The original god of the Jyota Jinchūriki

Chapter 29: The Disappearance of Guoba (1)

After meeting Eula and Amber, Xiangling chose to hang out at the Deerslayer every day. As the largest restaurant in Mondstadt, the Deerslayer has a wide variety of seasonings and ingredients.

In addition, Xiangling was very interested in Mond's recipes, so she simply started to hone her cooking skills at the Deer Hunter Restaurant, and Amber also got to eat many of Xiangling's dishes.

"Guoba, come and light the fire. We're going to make Cecilia Flower Fried Slime Gel soon. Come and control the heat."

"Guoba, Guoba? Eh? Guoba, where have you been? Come out quickly. I'll make you something delicious for lunch."

In the Deer Hunter Restaurant, Xiangling, who had finished processing the slime gel, called out to Guoba twice. She was surprised to find that Guoba ignored her. Based on Xiangling's understanding of Guoba, Guoba was very likely hiding somewhere to eat secretly in this situation.

"Guoba, come out quickly, I have found you."

They came to the kitchen cupboard and opened it. Without even looking at it, Xiangling urged Guoba to come out in an affirmative tone. Before, when Xiangling was busy cooking, Guoba often hid in the cupboard to eat secretly.

Of course, there is nothing wrong with cheating. Xiangling cooks at the Deer Hunter Restaurant to hone her cooking skills, not to earn Mora. The food she cooks is usually eaten by her and Sarah. What she worries about more is that if the pot crust breaks some tableware, it may cause trouble for Sarah.

"Guoba, you, hey! Why isn't Guoba here?"

"Sarah, Sarah, do you see the rice crust?"

Seeing that the rice crust was not in the cupboard, Xiangling was not very worried at this time. She knew that Sarah liked rice crust very much. Sometimes when cooking for guests, she would secretly leave some for the rice crust. It was very likely that the rice crust went to Sarah's place to eat and drink.

Sarah had just finished making the grilled fish that Xiangling taught her. When she heard Xiangling calling her, Sarah brought the grilled fish to the table of Kaia and Wei'er who came over for breakfast, and immediately walked up to Xiangling and asked what happened.

“Sarah, did you see the pot crust?”

"Guo Ba? I think I saw him this morning, but there were many customers today, so I didn't pay much attention to him."

Sarah thought about it and realized that she didn't seem to see Guoba much this morning. She thought Guoba was with Xiangling and didn't pay any attention to him. Xiangling suddenly had a bad feeling in her heart.

In the past in Liyue Harbor, Guoba, this stupid guy, had sneaked out to play and got lost several times. There was even one time when Xiangling and Ruojin couldn't find Guoba.

At that time, Ruo Jin was planning to mobilize the people of the Ke family to look for Guoba. If the Thousand Winds Army patrolling outside Liyue Harbor had not accidentally discovered Guoba and sent him back, there was no telling when Guoba would be found. Now in Mondstadt, if Guoba was discovered by the Knights of Favonius, Xiangling was very worried that Guoba would be bullied as a monster.

"Xiangling, don't worry. Mr. Kaia, the cavalry captain of the Knights of Favonius, is having dinner at the Deer Hunter. We can ask him for help."

"This, this is not good, just a small matter..."

When Xiangling heard that they were going to trouble the Knights of Favonius, she seemed a little hesitant. She thought that asking the Knights of Favonius for such a matter might be a bit of an overreaction.

In Liyue, such things were usually found by her and Ruojin together and they would not bother the Qianyan Army. At most, Ruojin would talk to the Qianyan Army with whom she had a good relationship and ask them to keep an eye out when they were patrolling.

"It's okay. The Knights are very easy to talk to. They will help if a cat from the Cat's Tail Tavern is lost."

Sarah was very proud of the convenience brought by the Knights of Favonius. She brought Xiangling to Kaeya. Kaeya, who was enjoying lunch with his intelligence agent, saw Sarah coming over with the chef from Liyue. Kaeya's face turned pale. Could it be that the novel dish he just ate was made by this chef?

