After the Lantern Festival, Liyue Harbor returned to its normal state.

Lotia, on the other hand, was also thriving in the waters of Qingce Village, making the people of Mondstadt with an abbreviated version of Skynet miserable, because the water was so bitter.

For this reason, Diluc also reported the incident to Wendy, and when Wendy heard this, he went to the water source to investigate, and then he saw Lotia.

Wendy: "."

Lodia: "."

"How are you?" Wendy asked helplessly, "You wouldn't have been sent to Hohormond by Tassels, would you?" ”

Lodia shook her head and said, "Of course not. ”

"Then why do the people of Liyue drink the same water and they don't react, while the people of Mondstadt feel bitter when they drink it?"

Lotia tilted her head and said, "I don't know. ”

Wendy: "."

Seeing that Lotia didn't look ready to change, Wendy was silent for a moment before leaving, as only the water that the people of Mondstadt drank was bitter and had no effect on him.

After Ying receives the mission, she also takes Paimon to Mondstadt, and everything is as it was set up, and while they are investigating next to Qingce Village, they meet Rondora after cleaning up some water elemental shapeshifters.

"Endora, no water, dying"

"What is this? Paimon, your kind? Ying looked at the aqua blue elf floating in the air and wondered at Paimon next to him.

"Hey! How can this be my kind, don't confuse flying mascots! No, I'm not a mascot, I'm really by you! Paimon said huffingly.

"It's not a big problem." Ying waved her hand indifferently.

Paimon: "."

"Endora, is that your name?" Paimon was silent for a moment, then asked Adora.

Anndora replied intermittently, "Bitterness, hostility, will kill Adora!" ”

"I don't know what to do though. What can I do to save you? ”

"Endora, boarding water dumplings, traveling. No water. Endora, nowhere to live. ”

"How are we going to take it to a place where there is a clear spring?" Paimon wondered.

Ying took out the water she had just filled and said, "There's a bottle of water here." ”

"But this bottle of water also has a bitter taste."

"You're stupid, aren't you? Is there a bitter taste I don't know? After Ying finished speaking, she gave Paimon a blank look and took a sip in front of Paimon, saying, "There's no bitterness." ”

"Yes, yes?" Paimon scratched his head and said, "Then I'll try." ”

Paimon took a small sip of the water bottle, and her face turned bitter melon.

"Bah, baa, liar, so bitter, you even said that there is no bitterness!" Paimon hurriedly spat out the bitter water from his mouth and complained to Ying.

"Really, no, why am I lying to you?" Ying took the water bottle and took another sip, she really didn't feel any bitterness.

Paimon: "."

"Maybe your sense of taste is different, I feel bitter." Seeing that Ying didn't look like he was lying to her, Paimon could only sigh and say, "Endora, do you want to come in, we only have this bottle of water." ”

"Endure, you can endure, but not for long."

Paimon nodded and said, "Then without further ado, let's go to a place with a clear spring, but this guy has traveled so far by relying on the water slime, and his relationship is very similar to ours." ”

"Isn't it similar? Paimon means you're a useless parasite? Ying said suddenly.

"No, it's not right, well, it's still different, at least in Teyvat I'm your good guide."

Ying: "Tsk. ”

"Speaking of which, Connor seems to have said before that only the water in Springs is sweet, so let's take Endora to Springs." Paimon ignored Ying's disdainful expression and changed the subject.

Ying: "."

Ying touched her chin and looked at Paimon, who had become different, and couldn't help but think to herself: What should I do, now that Paimon seems to have produced antibodies, it seems that Paimon will have to add some fierce material in the future.

The two of them took the bottle of Yandora to Qingquan Town.

"Here, the water is sweet. Endora found out that it was of the same kind. Yandora said in a loud voice: "Yandora, kindred, make the water delicious." It also became bitter, and it was Lotia who did it. ”

"So, it seems that there is indeed a legend of the spring elf in Qingquan Town?" Paimon touched his chin and analyzed, "Also, Lotia, is that Lotia we know?" What does she do to make Mondstadt's water bitter? ”

"Forget it, let's not think about this for now, let's hurry to the spring and replace the bitter water in the bottle first."

When Ying and Paimon get to the spring, they see an old man quietly looking at the water.

"Who are you?" The old man turned his head and looked at the two of them with some confusion and said, "Look at your appearance, are you the honorary knight of the Knights of Favonius?" ”

"yes, it's us." Paimon said with a smile.

"I see."

Just as Paimon was about to say something, Adora suddenly jumped out of the bottle.

"Wow, Endora, how did you get out on your own!"

"I am Endora, the spirit of pure water." Yanduo said in a loud voice.

"In this way, this old man seems to be the one who believes in the existence of the Qingquan Elf."

Ying: "??? ”

I don't know he's a person who believes in the Clear Spring Elf, where did you get this information? Even if you know you're good, you have to play it, and after being discovered, you just don't pretend to be now, right?

