Chapter 16: Cultivating a life that does not belong to this world is not...

After undergoing a physical test of flying from the top of a snowy mountain back to the other side of a lake, Sora, under the guidance of Albedo, underwent a variety of brain-burning intelligence tests.

After at least ensuring that there was nothing wrong with his intelligence, Sora was stopped by Sister Rosaria and given a lot of warnings.

...Song no longer wanted to say anything. If Albedo really needed to be wary, then the first people he needed to worry about were Klee and Ibai, he thought helplessly.

At the end of the experiment, Albedo temporarily called Sora and Ishiro over and calmly and carefully informed them of his research results:

"My conclusion, Traveler, is that you are very much like the humans of this world."

"…Is that all?"

Sora blinked and said in confusion.

"Eh?! We've been working on this together for so long, didn't we know this from the beginning?" Paimon complained unhappily.

"Well... Xiaobai, the same is true. From what I have observed, your physiological structure and lifestyle are exactly the same as those of humans."

Albedo turned and looked at the other child.

“…”

Amid the silence of Ibai and Sora, Paimon stomped his feet noisily again:

"Hey! Ibai is originally a human! Why are you specifically observing this?!"

"Haha." Albedo smiled and said naturally:

"Don't worry, this may seem obvious to you, but there are actually not that many things in this world that are taken for granted."

Albedo put his finger on his chin and explained while thinking:

"Like this seed from another world, under the influence of the laws of Teyvat, it can't even bloom normally.

But the Traveler is also a creature from another world, and his evolutionary direction due to objective factors should be different from ours, but he is so similar to the native humans of Teyvat. Isn't this a very strange phenomenon?"

“This may to some extent support some of the legends about the birth of humans in Teyvat…

Well... Anyway, after carefully observing the Traveler, I got some new inspirations, which may bring some opportunities to this seed from another world."

Albedo picked up the seed with his hand, and for a moment, a bud appeared on the seed, which then blossomed and disappeared.

"It was such a short moment..." Paimon said regretfully.

Is this the life that is rejected by the laws of Teyvat?

Yi Bai thought about it and comforted him:

“But at least it has bloomed and it is beautiful.

So... as an alien life form, it might actually be a miracle that it is very similar to humans in this world."

"Yes, yes, stop being listless, you still have me!"

Paimon flies around, livening up the atmosphere, and everyone gradually stops being affected by the limits of the flower's life.

After promising to assist Albedo with his experiments, Sora said goodbye to everyone and left the snowy mountain with Paimon.

…

"noob."

After the traveler left, Albedo turned and looked at Ibai, who was calm but still pure.

"Brother Albedo, you want to ask, am I Klee's water slime friend?"

"No." Albedo retorted without hesitation.

"Although I had doubts before, after getting to know you, I think it doesn't matter anymore. I call you Xiaobai only because you seem to like this name."

Albedo ruffled Ibai's hair and said softly:

"I am Kelly's family member, and you are her good friend, so I am willing to be your family member too. I just want to say that if you encounter any problems that you can't solve, you can come to me."

"family……"

Yi Bai lowered his head, his eyes unfocused, and repeated in a low voice.

Albedo seemed to be aware of the child's depression, and gently touched the slightly messy and soft top of his head, then turned around and took something from the table.

“By the way, this is a gift for you.”

"This is..." Yi Bai took the paper handed to him by Albedo and was stunned for a moment.

It is a painting, a painting of a white-haired boy holding a lyre, immersed in his own world among the snow and the vast expanse of Cecilia, blending his soul into the music.

"A slime wouldn't have such a heart-stirring emotional resonance with the world or the snow. I can be sure that no matter what you've been through, your essence is no different from that of a human."

"You even possess the ultimate redness that I pursue, and at that moment, your music also stained me with a rare red color."

"Thank you, Xiaobai, so I give you this painting as a gift."

Yi Bai took the painting cautiously, his azure eyes gradually began to ripple.

"Red Cheng" in alchemy means the refinement of emotions. Being able to make chalk turn red because of oneself is definitely the highest affirmation of one's own music.

He was forced to leave, constantly gaining and losing along the way, and in the end what he pursued was a value that belonged entirely to himself. Isn't this exactly what he was pursuing?

Yi Bai said suddenly with a sincere smile and a not-so-obedient nature:

"Thank you, Brother Albedo. I like it very much. I also have a gift for you."

Without any disguise, what appeared out of thin air from Yi Bai's palm this time was the flower that had disappeared from another world but was still blooming.

"This is another world created by Brother Albedo. I have kept it and am giving it to you."

"???"

A method of creation that is not restricted by the laws of Teyvat, breaks the barriers between worlds, creates something out of nothing, and even maintains the process of life... How high a level of power is needed to do this? ?

