Mond belongs to the kingdom of the wind god—but it is also the only godless land.Their Fengshen Barbatos, as early as the first day he took office, took Qin and ran away at the speed of light.

Perhaps it is because of the gods that the Mond people naturally advocate freedom and love wine and poetry.Moreover, although the god has left the throne of God, no one has forgotten him.

No one will forget who split the frozen mountains for them, blowing away the endless wind and snow, bringing the warm monsoons of the four seasons, and Yulu.Because of this, today's Mond has such a fertile land, the people of Mond never worry about food, and the wine industry is so developed.

And now, a certain Fengshen is pretending to be a singing bard, leading me through the bustling crowd and finding the newly opened tavern.

After entering the tavern, someone greeted him with a familiar tone.

But of course it wasn't Barbatos, the name of the god who knew who it was, but Wendy.

"Wendy?" I repeated.OK, this god is not being honest at all, we've known each other for so long and never told us he has other names.

Barbatos looked back, with a sly smile: "Don't call me in such a dangerous tone, don't you know now? Even Zhongli doesn't know, you are the first to know. How? Wouldn't you be happier?"

"Wendy—you are the beauty you brought back from there!" Someone was calling him again, accompanied by a smooth, clear and long whistle. "Wow, is this style of dressing someone from Liyue? Hey beauty, are you interested in learning about it?"

Barbatos casually raised his hand to say hello, but his eyes full of spring water were serious and serious: "Good morning - she is my friend, you can call her Chong Xiao. Be careful about your attitude, her family But there is a very, very fierce flower protector, if you get beaten, I can't help you, okay?"

The people of Liyue are reserved, and they would never say such things.So I didn't react for the first time, and waited until I finally came back to my senses.Barbatos had already spoken.After listening to him, I looked at the man who raised his wine glass to me with a dry smile to express his apology, and I looked at him puzzled: "It's so strange, after you woke up this time, you feel that you don't exist much for Zhongli. impression."

My Zhongli is not fierce at all.Moreover, how could such a kind and suave person beat someone because of it?Barbatos felt strange to him.

I seriously thought about it, did he get sleepy after a night of sleep?

Barbatos: ...

Barbatos: "Hahahaha come sit here!"

Originally, I just said that casually, but his reaction... walked to the seat by the window and sat down, I stared at him intently.

Barbatos invited the bartender to order two glasses of dandelion wine that he was thinking of, and two dishes of side dishes to accompany the wine.

Then he picked up the wine glass and began to drink in small sips, his eyes flickering.

"Don't you want to drink?" Finally unable to bear my gaze, Barbatos smiled dryly and pushed another glass in front of me. "Try it~"

I picked up the wine glass, Liyue's wine was served in a delicate wine cup, but Mond was different.A large glass full of wine is crystal clear amber, exuding an intoxicating aroma, strong but strangely refreshing.

I took a sip, with a dense taste and a long light aroma... As Barbatos described, when the wine passed through my throat, it was like the wind bursting from the tip of my tongue.

Very refreshing breath.

After tasting, I put down the glass and pressed Barbatos' hand instead.The demon god who looks like a boy also has slender wrists, and his strength is as light as a feather to me who is used to Zhong Xiao's gravity fighting style.

Smiling kindly at him, I slowly tightened my fingers: "If you don't speak clearly, don't even think about drinking?"

He blinked, and miraculously, the corners of his eyes became more crystal clear and watery: "Hey?...Please, please don't be like this..." After stammering, I looked blankly at him and turned his face away, looking like She lowered her head shyly.

"... What are you doing?" I pulled his hand, and pulled Barbatos who was retreating directly to the table, and said in a low voice as I moved closer. "Barbatos, you must be hiding something from me. You didn't treat Zhongli like this before."

After I finished speaking, I was a little hesitant.Maybe he really fell asleep?As a god, but he stepped down from the throne early, and his strength is the weakest.Coupled with personality reasons, Zhongli and I actually treat him like a child on weekdays... At least most of the time, his out-of-the-way personality makes it difficult for people to rely on him!

