Chapter 108: The Sun, the Moon and the Stars
"Everything on the island is my gift to you, thank you for being with her. But by the time you hear the recording, I'll be traveling somewhere else. β
"Travel life is so hurried and interesting, haha, just ask the traveler next to you."
Jean touched her chin and analyzed, "Ms. Alice, is it because you're too busy to accompany Klee to do this..."
"No, that's how Mom is!" Klee replied.
As soon as Klee's words fell, a voice happened to come out of the gramophone: "Guys, if you are thinking about a deeper meaning at the moment, I must say that the situation is not as complicated as you think. β
"I love the city-state of Mondstadt because freedom is what our mother and daughter want." The gramophone continued to play the words left by Alice.
"My wish is simple, I want Klee to grow up with curiosity and kindness, and she can do anything, go anywhere she wants."
Qin suddenly said: "I see. It's really Ms. Alice's style, sorry, I misunderstood. β
"I always feel like a mother with a good character." Paimon said with a smile.
"Hmmm! Mom is the best mom! β
Klee's words made Nahida, who was squatting on the ground, nod her head to look at the tassel, despite the fact that her head was still hurting.
"You want to eat fried chestnuts with sugar again, don't you?"
Who knows, the tassel also turned his head at this time, looked at Nahida with a smile, and said in a flat tone, "Call my mother to call the king of the great ci tree, what is the matter with my tassel, besides, you are transplanted from the cutting, and it is essentially the same as the king of the tree."
"Can you stop knocking me on the head, I'm going to be stupid." Nahida whispered.
"Mom, we played a lot of things this summer, driving boats, frying fish, playing a lot of things, everyone was super good, and they were very gentle with Klee! Also, Aunt Tassel's grilled fish is very delicious, next time you come here to play, Mom will also try it. β
Gramophone: "."
"Mother and daughter are both free spirits." Kaeya sighed.
"Summer, speaking of summer, when I went to that island, it happened to be summer. Sitting on the beach and listening to the sound of the waves crashing against your feet, I think of you. β
"Klee, you are a child born in the summer, a gift from the sea and the wind to your mother. Mom is very grateful for your birth and wants to send you something. β
"So my mother made some arrangements on the island, transformed the ancient ruins into a summer amusement park, and invited you to come over in the name of the Great Demon King."
"Tassel tassel, since you're okay, how did I get born?" Nahida said curiously next to the tassel.
"I picked you up." Tassel said, glancing at Nahida.
Nahida: "."
Nahida doesn't believe in tassel nonsense at all, picked up? Fooling children, I, Nahida, am not so easy to fool anymore.
"There was an island of miracles named after the golden apple. It has a variety of pseudonyms, carrying people's imagination of beautiful dreams. β
"Mom loves the story and wants you to enjoy the good things in it. So mom sends you the turquoise waters, the pearly white sand, and the incredible paradise..."
"And those who love you."
Jean: "."
Barbara said suddenly: "So there are only three crystals, the petal-like light red, the wave-like light blue, and the autumn leaves-like light yellow..."
Jean analyzed: "Perhaps in Alice's opinion, this archipelago is the fourth crystal that exists naturally... Located in the middle of the sea, covered in vegetation, the emerald sparkle of summer crystal. β
"Klee, you, like your mother, are a race that lives longer than ordinary people. For us, time is a gust of wind, and when it blows, it is the end. β
"In such a long life, parents are just the first link in a child's life. Even if we don't want to be separated, one day, you will go your own way. β
"Klee, Mommy will always love you, but there are many people around you besides Mom."
"The friends who accompany you, the teachers who teach you, the people who are willing to stay on the island for you even if they know that there is something wrong..."
"Will the tassel always be with me?" Hearing Alice's message, Nahida turned her head to the tassel in anticipation, but asked with fear.
Tassel: "."
Tassel didn't speak, just stretched out her hand and put it on Nahida's little head, which was much heavier than usual, but in Nahida's heart, she already knew the answer, she was very happy, and couldn't help but show a sweet smile like spring, under Nahida's infection, many plants around her began to grow, and in the summer, the plants also bloomed.
The tassel's silent promise made Nahida feel that her title was less important at this point.
"Summer is for everyone. No matter how life changes, no matter how much happens during the year, summer will not go away, just like the love between people. β
"I hope that no matter where you go from now on, you will never forget that there are so many people in the world who love you."
"Oh yes, listen to Albedo's brother at home, and your mother will come back to visit you regularly. Actually, I'll sneak back to visit Klee and everyone whenever I have time. Hee-hee, no one found out, right? β
Albedo sighed, "It's still the same, Aunt Alice." β
"Albedo, I don't know from the beginning," Paimon said suspiciously.
"Huh? It's almost time, so let's stop here. That's right, I've put a lot of effort into doing this, so you guys have to have fun! β
"See you next time, everyone, and my baby Klee."
Klee happily waved her hand and said, "Goodbye, Mom!" β
"Klee seems to be happy." Paimon said to Ying.
"Well, Nahida seems to be happy too."
