"Hello, Ms. Lumine. According to our previous agreement, the one-week period is about to end, and I will be leaving soon. To honor our contract, I came specifically to remind you. In the remaining time, is there anything you need my help with?"
Caelus found Lumine and Paimon eating at Wanmin Restaurant to recover their strength after the great battle.
Only when Lumine saw Caelus did she suddenly remember that she seemed to have made a deal with the person in front of her. It was just that she had been busy with other things before, first looking for the Adepti, then the Rite of Parting, then fighting Childe, and finally helping Liyue defeat the god Osial. Only now, after everything was over, did she have time to think about these things.
"I was too busy during that time, and I did not really think about it. Now that you suddenly brought it up, I do not know what I need you to do in such a short time."
"I heard that you have been searching for your sibling. Based on your description, it must be very difficult for others to find them. I consider my drawing skills to be quite good. Do you need me to help you draw a portrait of your sibling?"
"Okay."
Lumine thought this was a good idea, so she began to describe the appearance of her brother, Aether, as well as his general clothing.
And relying only on this somewhat vague verbal description, Aether's appearance as Lumine described it surfaced in Caelus's mind, and he confirmed the other party's personality and way of handling matters.
This was the power brought by the Path of Remembrance, directly reading the memories contained within the other person's words to obtain the information he wanted.
After Caelus quickly finished drawing the picture, he tore off the page and handed it to Lumine. After Lumine took it, her expression froze slightly, not because it was poorly drawn, but because it was drawn too well. It was as if a photograph of her brother had been printed on it.
"Thank you. With this painting, I should be able to find my brother faster."
A happy smile appeared on Lumine's face. It might have been troublesome before, but now, after helping Liyue defeat the god Osial, she only needed to give this portrait of her brother to Ningguang and ask them to help distribute it. This way, she might receive news about her brother very soon.
"Also, this is a farewell gift for you. Although this thing is crude and not an authentic product, it is something I made to be as close to the real thing as possible."
Caelus also felt that a portrait alone might be a little lacking. After all, following her for so many days was indeed somewhat offensive, so he took out another card.
[Pseudo Light Cone: Record of a Cooperation Between Adepti and Mortals.
Effect: When the wearer fights alongside others, it enhances mutual understanding, integrates each other's strength, and better brings out their combined combat effectiveness.
Game effect: The whole team shares Energy Regeneration Rate, and shares the ATK of the character with the highest attack power in the team.
Usage count: 6/6. Evaluation: Compared to a real Light Cone, although there is still a gap, there has been significant progress.]
Lumine took the card and looked at the scene painted on it, showing herself and the Adepti on the Jade Chamber. For a moment, she felt a little surprised. How did everyone in this picture look even better than they did in person?
"This item can be used 6 times. When you need to fight an enemy together with others, using it will give you a higher chance of winning."
"Thank you. Wait, how did you know about the situation back then... Where is he?"
After Lumine admired the card in her hand, she looked up, wanting to ask how Caelus knew about the battle, but when she raised her head, she found that he was already gone.
"Paimon, did you see how he left just now?"
Paimon stopped eating and looked at Lumine beside her in confusion.
"Eh? Did someone come just now? No, weren't we just eating together?"
"Ah? Someone definitely came. It was the person we met at Wanmin Restaurant earlier. He greeted me just now and even helped me draw a portrait of my brother. How could no one have come?"
"But I really did not hear anyone, and I did not see anyone either. Your brother's portrait? Eh! When did the portrait in your hand and that nice-looking card get into your hands? I do not know!"
Paimon first looked at the things in Lumine's hands in astonishment, and then her expression gradually became more terrified.
"Lumine! We did not run into a ghost, did we?!"
"Setting aside the fact that it is broad daylight, where would a ghost come from? This is Liyue. The Adepti are all here, and even a certain retired old man is here. How could a ghost get in here!"
"Oh right! In this situation, how could a ghost be stupid enough to come in? Then why did I not feel anything just now? I only remember that we were clearly eating together, and then you suddenly asked me how that person left."
"It seems that guy really was not lying. He really does have some abilities. No wonder he used this as a bargaining chip to trade with me. Thinking about it this way, I feel a bit at a loss... No, wait, getting my brother's portrait means I did not lose too much. Alright, Paimon, let us finish eating quickly and then go find Ningguang to talk about this. With my brother's portrait, it will be easier for me to find him."
"Okay! Eh! Why do I feel like there are a few fewer skewers on the plate? Could it be that I remembered wrong?"
Caelus passed by a trash can on the street and threw the bamboo skewer in his hand into it. This could be considered a small side effect after consuming gluttony, there was always an impulse in his heart to take advantage of small things.
Just like after devouring laziness, he learned to relax and sleep, after devouring gluttony, a desire for advancement appeared in his heart.
This made Caelus want to find a place with more gluttonous emotions, so that he could recover his sense of taste and taste the flavor of delicious food like others.
[Host, all procedures and arrangements have been prepared. We can leave this world, and you can officially accept the power of the Path of Remembrance.]
"Okay."
Caelus left this world.
Returning to the train carriage that belonged solely to him, Caelus sat on the sofa and waited for the power of the Path of Remembrance.
Accompanied by the sound of freezing, Caelus only felt a wind of impermanence blowing around him. That wind seemed to stir ripples in the lake of his mind, causing many blurred and fragmented images to flash constantly before his eyes.
The growth of energy in his body made Caelus's hazy consciousness become clear. He could feel that the Path of Remembrance in his body had grown to the same level as the Path of Nihility.
At this moment, the book he used to compile and record what he had seen and heard along the way, as well as the quill used to write everything down, automatically appeared. Then, the book, which had not stopped recording since he started in Type-Moon, began to flip through its pages constantly. All the knowledge recorded within it was continuously revealed, and countless characters broke free from the book and gathered into the quill floating above it.
And after countless characters poured into the faded quill, its original color was blown away, as if a layer of dust had been covering it. Its original pink color was revealed at this moment.
When the quill stopped changing and fell back into Caelus's hand together with the book, he suddenly heard a strange sound by his ear.
Caelus turned his head toward the source of the sound, and then he saw a cute pink creature with long ears, looking like a rabbit, a puppy, or a squirrel, staring at him with starry eyes.
"Mem?"
Although this magical creature only said a simple sound with an unclear meaning, Caelus could hear the meaning contained in it.
Where is this?
She asked.
"This is the carriage that belongs solely to me."
"You are... a Partner! Although I do not know why, you are my Partner!"
"...Partner, nice to meet you. I am Caelus."
"I do not know what my name is."
"Then I will call you Mem."
Caelus said.
(To be continued.)
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