After greeting Venti, Neo climbed onto Dvalin’s back on all fours.
“Hehe… a dragon… a dragon that feels so nice to touch…”
Neo lay on Dvalin’s neck like a pervert, stroking the white fluff beneath its neck with both hands.
“Hey, you can’t forget what you promised me. Remember to bring some Liyue specialty wine the next time you come to Mondstadt~”
Venti did not follow them up, but waved at Neo and reminded him.
Neo was extremely fond of Dvalin, so over the past two days he had asked Venti several times to let him ride the dragon again.
After asking Dvalin what it thought, Venti agreed.
“Hmph…”
Hearing Venti’s words, Neo had not even replied yet when Dvalin immediately spread its wings and flew into the air, clearly quite dissatisfied with Venti’s habit of drinking every day.
Meanwhile, Neo was still immersed in the excellent feel of the fluff around Dvalin’s neck and had not heard Venti’s reminder at all.
After flying above the clouds, Dvalin flew straight toward Liyue.
It did not need to take detours in the air, so it planned to enter Liyue from above Dragonspine.
However, when passing over Dragonspine, Dvalin slowed down slightly and descended from above the clouds, allowing Neo to look down at the scenery of Dragonspine.
Although Neo did not look at it at all, his attention was completely on its fur.
“That is where Durin sleeps.”
“You know it?”
When passing over Wyrmrest Valley in Dragonspine, Dvalin glanced at the giant dragon bones below and suddenly asked Neo.
After all, Neo had mentioned Durin before.
“Uh… I only know another Durin. He had a similar experience to the Durin below, but the outcome was different.”
“You’ll get to know him later too.”
Neo was not surprised that Dvalin could speak.
Coming back to his senses, he stopped acting like a pervert, sat up on its back, and scratched his own head.
He knew that the Durin he was talking about should still be sleeping in the fairy-tale kingdom right now.
“Then which of us do you think looks better?”
Dvalin continued flying forward, asking as if casually.
“?”
“…I need something from you right now, so of course you look better.”
Neo had not expected Dvalin to care so much about this topic.
After his eyes shifted slightly, he spoke with a serious expression.
“That answer is too perfunctory.”, Dvalin was clearly dissatisfied.
“Then who do you like more, me or Venti?”, Neo could only ask in return.
He really did not want to answer this question.
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Although Durin would probably think Dvalin looked better too.
“…”
Faced with Neo’s question, Dvalin fell silent.
“I prefer Barbatos when he doesn’t drink and actually gets things done. I don’t like that drunkard.”, Only after a moment of silence did Dvalin speak.
“Alright, then I also think you look better. Hehe, your fur looks much nicer to touch than Durin’s…”
Since Dvalin had answered, Neo could only give his own answer as well.
Then he lay back down and continued enjoying his last chance to touch Dvalin’s fur before returning to Liyue.
After all, it flew very fast, so they would reach their destination before long.
“Five hundred years ago, before he went to Khaenri’ah, he tricked me into drinking so much. Back then…”
Dvalin did not want to continue the previous topic either, instead taking the initiative to talk about what had happened back then to express its dissatisfaction with Venti.
As for Neo touching its fur, although it felt a little itchy, it did not really mind.
Neo also chatted with Dvalin while continuing to touch its fur.
However, Dvalin flew very quickly.
After only a few sentences, the two had already entered Liyue territory.
After dropping Neo off on the road around Guili Plains, Dvalin said goodbye to Neo and returned to Mondstadt along the same route.
At this time, Venti was still hugging a wine bottle and lazily lying on the grass beneath the large tree at Windrise, taking an afternoon nap.
“Looks like you have the same feeling as me. The aura of a wind spirit… could it be my brother or sister?”
After Dvalin landed, Venti finally sat up and spoke in confusion.
When Neo first used the Rejuvenating Monsoon, Venti had already had this feeling, which was why he had shown a surprised expression at the time.
After being dropped off by Dvalin, Neo followed the main road through Guili Plains toward Liyue Harbor.
After walking for a while, Neo suddenly noticed a girl walking toward him.
She was a girl with short dark-blue hair and golden eyes.
The two locks of hair behind her head were tied into braids, and the braids were tied into two loops that looked like bows at first glance.
The girl’s outfit was mainly black, yellow, and red, completely revealing her energetic thighs.
This person was Xiangling, the chef of Wanmin Restaurant.
However, she was carrying large and small bags of luggage on her back now, seemingly planning to travel far away.
“Yo, isn’t this Chef Xiangling? Where are you headed?”
Neo raised his hand and greeted Xiangling as she walked toward him, acting as if they were very familiar.
There was nothing strange about a Liyue resident knowing Xiangling, so there was no need to pretend.
However, Xiangling clearly did not know Neo.
But Wanmin Restaurant had so many customers normally, and it was not impossible for her not to recognize some of the customers who had visited, so she quickly recovered.
“Hehe, I’m planning to go to Mondstadt to collect rare ingredients and develop some new dishes. I’ve heard for a long time that there are lots of good ingredients over there~”, Xiangling stopped and explained to Neo.
“I see. I just came back from there. I recommend taking a look around Qingce Village. The meat there is pretty famous. I won’t disturb you any longer, Chef Xiangling. I need to get going too.”
Hearing Xiangling’s answer, Neo casually replied and waved at her.
“Really? Then I’ll go take a look there right away!”
Xiangling’s eyes lit up.
She also waved at Neo before quickening her pace toward Stone Gate.
“If that’s the case, it looks like it’ll still be a while before the Traveler comes to Liyue. The Rite of Descension is still several days away.”
“I can get some proper rest these days… though I think I’m out of money…”
Neo muttered.
He had deliberately struck up a conversation with Xiangling to confirm whether she was going to Mondstadt.
Since Xiangling had only just set off for Mondstadt, that meant it would still be another day or two before she met the Traveler.
He had not returned to Liyue for too long, so he was not very familiar with the exact date of the Rite of Descension.
After learning about Xiangling’s situation, he felt somewhat relieved.
Afterward, Neo quickened his pace and finally passed through Liyue’s gates and bridges, entering Liyue Harbor.
Liyue’s style was completely different from Snezhnaya and Mondstadt.
In Neo’s eyes, it was as if he had traveled from a “fantasy world” back into an “ancient world.”
The familiar-style pavilions and towers made Neo stop and look around for quite a while along the way.
Some of the bustling people on the road also noticed Neo’s strange behavior, but they did not pay much attention to it.
After a long while, Neo finally came back to his senses.
He had been transmigrated for eighteen years, spending ten years in Snezhnaya.
The other eight years had actually been spent in Liyue.
Although a long time had passed, he still remembered the home of the family that had once taken him in.
After asking around, Neo turned onto the bustling Feiyun Slope and finally found his destination in an alley near the border between Feiyun Slope and Chihu Rock.
“Oh my~ Esteemed guest, are you here for a meal or a room?”
Before Neo could walk over, a brown-haired girl with low twin tails and a hat, who happened to be standing at the entrance, took the initiative to approach him, clasping her hands in front of her chest as she asked.
This alley was rather secluded.
Anyone who came in here must have only one destination in mind.
“…”
Hearing her question, Neo could not help raising his head and looking at the signboard above the entrance ahead.
[Wangsheng Funeral Parlor]
‘Is this a place where you could get a meal or a room?!’