Eula watched Amber's anxious expression on her behalf.
Her heart began to waver.
It seemed that from this moment on,
the mantra, "I bear the surname of a sinner; I advise you to keep your distance from me," had already become a thing of the past.
At the very least, Eula could sense those who were genuinely good to her, and she would no longer push them away like she used to.
Also starting from this day,
although Eula would still often live alone outside,
she began to feel a sense of belonging to Mondstadt. She started looking forward to returning to the Knights of Favonius dormitory to see Amber, whose passion for her burned like fire.
Amber, in turn, would often travel and explore various places across Mondstadt with Eula under the guise of reconnaissance squad activities.
Sometimes they would venture into Dragonspine for an adventure, taking a dip in the icy waters.
Other times, they would visit Alice's temporary outdoor research base, and the three of them would share a meal together.
However, Eula always sensed that Alice wasn't as gentle and considerate as she appeared on the surface.
The feeling Alice gave Eula was... a kind of unspoken melancholy, as if she harbored worries she couldn't voice.
After inquiring with Amber,
Eula learned the truth.
In fact, Alice hadn't genuinely smiled from the heart for a very long time.
After asking Amber, Eula learned the specific reason for Alice's low spirits.
It was because Alice's husband had left Mondstadt.
That was why she was so downcast.
But every time she saw Eula, as if afraid of affecting her mood, Alice would force a smile.
This made Eula spend time with Alice even more frequently,
hoping that her companionship might lift Alice's spirits.
Unfortunately,
a year later, Alice joined Grand Master Varka's expeditionary force and left Mondstadt.
After that, Eula could only see her every few years when Alice returned to Mondstadt to visit Klee.
Now, as Alice finished her recounting, the group had arrived at the location where Rhinedottir was creating the artificial human.
After Alice's story reached a pause,
Lin Mo looked at Alice and Eula, his gaze full of astonishment.
So...
that...
in a sense, these two were good friends? Confidantes?
How was he supposed to act around them from now on?
Lin Mo wasn't the only one feeling this way.
Eula's gaze was equally complicated.
Because of her relationship with Lin Mo, Eula found herself momentarily unsure how to face him and Alice.
Alice seemed to sense the strange atmosphere between the two.
Her delicate brows furrowed slightly as she turned to Lin Mo with a questioning look. "You and Eula... don't tell me you also shared a past life cycle..."
That scrutinizing gaze
made Lin Mo instinctively want to change the subject.
"Ahem, it's getting late~"
Lin Mo said awkwardly. "Right! I need to hurry and sculpt the external form for the artificial human. You can watch from the side, but don't disturb me, okay~"
"Heh..."
Alice gave a cold laugh.
Lin Mo's guilty attitude made it all too obvious that he had something going on with Eula, didn't it?
And at that moment,
Rhinedottir also stood beside Alice, her gaze profound as she looked at Lin Mo and said calmly, "With your level of 'Crimson Succession' alchemy, even if distracted, you can sculpt a perfect form for the artificial human. So, I don't mind if you work while telling your story."
"Yeah, yeah~"
Paimon chimed in from the side. "Paimon is really curious too~"
"You guys..."
Lin Mo's expression was decidedly unpleasant.
Recounting his various experiences with Eula right in front of Alice was something Lin Mo found incredibly difficult to voice!
But just then,
Eula, seeing the distress on Lin Mo's face, stepped in front of him and said to Alice calmly, "Everyone, please let Lin Mo focus on his work. It's the same if I'm the one to tell the story of my past with Lin Mo."
Having said that, Eula turned to look back at Lin Mo.
Lin Mo immediately gave her a thumbs-up.
His grateful gaze seemed to say: "As expected of my wonderful wife! You know how to share my burdens, love you, mwah!"
Seeing Lin Mo's smile and thinking about the content she was about to recount,
even the usually cold and arrogant Eula felt her cheeks grow slightly warm.
But she still turned back to face the others and patiently began, "The story... starts with that dream of Dragonspine..."
As Eula began her tale,
Lin Mo also turned around, picked up a scalpel, and focused on sculpting the artificial human's body.
Although he hadn't seen Miss Hina in person,
he had seen her posters a few times.
Height...
He could model it after Gorou's height, roughly around 165 cm.
Hairstyle and hair color were even simpler—just like Gorou's, brown with a touch of white.
As for the figure...
If it were too voluptuous, it obviously wouldn't match the posters, so sculpting a slightly slender build would be about right.
While Lin Mo diligently worked on sculpting Hina's artificial human body,
his mind wasn't entirely focused.
After all, he was also very curious about how Eula truly viewed their initial encounters back then.
So far, listening to Eula recount the first major part of their meeting, Lin Mo was quite satisfied. In Eula's telling,
he was the epitome of a great, warm-hearted guy~!
He had secretly put in a lot of effort to pursue her.
Even after they got together, he had stood strong in Mondstadt, forcefully shutting down the cold remarks and gossip from those Mondstadt residents and merchants.
But as she continued, Lin Mo began to sense something was off.
Because Eula had now reached the part about their wedding day, the night of the wedding chamber.
"Even now, I can clearly remember..."
"the affectionate look in Lin Mo's eyes as he gazed at me."
"And... how he personally told me, swearing in the name of the Anemo Archon Barbatos, his faith, that he would love me for a lifetime, never to abandon me."
When she said this,
everyone instinctively glanced toward Lin Mo's back.
Lin Mo immediately felt a prickling sensation on his back!
Without looking, he knew they were all staring at the back of his head with looks of disdain.
And just then,
Eula continued her story, a hint of shyness in her expression. "After Lin Mo said that... he began to..."
Lin Mo: !!!
Wait!
Eula, what are you doing!?
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