After looking at it for a while, Nanli sighed in vain.

Forget it, after all, a certain old guy is behind everything that happened in Liyue. Maybe that guy is still watching a show somewhere now.

Compared with this, what is more important now is...

"I've been looking at it for so long. Is there anything good to see? You dead fox."

The female teacher turned her gaze to the bushes on the side, and saw the bushes on the opposite side rustling. After a while, a fox with pure white fur came out of it. It was the fox raised by Bai Qiyun's family.

Pet noob.

It's just that this time is different from that in the restaurant. There is a trace of human smile on Xiaobai's face. He wagged his tail and swaggered over Xiangling Xingqiu and others who were lying on the ground, walking freely.

He walked towards Nanli with small steps.

After a while, a charming and artificial sound came out of the fox's mouth, but the content was incompatible with it.

"Who's peeping, you bastard?"

The two guys, one big and one small, stared at each other with four eyes, neither one willing to be outdone.

But in the end, the 'battle' ended with Xiaobai tilting his head and taking the initiative to retreat.

No way, people with bigger bodies will always have an advantage.

What's more, the other party is the former teacher of her current host. If the stalemate continues, this woman might come up with some tricks to play tricks on her next time she comes for dinner.

Seeing Xiaobai taking the initiative to admit defeat, Nanli's eyebrows raised unconsciously.

It's really rare to get this guy to give in. It's probably because of her cheap student.

Xiaobai stretched out his paws out of boredom and scraped on the tree trunk nearby, and while scraping his mouth, he spoke plausibly.

"Scratch you to death, you stupid bird."

However, Nan Li, who had temporarily won the confrontation, didn't care about the other party's childish behavior. She leaned against the big tree and spoke slowly to the little fox.

"Hu Zhai Palace, how does it feel after staying in Liyue for a few years?"

Surprisingly, Nanli didn't mention a word about the current situation, but asked about his feelings in Liyue.

Moreover, the name that came out of her mouth was the name of the former palace minister of Inazuma Narukami Taisha Shrine. No one expected that a palace minister would travel across the ocean just to be a pet for a certain boy.

However, Nanli could guess why the other party did this. During the Liyue disaster ten years ago, although she was far away in Guiliyuan to help exterminate monsters, the silver light that rose that night was obviously the same as five hundred years ago.

The power related to the disappeared god, as the Grand Priest of Inazuma, the Foxsai Palace cannot sit idly by and ignore.

You must know that today's Inazuma, from the Demon God War to the present, the peace of Inazuma is actually maintained by the two gods of Thunder and Steel.

Although the God of Steel does not have his own kingdom, the people of Inazuma all admit that they are under the joint management of several gods. In this sense, Inazuma is actually half of the fiefdom of the God of Steel.

What's more, just like her, this Huzhai Palace received the favor of the God of Steel five hundred years ago, and was able to save his life.

But it was precisely because of this that the fairy fox who was sitting on the throne of the Palace Secretary had no choice but to step down from his position and hand over the position of Palace Secretary to the current Eighth Palace Secretary.

After all, Narukami Taisha Shrine is still nominally under the Thunder God, so there are still many difficulties in letting a person with the power of other gods sit in a high position.

Of course, all of this was also caused by the disappearance of the God of Steel. If the God of Steel is still alive in today's world, then Huzhai Palace can still legitimately stay in that position.

It's just that due to the influence of his personality, Hu Zhai Palace probably couldn't ask for something like this to be lazy, so after realizing the inappropriateness, he stepped down from his responsibilities at a speed that even the modern thunder god could not react.

He slipped away into the mountains and forests and ignored worldly affairs.

"Just so-so."

Perhaps he guessed the meaning of Nan Li's question, Huzhai Palace did not answer the question directly, but just casually responded.

The little guy stopped rubbing his paws on the tree trunk and turned his attention to the female teacher in front of him.

As someone who was also blessed by the God of Steel, she was somewhat curious about the female teacher's thoughts.

"Compared to that, you look very laid-back. Why don't you go inside and help?"

The little fox lazily raised its front paws and tilted its head towards the center of the riot in Liyue Port. Its meaning was very obvious.

But Nan Li just smiled without saying much.

The female teacher took out a new bottle of wine from her side, sat down next to the fox and started drinking without caring about the image.

After a while, she wiped the corners of her wine-stained mouth, looked at the Liyue Harbor with flames rising into the sky, and spoke.