I was very worried whether I was thinking too much and wrongly blamed him.

But Barbatos looks normal—

"I'm still young!" The god who was being pulled by me suddenly said loudly, he stood up directly, pulled his hand back from under my hand unexpectedly, and put it on his chest defensively.

Those eyes, which are synonymous with spring, looked at me tearfully, and when I blinked, clear pearl-like teardrops slid down my face and adorned the tip of my chin.

"And how can we do this to your husband..." Tears rolled down the boy's fair cheeks, he raised his hand to wipe it off in embarrassment, and said in a trembling voice.

In an instant, I felt that everyone in the tavern, including the bartender who was making drinks, stopped and all looked at me.

I:……

I would be a fool if I didn't understand this moment.

The young, beautiful, and family-friendly big sister, and the youthful, cute, handsome, and singing bard, and there seems to be an unspeakable emotional entanglement between them—the door of Mond, an alcoholic who has nothing to do, quickly erected Open your ears, hoping to hear first-hand gossip!

And Barbatos was still performing: "I'm really sorry...but we can't... I drank the wine today, so don't contact me again in the future." finish drinking!

After finally raising his hand to wipe the alcohol from the corner of his mouth, Barbatos took a deep look at me—I swear, it was the first time I discovered that there are still people whose eyes can convey so many complex emotions.

Reluctant, entangled, melancholy, sad, and decisive... In the end, he turned around and left without looking back.

"I - I am more suitable to be the wind of freedom, we are not suitable."

"Goodbye……"

I stood up with a half smile, ready to let Barbatos feel the power of our Liyue Demon God.But before he could catch up two steps, he was stopped by someone.

I:……

After being speechless for a while, I took out the wallet sewn by Morax.

"That... thanks to your patronage, 160 Mora in total." The bartender holding a small tray looked at me with complicated eyes.After confirming that the number I gave was correct, he couldn't help persuading me. "Ma'am, although love is free, love that is betrayed and persecuted will not be blessed and will not bear fruit."

It was decided that Barbatos must be beaten.

Even if he acts like a baby, don't forgive him.

I walked out of the tavern, and Barbatos was gone.The crowd is crowded, I can only pass through the crowd like an ordinary mortal, and follow the wind traces left in the elemental field of vision.

I vaguely heard his cheerful singing among the noisy voices.Along with the singing, there was also the sound of praise.The mortals called him Wendy, and the songs that raved about him were getting more and more interesting.

What rang out with the singing was a story from another country.

In order for the people to live a stable life, the story of the God of Rock and the God of Contract led his subordinates and friends to sound the horn of counterattack in the war of the Demon God.

After that, it was the wind god who blew away the wind and snow, split the mountains, and brought a song of freedom—well, he praised himself very sincerely, without any shame of bragging.

I walked past the open-air restaurants full of people, through the deep alleys with the smell of wine or food, and finally climbed up the steps and arrived at the square where the statue of Fengshen stood.

Barbatos stood under the statue, surrounded by a dozen people.He closed his eyes, lying on the beautiful organ in his arms, plucking it with his fingertips, and the melodious sound of the organ spread out.

A long wind was sent from high above, blowing his hair.The light emerald green at the end of the black hair seemed to be glowing.At this moment, the sun and the wind love him so much and surround him.And around him, those who listen carefully are his people—even though they don't know the identity of Barbatos, they guard him by coincidence.

Spotting me, he opened one eye and gave me a fawning wink.

So, the idea of ​​me wanting to do something faded away... Barbatos's appearance is too easy to make people's hearts soften.

And he can sing, play the piano, and act like a baby.

Just like when we met for the first time, who can refuse him if you blink those spring eyes at someone?

After the song ended, the crowd dispersed, and Barbatos walked to me with a smile: "Don't be angry, I'll just tell you what you want to know."

He said sincerely.

I'm really not angry anymore, but just letting Barbatos go like this, I feel that if there is a chance next time, he will do it again.So with a sullen face, he said in a deep voice, "Then tell me everything you know."

