My Next Life in Teyvat: I Just Wanted Friends, Not Every Girl's Love!-Chapter 189 - 188: Oh no!

"Here too... the situation on this archipelago is more lively than I imagined."

Above a certain archipelago, Durandal discovered a damaged ship. Based on the clues left on the ship, these were pirates from Inazuma.

They seemed to have stolen something called the "Maguu Kenki" and encountered a shipwreck during transport, arriving at this Golden Apple Archipelago.

She had previously searched other places and found many traces of human life, as well as some ruinous buildings with Mondstadt characteristics, including one relatively large one that resembled the temples of the Four Winds.

Currently, in Mondstadt, all the temples of the Three Winds are fine, except for Dvalin who has no temple for people to worship.

Opening the map of Mondstadt, one can see that the temples in the north, south, and west are all fine; only the temple in the east is gone, as that area is already part of the sea.

Durandal had a theory: that Venti, in order to improve Mondstadt’s environment and make it a suitable place for human habitation, began to cleave mountains and move giant rocks.

Among the structures she moved was Dvalin’s former temple. This might also be why Dvalin said he couldn’t move freely here when he brought them to the Golden Apple Archipelago before.

Goodness, you really did everything wrong, Venti.

You meant well, to transform Mondstadt into its current beautiful region by drastically improving its environment, but you accidentally removed Dvalin’s temple as well.

It’s a good thing Dvalin has a good temper and didn’t care too much about this, otherwise he would be shouting "Do something useful, Barbatos" at you every day.

Durandal didn’t know how to evaluate Venti’s actions. Her actions brought new vitality to Mondstadt, allowing its residents to live better.

But she discarded all the extra land and rocks from improving Mondstadt’s environment here, forming a completely new island, which led to those who were shipwrecked here being stranded for six generations, nearly a hundred years.

However, if the Golden Apple Archipelago hadn’t been here, these people would have died in the shipwreck, with no chance of survival, so Venti’s actions can also be considered a good deed.

Everything has its good and bad sides. Regardless, Durandal found no signs of life within these islands... except for the Hilichurl active here, there were no living humans.

They must have been rescued by these pirates. Although they were pirates, there were also some wise individuals among them who found a way to leave the Golden Apple Archipelago and led the people here to escape this area.

"What are you doing~"

"Why aren’t you playing with the others, and instead came to me, Lumine?"

Durandal held the found data in her hand, looking at Lumine behind her in confusion. How did this fellow get up here? Could she have climbed up little by little?

"Hehe~ I was a bit curious about what you were doing, and couldn’t help but come to understand the situation. This ship isn’t as dilapidated as I imagined; it must have been left by people who arrived on this island later, right?"

"Yes, this is the ship of pirates who were shipwrecked later. They came from Inazuma, transporting something called the Maguu Kenki. It looks like it should be a very powerful machine?"

"From Inazuma? Hey, it’s getting more and more interesting, this small island. Others struggle just to leave this island, but for Miss Alice, it’s a place she can leave at will."

Lumine was now increasingly curious about what kind of person Klee’s mother truly was. Judging by Mona’s master’s situation, Alice’s age must be considerable, but she is an elf, and her age is not comparable to ordinary people, which gives her more time to learn.

This also made her an almost omnipotent existence in the eyes of others, and it is also because of this that she has maintained such a cheerful personality.

It’s just... she didn’t know why, but whenever Lumine heard Alice’s voice, she always felt that she would mock her very harshly the next moment. What was going on? Why did she have such a thought?

"For ordinary people, leaving a place like this indeed requires a lot of effort, but for someone with a little strength, it’s still very easy to leave here."

"A little strength... well, could you explain what kind of ’a little strength’ you mean?"

"That would be Dvalin’s level. What? Is it hard to achieve?"

"That would be Dvalin’s level. What? Is it hard to achieve?"

Emmm, I thought Durandal would talk about the level of the Seven Archons, but Dvalin’s level isn’t something ordinary people can achieve.

Lumine was a bit glad that the island she woke up on wasn’t the Golden Apple Archipelago, otherwise, she would have had to live like a savage for a long time.

At that time, let alone traveling the Seven Nations, she would probably have to rack her brains just to escape that archipelago, and it would be impossible to get close to a beautiful Damselette.

"How long has it been since we’ve been alone like this, Durandal?"

Ever since Shenhe joined their party, Durandal rarely spent time alone with Lumine like this. Either Shenhe was by her side, or she was too busy to spend time with Durandal.

