Genshin Impact, I, a mere mortal, cannot accompany you to the very end.

"die."

Ying instinctively clenched the doll, slowly exhaling as she tried to dispel the inexplicable fear. "I want to stay here and be a doll."

"He will obey my orders; he won't die."

"Your concept of time is very unclear. Or rather, your eternal self is almost arrogant."

The general said, her tone remaining completely unchanged:

“A hundred years ago you thought he could live another hundred years, and now you haven’t changed at all. You haven’t changed in essence. A hundred years from now you think he will live long enough for you to make a puppet, but the truth is, for mortals, a hundred years and a moment are no different.”

“What’s missed is missed. For such a short life, a hundred years is a missed opportunity, and a moment is also a missed opportunity. You may think that he can live for several more weeks, but that may just be your opinion. Faced with these things, you may not be able to do anything. Perhaps the only thing you can do is to ‘leave no regrets’.”

“You’ve always had a chance. You’ve had a chance for the past hundred years, and you had a chance during the three days after Kiyono Raimei returned, but you missed them all.”

What's missed is missed.

Perhaps Kiyono Raimei won't live a year, half a year, a week, or even... three days.

Life can be lost at any time.

Even the command of the gods cannot stop it.

Kiyono Raimei might not even live to see the day the doll is completed.

It was all just my own delusion, the arrogant delusion of a god.

Did she miss out again...? Her eyes trembled slightly, and she touched her thin lips with her fingertips, gently biting her nails.

She suddenly felt suffocated, a feeling so familiar that it made it hard for Ying to breathe.

Click.

It sounded like water dripping on the floor.

Click,

Faced with the torrent of time, all she could do was to leave no regrets. But she missed out on a hundred years, and she missed out on these three days as well.

Will his last memories of himself, and his last memories of him, end with an argument?

No.

Don't want that.

He's not in Inazuma; he's left. He's looking for a place to die.

He is leaving.

No.

Dusk is approaching.

The sky had darkened to its extreme, and at the far end of the horizon was a patch of almost blood-red clouds. Lightning bolts coiled between the clouds, falling intermittently and striking the leaden sky, scattering into trails like fine cracks.

The shadow walked to the top of the castle tower, her deep purple naginata dragging on the ground, sparking with tiny bursts of fire. The lightning explosions grew more frenzied with each step she took, and she finally stood at the highest point of Inazuma.

The naginata traced an arc and stood upright in front of her chest. She clasped her hands together on the hilt, her eyes low and dim, and she let out a soft breath.

She plunged the naginata into the ground!

As the naginata fell, endless thunderous explosions descended from the sky. Tens of thousands of lightning snakes roared, spinning, intertwining, and swirling, spreading outwards and layer upon layer across the sea. The storm sealed off the entire Inazuma!

Because of the strong opposition from the Pillar of State, the lockdown order was never fully implemented.

Inazuma's route was only partially blocked by lightning, but now, the Shadow has used all of his lightning to completely block Inazuma!

No ship could pass through that storm; all living beings were trapped within this wall of death.

Kiyono Raimei saw those storms.

The seawater was swept up, and thousands of tons of seawater were engulfed in the thunderous explosion and spread out.

The sound of panicked voices came from the deck. The storm had created a slight tsunami, causing the ship to rock violently. Porcelain pieces fell from cabinets with a clattering sound.

"Shadow..." Qingye leaned against the bed and whispered, "What are you doing...?"

He almost murmured it.

"I thought... you were mature enough."

A sound that was almost like a sigh.

"How can I feel at ease with you like this..."

[Remaining lifespan: Two hours]

Kiyono was getting closer and closer to death. He was in a bad state, lying on the bed, being tossed up and down by the wind and waves. He was experiencing all sorts of strange auditory hallucinations, and his vision was starting to blur.

He was already far enough away from Inazuma, but he was still blocked. He didn't want to die in this place.

He didn't want to die like that. He didn't like this kind of death.

The sky was so dark.

Shadow treads on the sea, Osmanthus steps on the waves as if walking on flat ground, leaving a trail of ripples in her wake.

