"The universe is the upside-down sky, and the strata are dreams that time has forgotten. This is ashes, the simplest state of the complex structure of life."
As if to prove this magical statement, Albedo's teacher, Reindot, held up a handful of ashes from burned flowers. A few seconds later, a Cecilia flower bloomed from the ashes in his hand: "This
It’s a new life.”
At that time, the young Abedo just nodded in confusion. He still could not fully understand what the teacher meant by freshmen.
"It's okay, Abedo, we still have a lot of time, but if he wakes up, there will be no time."
In Albedo's life, the teacher has the most special status. For him, the teacher is his only relative, a cold, strict woman who raised him and taught him the secrets of alchemy.
However, one day, the master and apprentice found a sacred relic called "The Heart of Naberish" deep in the world. Since then, the teacher disappeared. Only a note, a letter of recommendation, and a book were left behind.
Classics and a picture album.
The note said that Albedo should go to Mondstadt to find the teacher's old friend Alice, hand over a letter of recommendation, and complete the final task. The book is a fragment of the "Secret Code of Great Etiquette" collected by the teacher, and there is also a special item
As a gift, the teacher gave Abedo written approval for his departure as a teacher and awarded him the title "Son of Chalk".
The picture album was carefully drawn by Albedo's teacher. It contains pictures of various plants and creatures known to the continent of Teyvat, as well as some textual research pictures from the Demon God War period. There are even images of several demon gods in the album.
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These pictures may come from Dan Feng's photo recorder, or murals found deep in the ruins, and some are drawn based on the oral accounts of people who have been there.
The first picture in the Demon God's picture album is the man in red in front of you.
Abedo still remembers the teacher’s silence.
She stood next to the boy with chalky hair and handed the album to him.
On the paper is a bust, with red and white hair, red eyes, and handsome appearance. The person in the painting is laughing wildly, and the lifelike face seems to come alive from the paper. The man in red is holding a bloody sword and staring at it.
Somewhere, the man seemed to care more about something behind the painter than the painter who painted him.
"Who is he?"
Abedo's habit of painting was developed while traveling with his teacher. At first, he just studied the illustrations of notes. Later, he found that drawing details helped to understand the structure and laws of objects, which was very useful for learning alchemy.
Benefits. Moreover, when painting, the mind will enter a certain state of clarity, without thinking about anything except observation and writing, which is very comfortable.
But like the paintings his teacher painted, which were so lifelike that they seemed to come to life, Albedo could not do it at all.
"He was the former lord of the Gumunata Kingdom. He was cruel, insensitive, and desecrated corpses, but he was also the only one who rose up against the false sky and almost succeeded."
Abedo’s teacher touched the face in the portrait.
"He must still be alive... Abedo, if he appears, you must stay far away..."
The young Abedo has never seen such a solemn expression on his teacher's face. No matter how he treats anything, even when it comes to the seven gods who now rule the world, the teacher always has a disdainful expression.
At this point, Albedo also deeply remembered the man in red in this portrait.
"Who are you? Why are you disturbing these Qiuqiu people?"
Returning to the present, Abedo quickly suppressed the shock on his face and returned to his usual cold expression.
He had already recognized the blond girl in front of him and a small mascot floating beside him, which was the honorary knight that Mondstadt was talking about recently.
Moreover, judging from the attitudes of the girl and the man in red, they seemed to be quite familiar with each other, which made Albedo a little strange. The teacher clearly said... the man in red in front of him is a very cold person... and the rumored honorary knight is willing to help others.
Being warm-hearted and hard-working, there is absolutely no chance of him being associated with a tyrant.
"Fortunately, my painting has been completed. It would be a pity if I couldn't finish it for the special Qiuqiu people."
Abedo shook the snow from his hair and changed his face so fast that even Famas was amazed.
"I'm sorry, we... didn't know you were painting these Qiuqiu people."
In their innocence, Ying and Paimon thought that their apology had worked. They said guiltily again, and Paimon flew to Famas' side and pulled the handle of his gun.
"Guarantee...Famas, it's obviously you who did it, but you actually asked me to apologize for you. Come over and admit your mistake!"
Paimon pulled hard on Famas's spear, but there was almost no strength in his small body. He was so tired that he was sweating profusely, but Famas still didn't move at all.
"Hello, Mr. Albedo, I am Famas, the adventurer from Mondstadt."
Famas tugged with his left hand and pulled Paimon, who was holding the gun handle, to his chest. He stretched out his hand to pinch her fleshy cheek, lifted Paimon, and greeted Albedo.
"Hello, Alchemist Albedo of Mondstadt."
Hearing Famas's self-introduction, Albedo reacted immediately, but the doubts in his eyes became more and more. The teacher told him that this flaming tyrant was extremely difficult to communicate with. Apart from war and carnival, there was almost nothing he could do.
Pique his interest.
But the young man in front of him, although he looked exactly like the portrait, the firmness and confidence in his eyes seemed inconsistent with Munata's brutal war lord.
"So you're painting Qiuqiu people, but what's so interesting about Qiuqiu people? Don't they all look similar?"
The atmosphere gradually calmed down, and Paimon returned to his familiar personality, curiously staring at the drawing board that was well protected by Albedo.
"Well...this question is a bit complicated to explain. Why don't you just take a look at my paintings?"
Abedo glanced at Famas worriedly, then raised his drawing board.
On the drawing paper is a short man with blue hair, dancing around a large piece of ice, with his mouth slightly raised, probably reciting some prayer.
"Wow, it looks like that Qiuqiu man!"
Paimon excitedly put his face close to Albedo's temple and carefully observed the Qiuqiu people in the painting.
"Some Qiuqiu people that can be seen everywhere are boring and not worth wasting time, but if you look at this one, its physique, its hair, its posture, you can see its unique life tension."<
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When it comes to alchemy and painting, Abedo starts to talk more.
"In the repeated life of primitive groups, this particularity represents evolution. Evolution means starting from nothing, from the known to the unknown..."
When the three of them gathered together and listened to Albedo's explanation of the painting, Famas stood on the edge of the path, stretched out his hand, and with his divine power, he took the painting that had just been blown away, from the white sky and the earth, clean and flat.
It flew back into Famas's hands, and even the damaged drawing paper gradually returned to its original state.
Abedo and Ying, who were looking at the paintings together, were very close to each other. Famas held a stack of drawing papers in his right hand, spread his arms, squeezed his head through the gap between the two of them, put his arms around Abedo's shoulders, and shook his head.
Shake the painting on your hand.
"Chalk, here you go, your painting."
Being hugged and hearing Famas calling him, Albedo trembled subconsciously.
Turning his head, Famas blinked his fiery red eyes and looked at him with a half-smile.
"We have to find a way to find out...whether it is..."
Abedo's heart sank. His painting had obviously flown down the valley, but this man still found a way to get it up.