Chapter 85

Because Jiang Yan was rubbing his cheeks, Ruu couldn't even speak clearly.

"It's coming soon."

Jiang Yan said, because he had already sensed an Archon's aura coming from the edge of Tsurumi.

It was estimated that that aura should be the Thunderbird.

Raiden Ei also seemed to have sensed something and looked toward the direction of the Tsurumi coast.

"Ruu, where is the place you agreed to meet the Thunderbird?"

Jiang Yan already knew the Thunderbird was coming and said to Ruu.

"Let's go meet it together, shall we?"

Ruu's eyes lit up, and he looked at Jiang Yan in surprise.

"Big brother, you mean the Thunderbird has already arrived, right?"

"Hmm, I guess it's looking for you right now too."

Jiang Yan nodded with a smile.

"Okay!"

Ruu nodded excitedly, and then, under his guidance, Jiang Yan and Raiden Ei came to the place where the Thunderbird and Ruu had agreed to meet.

Mount Kanna.

Jiang Yan and Raiden Ei came to the foot of the mountain under Ruu's guidance.

"This is the place where I agreed to meet the Thunderbird."

Ruu stood on a rock, his tone carrying happiness.

Jiang Yan also felt that the Archon's aura was getting closer and closer.

"It's already here."

Raiden Ei spoke from the side.

At the same time, the Wheel of the All-Seeing Deity appeared behind her, and purple light gathered in her eyes.

Jiang Yan patted Raiden Ei on the shoulder and said:

"Relax, we aren't here to fight."

Saying this, he looked at Ruu again.

"Little Ruu, tell me, do you like the Thunderbird?"

Ruu nodded and said happily.

"The Thunderbird and I are very good friends! Ruu likes it very much!"

"I know."

After patting Ruu's head, Jiang Yan brought Raiden Ei to the side.

"Ei, what do you think about letting Ruu go with the Thunderbird?"

Jiang Yan asked Raiden Ei.

Ei frowned and said:

"As an Archon, we don't know what the Thunderbird's temperament is like; if we let Ruu go rashly, won't it..."

Raiden Ei's concerns were naturally correct.

An Archon's personality is fickle; Jiang Yan and Raiden Ei had never interacted with it, so no one could say for sure.

"How about... I go back and ask Makoto?"

Raiden Ei asked Jiang Yan.

After all, Raiden Ei was responsible for martial duties and didn't know much about these things.

And as the ruler of the country, Raiden Makoto was very adept at handling these matters.

It wasn't that Jiang Yan couldn't handle it, but he felt that he was ultimately from Liyue, and would it be bad to keep sticking his hand into Inazuma's affairs?

However, rushing to Narukami Island to ask Raiden Makoto would take too much time.

Jiang Yan felt it wasn't necessary.

"Forget it, I'll handle it."

Jiang Yan scratched his head; after all, he was the one who saved the person, so he might as well see the matter through to the end.

Raiden Ei nodded; she didn't have that many thoughts.

Since Jiang Yan could handle it, then let Jiang Yan handle it.

Before long, dark clouds gathered in the sky.

A huge Thunderbird descended from the sky.

When it saw Jiang Yan and Raiden Ei, a look of vigilance flashed in the Thunderbird's eyes.

"Inazuma's... Raiden Shogun!"

Looking at Raiden Ei's appearance, the Thunderbird's eyes, which were filled with lightning, narrowed slightly.

"Thunderbird!"

Ruu walked forward excitedly, his eyes shining.

The Thunderbird turned to look at little Ruu, a look of softness in its eyes.

"You've come, little one."

"Is the new song you promised me ready?"

"Hmm!"

Ruu nodded and said with a smile:

"It's been ready for a long time!"

"Hmm, wait a moment before listening."

The Thunderbird nodded and turned to look at the two of them.

"Inazuma's Raiden Shogun, I wonder what brings you here this time?"

Because it didn't know Jiang Yan, and Jiang Yan himself hadn't revealed any aura.

This led to Jiang Yan being automatically ignored by the Thunderbird, who thought that man was just an attendant of the Raiden Shogun.

And Raiden Ei looked at Jiang Yan.