"Have you gotten any answers after staying with that kid for so long?"

The female teacher did not answer the passport question directly, but instead asked the question to the other party again.

Hearing this, the little fox nodded and then shook his head. His ears moved but then retracted, looking a little cute.

"No, although I felt the aura of the former god on his body, it was extremely weak."

Ten years ago, she followed the beam of light rising at night to Liyue Port and met the gloomy young man who trapped her in the backyard of Tingyu Pavilion.

She did feel the aura of the God of Steel from the then young Bai Qiyun for the first time in a long time, but it was not strong.

At the very least, it was certain that the rising beam of light had nothing to do with him.

However, this did not prevent her from continuing to observe this young man. Anyway, idle time was idle, and a little clue was still a clue.

She simply transformed into a fox and stayed with the boy who had just lost his parents and pets, and this companionship lasted ten years.

In the past ten years, she has witnessed the boy's growth, and she has become increasingly confused.

In what way does this young man have any connection with the God of Steel? After all, the god-like aura on him has not diminished in the past ten years and is still hanging on him.

Even she wouldn't believe it if she said that the other party had nothing to do with the God of Steel.

There must be some connection between the two that she doesn't know about.

But all this changed after the boy returned from Mondstadt.

That day, a strong aura of the God of Steel's divine power came from the north, and the light rising into the sky was almost exactly the same as ten years ago.

When Bai Qiyun came back, she was surprised to find that the aura of the God of Steel on his body had become much stronger.

But that was not the end. On the day Liyue Port was invaded by the Demon God, in her eyes, the God of Steel appeared in her sight again, and she watched helplessly as he turned back into a boy.

face.

Now she was completely sure of the relationship between the two, and from that day on, she never dared to stay with Bai Qiyun without incident, for fear that the other day would catch her and ravage her when he remembered it.

You must know that the God of Steel is the one who likes to play with foxes the most among Inazuma. Every fox in Narukami Taisha Shrine used to be frightened and trembled just by hearing his name.

Using His name to scare those little foxes who don’t like to eat and are picky eaters is extremely effective.

Not to mention those ordinary foxes, even the current little Yae was touched by that man when he was young, not to mention how scared he was.

Realizing that she was thinking too much, Hu Zhaigong quickly brought her thoughts back to the present.

"But judging from various previous phenomena, there is definitely a big relationship between those two people, and it is even possible..."

She didn't say the rest, but Nan Li also had a clear mind.

And in a sense, the two of them who accepted the power of the God of Steel are now in a very embarrassing position.

Just like Mondstadt's Tvarin to the God of Wind, they are now half dependents of the God of Steel, but they are still quite involved with their 'natal family'.

While worrying about status issues, I also have to carefully guard against the prying eyes of some people with ulterior motives.

Of course, the biggest question before the two of them now is Bai Qiyun's identity.

If he didn't have a deep connection with the God of Steel, it would be equivalent to the two of them becoming "lonely ghosts" again, and they could only stay at their parents' house.

But if he has a close connection with the God of Steel, or even some form of existence of that god, then... the situation is actually even worse.

Recalling that they had teased the boy more than once in the past two years, Nan Li and Xiao Bai couldn't help but shed a few drops of sweat on their foreheads.

When their nominal boss comes back, I'm afraid he will pay back ten times, or even a hundred times.

"Hope... I hope it's not a big problem."

When he said this, Nan Li's voice started to tremble, and he could no longer hold the wine bottle in his hand steadily. He had completely lost the majesty of the goddess of war before.

"Forget it, we'll talk about the rest later. The big deal is just being hung up and beaten a few times. Rather than that, aren't you going to help me now?"

Hu Zhai Palace thought about it in her mind, and felt that it would be more acceptable for her to be punished by turning into a human form. If she were to be beaten as a fox, she would probably be thrown into boiling water and boiled directly. At least it would be human.

The girl's appearance can also make the guy strike more lightly.

And it can keep your clothes.

After listening to Xiaobai's words, Nanli immediately looked at the battlefield at the center of the war.

There, the Great Sage of Conquering Demons has already made contact with humans.

Facing the moonlight under the night sky, the female teacher sighed slowly and spoke with sincerity.

"If that boy is really that adult, we should not take action now. The reason... you should understand."

Hearing this, Hu Zhaigong closed his eyes and nodded gently.

"Yeah, it's true."

One person and one fox looked at the battlefield in front of them. Silence was like water, spreading under the night.

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To be continued...