Chapter 7 Yi Bai's Fish Frying Instructions Fried fish with butter is great! ...

The reliable Captain Qin finally changed the topic back to the main business, mentioned the three abandoned Four Winds Guardian Temples, and rejected the cute Yi Bai who wanted to help.

Kaiya flicked up the Mora in his hand and said casually, "Although the captain has taken away most of Mondstadt's knights, there is still enough manpower to let a child who has just arrived in Mondstadt help deal with the dangerous secret realm."

"But - as a dazzling and powerful hero who chased away the dragon for Mond, I won't leave myself out of it."

Kaiya looked at Sora with a smile on her face.

"..." As expected, Kaiya received a speechless stare from the blond boy.

"Hey, don't look at me like that. I'll prepare a reward for you."

"Seared pork with carrots and honey sauce?"

"How can that be? Of course, a hero who fights against a dragon must be rewarded with a greater reward. By the way, I seem to have a super powerful sword that has been passed down in my family."

Yi Bai couldn't help but look away... Are you talking about the... Dawn Sword that opens the dawn and points to victory?

"Sword!!"

Paimon is already getting excited.

"Well, in principle, the reward this time should be borne by the Knights... but if the traveler is willing, he can discuss it with Kaiya afterwards."

Captain Qin interrupted helplessly.

"In addition, I have an unsolicited request. The citizens of Mondstadt have seen everything the two heroes have done, so... I hope that after this is over, I can ask the Traveler to accept the title of Honorary Knight of the Knights of Favonius."

"And Yibai, I wonder if you are willing to become a little knight of the West Wind."

Jean looked at Sora and Yibai with gentle eyes. At Paimon's surprised expression, the two nodded, tacitly acknowledging that they would eventually accept the duty and honor of being a knight.

"May the wind wipe your eyes, and may the road ahead no longer be confusing."

…

After the three locked storm sources were destroyed, Mond's main storyline came to a temporary end.

Starfall Lake.

Yi Bai sat on the small cliff next to the Seven Heavenly Gods statue in a daze, as if waiting for someone.

"Hmm? Isn't this the new little hero of the Knights of Favonius, the Water Knight? What is he doing here alone?"

Kaiya stepped out from the tree.

"well……"

Yi Bai turned his head and sighed in disappointment. Wasn't the cavalry captain's appearance rate a bit too high recently?

Kaiya: “?”

"Is this the awesome brother who helped Captain Qin a lot during the dragon disaster?"

Klee suddenly poked her head out from behind Kaya and greeted Yi Bai in her usual polite manner.

"Hello! I'm Klee, the Spark Knight of the Knights of Favonius! When the storm broke out, Captain Jean wouldn't let me go out... so Klee couldn't help at all."

Kelly lowered her head in frustration.

"Haha, Klee's Eye of God is of fire attribute. Klee's bombs are really useless in this storm."

Kaiya touched Klee's head and comforted her with a smile.

"But Brother Yibai is different. His water-attributed divine eye can create bubbles, and it can pull down the residents who have flown into the sky in an instant."

"Wow... is it like the water bubble that Xiaobai used to catch fish before?"

"Yeah, it's exactly the same as the bubbles it uses to catch fish!"

"..." Yi Bai looked at Klee's admiring eyes and a captain's insinuating smile... and didn't say much.

He opened a water mirror in front of him, jumped in quickly, and the next second he had jumped out of the mirror that suddenly appeared on the shore.

Looking at this method which was not earth-shattering but still rare and mysterious, Kaiya's pupils shrank and he raised his eyebrows and looked at Yi Bai.

"Are you here to have fun?"

"Yes! Because of the dragon disaster, I haven't been allowed to go out for a long time. This time, I asked Brother Kaiya to secretly take me to fry fish!"

"Brother Yibai, can your water bubbles also catch fish?"

Klee remembered the boy's name that Kaia had just mentioned.

"Sure, do you want to play with me?"

Yi Bai smiled sweetly, and the already handsome boy showed a gentle and friendly expression, which almost stunned Ke Li.

But she was soon attracted by "playing together".

"Great! Let's play together!"

Klee was obviously excited. Although Kaiya and his brothers were good people, they generally would not agree with her frying fish.

So since Xiaobai left, she hasn't found a second partner to play with him, which caused her to be depressed for a long time. This made Kaiya worried so much that he brought her to Xingluo Lake to fish without telling Captain Qin.

But Kaia soon regretted it.

shore.

Klee was sharing her bouncing bombs with Yi Bai. She stuffed one bomb after another into the boy's arms.

"Brother Yibai, you can do the same as me and throw this at the fish in the lake. It's fun."

"Then you can use bubbles to catch them. This way, brother Kaiya and I won't have to go into the water to catch them. Captain Qin was worried that I would drown before... Anyway, the fish are delicious. Let's grill them together after we catch them!"

Well... although you can catch the fish and fry it, Klee seems to like the process of frying the fish.

After all, her bombs have to work to get more joy out of harvesting fish meat.

"Okay, but your bombs are too powerful for frying fish. It will not be good for the fish to remain intact. If you accidentally overfry it, not only will it be inedible, it may also pollute the water."

