Inquirer of Teyvat

Chapter 553 Escape and Face

As the wanderers take their seats,
No one treats him as an outsider,
Especially Xingqiu, who rushed to the back kitchen in a hurry, and specially notified Xiangling and Wang Daoyi that a new friend was coming, and the amount of dishes should be increased by one person.

Wang Daoyi and Xiangling were a little dumbfounded. When did the portion of Wanmintang's food become less?

After the two of them finished their lunch, Wang Dao walked out of the back kitchen with the dishes in his hand.

Then I saw a homeless man in simple but gorgeous clothes surrounded by everyone,

Everyone was very curious about this unnamed person and asked him various questions.

Although the wanderer kept smiling, his heart was almost overwhelmed.
He wandered all the way, met bad people and good people, but this was the first time he saw such a passionate scene like today.

He was a little overwhelmed by everyone's enthusiasm.

"Okay, let's make room, the food is served."

Wang Daoyi angrily dispersed the crowd and saved the homeless man's life, "Xingqiu, Chongyun, go help serve the dishes."

Putting the dishes in his hand on the table, Wang Daoyi handed the dish in his hand to Xingqiu who was at the side, and sat down next to the homeless man unceremoniously.

"I really didn't expect that I would meet you first."

Wang Daoyi looked at the handsome face of the homeless man, and said amusedly.

The wanderer was stunned, his eyes turned to Wang Daoyi, his brows were slightly raised, and he was a little confused: "We... know each other?"

Wang Daoyi smiled: "I'm a little surprised to see your pure white side in reality."

Wang Daoyi once saw Baisan in the time frame, but the wanderer in front of him is purer than the Baisan in the time frame.

The one in front of him is as pure and clean as a piece of white paper, without any ink marks on it.

The homeless man frowned: "You know me?"

He just rummaged through the memories in his mind, but he didn't have any impression of the 'chef' in front of him.

Wang Daoyi said with a smile: "Of course, I know you, but what should I call you now? Stranger? Or something else?"

For the homeless, Wang Daoyi didn't have much malice. The other party didn't have any memories of the stragglers. It was just a piece of pure white paper. It was not an act of relief to pour out the malice towards the stragglers.

Therefore, the wanderer did not feel any malice from the 'cook' in front of him, but felt a trace of 'goodwill'.

Hearing Wang Dao utter the title of "The Stranger", the wanderer froze for a moment, and immediately realized that this "chef" really knew his origin.

'Qingqizhe' is what Daozuma calls people who are dressed strangely.

The vagrants are from Daozuma.

"Call me a wanderer, along the way, many people have called me that." Said the wanderer.

Wang Dao smiled: "A wanderer? You still haven't found your home yet."

Although the wanderer in front of him has no memory of a straggler, in some places, he is surprisingly similar to a straggler.

None of them found where they belonged.

The homeless man wanted to say something, but Wang Daoyi waved his hand and interrupted him.

"Let's eat first. Since we're here at Wanmin Hall, let's try the handicrafts here. If there's anything else, we'll talk about it after dinner."

Now that Bai San has appeared in front of him, Wang Daoyi will not let it go,

However, he is not in a hurry, at least, not short of a meal.

With the help of Xingqiu and Chongyun to bring out the dishes one by one,

The tangy fragrance has already echoed in the lobby.

When Xiangling washed her hands and came out, everyone at the table was already salivating.

"They're all Wanmintang's signature dishes, as well as some creative dishes. Don't be too polite, everyone, let's start."

Xiangling greeted everyone.

The host has already spoken, so everyone is naturally impolite, picking up chopsticks one by one to taste.

Compared with Dadalia who came from Zhidong, the people from Sumeru are proficient in using chopsticks, and they don't look like outsiders at all.

And the homeless people are more proficient in using chopsticks than Xumi, it can be seen that Inazuma and Liyue are indeed in the same line when it comes to eating utensils.

