Chapter 57: Chapter 57
On Liyue's bustling streets, there was a conspicuously intimate couple.
Ganyu tightly held Nathan's arm, looking to others like lovers in the heat of romance.
But Nathan, compressed by softness, wore an awkward expression.
"Ganyu... leaving like this, will it really be okay?"
Nathan, unaware of his fortune, asked sheepishly.
Just earlier when Keqing burst into the room, Ganyu had seized the moment of his distraction to grab him.
Opening the window, she wrapped him up and jumped out.
Then using her powers, she quickly left the troublesome Yuehai Pavilion.
Originally... if it could avoid a scene with three women, Nathan would have been grateful.
But Ganyu's method felt almost like an elopement.
Now in Nathan's mind, he could see Keqing and Ningguang's images, their fierce attitudes.
If those two caught him, he definitely wouldn't have a good time!
"It'll be fine!"
A fragrant breeze swept by, and in front of everyone on the street, Ganyu directly climbed onto Nathan's neck.
"Wait, Ganyu... can we go somewhere private!"
Unlike the transcendent girl, Nathan was particularly uncomfortable with the onlookers' gossiping gazes.
Some had recognized Ganyu's identity, but due to her position outside the Qixing,
And her usually cold attitude toward everyone, nobody dared say much.
"No... Nathan, you liar!"
The familiar sweet complaint came like a deadly armor-piercing shell, sinking Nathan's battleship!
His eyes sharpened, seeming to return to the era a thousand years ago.
"Hmph..."
Another soft hum, and her soft pink fist hit Nathan's abdomen.
This soft, fluffy attack froze his entire being.
In his daze, the Ganyu before him gradually overlapped with the little one from the simulation.
Something wasn't right... really wasn't right!
Though he'd left the simulation, why was he having such illusions?
"Nathan, you were just thinking about other women!"
Ganyu's face slid up along his chest.
Pressing against his chin, warm breath brushed his face.
"No... no!!!"
For some reason, Nathan's body instinctively panicked.
He wanted to deny her accusation, but the punishment accompanying the interrogation had already arrived.
"Ah!!!"
Nathan cried out, but quickly controlled his volume due to the surrounding gazes.
Just now, Ganyu had opened her pink lips.
With just a touch, she left a deep mark on his neck!
"This is punishment for Nathan... thinking about other women!"
After her successful strike, Ganyu pulled back, meeting Nathan's eyes from below.
From those azure pupils, he could feel intense emotion.
Nathan couldn't figure out what that emotion was, but soon, he learned from Ganyu's words.
"Nathan must be with me forever, and while together, you're not allowed to think of other women!"
Said in such a normal tone, yet it seemed to drop the surrounding temperature by several degrees.
Nathan now understood the emotion in Ganyu's eyes - it was the desire for possession that every woman is born with.
However, this possessive tone reminded him more of memories from the simulation.
At this moment, a flash of light crossed his mind.
From her initial familiarity, to the poem she had Nathan write later, to this overlapping state now.
It all seemed to indicate that the girl before him had an inexplicable connection to the previous simulation.
"Ganyu, do you remember a thousand years ago..."
"Shh!!!"
His words were only halfway out when her finger pressed against his lips.
"These things can't be spoken of now!"
Ganyu's lips curled slightly upward, her enigmatic smile deflecting all of Nathan's doubts.
This attitude clearly showed she didn't want to explain further.
But this only deepened Nathan's confusion.
If... memories from the simulation could affect reality.
But in the last simulation, Nathan had used a move with fatal side effects.
It had erased his existence from the world, so even if Ganyu brought memories out, she shouldn't recognize him!
He couldn't understand... but now wasn't the time to delve into these matters.
Because the girl had already risen on her tiptoes, their noses touching.
Now, what needs to be done is to collect interest from you, Nathan?"
Speaking word by word, her thin lips were just a breath away.
"Interest... what interest?"
Nathan helplessly tried to shake his head, but found his head fixed in place by her hands.
He couldn't remember owing Ganyu any interest.
Surely... he hadn't borrowed money from this half-adeptus!
"You'll know soon!"
Her thin lips curved into a slight arc, her relaxed eyebrows reflecting her current joy.
"I want your body... to only have my scent!"
Before her words finished, their lips met.
"Wow!!!"
"Wow!!!"
"Wow!!!"
The surrounding pedestrians exclaimed, seemingly never having seen such a bold scene.
"Well done, Lady Ganyu!"
In this situation, the onlookers kept cheering!
"Mmph mmph mmph!"
Nathan tried to resist, but it was all futile!
His lung capacity was gradually disappearing into the girl's embrace.
..............
After experiencing that romantic atmosphere, Nathan continued walking with Ganyu holding his arm.
Their aimless wandering finally brought them to a platform above the harbor.
There stood a deer-shaped statue, most notable for its large antlers.
"Nathan... do you recognize it... this adeptus is a hero who protected our Liyue!"
As a player who had crossed over, Nathan naturally knew who this statue represented.
Moon-Carver, once one of Liyue's Illuminated Adepti.
But in a later disaster, this adeptus stepped forward and sacrificed themselves, ensuring Liyue Harbor's safety.
This led to the creation of the Lantern Rite Festival to commemorate the hero.
He thought Ganyu would explain the statue's history, but unexpectedly she suddenly changed topics.
"Nathan... do you want to hear a story? A story from a thousand years ago..."
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