Facing Venti's request, Xiao did not hesitate, directly nodding his agreement.
As an adeptus who has guarded Liyue for a millennium, he is not short on Mora.
Treating Venti to a meal is not a problem.
Although Xiao does not particularly like to eat.
Of course, the most important thing is that he feels Venti's singing has a healing power.
Because of this, Xiao hopes to hear the entire song.
Xiao paused, turning his gaze to Makoto beside him: "Mr. Faxun, please come along as well."
Facing someone Lord of Geo values, Xiao naturally would not be negligent.
Furthermore, this is also an opportunity to understand Makoto.
Upon hearing there was a place where money would be spent, Makoto was no longer sleepy.
Whether money was spent or not was irrelevant.
The main thing is that he likes to make friends.
"It's fine, I'll treat you today. I'm also interested in the latter half of Mr. Venti's flute performance."
Makoto paused, looking up at Wangshu Inn, which was exceptionally bright even at night.
"Then shall we go to Wangshu Inn for dinner?"
Venti is a drunkard; for him, being able to drink wine is already a very good meal.
He is not that picky about other things, as long as it is not hot and sticky food.
Xiao, on the other hand, is particular about what he eats.
He remembered that Xiao is very picky about food, only preferring almond tofu.
And the almond tofu at Wangshu Inn is exceptional, so Makoto chose that location for dinner.
Seeing that dinner was settled, Venti's face was beaming with a happy smile: "Then let's depart now!"
"However, it seems a bit far from here to Wangshu Inn. It should take a long time to walk there, right?"
"There is a way to solve it… Mr. Faxun, is your name Makoto? Please take my hand."
As he spoke, Venti's entire body was surrounded by green element power.
The Anemo element in the world seemed to respond to his call, all converging towards him.
The dense Anemo element lifted the Bard high up, flying in the sky.
At the same time, Venti, with a smile, extended his hand towards Makoto.
He immediately saw that Xiao possessed an Anemo Vision.
Lucky ones who can use the Anemo element don't need to worry about traveling.
Venti only needed to focus on Makoto, who looked like an ordinary person but was actually anything but ordinary.
Seeing this, Makoto also unhesitatingly reached out to Venti.
Although this Anemo Archon from Mondstadt is unreliable most of the time,
Occasionally, there are moments when he can be somewhat trusted.
Makoto ascended with Venti, and he could feel his entire body becoming lighter.
That feeling was completely different from using Kaedehara Kazuha's skill 'Chihayaburu.'
Kaedehara Kazuha's 'Chihayaburu' is about riding the wind; to put it bluntly, it's flying by stepping on the wind.
But now, under Venti's guidance, Makoto felt like he had transformed into a light breeze, like an Anemo seed in the world.
That feeling of effortless freedom was something Makoto had never experienced.
No wonder Venti only wanted to slack off every day after becoming the Anemo Archon.
If Makoto could control the Anemo element as he pleased, he would slack off even more ridiculously than Venti.
Because it was simply too wonderful.
...
Soon, the three arrived at Wangshu Inn.
Makoto handed the menu to Xiao and Venti respectively, and said, "Order whatever you like, don't be shy."
Xiao did not look at the dishes on the menu; for him, only almond tofu was barely palatable.
Only Venti seriously examined the menu content.
He fumbled for a moment, then took a pen and circled items on the menu.
Makoto glanced at it briefly; the dishes Venti circled were the cheapest ones at Wangshu Inn.
At this, Makoto felt a little touched.
Although Venti was unreliable and didn't do proper work,
At the very least, when someone treated him to a meal, he was quite polite.
He specifically didn't order expensive dishes, only some cheap ones.
Makoto was about to say to order whatever, don't be so polite,
When he saw Venti hand the menu to the inn's staff, and said with a smile: "Please don't bring the dishes circled on the menu; bring one of everything else."
Makoto: "???"
Why is this Venti acting like Morax?
He can't take out a single Mora from his pocket, yet he orders dishes so lavishly.
He really isn't being polite with him.
Seeing Makoto looking at him, Venti scratched his head awkwardly: "Mr. Faxun, I'm sorry, I was just too hungry, so I ordered a tiny bit too much."
"But as thanks, I'll play two more songs for you later~"
"Oh, right, right, if you ever have the chance to go to Mondstadt, I'll treat you to my prized Apple Cider."
Venti doesn't have many special hobbies; he just likes to drink.
In the game's background story, Venti specifically ran from Mondstadt to Liyue to find Morax.
Making Morax extremely nervous, thinking something had happened.
Unexpectedly, Venti had only come to share good wine with him.
Traveling thousands of miles, abandoning his duties just to drink with Morax,
This shows how important wine truly is to Venti.
Now that he was willing to share his wine with Makoto, it meant he considered Makoto a friend.
At this, Makoto replied with a wry smile: "When I have the chance to go to Mondstadt, I will certainly have a good drink with Mr. Venti."
Soon, a table of steaming hot dishes was brought out.
Makoto originally thought they wouldn't be able to finish it.
He had already eaten dinner.
And Xiao was only interested in almond tofu, not even glancing at the other food.
This meant Venti would have to finish all the food by himself.
Unexpectedly, Venti actually managed to finish all the dishes by himself.
Not only that, he also drank a lot of wine, his body reeking of alcohol.
Venti, tipsy, took out his lyre from his pocket, preparing to play a song.
Makoto was a little worried.
In this state, could Venti really play the tune well?
However, Makoto soon realized he had worried unnecessarily.
That is, the Bard's lyre skills would not decline due to his state.
On the contrary, the tunes Venti played after drinking to his heart's content were even more likely to evoke empathy.
Xiao sat in place, listening to the song, then remained silent for a moment.
Perhaps the song reminded him of some past events.
He stood up and slowly said to Makoto and Venti, "Farewell."
The next second, Xiao transformed into a wisp of green smoke and disappeared.
Now that the song was over, he still had to continue maintaining Liyue's peace and harmony.
As for Makoto, he was also ready to slip away.
But looking at Venti, who was sprawled on the table, dead drunk, he hesitated.
Is this guy really the Anemo Archon?
He lives a more carefree life than anyone else.
At this moment, Venti raised his head, looking at Makoto: "Mr. Faxun, are you leaving? Speaking of which, it's about time to leave."
"It's just that it's raining heavily outside, and it's a long way back to Mondstadt City from Wangshu Inn, and I'm drunk, what a headache…"
Venti paused, looking at Makoto: "I wonder if Mr. Faxun would allow me to stay at his home for a night?"
"Can I? Can I, can I?"
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