At the dinner table, Wang Daoyi also introduced Xiangling's new friend, the wanderer,

Knowing that the homeless came to Wanmintang for dinner, Xiangling showed a welcoming smile and beckoned the homeless to eat more.

Finally, under Xiangling's expectant gaze, the homeless man commented on the dishes of Wanmintang: "It's delicious."

He wasn't a very eloquent person.

However, Xiangling doesn't mind, the word 'delicious' is the best compliment a diner can give a chef.

After dinner,

People lay dead bodies on chairs,

Lying down for a while after eating is the most comfortable life.

Of course, some people don't want to lie down,

For example, the wanderer looked at Wang Daoyi. Although he tried his best to conceal it, he still couldn't hide his curiosity.

Starting from Daoqi, he wandered all the way, met many people, and saw many things,
But Wang Daoyi is the first person who can tell his origin,
The most important thing is that I obviously don't know this 'chef', but the other party says they know each other.

This made the wanderer very, very curious.

"It can be seen that you are very curious." Wang Daoyi still had a faint smile, and then looked around at the people who were resting after eating and drinking, "But, are you sure you want to talk here?"

The homeless man was taken aback for a moment, and then realized that his secret should not be revealed in public.

Showing an apologetic expression: "Sorry, is there a more private place here?"

Seeing the apology on the opponent's face, Wang Daoyi was a little funny, when the straggler was about to be killed by him, he never showed such an apologetic expression,
But the homeless showed it subconsciously,

It has to be said that the wanderer in front of him is indeed more likable than the straggler.

"Come on, let's go to the backyard."

Wang Dao greeted the wanderer, then turned around and said to the resting crowd, "I'll go chat with the wanderer, you guys rest first, and you'll be back to Xumi in a while."

Others looked at Wang Daoyi and the wanderer curiously,
Did they know Wang Daoyi's identity? It's probably not easy for this wanderer to attract Wang Daoyi's attention.

Especially Xingqiu, he 'picked up' someone at random, but he didn't expect that it was all related to Wang Daoyi.

"Tsk tsk tsk, the gods are so busy~" Xingqiu complained, and then he closed his eyes and rested without thinking too much.

The others also withdrew their gazes, not looking at Wang Daoyi, the god.

Take the homeless to the backyard,
Wang Daoyi pointed to the stone bench in the yard,
"sit down."

The vagrant followed suit and sat down directly.

"I can tell from your eyes that you do know me, but I don't have any memory." The wanderer's tone was sincere.

Wang Dao nodded: "I know you are from Dao Wife, and I also know that you are a puppet."

The wanderer's eyes shook: "You really know me, you know this kind of secret that I almost never tell others."

"You call yourself a wanderer because you haven't found your roots yet?" Wang Daoyi changed the topic.

The wanderer suppressed his curiosity: "Yes, although I have experienced a lot along the way, but when I think about it carefully, those people and stories are not mine, so, compared to other Shugenzhe, I prefer to call myself For the homeless."

"Are you sure you want to find your roots?" Wang Dao asked with a warning in his tone.

The wanderer's eyes flashed, and he heard the meaning of Wang Daoyi's words: "My past, the past that I have forgotten, is not good, is it?"

Wang Dao nodded slightly: "Rather than saying it's bad, it should be called—crime!"

"Sin!!" The wanderer was shocked. He once thought about his roots, good and bad, happy and sad, but he never thought that his past was sinful.

After all, judging from the wanderer's current temperament, it is difficult for him to imagine that he would hurt others.

"Yes, sin, you once committed an almost unforgivable sin." Wang Daoyi confirmed what he just said very formally, and then looked into the eyes of the homeless again, "Then, now you still want to find the root of that crime ?"

The wanderer is silent,

He has been wandering, just to find his roots,
But now, a person suddenly appeared and told him that his past was sinful.

This sudden news made the homeless a little unbelievable,
But the puppet's perception told him that Wang Daoyi did not lie, and everything the other party said was true.

Watching the wanderer fall into silence, Wang Daoyi did not urge him.

