My Next Life in Teyvat: I Just Wanted Friends, Not Every Girl's Love!

Chapter 281 - 280 Seeing Durandal about to leave

Seeing Durandal about to leave, Yoimiya grabbed Durandal’s hand without thinking, speaking with a beaming smile, completely unaffected by Durandal’s indifferent expression, and continued talking to herself.

"Lumine has always told me about you. You were too busy before, so I never got to meet you. Now that I finally get to see you, would you like to come to my shop to take a look? Are you interested in fireworks? I can tell you about fireworks-related knowledge, would you like to learn about it?"

Durandal wasn’t interested in fireworks, but Yoimiya was too enthusiastic, and since she knew Lumine, Durandal couldn’t refuse and could only be half-dragged into the shop by her.

"Oh? Yoimiya, you brought a friend back again? A girl I haven’t seen before, she’s really beautiful."

Yoimiya’s father, Naganohara Ryuunosuke, saw Yoimiya pulling Durandal into the shop and greeted her very kindly.

Yoimiya also explained the situation to him. Durandal noticed that when Yoimiya spoke to him, she specifically spoke loudly into his ear, and Ryuunosuke also leaned in to listen.

"You are..."

"Oh, my dad was injured before, and his ears haven’t been very good since then. To make him hear clearly, you have to speak a little louder."

Durandal nodded and, under Yoimiya’s puzzled gaze, came before Ryuunosuke.

"Hmm? What’s wrong? Girl. Is there anything you want to ask me?"

Durandal shook her head, extended her hand towards Ryuunosuke, and a jade-green energy flew out from her body, flowing into Ryuunosuke’s ears.

The unexpected turn of events made Yoimiya’s eyes widen and her small mouth cover, unable to understand Miss Durandal’s actions or what she intended to do to her father.

Ryunosuke also saw Miss Durandal’s move. After the initial panic, he found that his body was not uncomfortable anywhere, only his ears felt a little itchy, and he couldn’t help but scratch a few times, but the feeling did not improve.

"Tsk~ It’s a bit itchy. What’s going on?"

"Are... are you okay, Dad? Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?"

Yoimiya nervously stepped forward to speak. Ryunosuke waved his hand, signaling Yoimiya not to worry.

"It’s just my ears are a bit itchy, I don’t feel uncomfortable anywhere else. Oh? It feels a little better, this level is acceptable."

Except for the initial unbearable itch, he felt much better now, without the unbearable sensation from before.

He looked up and saw Yoimiya squinting at him with an expression he didn’t know how to describe, which made him a bit confused.

"What’s wrong, Child? Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Dad, you..."

Yoimiya had discovered something, but couldn’t jump to conclusions so quickly.

If her guess was correct, what a joyous thing it would be.

She cleared her throat a few times, suppressing the joy in her heart, and asked, "Dad, what are we having for dinner tonight? Do you need me to prepare it for you?"

"Eh~ No, no. As the current owner of the Naganohara Fireworks Shop, you have so many things to handle usually. Just leave dinner to me. Although I’m old, I still have my skills."

"Is... is that so? Then I’ll look forward to Dad’s cooking."

"You, Child, you talk as if you’ve never eaten my cooking. Hmm? What’s wrong with you? Why do you look like you’re about to cry?"

Yoimiya smiled as she wiped away tears, gently patted Ryunosuke’s chest, and said, "Silly Dad, haven’t you noticed that you’ve been able to talk to me normally since just now, without needing to shout like before to hear me?"

"Eh? Now that you mention it, it does seem to be the case."

Ryunosuke naturally understood his hearing problem; people often mentioned it to him, but it was an old problem that couldn’t be cured no matter what treatment he tried.

After so many years, he had gotten used to it, and so had Yoimiya. He never expected there would be a day when it would recover. What exactly is this... Yoimiya and Ryunosuke looked at Miss Durandal at the same time. Just now, she had sent two green streams of energy into Ryunosuke’s ears, which restored his hearing.

The itching just now was clearly the damaged parts of his ears recovering.

"Miss Durandal, you helped Dad restore his hearing, didn’t you?!"

"Hmm, it’s quite troublesome not being able to hear others speak clearly. You are Lumine’s friend, so I’ll just help you a little. This is nothing to me."

It was just a matter of using a little life energy to restore the damaged parts of Ryunosuke’s ears, which was not a difficult operation for Miss Durandal.

But for the Naganohara father and Child, this was a huge help, and this kindness was not as simple as Miss Durandal thought.

"Indeed, just like Lumine said, you are a very kind person."

Recalling Lumine’s evaluation of Miss Durandal, Yoimiya finally understood what Lumine’s ’cold on the outside, warm on the inside’ meant.

Hehe~ She wanted to be friends with her more and more. Yoimiya had met many people, including some who were initially as aloof as Miss Durandal, but as they got to know each other more, those people would eventually open up to her and become close friends with whom they could talk about anything.

Yoimiya believed that Miss Durandal would eventually open up to her too. She knew how to talk to people, and since Miss Durandal was Lumine’s friend, she was also her friend.

Simply put, she was determined to make Miss Durandal her friend!

"Alright, come on in! Before that—"

"Welcome to the Naganohara Fireworks Shop!"

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