King Ember's Journey to Tevat

Chapter 94 Dandelions and Freedom
"Goodbye."

"Bye-Bye."

On the outskirts of Liyue, Ember led Catherine and Yelan to separate at a fork in the road.

Once the negotiations were over, the puppet ended the ascent and returned control to Catherine.The puppet controlled by the rich man was burned directly after his consciousness returned.

Ember looked at Catherine who followed behind him, and asked, "Miss Catherine, what is your job in Liyue?"

"Ah?" Catherine didn't react until she hit Ember. She woke up from a dream and said, "Mr. Ember, can you ask the question again?"

Ember turned around, surprised.Miss Catherine actually has a wrong side. It must be caused by the puppet occupying Catherine's body for too long.Ember naturally placed the blame on the puppet.

"Let me ask, does Miss Catherine have a job in Liyue?" Yi Jin spoke louder.

"Yes, but it's probably off work now. If Mr. Ember doesn't mind, you can come to my house and sit for a while." Catherine looked at the starry night sky and knew that it was already late at night.

"Okay, okay!" Ember agreed directly, he hadn't been to Catherine's residence yet.

Catherine smiled and nodded, then walked in front of Ember and said, "Then ask Mr. Ember to follow me."

Hence, Ember followed Catherine around Liyue City.In the end, the two of them stopped in front of a building with the logo of the Adventurers Association.

"We were produced to handle matters related to adventurers, so most places related to us have the logo of the Adventurers Association." Catherine saw Ember looking at the logo on the door, so she explained.

Then the two pushed the door open and entered.

The first thing that catches the eye is the living room, which is neither big nor small, in Liyue style. It is definitely enough for entertaining guests.

At this time, another Catherine was sitting in the living room, Catherine of the Adventurers Association.

"You... are you back?" Catherine from the Adventurer's Association looked at her other self with shock in her eyes.

"Hmm...well, maybe." Catherine was silent for a while, then said with a smile.

"Thanks to Mr. Ember." Catherine pointed to the curious Ember behind her.Without him, I probably wouldn't even have the chance to come back.

"Really..." Catherine from the Adventurers Association looked at her other self smiling, and her voice gradually became smaller.

Ember looked around the living room where Catherine lived.I found that there are some strange things piled up in many places.He asked curiously:

"Why are there so many things piled up in your living room? Could it be that you guys still like shopping?"

"Haha, Mr. Ember is joking, we don't have that kind of desire. These things are all sent by everyone. Although we don't use them, they are still a kind of kindness and we can't throw them away, so they are piled up."

Catherine smiled and explained.

Ember nodded, many of the things inside were obtained from unknown sources, and it would be very difficult to buy these strange things.

Then he suddenly remembered that he didn't seem to have given anything to Catherine. After all, he had been a colleague with her for such a long time. Yu Jin felt that he should give Catherine something as well.

He looked at the Catherines not far away who were discussing machine maintenance, and thought about what to send over.

Soon, he had an idea of ​​his own.

"By the way, I don't seem to have delivered anything to you yet, right?" Ember interrupted the Catherines' conversation in a timely manner.

"Mr. Ember doesn't need to be so polite, we don't need many things at all."

"As long as Mr. Ember can have a good adventure, there is no need to give anything as a gift."

The two Catherines refused unexpectedly. In fact, they looked like this to everyone, but they still couldn't resist everyone's enthusiasm.

Ember pretended not to hear what they said. He looked at Catherine from the Adventurers Association and gave her a glass bottle.

The glass bottle is so small that it can be held in the palm of one hand.But what surprised Catherine of the Adventurers Association was that in a small glass bottle, a dandelion was shaking quietly.

"You, Mond, like dandelions very much, and I think you will like them too." Ember said, and then delivered the glass bottle to Catherine's palm.

Then he scratched his head and looked at the other Catherine, "Um..., I haven't had much contact with you, so I don't know what you like."

"Then there's no rush, it won't be too late when Mr. Ember gets in touch with me in the future." Catherine smiled and shook her head as she saw Ember's tangled state.

