When do people grow up?
The old uncle wasn't sure.
Because sometimes, even the old uncle himself couldn't understand why his past self had been able to do such impressive things.
Rules are never set in stone, nor is human nature. Rules are built upon the foundation of human nature, and every rule is perhaps a safeguard for humanity itself.
The old uncle stared at the purple adventurer's experience book he had written and fell silent.
This was something he had scribbled down on a whim back when he was studying the code of laws with little Yanfei.
The old uncle knew very well that he had truly written that line entirely on his own, without borrowing from anything else.
If he were to try writing it now, the old uncle would admit that his current self couldn't produce such a powerful statement anymore.
Come to think of it, little Yanfei seemed to really like that line. She had even specially asked the old uncle to copy it by hand into her own little law book.
"Old uncle, what's wrong? Why do you suddenly seem so much more like a shut-in?"
Little Eula was a bit curious. Just the past few days, he had still been going to play with little Yoimiya in the mornings and wandering over to the Kamisato residence in the afternoons—he had been pretty active.
But today he had suddenly turned into a total homebody.
It was even rubbing off on Kirara the cat girl, making her lazy too.
"Maybe because this old uncle is about to do something really big and incredible?"
The old uncle set down the purple adventurer's experience book in his hand.
"Old uncle, it seems like you've already done quite a few big things, haven't you? Solo exploring Dragonspine, heading alone to the border between life and death... and now what are you planning?"
Because Rex Lapis was around, little Eula seemed very relaxed.
Although Lord Barbatos the Anemo Archon was said to be everywhere, he was formless—everywhere yet somehow as if nowhere at all.
It was completely unlike the old Lord of Geo, who stood like a mountain, giving people a profound sense of security.
Little Eula handed the old uncle a bowl of soup noodles, topped with a fried egg and chopped green onions.
"Preparing to have an audience with the Raiden Shogun. And while I'm at it, I'll report that her subordinates aren't managing things properly."
Little Eula sat down beside the old uncle and casually pulled Kirara—who had been napping against him—over to the side.
"You're going to do something that big?"
The old uncle lifted the fried egg, habitually pushing it down into the noodles. Some fish balls emerged.
"Oh right. If things go smoothly, the people of Inazuma should be able to live much better lives."
At this moment, little Eula looked at the old uncle—and also seemed to be eyeing the noodles in his bowl.
"And if it doesn't go smoothly?"
The old uncle scooped aside the fish balls. These had fillings inside, and it wasn't a good idea to eat them right away at the start, or they might burst and scald your tongue.
"If it doesn't go smoothly, then I'll just have to hold your hand and awkwardly fly us all the way back to Liyue using Anemo rings."
No helping it—the old uncle could only create five Anemo rings at a time. Beyond their range, the rings would disappear, so he'd have to hold on and fly together to avoid getting separated.
Little Eula laughed, twirling a strand of hair around her finger near her ear.
"Then I'd better keep the compass ready, so you don't fly in the wrong direction halfway through, old uncle."
The old uncle stirred the chopped green onions into the noodles.
Green onions cook quickly—just a quick scald and they're ready to eat.
"Thanks for the trouble. This old uncle is going to laze around for a bit now~"
The old uncle smiled. He picked up the noodles with his chopsticks, blew on them, put them back into the soup, picked them up again to blow on them, and once they felt cool enough, quickly dipped them back into the broth and popped them into his mouth.
Mm~
Little Eula's noodle-cooking skills were getting better and better~
This world really was becoming more and more beautiful, wasn't it~
It definitely would be.