He changed Tiwat

"Childhood..."

Upon hearing this word, Han Fulai thought of Joel in the snowy mountains, Yixian and Yizhu in Liyue Harbor, and Jiang'er, who was sent to Sumeru for treatment by Jiang Xue...

Having had a less than pleasant childhood himself, Han Fulai always felt a sense of sympathy for these children.

The welfare systems in Teyvat are actually quite inadequate. Although Liyue has a General Affairs Department that provides pensions for orphans, it lacks public welfare institutions such as welfare homes. In Mondstadt, they basically rely on the church or individuals to take in children on their own. Orphans like Bennett are already very lucky to be raised by veteran adventurers.

Many more orphans are like Lei Ze, who silently disappear into the wilderness at a very young age...

There is indeed a place similar to an orphanage called "House of Hearth" in Zhidong, but Han Fulai also knows that Zhidong doesn't raise people for nothing. Orphans in "House of Hearth," such as Miss Katya, are given the names "Shenetsevich" and "Shenetsvna" and trained to become warriors or spies for the Fools.

Perhaps he could do something for these children, such as starting with Liyue and Mondstadt to establish a relatively comprehensive social welfare system—of course, given the current productivity of Teyvat, the conditions for a social welfare system are not yet mature. At least he would have to wait until he had the fertilizer production line in place and the Liyue currency was widely circulated before he could free up his resources to carry out social welfare reforms.

However, he has already kept this in mind.

And now, the only thing he can do for these children is...

He turned to Barbara and said, "Miss Barbara, could I have a blank sheet of music?"

Barbara paused for a moment, then realized, "Ah... could it be... the new song from the 'Joint Concert'...?"

Han Fulai smiled and nodded: "Miss Grace's words just now touched me deeply... I want to write a song for the children. Consider it my blessing for Timmy... and for other children in the world. If this song can inspire more people to care for children, then I will have made a small contribution."

"Okay, I'll go get the sheet music right away!"

Barbara had long forgotten the "no running in the church" rule and ran faster than a wildcat.

Grace gazed at Sir Humphrey, who was "comparable to Barbatos," her eyes slightly moist.

When she was troubled by Timmy's situation, she would always pray to the statue of Lord Barbatos, wanting to ask that lord, "If you have seen this... please tell me what I should do..."

Lord Barbatos did indeed hear her prayer.

Just as she had always believed, as long as the winds of Mondstadt never cease, Lord Barbatos would always be with his people.

She suddenly thought... perhaps Lord Barbatos was already by their side.

Chapter 295 Saving the World

On the blank sheet music that Barbara handed him, Han Fulai first wrote the following:

【Think about on the generations

Reflecting on the changing of generations

And say we would make better place

We often mention our hope to create a happy and fulfilling home.

For children and children's children

For children, and for the next generation of children.

So that they know it's a better world for them

Let them understand that they live in a better world

And think they can make it a better place

Let them believe that they too can make the world a better place.

There are no difficult words or rhymes; it's just a very ordinary passage that even children can understand.

But to Barbara and Grace, these few lines were even more moving than the hymns they had just sung.

—To let children live in a better world, and to let them believe that they can also make the world a better place.

Barbara, who sang to help sick children forget their pain, and Grace, who worked hard to give orphans who had lost their parents a wonderful childhood... They understood these words better than anyone else, and hoped more than anyone else that these words could come true.

Han Fulai then hummed the intro to the song and wrote down the title of the new song: "Heal The World".

Save the world.

On the back of his right hand, where he held the quill pen, the shimmering trefoil knot reappeared once more. It was the mark of the contract that represented the divine power of the Rock King Emperor as witnessing its existence.

Han Fulai did not use any power to activate the mark, but the mark appeared spontaneously with his movements—perhaps in response to his current mood.

"To seek the greatest well-being for the majority of life in Liyue."

This is the contract he made with Gan Yu.

If love and peace can fill the entire continent of Teyvat, it will certainly bring the greatest well-being to the majority of life in Liyue. What he is doing now is also fulfilling this sacred covenant.

The lyrics and melody flowed effortlessly from his pen, as if they were overflowing from his very tip.

【There's a place in your heart

There is a place in your heart

And I know that it is love

I know that place is full of love.

