Besides the improvement in his relationship with little Ayaka, the middle-aged man had more or less built good relations with the others.
He could exchange a word or two with little Ayaka's mother, Lady Kamisato.
He could tease little Ayato, who wore a foxy smile.
And he could chat freely over drinks at the table with little Ayaka's father.
"I know Lord Shura Anyakonsen-shou doesn't drink alcohol, so I specially prepared something else."
At this time, what was in Cid's cup was a special preparation from the Kamisato family: a clear, water-like Qingxin Glaze Lily Juice.
Its ingredients were extracted and fused only from plants like Qingxin, Glaze Lily, Sweet Flower, and so on.
When drinking it, there was no bitterness from the plants—only the fresh, clean taste of the plants and a clear sweetness remained.
After entering the mouth, one could even taste the fresh fragrance of the flowers.
The middle-aged man really liked this beverage.
"I like this. By the way, can I know how it's made? I might drink it often on my travels in the future."
"Of course, no problem! I'll give you the recipe and method later!"
The Head of the Kamisato Clan appeared quite generous.
Then it turned into the Head of the Kamisato Clan drinking with the middle-aged man.
But what the Head of the Kamisato Clan was drinking was alcohol.
After drinking too much, he got dizzy first,
pulling the middle-aged man and talking about a bunch of things.
"Recently, although the trade routes have opened up, for some reason new wandering samurai have appeared again..."
"Really, it's hard for me to understand. Our Kamisato family's predecessors said this guy speaks very politely, even a bit timid, but his moves are particularly strange..."
"The other two Commissions have started stirring up trouble again recently..."
"Actually, the Kamisato family has been passed down to this day... relying on our loyalty to the Shogun!"
"The Hiiragi family and the Kujou family—those two clans are no good people...!"
The middle-aged man didn't really know what to say about this.
The Head of the Kamisato Clan directly passed out drunk on the dining table.
Although he felt this guy was an old fox who might be trying to trap him while drunk, looking at him now, the middle-aged man thought it was more like the usual pressure being too great, and after drinking too much and getting carried away, he lost control of himself.
However, with the person in the family who valued benefits the most having fallen asleep, the dinner party officially became lively.
"Lord Shura Anyakonsen-shou, I heard you've been to many places..."
Kamisato Ayaka's mother, Lady Kamisato, opened up the conversation.
"The places I've been to so far aren't actually that many... just Dadaupa Valley in Mondstadt, Dragonspine, the border between life and death in Liyue..."
The middle-aged man began recounting the places he had explored in Teyvat.
At this time, the entire Kamisato family of three was looking at the middle-aged man—only the Head of the Clan was slumped on the drinking table snoring away...
"The three hilichurl camps in Dadaupa Valley are related to the seal. This sword tomb's seal is based on the ley lines and requires finding three elemental monuments that represent the flow of the ley lines..."
Perhaps the children's gazes were too intense; for a moment, the middle-aged man started talking nonstop.
There were too many things to talk about—just needing to open up his memories, and he could describe the stories to pass them on to the children.
"To be honest, back then I was still quite green. On that big arena, I was running around east and west dodging the axes of two big hilichurls..."
As he spoke, the middle-aged man got excited and looked toward little Ayaka's mother, Lady Kamisato, beside him.
"It feels like something's missing. Can I hold your child while I tell the story?"
Back when he held storytelling sessions in Liyue Harbor, he always liked to hold a child, so the middle-aged man asked like this.
Lady Kamisato simply smiled and nodded.
After receiving the parent's permission, the middle-aged man lifted little Ayaka onto his lap. He didn't actually wrap his arms around little Ayaka but instead held his hands suspended in the air, making gestures to describe the story...
The way he told the story was truly animated and full of expression.