The old man nodded and said, "Hmm." ”

"You're exactly like her. But you're going to be much smaller. ”

"Endora, it's still young! Endora, learning. ”

"However, your appearance in front of me at least proves that that acquaintance was not my pipe dream." The old man spoke.

"She's still there. Name, I don't know. I don't know, and I don't answer Endora. Yan Duo pulled out a voice and said:

"Endora, contact her. Endora, can talk. What are you going to say? ”

"You mean, she's always there? Can you help me get a message to her? The old man looked at Endora and asked in some surprise.

Endora: "Yes. ”

"I'm very old. I"

When the old man said this, he thought for a moment and said, "Help me say hello to her." ”

Endora walks up to the spring and begins to communicate with the spring spirits inside, and Paimon and Ying wait for a while before Endora finishes talking to each other.

Endora: "."

"She said something strange and didn't understand."

"Gluttonous. Something, I don't understand. I don't answer when asked. ”

"Well, it's still too small to express some things." Ying looked at Adora and spoke.

"I don't understand. Pure water elves, we, like to blend together. Endora continued: "She, a consciousness, is lonely. ”

When Paimon heard this, he spread his hands helplessly and said, "I guess I can't merge with you." ”

"Huh, can't you help it?" Endora wondered.

"I'm going to drown in your body!" Paimon complained.

"You're so lonely. We, all of us, love all of us. When she said this, she suddenly exclaimed, "Ah! ”

"What happened all of a sudden?" Paimon wondered.

"Near the Stone Gate, Lotia's eyeliner! Water critters, yes, scouts. Endora replied.

"So it seems like you've seen a critter with pure water nearby?"

"Is there one?" Ying wondered.

"Powerful water, transmogrification, critters. It's dangerous. However, by merging with them, you can learn something. Endora replied, "Take me with you." Over there, over there. Lotia was uneasy. Lotia turned the water bitter. Endora learns to speak and speaks clearly to Lotia. ”

"I think if it was really Lotia, we would have given it for nothing." Yingtan spread his hands.

"Why, if we knew her, we could ask her why the water here is making it bitter." Paimon spoke, "And isn't Lotia a member of the tassel?" ”

"You don't understand, I'm not talking about this for nothing." Ying glanced at the naïve Paimon and said, "After all, you still don't know about tassels." ”

Paimon: "."

"You mean, it's all a tassel trick for us?" Paimon was stunned at first, and then said with some concern, "Why don't we run?" Aren't we going to do this task? ”

"Why run?" Ying looked at Paimon with a puzzled look and said, "Isn't it just for free?" There will be no danger to life, what are you afraid of? ”

Paimon: "."

So, Ying takes Endora all the way to help find the pure water transformation creatures on the road, and after defeating Endora, she will learn a lot from it.

"Endora, you pure water elves really think differently from people." Ying said.

"I don't know, there's still a lot to learn." Styora shook her head and said, "Let's go to Qingce Village to find Lotia now, there are some things I need to ask her face-to-face, I think Lotia will give me the answer." ”

"Why are you so sure?" Paimon wondered.

"It's like something I'm born with, and now the more I learn, the closer I feel to the name Lotia, like the sea, where we water elves belong." "No," replied, "Lotia feels wider to me than the sea. ”

"Looks like it's the Lotia we're familiar with." Paimon turned to the stall and said.

Yingzhen said, "Hmm." ”

"You know Lodia?" Endora wondered.

Paimon smiled and replied, "I've known each other for a long time." ”

The two elves said as they walked towards the place where Adora sensed, and finally, they saw Lotia resting with her eyes closed in a piece of water in Qingce Village.

"Lotia!" Paimon waved at Lotia.

"You're finally here." Lotia spoke, "How is it, do you still like this surprise?" ”

"What, what surprise?" Paimon wondered, "Lotia, you wouldn't say it was a surprise to see you here, would you?" ”

"Of course not, this pure water elf named Met by your side is a surprise." Lotia replied, "I've used the illusion of the water elemental to improve her knowledge base step by step, and now she's a thinking being. ”

"I, I still don't understand." Paimon scratched his head and said, "It's nothing to do with surprises, right?" ”

"Lotia means to give me this Adora?" Ying said in some surprise.

"Well, that's it, she's a spy or an assassin sent by Fontaine." Lotia said, "There may be a lot of connections with the new water god, so I can't let her go back." ”

Endora: "."

Ying: "."

You lied to the ghost, your excuse won't work at all, okay, compared to the tassel's tricks to fool people, you, as a dependent, are still a lot worse.

"Lotia, I'm not an assassin from Fontaine." Endora explained.

"Your explanation doesn't matter to me." Lotia glanced at Adora and said, "Because I said you were an assassin, then you were an assassin." ”

Endora: "."

"It's just that I didn't expect you to come all the way to Liyue." Lotia continued: "I noticed you the moment you set out from Fontaine, and what you saw and heard along the way, I wanted to show you. ”

"Including, the bitter water, the illusion of the water with knowledge, and the fact that you can see me in this place."

