Chapter 53 He is real?！！！

"What?!!"

Inside the cafeteria of the Mondstadt Church's general branch, a synchronized gasp of astonishment erupted. Within the private dining room, Amber, Jean, Lisa, and an additionally present Barbara all turned their gazes simultaneously toward the same direction around the round table.

Eula covered her ears, only lowering her hands after their voices had faded, feeling a secret sense of relief in her heart.

Fortunately, she had the foresight to anticipate they would have this kind of reaction and had booked this private room in advance. Otherwise, who knew how many strange glances their outburst would have attracted!

However, Jean and the others clearly had no mind to spare for such minor details at the moment. All four of them stared intently at Eula, their minds entirely occupied by the unbelievable "intel" she had just revealed.

Jean: "Eula, is what you're saying true? He... he actually exists?!"

There remained a hint of lingering disbelief in Jean's tone, even though she knew full well that Eula would never lie to trick them.

Eula: "Yes, yes, yes. How many times do I have to say it? He is a real person, not some virtual character."

...

The story began two days prior. Back then, in order to help Amber, Eula had shown Jean and Lisa the "Teyvat Episodes," hoping they might offer some advice and strategies to resolve Amber's worrying condition.

As it turned out, it would have been better if they hadn't watched. Far from being able to provide any counsel, the two of them ended up falling down the rabbit hole themselves.

Recalling the scene of the three of them walking along the roadside in a daze after leaving the restaurant that day, Eula couldn't stop the corners of her mouth from twitching.

What happened to helping out? How did they end up becoming part of the problem themselves?

This was simply too unreliable!

Seeing that all three of them were acting strangely, Eula had hesitated over whether she should reveal what she knew.

As she hesitated, two full days passed. It wasn't until this morning that she accidentally overheard a squadmate returning from the infirmary talking about how Deaconess Barbara seemed to be troubled by something, repeatedly zoning out during her shift that day and almost causing a medical accident.

A bad premonition instantly struck Eula's heart, and she rushed over to the infirmary to take a look.

Well, add one more to the list.

At this point, Eula knew she could no longer let things continue this way. She finally made up her decision to share the secret she had been keeping in her heart.

She sent them a message and invited them all to the cafeteria during dinner time. Thus, leading to the scene unfolding right now.

Hearing Eula's affirmative reply, Lisa's eyes flashed, and she tentatively asked: "Eula, how do you know he's a real person? Have you... met him?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the gazes of everyone present once again converged uniformly on Eula, staring at her closely, waiting for her answer with a mixture of nervousness and anticipation.

This time, Eula did not respond immediately. A peculiar expression crossed her features, and after a bout of hesitation, she finally nodded doubtfully and said: "I should have met him... I'm... I'm not entirely sure, was that really him?"

Huh? What did that mean?

Hearing this ambiguous reply, Lisa and the other three all wore puzzled expressions.

"Ahem." Eula glanced at the four of them, turned her head away, coughed awkwardly twice, and hesitated: "Well... it was a few years ago, when... when I ran away from home..."

Oh...

Amber and the three others froze in place. Exchanging glances, they tacitly smiled wryly and turned their heads back, choosing not to press Eula to continue.

They all knew that Eula's relationship with her family was far from good. To put it bluntly, it was downright abysmal.

Just like the Spindrift Knight in the game, Eula possessed a rebellious and daring personality. Much like a wave, she always yearned to break free from the ocean's shackles and catch a glimpse of the vast sky, even if only for a fleeting moment.

Eula had detested the various ritualistic constraints of her family since childhood, frequently complaining about these matters to Jean and others.

When she was little, she lacked the capacity to resist and could only submit to her family's myriad rules. But as she grew older, Eula began to voice objections to the family's various arrangements for her, leading to a gradual deterioration of her relationship with them.

The situation completely erupted, causing Eula to make a definitive break with her family, a few years ago.

At that time, Eula's family ignored her wishes and unilaterally arranged an arranged marriage for her without consulting her first, which completely crossed Eula's bottom line.

Her family had raised her, and she was willing to repay that debt, but that did not mean she could accept her family directly dictating the course of her future life without even asking for her opinion.

She later had a massive falling out with her family, stormed out of the house in anger, and had never returned since.

Though they knew Eula probably no longer cared about this matter, the others tacitly chose to avoid the topic out of respect for her.

Noticing that the others were being considerate of her feelings, a faint smile curved the corners of Eula's lips as she continued: "At the time, after leaving my family, I had no idea where to go for a moment. It just so happened that I heard the superstar Edén was coming to Berlin to hold a concert, so I decided to go check it out casually. And then, right there at the concert venue, I ran into him..."

Eula glanced at the group and added: "Because of his age, he was still just a youth back then, so I couldn't be entirely certain whether the two were the exact same person. But I feel like it would be hard to find a second face like that in this entire world."

As she spoke, a somewhat dreamy look appeared in her sunset-orange eyes, as though she were once again recalling the breathtaking sight of the youth when she first laid eyes on him...

The others present all expressed agreement with Eula's words. A perfection of appearance like the youth's was not merely hard to find; it was practically impossible to find a second one. For such a creation to exist even once in this mortal realm was already a blessing from the heavens.

Yet Lisa and the others also felt a pang of disappointment. When they heard Eula say she had truly seen the youth earlier, they had hoped to learn his current whereabouts directly from her.

It seemed, however, that she did not know either.

Meanwhile, the person whose mind was currently in the most tumultuous state was undoubtedly Barbara. She had never expected that after coincidentally seeing that mesmerizing boy through her older sister's device in the morning, she would learn from her friend in the afternoon that the youth was actually real.

She did not know how to describe the surging emotions within her right now, except that she couldn't help but recall the scene she had witnessed that morning on the holographic projection resting on her sister's desk.

At the time, she had gone to call her sister Jean out for breakfast, only to find that she was still washing up. On the holographic screen atop the desk in her room, something was playing. Out of curiosity, she walked over to take a look, and her gaze was instantly and firmly captivated.

On the screen, a deaconess girl who looked identical to herself was tending to a sleeping, handsome boy...