[Genshin Impact] A world where only travelers are alone

She seldom made such requests, and most of the time she stayed obediently behind Morax, arranging her affairs according to his pace.

Morax couldn't help but become curious and wanted to know what Mingxun was planning to do.

"There's no one else here now. If you have something to say to me, you can tell me now." He suggested tentatively.

But Mingxun's grip on his sleeve became even tighter. Even if she didn't look up, Morax could guess that her face must be full of rejection at this moment.

He couldn't help but let his evil humor come out, and he leisurely admired Mingxun's disgrace.

He thought Mingxun would say some soft words to beg him, after all, she was always good at using these methods to get what she wanted.

But this time, when her fingertips had turned white from exerting so much force, and Morax thought she could not hold back and speak several times, Mingxun suddenly let go.

She put her hands behind her back, raised her head and smiled at him nonchalantly: "I'm sorry, the adults have already rejected it, but I'm still insisting on it. I'm overstepping the boundaries, please punish me, adults."

She knelt down directly.

This was completely contrary to Morax's original intention. He felt as if there was a blockage in his chest, making him feel extremely depressed and annoyed. Even his face darkened involuntarily.

But this change in expression seemed to make Mingxun misunderstand even more.

She crouched even deeper. "I'm sorry, sir. Today's situation will never happen again."

"Please punish me--" she repeated.

There was a hint of hostility in her amber eyes. Morax pinched her face and forced her to look up.

Because of his rare emotion, he couldn't control the strength in his hand, leaving a conspicuous red mark on the girl's fair cheek.

In a trance, Morax felt as if he had returned to the day when he killed another demon god served by Mingxun, but at that time, the blood on Mingxun's face was even more horrifying, as it was scratched by his sharp claws.

He was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously let go of his hand.

Mingxun was crying in embarrassment, but this time, perhaps because of his overly obvious attitude, she did not dare to lower her head any further, but she also did not dare to look at him, and could only stare straight at the door behind him.

Morax's lips were almost straightened into a straight line.

He didn't like this feeling, which made him feel that Mingxun's obedient attitude was more like a silent resistance rather than true obedience.

But he couldn't find anything to find fault with. After all, it was just his own feeling, not to mention that he was indeed wrong in the current situation.

Morax looked away irritably.

But he could still easily see the girl's white priest robe and the tasseled gold ornaments hanging from it that he had made himself.

The long silence not only failed to stop Mingxun's tears, but made them fall even more violently.

As if she thought Morax couldn't see her after turning his head away, she carefully raised her sleeve and wiped her face.

After his breath calmed down again, Mingxun spoke calmly: "I'm sorry, sir, I still have things to deal with. Please forgive me for leaving first. After the matter is resolved, I will..." Come back to be punished again...

But before she could finish her words, Morax moved and walked straight past her.

"...Sir?" Mingxun stood there at a loss.

Morax stopped and said coldly: "Didn't you ask me to go out with you?"

He didn't look back, not only because he felt guilty towards Mingxun for what had just happened, but also because he was worried that after this incident, she would no longer want to go out with him. If he looked back, he would only see her expression of resistance.

Rather than actually seeing this scene, it is better to keep it like this. At least Mingxun will never dare to disobey me.

Sure enough, he heard footsteps behind him, and Mingxun followed closely, half a meter away from him.

Morax lowered his eyes.

Let it be, just pretend that what just happened never happened, there is no conflict, and no invisible waves beneath the calm.

But he didn't know that such a cold attitude would be seen by another person as impatience after being forced to agree.

Mingxun seemed to want to say something but stopped himself.

It was not until Morax walked forward for a while and suddenly realized that he didn't know where to go that he finally remembered that he had forgotten to ask Mingxun where he wanted to go.

He took the initiative to speak, and Mingxun finally breathed a sigh of relief and replied: "I want to go to Jiashigu."

Jiashigu was the tribe where Mingxun used to be. It was quite far from where they were now. It was impossible to reach there before dark by just walking.

Morax looked hesitant, but he only hesitated for a moment before he directly picked up Mingxun and rushed there using the faster method that belonged to the Demonic Non-Humans.

There was the whistling sound of the wind in my ears, and the body in my arms was extremely stiff. It was not until a long time later that it slowly softened. I chose to put all my trust in him and put my arms around his neck.

Only at this time could Morax look at her boldly and unrestrainedly, because Mingxun was different from him and found it difficult to adapt to this way of traveling. Her emerald green eyes were tightly closed at this moment because of fear.

The quivering eyelashes showed that the owner was not at peace. Morax suddenly wanted to touch it to see if it was as fragile and delicate as it looked.

