Genshin Impact: Hello! Traveler

(How many words should a chapter have? I saw that the chapters I wrote before were all finished in a short time. Does a normal chapter really need 3000 words? My pace is a bit fast, and if I write so many words in one chapter, it will be difficult to come up with a title.)

"Look at this Paimon, he's so lame. I told him not to touch alcohol, but he insisted on proving himself, and now he's fallen." Thomas said happily while holding the cup (the utensil for Inazuma sake), seemingly unaware that his face had become a little red.

Looking at Paimon who staggered back to the table with Linghua and Zaoyu and then fell into Zaoyu's arms, Thomas drank again happily.

"What a good wine! The wine from my hometown is so strong that I'm not used to it... burp - I'm used to it..."

"Of course not, this is the Wind God's fine wine~"

The traveler laughed loudly, holding high the golden cup of oath (the empty cup of Thousand Rocks Set) that Zhongli had once given him. The strong aroma of the wine was so strong that it seemed as if the wind was salivating at it.

Thomas and the traveler clinked their glasses again and drank.

The strong liquor went into his stomach, warming him up. (Note: Unlike the original novel, the author set the traveler's age to be recognized by everyone as being old enough to drink.)

And Ayato standing aside seemed a little out of place.

I saw two empty large milk tea cups on his table. He was holding a half-drunk cup of milk tea in his hand and sipped it. The sound of slurping the milk tea when it was empty was particularly loud.

The dreamy blue base and pink fruit particles look particularly tempting.

And there was a full cup under his table.

"Ayato, stop drinking your Feiying Lingzhi bubble milk tea all the time. Don't you drink alcohol at all?"

"This milk tea is the latest product launched by the boss of Hanami version of milk tea. The taste is unique! What's more, it is limited to one cup per person. The taste will be greatly reduced after the best drinking period, so don't drink it." Ayato explained slowly, with a satisfied look on his face.

After all, there aren't many moments like this, so we have to enjoy them.

"Burp~ You've already drunk the third cup, so what's going on with the remaining cup?" The traveler said a little dizzy.

"Because they often went there to buy milk tea under the names of Jiamei, Thomas, and Zaoyou, the boss thought they were regular customers and simply gave them a permanent exchange ticket. Every Tuesday, they can use the ticket to exchange for Feiying Lingzhi Bobo Milk Tea."

"Hiccup~ It's just like you, Ayato - you like milk tea so much." The traveler complained.

"Everyone has their own favorites, right?" After shaking the few red cherry fruit pieces and Ganoderma lucidum cubes in the milk tea, Ayato looked at the cup of pink and blue milk tea in her hand that looked like a work of art, and said softly.

……

"I...hehe, I can still drink!" Paimeng's whole body turned red, and he lay stupidly in Zaoyou's arms and smiled foolishly.

"Uh, is Paimeng drunk?" Zaoyou touched Paimeng's forehead and said speechlessly.

"Maybe the traveler's wine is too strong." Linghua smiled slightly, then picked up the cup and took a sip.

Of course, since Linghua is not yet an adult, she can only drink some non-alcoholic beverages.

As for early grapefruit, I heard that drinking it will not make you taller, so I have only drunk it a few times even as an adult.

The two girls looked at the three people who were happily chatting next to them and fell into deep thought for a while.

As expected, wine is the only catalyst for conversation among boys at a banquet.

Under the influence of the traveler and Thomas, the reliable and steady image of his brother in his mind has somewhat collapsed.

"Nnd, you don't want to drink, right? Drink!" Some drunk travelers suddenly imitated the famous scenes of characters in a movie or TV series that once existed in a world.

He directly took the unfinished milk tea in Ayato's hand and poured it into his own mouth.

During this time, he also took away the Feiying Lingzhi Bubble Milk Tea that Ayato had never drunk before.

Then he used his tough attitude to force Ayato to drink a gulp of wine.

