What's Wrong with Wanting to Live Off the Traveler?!

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["We in Honkai: Star Rail Have Our Own Wage-Worker Emperor," blurb below.]

After being reborn, I discovered that I had become an immortal, ageless nonhuman.

To make the most of my long life, I set off to travel and explore with nothing but a fishing rod.

Hm? My thoughts? You want to know what I think?

Slurp. It can only be this:

The fish in Teyvat are so delicious!!!

I could eat them for hundreds more years! [Loudly]

But later, I never imagined that one day the golden-haired Traveler would fish me up, after I'd made my fortune fishing.

...Damn it! What about my dignity?

I straightened my wet clothes and wrapped myself in the other person's coat, looking utterly pitiful.

The Traveler handed me a piece of grilled fish.

"You must be hungry. Want to try some?"

Well, for the sake of that grilled fish...

And then...

I was instantly conquered by its amazing flavor!

Waaaaah, bro, Brother Kong, my dear brother, wherever you're going, please take me with you!!!

Please note:

1. The heroine is a pure-water spirit who transmigrates with a livestream and will do food livestreams, so to speak.

CP: Kong (Traveler Kong + Abyss Kong). Lots of personal headcanons.

2. Hehe, it should be as wacky as ever.

3. Our slogan is: Pure love!

4. Text in [ ] is livestream chat. The earlier comments have usernames, while the usernames are omitted later.

Inspired by fishing in Teyvat. Also known as:

Reborn: Fishing in Teyvat

Fish Are Delicious!

Traveler, I'm Hungry, I Want Grilled Fish

Pure-Water Spirit! If You Can't Beat Them, Join Them. Waaaah, lie flat

Blurb finalized on 22.12.24, screenshot saved.

"We in Honkai: Star Rail Have Our Own Wage-Worker Emperor"

Blurb:

You died. Then you came back to life.

Before and after transmigrating, Shi Qian had always been obsessed with money. However, thanks to a common Xianzhou native affliction, being Mara-Struck, he kept bobbing back up from the brink of death before he could make any money.

Finally, before he could completely break down, his long-overdue golden finger as a transmigrator finally awakened. Curing the Mara-Struck was simple, but the price was:

[Host, make your name known throughout the cosmos. Let everyone see you, know you, and understand you.

We will open a livestream and record your legendary life. Now, choose the leveling path you like best:

1. Become a singer famous throughout the universe

2. Become a writer renowned across the entire universe

3. ...]

Shi Qian: ...Can I just become rich? Make me a legendary tycoon, like Clockie.

So, from a pile of options, Shi Qian chose an option that didn't exist: wage worker.

And so a legendary wage worker was born.

On the Xianzhou, Jarilo-VI, Herta Space Station, Penacony...

You could see him anywhere.

Hotel attendant, front-desk clerk, underground miner... He always had countless identities, appearing before everyone in a different guise.

"How come it's you again?!"

Even the well-traveled Astral Express Crew could barely keep it together.

But he looked completely innocent. "I'm working."

[Yeah, yeah, Brother Qian is a wage worker, a wage-worker soul. Brother Qian is a cut above the rest! Helping people and fighting for justice are just side gigs!]

[Yeah, yeah, finding lost kids and quietly taking down criminals... It's all part of the job!]

[Qianbao, show off that new certificate of yours for helping people!]

Everyone in the real world thought this inexplicably appearing guy must have some ulterior motive. But the people in the livestream were outraged on his behalf.

Until...

"Don't be afraid, my friend. I am your faithful companion. Whenever you need me, just call for me."

He smiled and bowed to everyone, polite and gentlemanly.

Behind him, the bugs screamed and shrieked before crashing to the ground from a single blow.

The sudden enemy caught everyone off guard, and reinforcements couldn't arrive in time. Just as it seemed they were about to suffer devastating casualties, this ordinary wage worker showed his true colors before everyone for the first time.

Shi Qian, known as the Wage-Worker Emperor.

His deeds sparked plenty of discussion:

"Shi Qian? He's so cool! Oh, and here's a little secret: don't think this guy's poor just because he's always working odd jobs. He actually has his own spaceship! He's just like Asta. I'm so jealous. When can I buy one?" Online user "Zhao Camera."

"He's a mysterious guy. Wherever he goes, he does strange-looking things, so it's easy to misunderstand him. Of course, later I learned that he was going around spreading kindness... but people kept mistaking it for ulterior motives. I was one of the people who misunderstood him, and I apologize for doubting him."

A certain well-meaning person, whose eyes were pixelated, said this on camera.

"Three words: really cool." The mysterious Galactic Baseballer offered that assessment, then added, "Just like me."

The chatter on the interstellar network ended with one final comment:

"The Astral Express welcomes him aboard."

[Congratulations, Host! Your name has spread throughout the universe! The System will leave to find its next destined person, but your Trailblaze journey will never end!]

Theme: Nothing should go to waste, especially good food