Hearing Ying's words, Paimon turned his head to see Nahida, who was affectionately holding the tassel arm and smiling sweetly.
"Well, they look like a mother and daughter, too."
Paimon touched his chin and said, Nahida is too similar to tassels, Nahida is simply the tassel when she was a child, but tassels are human ears, and Nahida is elf ears.
"No, although they are connected, they are not mother and daughter."
Ying analyzed, because the tassel with Nahida is not at all like a mother with a daughter, it is more like a sister with a younger sister, which Ying can feel very much.
"Is that so?"
Paimon scratched her head and tried to say something, but when she saw Tassel's eyes looking at her, she hurriedly stopped her curiosity.
"Hey, hey... The big devil is her mother, and for some reason, Klee feels so happy! β
"Whether it's the mom who blew up the gates of Mondstadt, the mom who was locked up, or the mom who wrote strange letters to me... Klee likes it so much. β
"Doesn't Klee feel lonely?" Ying asked, and at the same time surprised, can confinement also be inherited?
"No, because mom is the most powerful big witch, she accompanies Klee wherever she is, and she will never let Klee get bored!"
"Klee's favorite mother!" Saying this, Klee smiled, warming the people around her like a little sun.
"Sister Honorary Knight, do you like Klee?" Klee asked expectantly towards Ying.
"Hmm." Ying nodded without hesitation, such a cute little girl, who doesn't like it.
"Klee loves you too, you have to play here with Klee enough, otherwise, Mom will feel a pity!"
"I still have a lot of bouncing bombs, and I also have a doodoo with me... I'll take you to swim and fry fish! β
"Fried fish, I'm going too!" When Nahida heard the fried fish, she hurriedly spoke.
Jean: "."
Don't go, I'm afraid you'll blow up the entire island with one bomb, and compared to Nahida, Jean thinks Klee's bomb is like a firecracker in Liyue.
"Hehe, Sister Nahida also likes to fry fish, but next time, you can't use a bomb that powerful, Klee was shocked." Klee scratched her head, the explosion that shook her little heart.
"Mmmmmm, next time I'll get a less powerful bomb." Nahida nodded hurriedly under the tassel's dangerous gaze.
"It's fun to be with Klee." Paimon said with a smile.
"Aren't you happy with Nahida?" Seeing Paimon ignoring herself, Nahida stared at Paimon and said.
"Happy and happy." Paimon hurriedly said.
Ying: "."
Jean said, "Now you can enjoy the summer." β
"Heyββ! Come on. Klee was outside beckoning to Ying, who was still thinking, ''
"Don't keep Klee waiting, let's get over there!" Paimon said to Ying.
"Okay."
Knowing that everything was set up by Klee's mother, Lady Alice, everyone began to relax, and with Ying having explored all the islands, the hilichurl threat was gone.
The crowd began to enjoy this sudden summer trip to the island.
"Bouncing bomb! Get it on! β
Klee is taken by Captain Jean and fried fish on the beach.
"Ah, the fish in the sea are so hard to blow up, Sister Nahida, why don't we make a bigger bomb?" Klee turned to Nahida in the distance.
"No, Klee, enough of blowing up fish with this bomb, don't bother Nahida."
It's rare for Konozhan to blow up fish with Klee, but as soon as he picked up a bomb next to him, he heard Klee's voice and hurriedly comforted him.
"Okay, okay. However, the fish blown up with Klee's bomb is not enough for everyone to eat. β
Jean: "."
"Is this how the previous puzzle was solved?"
Kaeya walked over to the device that Alice had prepared, looked at the mystery, and said as she touched her chin.
"It's a pity, that one is too fast, but I'll just tell little Klee about it."
"Hush." Diluc glanced at Kaeya, but the movement of his hands didn't stop.
"Klee!"
Hearing Paimon's voice from behind, Klee hurriedly dropped the bomb in her hand and turned her head.
"Mom is the best person in the world, Brother Albedo can testify!"
"Mom knows everyone, and she must know Sister Honorary Knight, although I don't know why Mom doesn't know about Tassel and Nahida, maybe it's because they were invited by Klee."
"Next time Mom comes back, let's go find her together. Mom is a very nice person, and the honorary knight sister will definitely love her! β
"Mm-hmm, yes, yes." Paimon said approvingly.
"I didn't expect everything here to be arranged by Ms. Alice."
Jean said on the side, holding a bouncing bomb in her hand, which was completely inconsistent with her usual appearance.
"After knowing the truth. It seems that the surrounding scenery has become more lovely. β
"Such a wonderful summer, what a gift."
"So Captain Jean is now fulfilling his promise to accompany Klee to fry fish?" Paimon said as he looked at Jean with the bomb.
"Yes, Ying, would you like to participate in our little event?"
"Wait a minute, let's go see what everyone is up to this summer." Paimon replied.
"Okay, then I'll play with Klee first."
"Lord Diluc, Kaeya, what are you doing here?"
Paimon and Ying see Diluc and Kaeya at a trap, holding the gems dropped by the puppet swordsman as if they were experimenting with something.
