To the eternal you

"Miss Gan Yu's talk about understanding the past and understanding the present is just a joke among neighbors. I'm just...a person with a slightly better memory."

Mr. Zhongli did not show complacency just because he was praised by such a beautiful woman as Miss Gan Yu, but he sighed helplessly.

"...However, I did do some research on the flower of light in your hand."

He folded his arms, put his index finger on his chin, and looked at the shapeless flower with a pensive expression.

"Then, can Mr. Zhongli tell me?"

Although I learned part of the past about this flower from Qi, it was too far away for people to have a real feeling.

And this Mr. Zhongli, who has a good appearance and good temperament, well-founded behavior, and no stage fright, is obviously not a liar with mystification, but has a real reserve of knowledge.

"Of course I can. After all, I have accepted Miss Gan Yu's favor, and I should repay it."

Mr. Zhongli replied gently.

"Just before that, I want to know what you think of her."

"Is it a puzzle that you want to solve on the journey, or a cherished partner who travels together, or... want to gather that light into a miracle and make it reappear?"

"She...she is very important to me, so if there is anything I can do for her...sorry, this is the only answer I can give at the moment..."

Ying's feelings towards her are complex to be honest.

After waking up, there was no one to accompany her, but she was the only one who followed her all the time, guiding the way forward, walking out of the lost forest, and she became her only spiritual sustenance during those two unexamined months.

Although she can't answer her own questions, and can't talk to herself when she is alone, she just blooms there.

There were also many conjectures about her, maybe it was the god's hands and feet on her, or maybe it was some kind of parasitic plant that belonged to Teyvat. She couldn't figure out the answer to this question until she caught Pymon.

The guiding trade wind led her to Liyue, and on the way, she also met the alchemist who called himself Abedo, who said it was the embers left after the death of the god.

But it is in such embers that miraculous flowers bloom.

For whom?

Is it me.

Whenever I think like this, I always feel strange emotions in my heart, why do I care about her so much?

On the journey of looking for her brother, she was confused. It was the flower that took her out and met her future partner. After she got used to Mond City, the light that made up the flower gradually became thinner, and it seemed that it would fall at any time. Like disappearing.

So she was very anxious at that time, she didn't want her to leave, she prayed...

My brother hasn't been found yet, I don't want to see you and leave me, I hope you will accompany me.

After that, the flowers became cohesive again from the phantom that was almost invisible at first, and also helped him in purifying the toxin tumor in Mond's last Fengmolong battle, allowing Fengmolong to wake up on his own.

What she gave herself was not only a puzzle, but also as if there was an invisible person who was helping her all the time. When she knew that she had the possibility of being resurrected at that time, although she wanted to try it out, maybe if she did it... Can gain something, but not yet to the point of obsession.

Is he hesitating... or does he not want her to change?

After being revived, does she still have any memory, and does she want to leave her to find her nostalgic past? Faced with her reasonable request, I can't refuse at all... When I think of such a possibility, I hope to stay the same.

It only takes a little effort, and you don't need to be too perfect, just wait slowly until you can make up your mind.

Therefore, regarding Mr. Zhongli's question, she subconsciously wanted to avoid it, and used cunning rhetoric to make this intention unrecognizable.

"That's right! The traveler likes this flower very much, and he always holds her in his arms when he sleeps. When I first met her, I often saw the traveler talking to her."

There was a hint of envy in Pai Meng's eyes, which caused Qi Xiao to blush slightly, and turned his head away embarrassedly, and happened to see Miss Gan Yu who seemed to be having a fight.

"So that's it, I probably understand."

Mr. Zhongli pondered.

"First of all, flowers like this are not an exception. There may be people who hold such flowers in the seven kingdoms of Tevat, but they may not be aware of them, and those that can appear like this are extremely rare."

"What does this mean?" Paimon asked subconsciously.

"Using the Eye of God as an example may help you understand better. The current perception of the Eye of God in the world is that when faced with situations beyond their control, people always lament their own powerlessness—— At the steepest turning point, if the desire of a mortal reaches its peak, the sight of the gods will be projected down, and the eyes of gods will appear."

Mr. Zhongli drank the green tea, moistened his throat, looked at the mist rising from the mouth of the cup, and recalled.

