Tighnari carries on his duty of watching the forest but when the situation of deforestation gets worse, he finally trusts Collei and decides to reach out to a 'friend' of hers. "Cyno, a scholar from Sumeru. I am certain he can help us, Master!" "Fine..." COVER ARTIST: Crimsonwaltz

❝𝐍𝐎𝐖, 𝐁𝐄 𝐀 𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐃𝐎𝐆 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐒𝐈𝐓.❞ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎𝐁𝐄𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐚 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧. 𝐇𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑, 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐚 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞 . . 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬, 𝐢𝐟 𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨. 18++ story !!