Genshin Impact: Teyvat High School

Chapter 21 In the Library

After persuading Xiao for a long time, he finally agreed to leave. I was relieved. After all, I didn't want him to know that I had no home...

I walked back to the classroom alone, and it was empty.

Watching the night gradually fall.

Well, let’s continue sleeping in the classroom tonight.

Gollum—

Ah~ my stomach is growling again. I have been lying in the infirmary for the whole afternoon and didn’t have any lunch or dinner. Oh, there is nothing I can do.

I suddenly took out the card that Albedo gave me from my pocket.

This... Never mind, I'll give it back to him when I have a chance.

I cleaned an empty space in the classroom and covered it with the new books that were distributed. Of course, these new books were my own...although there were also some from other classmates.

Lying on the book while enduring hunger.

Hmm! Much better! Is this the feeling of knowledge...

I don't know how long I lay there, but I fell asleep...

……

In the laboratory, the dim lights flickered from time to time.

Two people in white stood in front of me, instruments in their hands making constant noises.

"Ying, we will hide the strongest power in the world in you..."

呲——

On a rainy night...

"This is retribution..."

I was holding a knife, which was covered in blood, and in front of me were two people lying in a pool of blood, dying...

"Ying, we... don't regret it..."

elder brother……

"Dad! Mom! No!!!"

elder brother……

"Sora... don't blame Ying... this is our fault..."

Suddenly there was an explosion...

boom--! !

……

“Ha! Huh… Huh…”

What's wrong with me? I keep having this kind of dream. Why? In my dream, I seem to have killed someone... Is it that person who always appears in my dream? My brother? Where are you?

Forget it, I’m too lazy to care about those things!

I found that tears were flowing from the corners of my eyes again. I wiped my eyes and lay down to sleep again...

……

The sirens continued to sound.

"It's me, I did it!"

Brother, no! Don't...

The man picked up the bloody knife I dropped and fought with the police...

"be honest!"

"whispering sound!"

No! Let my brother go! I am the real murderer...

I am...

I stretched out my hands in the ruins, looking at my brother who was taken away...

……

"ha!!!"

I woke up suddenly. Damn it! I had another nightmare! So annoying! I haven't had a good night's sleep since then!

I looked outside. The night was still so dark. I wanted to fall asleep again, but I was afraid of having a nightmare. Forget it. I couldn't sleep.

I suddenly thought of the library.

Maybe there's a book I want in there! See if there's a book that can stop me from having nightmares.

So I got up, tidied up the books on the bed, and put them back again.

But is there really anyone in the library this late?

Go take a look, or walk around the school if no one is there.

I walked out of the classroom...

The campus was unusually quiet at night, and there was no one there at all. The long, dark corridor was really eerie.

I was a little scared, but I knew there couldn't be ghosts in this world, but I was still scared.

Finally, I walked out of the teaching building. The moonlight shone on the road with a light silver color. The leaves fluttered in the wind. The whole campus was very quiet.

Suddenly, I heard the whistle from last night again. Following the whistle, I came to a big tree. Looking up at the tree, I found a person on the tree.

He looks like the man I saw last night and at the opening ceremony today. Is he like this every night?