"No one can tell how the "God's Eye" was born, it has always appeared out of thin air, leaving countless unrecognized desirers desperately looking for it. "

"And the flower in your palm is similar to it. Although the specific reason cannot be confirmed, it will always appear on those who need help, trying to guide the host out of the predicament."

"That is to say, there are many existences like me?" The traveler frowned and looked at Paimon.

"It shouldn't be... If there are many, I should know too!" Paimon also quickly explained.

"No, you are very special." Mr. Zhongli shook his head, then looked at Ms. Gan Yu and gestured: "I would like to use the owner's personal experience to be more convincing about this."

"The Flower of Heart... This is a title that Mr. Zhongli and I agree with. Of course, it also has a name that only I know."

Under the light of the window sill, Ms. Gan Yu was holding her hands, as if she was covered with soft gauze.

"At the beginning, I didn't feel that she was by my side. If it wasn't for...the heavy yearning called out to her, I would probably become one of the members that Mr. Zhongli said I didn't know anything about."

"That is to say, to make it appear requires a strong yearning, that is, the power of idealism?"

murmured the traveler.

"It can be said that, so I will say that you are special."

"Among the people I know who have the flower of heart, there is only one who is the same as you. The rest are basically able to see her gradually after going through their own turning points in life, but even so, they can be as complete as this released, you are the only one who is close to materialization."

Mr. Zhongli's gaze also became longer.

"But if this is the case, why doesn't everyone say it?"

Paimon touched his head in distress and asked, the traveler's gaze was so heartbreaking just now!

"The desire for monopoly." Mr. Zhongli summed it up in extremely concise words, "When you have a deep understanding of this, you will be obsessed with her beauty."

"But that's the third stage, because often in the second stage, she will disappear."

"As I said before, there are many people who are not necessarily aware of her existence. This is the reason. Even if the birth conditions are unknown, there are too many people in the world who need help. There will always be people who can see her. , but she will spontaneously dissipate when the host fulfills her wish, or when she thinks she no longer needs her, and withers without attracting any attention."

"...Then how did Mr. Zhongli know?" Ying stared at the other party closely.

"...I witnessed her departure with my own eyes, and she turned into pure light and merged into the world at the hand that I should have been able to reach."

Mr. Zhongli sighed, his words were a little sad.

"It was also at that time that I fell into thinking about some of my behavior and wanted answers."

"Traveler, what I asked you before is actually like her three stages."

"People who can't step out of the inner dilemma of the shackles, naturally can't know the answer, that is, her existence."

"The flower of the heart that emerges from your own strong longing will be like a traveling companion, helping you on the way forward, sometimes bright and sometimes dark, but in the end there will be a day of separation."

"And if the emotion that may be called "exclusive desire" is strong to the extreme, the flower of Wugou's heart will gradually be stained with your color, and it will be truly born in another form."

"In other words, is this why Miss Gan Yu's flower of heart blooms with a pure heart?"

Paimon nodded knowingly.

"Then what will the flower in the traveler's hand look like?"

"Could it be a windmill chrysanthemum? Or a glass lily? Or some other flower...?"

"I receive too much information at once, and I always feel that my head is a bit messy."

The traveler frowned, hoping to sort out the random thoughts, and Qi, who was sitting opposite, looked at her worriedly.

"You don't need to be too distressed, you can just continue to maintain the status quo at this stage."

Mr. Zhongli said.

"Not all those who need help are behind her, and not all the credit for getting out of the predicament is attributed to her. If you are not willing to step out of the shadows and make changes for your own situation, even if the gods want to help. My heart is weak."

"Therefore, I think she is like the morning flower you saw on the trip, not for a single person, but to make this imperfect, often frustrated world better. I think, maybe this It is also a choice she made based on her own will."

The traveler sighed deeply, with disappointment in his eyes.

Paimon flew to Ying's side considerately, with his little hand on her shoulder lightly, Qi didn't know when he came to her side, and put his tender little hand in her palm.

The soft warm flower was also swaying, turning into a phantom and gradually disappearing with Ying's will.

"As Mr. Zhongli said, I will remain the same... and I will continue to think about what she means to me. Please stop here for today."

"That's fine. When you really make a decision that you won't regret, even if you have to say goodbye one day, it will shine like gold in each other's memories."