Just picked up the teapot on the stone table and poured myself a cup,
The decoration in the courtyard was decorated by Wang Daoyi according to the decoration of Zhongli courtyard.

There are stone tables and benches, as well as teapots and cups.

However, the tea here is not as good as the tea at Zhongli's.

Although Wanmintang has some status in Liyue, the best tea from Qiaoyingzhuang is still not available here.

After tasting the bitter tea in his mouth, Wang Daoyi frowned slightly,

Although he knew it was bad, Wang Daoyi still poured out the tea in the pot, then took out some tea leaves from the Chenge pot, and brewed a pot of tea again.

These tea leaves were brought by him from Zhongli, Liyue's top tea leaves.

I poured myself a new cup of tea,

Wang Daoyi took a sip, feeling the fresh fragrance reappearing between his lips and teeth, and nodded in satisfaction.

It's all the emperor's fault, he has spoiled his own taste, and I really can't drink ordinary tea.

Wang Daoyi was thinking about when he would go to Dijun's place to order some tea.
Across from him, the Wanderer recovered from the silence.

I raised my head again, and there was a trace of determination in my eyes: "Your Excellency, no matter what mistakes I made back then, I am willing to get back that memory. May I ask... what price will I have to pay?"

He thought for a long time, he had been wandering for a long time in order to find his roots, to find that sense of belonging,

Now that there is a clue, even if the final answer is not a good one, he is still willing to accept it.

After all, what an unintentional puppet needs most is that sense of belonging.

He wanted to know what he was, where he came from, and where he was going.

Sipping a sip of tea, feeling the sweetness after the bitterness, Wang Daoyi smiled: "It's a good choice, since your answer is to bear, then go to Sumeru with me, your story needs the little auspicious grass king s help."

The homeless man nodded immediately without hesitation: "Okay."

Since he chose to accept his past, he would not hesitate.

Pour out the last tea in the teapot,

A twinkle of distress flashed in his eyes,
There is not much tea of ​​this grade in his dust song pot.
gulp down,

"Let's go, everyone is still waiting outside."

"It's not right for you to drink tea just now. It's like drinking from a cow. It's not considered tea tasting."

"Do you still know how to drink tea?"

"Understood, the nobles of Daozuma also like tea very much."

"Heh, everyone tastes tea differently, but I like drinking tea with cattle."

Wang Daoyi would never admit that he felt sorry for the last bit of tea, so he drank it all in one gulp.

The two left the backyard and returned to the lobby,
After resting for a while, the people who were full of wine and food became active again.
Probably because Wang Daoyi spent too long communicating with the homeless,
Sai Nuo and Xing Qiu played another set of Summoning of the Seven Saints, and the others were watching.

Seeing Wang Daoyi and the wanderer coming out, Tinari waved: "Are you done chatting?"

Wang Dao nodded: "Almost, this guy will go back to Sumeru with us."

Then he turned his head to look at Sano: "How long will you take this one?"

Sai Nuo didn't raise his head: "Immediately."

Soon, Sai Nuo cast eight colors with eight-sided dice, and Xing Qiu directly took them down.

Senuo's face was pale, with despair on his face: "No, no, no, how is this possible."

Xingqiu smiled at the side: "Your Excellency Sa Nuo, your luck is really outrageous."

Eight dice cast eight colors,

The friends watching all cast sympathetic eyes on Sano.

Wang Daoyi twitched the corners of his mouth, holding back a smile: "Let's go, let's go, if you hang on, it's time for dinner."

Then he nodded to Xiangling, and Xiangling smiled back.

The two agreed in the kitchen just now that Wang Daoyi would come back often, so Xiangling would not be sad.

So Xu Mi's group and Li Yue's friends bid farewell one by one, and finally followed Wang Daoyi into the Earth Vein Shuttle Passage.

……

Sumeru, outside the city of Sumeru,

A faint blue leyline channel emerges,

Several figures stepped out of it,

"Are you going to the Academy with me, or what?" Wang Daoyi turned to look at Tinari and the others.

