Yae Sakura had chosen to walk earlier, and Higokumaru had not wanted to run too fast because... all across Teyvat, unexpected surprises could appear at any moment.
Fruit and beast meat were everywhere, but those were secondary. What truly kept Higokumaru from stopping were the buried treasure chests and other valuable things.
Treasures that others found difficult to uncover were practically useless at hiding from a fox like Higokumaru, who had a knack for treasure hunting.
She was a little treasure hunter who could rival Lumine!
At that moment, Higokumaru had just dug up a bag of Mora that someone had buried underground nearby when she quickly noticed something else...
After finding a place with a puzzle mechanism, Higokumaru pondered it for quite a while. Only after pulling Yae Sakura in to help did she barely manage to open it and retrieve what was inside.
"Why are there treasures everywhere in Inazuma?! I've collected so much without even realizing it. No... I'm exhausted. I need to rest for a while."
After finding a few more valuable spots, Higokumaru felt completely worn out. It was as though the treasures here could never be exhausted; she had found countless things along the way.
There were treasure chests, bags, valuable ores, crystals...
After finding one, she would spot two more. She had strayed from their route several times. She kept saying she would stop looking, but once she had already seen something, she could not bear to leave it behind.
As a result, Yae Sakura and Higokumaru traveled less than ten kilometers in an entire day.
One was a Valkyrie, and the other was a Herrscher, yet they had traveled so little in a full day. Mainly because those treasures were simply too hard to resist.
If they could not see them, that