"Haha, I didn't expect all this to be arranged by Ms. Alice, no wonder she would write me such a letter, as for the fact that we are now studying the mechanism that Ms. Alice originally left behind."
"Is that so? It turns out that this was the mechanism at that time, but unfortunately the big cover has been removed by Nahida. β
"Haha, Ms. Alice is a very interesting person, you should meet her when you have the chance, the little mechanism she made is really interesting in it."
"Sometimes she can cause trouble, but I don't hate funny trouble."
"Did Kaeya have already guessed?" Paimon asked.
"This? Of course not, of course I'm an honest person, I've been kept in the dark. Kaeya replied, but Paimon didn't believe what he said.
"Hush." Diluc glanced at Kaeya for his words, and he didn't believe Kaeya's nonsense.
"What does Master Diluc think?" Paimon asked.
"Nothing, just a little surprised, the only ones in Mondstadt were the poet and Lady Alice, and those letters were in place of invitations, and we were all invited guests."
"Heh means that in her heart, we are all treated as children, and we haven't been treated as children for a long time, hum."
"Compared to the long-lived elves, Lord Diluc is treated like a child, of course"
"Let's go first."
Ying covered Paimon's mouth and left the place, feeling that Paimon was getting more and more likely to offend people.
Diluc: "."
"Razor, what are you doing here?" Paimon greeted Razor.
Razor heard the voice, turned his head to look at Ying and said, "I don't quite understand"
"But. It was warm. β
"Blankets... Like a blanket, it's soft and gentle..."
"It's . Mom's feeling? β
"Mom. Also Lupica. That's nice. β
Ying: "."
She has a little sympathy for Razor, who was raised by wolves when she was a child, and of course she doesn't know how her mother feels, but fortunately, she can feel this from Alice's love for Klee.
"It's incredible. The whole island is a gift." Barbara said to Ying.
"Honorary knight, IβI'm so impressed... Even if it wasn't directly related to me, I was very impressed. β
"As long as you can be with each other for a long time, you can become an important person for each other..."
"I seem to understand a lot of things."
Ying encouraged: "Barbara rushes the duck!" β
Barbara: "."
Looking at Barbara, who was blushing at the end, Ying left here with a comfortable face and continued to look for others.
"Albedo, so you're here."
Seeing Albedo's relaxed look, as if he had known that Alice had arranged the matter, Paimon looked at him a little suspiciously.
"Please don't look at me with that expression."
"Wouldn't the game be fun if the mystery was revealed at the beginning? This island is for Klee, and it's for you. β
"Don't you think? Summer, islands, sea... Although it is only a small sea paradise, it will fully serve the travelers who rest here. β
"You can have a great summer here."
"Albedo, you already knew, why didn't you tell us, I've been worried about it for a long time." Paimon said huffingly.
Albedo replied, "It doesn't really make sense to tell you about it. β
Paimon: "."
Paimon still wants to reason with Albedo, but Ying can't stand it anymore and just drags Paimon away.
"Look over there, it's Tassel and Nahida." Paimon said, pointing to the two men sitting on the rocks on the edge of the cliff in front of him.
"It's Ying and Paimon, why are you here?" Nahida sensed the movement behind her and turned her head to speak.
"What are you doing here?" Paimon asked.
"Tassels are fishing here, and I'm here watching her fish." Nahida explained.
Paimon scratched his head and asked, "Okay, okay, but what's the point of fishing?" β
"Fishing isn't much to look at, but I'm happy with tassels."
"Okay." Paimon scratches his head.
"Aren't you going to enjoy your summer vacation? Captain Kaeya, they all seem to be relaxed. Paimon asked.
"I'm on vacation every day, huh? This summer time is the same as my usual life. Tassel replied.
"Is that so?"
Paimon scratched his head, then thought of something, and reacted and said, "That's a bother." β
"Nahida too, every day with tassels is a holiday, very happy, very happy, tassels are like the sun in Nahida's heart, and I am like the moon produced by the light of tassels."
"Sun, moon?"
"Yes, the moon reveals itself at night with the help of the sun's light, and during the day it is only the home of the sun, and even the other stars are dimmed."
"But in the daytime, you won't be able to see the moon." Paimon said.
"I know, but people feel light and warmth when the sun is there, even though the moon is no longer visible; If it's at night, only the moon can't illuminate the earth, and the other stars will show up and steal the moon's brilliance, so I prefer daytime, because the sun is there, and the sky is blue, and there are no stars. β
"Is that so? Nahida really likes the sun. β
"Of course, because the sun is a tassel in my heart." Nahida replied with a smile.
Ying touched her chin and thought, she was infected by the god of wisdom, and she always felt that the two words Nahida said were not simple, the meaning of the sun and the moon was not only on the surface, but also had a deeper meaning.
"Why do you compare tassels to the sun, yourself to the moon, and what are the stars?" Ying asked suddenly.
"Huh?" When Nahida heard Ying's words, she didn't reply to Ying's words, but just looked at her in surprise.
(End of chapter)