The original god of the Jyota Jinchūriki

Chapter 31: The Disappearance of Guoba (3)

After tricking Xiangling out of the house, Ruo Jin and Kaiya's faces turned serious. Judging from the alchemy table in the house, this should be the home of an alchemist. But whether this alchemist was the rumored sack monster, neither of them could be sure until they saw Guoba.

"Kaia, do you have any impression of which alchemist's home this is?"

"I really don't know. There are simply too many alchemists in Mondstadt."

Kaeya tried hard to recall which alchemist lived here, but he had no clue. Mainly because these things were not his responsibility, he never took the trouble to remember them.

Ruo Jin secretly thought that it was troublesome. The ground veins sensed that the breath of Guoba was here. If he really couldn't find it, then he could only use force to demolish the house.

"Captain Kaia, why are you in my house?"

“Lululu?”

A stuttering female voice came from behind the two of them, accompanied by Guoba's shouting. Hearing someone calling his name, Kaia turned his head mechanically.

At the door of the room, a green-haired girl wearing glasses was standing timidly at the door holding a teddy bear. Perhaps she didn't expect there would be other people in the room, and there was a hint of shyness on the girl's face.

If she hadn't been holding a bloody, rib-like object in her hand, Kaia might have really thought that this was just a shy child.

"Cookba!"

The sound of "Guoba" made Sugar tilt her head in confusion. She didn't remember that her nickname was Guoba, and she didn't seem to know the person in front of her. But when she saw the little bear next to her running towards the strange man next to Kaia, Sugar realized that the little bear's name was Guoba.

"Sugar? Why are you here? Is this your home?"

"Yes, Captain Kaia, what can I do for you?"

Hearing Sucrose's slightly puzzled answer, Kaeya's expression became very strange. He never thought that this would be Sucrose's home. In his impression, Sucrose has always been a simple little girl who is hardworking, shy and devoted to alchemy. Now it seems that he is that simple person.

No, this matter must be reported to Captain Jean. After not seeing Albedo for such a long time, Kaeya seriously suspected that Albedo had mental problems. Otherwise, how could Sucrose, who is Albedo's student, have such a strange thing in her room.

For a moment, the room fell into silence. Ruo Jin looked at Sucrose with fear. He had heard that some people in Xumi went crazy after learning too much knowledge. It seemed that the rumor was not groundless. The alchemist in front of him might have learned too much knowledge and his psychology began to become distorted.

Seeing the alchemy platform in the room, King Ruotu suddenly thought of a country called Kanreya. Alchemy seemed to be very developed in that country, but he hadn't heard any news about this country in all these years. Maybe he could ask Jin to inquire about it.

"Um, do you think the temperature is too low? I can turn off the cooling device."

Jian Ruojin and Kaiya looked at her strangely. Sucrose, who had social phobia, could not speak clearly, but Sucrose was a smart person after all, as she was able to become an alchemist. When she saw the various bones on the bedroom wall, she immediately figured out the reason.

"Did you all see it?"

"Those are just materials for my research. I won't hurt the little bear."

"Lululu~" After picking Guoba up and checking him, Ruojin was relieved to find that Guoba was fine. Then he looked at Shatang coldly. After years of getting along with each other, Ruojin knew that Xiangling had regarded Guoba as a family member. It was so courageous of her to kidnap the family of his sworn sister.

"Miss, can I ask why you kidnapped Guoba?"

"Kidnap, kidnap? No, that's not it. I just want this little bear to cooperate with me in my research. I have prepared a reward for the little bear."

Sugar, who was not good at speaking, was almost crying when she heard Ruojin say that. She really had no ill intentions. She just wanted to observe the little bear. As if to make her words more persuasive, Sugar handed the bloody thing in her hand to Guoba.

"These are the ribs I just bought this morning. I saw that the little bear wanted to eat them, so I told him to let me observe and study him. Then I gave him the ribs to eat, and he followed me back."

"Because the little bear was so cooperative, I forgot for a moment that he might have an owner. I'm really sorry for causing you trouble."

Shatang kept bowing to apologize, and every time she bowed her head was level with Ruojin's waist, her attitude was very sincere. Looking at Guoba who was happily holding the pork ribs beside him, Ruojin didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He had already believed Shatang's words, and Guoba was really capable of doing such a thing.

"It turns out it was all a misunderstanding. That's good, that's good."

After hearing Sucrose's explanation, Kaiya was obviously relieved. He said, how could a simple little girl like Sucrose do such a thing as kidnapping other people's pets? However, he would have to talk to Sucrose later. It would be better not to hang bones or something in the bedroom. It was too scary.

"I'll take Guoba out first. Xiangling should be worried about Guoba."

Ruojin walked out of the house with Guoba holding spare ribs. Guoba was jumping around happily, while Shatang followed Ruojin with his head down, looking as if he had done something wrong.

Outside the house, after listening to Ruojin's account of the whole process, Xiangling pinched Guoba's ear and gave him a lecture. When Shatang apologized to her, Xiangling generously said that it was not Shatang's fault, it was Guoba's fault for being too greedy.

"By the way, Sugar, why are those sweet flowers planted next to your house so big? I just tasted the petals that fell on the ground, and they taste much sweeter than the sweet flowers in the wild."

After educating Guoba, Xiangling took Shatang's hand and brought her to the place outside the house where various flowers were planted. Just now, when waiting outside for Ruojin to succeed, Xiangling accidentally discovered that the flowers planted here were a circle larger than normal flowers.

Influenced by her chef instinct, Xiangling tasted the petals that fell on the ground. She was astounded by the taste of these flowers. The taste of these flowers was so unique. The sweet ones were sweeter and the bitter ones were bitterer. They were simply perfect ingredients. It would be a waste of resources to just put them here as ornamental flowers.

"Hey, that, that one was cultivated by me using alchemy. The biological alchemy I learned can cultivate many beautiful plants."

"Xiangling, if you want any beautiful flowers, I can try to make them for you."

Xiangling's sudden approach made Sucrose's face red, but when it came to her alchemy major, Sucrose's speech immediately became fluent, even giving others the illusion that she was quite talkative.

"Really? I want some sweet Jueyun peppers, spicy carrots, and bitter Tiantian flowers..."

After hearing Xiangling say a long list of dishes as if she was reading out the names of dishes, Shatang was completely confused. This was a little different from what she expected. She didn't understand why Xiangling didn't want beautiful flowers but instead wanted so many strange ingredients.

(End of this chapter)