendy!"

"careful!!"

Jean and Sora shouted at the same time, and Diluk almost rushed forward with his greatsword.

But hiding behind Tevarin, the unexpected attack had already come.

Even though she was well prepared, Wendy avoided having her arm injured, but the Sky Harp in her hand was still destroyed and fell to the ground.

"Don't believe him, poor dragon. He abandoned you before. Now, he just wants to deceive you again."

The Ice Abyss Mage rubbed his feet, and finally flew out holding his ice magic staff, while continuing to brainwash the Wind Dragon.

"Are you here with your companions to kill me, Barbatos!!!"

The Wind Dragon roared, its sanity being corroded so weak that it could not hear Wendy's anxious and forceful retorts.

"Just stay here and savor your own helplessness!"

The Abyss Wizard's electronic laughter resounded through the sky, and he controlled the Wind Dragon and flew away.

Wendy wanted to raise his bow and arrow, condense a vortex of wind, and shoot an arrow at the Abyss Mage, but once he took an attacking stance, Tevarin's misunderstanding of him would be even deeper and more terrifying...

Even after the Wind Dragon had flown out of sight, Venti still kept his head down, drowning in self-blame and sorrow for having fallen out with his old friend.

"Wendy...are you okay?"

Sora asked in a low voice with worry.

"...Ms. Wendy, please don't be sad. We will work together to solve the problem." Qin also promised.

"Of course, we still have enemies to fight together."

Wendy raised his head, put on a smile again and looked at his companions.

"Then let's think about the next plan."

Diluk analyzed calmly.

"There really is an Abyss Wizard! This is so pissing me off."

"Today I will kill all the Abyss Mages on the map!!!"

"Wendy is indeed the God of Wind!"

"He has such a wronged expression."

"Now that I think about it, Yi Bai was just a kid, so his last reminder was really abrupt."

"Yi Bai's identity was originally full of doubts.

First of all, it was a slime that turned into a human, which is a completely unique case. Secondly, he is a friend of my sister and has known Wendy for a long time. He even gave Wendy a bottle of delicious wine before? This is very strange. It feels like they know each other very well. "

"Although he is as well-behaved and polite as a child, he is often as calm as an adult and is quite capable. He can even snatch the piano back from the hands of fools.

Now it seems that he knows in advance that the Abyss Mage will monitor the movements of the Wind Dragon and will come out to hinder us."

"He said that he and Yan have been friends for a long, long time. Although we are not sure how long this long time is, maybe Yibai is not as young as we thought, otherwise he would not use the word "long time"."

"It's possible that he would have been too young a long time ago."

"In fact, Kayya's character voiceover about Ibai states that it was Ibai who told him that Tevarin swallowed poisonous blood and was corroded by the abyss."

"ah?"

"ah??"

"How does he know this too?"

"It's really mysterious."

"There should be more plot in the later stages."

"In fact, many people in Genshin Impact are hiding things. The Wind God has also kept many things secret. Kaeya and Lisa are not simple either. But no matter what, judging from his behavior, he should be on Mondstadt's side."

"Partner of Justice!"

…

On the other side, Yi Bai, who was feeling the power of rules pouring into his body bit by bit, was no longer in the mood to pay attention to the screen where everyone was discussing him.

He was trying to find a way to add drama to himself.

On a cliff far away from the Wind Dragon Ruins, Yi Bai turned back into a water slime and slowly moved towards Yan, who was staring at the center of the storm.

"Um?"

Hearing the noise, Yan turned around and passed the two Abyss Wizards who were quietly waiting behind her. She saw the slime that seemed a little special. It was jumping and hesitantly approaching her, but it obviously had no intention of attacking.

An Abyss Mage has raised his staff, ready to destroy the low-level monsters that are approaching recklessly.

"Wait." Yan spoke.

She looked at the trembling slime with interest.

"Are you here to see me?"

Yi Bai blinked, as if thinking about the meaning of this sentence, and soon he came to his senses, stretched out his little tentacle on the right side of his head and made a check mark.

The slime kept approaching Yan, and when it was not far from Yan's feet, it handed her its gift, an Intivat condensed from water element condensate.

He was stunned for a moment, squatted down, took the flowers from the slime, and picked up the slime.

She smiled and said:

"Thank you, Yibai, it's nice to see you again."

“…”

Really know yourself.

Yi Bai was confused for a second, then immediately accepted the fact.

In this case, the plan would probably go ahead unexpectedly but more smoothly. Yi Bai blinked, not bothering with the title, and turned into a more comfortable position.

The wind dragon that appeared from high in the sky had already spread its wings and was whizzing towards its nest in the distance.

There was a flash of ice, and the ice-attributed Abyss Mage appeared behind Qi, bending down and lowering his head.

"Your Highness, the plan is still going smoothly.

When your kingdom returns to earth, we will share in its glory."

Huo turned around slowly with the slime in his arms, his expression returning to its indifferent state.

In another world, the players who thought this scene was over were forced to accept a CG with an explosion of information:

"??? What is this?"

"ah????"

"Isn't this my sister??!!!"

"What did you call my sister? Your Highness?"

"What is that in her arms???"

"What do you mean, the CPU burned out, so I was struggling for a long time, my sister is the villain??"

"That slime can't be..."

"Ahhh, that's also a water slime."

"Is it really Ibai?"

"No way, I just said a partner of justice, and you turned around and showed me this???"

"Is my sister brainwashed?"

"I also want to be hugged by my sister"

"It's shocking...but my sister is so pretty."

"I'm not surprised that they know each other, but the question is why they are members of the Abyss Order!"

"Ibai's position should be fine... Regardless of his status, he has been helping Mondstadt defend against the Wind Dragon the entire time, and he also told us to be careful of the Abyss Cult yesterday."

"??? This time the CPU is really burning up, how contradictory."

"So... maybe it's like this, Yan is under control, and Ibai is Yan's subordinate or former friend? Is he helping us secretly under Yan's orders?"

"Actually, apart from those few scenes that showed him being very vulnerable, Ibai often gives people the impression that he is both physically and mentally stronger than a child..."

"Ahhh baby, I know you are not a simple baby."

"Is there a possibility... that slime is not actually Ibai?"

"It looks exactly like the slime that Ibai transformed into at the beginning!"

"Don't all water slimes look exactly the same...?"

"Don't ask. If you ask, it's just my intuition. After all, I've only seen one special slime since the server was launched, and it happens to be a water-attribute one."

"No matter what, the way my sister looks at trash is so cool! She is worthy of being my sister."

"Ibai is also a small one, and is very familiar with the Abyss Cult, but he still helps us secretly..."

…

This time, more power of rules flows into the body.

It wasn't a wasted trip, Yi Bai thought. At least the power to create another image and switch between them at will was enough. He might need it often recently...

"Yi Bai, you still have other things to do, right? We won't be able to see each other for a long time."

Yan put the slime back on the ground and asked with a smile, "Did I help you?"

A happy little flower suddenly appeared on the slime. It thought for a moment and then made a heart shape with its tentacles.

"You're cute like this, too."

With a smile on his face, he shook Yi Bai's little finger seriously.

"Okay, I have to go back now. See you next time. I look forward to our future together."

He waved at the slime, turned around and walked away.

After watching Yan leave, Yi Bai changed back into the size of a young boy, his eyes slightly gloomy, as if he was thinking about something.

And lying quietly in the palm of his hand was a tiny seed that contained vitality and the powerful force of rules.