"Is your Raiden Shogun so temperamental?" Yu Jin spoke with a lisp, Kazuha tucked under his left arm and Feng under his right.
He couldn't help but lisp; a large gash on his body ran from his neck to his crotch, almost splitting him in half.
Inside the wound, purple light relentlessly ravaged Yu Jin's body, a clear display of divine power.
"I don't know," Feng said with an awkward smile. He had only seen Raiden Shogun once, and that was during the recent Duel before the Emperor .
"Sigh, what a hassle," Yu Jin sighed again. His wish for a normal life in Inazuma had become distant once more.
On the Byakko Plain coast, Yu Jin, seeing the sparsely populated area, felt safe and released Kazuha and Feng.
"Hiss—that's really something!" Yu Jin reached out to touch his wound and immediately felt lightning surging within, prompting him to exclaim in admiration.
Raiden Ei's strike, empowered by divine strength, was incredibly fast. Yu Jin was pierced through before he could even react.
However, Yu Jin had experienced situations ten, even a hundred times worse than this!
He pulled out two bottles: a Crimson Tear Flask and an Estus Flask.
"It's been a long time since I've had these," Yu Jin said, looking at the familiar bottles, then took a large gulp.
These two items were his trusty weapons in battle, but he hadn't used them much since coming to this world.
Then, under the astonished gazes of Feng and Kazuha, the large gash on Yu Jin's chest healed at a visible rate. What was even more illogical was how his armor also healed with it?
"What are your plans for the future?" Yu Jin asked, feeling his body gradually improving, and then shifted his attention to Kazuha and Feng beside him.
"Us?" Feng lowered his head in thought. He had never considered the possibility of surviving.
Now that Yu Jin had truly saved him, he didn't know what to do.
"Feng, let's wander together from now on," Kazuha said, seeing Feng's somewhat lost expression, and patted his shoulder.
Kazuha was already a ronin, so he had a good understanding of such matters. He hoped Feng could rediscover his purpose in life through their journey.
"Okay, I've wanted to travel for a long time," Feng said after a moment of silence, then smiled at Kazuha.
Confusion after a wish comes true?
That's just having too much free time!
Yu Jin made a decision. He pointed a finger at Feng's forehead. Seeing Feng's puzzled look, Yu Jin explained:
"That just now, I modified your future dreams. From now on, you can challenge the enemies I once fought in your dreams."
"Be careful, they are very strong," Yu Jin chuckled inwardly. He already anticipated how Feng would be tormented.
Feng touched his forehead, then his eyes lit up, "Senior's enemies?!"
"Yes, my martial arts were forged by them," Yu Jin nodded. Defeating them had cost Yu Jin many deaths.
"What about Senior?" Kazuha asked, seeing Feng's fighting spirit rekindled, and began to wonder about Yu Jin's future whereabouts.
How could such a powerful person have never been heard of before?
"Me? Save money, get a license!" Yu Jin burst out laughing. Four million Mora, though a lot, wasn't unattainable, was it?
"Is Senior very short on money?" Feng recovered his senses and heard Yu Jin's grand wish to save money.
Yu Jin scratched his head. He took out the leather pouch from his waist and counted its contents.
It was empty. But this was normal, as Yu Jin had given his remaining Mora to Washizu not long ago.
He had spent these past two days playing, earning not a single Mora, and instead, he had somehow provoked Raiden Ei, though he didn't know why.
As for the Shogun, Yu Jin felt that he had taught her so many things, so he shouldn't have provoked her in any way.
"I have some Mora here. If Senior needs it, please take it," Feng said, seeing Yu Jin's pouch was cleaner than his face, and offered his Mora to Yu Jin.
"No thanks, I have a proper job," Yu Jin refused. Feng and Kazuha would be wandering in the future, and they would surely need more money than him.
Moreover, Yu Jin himself didn't need to eat or drink. His only expense now was the house he rented in Mondstadt. So, he earned money very quickly!