And this place could be much

This place is better than

Brighter than tomorrow

Tomorrow will be bright and glorious.

And if you really try

If you really tried

You'll find there's no need to cry

You'll find there's no need to cry.

In this place you'll feel

In this place, you feel

There's no hurt or sorrow

No harm or grief

There are ways to get there

There are many ways to get to that place.

If you care enough for the living

If you care enough about life

Make a little space

Create some space

Make a better place

Creating a better world

heal the world

Save the world

Make it a better place

Make the world a better place

For you and for me

For you, for me

And the entire human race

For all mankind

This is a song written by Michael Jackson, the "King of Pop," to establish a children's foundation. It is hailed as "the most beautiful song in the world" and perhaps one of the most famous songs on Earth.

Since its release in the 90s, this song has been sung by people in various occasions to care for children and call for love and peace. Han Fulai heard this song in a Lunar New Year movie before he time-traveled.

Han Fulai was not a fan of Michael Jackson, nor did he have any in-depth understanding of the long-deceased King of Pop, but strangely enough, this song was deeply imprinted in his mind.

When he heard Sister Grace mention creating a happy childhood for children, his first thought was this song.

If the King of Pop, who dedicated his life to love and peace, knew that his songs could be used for charity and children's causes in another world, he probably wouldn't mind a little copyright issue, right?

Barbara and Grace held the sheet music in their hands, and looked at Han Fulai as if he were a "saint".

Love for children, love for humanity, love for the whole world...

—This person must have an incredibly broad love in their heart to be able to compose such a moving song!

What an honor it is to sing this song with such a person at the Badminton Festival!

Han Fulai turned his face away, feeling rather embarrassed... He felt quite flattered by the two beautiful nuns staring at him with such eager eyes.

The power of "cultural export" is, in some ways, no less than that of warships and cannons...

Han Fulai silently reminded himself that he should pay more attention to cultural exchanges between Teyvat countries in the future, and to build a "Teyvat community of shared future". This is an indispensable part and may make things go more smoothly.

After discussing the performance details of the "joint concert" with Barbara and Grace, two experts in music, Han Fulai finally revealed his main purpose for coming to the West Wind Cathedral today: "Sister Grace, may I now take you to retrieve the 'Sky Harp'?"

The "Sky Harp," a sacred relic left by the wind god Barbatos, has always been kept under strict guard in the deepest part of the church's basement. Normally, even seeing the "Sky Harp" requires the collective approval of the Mondstadt leadership, making it extremely difficult. However, for Han Fulai, this is no longer a problem.

He has now been awarded the title of Poet Laureate, which grants him the right to handle this instrument. He just moved Sister Grace, the priestess in charge of managing the relics, with a rendition of "Heal The World." This manager has a very good impression of him and trusts his character greatly, so she would naturally do anything to streamline some of the cumbersome procedures for him.

Moreover, he now has a perfectly legitimate reason: he needs to "rehearse" in advance for that "joint concert" dedicated to the children.

Of course, the "Sky Harp" would be used for the "rehearsal".

Chapter 296 Captain Nimf

Han Fulai followed the two nuns to the deepest part of the chapel, to the wall engraved with the emblem of the Church of the West.

Sister Grace took out an amulet embroidered with the church symbol from her collar, clasped her hands together, and slowly recited a prayer.

The power of the wind gathered in the amulet, gradually emitting light in her palm. The emblem on the wall also shone brightly. After the two resonated, the wall flipped over with a "snap," revealing a staircase leading to the underground.

Even without the power of divine vision, a nun who becomes a priestess can at least invoke the elemental power sealed within a church-made amulet through specific incantations. The nuns believe this is a manifestation of their faith being recognized by the divine.

However, in Han Fu's view, the amulet technology of the Church of the West Wind has many similarities with the "Yin-Yang Technique" of Inazuma that he had seen before, as well as the talismans of the Liyue Asgardians and the sorcerers. They are all applications of "Word of Power".

Simply put, it's a way of using specific incantations to activate elemental power or other forces.

—Although the nuns seem not to know what "words of power" are, they have been using this healing magic to treat people for thousands of years.

After his journey through the Abyss of Layered Rocks, Han Fulai learned that the "Word Spirit" technique was a kind of power in the human realm, and also a power that was deliberately hidden by the laws of nature.

