After Keqing finished her sword practice, quite a few people were already standing around the Training Grounds.
She casually let go of her sword, and it turned into points of light, vanishing into the air.
Walking over to Yanqing’s side, she took his hand, intending to go get some food.
On the way to eat, Keqing took out her jade message and called Qingque.
It rang for a good while before being hung up directly.
Looking at the disconnected jade message, Keqing thought Qingque should have woken up already, so she didn’t make a second call.
But the reality was…
last night, just as Keqing had said, Qingque had used her jade message to play jade marbles until the middle of the night.
As for Keqing’s reminder to set an alarm, she had already forgotten it the moment she put down her jade message.
Qingque had mistaken Keqing’s call this morning for the alarm she had set.
And with alarms, one never sets just one.
So by the time our Qingque actually woke up, she was about to be late for work.
As for why she woke up…
“So, you’ve only just gotten out of bed?” Keqing’s voice traveled through the jade message into Qingque’s ear.
“Little Qing, stop talking!
I’m going to be late for work!” Accompanying Qingque’s voice was the sound of someone rummaging through drawers and cabinets.
“Given the time, there’s no need for you to be in such a rush anymore.” Keqing glanced at the time and walked toward her workstation.
“How can I not be in a rush!
I’m late!” Following the sound of a door slamming, Keqing heard the sound of hurried footsteps.
“Exactly, you’re already late.
I told you last night that since I wasn’t home, you needed to set your alarm properly.” “In the end, you still played until the middle of the night.” “Waaaah, Little Qing!
I know I was wrong!
Stop lecturing me, I’m hanging up now.
If I get there early enough, maybe the Grand Diviner will forgive me.” With that, Qingque hung up the phone.
Keqing sighed somewhat helplessly.
After finishing her meal, she had wanted to call and ask if Qingque had eaten breakfast, but the first call was hung up immediately.
At that moment, Keqing felt something was off and had more or less guessed that Qingque hadn’t woken up yet.
It took two or three consecutive calls before Qingque finally answered.
Just when did Qingque start becoming so lazy?
Clearly, in the very beginning, Qingque would still get up on time.
When exactly did it turn into this?
Thinking this, Keqing sat down at her workstation.
As for Yanqing’s sword, Keqing had brought it along as well.
“Did you confiscate that child’s sword?” Qingque asked with some confusion after seeing the sword.
“Yes, he’s a bit too careless with his own body.
I confiscated the sword to make him take a day off.” Keqing nodded, placing the sword somewhere out of the way.
“What did he do to make you confiscate his sword?” “Sister Qingque, you should know that swordsmanship isn’t just about swinging a sword; to truly utilize it, one must pair it with Qi.” Keqing explained.
“That child has practiced Qi, but only barely.” “I showed him once how to condense Qi in the hand, and he actually figured it out and imitated it on his own.” “There’s no doubt he’s a genius, but if I hadn’t been beside him today, his hand would have been frozen to pieces at the very least.” “A genius without restraint becomes a fool.” “So you’re angry because of that,” Qingque said, sitting beside Keqing.
“You have to understand he’s still a child.
Jing Yuan doesn’t have time to teach him right now, so he can only figure things out for himself.” “It’s unavoidable.
Ultimately, almost no one here has experience raising a child.” “Don’t be angry anymore.
Since you think so highly of this child, wouldn’t it be fine if you taught him a little?” Keqing understood what Qingque was saying; she wanted her to look after the child…
“I’m not angry.
I just told him not to practice today and to take a good rest before continuing tomorrow.” “Also, Sister Qingque, some things still need to be taught by the General, because my Qi is different from his.” “So I can only teach him the basics.
If I were to teach him the things I’m familiar with, he wouldn’t be able to learn them anyway.” As Keqing spoke, she began processing the documents delivered by the mechanical birds.
“Mhm, I understand.
I’ll contact Jing Yuan during the noon break.” Qingque nodded and returned to her own seat.
Basically, no one in the Seat of Divine Foresight had ever raised a child.
Or rather, most people who got married would look for an easy job.
Although the role of Strategist in the Seat of Divine Foresight was considered relatively leisurely, they still had to go to the front lines occasionally.
One could say that the only person with experience raising a child was probably Keqing.
Of course, this was just the thought of some of them, because Qingque’s habits had long since spread from the Divination Commission to the Seat of Divine Foresight.
In their eyes, Qingque was also a child who hadn’t fully grown up.
She needed Keqing to wake her up every morning, and sometimes she would even act spoiled toward Keqing.
At night, Keqing sometimes had to remind her to sleep…
Looking at it this way, there wasn’t much difference between Keqing and someone raising a daughter who was about the same age as herself, right?
Especially the scene of Keqing calling Qingque on the jade message this morning—quite a few people had seen it.
And the tone Keqing used when speaking to Qingque was full of helplessness.
It reminded many people of their own worried parents at home.
Qingque’s reputation was getting worse and worse.
When it was time for lunch, Yanqing sat obediently beside Qingque, looking at the food in front of him without saying a word.
“I’ll give the sword back to you this afternoon.
You can find a Cloud Knight to learn how to maintain weapons, but still don’t practice your swordsmanship today.” Keqing paused before continuing, “Of course, if you want to practice Qi, that’s fine too, but dangerous actions are absolutely forbidden!” “You can train the intensity of your Qi, but don’t try to release it externally!” “Alright, Keqing, he’s already reflected on it all morning, so don’t say so much.” Qingque spoke up for Yanqing at this moment.
“Sister Qingque, if Qi isn’t practiced correctly, something really will go wrong.
This isn’t a small matter.” Keqing said with a frown.
“We’ve all practiced Qi.
If it’s attribute-less Qi, it’s not that harmful to the body; at most, it just causes some physical tearing.” “But Qi with an attribute is different.” As Keqing spoke, she placed her left hand in front of them.
“Like my Qi, its attribute is Lightning.
If I don’t deliberately control it…” Keqing demonstrated as she spoke.
After an electric arc flashed on her hand, a large scorched area appeared.
“Injuries caused by Qi aren’t that easy to recover from, especially when it’s your own Qi!” After speaking, Keqing placed the sword by Yanqing’s hand and left.
The scorched patch on her hand was recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye.
But even if the exterior was fine, a numbing sensation could still be felt.
This was also the reason she used her left hand for the demonstration.
If she had used her right, she wouldn’t have been able to complete her work quickly this afternoon.