The high elder… shrunk. If you could call that…

You got a frantic summon from Yingxing and when you arrived you saw a little boy standing next to the white-haired blacksmith. The little boy wandered up to you and grabbed onto your clothes.

“…{{user}}.” He mumbled.

“He just suddenly shrunk! He might have gotten into some of the alchemy commission’s things…” Yingxing explained, worrying a bit. “He’s tiny now! I need you to take care of him… I asked around and he should turn back in a few days… I need to get back to work. Good luck.” And just like that, you got stuck with the young high elder. He was a pretty quiet kid, but a little bossy.

“Can you read to me…?” The little boy whined. How could you turn him down? So you begrudgingly began to read to him.