In the early morning, Barbara slowly woke up.
Opening her eyes, she saw Tiamat’s incredibly beautiful and lovely face.
Her consciousness gradually returned.
‘Ugh, Barbara is such a bad girl, doing so many bad things in just one night.
But the Anemo Archon is truly so beautiful.
Her body is so soft, comfortable, and warm.’ ‘The Anemo Archon’s embrace has a long-lost feeling; it’s so reassuring.
Ah, right, this feels like a mother’s touch—something I haven’t felt since I was separated from my sister.
Mmm, I want to hold her forever.’ ‘But Lumine is too wicked, woo-hoo, this Sister’s chastity is completely gone.
But Father said that maintaining chastity was for the sake of offering it to the gods…
Eh?
Then I seem to have already achieved that, hehehe.’ ‘Anemo Archon~’ As Barbara thought this, she gazed at Tiamat’s adorable sleeping face.
Her eyes unconsciously became infatuated again, and her hands began to disobediently caress Tiamat’s body.
‘Hehe, the body of a god…
Barbara is truly too lucky.’ At that moment, Tiamat’s eyelashes fluttered slightly, and Barbara hurriedly stopped her movements.
‘Oh no, oh no, I’ve startled the god awake.’ Tiamat opened her eyes and saw Barbara looking terrified, like a thief caught in the act.
She couldn’t help but feel a bit puzzled.
“I-I’m sorry, Anemo Archon.
Barbara is truly wicked, a thoroughly bad child.
To be so disrespectful to a god, I’m afraid even spending the rest of my life in atonement would not be enough?” Tiamat wanted to comfort Barbara.
She thought of something she felt was a good idea, and so— Tiamat tightened her embrace on Barbara slightly, slowly moved her face closer to Barbara’s, and then kissed Barbara’s lips.
“Mmph!” Surprise, joy, happiness, and peace—countless positive emotions flooded Barbara’s brain.
Barbara felt that at this moment, she was the luckiest person in the world.
The softness of the lips made her gradually lose herself, and she deepened the kiss, unwilling to pull away.
Until the pressure on her chest gradually increased, Barbara snapped back to reality and quickly separated from Tiamat.
“Lumine, Lady Lumine, you’re awake?
When did you wake up?” “Right when you were apologizing.” “Eh, eh?
No, I mean—the god likes me too, so Barbara and the god haven’t done anything wrong.” “Oh, is that so?
Naughty children need to be punished properly.” A period of playful messing around followed.
An ethereal and beautiful voice rang out: “Lumine, ah…
Aa, no, don’t, ah…
A…
Bar-bara.” “Eh?!” they both exclaimed in unison.
“Tiamat, you can speak?” “So the god can actually speak?” Tiamat was also very pleasantly surprised.
She tried to utter a few more syllables, but it was clearly a bit difficult.
“It’s okay, Tiamat, just take it slow.” “He…
Okay.” Tiamat uttered this word with a happy expression; she could finally communicate with her children in their language.
Knock, knock, knock.
“Anemo Archon, are you awake?
Breakfast is ready.
If you are awake, please open the door so I can help you wash up.” Victoria’s voice came from outside.
“Eh, eh?” Barbara panicked, whispering to herself: “What do I do, what do I do?
I snuck out here; if Victoria sees me, I’m finished.” “What’s the panic?
I’ll show you.
First, let’s put on our pajamas.” The three girls finished putting on their pajamas.
“Tiamat, hold both of us, one on each side.
Wrap your arms around and hold us right here.
Yes, just like that.
Alright, let’s go open the door.” Click.
“Lord God, eh!
Eh?
So the Anemo Archon likes it like this?
Barbara, thank you for your hard work.” While Victoria said “hard work,” her eyes were overflowing with envy.
Lumine gave Barbara a thumbs up with a mischievous smile, as if saying,’See, you were right to listen to me.’ Barbara couldn’t help but roll her eyes at her.
The farce ended, and they moved to the Cathedral’s dining hall.
“Lumine, you’re here.” Munch, munch.
“I didn’t see you when I woke up this morning.” Munch, munch.
“I knew you must have gone to find Tiamat.” Gulp.
“Paimon, eat slower.