Looking at Xiaobai's innocent and expectant face, Albedo was a little dumbly shocked.

If Xiaobai was really a human transformed from a slime, he should have known that this flawless change in the essence of life must involve a higher level of power.

He said hesitantly: "...Thank you, I like it too."

But what was even more shocking was that Yi Bai's next words bluntly revealed to him his knowledge and control over everything.

"So, if Albedo-san ever loses his mind and goes out of control, please remember to find me to stop you."

"...Okay." Albedo nodded weakly.

…

It has been a long time since I last visited Fengqidi to visit my poet friend. In order to let the God of Wind take me along when he fights the dragon, Yi Bai decided to bring Wendy's favorite wine to Fengqidi to go fishing again.

Under the big tree, Yi Bai directly pulled out a folding wooden table from the space and placed it on the grass.

The flavors of apple wine and dandelion wine blended together and were opened together and placed on the table.

Yi Bai placed his arms on the table, resting his chin on them, staring at the wine bottle with his head tilted in a daze while thinking about something.

The God of Wind may not necessarily come here. Apart from the tavern at night and the occasional singing in the square during the day, no one knows where in Mondstadt he will stay.

Staring at the fragrant wine bottle, Yi Bai waited. Just like last time, if the poet didn't come, he really wanted to taste the Monde famous wine.

The longer he waited, the more bored he became. Yi Bai's thoughts drifted from the wine to the poet, and then accidentally drifted to his past.

He thought of the lonely king of Calabria in the high tower and the fire of resistance shrouded by the strong wind, where the boy left him.

Five hundred years ago, a dark disaster from the abyss left only two of the seven gods who used to drink together, and old friends continued to pass away.

But now, the Sky Dragon that had accompanied him for a long time was also controlled by the Abyss Cult, which caused deep misunderstanding and alienation towards him.

Will these constant losses make him feel sad...

…

Although he didn't want to admit it, when Yi Bai was just a player, those characters were already souls that he could get to know seriously, had flesh and blood, and accompanied him through many difficult moments.

But when he actually came to Teyvat and lived here for so long, it became even more difficult for him to let go of his emotions and obsessions about the real them.

Yi Bai's eyelashes trembled slightly, and he finally sat up, wondering whether he should remix the two bottles of wine to make it into the previous mixed wine. At least Wendy seemed to have mentioned that he liked that bottle of wine very much.

After finding a new container and pouring the two bottles of wine together, Yi Bai thought about it and turned back into a water slime. He jumped onto the table and pulled some slime gel out from his body.

Then he squeezed the apples placed aside, concentrated them into juice, and wrapped them into slime gel along with other ingredients. He adjusted the proportion of clean water in each part by peeling off the water element. Finally, he lightly applied the rules, used ice slime gel to cool down the ice cubes, and mixed them into the wine bottle.

It felt good. Yi Bai blocked the bottle mouth with a wooden cork with satisfaction, lifted the bottle with two tentacles and shook it gently, trying to shake the wine inside.

But before Yi Bai could shake the bottle carefully any more, a fair hand reached out silently and took the bottle of wine that was being shaken so carefully.

"Hello, little slime, this bottle of wine is for me, right?"

Wendy stood at the table behind the Slime with a sly look on her face, supporting the table with one hand, and looking down at the somewhat messy and stiff Slime.

He appeared unexpectedly, his slightly green braids glowed with a faint light, floating slightly with the silent wind.

The water slime seemed to be petrified. Wendy stretched out his finger and poked the crystal blue side of the slime with some curiosity.

It felt cool, as if water had been brushed against it but without any liquid. It was very elastic, and Wendy couldn't help but poke it twice more.

The slime seemed to finally react. It suddenly jumped up, took two steps forward, jumped off the wooden table, and turned towards Wendy. It seemed to be frightened. Its white eye sockets widened a little, blinking, trying to calm itself down.

Wendy couldn't help laughing again and almost forgot about the bottle of wine in her hand that was so attractive to her.

The truth is that although this bottle of wine is special, it can be drunk at any time. And this kind of slime that will not attack when it encounters people, and will allow people to poke and touch it, and has an extremely rich and cute expression... has never been seen before.

Especially when he flew to the windy place with the special aroma of wine brought by the wind, the slime was still stretching out its two small tentacles and shaking the huge wine bottle in its hands vigorously.

unprecedented.

Even though he knew this was not an ordinary slime.

Yi Bai seemed to be angered by this smile. He once again used the power of rules. A white light flashed, and the water slime in front of him had turned into a boy with wolf ears.

Yi Bai had an angry and cold face, and although he was clearly expressing an angry emotion, he accidentally put on a barely perceptible smile.

He raised his eyebrows and looked at the poet, his sea-blue pupils revealing a deep mind:

"Wendy, if you don't want to drink, give me the wine."