Genshin Impact: I'm just a mortal

The dense sand and dust pelted towards him, but Yu Xie continued to move forward.

Gradually, he began to feel the density of the sand in the air lessen, and visibility slowly increased.

He looked up at the sky. The brightness seemed higher than it was before.

The sky was fully bright now, but where was Nabu? Yu Xie still had no clue.

He could only follow the system's guidance, heading toward the center of the sandstorm.

Thinking about it, Yu Xie didn't really know what he wanted to do in life.

He didn't have many desires, no great ambitions. He just wanted to live a peaceful life, be an ordinary person.

But there were some things he didn't want to see.

If, in the end, Nabu still dies like the original story—if King Deshret has to sacrifice himself because of the taint of forbidden knowledge, and in the end, even Buer has to make such a choice…

If everything follows the same path as before, exactly as it did, Yu Xie would feel that coming here was in vain.

The original story was already filled with regrets. At the very least, now, he wanted to change something.

Yu Xie gritted his teeth, every step as firm as stone.

The wind and sand in the air seemed to have lessened even further, and now he could only feel the wind, no longer the sand striking against his body.

Not far ahead, a figure stood, gazing at the boundless yellow sand.

"Nabu!" Yu Xie finally saw Nabu's figure. She stood ahead, motionless, like a statue, like the last moments of life slipping away.

The sudden familiar voice made Nabu's body tremble slightly. She slowly turned around to look at him, her eyes filled with disbelief.

"Yu Xie, how…?"

"Come back with me!" Yu Xie took off his mask and quickly walked toward Nabu.

"Don't come any closer!" Nabu shouted loudly.

Worried that Nabu might do something dangerous, Yu Xie decided to stop.

The two of them stood some distance apart, looking at each other.

In the center of this sandstorm, an unexpected calm prevailed. The sand swirled around them, and the wind howled in their ears, yet nothing crossed the invisible boundary between them.

It was as if some power was separating the center from the outside.

"Nabu, come back with me. We can talk when we're back," Yu Xie said, his eyes filled with urgency.

Nabu looked at him but only smiled. It wasn't the usual smile she gave; this one was filled with the taste of farewell and reluctance.

"Yu Xie, I didn't expect you to find this place."

"I worked hard to find you, so come back with me. Everyone is worried about you. At this very moment, Buer and Al-Ahmar are probably searching for you in places where they think you might have gone. And Myrna, she's the same."

Nabu was silent for a moment, her eyelids lowering as if she was recalling past events.

"…I can't go back."

"Why?" Yu Xie frowned.

"I want to change something, to see an outcome different from what I had anticipated. I don't want Buer and Al-Ahmar to be left with no choice but for only one of them to remain on the divine throne…"

"But this may not be the only way. Nabu, listen to me. There are other methods. We don't have to do this. We can try something else!"

"…" Nabu fell silent once again.

The wind around them ruffled her long hair. Against the backdrop of the endless yellow sand, her figure still appeared so beautiful, like an ethereal spirit that shouldn't exist in this world.

"Yu Xie, actually, I am someone who has been exiled." After a long pause, Nabu spoke again. "For some reason, I stayed here and became the Goddess of Flowers, but I know I can't stay like this forever. A person who has been exiled will eventually face their final end. It's just a matter of time."

Yu Xie also fell silent. Although he couldn't quite remember the whole story, he did understand this part.

The Flower Goddess — Nabu Malikata was from the Angelic race. The entire Angelic race was abandoned by Celestia and, as a result of Celestia's punishment, lost their sanity. Only Nabu was fortunate enough to maintain her form, wandering in the desolate land.

For various reasons, Nabu remained in Sumeru, becoming the Goddess of Flowers.

"Rather than waiting for the inevitable end to come, it's better to make my life more meaningful," Nabu said, smiling. But there was bitterness in her smile. "I'm gambling my life on a possibility."

Seeing Nabu smile like that made Yu Xie feel a deep ache in his heart.

It shouldn't be like this. Nabu's smile shouldn't be like this.

She should be smiling happily, gently, beautifully — not like this bitter smile that made one's heart ache.

"Thank you, Yu Xie," Nabu said again. "I'm really glad I got to know you… If we're fated, let's meet again in the next life."

In the end, Nabu gave a bittersweet smile, then turned and began to walk away from Yu Xie.

The wind and sand gradually obscured Nabu's figure.

Yu Xie remained silent, but he was no longer standing still.

The one who truly has a next life is him.

In the blink of an eye, as the wind howled, Yu Xie's figure appeared beside Nabu. He tightly grasped her hand.

"Come home with me," Yu Xie said, looking into Nabu's eyes, his tone resolute. "Everyone is waiting for you."

Nabu froze for a moment, then gave a bitter smile once more.

"Yu Xie… I really can't just go back. If I do, everything will return to square one, and nothing will have changed."

"I will change all of this," Yu Xie said. "You, Buer, and Al-Ahmar will all be fine. You will govern the land of Sumeru together and ensure the people of this land can live in peace and prosperity."

"Yu Xie…"

"I'm not joking," Yu Xie continued. "Do you remember the question you asked me before? You asked me what I would do if I were an all-powerful deity, but someone under me learned a secret they weren't supposed to know, right?

If you ask me that now, my answer is the same. I'm not a god, I can't know what an omnipotent deity would think. I'm just a mortal. But the courage and potential of mortals are things that some beings living above the skies can't see."

Nabu fell silent.

Yu Xie's figure reflected in her eyes, and her pupils trembled uncontrollably.

From the very beginning, Yu Xie had always seemed different from ordinary people. Yes, could an ordinary person say such disrespectful things about the gods above the skies?

All the past flashed through Nabu's mind. What she had already decided to give up on suddenly became something she wanted to hold onto. What she had decided to forget suddenly became so vivid in her memory.

At that moment, Nabu finally understood—she hadn't truly made up her mind.

There were too many things that she was reluctant to part with, too many voices calling out to her, urging her not to leave.

"Can… can I really go back?"

End of chapter

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