Then she looked at the clock on the wall, and said to Ember: "Mr. Ember, it's time for our shutdown, do you want to stay overnight or..."

After hearing this, Ember waved his hands, and said to the two of them, "Indeed, it's getting late, you can come to me if you need anything."

After speaking, he walked out of the house.

"It's not time to shut down, is it?" Catherine of the Adventurer's Association looked at the closed door and said.

"It's really not there..." Catherine suddenly collapsed on the ground, and an electric arc began to flash across her body, and wisps of black smoke also rose out, filling the whole living room with a burnt smell.

"But...but I can't hold it on anymore, I can't...let him see the flaw. This...this is Master Puppet's order." Catherine's consciousness became blurred, and she felt that everything in front of her eyes was spinning.

And Catherine of the Adventurer's Guild beside her also fell silent after hearing [Puppet], and stopped speaking.

……

In the morning, the sun is shining.

Today, Catherine stood at the front desk of the Adventurers Association as always, entertaining the endless stream of adventurers.

But just as she was busy, an intermittent whisper sounded in her mind.

The Catherines don't talk on the public network during working hours, and this situation is obviously an exception now.

Catherine's busy figure suddenly froze, and she could tell that this voice was Liyue's other self.

"Self-destruct..., leaving no trace..."

"Miss Catherine, what's the matter?" Someone noticed that Catherine's expression was a little strange, so they asked with concern.

"It's nothing, what did you say you want to do?" Catherine was busy with her work while paying attention to the voice of her other self.

Is it on the verge of collapse so the isolation between the shared network and the everyday language modules breaks down?
"Go to Yaoguang Beach..."

A raving voice came from her mind again, and Catherine's palms were involuntarily clenched.

She was originally wondering why her other self's body was so damaged last night and why it didn't collapse on the spot. It turned out that it was all for this moment.

Go to Yaoguang Beach and fake it as an accident.This is the real purpose of the puppet to let the other self live for a while longer.

"Why..., why..." The slightly crying voice sounded again, making Catherine's heart tremble.

Catherine thought of the days she and the other she had worked together, taking care of each other, tidying the room together, or discussing what was forced on them today.

Those ordinary and precious days were playing like a slide show in Catherine's mind at the moment, and she only felt that something was blocking her chest, making it difficult for her to breathe.

"Why? Why? Why did you invade her body! Why did you let her die like this later!" Catherine murmured to herself.

She was asking the puppet, the other Catherine, herself.

"Boom!" A crisp sound came from her feet, Catherine looked down, and the glass bottle that Ember had given her fell from her pocket and rolled back to her feet.

Catherine's eyes suddenly lit up, "Yes! They are afraid! They are afraid of Mr. Ember!"

She grabbed some life-saving straw, picked up the glass bottle on the ground, and ran out of the front desk of the Adventurers Association.

"Sister Lan, I'm asking for a leave of absence, you can take my place off duty—" Catherine's urgent voice came, and only then did everyone realize that Catherine had disappeared.

This was the first time Catherine walked the streets of Liyue during working hours.There were many people and many wonderful things, but she didn't care about them.

As if there was some guidance, Catherine kept running along the street, even if someone greeted her, she rarely returned the greeting.

Finally, Catherine saw Ember listening to a book with Zhongli at the end of the street.

"Oh? Looks like they're looking for you?" Zhongli saw Catherine rushing over, and asked Ember who was sitting beside her, who was peeling melon seeds.

"Hehe, do you need help?" Ember stopped and put the melon seeds on Zhongli's plate.He looked at the panting Catherine and asked with a smile.

"Please...please save her!" Catherine said eagerly, clutching her chest.

"Just waiting for your words!" Ember laughed, stood up immediately, and disappeared instantly.

"Sit down, Miss Catherine. If he takes action, there shouldn't be any big mistakes." Zhong Li stood up and helped Catherine up.

Then he looked at the melon seeds on his plate and Catherine sitting across from him, lost in thought.

I don't know, did Miss Catherine bring any money?
(End of this chapter)