In the windy and rainy weather, a small figure was galloping on the mountain path.
Chiyo Rei, who traveled to Teyvat and became a child, couldn't care less about the rain falling down and the wind that could almost knock him down. He just wanted to get rid of the monsters behind him as soon as possible.
Fortunately, the road is boundless. When Chiyo Rei could hardly run, a hidden gap in the mountains appeared in front of him.
Adults and monsters can't get through that gap, but it's just right for children.
Chiyo Rei made a quick judgment. Without any hesitation, he immediately changed direction and ran towards the gap.
As long as he can hide in the gap, there is still hope for his journey to Teyvat to continue.
But is it really necessary to continue this hellish journey to Teyvat?
Chiyo Rei thought desperately in her heart.
In the past few days since arriving in Teyvat, he has been running for survival almost every day. This is something he has never experienced outside the game.
The convenient life in modern society has long made people regard survival as a piece of cake.
Clean water and clean food were always considered the easiest things to obtain before Chiyo Rei traveled through time. It wasn't until he went to search for them himself that he discovered that those things he thought were easily available were so precious.
For example, if he hadn't been looking for food today, he wouldn't have come to the mountain and become the prey of the beastly hounds.
Chiyo Rei felt like crying when he thought of his own ups and downs. He just wanted to eat a mouthful of food. Why was it so difficult?
"ah!"
The sudden pain from his toes interrupted Chiyorei's sad mood. The next second he lost his balance while running and fell heavily into the bushes in front of the gap.
The path in the mountains was not smooth, and the rain blurred his vision, so he did not notice the stones under his feet.
Chiyo Rei did not faint after falling. Driven by the desire to survive, he tried hard to get up, but unfortunately the roar of the beastly hound had already reached his ears.
Looking at the gap just one step away from her, Chiyo Rei thought, "The world has rejected me."
Unexpectedly, the beast-land hounds did not pounce on Chiyo Rei immediately.
Groups of monsters were attracted by something else that appeared.
Chiyorei, who thought he was going to die here, immediately seized the opportunity and quickly got into the gap.
The gap was very humid, covered with moss and some unnamed insects. Fortunately, Chiyo Rei had no time to care about it. He huddled in the innermost part of the gap, gasping for air, and carefully looked outside.
Through the narrow gap, Chiyo Rei could barely see that the Beast Realm Hound was confronting a person.
Contrary to Chiyo Rei's expectations, the Beastland Hound did not attack the person who suddenly appeared. The two sides were in a stalemate for several minutes, and finally the monsters tore the space out of thin air and left.
Seeing that the beast-land hound disappeared, Chiyo Rei's heart dropped. It was also at the moment when his spirit relaxed that his physical fatigue and pain doubled.
Not eating for a long time and doing high-intensity exercise made Chiyorei dizzy, and his eyesight went black.
At this time, a gentle and anxious male voice came from outside, "Are you okay?"
Chiyo Rei felt that this voice was very familiar. He tried to think where he had heard it before, but the dizziness forced him to be unable to think.
Amidst the urgent calls, a hand stretched out into the gap from the outside.
It could be said that it was instinct. Chiyo Rei, who was about to faint, used his last strength to raise his arm and put it on the hand. Then he closed his eyes and fell into darkness.
After Chiyorei passed out, outside the gap, a young man in white pulled him out of the wet gap with slight force.
Due to the effect of inertia, when Chiyorei was pulled out, he jumped directly on the boy.
The boy failed to stand firm and fell backwards. Before falling into the grass, he did not forget to protect the unconscious child in his arms.
Through the thin fabric, the boy who fell to the ground could feel the heartbeat of the child in his arms, which meant that he was still alive.
The young man breathed a sigh of relief. After seeing the messy footprints and sensing the monster's breath, he followed those traces and chased after them.
Fortunately, he arrived in time. If it had been a few seconds later, the child would have been caught by the Beastland Hound.
As the young man stood up, he recalled with lingering fear. At this time, a beam of light fell on his hand, and the rain stopped at some point.
Reaching out and touching the wet clothes on Chiyorei's body, the boy remembered the common sense he had learned: people who wear wet clothes for a long time will get sick.
And people who are sick are just like being injured, and they can easily die.
The young man did not want to see death, and that kind of eternal separation would make him feel sad. So after thinking for a moment, he silently took off his white coat and put it on Chiyo Rei.
His clothes are different from ordinary people's. After special treatment, they are difficult to be damaged and are weatherproof.
Wrapping up the unconscious child, the young man carried him on his back and walked towards the village at the foot of the mountain.
He has been wandering around the village for the past few days and knows that there are still a few elderly families staying there. Maybe he can ask them for help.
The young man was thinking about how to plead with the old people along the way.