Jiang Yan stepped forward, looked at the Thunderbird's tall figure, and said with a smile:

"Hello."

"I am speaking to you, Inazuma's Raiden Shogun!"

The Thunderbird was arrogant; in its eyes, the silver-haired young man in front of it was just a mortal.

"Sigh, why won't you listen when I'm trying to speak nicely?"

Jiang Yan sighed.

Immediately after, Jiang Yan's pupils shrank suddenly, and a pale red aura expanded from his body.

Conqueror's Haki!

Almost in an instant, the Thunderbird's feathers exploded, and it looked at the man in front of it who was constantly releasing his aura with terror in its eyes.

The man who had been just a mortal in its eyes had actually erupted with an aura stronger than the Raiden Shogun's.

This man was very strong!

Even stronger than the Raiden Shogun next to him!

"Now, can you listen to me properly?"

Jiang Yan looked at the Thunderbird with a smile and spoke faintly.

The Thunderbird nodded with some fear, and Jiang Yan also naturally retracted his own aura.

"Seriously, isn't it better to just talk calmly together? You had to make me show off."

Jiang Yan said faintly, and pulled Ruu over.

"You are right, it is my problem."

After being scared by Jiang Yan, the Thunderbird was clearly much more honest.

"Alright, the reason we came this time is mainly to ask you, what do you think of this child?"

Jiang Yan rubbed Ruu's little head and asked.

"Ruu? A child who sings very well."

The Thunderbird answered honestly.

"Then do you like this child?"

Jiang Yan continued to ask, his tone straightforward, without any beating around the bush.

"This..."

The Thunderbird looked at Ruu hesitantly, and under the other's expectant gaze, nodded.

"Then if this child lives with you in the future, can you accept it?"

With Jiang Yan's follow-up question, not only the Thunderbird but even Ruu, who was under its hand, was stunned.

"What do you mean by this?"

The Thunderbird didn't understand, and then Jiang Yan explained what had happened this morning to the Thunderbird.

"These ignorant people!"

After hearing this, the Thunderbird was furious, lightning roared in the surroundings, and the world changed color.

Originally, the Thunderbird didn't care about these people; in its view, these humans were as humble and weak as the sacrifices offered up.

This situation only changed after it met Ruu.

The Thunderbird was attracted by his singing and even became friends.

But this group of people actually wanted to do such a thing to Ruu and intended to offer him to it?

Thinking about if it had eaten Ruu without knowing, the Thunderbird couldn't imagine it.

It couldn't imagine what it would become.

It would definitely go crazy.

Yes, even the Thunderbird had to admit that it liked this child, Ruu.

"Thank you, and thank you, Raiden Shogun, for saving Ruu for me."

At this moment, the Thunderbird completely lowered its noble head toward Jiang Yan and Raiden Ei.

It was very grateful to the two people in front of it for being able to save Ruu.

"Now he is saved, but he can't go back."

"So I want to ask you, can you let Ruu live with you?"

"After all, you two are friends, aren't you?"

Jiang Yan said softly, and Ruu's eyes also lit up, looking at the Thunderbird with anticipation.

"As long as Ruu doesn't mind, I have no objections."

The Thunderbird stretched out its wings and gently patted Ruu's little head.

"I don't mind! I am willing to sing for the Thunderbird every day!"

Ruu threw himself into the Thunderbird's embrace, constantly rubbing his cheeks against the feathers on the Thunderbird's abdomen.

The Thunderbird retracted the electric light flashing around it; it was afraid of shocking the boy in its arms.

"Say! Thunderbird, do you have a name?"

Ruu raised his head, his eyes shining.

The Thunderbird was stunned for a moment and shook its head.

"Then how about I give you a name?"

"Kapatcir, Kanna Kapatcir!"

The Thunderbird turned its head as if shy.

"Hmph! Suit yourself."

Seeing that the Thunderbird didn't refute, Ruu was even happier.

"Okay, Kapatcir!"

"Don't call me... brat!"

"Yes! Kapatcir!"

"..."

Watching the harmony between the person and the bird, Jiang Yan and Raiden Ei looked at each other, both with smiles in their eyes.