"This is my new disciple, Kachina."
In Natlan, at the Children of Echoes Tribe, Shen Fei quickly met Lumine and Paimon, who had arrived earlier, when he set foot there. A short figure stood beside them—it was Kachina of the Children of Echoes.
"This is Shen Fei, our friend. This is Kachina, the first friend we met in Natlan. She's Lumine's disciple now and is training with her," Paimon immediately said, introducing Shen Fei and Kachina to each other.
"Hello. Since you're Master's friend, are you an amazing adventurer too?" Kachina promptly greeted Shen Fei, then curiously asked whether he was a powerful adventurer.
"An adventurer? More or less. But I'm nowhere near as impressive as Lumine." Shen Fei was not surprised that Lumine had taken Kachina as her disciple. After all, in the original work, Kachina had been the Traveler's disciple.
Shen Fei then asked about Natlan's situation and learned some details, such as the fact that there was still some time before the Sacred Night Pilgrimage of Returning Fire would be held.
Although the Sacred Night Pilgrimage of Returning Fire had a fixed date, it would also be held if the Abyss invasion worsened. The festival was needed to gather flames against the Abyss. Natlan's flames were quite interesting—through struggle, they could gather certain Words of Contention.
"What a shame that the Sacred Night Pilgrimage of Returning Fire doesn't allow outsiders to participate. I really wanted to see Lumine crush everyone," Paimon could not help complaining when the pilgrimage was mentioned.
They had met Kachina after she was abandoned by her teammates. Seeing such a young girl so devastated, they had gone over to comfort her. After Kachina learned who they were and what they had done, she came to admire them greatly and wanted to learn from