Genshin Impact: This fireplace house is your graveyard.

Chapter 152 Lily's Battle

Finally, after showing Qiuhe around Fontainebleau, Funina and Qiuhe headed to the Grand Hotel Debord together. Their moods, which had initially improved, were now...

Qiuhe, who had already decided to leave all his troubles and unpleasantness behind, found himself unable to muster any enthusiasm at the Debo Grand Hotel.

"Qiuhe, Qiuhe?" Hearing Navia's call, Qiuhe snapped out of his daze. "Huh? What's wrong?" At this moment, Funina...

She was eating pudding and speaking haltingly. "You seemed to be in a better mood when we were shopping, so why are you spacing out again now?"

"Still homesick?" Qiuhe looked at the pork chop on her plate after hearing this. "No, I... I don't know what happened either," Qiuhe didn't hide anything this time.

He didn't understand what was wrong with him; he always felt like he'd forgotten something important, but he couldn't remember it.

Funina swallowed the pudding in her mouth and said, "If I don't know, then it must be something unimportant."

"Alright, hurry up and eat, or it'll get cold," Qiuhe said, but he still couldn't muster any appetite. Perhaps Funina was right.

After all, if it were something important, he should have remembered it, but for some reason, Qiuhe felt a sense of unease deep down.

Then, without realizing it, Qiuhe glanced at the clock on the wall. It was 12:19. Just then, he suddenly heard two people talking outside the private room.

"Sigh... Mr. Kares's case is truly regrettable. He was clearly doing a service to the people, yet he was still convicted."

"That's not entirely true; after all, that's the rule of the duel. Destroy won the duel, so he's naturally exonerated."

"Mr. Carles killing him is another matter entirely," Qiuhe listened to the conversation between the two men outside the private room, but paid no attention to the first part; instead, he focused on the duel that followed.

"Duel...!" "Leyina, you need to come back soon! Mother said that starting today, there will be special one-on-one battles from time to time."

Today's battle is between Lily and another child, so please come back and cheer for Lily! Suddenly, Akikawa remembered...

"Oh right, Clementine said there's a battle today, Lily's battle." Thinking this, Akikawa looked up at the clock again.

The clock showed 12:23. Looking at the time, Qiuhe couldn't help but think, "Is it already noon?"

"They should have already started their battle." Akikawa thought to himself, and used his knife and fork to cut a piece of steak from his plate, but when he tried to pick it up with his fork...

Qiuhe's hand suddenly trembled, and the steak and fork fell onto the plate. Funingna watched this and let out a soft "pfft."

"Qiuhe, how come you can't even hold a fork properly?" Looking at Funina's amused expression, Qiuhe felt that something was off.

Her hands were trembling slightly, and her heart seemed to be beating a few beats slower. Qiuhe then looked at the clock on the wall, its hands slowly moving forward.

The ticking of the clock seemed to merge with Qiuhe's heartbeat, and the unease in Qiuhe's heart was rapidly gathering.

"Leyina, you need to come back soon! Mother said that starting today, there will be special one-on-one battles from time to time."

"Today's battle is between Lily and another child, so please come back and cheer for Lily!" Akikawa recalled Clement's words once again.

These memories, accompanied by the ticking of the clock on the wall, lingered in Qiuhe's mind like a death knell, while the time on the clock...

It was 12:29. "Lily's, the battle, Lily's. The battle. The battle. The battle echoed in Qiuhe's mind.

Qiuhe's breathing quickened. "Click." The crisp ticking of the clock seemed amplified countless times as it reached Qiuhe's ears.

The time was 12:30. With a loud bang, Qiuhe suddenly stood up from the chair, which was knocked to the ground by his sudden movement.

Qiuhe ignored the puzzled Funingna and ran straight out of the private room. "Hey, Qiuhe," Funingna's voice had just come out.

Qiuhe had already run downstairs, and then ran towards the fireplace house like a madwoman, her face now filled with fear and unease.

He didn't know why, but he had a very bad feeling about it. After running out of Fontainebleau, Qiuhe spotted a bird by the roadside.

He then used the Void Rift Technique to possess the bird's body, and then used the bird's body to quickly fly to the House of Hearths.

