"Really?"
A flicker of anticipation immediately lit up Rosalyne's beautiful eyes.
"Yes."
Lin Mo gently brushed her cheek and smiled. "We'll meet again in Liyue."
In that instant, Rosalyne made her decision.
Though her heart was filled with reluctance, she still stepped out of Lin Mo's warm embrace.
After straightening her clothes, she walked to the balcony and said to him:
"I'll return the Gnosis to Snezhnaya right away. Then I'll head straight to Liyue and wait for you at the Northland Bank."
"…Alright."
Lin Mo nodded with a smile. "I'll see you in Liyue."
...
Rosalyne left.
Standing on the balcony, Lin Mo watched her departing figure, his expression complicated.
In the original storyline of Genshin Impact, Signora was a villain despised by many.
But after arriving in Teyvat, Lin Mo knew the truth.
Rosalyne was never like that to begin with.
She had once been just an ordinary girl.
Shy. Gentle. Awkwardly reserved.
Because of a young girl's bashful heart, she never dared to confess her feelings directly.
Instead, she expressed them through countless tiny details, letting Lin Mo slowly notice her affection.
For example, when she sang, she would always sit on the flowerbed closest to him.
Or when the lyrics turned to love, she would flusteredly avert her gaze, afraid to meet his eyes.
Unfortunately, after they were separated, Lin Mo rarely saw her again during the subsequent invitation quests.
Bound by his new identity and new missions, he had no way to acknowledge her.
All he could do was watch helplessly as pain and hatred slowly eroded her, turning her colder, more distant, and more aloof.
In the end, she became the villain despised by so many.
Her transformation… was all because of him.
No matter how cold and arrogant she appeared to others, to Lin Mo, she would always be the shy Mondstadt girl named Rosalyne.
"Don't worry," Lin Mo murmured, clenching his fist.
"I'll find a way to give you a new life."
As for restoring Rosalyne's vitality, Lin Mo could currently think of only two possible solutions.
First: Ask the Adepti of Liyue to use their combined immortal power to transform Rosalyne into a corpse-ascended immortal, much like Qiqi.
But this was the option Lin Mo least wanted to use.
It went against the natural order.
Even if Rosalyne gained longevity, she might end up suffering irreversible aftereffects—just like Qiqi.
Second: Use biological alchemy to give Rosalyne the same kind of super heart he possessed.
This was the solution Lin Mo favored most.
It would grant her overwhelming vitality, along with immense power.
The difficulty lay in one thing: achieving a breakthrough in biological alchemy.
During one of his past-life missions, Lin Mo had studied advanced biological alchemy in depth.
That mission had been called:
"Become a close friend of 'Gold' Rhinedottir and learn transcendent biological alchemy."
The biological alchemy of Khaenri'ah was divided into four levels:
Black Soil.
The most basic introductory level. It allowed the creation of constructs like Ruin Guards—machines with rudimentary awareness—but not true life.
White Chalk.
At this level, exemplified by Albedo, one could already create basic lifeforms.
Red Perfection.
The ability to create powerful living beings.
Lin Mo himself had once reached this level.
His representative achievement was the creation of humanoid beings similar to Albedo.
After creating Albedo's twin brother, Lin Mo completed his mission and left that world.
According to rumors, after Lin Mo departed, that twin was deemed a failure by Rhinedottir and ultimately became nourishment for the dragon Durin.
As for Lin Mo's super heart—
It had been personally crafted by the greatest alchemist in the world: "Gold" Rhinedottir herself.
Rhinedottir.
The only alchemist ever bestowed the title of "Gold."
The creator of the dragon Durin.
Her mastery of biological alchemy was beyond question—undoubtedly the greatest in Teyvat's history.
However, Lin Mo had only retained about eighty to ninety percent of the super heart's techniques before his mission ended.
Without absolute certainty, he would never risk letting Rosalyne undergo such a procedure.
Failure meant death.
"…What should I do?"
Lin Mo frowned, troubled.
The best solution would be to find Rhinedottir and obtain the complete technique directly from her.
Even though five hundred years had passed, Lin Mo was certain she was still alive.
But Teyvat was vast, and finding her would be incredibly difficult.
"Should I research it myself… and try to break through?"
The thought crossed his mind.
After all, he bore the title of a Red Perfection alchemist.
His achievements in biological alchemy were second only to Rhinedottir herself.
If he devoted himself fully…
Cracking the complete super heart technique would only be a matter of time.
"No—wait! Why should I struggle alone?"
At that moment, Lin Mo thought of someone.
The pinnacle of wisdom in Mondstadt—Lisa.
Surely Sister Lisa would be very interested in researching this with him.
After all, she too had overdrawn her life force.
If this technique could be perfected, the hidden dangers in Lisa's body could be completely eliminated.
She could reclaim the title of the Witch of Purple Rose without ever suffering from the backlash of depleted vitality again.
"Yes! That's it—I'll go find Sister Lisa!"
Lin Mo acted immediately, turning to head for the library.
But just as he took a step forward, he froze.
"…Crap."
"Lust really is a blade hanging over one's head."
Only then did he remember—
Everyone should have been drinking together at the Angel's Share tavern.
But because of his long-awaited reunion with Rosalyne, emotions had overtaken him…
And some rather wonderful collisions had occurred.
By his estimate…
Two whole hours had already passed.
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