The laws of nature have sealed away history and taken away power. When people talk about extraordinary power now, they can only think of the "Eye of God," and they all agree that only those chosen by the gods can possess power—just as the nuns believe that the power of the amulet is a gift from Lord Barbatos.

Logically, "word power" should also be a forbidden force, but judging from the current situation, "word power" technology has only changed its name in various countries and is still widely used by people.

It's like how nature forbids people from watching "adult films," so people have given it a new name: "physiological knowledge learning materials"...

This is true in Liyue, it's true in Mondstadt, and it's true in Inazuma...

The talismans of Liyue were passed down by the Geo Archon, the "ancestor of all immortals." The divine magic of the Church is said to be taught by Barbatos, and the "yin-yang magic" of Inazuma comes from the fusion of the divine magic of the Great Tengu of Shadow Mountain and the immortal magic of Liyue... How to put it, the civil servants of Sky Isle really know what it means to "have a policy from above and a countermeasure from below".

In the game's questline, Han Fulai had indeed visited the underground relic storage room of the Church of the West Wind with the Traveler, and even opened several precious treasure chests down there... but seeing it in person was a completely different kind of shock.

This place was clearly much larger than anything he had seen in the game; it had practically hollowed out the entire church grounds. Rows and rows of storage cabinets resembled bookshelves in a library, numbering in the hundreds. Han Fulai was certain that even if all of Wendy's "relics"—tables, chairs, benches, wine glasses, and the like—that drunkard had touched over thousands of years were placed here, it still wouldn't be enough to fill the space.

Indeed, Grace introduced him to many relics in the church’s collection along the way, including “Barbatos’s goblet”, “Barbatos’s poems”, “the chains that bound Lady Vanessa”, “the shackles that imprisoned Lady Vanessa” and so on… It was quite the kind of style that would use Jesus’s shroud as a “shroud of the dead”.

In fact, more than half of this space is filled with items related to Vanessa. Vanessa was a true follower of the Anemo Archon and a "Saint," and the only "Genius" on the continent of Teyvat who is said to have ascended to godhood. The things she used are, of course, "Relics."

Han Fulai thought somewhat disrespectfully, "Thank goodness Vanessa didn't die on the cross, otherwise there would probably be another Spear of Longinus hidden here... Hmm, speaking of which, the sword 'Windhawk Sword,' which Captain Jean was awarded to Vanessa after becoming the 'Dandelion Knight,' was also a 'sacred relic'..."

Of course, in addition to those "antiques and antiques," it also contains many relics of historical church figures, as well as archives of the West Wind Church that are not open to the public—but those are under Sister Victoria's jurisdiction, and Grace has no right to inquire about them.

Sister Grace couldn't possibly be the only one guarding so many "sacred relics."

Besides her priests, including Deacon Talia and Sister Barbara, there was also a squad of knights from the Knights of Favonius stationed there.

Even though Han Fulai had Sister Grace and Barbara leading him, and the "laurel wreath" and the honorary knighthood awarded by the harp as his identity verification, he still underwent a rigorous inspection by the Knights.

A girl dressed in a modified robe, about the same height as Barbara, and with pigtails similar to Mona's, meticulously activated the magic circle. She circled him for several minutes, staff in hand, probing him like a subway security checkpoint. Only after confirming he wasn't some phantom thief in disguise and wasn't carrying any dangerous items did she lower her staff and begin her routine questioning.

Strangely, after the security personnel heard that he had won the "Poetry Recitation" competition where Lisa was a judge yesterday, the questions they asked had nothing to do with him. They were all questions like, "What clothes did Lisa wear yesterday?", "What did Lisa say yesterday?", and "Who was Lisa with yesterday?"

Although it could be interpreted as verifying his experience, it still felt a bit strange... Fortunately, Barbara, who was also a judge, came to his rescue, otherwise Han Fulai doubted that this "Lisa Encyclopedia"-style questioning could have lasted for several hours.

According to Barbara, the security personnel just now was Nimf, the captain of the Eighth Squad, the "Magic Squad".

Ever since the "Sky Harp" was stolen by a blond thief a few months ago, the Knights have increased their manpower to guard this basement, even going so far as to send captain-level powerhouses to do security checks.