"Okay..." Barbatos dragged me to a corner with few people, where there was a wooden table and a few wooden chairs.After sitting down in his seat, he folded his hands and propped his chin, and began to speak.

During this long sleep, Barbatos had a dream.If it was just a simple dream, he would forget it when he woke up and would not take it to heart.

But...it was an exceptionally real dream that made him feel that it was reality.

In his dream, he also often hosts receptions with his colleagues, drinking and drinking in Morax's territory.However, I have never seen Chongxiao, nor have I seen the end. Heulia and the others, even Mark Hughes, who kindly served as their chef and prepared a lot of delicacies for them every time they got together, disappeared. .

Liyue... seems to be Moraxe alone.

As for the party, he never participated in it. He just sat on the side with a cup of tea and watched them quietly.Occasionally, there will be a look of regret.

Morax in the dream is more rigid and serious.Although Barbatos is a god of the same period as him, he feels a little afraid of him—it's not a feeling of disgust or restraint, but a simple incompatibility.

He felt that getting drunk in front of Morax in the dream and being looked at with disapproval by him was like adding an elder, and he would become guilty.

Moreover, he was already sobered up, and he was forced to drink sobering tea with an unpleasant taste.

Still, he often went to drink with Morax.Because he was alone, like an empty-nest old man, guarding Liyue without saying anything, Barbatos couldn't see it.

Only later, a lot happened.

Insufficient strength will make Barbatos often fall into a deep sleep to accumulate strength.However, Mond, a country ruled by gods, created a god-like existence under the distortion of people's hearts-nobles.

The people of Mond fell into a painful rule, so he, who had not yet accumulated enough strength, was awakened, and he who discovered the status quo of Mond, just like before, found the person who was willing to overthrow the ruling of the nobles.

Vanessa.

He came to Vanessa as a bard, advised her, guided her on the way forward, and became friends with her.

Until the flag of freedom was erected on this land again, he also left with peace of mind, and fell into a deep sleep again... This time, he slept for a long, long time, and never flew to the land where there was only a lonely god.

It was a dream completely different from the reality he knew, but he intuitively thought...if there was no Chongxiao, the Liyue and Moraxes he saw now might be like that.

But why is it Chongxiao?

Barbatos was very curious, so he did it when he thought of it, and invited people to visit Mond, intending to observe it quietly.

It's just that she didn't expect that what she said casually to Morax when she fooled him away would be remembered by her, and she also found his flaw.

"I'm really just a little curious, because my intuition as a god tells me that the dream I had was real." Barbatos lay on the table, his braids being held down by him, and complained lazily. "After waking up, I almost confused the two sides. I couldn't figure out whether I was awake or dreaming~"

"Only...is Liyue Zhongli alone?"

I whispered to myself, it was hard to imagine that kind of scene.Just him alone... so lonely.That Morax who always hides his mind, he won't find it unless he looks carefully.

If he is the only one left in the end, he will hide all the loneliness and sadness, and face others as usual, right?

Just thinking about it, my heart feels as uncomfortable as if it was pinched into a ball.

Barbatos hesitated: "Wait! It's a dream - calm down!"

I stood up with a serious expression: "I'm calm. Well, I'm sorry Barbatos, I want to go back first."

"You're not calm at all—"

"Really calm down, but I'm going back."

"Wait--didn't you say you were going to see Twarin? He's also a dragon, so why don't you go and see him!"

"My family's Zhongli is also a dragon, I just want to see him. I'm going back." I repeated again, but Barbatos didn't seem to send me back at all... I thought for a while, and I had to come by myself.Anyway, here is Mond, it would be too conspicuous to directly transform into the real body... So after a moment of contemplation.

I stepped on the out-of-the-air rock creation at my feet, and the golden diamond-shaped platform suddenly floated into the air and flew me into the sky.With one last look at Barbatos, I waved, "See you later."

Facing Liyue's direction, I controlled the creation to fly quickly.

Barbatos said it was a dream, like a real dream.

Although I didn't dream it, I felt the same way after listening to him.It was as if I had seen that lonely Morax with my own eyes, and I felt very uncomfortable.

So... I want to meet him.

I really want to.

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