He whistled with leaves, adding a touch of melody to the quiet environment. I couldn't bear to disturb him, so I just listened under the tree...

~~~

Suddenly, the whistle stopped.

"You've been standing under the tree for a while, what do you want from me?"

He put down the leaves in his hand and looked back at me.

"Hey, I didn't make any noise, how did you know I was here?"

"The sound of the wind tells me that you have been standing here for some time."

"Ah? Another Riddler, can you please speak human language?"

"It's quiet here. I noticed you when you came."

"Oh, you have a good ear."

He jumped down from the tree and stood in front of me.

"It was you at the opening ceremony today?"

"Ah... yes, it's me."

"Why are you here so late instead of going home? Are you also a boarding student?"

"Well, I'm a resident student, are you too? Why don't you go back to the dormitory so late? Don't you have anyone to take care of you?"

"I told the dorm manager."

"By the way, why do you blow leaves here every night? And how do you make noises with leaves? That's amazing!"

"..."

He said nothing and turned to leave.

"Hey, you haven't answered my question yet?"

"I can't answer your question. Don't ask. If you ask, it's just a coincidence."

"…What's your name, classmate?"

"Inazuma Class 1, Kaedehara Manyo."

"I'm Ying from Liyue Class 1!"

"Well, see you later!"

The maple leaves walked away, leaving me standing there.

Forget it, let’s go to the library!

The school was very dark at night and there were no street lights. Fortunately, the moonlight illuminated the road, and I could walk towards the library based on my memory of the day.

After walking for a while...

Finally I arrived at the library, and the lights in the library were still on.

It's so late, is it still open?

I pushed the door open and walked in, and found Sister Lisa still sitting at the counter of the library, drinking coffee leisurely while reading a book in her other hand.

She heard the sound and turned to look at me.

"Hey, little cutie, why are you here so late?"

"Sister Lisa, you're still in the library so late!"

"Oh, there's nothing I can do. I don't like staying up late at all, but the person in charge of the night shift will be on duty today and tomorrow. But since I can see the little cutie, it's worth it!"

"Hey, isn't the school library closed even at night?"

"No, the night is reserved for knowledgeable scholars who want to learn. It seems that the little cutie is also a knowledgeable scholar!"

"Hey, I just couldn't sleep."

"Oh? Why can't you sleep? Insomnia? I have some medicine for insomnia here."

"No, that's not it. I keep having nightmares, so I want to come here and read a book to calm my mind!"

"Oh~ ok, go ahead, cutie!"

"Okay, thank you sister!"

I walked to the bookshelf. It was very tall, almost twice as tall as me, and there were countless books on it.

I searched again and again on the bookshelf, but there were basically few books that I liked to read, and there were many knowledge-based books.

"Don't you like knowledge?"

I don't know when Lisa came up to me and scared me.

"Hey, Sister Lisa?!"

"Ok?"

"That's not really a knowledge thing."

"What about the records? The bookshelf you are looking at is full of knowledge books. Maybe a bad kid will put the wrong book there occasionally. The records are next to yours."

"Oh, ok, thank you sis!"

I walked to the bookshelf next to me and found a book called "Record of World Power". I suddenly thought of the scene in my dream.

"We have hidden the world's greatest power within you..."

The strongest power? Maybe it's recorded in this book.

I took the book and found it was very worn and tattered. It was a very old book.

"Why, little cutie actually likes this kind of book?"

"No, no, I'm just curious."

"Okay, you can go to the seat next to me, my little cutie. I'm going back to the counter. Call me if you need anything."

"Okay, Sister Lisa."

I walked to the side of the table and chairs. At night, there was basically no one in the library, and a row of seats were empty. Was it really necessary to keep watch?

I opened the book and read the knowledge I had never seen before.

clatter--

A plate and a cup were placed in front of me and I turned to look.

"Sister Lisa?"

"Little cutie, you must be hungry after reading so late at night. Come, little cutie, I'll share some of my midnight meal with you."

I looked at the plate in front of me. There were a few cookies on the plate. The cookies were still steaming and seemed to be freshly baked. The cup contained milky white color, which should be milk.

"This is the gingerbread I made. The milk is also freshly heated. I added some sugar. Eat it."

"Sister! Thank you so much!"

I picked up a gingerbread and started eating it.

"Yeah, it's delicious!"

Nonsense, anything tastes good to people who have been hungry for a day. This one made by sister Lisa is really delicious.

"Speaking of which, sister, how did you do all this in this library?"

"Are you talking about this? I just moved these things here!"

I turned around and looked at the counter. There were a bunch of things on it, and the flour was also all over the counter.

"It really is……"

"Then eat it, little cutie. I'm leaving now! Eat slowly and don't choke!"

"Yeah, thank you Sister Lisa!"

I turned my head again, eating and reading a book at the same time, I felt so happy!