Today another letter arrived from Liyue, this one from little Hu Tao.
Subject: When is the old man coming back?
Sender: Hu Tao
Time: (blank)
Old man, when are you coming back to play with me?
Hurry up, come back right now and play with me!
Lately it's been Mr. Zhongli taking all of us to play together, but Mr. Zhongli isn't fun at all. Every day when I play with him I have to rack my brains trying to come up with ways.
I still want to play with you. You can always play with me until the very end.
And Zhongli even likes to tattle to big sister Xinyan. Every time he doesn't play with everyone until the end!
Old man, I miss you! Come back soon!
(End of letter contents)
One could only say the letter was very short.
It quite suited little Hu Tao's milk-dango-like personality that loved to make a fuss.
Mm, the time to return to Liyue was also approaching soon.
The old man looked over at the Geo Archon cat-dragon plushie lying motionless on the desk beside him.
"Mr. Zhongli... is he doing alright?"
The Geo Archon cat-dragon plushie did not reply, merely rolled over to expose its belly.
The meaning was very clear.
Slacking off.
Mm...
Mr. Zhongli has really worked hard.
Regarding this, the old man had nothing much to say.
After all, he himself was quite busy too.
In the morning he took the Shogun to investigate people's livelihoods, in the afternoon he was busy with government affairs, and he still had to squeeze in time to teach little Eula.
In the evening he was typing away under the gaze of the Geo Archon cat-dragon plushie—he could be said to be extremely busy.
Speaking of which, the progress on Liyue's Glorious Nation...
How far along it was, the old man found hard to say specifically.
The first volume's content had the protagonist Stargazer subduing the chi demon god and winning the acknowledgment of the Adepti.
Then the middle parts after that—however many volumes there were—were no longer up to the old man.
It depended on how many friends the Geo Archon cat-dragon plushie beside him actually had.
Nowadays when the old man wrote, the Geo Archon cat-dragon plushie generally did not interfere, but if little friend Cid proactively asked the Geo Archon about stories of his old friends...
Then the Geo Archon would very enthusiastically tell little friend Cid about his old friends' stories, and would even occasionally be willing to imitate the appearances of those old friends to help little friend Cid better understand the emotions.
It was precisely because of the Geo Archon's help that Cid's Liyue's Glorious Nation had smoothly reached the minimum word count acceptance line for Yae Publishing House novels.
After confirming that he was the slowest writer among everyone, the old man naturally packed up all the completed first volumes from the group and planned to send them to Yae Publishing House to participate in the summer submission event.
"Your Majesty~"
Cat Kirara snuggled up beside the old man, seemingly hinting at something.
"Mm... Kirara, are you sure you want to deliver it yourself?"
"Your Majesty."
Cat Kirara's tone was firm.
Ah, Kirara, have you really set out on the path of delivery?
"But you're a ca... a fox after all. Wouldn't it be inconvenient to deliver packages?"
"Your Majesty!"
Cat Kirara strapped the package onto her back and even did a push-up.
The old man fell silent.
"Mainly because you're also my Shura Anyakonsen-shou's fox. If you go out to deliver packages, you'll definitely be easily recognized and cause a commotion..."
"Your Majesty~"
Kirara dragged over a large cardboard box.
"Alright, alright, I really can't do anything with you..."
His Excellency the Shura Anyakonsen-shou could also see how determined cat Kirara was to deliver.
So he helped modify the cardboard box a bit and fitted it onto cat Kirara, who was planning to deliver the package.
"Be careful on the road. If you encounter bad guys, do whatever you need to do—just make sure you don't overdo the self-defense..."