Unfortunately, while he was lost in thought, they had already reached their destination.

Feeling that the wind had stopped, Mingxun quietly opened his eyes. After meeting Morax's eyes, he quickly got out of his arms and thanked him in a low voice.

"Please wait here, sir," Mingxun said after looking around to determine where they were in Jiashi Valley, "I have something I want to do."

She looked down the path behind her.

Morax had a good memory and almost immediately recognized that this road led to the cemetery of Mingxun's former tribe.

It’s not entirely true to call it a cemetery. After all, humans are so small here and may die at any time. Most of them cannot leave behind a complete body, so most of the cemetery contains cenotaphs.

In order to appease the tribesmen, priests often held ceremonies in cemeteries in the name of extraditing the souls of the dead.

Mingxun said: "I'm afraid my lord won't like the environment inside, so I can do the rest by myself."

But when inviting him, Mingxun clearly said that she had something to tell him, and if she just needed someone to take her back and forth between the two places, Liuyun would be enough.

Morax didn't understand, so he stopped her and said, "It's just a cemetery. If you need me to accompany you, I can go with you."

Mingxun was stunned, but still smiled and shook his head: "Although I thought so at first, forget it now. It is enough for you to wait for me here. I just want to pay tribute to my parents."

parents?

Morax frowned.

He had never heard Mingxun mention such things, and since he met her, Mingxun had always been alone and didn't look like she had any relatives at all.

He was still wondering, but Mingxun had already seen his confusion from the expression on his face and couldn't help laughing: "Sir, you can't really think that I was born and raised like you. Of course, I was also raised by my parents, but they died too early and too lightly, so I rarely mentioned it to others. After all, I can't live to this day without their sacrifice."

She was not originally a member of this tribe, but she wandered here by chance and chose to settle here by accident, so she also built her parents' cenotaph here.

Morax had taken her away in a hurry, so she was unable to take them with her. Later, due to Morax's continuous wars, she was forced to deal with the daily affairs of the tribesmen in the rear and had no time to take care of these things.

It wasn't until now, when Morax and the other immortals decided to take a short break, that she finally found the opportunity.

Mingxun doesn't like to reveal her past scars to others, so she is not willing to let Liuyun go on this trip, but Morax is different.

What's the difference?
The difference is that even if Morax didn't ask, she would take the initiative to reveal her past to him. After all, the purpose of bringing him here was so simple.

This god who was supposed to be high and mighty was unexpectedly kind. If she wanted to cheat something from him, she would always take the initiative to open his wounds and show weakness to trick him into being soft-hearted.

This was the case when he took the initiative to give in during the previous confrontation, and it is still the case now.

Things developed just as she thought. After she lightly summarized her past in a short sentence, Morax's amber eyes widened and he looked a little dazed.

Mingxun pretended not to see this scene, and before he could react, she lifted her skirt and went to the cemetery.

By the time Morax came back to his senses from the annoyance caused by Mingxun's unknown past, she was no longer visible.

Maybe she has something she wants to say to her parents alone.

Morax comforted himself in this way, but he still couldn't help thinking that if he had not rejected Mingxun's request at the beginning, would she have hoped that he would be there when she worshipped her parents? After all, she has always been so dependent on him.

...He felt a little regretful.

This was a ridiculous thing for the Demon God, but he even wanted to bow his head and apologize to Ming Xun, but when it came to where he was wrong, Morax couldn't tell.

Time passed little by little, and he still couldn't figure it out, so he waited in vain for someone to come back at the intersection.

But in the end he was unable to wait, because until the sun set, the girl did not appear at the end of the road.

Morax began to weigh whether to continue waiting or go find someone, but his body had already involuntarily gone to the cemetery.

The journey of a few steps didn't take much time, and soon he saw Mingxun, who seemed to be talking to someone with his back to him.

Morax was a little surprised. Who would appear in such a place at this time?

Before he could think clearly, he heard a strange male voice: "Mingxun, how dare you come here? Do you still think you are the respected priest before? You killed the god who has always protected us! Aren't you afraid that the people lying underground will come to find you!"

As someone who betrayed her people and "eloped" with another demon, she really had no right to be here.

Mingxun probably knew this, so he did not respond to his accusation, but said coldly: "If you think so, then please let go, I will leave."

"Since you're here, why don't you want to atone for your sins and leave unscathed?" The man sneered, "I don't know who gave you the courage to come here alone—"

He probably wanted to say something more vicious, but before he could say those words, the hand that was holding Mingxun was cut off by a sudden flash of golden light.

(End of this chapter)