Chapter 42: May the wind god fool you
Paimon is particularly good at eating, and after eating a few packets of potato chips, she turns her attention to the boxed Ichiraku ramen that Sasuke has brought.
"This is...... What? ”
"Instant ramen, something that one of my companions likes to eat in particular."
"Oh! Then I'm going to try it too. ”
Paimon picks up the box of ramen, tears open the package, and takes out the bread inside to nibble on.
“…… It's not like that. ”
Sasuke took a kettle from his folded bag, and a bottle of water, poured it into the kettle, and set it up on the campfire, waiting for the water to boil and the gang soaked the ramen.
After soaking for 3 minutes, Sasuke handed the ramen to Paimon.
"It's still relatively hot, so eat it slowly."
Paimon took the ramen and felt the rich aroma of the ramen soup, and he was a little intoxicated.
"Oh, that's the case, it's amazing!"
"It's so convenient to be able to eat this kind of hot noodle soup in the wild."
"Isn't it possible to eat it in a folding bag?"
"It's different!"
Paimon snorted.
"What is kept in a folded bag is something that was put in before, and it has no soul."
Sasuke was noncommittal, anyway, he couldn't eat what made a difference.
While the two were enjoying the food and chatting around the bonfire, a melodious sound of the piano came into their ears.
Someone playing the piano in the field in the dark?
Sasuke suddenly became alert.
He obviously didn't feel the smell of anyone else nearby.
"Haha, don't be nervous, just see someone holding a bonfire here, it's so romantic for a bard, so come and join in the fun."
The visitor was dressed in an emerald green cape and wore a green hat with a white flower pinned to it, and his voice Sasuke was even more familiar.
It was the weirdo who had given him the power of a thousand winds and repelled the Stormterror.
"It's you, you're Barbatos, the god of wind?"
Sasuke asked very straight.
"Huh? Is this weirdo the god of wind? ”
Paimon was also shocked by this, and he didn't even bother to swallow the noodles, and babbled as he bit the noodles.
"Huh? Barbatos, the god of wind? ”
The visitors also seemed shocked to hear Sasuke's words.
"That guy has disappeared from Mondstadt."
"The rock gods of neighboring Liyue and the thunder gods of Inazuma are still there, but it's been a long time since the people of Mondstadt have seen their unreliable gods."
"And I'm not Barbatos, the god of the winds, just a passing bard."
"Introduce yourself, my name is Wendy, what about you?"
"Sasuke Uchiha."
"Paimon."
"Nice to meet you, can you let me join your bonfire?"
"In return, I can cheer you two up."
Sasuke hesitated, but nodded in agreement.
This man's voice was indeed the one who had come to his aid when he had fought off the Stormterror, and the power of the Thousand Winds was very similar to the power he had from the idol.
Is it to hide your identity? But there's nothing to hide.
If it wasn't for the god of wind, then why did he have that terrifying ability?
Minstrel?
Konoha or the entire ninja world has no concept of a bard.
After getting Sasuke's permission, Wendy found a place to sit by the campfire.
Paimon saw Wendy sit down, touched his head, and handed over a packet of potato chips.
"Here you go, you can eat these chips, but you can't eat them all, these were given to me by Sasuke."
"Oops, I haven't played yet, have you already received a tip? Thank you, Paimon, for your generosity. ”
Wendy took the chips, opened the package and ate a few slices.
"It's the taste of potato chips and seasonings that I've never eaten before, and it's amazing."
"It would be great to have a glass of cider at this time."
"Is there such food in Mondstadt now?"
"This isn't Mondstadt's, Sasuke brought it to me from another world."
Paimon, who was floating in the air, said with his hands on his hips and smugly.
"Otherworldly food?"
Wendy thoughtfully.
And Sasuke also found a loophole in Wendy's words.
"You're not from Mondstadt?"
He asked.
"Huh? How could it not. ”
Wendy looked up.
"If you're from Mondstadt, how can you not know that this is Mondstadt's food?"
Sasuke asked.
"Hmm...... Haha, didn't I tell you? I'm a bard, and as a bard, I've been wandering around the world, collecting songs and poems for inspiration, so I haven't been back to Mondstadt for several years. ”
"Reasonable, right?"
"But you don't look big, do you?"
Sasuke continued to ask.
"Maybe it's because I look younger? Don't look at me like this, I'm an adult. ”
"Very suspicious."
Paimon also finds something suspicious.
"Oh! I remember that day when I was near Mondstadt, I saw you talking to the Storm Demon Dragon Dvalin, and then we ran into you, and you glared at us. ”
"Huh? Have it? ”
Wendy continues to play dumb.
"Hey! You don't have to pretend to have amnesia like this, right? ”
"Sasuke, do you remember that red crystal? It's the one left behind after Stormterror flew away, it looks dangerous, take it out and show it to him. ”
Sasuke took the crystal from his folded bag.
And after opening the cloth bag wrapped in the crystal, a red light flashed, and a ray of light burst out from the surface of the crystal, entering Sasuke's body.
It happened so suddenly that Sasuke simply didn't have time to stop it.
However, after this light entered Sasuke's body, it seemed that nothing had happened, but he felt that his eyes were a little itchy.
He rubbed his eyes, and the feeling disappeared.
The crystal, which had faded to red light, shone brightly in the night.
"Sasuke! Are you okay? ”
Paimon hurriedly flew to Sasuke's side, inspecting Sasuke's body up and down.
"I'm fine."
"Huh? Purified? ”
After Wendy saw Sasuke absorb the red light emitted by this crystal, he finally stopped having that cynical look and became a little serious.
"You know what this thing is?"
Sasuke asked.
"It's Dvalin......"
"These are Stormterror's tears from pain."
"Tears?"
Paimon wondered.
At this time, Wendy also took out a crystal from his pocket, but this crystal was still scarlet, although it was slightly lighter.
Wendy looked at the tears of this Stormterror and muttered to herself:
"It used to be a gentle child, but now it has become so sad and full of anger."
He handed the tear to Sasuke, and said in a slightly pleading tone:
"I have a drop of this too, can I trouble you to purify it?"