Genshin Impact: This fireplace house is your graveyard.

Chapter 2 Hello, Claire

"Knock knock knock." "Master's clothes are ready." A man from the Fools' Clan entered.

"Okay, put it down. Go wash up first, then change into these clothes. It'll be lunchtime soon, come eat then."

"By the way, my dear child, your name from now on will be Lei Yi Shenezfna."

After saying her last words, Kudjavina left. As she walked down the corridor, a smile gradually crept onto her face—a smile as chilling as the scythe of death.

After changing his clothes, Qiuhe surveyed his surroundings. "Phew, looks like they've gone far away," Qiuhe thought for a moment.

Judging from Kudjavina's words and actions just now, this should still be the time before Peruvieri killed Krevy, and Kudjavina is not yet at the point where she should choose a king.

Qiuhe recalled that when he used to fight servant weekly dungeons in the game, that location should be the current Hearth House, which is now in the southeast of Mount Munsos.

He thought he could take the opportunity to run to Fontainebleau and ask Navislet for help. However, given Navislet's stubborn nature...

This not only violates Fontaine's principles of justice, but could also potentially cause a diplomatic conflict; I doubt Vilette would care.

Moreover, after calmly considering the situation, I realized we were on someone else's turf. Where could I run off to? Even if I did escape, I'd probably be caught and brought back. Besides, the House of Hearths forbids betrayal.

Getting caught and beaten up would be the least of my worries. But what if I ended up being sent to the Doctor? Then I might have to consider starting over. Qiuhe thought about it—if this was actually a time-travel story…

"System, system? System!.........Well, I transmigrated without a system at the start." Qiuhe suddenly remembered a detail. When he first arrived in this world, he was on Dragon Ridge Snow Mountain.

When I had my mental breakdown, it felt like something was drilling into my body; it was as if some mysterious force was constantly invading Qiuhe's body.

Akikawa wondered if he had been possessed by some kind of demon at that moment. "Whoosh! Fireball!..."

Qiuhe sat down on the bed, looking utterly hopeless, thinking that he was going to jump off a building anyway in his previous life.

"How about we go all out and slap that damned worm-raising guy twice? That way we can at least die with some glory." Qiuhe was thinking this when suddenly his brain went blank.

It was as if something kept echoing in Qiuhe's mind. After a brief period of dizziness and blurred vision, when Qiuhe opened his eyes again, he had no idea where he was.

It felt as if I were walking on water. Each step created a series of sounds on the ground. Looking ahead, all I could see was endless darkness.

Qiuhe turned around and suddenly noticed two stone pillars not far behind him, with a creature resembling a giant dragon bound by chains between them.

Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that the chains had pierced directly through his body and bound his limbs. Furthermore, the dragon appeared to be lifeless.

"Is it dead..." Qiuhe wondered, placing his hand on the dragon's head. At that moment, the dragon's eyes emitted a red light, their pupils flickering as if possessed by magic.

Qiuhe also noticed that this magical power seemed to be seeping into his body, and when Qiuhe's hand left the dragon, the power stopped.

Qiuhe felt as if a voice was speaking to him in his mind. "Sever..." A voice kept echoing in Qiuhe's mind.

It felt like a forgotten memory deep within my mind, gradually being awakened. "Break, break, shatter." "Intersecting void." It seems he now knows his abilities.

Qiuhe closed his eyes and focused his energy. When he opened them again, he looked around and found himself back in his room. "Hmm, I need to find an opportunity to test this ability."

Qiuhe checked the time; it was almost noon. It seemed there wasn't anything here for her to research new skills. She decided to go eat first.

After all, although I know I have the ability, I haven't further verified it yet, and I can't afford any unexpected changes right now.

As Qiuhe headed towards the cafeteria, a child suddenly ran up and bumped into him as he turned the corner.

"Ah!" The child fell flat on his backside the moment he bumped into Qiuhe. Qiuhe looked at the child lying on the ground. "Uh, are you... alright?"

Qiuhe thought to herself, "This child ran towards me, but I ended up getting bumped into instead. Could it be that the energy strengthened my body?"

"I'm fine, sorry, I was walking in a bit of a hurry and didn't watch where I was going, haha," Was he really not watching where he was going? It feels like Qiuhe could take off if he weren't standing here.

"What happened? Why are you in such a hurry?"

"Huh? Didn't you see the time? It's almost noon, of course we need to hurry up and eat, I'm starving!"

"Uh... so she's a foodie."

At this moment, the child also noticed Qiuhe's appearance; it seemed like a face he had never seen before. "Hey, I don't think I've seen you before. Are you a new child at the Hearth House?"

"Um, my name is Qiu... Lei Yi? Xue Nai Tsufna. My mother took me in today. Please take care of me."

"Oh, hello, hello, my name is Tian Yaochen, nice to meet you."

Qiuhe had seen many hypocritical and fake smiles on Earth. But this boy's smile revealed genuine sincerity and friendliness at a glance.

The two chatted as they headed to the cafeteria together. Along the way, Qiuhe gathered quite a bit of information. It seemed his earlier guess was correct.

The children of the Hearth House are currently focused on learning, so what I need to be careful about right now is not letting Kujavina notice anything unusual about me.

If that old witch who raises Gu poison were to discover that I'm from another time, I'd probably be sent to the doctor for research right away.

As Qiuhe was deep in thought, hoping the professor would provide him with something good to eat, a pink-haired girl suddenly appeared before him. "Wow!"

The girl screamed in front of Qiuhe, who was so startled that he reflexively jumped back, yelling, "Ah!"

"Pfft~"

The girl clutched her stomach and laughed joyfully, her laughter filled with smugness. Qiuhe, at that moment, recognized the girl clearly—wasn't this Arecino's lover?

Claire looked closely at the child and saw that his eyes seemed to be glistening with tears. Claire suddenly realized that she might have gone too far.

"I...I'm not going to apologize to you, you know. It's because you ignored me when I tried to talk to you, hmph ╯^╰"

At this moment, Tian Yaochen also saw what was happening and rushed over. He was accompanied by a child named Cindy; they seemed to be friends.

"Are you alright, Leyi? Hehe, when I first came to Hearth House, she startled me just like that, but I wasn't scared at all then."

"Yes, that's right. He just rolled his eyes and passed out. He didn't even utter a sound; truly a man."

Cindy bluntly exposed Tian Yaochen's mistake. At that moment, Tian Yaochen seemed to want to find a crack in the ground to crawl into, so he wouldn't have to be dug out when he died.

Only true friends would do something like this. She didn't give him any face at all. Claire looked at Qiuhe and said, "Hello, my name is Claire, and your name is Leiyi, right?"

Qiuhe looked at Claire, who probably didn't know yet that her mother was a perverted person who raised venomous insects. He thought about Claire's future.

He couldn't help but feel regret and sadness at what had happened to Peruvier and the others. Thinking of the tragic ending of "Song of Ashes," Qiuhe's eyes gradually sharpened and hardened, as if he had made a decision.

"There's no going back now, and there's no point in going back to that awful world anyway. Now that I'm here, I'll rewrite that damned, bullshit ending."