On the day Xiangling stepped into Mondstadt, Kaeya had already obtained information about her. Thinking of the evaluation of Xiangling's novel dishes in the intelligence and the fact that the intelligence personnel had taken a full three-day vacation, Kaeya felt that his stomach, which had been fine just now, suddenly became uncomfortable, perhaps because he didn't know if it was a psychological effect.

"Captain Kaeya, this is my good friend Xiangling. Her pet Guoba has disappeared. Can you help us find it?" Hearing that they just wanted to find the pet and nothing else, Kaeya felt that his stomach discomfort suddenly felt better. As long as what he had just eaten was not some weird food, everything would be fine.

Weir, who was in charge of collecting intelligence for Kaiya, handed over a pen and paper and showed no intention of leaving. Ignoring Kaiya's distressed look, Weir leaned her arms on the table and planned to watch an after-dinner entertainment show. She, Kaiya's boss, usually exploited her a lot, and now there was something exciting to watch and she didn't want to miss it.

Kaiya made a mental note of Weir and picked up the pen and paper with a smile. He was thinking of pushing the matter onto other people and going back to take a nap, but Weir's action forced him to end his lazy plan.

"Excuse me, young lady, what does your pet look like?

"Guoba is a little bear with a round head and big ears. He is confused and doesn't look very smart."

Xiangling was describing Kaeya while drawing on the paper. After a minute, Kaeya stopped and handed the painting he was satisfied with to Xiangling.

Looking at the Guoba head portrait composed of a big circle and two small circles in the painting, Xiangling didn't know how to evaluate such an abstract painting for a moment. She was silent for a while, and it was Sarah beside her who whispered something.

"The eyes of the rice crust are small, not this big."

Kaia pushed the painting aside and drew another one according to the characteristics Sarah described. This time he deliberately drew the eyes smaller.

“Look, this one should look pretty close.”

Kaeya handed the painting to Xiangling again. There was a huge face and two small eyes drawn on the paper. Those who knew it was eyes would think that Kaeya had drawn two sesame seeds on a biscuit.

"Guoba is a bear, a little bear. Captain Kaia, how can your drawing look like a bear?"

Throwing the painting aside, Xiangling wondered if this knight named Kaeya had never seen what a bear looked like. If the Knights of Favonius were looking for Guoba based on this portrait, Xiangling felt it would be better to look for Ruojin earlier.

Sarah, who witnessed the two paintings behind Xiangling, tried hard to hide her smile, but the slightly raised corners of her mouth were still exposed, which aroused Weil's curiosity.

Wei'er picked up the painting that Xiangling had thrown aside. To be honest, she really couldn't tell what Kaeya had drawn at first, but when she looked at the painting again after considering Xiangling's description of Guoba, she couldn't help but burst out laughing, which made the embarrassed Kaeya look at her with the god of death.

"Miss Weir, what are you laughing at?"

"Ahem, Boss Kaia, I just remembered something happy."

"Happy things? What happy things are you talking about? Tell me about them and I'll be happy too."

Kaiya's tone became a little dangerous. Weil, who was familiar with Kaiya, knew that Kaiya must be angry, but this painting really made her unable to hold back. There was no way, Weil could only bite the bullet and say it.

"Well, I'm happy for you, Boss Kaia, for obtaining the Eye of God. Haha, hahahaha, don't you think so, Sarah?"

The depressed Kaiya stopped looking at Weil. The picture he drew was clearly of a bear. When he found the little pet named Guoba, he would definitely take a good look at what Guoba looked like and see how it was different from the one he drew.

"The deer hunters are so busy today, Xiangling. I think I saw Guoba on the road. Do you have anything for Guoba to buy? Do you need my help?"

"What! Brother Jin, take me to find Guoba. Guoba sneaked out by himself!"

(Happy New Year, everyone!)
(End of this chapter)