"I don't know why, but when Xavier said we were going to have a barbecue today, I was so excited last night that I couldn't sleep."
Yoimiya sat on the bus, looking at the scenery outside the window and chatting with Hu Tao beside her.
Hu Tao deeply empathized: "So it's not just Hall Master who feels this way!"
"So everyone feels the same! I thought there was something wrong with me," Bennett said, as if he had found his belonging.
"Mm-hmm, Klee feels the same way too; even holding Dodoco, I couldn't fall asleep."
"It's shameful to admit, but I also felt a bit of it. Even when helping my brother with his affairs, I've never had this kind of feeling."
Everyone started chatting, and besides the stubborn Furina and Xiao Aimi, the only ones who genuinely felt nothing were the two Archons and Balladeer.
Xavier found it amusing to listen to, then turned to the group and asked, "Do you know what this is called on Blue Star?"
Everyone chorused, "What is it called?"
"It's called Elementary School Field Trip Syndrome!"
Xavier knew this feeling all too well; he used to be the same before field trips.
He wished he could just close his eyes and open them the next day, but he couldn't fall asleep no matter what.
"You're the elementary school student!" Furina stood up and pointed at Xavier, retorting.
Xavier blinked, very puzzled, and said, "Didn't you just say you didn't feel that way?"
Furina realized she had let something slip and immediately tried to cover it up: "I, I mean you're not allowed to talk about everyone like that!"
Xavier scoffed, which only made Furina more displeased.
She plunked down next to Xavier, determined to get an explanation.
"What do you mean? What was that look just now?!"
"Hey, I'm talking to you!"
Xavier covered his ears and shook his head wildly, saying, "Not listening, not listening, the king of turtles is chanting scriptures!"
Furina was furious and began to unleash her ultimate move.
"Damn it, I'll make sure you know the consequences of offending me!"
"Come forth, my followers!"
As her voice fell, three followers appeared inside the carriage.
After Furina gave the command, a large number of bubbles rushed towards Xavier.
"Oh my god, you're serious!"
Xavier's Vision was completely obscured by the bubbles, and he was soaked all over.
"What's going on? Where did these water bubbles come from?"
"Help, my clothes…"
Soon after, the entire bus was filled with bubbles.
The driver uncle was quite helpless, not understanding what these people playing special games were doing.
Upon arriving at the barbecue campsite, Hu Tao and the others were like wild horses arriving in an open field.
"Wow, I didn't expect this barbecue campsite to be so big, and it even has a lake!"
Hu Tao stood at the edge and looked out, discovering it was a grassland.
Although it couldn't compare to true vast prairies, it stretched as far as the eye could see.
This indicated that the entire barbecue campsite was very large, and the environment was also excellent.
Having a barbecue and camping in such a place would indeed be a great experience.
"Xavier, you're here!"
Upon seeing them, Hua Ling quickly waved hello.
"Sister Hua Ling!" Klee immediately rushed over after seeing Hua Ling.
When Xavier walked over, he found that today there were not only Hua Ling and Xiao N, but also three unfamiliar faces.
However, since these three had also appeared publicly online and even guested at anime conventions, Xavier recognized all of them.
"Xavier, we finally meet!"
Bao Bao walked over with small steps, greeting him enthusiastically.
And Juhua Hua, beside her, was not to be outdone: "I didn't expect you, Xavier, to be a young heartthrob; very good indeed!"
As the meme queen who created various famous scenes, Teacher Juhua Hua earned the title of 'Locomotive,' so her speech was naturally wilder than others.
As for Lin Su, she was much gentler.
Because the campsite provided a very large barbecue grill, everyone only needed to prepare the ingredients.
However, often, having many people is not a good thing.
Because as the saying goes, 'Too many cooks spoil the broth,' or 'too many cats sleep.'
Simply put, everyone expects someone else to do the work, so they don't have to.
For example, Furina was lying on the grass, crossing her legs, and wearing sunglasses.
"Hmm~ The weather is really nice today; it's simply a good day for leisure and vacation."
Hu Tao also lay nearby, leisurely chanting: "Good weather, sit by the lake, barbecue skewers are so great, you eat, I eat, everyone eats, after eating, we eat fruit!"
Xavier said speechlessly, "You two are quite leisurely. Can't you come over and help?"
"Oh, if we went to help, there would be too many people. Don't you know that too many people can cause chaos?"
Hu Tao didn't even lift her head, speaking with righteous indignation.
"My Lady, are you not going to help?" Oz beside her also asked Fischl.
Fischl crossed her arms, disdainfully saying, "I am the Prinzessin der Verurteilung; how can such matters require my personal attention?"
"Sigh, I really want to help, but unfortunately, Xavier won't let me…" Bennett, sitting on the side, sighed.
Indeed, the difference between people is vast; some are unwilling to do something, while others want to but cannot.
"A-Mao, everyone is so busy, why don't we help Xavier set the tableware together?"
Nahida saw that someone was preparing ingredients, so she called Balladeer to help arrange things.
"Utterly boring. Do I really need to get involved in such matters?"
Balladeer, of course, couldn't easily agree to Nahida, let alone with people idling by; why should he have to work?
"Xavier, are Nahida and Balladeer arguing?" Bao Bao, who was cutting vegetables with Xavier, asked.
Xavier said, accustomed to it, "It's fine; he just has that grumpy face, so don't take anything he says to heart."
Bao Bao said with great surprise, "No way, did you find them not just because they look accurate, but also because their personalities are accurate?"
You know, some things can't be seen from videos, or rather, the impact is greater and more direct in reality.
Just like Balladeer now, his expression of disdain was almost overflowing.
"Uh, if you understand it that way, then yes, you're not wrong." Xavier didn't explain further.
"Oh no, where's my flamethrower?!"
Xiao N rummaged through her bag, only to find that she hadn't brought her flamethrower.
"Xiao N, I have a lighter here; do you think it'll work?" Hua Ling quietly pulled a lighter from her pocket.
Although she also knew that if they used a lighter for this charcoal, it would take forever to light.
"Sister Hua Ling, Sister Xiao N, Klee can come and help!"
At this moment, Klee walked over and voluntarily offered to help.
"That's great! Did you bring a flamethrower, Klee?" Xiao N beamed with joy.
Klee shook her little head and honestly replied, "No, Klee doesn't even know what a flamethrower is."
This made Hua Ling curious: "Then how are you going to help us, Klee?"
Because the barbecue grill was a bit high, Klee couldn't reach it at all.
So she moved a small stool over and could barely reach by standing on it.
"Klee's Vision is Pyro, so I can light it!"
With that, the Vision on Klee's backpack lit up.
In just a blink of an eye, the entire one-meter-long barbecue grill was engulfed in flames!
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