This time, Amber cried even harder than before, and eventually fell asleep from exhaustion.

Then, the warm and cozy feeling slowly woke Amber up.

She found herself lying on the back of another older boy.

The surrounding streets were still as dark as ever, but Amber could see the golden hair on the back of her older brother's head.

"Big brother?"

The little girl said in her childish voice, "Your hair seems to be shining."

"And you feel warm all over."

As she spoke, Amber brought her nose close to the pile of hair.

Hmm...it doesn't smell good...

But it's so warm!

A sneeze!

Amber sneezed from the soft hair, spraying snot and saliva onto her older brother's hair.

"I'm sorry, big brother."

"Amber didn't do it on purpose."

Amber frantically tried to wipe the stuff off her hair, but was suddenly put down by her older brother.

Amber thought her older brother would be angry, but he just handed her a handkerchief.

"Wipe it off, otherwise it will look terrible."

"But, but big brother also has snot on his nose."

"If it's on the back of your head, it won't be so easy for people to see."

"But I'm sorry, I probably won't be able to carry you on my back anymore."

"However, let's hold hands and go home together."

The broken lights in Mondstadt suddenly came on, but Amber didn't feel they were very bright.

With her tiny eyes peeking at the older brother holding her hand, Amber understood something for the first time.

—So, the sun shines at night too.

...

Later, the little girl grew up.

She gradually learned about the older brother's identity, and gradually realized that the older brother didn't seem happy at all.

The older brother was always smiling at the others, but the others never smiled back at him.

She saw another girl, who had been helped by an older boy, push the older boy to the ground.

She saw her older brother's mother scolding him, and she was helping the person who had brought her to the city wall to scold him.

She also saw many, many things...

It seems like my older brother has no friends, and Amber always feels like he's about to disappear from Mondstadt.

So...

"Big brother, can we be friends?"

"No matter what, I will not treat my older brother like everyone else."

"friend?"

"If you like, of course you can."

Upon hearing this, Amber laughed smugly, as if an adventurous girl had found a treasure.

"It's a deal then, we'll always be best friends." I'll always be the sun's best friend too!

Amber knew that her older brother practiced swordsmanship at the training ground every day, so she would carefully cook hot soup for him every day.

Of course she knew her older brother didn't like sweet drinks.

But Amber still likes to add lots and lots of sweet flowers to the soup, making it very, very sweet.

Amber has thought it through.

When the older brother says he doesn't like sweets, I'll take the opportunity to ask him even more questions.

What color does the older brother like?

What kind of weather do you like?

What flowers do you like?

And...do you like Amber?

However, the older brother never said this aloud.

But my older brother has changed so much.

He smiled at everyone else just like he did.

However, Amber could sense that his smiles were completely different from his smiles towards others.

It was a smile more like the sun, and she spoke much more than others.

And so, feeling that the time was right, Amber asked the question that had been building up in her heart.

"Big brother, what do you think of Mondstadt?"

“Mondstadt is terrible, I hate this place.”

"Like This..."

Amber was somewhat unhappy.

She always thought that her older brother would fall in love with Mondstadt because of her.

The feeling that my older brother would one day leave Mondstadt grew stronger and stronger.

Amber wanted to say that Mondstadt is actually very good and has many beautiful places, but for some reason she didn't say it.

After that long period of time, Amber never went to see her older brother again.

Amber wanted to find a really nice place so her older brother would know that Mondstadt is truly wonderful.

Amber found this place just a few days before her older brother's birthday.

She excitedly made an appointment with her older brother to go to that place, and they agreed to do it the day before his birthday.

As for why it wasn't on my birthday...

Of course, there are more important things to do!

Amber had been preparing for this for a long time.

Red paper flowers folded by hand...

Many gifts decorated with flowers...

There are no more sweet flower foods...

She even specially prepared juice from hook fruit, which she dislikes completely.

Amber was meticulously preparing until the day before her older brother's birthday when her grandfather blocked her way.

“Amber, the Knights have received word that a band of thieves has recently appeared near Mondstadt, so you'd better not go out.”

"A thief?! Where's the older brother?"

"Don't worry, I've told Simon this news, and Mu Xian will definitely know."

do you know?

But Amber still felt a little uneasy.

It wasn't until nightfall that they overheard a conversation between a scout knight and their grandfather.

The eldest son of the Gunnhildr family was kidnapped by bandits outside the city...

That night was the same one as when she got lost, and Amber had no idea how she left Mondstadt.

Raindrops began to fall from the sky, and Amber arrived at the place she had arranged to meet her older brother.

There was no older brother there, but Amber found a diary lying on the ground.

The diary was open, with muddy footprints on it.

Amber picked up the diary in a daze, completely unable to look at its contents.

The voice of the Knights of Favonius could be heard in the distance; my grandfather had arrived with his knights.

He held Amber in his arms, but the warmth seemed unable to penetrate her body.

Amber felt even colder than when she got lost.

She looked at the knights who had rushed over, but none of the Gunnhilds were among them.

It rained for a day and a night, and Amber caught a cold when she returned.

Amber didn't know how long she had slept, but in her hazy state, she heard her grandfather say that her older brother had returned.

The discomfort seemed to disappear at that moment, and Amber got out of bed and ran towards her older brother's house, clutching the gift she had carefully prepared.

But Amber didn't see her older brother; his father was holding a wooden sword.

That's my older brother's wooden sword.

At that moment, Amber somehow mustered up the courage to give a hard shove to the adult in front of her who was much taller than her.

This was the first time Amber had spoken her mind.

"What the hell are you doing?!"

...

Amber returned and stared blankly at the prepared gift in front of her.

The gift box was soaked and ruined by the rain, and many of the flowers that were carefully decorated on it were missing petals.

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