【Original God】I am looking for the flesh and blood of love in time and space

"My creator is the Queen of Winter."

These words hit Diluc's ears, like a knife that rose high and then fell during an execution. It could chop all his sanity into pieces almost in an instant.

He originally thought that the person he loved was just a girl who was favored by the god he believed in.

How dare you think that she is completely a divine creation.

It has infinite lifespan and possesses eternal and powerful power.

Every word she spoke was widening the gap between the two of them.

The cherished girl was like a porcelain doll that had been hit, every piece of skin seemed to be crumbling.

What should he do?

What could he do?

What position does he have to love, possess, and forgive?

All he could do was raise his hand to brush away her tears - and then return her to the night beyond his reach.

Should we be grateful that he always remained calm and never expressed his feelings?

The girl stumbled out of the room, while he stood silently.

The moonlight was too dazzling.

It made him wonder if he had had a long sweet dream.

In the dream, he was only one step away from his desire.

The girl leaned against Diluc's door, her whole body trembling uncontrollably. She clutched the clothes on her chest tightly, where she could not stop feeling pain and cold.

Is it "regret"?

She had heard this word from others countless times.

But it seems not.

She never seemed to regret her decision.

Regret is always useless.

She knew it would turn out like this in the end, but her emotions seemed to be out of her control.

Especially when she met Diluc's eyes full of loss and vulnerability, her emotions seemed to burst out.

So weird, so painful.

This may also be the only way for her to become a "person".

Abedo came very early, and the girl also got up very early, and she almost had no sleep all night.

It was rare that Diluc was not sitting in the living room waiting for her today.

There probably won't be any anymore.

The moment the girl walked out of the manor with Albedo, she looked back at Chenxi Winery.

To be precise, he looked in the direction of Diluc's room.

It was surrounded by thick curtains, like a wall between them.

"Are you reluctant to say goodbye? Do you need to wait until Mr. Diluc gets up to say goodbye properly?"

Abedo stared at the girl's side face and surprisingly found that her face seemed to be missing a trace of life.

The girl took a deep breath and shook her head slowly and heavily.

"Let's go, Teacher Abedo."

Then, something seemed to come to mind.

"Teacher Abedo, I might have to ask you to help me find a place to live. I will...not go back to Chenxi Winery."

Abedo was stunned for a moment, looking at the girl's empty hands.

The girl came out without bringing anything else. She even put on the clothes she wore when she first came to Mondstadt, with the Cecilia flower pinned to her collar.

She is like a trickle flowing through the fields, coming and going as she comes.

Is that right?

"...If you don't mind, you can stay at my house."

Abedo smiled gently: "This will also save you the time you spend on the road every day."

The girl was stunned for a moment: "Is it inconvenient?"

"of course not."

Abedo's execution ability was amazing. The girl just sat in the living room for a while, and Abedo came in and out, quickly bought everything, and even tidied up a room.

"Sorry, it was a bit rushed."

"Follow-up experiments will be conducted on the snow-capped mountains. I will build a livable place on the snow-capped mountains during this period. You can make do with it during this period."

The girl was really surprised by Abedo's efficiency.

They are all artificial life forms, and Albedo appears to be much more reliable.

"Actually, it doesn't have to be so troublesome..."

"We only have an employer-employer relationship now. I hire you to do work and you don't get paid, so I should take care of your life."

The girl opened her mouth, but seemed unable to raise a question, so she could only nod.

Abedo seemed to like the girl's hesitant look. He lowered his head and wrote in the notebook with a smile on his face.

"Ah, this is the experimental record."

"The first stage of the experiment is to observe your daily life, so we will choose to conduct it in Mondstadt... Do you mind?"

Abedo stopped: "This... is a relatively private thing after all."

The girl waved her hand quickly: "No, of course I don't mind. It's just... my life... um..."

"I don't seem to have any life?"

Previously, with Wendy, the girl's life consisted of Wendy running around with her, and she wandering around with Wendy; with Diluc, her life consisted of running around with everyone in the Knights and communicating with Diluc.

Now let her get rid of these and live "on her own". She is not sure what she should do.

In a sense, she has never lived an ordinary life.

"I seem to have not been able to integrate into ordinary people's lives. Everyone has always been taking care of me."

