Genshin Impact: This fireplace house is your graveyard.

Chapter 3 The Reunion Dinner

"Hey, honestly, aren't you listening to me?"

Clementine's face flushed slightly with anger. She thought to herself, "How can this guy be so clueless? He doesn't even listen to such a cute girl. Doesn't he know that's incredibly rude?"

Qiuhe then realized that he had been ignoring her, which did seem inappropriate. Moreover, his expression seemed to say, "You better comfort me now or I'll cry."

"Uh, I'm sorry, Clementine. I was thinking about something and didn't notice you. Sorry."

Clementine turned her face away, as if to say she was ignoring you. "If you said 'Sister Clementine, I was wrong,' I might forgive you."

..........

Qiuhe thought to himself, "What kind of joke is this? How old are you that I should call you 'sister'?" But after thinking for a moment, he looked at himself and then at Claire, and realized that he was indeed younger than her.

Furthermore, given that they didn't know his actual age very well—he was probably only around 10 years old—Qiuhe was about to say something when, for some inexplicable reason, he involuntarily sensed a murderous aura behind him.

At that moment, his hand inexplicably emitted a dark purple glow. Qiuhe suddenly turned his head and met a pair of mushroom-shaped eyes.

The purplish-black glow on her hand slowly faded, and she kept staring intently at those mushroom-shaped eyes. Peruvier also noticed that this guy was staring into her eyes.

Akikawa's lips twitched as if he wanted to say something, but before he could speak, Peruvier interrupted, "You'd better watch your words. What I do to you next depends on what you say."

The two words that were about to come out were abruptly swallowed back. "Pepe." Claire said, taking Peruvier's hand. "Let's go, the cafeteria will open soon. Oh, and Lei, hurry up and catch up."

Qiuhe was also puzzled. Why would he call him along? They had only met once. When Qiuhe turned to look again...

Tian Yaochen and Cindy were already gone. "Stop looking! While you were distracted, they both ran to the cafeteria. You still owe me a 'sister,' I'm sorry, but I won't abandon you!"

Qiuhe thought to himself, "Goodness, no wonder this girl wanted to bring me along, so that's why." But oh well, he was going to the cafeteria anyway, so Qiuhe followed her.

As I approached the cafeteria, I saw a girl with a puffy orange hairpin sitting right in front of me, her hands supporting her chin and her arms propped up on the table.

When Claire saw Lily, she ran over and hugged her tightly. Lily was startled and almost fell off her orange bubble.

"Seriously, Clementine, what are you doing? You scared me!"

"I just missed you. Even though it's only been half a day, it feels like an eternity."

Tian Yaochen also saw Qiuhe and waved to him, gesturing for him to sit down. Seeing this, Claire grabbed Qiuhe's wrist instead.

"Why should I go to your side? Leyi is with us now." The moment the words were spoken, the air seemed to fall silent.

The group led by Tian Yaochen and the three of them, including Claire, were usually friends and often sat at the same table.

Moreover, the remaining empty seats are the three seats between Lily and Tian Yaochen. No matter which side Qiuhe sits on, he will still be sitting with the three of them, right?

"Uh... we only have three seats left in this room, and it seems like he can't sit anywhere..." Tian Yaochen was interrupted by Claire before he could finish speaking.

“It’s different. Lai Leyi, you sit here.” With that, Claire pressed Qiuhe down into the middle of the seat, with Claire on her left and Peruvier on her right.

Lily, standing beside him, also looked at Qiuhe. "Hello, Leyi, my name is Lily. We'll be friends from now on," Qiuhe introduced himself to Lily.

At the same time, Qiuhe's mind was full of questions. What was going on? Why did it seem like a declaration of sovereignty? Qiuhe glanced at Peruvier beside him and met her gaze.

She hasn't changed at all; she's still that expressionless Peruvier. But thinking about it carefully, I don't really have the right to say anything to her. I think I had the same expressionless face back on Earth.

Looking to the other side, Claire was grinning as she stared at Qiuhe. Qiuhe mechanically turned his head back, his eyes gradually becoming unfocused.

"Who am I? Where am I?"

At this moment, two crisp claps rang out as Kujavina walked out from the side. "Good children, dinner is ready!" In the kitchen, the chef slowly brought the dishes to the table, looking at the delicacies before him.

Qiuhe's feelings were complicated at this moment. He thought to himself, "If this devil weren't here, I'd be happy to live here for the rest of my life."

"We have a new child visiting the Hearth House today. Let Leyi introduce herself." Qiuhe almost vomited up the food she had just put in her mouth upon hearing this.

This woman is really something else! Why bother with self-introductions? She's already said my name, what's the point of me introducing myself?

Even so, Qiuhe didn't dare say anything more, and reluctantly stood up to introduce herself, "Hello everyone, I... I'm a new member of the Hearth House today, my name is Lei Yi Shenetsfna. Please, um, please take care of me in the future."

Qiuhe introduced himself with a slightly unsure tone, while Kujavina looked at him with doting eyes, saying, "Don't be nervous, my good child. From now on, the Hearth House will be your strongest haven. Be a good boy and listen to me, and your mother will take good care of you."

Despite the gentle tone, Qiuhe felt as if he were being stared at by the Black and White Impermanence, a chilling coldness that threatened to engulf him.

The children around them greeted Qiuhe one by one. "Yes, Mother, I'll be a good girl." Kujavina then gestured to the children around her that they could start eating.

She was sitting not far away. Qiuhe didn't want to appear panicked for fear of attracting attention, but her hands wouldn't obey her commands. Even though she had managed to keep her face expressionless and flawless, her hands still trembled a few times.

There were a few times when he couldn't even use a fork properly, looking like a baby who couldn't use chopsticks. Claire, seeing this, gave him a disdainful smile. Claire slowly pushed a cake towards Qiuhe, saying it was delicious and gesturing for him to try it.

She also said it was a delicious strawberry cake made by her mother. Qiuhe originally wanted to try it, but upon hearing that it was made by that old hag, she slowly put the cake down.

"Uh, Claire, I suddenly remembered I'm allergic to cake, so you can have this one."

Peruvée, watching this scene, was also filled with curiosity. She wondered why Akikawa had wanted to try it just now, but his face turned ashen as if he had swallowed a fly when he heard that it was made by his mother.

After the meal, everyone slowly left the restaurant to enjoy their free time. After leaving, Qiuhe was lost in thought.

After leaving the restaurant, he noticed that some children who looked much taller than him were carrying weapons and wearing masks as they left the House of Hearths.

Judging from the children's appearance, they should be of age to carry out the mission. I learned about Claire and her two companions during our casual conversation at dinner, and it turns out that all the children at our table are around the same age, about 10 years old.

Looking at myself, I do seem to be a year younger than them, so I accept the fact that I am only 9 years old. If that's the case, then we are all approaching the age of competition and mission execution.

In the end, only one child will remain, becoming the king in Kujavina's words. Before that, she must have the ability to protect herself, even though she knows she currently possesses two skills.

Furthermore, it should be preliminarily determined that one is an offensive skill and the other is a spatial skill, and the spatial skill has already been mastered.

So, only this last offensive skill remains, and it's unclear how to activate it. Thinking back carefully to when I first met Peruvier...

I can almost feel a force gathering in my hand; could that dark purple power be...?