Upon approaching the Hearth House, Qiuhe immediately detached his body from the bird form and quickly ran towards the door of the Hearth House.

While the children inside were still chattering away, the door to the Fireplace House was suddenly pushed open with a bang, and all the children looked towards the doorway.

Then he saw Qiuhe's somewhat pale face, and Qiuhe also saw Clementine and all the members of the Tianyaochen group in the crowd.

Judging from everyone's expressions, they were all celebrating Qie Hui's return to the team. There were even members of Qiu Shanshan's group standing nearby, chatting happily.

Apart from Qiu Er, who still wore an impatient expression, the others were somewhat puzzled after seeing Qiu He's tense and pale face.

Qiuhe quickly rushed to Clay's side and asked anxiously, "Clay, Lily, where did Lily go?!" Clay seemed to understand at this.

"Oh, Lily, everyone just finished eating not long ago, and Lily has already gone to participate in the duel. I told you this morning, didn't I?"

Starting today, we'll be having irregular one-on-one duels. I initially wanted you to come back quickly so we could all cheer for Lily.

But I now know that the battle isn't taking place at Hearth House, but somewhere else, and everyone can only wait for them to return at Hearth House.

"Oh, what a pity," Qiuhe asked anxiously, "Where is their dueling arena now?"

Clay was also very puzzled, not understanding what was wrong with Qiuhe. He seemed to be facing something major.

"Lei, what's wrong? You seem very nervous. Don't worry, with Lily's abilities, this battle should be easily resolved."

Although that child is somewhat capable, I saw him spar with Lily during the previous trials, and Lily defeated him in just a few rounds.”

Upon seeing this, Qiuhe frantically scratched his head. At this moment, he was completely disoriented, utterly incapable of forming coherent sentences, and had no idea how to explain himself.

But then, Chehui, Keller, and Peruvier seemed to sense something as she looked at Qiuhe, and Chehui then said, "The dueling arena is to the west of the Hearth House."

"It's a newly built dueling arena. Lily has been gone for over 20 minutes," Akikawa said, and quickly ran outside. Kirie, Kelly, and Peruvier followed closely behind.

Qiuhe then shouted loudly to those behind him, "Don't follow me! Wait for me here!" The three of them stopped in their tracks.

The other children present were completely baffled and had no idea what was going on. However, Qiu Er, standing next to Qiu Shanshan, was...

But she watched Qiuhe's departing figure with a gaze filled with strange emotions. Soon after, Qiuhe quickly arrived at a building on the west side of the Hearth House.

The building's exterior is very similar to the House of Hearths, but there are also some differences, and several Fool soldiers guard the entrance to this dueling arena.

Several Fool soldiers also noticed Akikawa approaching. "Hey, you in front, what are you doing here? Stop right now!"

At that moment, Qiuhe instantly conjured the Scaled Demon Dragon Blade. Meanwhile, Lily, inside the dueling arena, was covered in blood.

The wounds on his shoulders and arms, some even exposing the white bone, were constantly bleeding. His face was covered in sword wounds, and his eyes were now filled with tears of despair.

She kept retreating, and in front of Lily was a boy wielding a blunt sword, relentlessly closing in on her; the blade was covered in blood.

The boy, his eyes also brimming with tears, began to speak. "Yes, I'm sorry. I... I didn't want to, but... but Mother said only one of us can live."

"I really don't want to die. Please, let me live. From now on, I will remember you every day," said Kudjavina at that moment.

He sat atop the high platform, observing everything before him, thinking, "A kind heart, for itself, is undoubtedly the ultimate cruelty."

As Lily retreated, she gradually lost too much blood and, lacking strength, sat down on the ground, tears still streaming down her face.

Seeing that Lily had lost so much blood that she didn't even have the strength to stand up, the boy in front of her suddenly smiled, his face filled with tears.

"Your name is Lily, right? Don't worry, I won't make you suffer much. I'll take care of you quickly. I'll remember your great kindness for the rest of my life."

Then the boy quickened his pace, raised his sword, and charged towards Lily. Just as he brought his sword down...

Lily closed her eyes in utter despair. "Someone save me." Just as Lily was in the depths of despair, she suddenly raised the bladeless sword in her hand.

It directly blocked the boy's attack.