I reincarnated as an NPC Millelith Guard? [COTE x Genshin]

3 - A Surprising Reveal

Ayanokouji Kiyotaka POV

"Another failure."

I muttered to myself. I was second-guessing myself now since the slime grenade experiment had failed a second time in a row. The good thing was that I collected more data. It seems that the condensation of the slimes would forcibly destroy the slime before I could fit it into a canister. It was similar to how a star becomes a black hole, only this time, it's just a slime.

Well, anyways, I obtained the final geo crystalfly and stored it. On the way back to Yujing Terrace, I thought about more methods to creating what I wanted, although none of them seem feasible currently.

Was it because I tried to condense it too quickly? All I had were my hands, even though they had gloves on. If I created some sort of mechanism that could slowly condense the slimes through a gradual process, maybe it would work then. I feel a little bad, but I don't think there's an ethical or moral debate over the unjust treatment of slimes.

Problem is, how would I obtain such a machine? I guess I'll have to create it by hand.

A couple minutes later, I saw the others waiting for me.

"I'm here."

There seemed to be a tense situation going on, which was quite strange. I'd never seen Lumine like this before.

"Something wrong?" I asked.

"No, it's nothing." Paimon replied. "There was just something regarding Childe, but that's it."

Leave it to Paimon to say two contradicting statements back to back. There's nothing, yet there's still something. Maybe I shouldn't be judging others for being contradictory, though.

"I see. Well, where's our next destination?" I looked to Zhongli.

"We're going to Bubu Pharmacy to get some Everlasting Incense."

We headed on over to Bubu Pharmacy. It's owned by Dr. Baizhu.

Once we arrived, the reception seemed to be completely closed, yet I knew it wasn't.

"Dr, Baizhu," I called out. "Are you there?"

"Mr. Kiyotaka...and the others." Qiqi stepped out from the reception. She wasn't tall enough to see over it.

"Qiqi is a zombie, since she died once and was saved by the adepti." I explained. I've been here once before, so this wasn't a surprise to me. Well, it was when I learned of it, but I got used to Teyvat relatively quickly.

"Such nonchalant delivery for a bombshell revelation..." Lumine muttered. Paimon seemed a little terrified on the other hand. Zhongli stepped forward.

"Hello... little girl. Do you sell Everlasting License here?"

"Excuse me, sir. Did you bring your prescription?"

"Prescription?" Zhongli was rightfully confused. "Surely no prescription is needed to buy Everlasting Incense, it isn't a controlled substance..."

"Qiqi can get your medicine, but only if you have a prescription. These are Qiqi's orders, from Qiqi."

"Qiqi, we didn't bring a prescription. Can you still help us find some Everlasting Incense?" I asked.

"Okay then."

Paimon looked at me in a stupor. "How did you manage that?" I shrugged in response.

"But, Qiqi helps you, you help Qiqi. Only fair."

I nodded. "What do you need us to do?"

"Go to Mt. Tianheng. Find the Guizhong Ballista. And hunt a Cocogoat. Please, and thank you."