"We're leaving." Seeing Shen Fei accept the wine and prepare to depart, Kaeya immediately spoke up. Shen Fei had handed Doctor over to Diluc, and with something this significant, Diluc had naturally informed Kaeya.
"That's right. Something's come up in Inazuma, so we need to head over." Shen Fei nodded. He had originally planned to leave once Mondstadt's festival ended. As it happened, Yae Miko had sent them word that Inazuma would be holding an event soon. The generous rewards immediately caught Paimon's interest. Yae Miko truly had Paimon's weakness firmly in her grasp.
"Inazuma, huh? Thoma mentioned that the wine there has a distinctive flavor. I could go take a look next time I'm on leave."
Thoma had also returned from Inazuma for this Return of the Winds Wine Festival. With the Sakoku Decree lifted, the socially adept Thoma had gotten to know Kaeya, who was much like him. The two could be said to have hit it off at first sight.
"Thoma and Kaeya... come to think of it, you two really are kind of alike." Paimon nodded lightly from the side.
"See you again when we get the chance."
With that, Shen Fei left Dawn Winery with Lumine and Paimon. Noelle was waiting outside. Shen Fei and Lumine then took out their Anti-gravity Motorcycles and began heading back to Liyue. This time, however, they did not travel through Stone Gate. They took the route around Dragonspine instead—not flying over Dragonspine itself, of course, but passing along its edge through Sal Terrae, then Mingyun Village, and finally Wangyun Karst.
"The wild boars here are pretty good. Let's bring a few back for Xiangling." As they passed Dragonspine, Shen Fei casually caught more than a dozen snow boars. The boars Xiangling had previously discovered, frozen for over three hundred