Yi Bai said seriously while holding the bomb.

"Eh? That's what I mean... Sometimes fish that have been fried so hard are almost inedible... So what should I do?"

Kelly was confused.

"I can teach you how to make a small bomb. Then you can put it in a gun and shoot it through the fish's head, leaving only a small bullet hole. It's very convenient."

Kaiya looked stiffly at the two children on the shore who were seriously discussing how to catch bass in Starfall Lake with lethal weapons.

I couldn't help but mutter to myself:

"Are all kids nowadays so scary..."

…

In the end, the two of them still caught several fish with the help of the bouncing bombs and bubbles. Yi Bai even took out a pot and a lot of ingredients from the space in front of the shocked eyes of the two people.

Including butter, sugar, salt, celery, mint, cherry tomatoes, pepper... and secret slime gel seasoning.

The entire cooking process was done by Yibai alone. He divided the fried fish into several pieces, put them on a plate, and handed them to Klee and Kaia.

"Wow... so delicious!!! It's just as delicious as the fried fish with butter that Albedo-san makes! But the taste is a little different."

Kelly said happily while holding her small plate.

"I want to let Albedo-nii try it next time. He will definitely be very happy."

"Hmm... Is it the effect of that flavoring gel? It tastes amazing." Kaiya also praised.

"Well, the gel is made with a small amount of honey, lemon juice and..."

"And what?"

"Well, nothing." Yi Bai changed the subject, "I can fry another one if you need."

"I want more!" Kelly immediately raised her hand high.

Under Kaiya's suspicious gaze, Yi Bai thought silently: There are still two drops of apple wine... He sneaked into the tavern and paid Mora, then took them out secretly.

Used to research some new flavoring gels.

All in all, this wonderful picnic made the three of them very happy. Kaiya was also obviously much more relaxed, at least he didn't pursue some doubts about the gel at this time.

In any case, Kaye thought that the diplomatic pressure that the Fatui had recently put on the Knights was more troublesome and worthy of attention than the cute and harmless Ibai.

…

"Yi Bai, here!"

Amber waved her hand and called the boy who had just returned to Mondstadt.

Next to Amber was Sora, whose golden hair was shining brightly, and the elf Paimon.

"Sister Amber, brother Honorary Knight, little Paimon."

"You should call Paimon sister." Paimon pointed with her little finger.

"Haha, last time Kong helped me clean up the camp, and then I gave him a pair of wind wings, so that Mond can fly more freely."

"We are going to practice some more now. Yibai, do you want to learn with us?"

"Yeah, I want to learn." Although he had experienced space teleportation, Yibai had never tried flying, so he was somewhat interested.

"Well, in that case, you guys should take a look at this flight guide first. It contains some rules and regulations and flight standards that you need to abide by when flying. Just familiarize yourself with it once. After you finish reading it, come to Fengqidi to find me. I will go and set up a place for you to fly more freely."

Amber left temporarily after giving her instructions.

"Anyway, let's just read it first!"

Paimon spun and clapped his hands. Kong found a seat and sat down. He placed the book in front of Yi Bai, and the three of them read the book together.

...The bird that longs for the sky has wings...but cannot fly...

[Ah? Play the CG.]

[This wind god in the animation looks so familiar, I wonder where I have seen him before.]

[Is this a flight guide?]

[Haiyan, please be more careful.]

[Let the storm come even harder!]

[The Wind God is so gentle ahhhhh]

[The hymn of humanity is the hymn of courage!]

[Your textbook for Subject 1 is really romantic, Mr. Little Rabbit.]

“It feels like a fairy tale.”

"Forget it, let's go to Fengqidi first."

…

The wind rises from the ground.

"Ah? Is it possible that I got the wrong books???"

[Flight Guide]

[Ah, this is you, as expected]

[Got it. I'll use the Wind Slime to take off now.]

[So, if I drink a bottle of vodka, can I fly?]

[So...where's my flight guide?]

[Consciousness has a counter-effect on matter. Don’t be afraid of being reckless!]

Amber and Paimon were already waiting quietly on the ground far away.

Yi Bai and Kong stood on a high cliff, the wind whistled towards them. The afternoon sunlight was already approaching orange, and in front of them were glowing halos one after another, quietly waiting for them to pass through.

Sora looked at the boy behind him who was clutching his clothes tightly and trembling a little.

She turned around helplessly, trying to divert the boy's attention.

"Are you okay?"

"Come to think of it, I wanted to say this to you when we first met, but you ran away so fast that I didn't have time to apologize."

"No...I shouldn't have approached humans in that form."

Yi Bai lowered his head, his eyelashes trembling slightly.

The wind blew his white hair into a mess, making it impossible for Kong to see the expression in his blue eyes. There was only a light swirl of hair that was tempting to be rubbed.

"It's just that the Honorary Knight brother looks a lot like a friend I met a long, long time ago. He has the same golden color and is very dazzling."

"It's a pity that she probably doesn't recognize me now..."

Sora was stunned for a moment, his fingers began to tremble involuntarily, and there was a subtle expectation and temptation in his voice:

"...That friend looks a lot like me?"