Genshin Impact: Life Simulator

Night deepened, only gentle winds remained stirring.

By the quiet lake, the fish-grilling bonfire still burned.

After eating, it was time to prepare for sleep.

"Sleep, Shenhe, I'll watch over you!"

In his current state, Nathan didn't need human rest.

Perfect for night watch duty.

But Shenhe was different - despite her growth, she remained a young girl.

"Nathan..."

"Sleep, we travel tomorrow!"

Shenhe murmured softly as Nathan soothed her.

In her current state, human villages were impossible.

So Nathan decided to head west, seeking her future master.

"Nathan... what do you look like?"

In the firelight, her eyes sparkled with curiosity.

"Why do you want to know?"

"Because... I want to meet Nathan in my dreams."

Her endearing explanation left Nathan speechless.

He increasingly felt her dependency, which might grow stronger.

"What if I'm a horrible demon with frightening fangs?"

"You're not a demon, Nathan must be a handsome big brother with black hair!"

"That's called refined, stop imagining and sleep!!!"

Amazed at how Shenhe had already imagined his appearance.

"I can't sleep, tell me a story?"

Her curiosity about Nathan exceeded her sleepiness.

"Then... I'll tell you about a noble lady becoming one of the Liyue Qixing..."

Experienced from comforting Ganyu, Nathan prepared to adapt Keqing's story.

But Shenhe interrupted before he began.

"I don't want that story!"

"Why?"

"Because it has other girls!!!"

"....."

Her reaction matched Ganyu's exactly.

He had to substitute a fairy tale from his past life.

"Alright, then let's try The Three Little Pigs..."

Halfway through, Shenhe peacefully closed her eyes.

Under firelight, the girl's sleeping face was adorable.

His consciousness returned to the sword, creating barriers against beasts and monsters.

Then Shenhe sleep-talked:

"Nathan... don't leave me..."

Such dependency made him pause.

He recalled the real-world Shenhe before the simulation,

Wielding the crimson greatsword, wanting to chop him.

Something must have happened to darken her.

This dependency might be good or bad!

Morning came with birdsong, Shenhe slowly opened her eyes.

"Nathan!!!"

"I'm here!!!"

Her first action was calling him.

His response calmed her.

"Good morning, Nathan!"

"Good morning, Shenhe!"

After greetings, she hugged the greatsword.

"Let's continue today!"

"Okay!"

"Aren't you asking where we're going?"

"I'll go anywhere with Nathan!"

"....."

They headed west along Mount Tianheng.

Avoiding villages and Millelith patrols.

At Shenhe's pace, reaching Mount Aozang would take days.

She deliberately walked slowly,

Enjoying traveling with Nathan, not wanting to reach their destination.

Nathan didn't comment.

This simulation seemed peaceful after the initial crisis.

Unlike the previous Archon War simulation's dangers.

Nathan treated it as a casual journey.

But this thought barely formed before an unexpected visitor blocked them.

In a valley, a green-haired youth stood ahead.

Wearing white with wide sleeves,

Dark pants and boots, jade ornaments at sleeves and shoulders.

Most notable was the strange mask at his right waist,

Black and gold, striking yet dignified, mysterious.

With copper eyes, fangs, and horns - terrifying.

Though youthful, he emanated profound depth.

"Who are you?"

Shenhe watched warily, sensing danger from this mountain-leaping stranger.

More threatening than the cave's spirit-monster.

"You're the demon who fled Mount Tianheng? I've been waiting."

Instead of answering, the youth gripped his spear.

"Careful Shenhe, he's a Liyue adeptus!"

Nathan explained internally.

This was Xiao, a five-star character Nathan had skipped while only pulling for female characters.

An adeptus yaksha, one of the Five Yakshas, with great power.

His work: destroying remnants of god's hatred.

These hatreds became fragments, polluting his spirit.

To destroy this hatred, he bore their karma.

Young Xiao was once captured by gods, forced to commit atrocities.

The Geo Archon saved him, gave him the name Xiao.

To repay Morax, Xiao accepted millennia of guardian duty.

But this yaksha general's fierce appearance here

Clearly showed he saw Nathan as divine remnants.

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