This kind of life was fulfilling, but she occasionally still thought of herself acting in various ways to increase her friendship with Durandal when they used to travel together.

"It has been a while indeed. A lot has happened during this time. It hasn’t been that long, but it feels like ages."

All things considered, they had been traveling together for less than a year, yet Durandal felt like a very long time had passed. She had encountered more things during this period than in her past thousand years combined.

The one thing she never lacked when being with this fellow was surprises. She always encountered all sorts of things, especially those related to beautiful Damselettes, and she basically didn’t miss a single one.

"Now... are your eyes only on me, Lumine?"

For some unknown reason, Durandal asked this question on a whim. Lumine obviously didn’t expect Durandal to ask her this, and for a moment, she didn’t know how to answer.

"Seeing your reaction, I know the answer is no. Really, were those gazes I saw in your eyes just my imagination?"

Occasionally, Durandal would see a look in Lumine’s eyes that made her heart skip a beat. Although her gaze was different from Shenhe’s and Venti’s, that tenderness still made her feel warm inside.

She thought such a look could also be considered [love]. Now it seems it could at most be considered [liking], still a very long way from [love].

"Come to think of it, you will meet other lovely girls on your upcoming journey. Even though you’ve only visited two nations so far, you’ve already met lovely girls like Amber, Barbara, Jean, Xiangling, and Keqing. It’s indeed difficult to keep your attention on me."

It might also be because her own charm wasn’t high enough, unable to perfectly attract Lumine’s gaze, which is why Lumine couldn’t keep her eyes on her.

Really... why is it like this? She was the first person who truly made her feel something, unlike Venti and Shenhe who actively pursued her. Why does Lumine disappoint her again and again?

As soon as she thought of this, Durandal couldn’t help but feel lost. Was it because of her personality? Because she didn’t like to be more proactive, Lumine didn’t notice.

"Ahhh~ Don’t say such things at a time like this. We finally have some alone time like this, so let’s find a more relaxed topic."

She finally got to chat with Durandal while Shenhe and Paimon were not around, and she couldn’t let the atmosphere become stiff because of such a topic.

"We still have a long journey ahead. They are ultimately just passersby on this journey. Only you will always accompany me to travel through various nations and witness the scenery of other nations with me."

"What about Shenhe and Paimon? If others join your party during the journey, won’t there be nothing for me to do?"

...No, that’s unlikely, right? They all have their own things to do, how could they...

"Why not? Shenhe joined later. They can also join your party under the guise of training. If you’re worried about the party being too large, you can also have them stay in the Serenitea Pot normally and only let them out when necessary. Wouldn’t that solve all the problems?"

...

Goodness, she had all her words blocked. Almost all the words she could think of to respond with had been anticipated by Durandal. What more could she say?

The Serenitea Pot, originally used for resting in the wild, actually had the function of a ’love nest’. If a certain girl wanted to run away from home in the future, Lumine could completely hide her in the Serenitea Pot. This way, no one except them would know the girl’s location.

No, no, she shouldn’t think such things. Once a seed is planted, the desire will gradually become uncontrollable. This is a precursor to crime, and she doesn’t want to be caught by the Knights of Favonius or the Millelith.

"Were you just thinking that doing that wouldn’t be bad?"

"No, I just didn’t realize the Serenitea Pot could be used for that. I didn’t realize you had thought of so many things, Durandal."

"It’s nothing. I just put myself in your shoes and figured you’d likely do something like that. After all, you have so many rooms in the Serenitea Pot; it would be a waste not to use some of them. You must have spent a lot of effort decorating those rooms, right? From this, it’s clear how much effort you put in to make sure the people who move in later will like the rooms you decorated."

Hmm? What’s going on? Why does that sentence sound so resentful? Is Durandal trying to express something?

Even though they were near an island and she was wearing a swimsuit, sweat was trickling down Lumine’s face. Lumine sensed danger and prepared to get up and run.

But how could Durandal give her a chance to leave? She grabbed her hand and pushed her to the ground.

The area they were in was very high, and it took a lot of effort to get up there, which meant no one would disturb them.

Lumine had originally used this to talk to Durandal alone, but the situation developed far beyond her expectations. Her current situation seemed a bit bad?

"When you usually sleep, have you ever dreamed of a scene like this, Lumine?"

Durandal traced Lumine’s smooth navel with her index finger, noticed her trembling body, and laughed.

At this moment, she seemed like a fierce tiger preparing to hunt, making Lumine’s heart tremble.

This is bad, this is really bad!

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