Since they had decided to exercise, they should push forward bravely…
After sufficient exercise, the old uncle floated on the water's surface and was dragged by Little Kokomi and Little Eula onto the beach, where he collapsed.
"I feel like I don't have any strength left for now. Let me rest for a bit… just rest for a bit…"
Swimming really did consume more stamina than expected.
Sometimes he truly missed his childhood. For some reason, in his childhood memories, there were very few times when he ran out of energy.
The most vivid memory was from a physical education class. The PE teacher was slacking off and just made the students run laps until class ended.
First jog three laps, then rest a bit before continuing until class was over.
In his memory, he had suddenly gotten carried away back then and actually ran eight laps in one go. He couldn't remember if the school track was 300 meters or 200 meters per lap…
Anyway, after finishing, aside from being a little out of breath and feeling like the whole world had become a bit warmer, he really hadn't felt tired at all?
Recalling when he had first arrived in Mondstadt, even running a thousand meters had been exhausting.
Hmm. The change really was huge.
"Right, Little Kokomi, about our secret base—should we tell Sister Eula?"
The old uncle spoke quietly with Little Kokomi.
"Old Uncle can decide. I'll listen to you."
Little Kokomi, sitting beside the old uncle to rest, watched Sister Eula dancing in the water, then turned to look at the collapsed old uncle.
"Old Uncle can't decide either, that's why he's asking Little Kokomi."
Little Kokomi thought seriously for a while.
"Hmm… Then we should still tell her. I think my relationship with Sister Eula is close enough to share the secret base. From now on, it'll be our three-person secret base."
The old uncle smiled.
When it came to making friends with children, Little Eula had truly inherited his true teachings.
Thinking about it, they had only walked together once and sent Little Kokomi home, yet she had already opened her heart completely.
Although it was also because she was young and had no guard up, it still showed that Little Eula had a natural talent for being liked by children.
"Alright. Coincidentally, Old Uncle also feels like he's swum enough. Once Sister Eula finishes her dance, we'll take her to the secret base."
Feeling that his body had recovered quite a bit of strength, the old uncle also sat up and watched Little Eula's dance amid the sea spray…
It had to be said that Little Eula's swimming skills were truly excellent. Although she hadn't reached the level of being one with the ocean like Little Kokomi, she was at least at an amphibious standard.
She could dance along with the currents, adjust her own direction, and display the elegance of a Lawrence noble within the seawater.
Meanwhile, the old uncle had taken out a bucket filled with fresh water and a water ladle, and had already begun helping himself and Little Kokomi rinse their bodies to wash away the seawater.
"Old Uncle, are you planning to rest now?"
Little Eula, who had thoroughly enjoyed dancing underwater after a long time, accepted the water ladle handed to her by the old uncle and began simply rinsing her body.
Using fresh water to wash off the seawater on her body—more thorough cleaning would have to wait until bath time.
She didn't know why, but even though a swimsuit was clothing that clearly revealed body curves, once it got wet it looked almost the same as when it was dry.
Hmm. Surprisingly, it wasn't revealing at all. It could pass review.
"Hmm. Little Kokomi and I found a place nearby that's suitable to use as a secret base. I did a bit of construction on it yesterday. It's usable for now."
"Oh? A secret base built by Old Uncle…? Then I'll have to properly judge your layout and aesthetic sense."
Taking a towel from her Vision, Little Eula wiped the water droplets from her hair.