However, when he came to the first house and knocked on the door, before he opened his mouth, the elderly woman said in surprise, "It turns out to be Qinqi. Come in quickly. Just now I was worried whether you could find the hiding place." Where it rains.”
"Mother-in-law, the rain has stopped outside." The young man known as Qingqi Zhe responded gently. Then he explained the purpose of his visit. He wanted to find some clothes that children could wear.
Only then did the old woman notice that Qingqi was carrying a child on his back.
"I picked him up on the mountain." Qingqi Zhe explained. He only talked about the clothes and did not mention the matter of picking up the child.
"On the mountain? How could a child run to the mountain?" The old woman frowned.
Although it has been a long time since the disaster that swept through Inazuma, there are still many monsters that have not been cleared away on the mountain. Generally speaking, adults have to travel in groups when going up the mountain, let alone a child.
"I don't know either." Qingqi said honestly, "I saw the footprints and ran after them."
The old woman sighed after hearing this, "I have some clothes here that can be worn by children. You wait for me to look for them. Speaking of which, I happened to light a stove today. You can go and warm yourself up."
Nodding, Qingqi did not refuse. Now he had no other place to go. He was homeless, so where could he place this child?
So when the child wakes up, ask him where his home is and send him back.
Qingqi Zhe planned this, and then came to the small stove indoors with Chiyo Rei.
The fire in the furnace dissipated the chill, and even the most curious could feel the warmth emanating from it.
After a while, the old woman brought some clothes that were not old. She touched the fabrics in her hands, her face full of nostalgia, "This is what my grandson left. His family went to Narukami Island a few years ago. These I never wore the clothes again.”
Hearing the word Narukami Island, some memories emerged in Qinqi's mind, including the majestic castle tower, the blooming sacred cherry tree, and the golden feather that was sent back.
He lowered his eyes to hide his inner emotions, then took the clothes and thanked them, "Thank you."
"It doesn't matter, it's good if he can use it again." The old woman said with a smile, "Hurry up and put it on for him. By the way, I will get you some food. After running for so long, you should be hungry. "
As soon as the Qingqi heard that the old woman wanted to cook for them, he immediately wanted to refuse. He was essentially a doll and did not need to eat.
But considering the feelings of the children and the old woman around him, he didn't say anything in the end and just watched the old woman go to the kitchen. It is not easy to accept inhuman things. Qingqi wants to stay in this place for a few more days and does not want to be driven away so soon.
Looking at Chiyo Rei who was wrapped in a hunting coat, the admirer suddenly thought that he could eat less and let the child eat more.
With this idea in mind, he quickly changed Chiyo Rei into dry clothes.
The soaked clothes were placed next to the stove and slowly dried by the heat of the flames.
Although he had changed his clothes, Qingqi did not put back his hunting clothes, but covered Chiyo Rei with it.
After Qingqi took care of all this, he didn't know what else to do, so he let Chiyo Rei quietly stay by the fire.
His mind was empty, just like he was in that gorgeous room in the past.
This state lasted until the old woman walked in with cooked food.
"He hasn't woken up yet." As the old woman spoke, she looked at Chiyo Rei, who was covered in hunting clothes and resting on Qingqi's lap.
Qingqi Zhe came back to his senses and hummed softly, "He must be too tired." After being chased by a monster for so long, let alone a child, even an adult needs a good rest to recover.
"Yeah, whose parents are so irresponsible that they let their children run into the mountains alone." The old woman complained a few words casually, and then asked Qingqi to put Chiyo Rei down, and he would come to eat first.
The Qingqi shook his head, "No need, mother-in-law, I'll wait for him to wake up before we eat together."
After laughing twice, the old woman put the rice on the low table and urged again, "This child doesn't know when he will wake up. The rice will be cold by then and it won't taste good."
These words made Qingqi hesitate. He didn't know how to answer. He only thought that he could eat less, but he didn't think of eating in advance.
Just when the curious man felt in a dilemma, the lying man moved.
"He's awake." Qingqi said with some surprise.
The old woman also looked over now.
Chiyo Rei slowly opened his eyes, his eyes full of confusion, and the smell of food penetrated his nose.
But he cared more about those beautiful purple eyes than the food.
If he remembered correctly, there didn't seem to be many people in the world with purple eyes.
Could it be that I have traveled through time again?
Chiyo Rei subconsciously came up with this idea, but he soon realized that the person looking down at him was the wanderer, or skirmisher, Qingqi who had taken his biggest card draw guarantee in the game and had weapons that were fully fixed. By.
Combining this angle with the feeling under his head, Chiyo Rei had an absurd idea. Could it be that he was in a dream now? Otherwise, why would he be lying on the lap of the game character.
It turns out that there is a big guarantee for drawing cards, and is there such compensation when the weapons are fully fixed?
Chiyo Rei suddenly felt that it was worth it.
