The group came to the adventurer camp under the Dragon's Back Snow Mountain. The bustling blacksmith shop, the fragrant thick vegetable stew, and the warm campfire finally made Paimon feel a little warm.
"New guest?"
The three of them had just walked into the adventurer camp when a smartly dressed woman with short silver-gray hair, glasses, and green adventurer uniform walked towards them.
"Oh? He's an honorary knight of the Knights of the West Wind."
"Sister Yuxia!"
Seeing the person coming, Wendy, who had been hiding behind Famas, hiding from the wind and snow, appeared and called out the name of the woman in front of her in a sweet voice.
"There is also a little poet and an unknown stranger."
An adventurer named Yuxia reached out to Famas.
"Hello, I am the person in charge of the Longji Snow Mountain Adventurer Camp, Yuxia. Whether you are here to see the scenery or something else, please be careful."
Famas and Yuxia shook hands.
"Hello, I am the adventurer from Mondstadt, Famas."
Yuxia glanced down and her pupils shrank. She heard that the Knights of the West Wind had a new owner of the Eye of God, and it seemed that he should be this young man in red.
"We are here to find Abedo!"
Paimon flew to Yuxia, loudly stated the purpose of several people's visit, and then stared straight at the copper pot on the bonfire beside Yuxia, which was cooking thick vegetable stew.
"Come to see Mr. Abedo?"
Yuxia put her hand on her chin, seeming to be thinking about something.
"He went into the mountains with Timaeus today. Was he going to study some topic again?"
Yuxia looked up and saw that Paimon had already flown to the campfire, staring intently at the steaming, bubbling stew in the pot.
"Haha... You should also prepare to go into the mountains and eat some thick vegetable stew to keep out the cold."
Yuxia walked to the pot, took out a few bowls from the tent table, scooped out a full bowl of broth, handed it to Ying and Wendy who were trembling slightly in the cold wind, and stared at the pot with their eyes shining.
of Paimon.
"Give."
Yuxia handed the last bowl to Famas.
"Yeah!"
Paimon cheered, holding a bowl bigger than his head in his little hands, sipping the concentrated broth while purring.
The four of them sat around the campfire, using fallen tree trunks as chairs and staying close together to keep warm.
After drinking the hot soup, everyone felt a sense of warmth rising from their stomachs, and it seemed that they were not so cold anymore.
"If you want to find Abedo, you can pay attention to his footprints, which contain elemental power. However, after the snow stopped, there were many people traveling to and from the snow-capped mountains. I hope the traces along the way have not been covered up."
"If you are not sure, you can follow the path explored by the Adventurers Association."
Yuxia shook her head. According to her observation, except for Famas, she didn't think anyone else could freely enter the snowy mountains, let alone find someone in the heavy snow.
"Wow...it feels so warm." Paimon, who was sitting in front of the fire and stretching out his young hands, sighed with great satisfaction.
"Then I won't go up... If you find Timaeus, you must ask him to hand in his homework... and take his tuition with you."
Although he knew that the boy in green just wanted to catch fish, Famas still kept adding firewood to the fire to keep the boy warm.
How could Barbatos, the majestic wind god, be afraid of this bit of cold?
"Hey, hey, singer, you obviously said you were coming to see Mr. Timaeus, but you didn't go up the mountain?!"
Paimon said excitedly that along the way, although Wendy was also wrapped in a blanket and shivering with them, when she thought of the identity of the boy in green, no matter how she looked at it, it looked like he was just pretending.
"Well... I'm just a bard. If I catch a cold, my throat becomes hoarse, and my hands freeze, I won't be able to support myself."
Wendy explained to Paimon pitifully, and everyone present, except Yuxia, looked at him with disgust.
"Hey, singing voice and hands are very important to a poet, okay?"
The boy in green pouted and protested to the three of them.
"If you are planning to enter the snow-capped mountains, do it now. At night, darkness and heavy snow will cover up all traces."
Yuxia reminded, Ying, Wendy and Famas, the three of them were in the adventurer camp and did not feel the cruelty of Longji Snow Mountain at all, and they were even in the mood to joke.
"Yes, let's go!"
After hearing Yuxia's words, Paimeng nodded seriously.
"Hey, then I will be in the camp waiting for you to come back with Sister Yuxia."
After leaving the adventurer camp, Yuxia sent several people to the entrance of the snow mountain.
Wendy hid behind Yuxia with a smile, holding her hands behind her back, saying goodbye to Ying, whose skirt was flying, and Famas, whose eyes were far-reaching.
"Ah, ah, singing! No!"
Paimon flew to Wendy, grabbed one of his braids, and wanted to pull him up the mountain.
"Goodbye, little Paimon."
A blue breeze that was different from the snow-capped mountains blew past, blowing up the starry sky ribbon around Paimon's neck, and also took her to Ying and Famas who had already started climbing.
"Ah, singer, I will be back!"
Paimon shouted and disappeared into the vast white snow.