Mondstadt, Windwail Highland.
Above the slope lay another grassy plain. A little farther ahead was a drop, below which stretched another grassy plain, with broken gray stone walls rising from it.
Wisps of black smoke rose from within, carrying a scorched smell.
"Did someone burn their food? Let's go down and take a look."
Li Qiuzhi often cooked, so he was quite familiar with such smells.
"O-okay."
Standing at the top of the drop, Sucrose's winglike cape fluttered gently behind her in the mountain breeze.
She lightly jumped forward, and a plain Wind Glider suddenly appeared and spread open like a gliding bird.
The teal hair tied behind her head was swept up by the oncoming air, fluttering as she slowly flew toward the broken stone walls.
Li Qiuzhi had yet to learn how to use a Wind Glider, so getting down was not nearly as convenient for him.
He used the vertical face of the drop to cushion his descent, easily jumped down, then jogged after Sucrose.
Sucrose spread her arms to maintain her balance, her legs, clad in thigh-high stockings held up by garters, naturally and loosely settling onto the grass. Curious, they walked into the ruins of broken walls.
On the grassy ground, a disabled Ruin Guard lay on its side. A girl dressed in red sat on its body, her rabbit-ear hair bow the most striking thing about her.
Her long, dark brown hair fell down her back, completely covering the red hood on her clothes.
In front of the girl, three sticks were lashed together at their tops, their lower ends spread slightly apart, with an iron pot hanging between them.
An unidentified black paste bubbled inside it, thick black smoke rising from the edges, accompanied by an acrid smell.
"Amber?!"
Li Qiuzhi and Sucrose