"Lotia, I don't understand." Yandora shook her head and said: "Your current feeling is very different to me, you are no longer a pure water elf, but I can feel an inexplicable affinity from you, this affinity is stronger than the water god I have seen." ”

"Yes, whether it's a stream, a river, or a river, their final destination is to merge into the sea, but I don't want to merge into it." Lotia spoke, "So, I became the sea. ”

Endora: "I don't understand. ”

"You don't understand that it's normal that the pure water elves spread the earth in order to make their god's love for the world, but they don't have love at all. Nor can true love be experienced. Lotia said slowly, "Let me tell you a story, the story of a pure water elf and a boy. ”

"yes, I love listening to stories!" Paimon laughed and cheered, "Lotia, hurry up." ”

As Lotia tells the story, Paimon and Ying, as well as the ignorant Undora, gradually learn the truth of the story, because the boy Lodia is talking about is the old man they met in Qingquan Town before.

This story also happened to him and the pure water elf, from the beginning of the ignorant boy made a wish in front of the spring for the first time, and got a response from the spring elf.

She responds to the boy's wishes, but she is not in a position to fulfill them, but she can share the wishes, draw life from her troubles, and share them with him.

Gradually, the boy poured out his sincerity to the spring water, and let the ignorant spring spirit understand that this world is not only beautiful, but also the lamentable darkness is not only the layers of dark clouds that cover the night sky.

The boy and the spring elf share his powerless troubles, the spring elf will gently and silently wipe away his tears, and then, whenever night falls, the spring elf will also tell the boy in his dream about the distant land of water, about the sapphire hometown, and the boy at this time became a silent listener.

In this way, she gained the ability to talk in her teenage dreams, and they became good friends without words.

"Well, I feel a little weird, like something sad is going to happen." Paimon scratched his head.

"It's a sad story." Ying glanced at Paimon and said, "Look at Old Vinci guarding that pool of water every day, and Yandora also said that the spring spirit has always been there, but she doesn't want to appear in front of Old Vinci." ”

"Yes, so, the water elves have love, but they don't understand love." Lotia sighed.

"And what about Lodia?" Paimon wondered.

"Me? You should understand a little bit, right? Lotia said with some uncertainty: "Okay, let's not talk about this, the story is not finished yet." ”

"Hehe, I know the results, but I like to listen to stories." Paimon scratched his head and said, "Lotia, you can go on." ”

When the night wind stopped blowing, and the moon in the pool returned to its fullness, the boy heard the voice of the elf for the first time.

Elves are born to be more delicate and sensitive than humans, and the boy can't help but be fascinated by her mournful and gentle language.

But the elf was born to be a more delicate and sensitive creature than humans, and through the eyes of the boy, she saw the longing that could not be concealed, and the promise that was about to be blurted out.

Suddenly, the elves panicked.

The life of a mortal is tenacious but short, and the youth will eventually grow up and grow old. When he fades away from his youth and innocence, how will he treat the pure post-Shang of the elements? When he is getting old, will he blame himself and waste his life because of a childish promise?

The spirit of the spring is pure and kind, but she does not understand the love of the human world. She has never seen the miracle of man, but only sees the changes of thousands of years as leisure. Because of this, she was particularly afraid of parting.

Miraculously waiting for it to humans, but it is only a fleeting beauty to elemental spirits.

And the aging of the loved one, even the power of the elves cannot be reversed.

The slender spring fairy could not bear to witness the irreversible arrival of that day, so she stopped the boy with a kiss.

How stupid the boy was, he mistook the elf's cold kiss of rejection for an endorsement of his promise.

At that moment, the elf made up his mind that he would finally bear to leave the boy.

And the boy made a vow to always be by the side of Qingquan. ”

"Ahh Paimon couldn't help but exclaim, "The Spring Elf would do such a thing to Old Vinci, no wonder he stayed there all the time, he probably thought that the Spring Elf's kiss was accepting him, and suddenly felt that Old Finch was so pitiful." ”

"I can't say that, the spring elf has her own thoughts, and her decision is not wrong in the long run." Lotia spoke, "If I'm the same as before, maybe I'll be like this, right?" ”

"By the way, how did Lotia meet Tassel?" Paimon wondered.

"Actually, I was forced." Lotia replied a little shy at this point.

"Hey??!"

"That day, the tassel suddenly came here, imprisoned the ignorant me, and then gave me everything now." Lotia replied, "And also taught me in her own way." ”

"It seems to me that she was probably on a whim, right? Maybe there is also a grudge against the pure water elf - [Lodia]. ”

Speaking of this, Lotia continued with some embarrassment: "After all, when I played Genshin Impact II, I was also annoyed that the battle would only summon the water illusion on the side, and then dismantle the table and add the pure water spirit with broken thoughts on the side. ”

Paimon: "."

Ying: "."

You're right, but don't you think it's strange to say that?

"That's all, my mission is complete, you can take Andora with you, she won't make trouble with me, and when you come to Fontaine, she will be of great use to you."

With that, Lotia disappeared before Ying and Paimon came to their senses.

"Lotia, she's gone." Endora muttered as she looked at the vanished Lotia.

(End of chapter)