⪁⨥Adventurous⨥⪄

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Now, on to the chapter~ Hope you enjoy it and have a great time!

Bennett and Klee talked for a while after introducing themselves. They seemed to get along quite well for the time being. "So why exactly are you here at this time?" Bennett asked the girl out of pure curiosity.

"I got really lonely.. It's no fun when Mommy Jean, Daddy Diluc, Uncle Kaeya, and Big brother Albedo don't have time for me~! And Big brother/sister Y/n said I could visit anytime!" "Uh-huh, so when did you two meet?" "Uhm.. 2 days ago? Probably, but I really love them!"

Klee's face bloomed with a big bright closed-eye smile. She looked so adorable, and it was enough even to melt Bennett's heart. So, the boy smiled along with her. They looked like the cute little sunshines of Mondstadt...

They flinched after hearing a small groan. "Ah, you're awake," Bennett suddenly said. "Huh? Bennett, Klee... What are you two doing in here?" You asked staring at them with wide eyes.

"Klee got bored and came to your house, and I carried you after you fell asleep," the boy chuckled. "Oh dear! I'm really, truly sorry! How can I make it up to you?"

"T-there's no need to do that, it's fine..." Bennett scratched his nape while putting on a bright smile. "No, I insist. You carried me, I must've been heavy..."

"No, no.. Really, it's no big deal," "I will make it up to you one way or another... Now, Kleeeeeee!! I missed you so much!" You ran up to the girl and hugged her while she hugged back as tightly as she could.

"Y/n? Sorry if we took too long... The camps shouldn't be set around Mondstadt for some time- Klee? Didn't I tell you to stay in the headquarters and not stir up any trouble?" Jean walked inside.

"I know..." "Don't worry, she didn't trouble anyone.. I made sure of that," "How should I make it up to you? This is a really big favor for Mondstadt and the Knights, it must not go unnoticed," Jean kept on ranting and suggesting things.

"Jean, you are a precious person to me, don't push yourself too hard, okay? For me," she looked at you as you held her hands for a moment.

"Thank you, but we should get going," "Of course, stay safe!" Jean nodded and headed out with Klee. You turned around to face Bennett. "What now?"

You were thinking of something fun to do together when an idea popped out of nowhere. "Liyue? Wanna go there? It's been a while since I've visited... Hope you don't mind," "Of course not!"

"Great! We start heading out now, I'll book a room at Wangshu inn later, but for now, let's focus on getting there," Bennett nodded and you two left the house. You left a note on the door in case Klee or one of the Knights wanted to see you for whatever reason.

The thing with teleporting was... If you haven't discovered the land or forgot most of it, you couldn't teleport to the destination. Of course you have forgotten Liyue after 6 years of not visiting. For.. legal reasons.

"Have you been to Liyue?" "No, not really. But there was a time I got lost and fell off a cliff in Liyue's territory," "Fair enough, something similar happened to me," "Really? Could you tell me your story?"

"I was dragged there by a certain Fatui Harbinger. That's all I can say," "Are they your friend?" "More like best friend. He might have a cold and hard shell on the outside, but on the inside... He gets flustered really easily," you chuckled.

"A Fatui Harbinger? Flustered? How?" "I really have no idea, but it's fun teasing him," you had to finish talking after hearing some angry hilichurls charge at you two. "Stand back for a moment..."

"Wait, no. I have a better idea. I affect them with Dendro and you charge at them with Pyro. They'll easily burn to death," Bennett nodded and you continued to follow your plan. "17 seconds.. not bad, but could be better. Good job," you said once Bennett came back to your side.

"Wow, I never knew Dendro and Pyro could do that," "It's just natural. When Dendro and Pyro meet, burning occurs. It like grass catching on fire," you explained in an easy way to understand.

"There are many more elemental reactions to discover. We just need some people to test Visions together. I'm in for that, but since Jean is like a mother to me, she won't let me do that," "Elemental reactions?" "You don't know about them? Have you never fought alongside another Vision user?'

He looked away. "You haven't? Well, it's an honor to be the first one. I'll join that team of yours, how about that?" He swatted his head just to see your smile. It was genuine, unlike the others. "Y-you would do that? For m-me?" "Of course! I can't you abandon you to be alone for the rest of your life!"

"Welcome to Benny's adventure team then!" "Great! ...But I think we really should start going towards Liyue faster, the sun will set soon..." You both looked at the sun. It was quite close to the ground, but enough to last for about 2 more hours.

"Yeah, you're right. Let's go," the boy gave you the last smile before you showed the way to the inn. You won't be able to make it in time to Liyue anyways, normal people would need to travel for 3-5 days.

Plus the time to kill the attackers, it was way longer than expected.  Now you knew what Jean was talking about, there's tons of hilichurl camps, even in Liyue. You tried to not disturb them, they seemed extra fierce. But sometimes they just randomly charge at you for some reason. Easy to deal with, but quite time-consuming.