Thunder accompanied her every step, rising and falling.

Kiyono Sara just brought her news: the secret ship that left the port last night might be their only hope.

She abandoned the dolls and, for the first time in a century, stepped out of the castle tower. She even left Inazuma Castle and came to the sea. She was determined to continue moving forward.

Shadow wanted to see Kiyono Raimei.

Whether it's a final farewell or not, in short, she wants to see Kiyono Raimei. She may have a lot to say, but she might still be speechless when she sees him. Perhaps Kiyono still resents her, or perhaps Kiyono never wants to see her again. But that doesn't matter, because Ying wants to see Kiyono Raimei one last time.

This is the most important.

This feeling had never been so pure and surging, washing over Ying's heart, which had been barren for a hundred years, like waves.

She wanted to see Kiyono Raimei one last time, just to talk to him or see what he looked like now.

She wanted to see Kiyono Raimei one last time, whether he complained and cursed her, or they were speechless, or he smiled gently.

She wanted to see Kiyono Raimei one last time. This matter was irrelevant and meaningless; she couldn't let him live another second, she couldn't let him escape death... but Ying wanted to see Kiyono one last time.

Just like five hundred years ago, she traveled thousands of miles, leaving behind Inazuma, to see her sister one last time.

That was the same feeling. Harboring the same hope.

This matter has no significance, it is merely an emotion, a slow flow of feelings that have been dormant for a hundred years, feelings that she once abandoned in her pursuit of eternity.

The ocean is so vast and expansive.

The shadows drift romantically along the sea, but the ocean is so vast, where could that ship be?

Time passed slowly, flowing silently.

She didn't know how much time had passed before she finally saw the ship, which was stopped at the edge of the thunder, unable to move forward even half a step.

She smelled a familiar elemental scent; it was indeed him. He was right here, on this ship, slowly dying right here.

The hope in my heart swelled and expanded infinitely.

My heart seems to be pounding.

As she stepped onto the ship, the storm subsided, and the rocking of the ship ceased. The sailors on both sides, upon seeing the esteemed Lord Narukami, were incredulous and knelt down, bowing their heads in respect.

It is here.

After a century apart, what should she say to each other?

Shadow doesn't know.

Ying didn't glance at them; her eyes were fixed on the room, gazing there with hope and expectation. Muxi stepped onto the deck, her steps inexplicably hurried, her heart trembling slightly. Ying had never walked such a long road before; it was a time longer than eternity.

Finally, she walked to the door and Ying pushed it open.

"Qingye——"

The scriptwriter wanted to say that; the name was already on her lips, but she couldn't utter it anymore. The name slipped out, traveled down her trachea, and into her stomach, finally echoing from the depths of her being with a deep, confused voice:

"Eh?"

A strange young man sat on the bed, looked up at her, and seemed confused.

—Who are you?

Kiyono said this.

[Remaining lifespan: one hour]

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This is another combined chapter, yesterday's and today's chapters are linked together. I've tried my best to keep the chapters from breaking up, sob sob. I'll continue updating tonight.

Volume 1: Chapter 28 The Last Milk Dumpling

"Huh?"

Lei blinked gently.

blank.

She subconsciously looked around the cabin. The cramped cabin was sparsely furnished: a clean bed, a cabinet, two water glasses broken on the floor, a small kitchen, and nothing else.

No, there's nothing there.

She extended her senses further, to the entire ship, to the surrounding sea... but there was no trace of Kiyono Raimei.

It's still blank.

Immense confusion.

She had clearly thought about what to say, clearly planned what to say when they met, but all of that came to nothing. Her surging emotions were like waves crashing on fluffy sand, without any sense of reality.

Shadow didn't know what to do or what to say. She sealed off the sea area of ​​Inazuma, traveled thousands of miles, filled with hope, but found nothing.

The hope that led her here was just an illusion.

The general was not wrong, nor was Sara. Because of her stubbornness, she missed the chance to say goodbye.

It was all for nothing.