After listening to this, Abedo put down his notebook and poured a cup of tea for the girl.

"So, maybe start with 'Thank you'?"

"grateful……"

The girl suddenly realized.

"grateful!"

This was something she'd always wanted to do but couldn't.

-

Mondstadt always has a lazy warmth, and in some afternoons it can also seem hot.

The girl worked at the Deer Hunter restaurant for a while and successfully obtained the materials - she wanted to use the power of the elements to make some ice cream for everyone.

The first ones to taste were Albedo and Keli.

The delicate milk smoothie is topped with crystal jam, and the petals of the washed and frozen sweet flowers taste like frozen cheese slices covered in sugar, but surprisingly refreshing.

"Yeah, it's delicious."

"Sister Xue is so--amazing! Can Kelly have another bowl?"

Keli winked at the girl and acted coquettishly. Just when the girl was about to agree, Abedo patted Keli on the head:

"Keli, you can only eat one bowl a day. Don't eat too much ice."

"If you obey, you can go out and play now."

Keli was unexpectedly easy to coax. When she heard that she could go out to play, she immediately jumped up, hugged the girl and ran out of the door.

The girl's cheeks were flushed with excitement. After repeated confirmations, she ran to the Knights with several milk smoothies. After receiving the reply "delicious", she hurried to the next stop.

This was a familiar road, but it seemed like it was her first time walking alone.

The ice bowl in her arms was still cold to her hands even if it was covered with a black cloth - rather than being frozen, it was more due to the uneasiness in her heart.

Will he accept it? Will you like it? meeting……

She didn't dare to think too much and just jogged all the way to the door of Chenxi Winery.

The maids probably didn't know what was happening. When they saw the girl, they saluted enthusiastically and even wanted to pull her into the house, chattering about Diluc's state in the past two days.

"No...well, help me give this to Diluc...master, thank you, this is for you."

"I am leaving."

The maids looked at the girl's back as she turned away, holding two bowls of shaved ice and looking at each other, wondering whether they should stop her.

After all, the master seemed to miss her very much and had been sleeping in her room for two days.

Diluc always knew.

He knew very clearly when the girl left and when she came back, and even when she looked back.

But when the maids brought the bowl of shaved ice, he was still a little stunned.

The crystal grapes fall on the snow-white milk, and the slightly melted jam penetrates into the pure white - the small lamp grass dotted on the top also makes people pay attention.

……

Diluc looked at the bowl of shaved ice and ultimately didn't do anything.

The feeling of reluctance spread in my heart, and I felt a little overwhelmed when I saw this bowl of shaved ice.

"……never mind."

Diluc picked off the little lamp grass and carefully put it into his breast pocket, then scooped up a spoonful of half-melted smoothie and put it into his mouth.

Next time, it would be nice to be a little more calm next time.

The girl's last stop is Fengqi Land.

She climbed up the big tree with some difficulty, and then gently placed the last ice bowl on the branch.

There is a layer of white frost on the surface of the frozen apple, and what is even more eye-catching is a Cecilia flower stuck on the ice.

"It's still a bit changed..."

The girl held her forehead in frustration and sat on the edge of the ice bowl, her legs just hanging in the wind, dangling.

The hottest period had passed at this time, and the evening wind brought a bit of chill, and the girl's frozen hands actually felt a little warmer at this time.

"Forget it, I probably can't wait."

The girl carefully climbed down the tree, but her footing was unstable on the last step. She staggered and fell into the wind.

The wind seemed to have a real form, and actually made the girl stand firm.

……

The girl had obviously gone far away, but for some reason she still looked back at the branch suspiciously.

The girl lowered her eyes.

Forget it, I can’t say thank you in person.

Wendy was unusually cautious and did not emerge from the darkness until he could not see the girl's back clearly.

"Ah - it's all melted away."

Saying this, Wendy still stuffed the piece of apple into her mouth as if she had found a treasure.

It's sweet.

The petals of the chilled Cecilia flower are also particularly sweet.

He finally looked at the complete Cecilia flower, half dipped in milk.

If I read it correctly, she still had the tweed in her collar just now.

Wendy touched her hat.

It’s time to replace this flower.