Watching Jiang Bai come back, Changji, who was squatting on the ground playing with grass blades, stood up.
"Brother Jiang Bai, you are back!"
Jiang Bai nodded, "It's been a long time, let's keep going."
It's almost four o'clock in the afternoon. If you walk a little further, you will not be far from the dungeon that Changji mentioned. You can find a drier place to eat, rest and sleep.
After you've had a good rest, go check out that dungeon the next day.
Continue on the road, looking at Jiang Bai's back for a long time and moving forward silently in a low voice.
He felt like he was being held back.
If he didn't have to take him with him, Jiang Bai could fly in the sky by himself, which would not only be faster but also save more effort.
But it's impossible for him not to follow Jiang Bai. He finally left here to find his mother. He couldn't give up this opportunity.
Jiang Bai can indeed use the wind element to fly in the sky, but as soon as he flies into the sky, the thunder in the sky looks like eyes, and they all come to attack him, which is scary.
Still keeping your feet on the ground, you can still look at the scenery while walking and see scenery you have never seen before.
The stragglers looked at Jiang Bai from a distance, watching the two men as big as ants move forward bit by bit.
The long streamers under the bamboo hat were blown up by the wind, and the clothes that were wet from the rain and stuck to his body made him feel uncomfortable.
The sky turned dark unconsciously, Jiang Bai found a relatively high place to build a matchbox.
Chang Ci, who had already had one experience, was very skillful in starting a fire with the things Jiang Bai brought out, setting up the pot, boiling water, and then carefully handling the ingredients Jiang Bai brought out.
He doesn't talk much, but he never refuses what he can do, and strives to make himself valuable and not be abandoned.
Seeing that this would make him feel safe, Jiang Bai let him go.
It's good to have a rest.
"Tsk, your life in the wild is really good, and you still have people doing odd jobs for you."
The skirmisher walked to the window at some point and looked at Jiang Bai lying on the chair through the window and said something weird.
Jiang Bai opened his eyes, a little surprised.
"It's almost dark, why don't you go back to your camp and come here?"
"I can go wherever I want." As he said that, he walked in directly.
Changci was chopping vegetables and saw the skirmishers coming in. He smiled at the skirmishers, then lowered his head and continued working.
The skirmishers glanced at him and didn't pay him much attention.
He glanced around the matchbox. This matchbox was no different from the outside. The flat ground made of rock elements is not damp at all, free of mud and dust, and is very clean.
He even built a stove and chimney specifically to facilitate cooking.
A house built so casually is even better than the thatched house that the villagers on the island built with great effort.
"You really have used the elemental power to your advantage."
Jiang Bai waved his hand modestly, "It's okay, just average."
Seeing Jiang Bai's look of bright sunshine, the soldier rolled his eyes and took off the hat on his head.
"Give me a chair."
Jiang Bai snapped his fingers, and a chair was formed behind the skirmishers. He said to Changji at the same time, "Cook more food."
"OK."
Jiang Bai glanced at the wet clothes on the stragglers and said, "Why don't you change your clothes? It makes me uncomfortable to see the wet clothes sticking to my body."
"How pretentious."
Although he said it in a pretentious manner, the soldier still took off his clothes, leaving only a pair of underwear, and put the rest on the stove to bake.
Seeing that his upper body was bare, Jiang Bai threw a coat to him. He couldn't help but complained: "You fools are so shabby, don't you even prepare more clothes for you?"
He had been wearing this outfit all the time in Mondstadt, and he was still wearing this outfit even when he got to Inazuma.
How much do you like this outfit?
The skirmisher put on his coat and looked at him expressionlessly.
"I'm a doll, I don't need to change clothes."
"What????"
Jiang Bai felt like he was hearing hallucinations.
"what do you?"
Regarding Jiang Bai's unexpected reaction, the soldiers were immediately annoyed and their voices became sharp.
"I'm a doll, didn't you hear clearly?"
For him who wants to become a human being, confessing his identity as a doll is not an easy thing.
It was like cutting open his heart and showing it to others. A little injury could make his already sensitive heart bruised all over again.
"Oh, doll." Jiang Bai was just surprised and quickly accepted it.
He accepted it so quickly, which made the skirmishers a little unhappy.
"Aren't you afraid? Don't you think I'm a monster? Don't you treat me as an alien?"
Jiang Bai looked at him strangely, "Why do you have so many strange thoughts? Dolls are just dolls. It's not something unacceptable."
Skirmisher: "."
Changji quietly took a look at the straggler, but he didn't see how this strange man looked like a doll at all.
But it was obvious at a glance that he was difficult to get along with.
Seeing the confusion of the stragglers, Jiang Bai took the initiative to explain: "I have a friend, his name is Albedo, he is a life created by alchemy, and he is not human in nature."
"If you're not a human, you're not a human. Why are you so obsessed with the identity of [human]? Is it because you are a [doll] that I have to change my attitude towards you and treat you as a monster or an alien?"
Hearing Jiang Bai's words, the skirmishers couldn't help but think of Niyu whom they met at the Kikkei Pavilion.
At that time, just like Jiang Bai now, they did not have any different opinions because of his identity as a doll.
However, Niyu, who he once regarded as the beauty of the world, deceived him and betrayed him.
In the end, all that was left was a place of filth.
Seeing that the straggler suddenly stopped talking and his mood swings were abnormal, Jiang Bai stretched out his hand and waved it in front of his eyes, "What's wrong with you?"
The skirmisher closed his eyes and broke away from his memory, "It's nothing."
He looked at the confused Jiang Bai in front of him and didn't speak for a long time.
He didn't know why he came here or why he confessed his identity to him.
Maybe I want to be recognized too much and feel too lonely.
A person who knows his identity as a fool continues to treat him as a friend. To him, it is like a haven on rainy days, where he can't help but want to escape the wind and rain.
Just like Jiang Bai once said, he longs for and escapes at the same time.
Because I was afraid of being hurt again, I refused all approaches.
He couldn't help but laugh at himself, so he covered his face.
"It's really nothing?" Jiang Bai didn't look at him like it was nothing.
"Don't mind your own business!"
"Look at what you said, how can the concern between friends be called nosy?"
Seeing Jiang Bai's reluctance, the soldiers could only say: "...I just remembered some things from the past."
"Can you tell me?"
Jiang Bai is really curious about this guy's past.
What happened to create his current awkward character?
How did a doll become the sixth executive officer of the Fools?
"cannot."
"All right……"
(End of chapter)
