Shenhe stood at the door, her face expressionless, yet her eyes held an inexplicable emotion.
It was a complicated feeling, a mixture of loneliness, hurt, and longing.
She pointed at her heart and spoke in a bewildered voice:
"I don't know why, but after you left, it felt empty here. It hurt."
"I don't know why, but it hurt."
"I wanted to see you, to look at you, to stay by your side."
"Whenever I see you, I somehow feel at peace. I don't feel lost anymore."
"Shenhe, you..."
Ellin stared at Shenhe in surprise.
If those words had appeared in a novel, they would have been an outright confession!
For one thing, Mondstadt and Liyue were two different countries.
An ordinary person would have needed at least half a month to walk from Liyue Harbor to Mondstadt City.
Yet Ellin had only said goodbye to Shenhe in Liyue last night.
In other words, Shenhe had covered half a month's journey in a single night, crossing two nations just to see her.
She had no doubt that Shenhe was capable of doing something like that.
In the game, the Traveler had been Shenhe's only close friend.
When Shenhe learned that the Traveler was working as a bartender at the Angel's Share in Mondstadt, she immediately rushed there from Liyue, just to see the Traveler and exchange a few words.
At that thought, Ellin couldn't help feeling a pang of sympathy.
Shenhe had no family, no enemies, nothing she hated, and no goals or hopes.
The world was vast, but to her, it was empty.
The bustling human world was nothing but a passing cloud to her, devoid of all color.
Only when the Traveler appeared did she finally find something to cherish.
Now, however, the person she cherished most had