Genshin Impact: I am an ordinary executive

Chapter 830 Belonging

Columbia calmly uttered some shocking words, while Sandone, who was standing to the side, gritted his teeth but remained completely silent.

This left Zuo tide, who was already sweating profusely, somewhat bewildered. Wait a minute, shouldn't she be bursting with jealousy by now? Why isn't she showing any reaction at all?

"Have you been possessed?" Zuo tide walked over with concern and touched Sandoni's forehead. "It's not overheated... Let go, are you a dog?"

As expected, Sandone opened his mouth and bit Zuo tide's outstretched hand viciously. Who told this guy to be so annoying!

Zuo Xi pulled her hand back from the bite Sandone had given her, and shook it off; it didn't hurt.

But this guy really likes to bite people, biting their cheeks, hands, and sometimes other places too...

"Never mind, but I roughly understand what's going on... So should I call you Columbia or Kutar now? You said it felt warm around me, so that's why you were so special to me in the first place?"

"If I could, I would prefer you to continue calling me Columbia." Columbia gently shook her head, her body swaying slightly with her breathing.

“We are the same kind, we have nowhere to go.” Columbia’s voice was distant and ethereal. “We are all people without a home, all taken in by the Ice Queen.”

"Later, you found someone special to you, and so did I..."

"And now, you have found your place, and I have also..." found my own place.

“If needed, you can bring your children to Nordkalai…” She was willing to help take care of them.

Zuo tide pinched her chin, temporarily ignoring Sandoni's clenched fist that was making a cracking sound.

“But according to you, Nordkalai doesn’t seem to be under your jurisdiction either, and it will face the same problems. I remember that it’s a sea over there…” Zuo Xi opened Zhi Dong’s map, “The sea area is quite large, let’s build an artificial island there. You can coordinate it.”

Since Columbia had brought it up, Zuo tide naturally couldn't refuse.

Besides, there's nothing wrong with the suggestion itself. With Colombia looking after Zuo Xi in Nordkale, Zuo tide can rest assured.

“Hmm.” Columbia nodded. “Shall we go to Nordkal now?” Although it wasn’t obvious, she was actually looking forward to it.

"Let's not go for now, let's go back to Winter to report." Taking the detour would pass through Nordkare, but there's no need for that right now.

"To Her Majesty the Queen? Or to you?" Rosalind asked.

She hadn't really felt comfortable participating in the previous conversations, so she'd been practically invisible. Now, she could finally chime in on this topic.

“Naturally, it’s Her Majesty the Queen,” Zuo Xi shrugged and took out a blue chess piece from her spatial storage. “Collecting the Heart of God is Her Majesty the Queen’s mission, so of course we should report back to her.”

Zuo Xi asked Fukalos for the Heart of God after everything was over. He had guessed that Fengdan wouldn't be calm anytime soon, and if he didn't take it then, he wouldn't have another chance once they got busy.

However, although collecting the Hearts of God is the Queen's mission, it seems that all the Hearts of God collected so far have been used on him...

"So where to next? Only Nata's Heart of God remains, right?" Rosalind wasn't dissatisfied; both Zuo tide and the Empress were objects of her loyalty.

“No rush. Before going to Nata, I plan to travel around to various countries first.” Zuo tide put away the exquisite chess piece. “The Queen’s plan has been put on hold for the time being, so I plan to take care of my own affairs before restarting.”

"It's not easy to accept a new race; breaking the ice is the first step. It's time to put the face and connections we've built up to good use."

Thanks to his previous actions, Zuo tide had a fairly good network of connections in various Teyvat countries. He originally thought he wouldn't need these favors, but as fate would have it, they now came in handy.

His ability to control everything through machinery is indeed a convenient power, but in this situation, it becomes an obstacle—leaders of various countries would not allow such an unstable factor to exist.

As mentioned earlier, breaking the ice is the first step. For the Teyvats to understand this new race, initial contact is crucial—what's the point of contact if they can't even enter their territory?

Therefore, Zuo tide planned to travel around to various countries before going to Nata. After all, he created them, so he had to be responsible for them.

While it's not feasible to do everything yourself, providing assistance when necessary is essential.

Zuo tide planned to leave the artificial island of Nordkale to the machines to manage themselves—building their own homes is only natural—even though Zuo tide could do the same thing with a wave of her hand.

However, it was clearly unreasonable to entrust matters like diplomacy to those newborn children, so Zuo tide had no choice but to take matters into her own hands.

"Once I return to Zhidong, I'll tell the Queen about this, and then I'll set off for other countries. As for the first stop..." Zuo tide's lips curled into a playful smile.

“That naturally belongs to our ‘free’ Mondstadt.”