Fischl stubbornly insisted, "There are many meanings to the word friend; a true friend is very rare," and similar things.
When Arkz asked her how many friends she had, Fischl looked around evasively and said something like, "How can you slander an innocent person out of thin air..."
Fischl's face flushed red as she argued, "The word friend carries many stories; my friendship with Oz is as eternal as the heavens."
This was followed by incomprehensible words, such as, "I am the Princess," "The Eye that judges the madness of the Great Dream of All Things!" and "Drown in this Infinite Tsukuyomi!" which made Arkz burst into laughter, filling the entire forest with a joyful atmosphere.
Fischl, slightly annoyed, walked ahead of Arkz with Oz, deliberately avoiding looking at him.
Fischl: "Hmph! Oz, why aren't you speaking up for me?"
Oz smiled indulgently, like an old father, "Because I feel like Miss is enjoying herself."
Fischl immediately blushed like a boiling kettle and retorted haughtily, "Who is enjoying themselves? Oz, you shouldn't speak nonsense."
Oz smiled, "Then I shall go ahead and scout the path for Miss and Mr. Arkz."
Fischl: "Hurry up and go, hurry up and go, I don't need you to accompany me."
Watching Oz leave, Fischl secretly glanced at Arkz behind her, thinking to herself, "Am I really enjoying myself? No way? That guy just said I don't have any friends."
Although she wouldn't admit it verbally, Fischl's body was being very honest.
When Fischl touched her own face, she realized the corners of her mouth had been curved upwards the entire time.
Fischl thought, "He is truly too cunning, worthy of being the rival recognized by This Princess, Fischl—the Tyrant of the Forest, Candiff! However, if he thinks that this will make me lower my guard, he is gravely mistaken."
"The immense power sealed within my right eye is beginning to boil, just like my agitated heart."
... A moment later.
Arkz pointed excitedly at the grass ahead, "So many sweet flowers!"
Fischl asked in confusion, "These sweet flowers are like weeds by the roadside, visible everywhere in Mondstadt. Why would you pick so many?"
Arkz thought, "It's hard to explain the system. If I say I can get stronger just by picking sweet flowers, who would believe me?"
After a moment of contemplation, Arkz explained, "I haven't told you yet, but I have a huge, super wonderful farm over near Springvale."
Fischl thought, "I know about that. Oz was standing right there watching when you turned into a giant bear to chop wood and tidy up the farm that day. But I won't tell him that."
Thinking that she knew Arkz's secret and he hadn't noticed, Fischl became unusually excited.
Fischl thought, "In this contest against my nemesis, I have achieved a preemptive victory."
Arkz continued his explanation, "I've discovered that many local specialties in Mondstadt, like Valberry and Wolfhook, are mostly wild. Their quality and yield are unstable, but the market demand is huge."
"So, I want to collect some wild plants, domesticate and cultivate them on the farm, and then plant them on a large scale."
Fischl nodded in agreement, "You are right. Take Wolfhook, for instance, a special medicine for treating external injuries. It's always in short supply on the market. Many Adventurers can only treat their wounds with ordinary medicine after getting hurt."
"If there were a large supply of affordable and quality-assured Wolfhook, injured Adventurers could recover their fighting strength much faster."
Fischl then asked, "But what do you need these windwheel asters for? And these sweet flowers?"
"I can understand you picking Wolfhook and Valberry, but windwheel aster is just a toy for children, and sweet flowers are like weeds—you can never pick them all. Isn't picking them just wasting effort?"
Arkz smiled and explained, "Mondstadt specialties like windwheel aster, I can transport them abroad to sell. Such peculiar flora will surely be very popular."
"As for sweet flowers, whether used to make sweet flower juice or sweet flower honey, they are both excellent choices. There is absolutely no need to worry about me losing money."
Fischl blushed, "Don't talk nonsense, who would worry about you?"
Arkz raised his hands in surrender. Dealing with such a tsundere damsel required going along with her mood. However, with this chuunibyou personality, as long as one could tune into the same wavelength, she was quite easy to appease.
Just then, Oz discovered a patch of lushly growing Wolfhook in the forest of Wolvendom. This news interrupted their conversation.
Fischl and Arkz advanced at full speed toward the direction of Wolvendom.
As a Vision holder and an excellent Adventurer, Fischl's stamina was outstanding, and her speed was not slow either. Although in the game she was jokingly called the Oz Launcher by players, her actual combat capability, even without Oz, could easily defeat a Mitachurl.
While running, Fischl couldn't suppress her curiosity and asked, "Hey, Candiff, I can vaguely guess what sweet flower juice you mentioned—probably squeezing sweet flowers into some kind of beverage. But what is sweet flower honey? I've only ever heard of Whopperflower nectar."
Arkz patiently explained, "sweet flower honey is the honey brewed by bees after collecting nectar from sweet flowers. I plan to plant a field of sweet flowers on the farm and then place several beehives near the field."
"Think about it, with such sweet sweet flowers, the honey brewed must be incredibly delicious."
"Fischl, come visit my farm when you have time! Once my sweet flower honey is successfully developed, I will definitely invite you and Oz first to taste it."
Although Fischl was also looking forward to it internally, she refused to yield on the surface.
Fischl said haughtily, "Since you have invited me with such sincerity, I shall give you some face. I will bring Oz and be there on time."
The two were already not far from Wolvendom. At this moment, with the full sprint of two allogenes, they quickly arrived at Wolvendom thanks to their terrifying speed.
However, when Arkz and Fischl arrived, they found an "unexpected guest" standing beside Oz.
"Fischl, and this gentleman, good afternoon."
"Barbara! What are you doing here?"
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