"Do you need my help?" Lora asked.
Xianyun shook her head. "I know what you're capable of, but in the end, the only person who can truly help her is herself. Because of that transformation medicine, she lost her past. She needs to recover it and find her memories again. Even as the Hydro Archon, you probably can't do that, can you?"
"Restoring memories really is beyond the Hydro Archon's power," Lora said after thinking for a moment. "Not just the Hydro Archon. Even the Primordial Sea can't do that. But Irminsul could."
"Irminsul?"
Hearing that, Xianyun immediately shook her head. "There's no need to trouble the Dendro Archon and ask her to access Irminsul for Yuandai's sake. Besides, Irminsul shouldn't be used for something like this."
Lora nodded along. "I'll listen to you."
Xianyun glanced toward Yuandai. "Let's go back."
The two ended their conversation and returned to the table.
Chef Mao had already started serving the dishes. Focalors and Furina were still chatting with Yuandai about her dream. After hearing them, Xianyun said to Shuyu, "Since we met like this, leave the matter to me."
"Huh?" Shuyu looked at her blankly.
Focalors glanced at Lora. Seeing her expression, she nodded and said nothing.
Shuyu looked at Xianyun in confusion. "Miss Xianyun, what do you mean by leaving it to you?"
"I will help Yuandai uncover the truth behind that dream," Xianyun said slowly.
"Really? Thank you so much! But... I don't have much money, so about the payment..." Shuyu said in surprise, only to hesitate halfway through.
"Oh, don't worry about that!" Lora walked over beside Xianyun and smiled at her. "It doesn't need to be much. Just a few million Mora will do."
"A few... million Mora?" Shuyu stared at her in disbelief and stammered, "But I don't have that much money..."
"It's fine if you don't have money. I can offer you a job!" Lora waved her hand, telling her not to be nervous.
Shuyu held Yuandai's hand and looked pitifully at her.
Xianyun scolded Lora, "All you know how to do is scare children."
Lora scratched her head sheepishly. "It's a habit."
"I really don't know how you teach children in Fontaine." After complaining, Xianyun comforted Shuyu. "Don't be afraid. She was joking. We don't need any payment."
"R-really?" Shuyu asked carefully.
Seeing her like that, Xianyun looked back at Lora. "Look at what you've done."
"Ahem, I know. I was wrong." Lora admitted her mistake immediately. She stepped forward, rubbed Shuyu's head, and said, "Don't be scared. We really don't need anything from you. Just think of it as fate."
As Lora touched her, her power slowly seeped into the girl's body, soothing her heart.
Shuyu, who had still been very nervous, gradually calmed under that gentle, water-like comfort and nodded. "O-okay!"
Furina then asked, "But how are we supposed to help Madame Yuandai?"
"If someone wants to recover lost memories, then here in Liyue, the old-fashioned method is to revisit the places tied to their past," Xianyun said slowly. She looked at Yuandai and asked, "Do you still remember where you went when you were young?"
"When I was young?" Yuandai looked blankly at everyone, then fell into thought.
"I remember... I went to the sky... and underground. White clouds drifting far away, green waters and mountains. I went to many places..."
"Uh..." Furina blinked after hearing that, then looked at Lora and Xianyun. "Is this how Liyue's older generation speaks? Why can't I understand it?"
"It's fine. You don't need to understand." Lora shook her head. A silly little roe deer did not need to understand something so profound.
Shuyu said from the side, "I remember my dad once told me when I was little that Grandma was a very powerful wandering heroine decades ago. She protected a lot of people."
"A wandering heroine?" Furina immediately grew interested. She stood up excitedly and ran over to Shuyu and Yuandai, staring at them. "Really? Really? Madame Yuandai was really a wandering heroine?"
Furina loved reading all kinds of stories. Among Liyue's tales, her favorites were stories of wandering heroes. Now that she had heard a real one was standing right in front of her, she could hardly contain her excitement.
"A wandering heroine!" Lora pretended to rub her chin. "If you want that kind of story, then we'll have to find the famous second young lady of the Feiyun Commerce Guild, Xingqiu!"
"Second young lady?" Xianyun froze and looked at Lora blankly, her eyes seeming to ask if she was sure she had said that right.
Focalors walked over to Furina and patted her shoulder. "Don't get so excited. You'll scare them."
"Uh... sorry, I got a little carried away." Furina finally came back to herself and scratched her head shyly as she apologized.
Shuyu smiled and waved her hand. "It's okay. Anyone would get excited after hearing that! I was excited too when I first found out. After all, having a wandering heroine for a grandma is super amazing!"
Furina looked excitedly at Lora. "Mom, let's go find Miss Xingqiu right now!"
"Pfft..." Hearing Furina call Xingqiu "Miss," Lora could not help laughing. She nodded. "All right, let's go right now!"
"Huh? We're leaving already? But I'm still hungry..." Yuandai said after hearing them.
Lora said gently, "It's fine. Whatever you want to eat, I'll buy it for you on the way. Don't be polite. My treat."
The moment she said that, Focalors, Furina, and even Xianyun all looked at her in surprise.
Noticing their gazes, Lora frowned. "Why... why are you all looking at me like that? What do you mean?"
"Nothing." Xianyun was very serious. "I just didn't expect you to treat anyone."
Lora's face flushed. "What are you doing? What's that supposed to mean? Is it really that strange for me to treat people?"