Chapter 154

This answer sheet was the best sincere send-off for him, the old god.

“Then, everything is settled!”

Luo Li summarized.

It could barely be called a happy ending.

Lumine and Paimon hadn’t quite recovered: “Then did we run errands for nothing?”

Luo Li laughed: “Of course not. You’ve met many friends along the way. This ups-and-downs journey must have increased your knowledge quite a bit. Remember, finding the gods and your brother is by no means the only purpose; the scenery along the way is also your precious wealth.”

Meeting his deep eyes that could see through people’s hearts, Lumine nodded heavily after a long while.

At this moment, only Paimon said depressedly: “I feel like I didn’t do anything.”

Tartaglia corrected: “Don’t forget about me.”

Rosalyne laughed half-sarcastically: “Hehe, since the item is in hand, there’s no point in chatting and complaining. You should take the Gnosis back to Zapolyarny Palace to see the Tsaritsa~.”

“And you?”

“I have things to do staying in Liyue-.”

Tartaglia glanced at Luo Li, who was close to her, and showed a look of realization.

Tsk, a stupid woman with nothing but men on her mind.

Muttering to himself to vent his anger at his colleague, he took the Gnosis from Rosalyne’s hand, and he heard her speak again.

“By the way, tell the Tsaritsa that I won’t participate in the Gnosis events anymore; leave it to other Harbingers.”

After a pause, Tartaglia agreed: “Good, I will convey it to Her Majesty the Tsaritsa.”

Finally, after saying goodbye to Lumine and Paimon, Tartaglia decisively left this place of sadness.

His experience was even more miserable than the duo’s, suffering deception from a colleague and being played in the palm of her hand.

“Regardless, the result is good.”

Facing Luo Li’s teasing tone, Zhongli rarely wanted to ignore him.

He turned to look at Lumine and asked: “I have to thank you for your actions this time; otherwise, things wouldn’t have gone so smoothly.”

Lumine shook her head; she felt she hadn’t done anything and couldn’t bear the thanks.

Paimon suddenly thought of something and asked: “By the way, now that we know the true face of the Geo Archon, he shouldn’t be the god who separated you two siblings, right?”

“No.”

“Then where are we going next?”

This was a difficult problem. Lumine didn’t know much about the Teyvat continent; it could be said she was completely in the dark. Letting her make a decision was simply embarrassing her.

Hearing this, Zhongli laughed.

“Since you don’t know, I have a suggestion.”

Luo Li had a bad premonition.

Sure enough, he then heard Zhongli say with ill intent: “I’ve heard that there have been some interesting things happening in Inazuma overseas recently. Why don’t you, Traveler, go there and see? Maybe you’ll gain something.”

Luo Li: “……”

Lumine and Paimon looked at Luo Li’s strange expression with some doubt: “Inazuma?”

Zhongli rarely showed a look of watching the fun: “Exactly. Once you get there, I think you should be able to get a more concrete concept of the identity of the person beside me.”

The tool duo stared at Luo Li, clearly showing interest.

This guy was mysterious; they had never known his identity, only that he knew the gods and had walked the earth long before the ancient era.

He knew many things and also hid many things.

Lumine had long wanted to figure out what kind of past Luo Li had. According to Zhongli’s suggestion, the main purpose of this trip to Inazuma was not only to explore whether the Raiden Shogun was the god who separated the siblings, but also to find out Luo Li’s background.

Hmph, let him like being a riddle-maker!

Luo Li was speechless, falling into silence for a long time.

Finally, it was time for this.

Seeing his emotional expression, Lumine asked in a low voice: “What’s wrong?”

Zhongli sketched a faint smile, his tone carrying a rare teasing: “Some people, some things, must always be faced. Maybe he’s thinking about how to make himself look a bit more miserable to muddle through.”

Lumine understood half of it.

Luo Li glared at Zhongli and said disdainfully: “What do you know? I was already prepared to meet her.”

Regardless of whether it was really so, he couldn’t be cowardly on the surface.

But to be honest, after these years, he had indeed slowly taken it lightly.

He was even prepared to return to Inazuma with Lumine.

Rosalyne on the side vaguely knew the ins and outs of this matter; after all, she had personally met the Raiden Shogun, whose eyes were deep and almost no different from being blackened.

Simply put, there was no light left in her eyes.

Zhongli didn’t argue with him: “If you say so, then it is.”

“Cough cough, of course, it’s still a bit early to talk about this.” Luo Li changed the subject and said to the tool duo: “Next is the Rite of Parting. It should be held now, and if you go over, you might just catch it.”

The Rite of Parting had actually been prepared, but these days were treacherous, and no one had presided over it.

Now that the Archon crisis was lifted, some conspiracies had vanished, and the the Liyue Qixing could finally spare their hands to carry out the ceremony for which many items had been prepared.

Zhongli nodded in agreement: “Exactly. Traveler, the Rite of Parting was prepared properly thanks to your help. You should participate in it, so it has a beginning and an end.”

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Lumine was quite moved.

Paimon was a character who liked to join in the fun, and immediately said: “Okay, okay, let’s go over now!”

Lumine asked: “Is Mr. Luo Li coming together?”

“No need, you go on your own. If you need to go to Inazuma, come find me again. Remember that Beidou’s fleet is going to Inazuma soon, so it’s a coincidence to let her give you a ride.”

Luo Li still remembered that in a while it would be Liyue’s Lantern Rite, and Beidou had to go to Inazuma in advance to stock up on fireworks.

“Alright, then it’s settled.”

As the brainless and unhappy tool duo left the Northland Bank, only Zhongli, Luo Li, and Rosalyne remained.

“I should leave too, to tell my old friends in a dream that I am still in the world.”

Zhongli didn’t really want to die; he was just living incognito.

From today on, there would be no more Rex Lapis in the world, only the consultant of the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor—Zhongli.

3,700 years of duty, finally able to resign.

In the future, strolling, listening to books, watching plays, tasting tea, and admiring flowers—there would be many joys.

The world is so big, where can one not go?!

Watching the back of Zhongli, who seemed inexplicably relaxed, Luo Li sincerely blessed his old friend for laying down everything.

Counting on his fingers, plus him, Venti, Raiden Makoto, and himself, four ancient people from the old era who had retired could make a mahjong table.

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