"I see."
Qiu Bai looked at Ayaka in front of him, rubbing his chin.
"But Mr. Qiu Bai, to be able to walk alongside the Shogun."
"This is truly quite surprising to me..."
Kamisato Ayaka looked at Qiu Bai in front of her, patting her chest as she spoke.
"Why be surprised..."
"Qiu Bai is the eighth deity of the mortal realm, Morcius."
"He is also an important person to me, and likewise the Immortal Lord from Liyue. Why would it be surprising for him to walk with me?"
Raiden Ei looked at the surprised Kamisato Ayaka in front of her.
Her somewhat naive face showed a hint of confusion as she waved her hand and explained.
Lumine: "..."
Paimon: "..."
Kamisato Ayaka: "..."
The air seemed to suddenly grow quiet.
Lumine and Paimon widened their eyes and mouths, staring at the confused-looking Raiden Ei.
They seemed unable to believe that Ei had just revealed Qiu Bai identity so casually.
Kamisato Ayaka looked at Qiu Bai in front of her with an even more shocked expression.
She truly had not expected that Mr. Qiu Bai, who had fought alongside them against the Vision Hunt Decree, was actually a deity!
And not just any deity, but one of Liyue two gods, the Immortal Lord who had once vanquished an ancient god with a single sword strike.
"What's wrong, did I say something incorrect?"
"Why do you all have such surprised expressions?"
Raiden Ei looked at Kamisato Ayaka, Lumine, and Paimon in front of her, all wearing shocked expressions.
Then she looked at Qiu Bai beside her, asking with confusion.
"..."
Qiu Bai looked at the confused Raiden Ei, the corner of his mouth twitching violently.
He hadn't expected that his cover would be blown so simply.
"Hehe..."
"By common reasoning, you indeed didn't say anything wrong."
Qiu Bai looked at the confused Raiden Ei in front of him, saying with a bitter smile.
"That's good."
"I thought I had said something inappropriate."
Raiden Ei looked at Qiu Bai in front of her, nodding with a smile.
"Ayaka, are you okay?"
Paimon flew in front of Kamisato Ayaka, then waved at Ayaka eyes, asking with concern.
"No, I'm fine."
"I just couldn't process it for a moment."
Kamisato Ayaka came back to her senses, patting her chest and letting out a long breath.
"Mr. Qiu Bai... Lord Qiu Bai."
"Please forgive me for my previous actions."
Kamisato Ayaka placed one hand on her chest, looking at Qiu Bai in front of her, speaking nervously.
Thinking back to her previous actions, she had actually asked a deity to help her oppose the Vision Hunt Decree.
A god, of which there are only eight in the entire mortal realm.
If it had provoked a battle between gods, it could have expanded into an issue between two nations.
It might even have triggered a war, which would have been a problem far beyond the level of the Vision Hunt Decree.
"Miss Ayaka, please continue to treat me as a friend."
"No need to call me Lord. Look at the Traveler and Paimon."
Qiu Bai looked at the nervous Ayaka in front of him, saying with a light smile.
"That's right, Ayaka, we're good friends with Qiu Bai!"
"We usually call him 'that guy' or 'the unserious one'."
Paimon looked at the nervous Kamisato Ayaka, saying with a smile.
"Ayaka, Qiu Bai is an approachable deity."
"Just treat him as an ordinary person."
Lumine looked at the nervous Kamisato Ayaka beside her, nodding with a smile.
Hearing this, Kamisato Ayaka turned her nervous gaze toward Qiu Bai in front of her.
She saw Qiu Bai handsome face bearing a gentle smile as he nodded to her.
"Whew..."
"Mr. Qiu Bai."
Kamisato Ayaka looked at Qiu Bai in front of her, exhaled and then nodded with a smile.
"Hehe."
"That solves the problem."
Paimon looked at everyone in front of her, happily stomping her foot.
Tomoki behind them, watching everyone, was nearly dying from nervousness.
The Shogun, the Shirasagi Himegimi, Mr. Qiu Bai, and the famous Traveler.
"Um, Shogun..."
"May I ask, do you still need me to introduce these snacks?"
Tomoki looked at Raiden Ei in front of him, asking in a crisp voice.
"Mm."
"Go ahead and introduce them."
Raiden Ei turned her head at the sound, looking at Tomoki behind the snack stall, nodding as she spoke.
"Here I sell various kinds of snacks."
"There are takoyaki, dango, and... uh, milk and such."
Tomoki looked at the food on the snack stall, introducing them one by one.
"Hmm... milk?"
"That sounds a bit strange."
Paimon looked at the various foods on the snack stall, spreading her small hands and saying somewhat oddly.
"What you call strange is actually my specialty."
"Because there are many long-established shops in the city, I can't compete with them no matter what I sell."
Tomoki rubbed his head, saying somewhat embarrassedly.
The gazes of the surrounding citizens were all on Tomoki snack stall.
Mr. Qiu Bai who eliminated the aura of evil gods, the Shogun, the Shirasagi Himegimi, and the famous Traveler.
They couldn't help but turn their attention there.
"So my approach is to create some new combinations."
"To give customers a fresh experience."
Tomoki said as he walked out from behind the snack stall.
"For example, what I recently developed is this dango milk."
"The dango has been made into a sticky state that mixes well with the milk."
Tomoki looked at the dozen or so ceramic bottles on the table and introduced them.
"The focus isn't just on taste."
"But also on the novel texture."
Tomoki looked at Qiu Bai and the others in front of him, explaining.
"Dango milk?"
"It sounds like something Thoma would come up with."
Kamisato Ayaka looked at the ceramic bottles in front of her, rubbing her chin and saying somewhat oddly.
"Dango plus milk..."
"Hmm, unheard of... why would you think of making it this way?"
Raiden Ei looked at the few ceramic bottles on the table, then turned her gaze to Tomoki, asking with some confusion.
"Ah, sorry, Shogun!"
"I don't have any objections to Eternity!"
Tomoki raised both hands over his head in fear, speaking nervously.
"I said there's no need for such formality, nor to be so terrified."
"Is the Eternity I seek something that could be shaken by dango and milk?"
Raiden Ei looked at Tomoki in front of her, frowning her beautiful brows, waving her hand as she spoke.
"Huh? Why does it feel like..."
"She's different from the Shogun in the rumors?"
Tomoki rubbed the back of his head, saying somewhat oddly in his heart.
"Hmm... this is quite interesting. Could I have two cups?"
Raiden Ei looked at Tomoki in front of her, then at Qiu Bai beside her, smiling as she spoke.
"The Shogun is interested?!"
"Yes, of course you can. Would you all like a cup too?"
Tomoki looked at Raiden Ei in front of him, saying with delight.
Then he took several ceramic bottles and poured the dango milk into cups one by one.
"Dango milk?"
Qiu Bai looked at the cup of dango milk in his hand, saying somewhat oddly.
Is this thing really that good to drink?
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