Genshin Impact: Teyvat Travel Guide

longevity.

This seems to be a tempting enough word.

Although the young Diluc lost a lot, he also had enough, so he thought he could accept the fate of death calmly.

But as his life span increased, he suddenly realized that many things could not be decided with a simple "whether".

Diluc has friends, brothers, and a lover, so he has a positive outlook on life. He always feels that nothing requires persistence, because the process of having it is enough for him to be satisfied.

——But, satisfied?

When he was finally no longer young, he looked at the wrinkles on his face, looked at the dead housekeeper, the dead Adeline, the dead Charles... Finally, he thought of himself.

Thinking of Mu Zhiyu whose appearance has not changed.

So in an instant, an inexplicable panic quickly swept through his nerves.

He has never realized one thing so clearly: more than half of my life has passed.

Maybe the next person to die is himself.

When he was young, he calmly believed that everyone would die and that there was nothing surprising about it.

But people will be reluctant to give up.

After attending Charles's funeral, Diluc, who returned to Dawn Winery, took advantage of the moonlight outside the window and carefully traced the sleeping profile of Mu Zhiyu with his gentle and lingering eyes. Suddenly he couldn't help but think -

Ah, she really hasn't changed at all.

She has no wrinkles, she is so young, and in the face of the ruthless years, he is the only one who is eroded by the years.

"...Besides." He couldn't help calling her name softly.

excess.

excess.

excess……

In the unspeakable silence, Diluc suddenly felt panicked.

Not to mention death, aging alone was beginning to take its toll on his nerves.

As he got older, he gradually no longer matched Mu Zhiyu.

Every time he saw himself in the mirror in the morning, this feeling of panic would gradually reach its peak.

Mu Zhiyu didn't care as usual.

She was always bright-eyed and full of enthusiasm, but amid this youthful enthusiasm, Diluc was almost ashamed.

in case……

He couldn't help but think about it occasionally.

It would be great if... I could always be by her side.

Not with this gradually aging appearance, but with the same look as when he was young, enough to match her.

That would be great.

...that would be great.

"Master Diluc, the dinner is ready."

The voice of the new maid came from outside the door, and Diluc woke up from a dream.

This is not Adeline, Adeline is dead.

Two years before Charles died, he and Mu Zhiyu attended her funeral.

His heart gradually became tormented.

*

Until finally, time finally put the sickle on Diluc's neck.

He was old and frail, could no longer walk, and could not see clearly.

Mu Zhiyu gently held his hand as usual.

"Diluc..." He struggled to decipher her words, "Give you another chance, do you want to share your life with me?"

Diluc's thinking stagnated for a moment.

——Shared lifespan?

He knew what that meant.

Mu Zhiyu once told him the pros and cons: "You will be young forever and spend a long, long time with me, but you will see a lot of separation." And...I mean, besides, the long years are actually not easy to live. 】

Diluc knew, just thinking about it, he could tell how hard it was.

But now that he was so old, he had seen a lot of separation. Finally, in this loneliness, he realized that there was someone who was willing to accompany him until the end of his life.

Diluc couldn't help but think: What will happen when he reaches the end of his life?

In the next moment, he thought of the answer to the question.

She will be sad and may not be able to come out. But her age is long enough. At the moment when they officially signed the marriage contract in the church in Mondstadt, Mu Zhiyu asked him for the first time if he wanted to share his age with her. After he refused, she said: [You But think carefully, if you die, no, if you get old and become wrinkled, I may fall in love with someone else. 】

...Fall in love with someone else?

Diluc thought that he shouldn't be so selfish.

After he died, she was free to like anyone she wanted.

But only one thing is what my younger self expected.

——He was unwilling to give in.

The secret possessiveness grew like a vine the moment he thought of this possibility, and he didn't want to give in.

He fell in love with someone else without wanting to, and he was no longer satisfied.

So he held Mu Zhiyu's hand tightly.

There was a smile in Mu Zhiyu's eyes, and he heard Diluc finally say: "Okay."

He wanted to stay with Mu Zhiyu forever.

In this loneliness where friends are leaving one after another, only I can be with him forever.

It would only be him.

...It can only be him.

*

Diluc seemed to have slept for a long time.

When he woke up from the chaos of consciousness, the first thing he noticed was that his body was no longer heavy.

His breaths were filled with long-lost vitality, and the long-lost relaxation felt like a dream that enveloped everything in him.

Opening your eyes, you will no longer see blurry shadows, and the sounds you hear in your ears are no longer chaotic, but the crisp and energetic chirping of birds.

The erosion that time had brought to him was so easily dissipated, as if he had just had a long dream.

Diluc sat up in a daze, and it was only at this moment that he finally realized the reality of one thing——

Shared lifespan.

He has become young for a long time. From now on, he will no longer age. He will always be by Mu Zhiyu's side.

There was a gentle breeze outside the window, and Wendy flew to the window curiously, taking little Twalin and saying hello to Diluc: "Good morning, Master Diluc!"

The gods of Qianfeng will not grow old, Wendy is as usual, and has long been used to the departure of her friends.

He thought Diluc would die, but he didn't expect Diluc to make such a decision.

"So, sometimes, I really find things like emotions incredible." Wendy heard about this from Mu Zhiyu this morning, rubbed Tewarin's wings, and finally made a happy decision, " Let’s go see Diluc!”

He couldn't wait to come to the window, looked at Diluc who had returned to his youthful appearance, and finally couldn't help but said hello to him in a great mood: "I haven't seen you look like this for a long time, and you still look like this?" It’s a bit unaccustomed to it.”

Diluc nodded at him, and then asked: "What about the rest?"

Wendy blinked: "In Fengqi Land."