"Let's part ways here!" Yu Jin thought for a moment. He had been in Inazuma for a bit too long, and Ryota was waiting for him to return with news.
Then he headed straight into the sea, giant waves splashing and drenching the stunned Feng and Kazuha on the shore.
As expected of Senior, even his way of crossing the sea is so unique!
..."Pop!" Inside a dilapidated shack, a bonfire lit up, small sparks flying and illuminating Feng and Kazuha nearby.
After a simple dinner, Feng couldn't wait to lie down. He remembered what Yu Jin had told him earlier in the day.
"Hehe, Kazuha, I'm going to battle. When I learn something, I'll teach you," Feng chuckled, then lay down.
Kazuha watched Feng, who had suddenly started snoring, and his mouth twitched. He hadn't realized Feng fell asleep so quickly before.
Meanwhile, Feng, who had fallen into a dream, found himself before a mist gate.
The mist gate was yellow and green. For some unknown reason, the moment Feng saw the mist gate, an indescribable sense of oppression began to spread through his heart.
"Hmph—" Feng calmed his rapidly beating heart, then stepped into the mist gate.
"Thump~~" Feng was a little confused. Why did he seem to hear music? But he had no time to pay attention to that. Because beyond the mist gate was a vast world.
It seemed to be underground, but light streamed down from the distant dome, illuminating this wide, flat area.
Looking further ahead, Feng was surprised to find that the walls of the cave were not stone, but wood—he was inside a giant tree hollow!
On the ground, covered with small red and white flowers, a woman slowly walked towards Feng. As she moved, a series of grating metallic 'clank' sounds arose, particularly harsh.
Feng turned his head to look. It was a red-haired woman, a winged helmet covering half of her beautiful face.
A fiery red, fur-lined scarf and a long linen dress completed her attire.
But what caught Feng's attention the most was that one of the woman's arms and one of her legs were metal prosthetics; the harsh sounds came from these prosthetics.
Malenia, the Valkyrie, one of the two children of a single deity, born with flaws.
Her brother Miquella was eternally young, and her sister Malenia was infested with rot. Because of this, she was born without eyes and one arm and one leg.
Despite this, she diligently grew, eventually becoming the invincible 'Valkyrie'.
"Screech!" The moment Feng raised his blade, he saw his own headless body—he had been decapitated.
"Ha!" After a moment of disorientation, Feng suddenly came to, finding himself back before the mist gate.
He touched his collar; the sensation of his head being separated from his body seemed to reappear.
"Damn it, I didn't see anything clearly!" Feng felt a bit annoyed. It was too fast; he was killed without seeing anything.
"Let's try again," Feng quickly composed himself and stepped into the mist gate once more. Dying many times, he was bound to learn something.
However, unexpectedly, just as Feng prepared for death, Malenia on the other side remained still.
Feng seemed to sense something, and he tried to slash at Malenia.
"Clang!" The prosthetic blade embedded in her prosthetic arm precisely blocked his attack. Then, the same strike was delivered, but this time by Malenia.
"So fast!" Feng raised his blade to block, but the powerful force shattered his blade, and he was killed by Malenia once again.
Revived, Feng no longer felt the panic of the previous time. He began to recall all the details of what had just happened.
"Was the angle wrong?" Feng compared Malenia's striking posture with his own, muttering to himself.
Entering again and again, and being killed again and again, Feng tirelessly sought guidance from Malenia, forgetting the passage of time.
"Oh no, I'm going to die again!" Feng exclaimed in his heart as Malenia's blade tip aimed for him.
However, this time there was an unexpected turn; the blade tip stopped just as it was about to pierce Feng's face.
"Is he here?" The woman before him spoke for the first time.
Feng suddenly felt that Malenia was different; before, she seemed lifeless, but now she suddenly had the aura of a living person.
"Yes," Feng instinctively felt she was referring to Yu Jin, so he gave an affirmative answer.
Then, he saw the woman across from him smile.