"Phew~ Finally done, I'm so tired..." Paimon floated in the air, stretching with a big yawn.
"You didn't do any work at all." Lumine retorted skillfully, while putting away a drop of Dragon Tear she had just obtained.
"But it was hard enough just keeping up with you! Flying is tiring, you know." Paimon stomped her foot a little unhappily.
Although she didn't have to exert herself much when following Lumine before, and often complained about being tired, this time it was genuinely true.
Lumine ran incredibly fast. To keep up with Lumine's pace, Paimon felt like her phantom limbs were about to fly off.
Later, although Lumine directly carried her while moving, that feeling wasn't very pleasant either.
After all, Lumine had to fight. Facing arrows shot by several Hilichurls, Lumine needed to move at high speed back and forth to dodge.
Paimon quickly became dizzy. If she hadn't gotten a short break after that, Paimon felt like she would have thrown up her dinner from yesterday.
"Anyway, we can go back." Lumine put away the Dragon Tear and looked in the direction of Mondstadt.
It was already afternoon. Although Lumine had worked overtime, clearing this Domain as quickly as possible and collecting the Dragon Tear, it still took a considerable amount of time.
She wondered if Stelle had woken up yet.
"Speaking of which, Grand Master Diluc should be fine, right? I'm a little worried about going to Dada Upa Gorge." Paimon flew beside Lumine's ear and said.
She had heard of Dada Upa Gorge; three Hilichurl tribes gathered there.
This was different from the Hilichurl camps encountered in the wild.
Even for someone like Diluc, Paimon still felt a little worried.
"Don't worry, he'll be fine." Lumine wasn't too concerned about Diluc's side. She felt that unless he encountered Stormterror, nothing would go wrong.
They were just Hilichurls. What could they do, no matter how many there were?
"He might even get back earlier than us."
Compared to Diluc, she was more worried about Stelle.
Stelle was resting in the Knights of Favonius dormitory. Logically speaking, no one should disturb her.
But that was only in theory.
Acting Grand Master Jean was an upright person, but she might occasionally do something not so upright...
Especially concerning Stelle, she had seen earlier that Acting Grand Master Jean wanted to invite Stelle to rest at her place.
If she hadn't stopped her, and Stelle had readily agreed, then Stelle might have been completely taken advantage of.
Although the above were all her guesses, she couldn't be too careful.
"No matter what, I absolutely cannot let go of Stelle!"
"I've decided, I'm going to start saving Primogems from now on!" Lumine clenched her fists, full of fighting spirit.
"You're talking about things I don't understand again." Paimon looked at Lumine, a little speechless.
Before, she said she wanted to maintain a safe distance from Stelle, but now it had changed to 'absolutely not let go.'
And those Primogems, she didn't know what good saving them would do, they couldn't be exchanged for Mora.
Moreover, was there any necessary connection between Stelle and Primogems?
"Are you trying to keep Stelle by your side with Primogems? If that's really the case, I think using delicious food has a higher chance of success. Your cooking is very good..." Paimon stroked her chin, offering advice to Lumine.
"Hmph, you wouldn't understand." Lumine shook her head, not intending to listen to Paimon's advice at all.
She seemed very confident in herself.
"Alright, I hope you succeed." Paimon shrugged.
However, if Star could travel with them, she would also be very happy.
Lumine's room.
The curtains had been drawn, and there was enough light in the room for Star to see Barbara's face more clearly.
She still carried the youthful innocence of a Damselette, without the maturity of Jean.
But Barbara possessed a completely different charm.
"Thank you, Barbara," Star said gratefully.
She was sitting cross-legged on the bed, while Barbara had taken the only chair in the room and sat opposite her.
There was no other way; the room's facilities were a bit rudimentary; they couldn't even find two chairs.
"Huh? Why are you thanking me?" Barbara looked at Star, puzzled.
"When I was sleeping just now, Barbara sang to comfort me, didn't you?"
"Ah... so you knew," Barbara said with an embarrassed smile.
She often used singing to soothe patients' emotions when treating them. Seeing Star seemingly troubled by a nightmare just now, she thought of singing.
The effect should have been very good, but then...
Barbara thought of this, and her small face turned red again. She didn't dare to look at Star's face, only staring down at her toes.
She didn't know why she did that. At first, she wanted to leave directly, but she was afraid Star would have nightmares repeatedly, so she stayed.
Because she needed to pay attention to Star's condition, she naturally kept staring at Star's face.
Just like that, she gradually lost herself in thought.
Later, she didn't even notice that she was getting closer and closer to Star's face. If Star hadn't woken up in time, they might have...
She didn't dare to think about it, absolutely didn't dare to think about it.
"Miss Star, do you often have nightmares?" Barbara wanted to change the subject and focused on Star's situation.
If she often had nightmares, Barbara had a treatment method she could tell Star about.
"Nightmare? Ah... should I call it a nightmare...?" Star couldn't help but rub her head.
She didn't have many memories of Kafka, only knowing that Kafka was definitely the most important person to her.
Watching Kafka's gradually disappearing back, she felt a piercing pain in her heart.
In that case, calling it a nightmare was not an exaggeration.
"I just dreamed of someone very important to me," Star sighed, not knowing how to explain it to Barbara.
"Someone very important... is it someone you can't see now?" Barbara asked cautiously.
"Yes, and I can't see when the day of reunion will be," Star said with some disappointment.
Kafka was different; even if one day she could return to the train, Kafka was still elusive to her.
Sometimes she would even secretly resent Kafka in her heart, wondering why she abandoned her, leaving her to the train crew and then ignoring her.
However, these small resentments would quickly be cast out of her mind.
Kafka must have had something very important for her to do, and she absolutely could not let Kafka down.
...
Barbara pursed her lips, looking at the somewhat dejected Star, and an inexplicable pain welled up in her heart.
She had similar experiences, but now she could still live with her sister again.
But Star...
"Miss Star, I..." Just as Barbara was about to speak, the door suddenly opened.
"Star, I'm back!"
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