Tinari shook his head: "Ke Lai and I went back to Huacheng. After leaving for so long, the rangers probably have a lot of things to do."

Ke Lai did not speak, she naturally followed Tinari.

Sai Nuo also shook his head: "My vacation is not over yet, I don't need to go back to the Holy Order, I'll just go for a stroll outside, you can go by yourself."

Now Sano doesn't want to go back to the Holy Order, nor does he want to play cards, just to calm down.

The scene of eight dice with eight colors just now still hurt his heart.

After listening to the arrangement of several people, Wang Daoyi didn't care, and nodded: "Okay, then I will take the homeless to find Naxida, you can do what you want."

With that said, he turned around and waved to the homeless: "Let's go."

The wanderer didn't speak, but just followed Wang Daoyi's footsteps.

The two soon entered Sumeru City,
Looking at the novel scenes around him, the homeless looked curious.

He had been wandering in Daozhu Liyue before, and it was the first time for Sumi to come here.

At the entrance of the Adventurers Association,
"There are fruit sellers in Baoshang Street ahead, do you want to sell some?" Wang Daoyi asked suddenly.

Homeless: "I'm not hungry."

"Who told you to eat, you come to ask someone to do something, and you don't bring any gifts?" Wang Daoyi said with a half-smile.

The homeless man was slightly taken aback: "This...do I need to bring a gift too?"

Wang Daoyi nodded solemnly: "That's for sure, otherwise, if you have no relatives and no reason, why should the little auspicious grass king help you?"

The wanderer thought for a while, and felt that what Wang Daoyi said seemed very reasonable.

However, he touched his pocket, and the thin touch told the homeless that he had no money.

The homeless looked helpless, and then clapped his hands: "I have no money."

Of course Wang Daoyi knew he had no money.

A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Then go and pick some yourself, I will wait for you here."

The wanderer looked at Wang Daoyi, and felt that the other party wanted to distract him, but he didn't show his doubts, he just nodded: "Okay."

Then turned away.

After the wanderer left, Catherine, who had been looking at this place, suddenly asked, "So, is this the modified skirmisher?"

Wang Dao nodded: "It seems that you have already found out the changes in the world tree."

'Catherine': "Well, the traveler came out of the world tree before and told me about the stragglers. Although I have no memory, I still found clues from the world tree, which can prove that the stragglers really existed .”

Wang Dao nodded: "I will go to Jingshan Palace later, and I will give you the memory about the stragglers."

'Catherine' smiled: "Okay, then I'll go back first."

Before Wang Daoyi could respond, Catherine's eyes were dazed for a moment, and then she regained consciousness: "Strange, it seems that a memory has disappeared. Is it a malfunction?"

Catherine, who felt that she had a problem, began to want to contact the maintenance personnel.

On the side, Wang Daoyi smiled, since Nasida regained her complete freedom, she has not used Catherine's body for a long time.

Did not care about Catherine's doubts,

Wang Daoyi looked at the figure coming back not far away,
The wanderer is holding some melons and fruits in his hands, most of which are wild fruits of Sumeru.

He carefully communicated with the stall owner on the side of the road, and then used the last Mora to buy a bag and put the melons and fruits in it.

Joyfully ran to Wang Daoyi's side: "Your Excellency, I have prepared a gift, let's go."

Wang Dao glanced at the fruit in his hand, and sighed inwardly,

Wanderers will believe Wang Daoyi's casual gift-giving words,

I will even believe that fruits can be used to give gifts to the little auspicious grass king,

This kind of thing that normal people would not believe, but the homeless did not have much doubt.

Today's homeless, even if they have been homeless for a long time,

But like pure white paper, people can't help but want to paint.

"How did such pure white paper get twisted into the appearance of skirmishers?"

"Tsk tsk tsk, doctor and buffoon, these two are really dirty."

Wang Daoyi sighed slightly in his heart.

Then he waved to the homeless, turned around and walked towards the holy tree steps.

"Let's go, Naxida is waiting for us in Jingshan Palace."

(End of this chapter)