Chapter 4: Crafting an Apology

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Qiqi: "You are back Y/N. Qiqi is glad."

Y/N: "Oh hi Qiqi, you're still behind the till? Has it been busy?"

Qiqi: "Qiqi... does not remember. Qiqi wrote down in Qiqi's notebook... here."


Qiqi then handed me her notebook, left on what I could only assume was a specific page. On the page there was a list of customer's names alongside the times that they arrived and what they ordered.


Y/N: "Oh, seems there was quite a few this afternoon... but it's been quiet for quite a while now, and it is rather late now... want to head out and do your exercises now Qiqi? I'll watch the shopfront for you."

Qiqi: "Okay. Qiqi will do her exercises now."


Qiqi then stepped away from the till and walked out the front door of the clinic, as she walked past me I couldn't help but look at that pebble thing on the side of her hat... it looks pretty similar to that weird thing I found in my pocket during my herb and feather gathering... maybe I'll ask her about that tomorrow?


Y/N: "Oh! Qiqi, don't forget to take your notebook with you!"

Qiqi: "Oh. Qiqi forgot... Thank you."


She quickly returned and took the notepad from me before rushing out again.

And now, I doubt there's going to be much in the way of business this late at night. So I suppose I should focus on storing all the herbs I had gathered and then I can start working on these Eagle Feathers that I gathered earlier...


*TIMESKIP*


Several hours passed and a fair few of the feathers I had collected ended up broken and unusable beyond repair, but eventually I managed to figure it out and was able to make three Feather Quill Pens using the black eagle feathers I had managed to retrieve during the cliff-side debacle.

Several hours passed and a fair few of the feathers I had collected ended up broken and unusable beyond repair, but eventually I managed to figure it out and was able to make three Feather Quill Pens using the black eagle feathers I had managed to...

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Y/N: "Aaaaand, there! That should be good right? I hope so..."


From what I gathered from the local denizens of Liyue, Hu Tao was quite fond of poetry- and considering my lack of Mora, the currency of this world, I had to resort on something home-made.

I was actually kind of proud of these, I salvaged the writing utensil-side of this crafting project from the expired pens that Dr. Baizhu had been planning to throw out, but with these slight modifications they should hopefully work as if they were brand new!

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