"Ahem, Traveler! What are you um?!"

"This wine tastes good." Ayato, who was about to get angry, sobered up immediately after drinking the wine.

"Bring some more wine over here, and let's see what it tastes like when mixed with this Feiying Lingzhi Bobo Milk Tea..."

"!!!"

"A road never imagined, a delicacy never tasted!" Ayato praised highly.

"I want a drink!"

"Master, everyone who sees it will get a share, hehe..."

"Uh, what's wrong with these three?" Zaoyou was stunned when she saw three people in the distance scrambling to drink the cup of milk tea mixed with alcohol.

"I don't know, maybe it's the magic of the wine." Seeing that they still had some wine left, Linghua's eyes couldn't help but flash with a light.

"It's getting late, it's time for Zaoyou to go to bed. Miss Linghua, I'll slip away first." Using the Wuhu school's ninjutsu, Zaoyou escaped to somewhere unknown.

Really, it’s more fun to have a party later in the evening.

Linghua glanced at Paimon who was sleeping soundly on the tatami.

He took another sip of the drink, but secretly stared at the wine placed in the corner by three people in the distance, and suddenly felt like he was drinking water.

The unavailable is always in a commotion, and the favored have no fear.

Well, I guess the girl’s thoughts are similar to the lyrics.

……

Looking at the three people who had been drinking for a long time and were almost drunk, Linghua's eyes lit up.

Then he stepped forward and whispered to Ayato:

"Brother, do you want me to take you to your room to rest?"

"No, no, hiccup~ I have a good brother Thomas..."

"Master, I'm here to see you off..."

Thomas stood up tremblingly, then with difficulty controlled his direction, and pulled Ayato, who was just beginning to fall asleep, into the bedroom.

"..."

Will drinking bring out hidden sides of yourself that you wouldn't normally show to others?

Looking at her brother's behavior, Linghua also felt a little expectant.

Looking at the traveler who was still lying on the table and muttering "I can still drink", Linghua's expectations were growing.

I don’t know what kind of person I am deep down in the traveler’s heart, and what kind of person I think the traveler is deep down in my heart.

He manipulated the elemental force, drew the wine into his hand, poured out a glass, and then drank it all in one gulp.

"Cough cough..." Linghua felt a little uncomfortable due to the strong burning sensation.

Then use the elemental power of the Eye of God to speed up the body's absorption of alcohol.

"Traveler, traveler, how about I take you to your room to rest?" Linghua, who soon felt a little dizzy, said to the traveler.

"Ah... Aba Aba——" The traveler has begun to talk nonsense.

"Then I'll take it as your agreement--" Lightly touching her forehead, Linghua staggered to the traveler with some joy.

"Hey, hiccup, Linghua...you're here." The traveler raised his head groggily and saw Linghua's drunken face, and he gave a sly smile.

"Are you... okay now?" Linghua still had some sense.

"That's great, this little bit of wine is not enough for me to show off, okay?" The traveler smiled generously and drank all the little wine in the bottle.

"What's up, Linghua? Do you have something to talk to me about?" The traveler said drunkenly, playing with the earring on his left ear.

"Are you sober now?" Linghua answered uncertainly.

"There is no one in the whole of Teyvat who is more sober than me! I still remember the Great Kindness Tree King! Linghua, do you think I am powerful..." Picking up a strange green branch from somewhere, the traveler smiled perversely.

But Linghua heard sadness and remembrance in his laughter.

"Great Compassionate Tree King?" Linghua searched for this term in her memory.

Strange, extremely strange.

I've never heard of that. It seems the traveler was really drunk.

"Traveler, I want to ask you a question."

Kneeling gently on the tatami beside the traveler, Linghua's rosy face and clear eyes were shining.

"Of course, go ahead and ask—" the traveler said casually.

"Okay, so my question is..."

"Traveler..."

"What kind of existence does Linghua have in your heart?"

"Of course it's me..."