The awakened Paimon was particularly good at eating. After eating a few bags of potato chips, she turned her attention to the boxed Ichiraku Ramen that Sasuke brought.
"what is this?"
"Instant ramen, something one of my companions really likes."
"Oh! Then I want to try it too."
Paimon picked up the boxed ramen, tore open the package, took out the noodles inside and prepared to eat them.
"...That's not how you eat it."
Sasuke took out a kettle and a bottle of water from his folding bag, poured the water into the kettle, and then placed it on the campfire. After the water boiled, the group soaked in ramen.
After soaking for 3 minutes, Sasuke handed the ramen to Paimon.
"It's still hot now, so eat slowly."
Paimon took the ramen and felt a little intoxicated by the rich aroma of the ramen soup.
"Oh, it's like this, it's amazing!"
“It’s so convenient to be able to eat this kind of hot noodle soup in the wild.”
"Can't you also eat it with a foldable bag?"
"no the same!"
Paimon twitched his nose.
"Things stored in foldable bags have been put in before and have no soul."
Sasuke was noncommittal, since he couldn't tell the difference anyway.
While the two were enjoying the food and chatting around the campfire, a melodious sound of the piano came to their ears.
Someone is playing the piano in the wild at night?
Sasuke suddenly became alert.
He clearly didn't feel anyone else's breath nearby.
"Haha, don't be nervous, you two. I just saw someone holding a bonfire party here. This is too romantic for a bard, so I came over to join in the fun."
The person who came was wearing an emerald green cloak and a green hat with a white flower on the hat, and his voice was even more familiar to Sasuke.
It was the strange man who had given him the power of Qianfeng to defeat the Wind Demon Dragon.
"Is it you? Are you Barbatos, the god of wind?"
Sasuke asked very bluntly.
"Eh? This weirdo is the God of Wind?"
Paimon, who was smiling, was also shocked. He didn't even bother to swallow the noodles, he bit his noodles and said babblingly.
"Ah? Barbatos, the god of wind?"
The visitor seemed shocked when he heard Sasuke's words.
"The guy has disappeared from Mondstadt."
"The rock god of neighboring Liyue and the thunder god of Inazuma are still there, but the people of Mondstadt haven't seen their unreliable gods for a long time."
"And I am not the wind god Barbatos, just a bard passing by."
"Let me introduce myself, my name is Wendy, what about you?"
"Sasuke Uchiha."
"Paimon."
"Nice to meet you two. Can you let me join your bonfire party?"
"In return, I can play songs for you two."
Sasuke hesitated for a moment, then nodded in agreement.
This man's voice was indeed the one who helped him when he defeated the Wind Demon Dragon, and the power of the thousand winds was very similar to the power he got from the idol.
Is it to hide your identity? But there is nothing to hide.
If it wasn't the God of Wind, then why did he have such terrifying abilities?
travelling poet?
There is no concept of bards in Konoha or the entire ninja world.
After getting Sasuke's permission, Wendy found a seat by the campfire to sit down very familiarly.
When Paimon saw Wendy sitting down, he touched his head and handed over a bag of potato chips.
"Here you go, you can eat these potato chips, but you can't finish them all. Sasuke gave these to me."
"Oh my, you haven't played yet, and you've already received a reward? Thank you, Lord Paimon, for your generosity."
Wendy took the potato chips, opened the package and ate a few slices.
"It tastes like potato chips and seasonings I've never tasted before. It tastes amazing."
"It would be nice to have a glass of cider at this time."
"Is this kind of food available in Mondstadt now?"
"This is not Mondstadt's. Sasuke brought it to me from another world."
Paimon, who was floating in the air, put his hands on his hips and said very proudly.
"Food from another world?"
Wendy thought thoughtfully.
And Sasuke also found a loophole in Wendy's words.
"Aren't you from Mondstadt?"
he asked.
"Huh? Why not?"
Wendy looked up.
"If you were from Mondstadt, how could you not know that this is Mondstadt food?"
Sasuke asked.
"Hmm... Haha, didn't I tell you? I am a bard. As a bard, I usually travel around various countries to collect songs and poems, looking for inspiration, so for several years
Never returned to Mondstadt."
"That's reasonable, right?"
"But you don't look big, do you?"
Sasuke continued to ask.
"Maybe it's because I look younger? Don't look at me like this, I'm an adult."
"Very suspicious."
Paimon also found something suspicious.
"Oh! I remembered that when we were near Mondstadt that day, I saw you communicating with the Wind Demon Dragon Tvarin. Then we met you and you glared at us."
"Hmm? Is there any?"
Wendy continued to play dumb.
"Hey! You don't have to pretend to have amnesia all of a sudden, do you?"
"Sasuke, do you still remember that red crystal? It's the one that was left after the Wind Demon Dragon flew away. It looks very dangerous. Take it out and show it to him."
Sasuke followed the instructions and took out the crystal from the folding bag.
After opening the cloth bag wrapped in the crystal, a red light flashed through, and a ray of light burst out from the surface of the crystal and entered Sasuke's body.
It happened so suddenly that Sasuke had no time to stop it.
However, after this light entered Sasuke's body, nothing seemed to happen, except that his eyes felt a little itchy.
After he rubbed his eyes, that feeling disappeared.
The crystal that had lost its red light was now emitting aqua-blue light, shining brightly in the night.
"Sasuke! Are you okay?"
Paimon quickly flew to Sasuke's side and inspected Sasuke's body up and down.
"I'm fine."
"Huh? He was actually purified?"
After Wendy saw Sasuke absorbing the red light emitted by the crystal, she finally lost her cynical look and became a little serious.
"Do you know what this is?"
Sasuke asked.
"This is Tvarin it..."
"These are the tears shed by the Wind Demon Dragon because of pain."
"Tears?"
Paimon was confused.
At this time, Wendy also took out a crystal from her pocket, but this crystal was still scarlet, although it was a little lighter.
Wendy looked at the tears of the Wind Demon Dragon and murmured to herself:
"It was once a gentle child, but now it has become so sad and full of anger."
He handed the tear to Sasuke and said with a little pleading tone:
"I also have a drop here. Can you please purify it?"