"Have you heard? A great adventurer from Liyue has recently arrived in Inazuma."
"A great adventurer? So what?"
"Someone analyzed that this adventurer might actually be Lord Shura Anyakonsen-shou!"
"No way? Are you making this up? Lord Shura Anyakonsen-shou is an adventurer?"
"It's true! It was Heizou from the Tenryou Commission who figured it out!"
"But isn't he just a kid? You believe him?"
"That kid's intuition has always been spot-on..."
Hearing the rumors, the middle-aged man felt a headache coming on.
There are always people in this world who seem like they've got cheats enabled.
Intuition tells me: you're the culprit!
They don't care about logic, clues, or any of that...
This kind of cheat ability is just way too unfair to normal people.
"Uncle, wanna play hide-and-seek with us today?"
This was an invitation from little Yoimiya.
Lately the weather had been getting gradually hotter, and the middle-aged man was becoming even more popular with the children.
Who could resist an uncle who comes with his own built-in fan during summer?
"Sure, but keep in mind—we can't play for too long. Eula is making some snacks right now."
Upon hearing that big sister Eula was making snacks, little Yoimiya immediately looked much more tempted, her mouth practically watering.
Sometimes you really have to marvel at how comprehensive the education from Eula's Lawrence Clan really was.
Her snacks were made with extreme precision, giving the impression that not a single gram was added too much or too little.
It was precisely because of this attitude that Eula's snacks were extremely popular with the children.
Nowadays in Inazuma, the middle-aged man was basically carrying on his old trade from Liyue Harbor.
Most families here had parents who were usually very busy with work and could only let their children develop freely.
When kids misbehaved in the past, the scolding would be:
"If you don't eat properly, watch out—Uncle from the Tenryou Commission might come and take you away!"
Now when kids misbehaved, it had become:
"If you don't eat properly, I'll tell big sister Eula and she won't make snacks for you anymore!"
Most of the time, the greedy little ones would immediately behave themselves.
But there were also kids who didn't buy into that threat, so the parents would say:
"If you keep acting like this, Lord Shura Anyakonsen-shou is going to spank you!"
And if that still didn't work, it would escalate to...
"I'll spank this naughty child who won't eat properly right now, in place of Lord Shura Anyakonsen-shou!"
The children's cries would easily attract the middle-aged man who happened to be nearby.
Then the real Lord Shura Anyakonsen-shou would step in to mediate the family conflict.
Usually, the disputes would be perfectly resolved.
But occasionally, there were some that truly couldn't be mediated.
"Fight me! I'm itching for it! Either you beat me to death, or I beat you to death, you old fart!"
When dealing with these ultra-aggressive kids, the middle-aged man was also at a loss and powerless. He could only watch with slight apology as the child got a proper beating from their parents.
Eula didn't really mind any of this. If there was one thing she was slightly dissatisfied with,
it was probably that when the weather got hot, hugging the cute little chubby bundles became very sweaty...
The middle-aged man's Anemo element was comfortable, but it still wasn't cool enough.
Hmm...
It would be great if she could obtain a Cryo Vision herself.
Completely assimilated by the middle-aged man, Eula thought this while gently rubbing Kirara the cat's head.
After that, once the snacks were baked, she carefully took them out, added the cream,
and brought them over to the middle-aged man, who was currently directing the children's games.
At this moment, as soon as little Eula entered the small grove, she was instantly surrounded by the little kids.
"Eula-neesan!"
"What did Eula-neesan make today? It looks so yummy!"
Then Eula would usually look up toward the middle-aged man, who—as usual—was hiding in the trees.
The middle-aged man would wave his hand, signaling that Eula should just go ahead on her own.
I'm a professional when it comes to hide-and-seek!
Until I'm found, there's absolutely no way I'm coming out!
"It's fine, it's fine. Here, take them and eat up."
Respecting the middle-aged man's wishes, Eula found it a little amusing as she shared the snacks with the children.
"Thank you, Eula-neesan!"