The puppet's life in Tatarsa was peaceful and beautiful, and his friends taught him to read and write, to make a fire and to cook, to strike iron, and to teach him many things that he had never been exposed to.

If this life continues, then he will definitely grow into an upright and kind person.

Just like life can't be smooth sailing, just like good stories are always used to be ruined.

The unexpected came.

A scientist from Fontaine, Escher, came to Tatarsand who brought more advanced smelting technology to Tatarasa.

Emerging technologies have greatly improved the smelting efficiency and level of crystallized bone marrow, but the good times are short-lived.

The large furnace in the center of Tatarsa began to release black gas, and the health of the craftsmen was seriously affected, and the casualty rate increased dramatically, even to the point that smelting and forging could no longer be carried out.

His friend Niwa is the person in charge of Tatarasa, and he sends someone to go out to the castle tower for help, so that the person who went out never returns.

Waiting to no avail, he asks the doll with the golden feather to go to Narujin Island to meet the Shogun.

The doll then left Tatarasa for the time being.

The Balladeer didn't follow the puppet's movements, wondering what had happened here since he left Tatarasa.

Did his friend Niwa really abscond in fear of sin?

Was that heart really sent by him after he killed someone?

Why did the rest of them all die in the end?

The hand of time fluctuates rapidly, and the closer you get to the truth, the more nervous the balladeers become.

He could clearly feel that he was scared.

He was afraid that what he saw was not what he knew.

He was afraid that everything he hated would turn into a joke.

But at the same time, he was looking forward to it.

Looking forward to the true truth, looking forward to the friend he saw as a betrayal to restore the beauty that once been.

Looking forward to all the good things he once recognized.

Jiang Bai noticed the strangeness of the stragglers, and his intuition told him that what happened next was very important.

He wanted to say a few words to the Balladeer about Chicken Soup for the Soul, but he didn't know what would happen, and he didn't know which one to choose.

After the puppet left, Niwa did not sit still.

He carefully investigated the causes of the casualties and found that all these changes were due to the scientist from Fontaine.

This technique brought by him was able to extract the filthy power of the crystallized bone marrow, which polluted the workers, and they died one by one.

One night, he confronted a scientist from Fontaine, and ended up dying that night.

The scientist named Escher was none other than the disguised Doctor.

He received an order from Harlequin to destabilize Inazuma and give the Fatui a chance to enter.

The doctor naturally used his expertise, and even when he discovered such a special existence as a puppet, he naturally changed the direction of things.

He put Niwa's heart away and declared that Niwa had absconded in fear of sin.

When the puppet returns to Tatarasa in vain to ask for help, all he hears is the news that Niwa has absconded in fear of sin.

Seeing this, the balladeer's mood was already very unstable, his eyes were burning with raging fire, and his chest was flooded with anger.

It turned out that it was all calculations.

Niwa didn't run away from the crime, he just found out the truth and was killed.

The upright and kind Niwa, after his death, was stigmatized as absconding in fear of crime, and even he believed it himself.

"Hahahahaha...... I see, I see! ”

The balladeer's body trembled, as if a surge of emotion was about to flow from his eyes.

He had already guessed what was going on.

The Doctor uses Niwa's heart as a purification device, and he carries it into the heart of the Shadow Furnace to shut it down.

The purification device protected him, allowing him to leave the heart of the Mikage Furnace safely.

After coming out, Escher told him that Niwa knew that he wanted a heart, so he deliberately killed a person before leaving, and took a heart and gave it to him.

Escher opened the box containing the purification box device, and there was a withered heart inside.

The puppet never imagined that the object they longed for would appear in front of them in such a cruel form.

He longs for a good, kind, and sincere heart, but Niwa gives him a heart full of selfishness, hypocrisy, and cunning.

He thinks he was betrayed by Niwa, but this betrayal allowed him to survive. Angry and sad, he slammed his heart to the ground and resolutely left Tatarasa.

Jiang Bai held his shoulder, and there seemed to be a warm force transmitted along his arm.

Tears rolled down the balladeer's cheeks, and he reached for the heart that had been thrown to the ground, but as if he had touched the illusory water, his fingers went straight through it, unable to touch it again.

"Am I stupid to be toyed with......"

The balladeer crouched on his knees, the wide brim of his hat obscuring all of his expressions.

The picture continued, but he was not in the mood to watch it again.

"Sincere feelings and blessings have been abandoned by me, but the false truth has convinced me ......"

"I even killed the swordsmith descendant of the five thunderbolts in retaliation......"

Jiang Bai took off the straggler's hat, reached out and rubbed it on his head.

"These things are in the past, and now it's important to face them."

He hadn't forgotten the main purpose of his trip.

This trip is here to transform him.

Only by facing the past and reconciling with oneself will the old heart shine again.

The Balladeer didn't speak, he looked up and looked at his past as it continued.

After leaving Tatarasa, he met a little boy again.

The boy's parents were workers in Tatarsand, and when his parents left, he also contracted a strange disease and was frail and sick.

He and the little boy began to depend on each other, and agreed to live together in the future.

When he returned with food one night, the little boy had lost his breath.

This is the third time he has been abandoned, and this time it is the same kind that has abandoned him.

He couldn't describe how he felt at that moment.

The "mother" regarded him as useless and abandoned him.

He was betrayed by his friends and relatives, and he left his homeland with a bitter hatred.

Now, even such a weak child, he has no power to protect him.

His heart was completely closed, and the beauty he once liked began to deteriorate.

Kindness and sincerity are just useless things, and he becomes perverse, using conceit and ego to cover his vulnerability and confusion.

He began wandering in Inazuma alone, and one day he was invited by the Fatui to become a member of the Fatui.

To be honest, when I was looking for information, I found that there were a lot of conflicts in the setting of the balladeer, for example, he was found to have a golden feather, and then he was locked up in the later story of the story that no longer exists (this is the evil result of MHY forcibly changing the ending of the character)

I chose a more generic style.

(End of chapter)