Soon, Makoto led a group of Little Cutie through the streets of Inazuma, with Raiden Ei, who was wearing a mask, following closely behind him.
The Little Ones kept walking until they couldn't walk anymore, blinking their big eyes at a shop not far away.
It was a merchant from Liyue, and the shop was filled with strings of candied hawthorn.
Each hawthorn berry was plump and vibrant, wrapped in a crystal-clear sugar syrup, looking very appetizing.
Although the little girls didn't speak, their eyes were full of anticipation for the candied hawthorn.
Especially Sara, who grew up in Inazuma, and it was her first time seeing Liyue's special candied hawthorn.
Ei also couldn't help but glance at the candied hawthorn a few more times, but when she noticed Makoto looking at her, she immediately withdrew her gaze.
Her indifferent face was filled with the words, "Only children like to eat this kind of sweet, she's not interested."
At this moment, Makoto asked, "Ei, do you want a string of candied hawthorn?"
"Okay."
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One of the joys of attending the festival is the variety of special delicacies that appear.
At the festival, the cuisines of Mondstadt, Liyue, Sumeru, and other nations were dazzlingly abundant.
Along the way, the Little Ones had all sorts of things to eat.
Keqing was holding a serving of golden shrimp balls in his arms.
Beidou was holding a steaming hot mapo tofu.
Ningguang received a serving of papaya Milk.
Although Qiqi's taste buds had recovered, he still preferred coconut milk the most.
Shenhe tried Inazuma ramen.
Kamisato Ayaka was drinking Milk tea.
Sara received several kinds of desserts.
She has a small habit, which is to eat her favorite food last.
For her, the tricolor dango was her favorite food at the moment.
She specifically saved the tricolor dango for last, so she could savor it slowly and carefully.
Just as she was about to start eating, Sara noticed that Makoto hadn't eaten anything.
Makoto bought many things for everyone, but he didn't buy anything for himself.
Seeing this, Sara didn't hesitate at all and offered her favorite tricolor dango to Makoto.
"Big Brother Makoto, why aren't you eating anything? Sara invites you to eat dessert, okay?"
"These desserts are very delicious, please try them."
Although these desserts were all saved by Sara for last, when she saw that Makoto hadn't eaten anything,
She unhesitatingly gave her favorite food to Makoto.
Because in her opinion, Big Brother Makoto was more important than eating her favorite food.
Looking at Little Sara's adorable appearance, Makoto reached out and rubbed Sara's small head: "Sara, thank you for your kindness."
"But you like tricolor dango the most, so keep it for yourself."
"As for me, I can just eat anything."
Makoto also knew Sara was worried he would be hungry, so after some selection, he bought fried pork ribs.
And every time Makoto picked up a rib, Taroumaru would stare at him intently, looking incredibly cute.
In response, Makoto also selected a few crispy ribs suitable for a dog and shared them with Taroumaru.
However, Taroumaru didn't start eating immediately; instead, he carried a crispy bone in his mouth and walked out of the restaurant.
Makoto felt a strange sensation, not knowing what Taroumaru was doing.
But soon, he saw Taroumaru digging a hole under a large tree on the street, then throwing the crispy bone into it.
After doing all this, Taroumaru wagged his tail, grinned foolishly, and ran back, repeating the process.
Looking at Taroumaru's appearance, Makoto couldn't help but laugh.
Taroumaru had run out to hide his food.
The dog thought he had hidden it very well and fooled everyone.
But little did he know, everything was seen by Makoto.
Today, Makoto was going to let him know what the treachery of the world was!
While Taroumaru wasn't paying attention, Makoto went to the tree and dug out all the crispy bones.
Not long after, Taroumaru came to the big tree with a crispy bone in his mouth.
When he saw the pile of crispy bones under the tree, the whole dog clearly froze for a moment, his eyes filled with confusion.
Didn't he just bury the bones in the dirt?
Why were they appearing under the tree?
Did he remember incorrectly?
Taroumaru didn't think much and continued to dig holes and bury bones.
This time, he even checked carefully.
He made sure all the bones were buried in the ground before wagging his tail contentedly and leaving.
When he came back to dig a hole with a bone in his mouth, he found that the number of crispy bones buried in the dirt seemed to have increased.
He remembered that he hadn't buried so many bones before.
Could it be that this land had magical powers and could grow bones from bones?
Thinking this, Taroumaru hurriedly brought a few more bones and buried them in the dirt.
When he dug the hole with joy, hoping to harvest more bones,
He found it was empty, with not a single bone.
This made Taroumaru anxious; he was so anxious that he almost spoke.
He searched inside and out, carefully, but still found nothing.
This made the dog howl in distress, starting to question his dog life.
Immediately after, Taroumaru noticed that Makoto, not far away, was trying hard to hold back his laughter.
"Alright, Taroumaru, I won't tease you anymore; here are your bones."
When Taroumaru saw that behind Makoto were his lost bones,
He let out a whine and immediately pounced, cradling the bones in his arms, preventing Makoto, that bad guy, from snatching them away.
After a moment of hesitation, Taroumaru pushed the bones in front of Makoto with his nose.
He was willing to share his food with Makoto.
It's also possible he was worried Makoto would move his bones again, so he used one bone to show goodwill to Makoto.
Meaning, if you eat my bones, you can't steal them anymore.
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Thank you all for your encouragement these past few days.
It's just that the author is not a high school student and has already taken the college entrance exam.
The author is now a lazy university student, having completely forgotten high school knowledge and unable to do high school problems at all.
The current author can only babble, doing nothing but eating and eating.
Today, my roommate sighed that the college entrance exam was coming soon, and the author heard it, sat up in bed in surprise, and said, "What? Eating barbecue tonight?"
Jokes aside,
I still sincerely wish all college entrance exam students: a triumphant start, knowing all the answers, and guessing all correctly!
You all go take the college entrance exam; leave the extra updates to me!
And then, there's only one update today; the author needs to organize his thoughts.
Prepare to wrap up the Inazuma festival and start Ganyu's side story and the Liyue Yaksha plot.
You always say the content is too short, and that is indeed my problem.
My greatest strength is knowing my mistakes and correcting them.
But my weakness is also very obvious: I never know my mistakes.
Just kidding, I will try my best to write longer, as long as my body allows.
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