The next day.
Morning.
"Teacher, we're heading out."
"Grandpa, wait for us to come back!"
Xiu Yuan watched the two leave for Mondstadt City.
After what Xiu Yuan had said the night before, Eula's outlook seemed to have changed considerably again.
Though his injuries still pained her, she no longer felt guilty.
Eula had always regretted saying, "I like the sound of the waves."
But after hearing her teacher's words the night before, she had come to understand a great deal, and her guilt had faded with that understanding.
If she continued feeling guilty over what Xiu Yuan had done and made herself miserable, her teacher would also begin to question whether he had done the right thing.
Then the Bone Whistle would lose its meaning.
At heart, Xiu Yuan had given Eula the Bone Whistle because he hoped she would like it and be able to play her beloved sound of the waves whenever she wished.
But if she kept agonizing over it, the Bone Whistle would instead become a burden.
A burden to them both.
Once he saw them disappear into the distance, Xiu Yuan set off for the shore as well.
He wanted to investigate the presence he had sensed the night before.
Unless he was mistaken, it was probably the key that would let him enter his next reincarnation.
At the end of each life, the system always laid everything out for him.
And every time, Xiu Yuan found himself unable to refuse the path the system arranged.
Because the system understood him well. It knew he would keep the suffering for himself and bring hope to others.
So Xiu Yuan would not refuse its arrangements.
It was like knowing full well that the path offered led to death, yet willingly taking it anyway.
After traveling