"Oh?"
Hearing Felix's words, Childe's eyes lit up.
Could this be a good item?
Otherwise, the Shopkeeper wouldn't say it was interesting.
"It is called Book Seasoning."
Felix explained, "You just need to sprinkle this on a book, and anyone who sees it will be compelled to read it. They won't stop until they finish the book."
"Just reading?"
Childe frowned.
If it was only for reading, it was useless to him.
Could it be used for other things?
"Just reading," Felix confirmed. "It only works on books. Sprinkling it elsewhere has no effect."
The item description was clear. It was Book Seasoning. It seasoned books.
"Alright then."
Childe sighed.
It was interesting, but useless to him personally.
Bang.
He continued opening jars.
The third jar shattered, and a stack of papers fell out.
[Square Paper Bomb (Explosive Tag)]: Twice the size of a normal explosive tag. White paper with the character 'Explode' (爆) in the center, surrounded by small seal script. Can be detonated remotely.
"Not bad."
Seeing the stack of explosive tags, Childe smiled.
Three jars in a row without emptiness. His luck was decent today.
These tags were practical tools for battle.
Bang!
The fourth jar.
A blue-purple fruit fell out.
[Wolfhook]: A berry with thorns that hooks onto wolves' fur to migrate. Seeing it evokes the mournful howls of wolves in the forest.
Childe glanced at the Wolfhook and moved on.
Bang.
The fifth jar.
A rectangular screen fell out.
"A machine?"
Childe raised an eyebrow at the strange device. It looked like a tool.
Felix, who had been calm, suddenly looked strange when he read the item description.
[Infinite Battery Idol Trainee Dance Video Player]: Records the dance of a certain idol trainee. Possesses indescribable magical properties. Mastering it improves body coordination and finger dexterity.
Felix: "??????"
Seeing the black rectangular screen, Felix was full of question marks.
Is it... THAT dance?
Childe reached out and touched the [Idol Trainee Dance Video Player].
Upon contact, it expanded into an eight-inch tablet screen.
There was a button at the bottom. Childe pressed it.
The black screen flickered to life.
A white background. A person in strange clothes appeared.
Childe blinked.
Is this a recording?
So high definition. So clear.
"I am a personal trainee with two and a half years of practice. I like singing, dancing, rap, and basketball. Music~."
In the video, the person snapped his fingers and threw his jacket away瀟灑ly (dashingly).
An orange patterned basketball flew in from off-screen, landing perfectly in the trainee's hand.
Music started playing.
Thump thump thump.
The trainee moved.
The basketball danced in his hands—dribbling, passing through his legs, rolling over his shoulders.
Finally, he tossed the ball aside, turned around, and began to shake his shoulders wildly.
As his shoulders shook, his hips vibrated at a high frequency.
Childe's eyes widened.
What is he doing?
Felix: "...."
As Childe stared, the self-proclaimed trainee made various strange movements and howled: "The you walking towards me makes my heart restless, a feeling I've never had."
"In the coming days, I will write my own lyrics and music... please vote for me. Mwah."
Felix: "...."
Felix's eyelid twitched as he watched the video.
As for Childe, he fell silent.
For some reason, after watching it once, he felt compelled to watch it again.
The man in the video deeply attracted his attention.
The video looped. Childe watched it again.
Only after the second viewing did Childe look up, unsatisfied, and ask, "Shopkeeper, do these movements have any meaning?"
"It is a dance. Learning it can train your body's coordination," Felix said with a strange expression. "It can also train finger dexterity. You can try learning it."
"Train body coordination?"
Childe was delighted. It has that effect?
He knew those moves weren't simple.
He restarted the video and began to mimic the trainee in the [Idol Trainee Dance Video Player], copying every move meticulously.
He threw an imaginary jacket. Then he paused.
He didn't have the orange patterned ball.
But lacking the ball didn't stop him from copying the body movements.
After completing a set, Childe felt a subtle change in his body. A slight adjustment in his muscle control.
His eyes lit up. It really works.
He continued to dance along with the video.
Felix: "..."
Watching a Fatui Harbinger perform the Chicken You Are So Beautiful (Ji Ni Tai Mei) dance in his shop... Felix's mouth twitched.
He couldn't bear to watch.
"Holy crap, what is that guy doing?"
"I don't know. Why is he moving so weirdly?"
Outside the shop, Wenqi and Doyle looked at each other in confusion.
What is the Harbinger doing?
We don't understand these sudden movements.
"Indeed. I feel a slight change in my body. It allows me to adapt my control over my muscles better."
Inside the shop, Childe finished another round of the dance and looked at Felix with joy. "Shopkeeper, just as you said, it trains coordination."
For a warrior, coordination was crucial. It determined victory or defeat.
Whether melee or ranged, high coordination allowed for effortless dodging. Minimum effort, maximum result.
Instead of seeing danger and panicking, a coordinated body reacted instinctively, like a reflex.
This dance allowed him to refine that coordination.
If he practiced this for years, his physical mastery would increase step by step.
In future battles, he could achieve difficult feats with less energy.
This dance helped him, a Harbinger. Imagine what it could do for weaker people.
He had only danced it three times, and he already felt more attuned to his body.
"And you said it trains finger dexterity too?"
Childe remembered the ball spinning on the trainee's finger.
He didn't have the ball, so he hadn't experienced that part.
He looked at Felix expectantly. "Shopkeeper, what is the ball in the trainee's hand? Is the finger dexterity linked to that 'basketball'?"
"Yes," Felix nodded. "That is a basketball. Made of leather, filled with air. To make it round, you just pump air into it. The leather is just the surface."
"I see."
Childe understood.
It sounded easy to make. Just a type of balloon made of leather.
"Shopkeeper, what if this machine breaks?"
Childe suddenly frowned.
If the screen broke, the dance would be lost.
He couldn't fix it. Unless he asked Il Dottore.
But Dottore was in Snezhnaya, and Childe had never seen such technology in his labs. What if even The Doctor couldn't fix it?
"If it breaks, it's useless," Felix shrugged. "But as long as you keep it safe, it won't break easily. The player has infinite battery. Why? Planning to teach others?"
Childe had already memorized the moves. Even if the player broke now, Childe knew how to shake his shoulders.
"Phew, that's good," Childe relaxed upon hearing about the infinite battery.
That's good.
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