The streets of the outer city were quiet, the faint glow of lamps stretching toward the highlands.
Two girls were walking side by side.
"Ahh… I'm so tired."
Alina rolled her shoulders with a small groan, complaining toward the white-haired girl beside her. "I just got here, and you already dragged me off to do all the hard labor."
"Didn't you eat dinner?" Liyue blinked her silvery eyes, a hint of amusement glinting within them.
She remembered clearly — the pink-haired girl had eaten a lot. At least three times her own share. The little maid had to cook twice just to satisfy her appetite.
"I really took you." Alina rolled her eyes dramatically. All that dinner, gone. She had burned through it all working through the night.
As they climbed the stairs toward the high ground, she asked curiously, "By the way, where's Euphyr? Haven't seen her all night."
"She's probably studying something again," Liyue said after thinking a bit.
