HLnovel Chapter 255 Sudden Earthquake
Chapter 255 Sudden Earthquake
Chapter 255 The Sudden Earthquake
Seeing Clorind's dejected appearance, Qiuhe offered some words of comfort, and then Faliande spoke with a slight smile: "Since Miss Clorind has already woken up..."
Let's keep going then. After all, the view from the mountaintop is much more beautiful than here, and who knows, we might even find some treasure along the way!
Hearing this, no one spoke. Qiuhe, holding Claurind, remained silent. "Claurind just woke up. Let's warm up here for a while."
"Adventures don't grow legs and run away." Hearing that even Navia, who was most eager for adventure, had said this, Faliande remained silent with his kind smile.
After sitting silently by the fire for a while, Qiuhe slowly stood up. "Navia, please take care of Clarind and Yura. I'm not very familiar with the terrain of the snow mountain."
"Come with me to see if we can find any ingredients nearby to make a thick vegetable stew for Clarind." Yura nodded after hearing this.
"Oh, right, Navia, give me one of those selfies of yours from before." Navia, though still a little confused, took a photo out of her backpack.
After receiving the photo, Akikawa and Yura went elsewhere to find ingredients. When the two had strayed quite a distance from the group, Akikawa looked back to make sure no one was around.
Then he suddenly turned to Yura and asked, "Yura, every time you mention Faliande, I feel like your emotions are very complicated."
"Can you tell me why?" Yura's expression visibly changed upon hearing Qiuhe's question, and she remained silent for a short while...
He then answered this question, "I don't know how to face her, or how to talk to her or get along with her."
"why?"
"...You should be able to see Falcon's feelings for Amber, right? When he first came to Mondstadt, he wasn't just this kind of person to Amber."
He was very kind to both me and Jean. Amber and Jean were both very naive. They only felt that Farrar treated them like friends.
But I could see the meaning behind her kind approach.” Qiuhe frowned slightly upon hearing this. “And then?”
"After that, Qin was quite busy with training and didn't have much time to contact Falcon, but their relationship was still quite harmonious. As for Amber, she didn't have much to do usually."
I was always playing outside, but after Falcon came to Mondstadt, there was one more person in our playtime. Every time we played outside...
Falcon always expressed his intense love for Amber from time to time, including me. Although I knew what he meant, in Amber's eyes...
Falcon is like a caring and gentle older brother. Amber has also told me how much she likes Falcon, and there were a few times when I was out alone...
I don't know why, but monsters keep appearing in places where they usually don't appear. I can handle the smaller Hilichurls.
But sometimes I even encounter Hilichurl Kings that appear out of nowhere, and every time I'm in danger, Falcon Deity suddenly appears to protect me.
And every time, she would gently ask me if I was hurt. As Yura said this, she gently took Qiuhe's hand and said firmly:
"But I assure you, I have absolutely no feelings for him in that way. ... So, every time he talks to me, or when someone around us mentions him..."
"I don't even know how to say it." After hearing this, Qiuhe fell into deep thought and slowly stopped in her tracks. Seeing Qiuhe standing still...
Yura stopped in her tracks, looking at Qiuhe who seemed to be deep in thought, wondering what he was thinking. After a short while,
Qiuhe slowly raised his head to look at Yura. "Yura, wait for me here. I'm going to get something, I'll be right back." Yura looked puzzled.
"But the snow mountain is so big, and you're not familiar with the terrain here. Wherever you want to go, we can go together."
Qiuhe simply smiled gently. "Although I'm not very familiar with the terrain here, didn't we first meet in the snowy mountains?"
"I know some of the way. Just wait for me here, I'll be right back. Don't worry, I'll be fine." Seeing this, Yura said no more.
Qiuhe also strode away into the distance. Watching Qiuhe's receding figure, Yura suddenly felt a sense of emptiness welling up inside her.
He then sat down on a nearby rock, head bowed, waiting silently. After a long while, Qiuhe returned, carrying a large bag of things.
"Let's go, Yura. I've gotten some ingredients; this should be enough." Seeing Qiuhe return, Yura slowly stood up.
Qiuhe then noticed that Yura was wearing a necklace. After thinking for a few seconds, Qiuhe slowly asked, "Yura, who gave you this necklace?"
Upon hearing this, Yura slowly reached into her underwear and retrieved the pendant. "It wasn't given to me by anyone; it's just an ordinary crystal necklace."
After hearing this, Qiuhe asked again, "Then, Yura, could I borrow this necklace for a while?" Yura still looked puzzled.
