“This is the gift I wanted to give you!” Amber somehow produced two pairs of gray wings.
“People use these to move through the air.
I brought you up to a high place because of this.” “This thing can make people fly?” Lumine asked curiously.
“Of course not.
It just lets you glide down from high places,” Amber shook her head, then looked at them eagerly.
“So?
Want to give it a try?” “Then…
let’s try it.” Lumine looked quite interested, but for some reason, Stelle began to hesitate.
Amber immediately demonstrated how to use the wind glider.
She leapt down from a high point, spread the wings midair, and then slowly descended.
The whole sequence was smooth and practiced—she was clearly very experienced.
“That’s it!
You two give it a try!” Amber waved up at them from below and called out.
“Stelle, why don’t you go first?” Since they were both beginners, flying together might be risky.
If they collided, it would be a disaster, so Lumine deliberately let her go first.
“Uh, I…” Stelle looked at the wind glider in her hands, recalling Amber’s movements, her expression hesitant.
She wasn’t actually afraid of heights.
Falling from this height wouldn’t cause her much harm.
But for some reason, her heart kept pounding.
“Stelle, you’re not afraid of heights, are you?” Paimon teased when she saw her standing still.
“Who’s afraid of heights!
I’m just recalling what Amber did!” Stelle immediately snapped back.
Getting mocked by Lumine was one thing—but by you, emergency food?
Stelle quickly climbed onto the small platform.
Looking at Amber waving at her below, she couldn’t help swallowing.
“…” After a moment of silence, Stelle turned around.
“Lumine, if you ever leave this world in the future and come across a train traveling through the stars, please tell the people on it that I love them.” Her face was filled with resolve.
“Uh…
is that a last message?” Paimon blinked, taking a moment to process what Stelle meant.
“That’s a bit much!” Lumine complained.
Even if she fell from this height, nothing serious would happen.
Besides, Amber was below to catch her.
“Then…
here I go.
Hoo—” Stelle took a deep breath.
She looked up at the sky, then down at Amber in the distance.
“Though my life is short…
wah?!” Before she could finish, a sudden gust of wind struck from behind, blowing her straight off.
She was pretty sure Lumine had something to do with it, but she had no time to dwell on that.
She quickly followed Amber’s example and spread her wind glider midair.
And then…
Everything went smoothly.
She landed steadily beside Amber without any accidents.
“Huh?” Stelle looked up in confusion.
The unease deep within her hadn’t disappeared after landing—instead, it grew stronger.
“Stelle, are you alright?” Amber asked with concern.
Stelle had executed everything perfectly, with no mistakes, and landed safely.
Yet she looked as if she had been scared senseless.
“I-I’m fine,” Stelle said, touching her smooth gray hair, also a bit confused.
“Are you really okay?” Amber asked again, still worried.
Her concern was clearly genuine, Stelle could feel that—but…
wasn’t she standing a bit too close?
“I’m really fine.
Look, Lumine is coming down,” Stelle quickly said, shifting Amber’s attention away from herself.
High above, Lumine followed Stelle’s example, opening her wind glider and gliding smoothly through the air.
However, Stelle’s unease intensified with Lumine’s movements.
The moment Lumine landed, Stelle’s pupils shrank.
“Watch out!” The sky turned pitch black, and fierce winds raged all around.
Stelle stood there blankly, not fleeing with the scattered Mondstadt citizens.
She stared at the sky, momentarily speechless.
Lumine actually possessed such powerful strength.
Was this also achieved through Anemo?
“Stelle!
Are you alright?!” Amber, who had just finished directing the citizens to evacuate, ran over with a worried expression.
“I’m fine, but Lumine…” Amber also looked up.
Lumine was fighting a giant dragon in midair, using the wind glider she had just obtained minutes ago.
Light kept shooting from Lumine toward the dragon—whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
“Is that Lumine’s power?
That’s amazing…” Amber said in astonishment.
“Yeah.” Stelle nodded.
She couldn’t use the elemental power of this world, relying only on her own Pathstrider strength.
So she didn’t fully understand the Anemo power surrounding Lumine, but it felt incredibly powerful.
There was nothing they could do now except wait anxiously on the ground.
Fortunately, they weren’t left in suspense for long—and the outcome was good.
Lumine slowly descended and landed in front of them.
“Are you okay?!” Stelle rushed over, looking her up and down.
“Th-thank you, I’m fine,” Lumine said quickly, her cheeks flushing as she saw Stelle so close.
At the same time, she subtly stepped back half a step.
The pull she felt toward Stelle was far too strong.
She needed to keep some distance.
“Lumine, you’re amazing.
Just now—” Amber ran over, but before she could finish, a round of clap clap clap applause interrupted her.
They immediately turned toward the source.
A dark-skinned man with an eyepatch was walking toward them.
“To possess the power to battle a dragon…
are you our guest, or a new storm?” the man spoke slowly.
Stelle felt a slight tension.
This man didn’t seem simple.
“Kaeya!” Amber greeted him.
“Amber, could you introduce these friends to me?” Kaeya asked gently.
“Mm.
Stelle, Lumine—this is Kaeya, our cavalry captain,” Amber nodded and quickly introduced both sides.
“And these three are travelers from afar.” “Oh?
Only from afar…?” Kaeya’s words made Stelle tense up.
The two of them hadn’t hidden their identities from each other, but they also hadn’t explained their origins in detail to the locals.
Fortunately, Kaeya didn’t press further.
Instead, he performed a graceful knight’s salute.
“Welcome to Mondstadt.
Though unfortunately, it is at such an inconvenient time.”