Unable to understand what Akikawa was trying to do, Yura seemed to suddenly realize something; her eyes lit up, and a slight blush rose to her cheeks.
Then Yura slowly removed the necklace from her neck and personally placed it around Qiuhe's neck, speaking with a gentle smile:
"Really, alright then, consider it a keepsake for Qiuhe. In the future, when you leave Mondstadt, whenever you see this necklace..."
"You must remember me." Qiuhe looked at the pendant around her neck after hearing this. "Then, Yura, you must also remember that the person wearing this pendant is me."
"I will absolutely not take this pendant off." Yura nodded, blushing slightly, upon hearing this. Finally, Qiuhe led Yura back to the group.
As they approached the campfire, Qiuhe opened the bag, and everyone discovered that it contained several pieces of meat, as well as radishes and tomatoes.
As Qiuhe took out a small knife from the bag again, chopped the ingredients, and put them into the pot to stew,
He then took out several bowls from the bag. Navia looked at the bowl-shaped wooden objects with a puzzled expression, picked them up and examined them closely, but still couldn't figure out what they were.
"Brother Leyi, what is this?" Qiuhe slowly lifted the pot from the campfire and poured the contents into the wooden bowls. "These are bowls."
"These knives and bowls, used for eating, were found in a nearby cave. Judging by how new this bowl is, it's probably never been used." Navia looked puzzled.
At first, she did think it looked like a bowl. But she didn't think of it that way; after all, in her mind, bowls should be made of porcelain. Navia also hadn't expected that wood could be used as a bowl.
Qiuhe picked up a bowl of thick vegetable and meat stew and handed it to Clarinde. "Clarinde, have some of this. This stew will help warm you up."
"Everyone, please have some." Clarinde took the stew, and after taking a sip, a warm current swept over every part of her body.
After setting down the bowl, Claude exhaled a long breath of hot air. "Mmm. It's delicious. Several times better than Master's radish soup,"
After the group had drunk the stewed meat soup and rested by the campfire for a while, Navia's camera returned to normal operation.
After patting the pot of leftover stew a couple of times, a warm smile, like the afternoon sun, slowly returned to their faces. Finally, the group continued their journey towards the snow-capped mountain.
Throughout the ascent, Qiuhe kept a close eye on Faliande ahead, and as the group continued their journey, they eventually arrived at the old camp of the Snow Burial Capital.
Looking at the abandoned cylindrical building before her, Navia glanced to the side and spotted a long platform, upon which...
A statue of the wind god stood tall and straight. Navia ran towards the platform, and from there, she could see the entirety of Mondstadt.
"Wow! Look, Brother Leyi! We can see the whole of Mondstadt from here, even though it's a bit blurry. But look, isn't that Mondstadt over there?"
Qiuhe came to the side and nodded in the direction Navia was pointing. "Yes, that should be Mondstadt." Navia picked up her camera and captured the beautiful scenery below the mountainside.
Just as she turned back to record the scene halfway up the mountain, something suddenly flashed in front of her, catching Navia's attention. Somewhat puzzled, Navia put down her camera.
After taking two steps forward and reaching the circular opening in the middle of the abandoned building, Navia discovered that there was a huge cave in front of her.
The light emanated from the cave.
Seeing the light shimmering inside the cave, Navia beamed with joy. "Brother Leyi, Brother Leyi, look! Look!"
"There's a huge cave here, and it's glowing inside! There must be treasure inside!" Navia shouted with joy, then excitedly ran towards the cave.
Akikawa quickened his pace and caught up. "Hey, Navia, don't run so fast, and don't just pop into every cave you see!"
"We don't know if there are any dangers in this unfamiliar cave, we can't just wander in recklessly." Clorind, who was closest to Navia, ran up and took her hand.
But as she grabbed Navia, the two of them had already stepped into the cave, followed by Falid, while Qiuhe, Yura, and Amber followed behind.
Just as they approached the cave entrance, a sudden earthquake struck Dragonspine Snow Mountain. Feeling the violent tremor, Yura and Amber almost lost their footing.
Just as the two were about to fall, Akikawa hurriedly caught them. Yura, who was half-falling, looked up at the mountaintop and suddenly her eyes widened.
"Qiuhe, watch out!" Yura shouted, pushing Qiuhe aside with all her might while also hugging him. Amber dodged to the side.
Just as the three parted to the sides, a gigantic Hilichurl Frost Armored King plummeted from a great height like a meteorite crashing down on the spot where the three had just been standing.