Listen, Tiamat can finally speak, though it’s still a bit difficult.” “Eh, really?” Paimon looked at Tiamat in surprise.
“Pai…
mon…
good…
child.” The ethereal and beautiful voice flowed from Tiamat’s mouth.
“She really can!
Tiamat’s voice is so beautiful, can you say my name a few more times?” “Alright, Paimon, don’t trouble Tiamat.” “Okay then.” …
Elsewhere, on Kaeya’s bed.
“Hehe, thanks for taking me in, man.
I thought I’d be sleeping on the ground outside.
This is the best sleep I’ve had in days.
Hello, my name is Venti.” “Er, I’m Kaeya.
So, Lord Venti, do you remember what happened yesterday evening?” Venti scratched his head in confusion.
“Yesterday evening?
Sorry, I was drunk.
I have no memory of anything from yesterday evening until just now.
Did something happen?” Kaeya explained yesterday’s events in detail and mentioned the Anemo Archon in the Cathedral.
“Eh?
Is that so?
I didn’t feel a thing.
Haha, it’s fine, it’s just a Gnosis.
It’s not that important whether I have it or not.” Kaeya was stunned by those words.
“Huh?
That thing isn’t important?
O-okay.
But Lord Anemo Archon, aren’t you even a little bothered or angry that they treated you like that?” “Well, I do feel some guilt toward that lady, so it’s fine to give the Gnosis to her.
Now that her mission is complete, the Fatui won’t target Mondstadt anymore.
Your troubles are reduced, so isn’t that a good thing?” “Besides, don’t call me the Anemo Archon anymore.
In terms of seniority, the current Anemo Archon is actually your mother.” “Huh?
B-but, Lord Anemo Archon, my mother passed away a long time ago.
What are you talking about?
Is she coming back to life or something?” “I told you not to call me the Anemo Archon; I’ve already resigned.
Didn’t you become Emperor Ying’s sworn brother the day before yesterday?
Her mother is the new Anemo Archon.
And didn’t you notice all the commotion from the dragon disaster yesterday?” Hearing this, Kaeya was filled with shock.
“What!
My so-called sister has that kind of background?
So that means I’m the son of the current Anemo Archon?!” A massive wave of joy suddenly filled Kaeya’s heart.
He felt like he suddenly had the capital to lord it over others.
He also had a perfectly good reason to freeload wine from his other sworn brother.
“But so the dragon disaster is already over…
The Dragon of the East…
Haha, it’s great that it was resolved successfully.
But I was drunk yesterday and only woke up in the evening; I saw you getting thrashed as soon as I walked out the door.” “…” Venti stared into Kaeya’s eyes and said with total sincerity, “Brother Kaeya, I think we’re going to be very good friends.” Kaeya was a bit surprised, then quickly stood up and bowed deeply to Venti again in a formal salute.
“It is my honor, former Anemo Archon.” “I told you, my name is Venti.” “Alright, Lord Venti.
I should get to work too.
I skipped a whole day yesterday; Jean probably wants to kill me.” “Okay, bye-bye.” “Um, Lord Venti, don’t you have anything to do?” “Of course I do!
Don’t underestimate me; I’m the best bard in Mondstadt.
I’ll be going to the plaza later to recite poetry for everyone.” “But everyone should be busy with repairs or rebuilding right now.
Will anyone pay attention to you?” “Uh, then I’ll just go sit at the Angels Share.
The owner of that tavern said yesterday that I could drink for free for three days.” “What!
Diluc actually—there’s actually such a good thing?
Good brother, thanks for the tip.
Let’s drink together tonight, okay?” “It’s a deal then.” On the other side, at the gates of Mondstadt, the diligent guard Lawrence went on duty as if by muscle memory, standing in his designated spot.
His sleepy eyes gradually cleared, and then he saw the massive creature at the city gate.
He was so startled his helmet almost fell off.
His consciousness rapidly returned, and he straightened his helmet.
His good training allowed him to pluck up the courage to greet the massive creature.
“Lord Dvalin, you’re quite early.” “Since there is an agreement, I shall naturally abide by it.” “O-okay.” But in his heart, he thought, ‘This is way too early.
There’s still almost an hour before the Knights of Favonius shift starts.
Right now, there’s probably only the unfortunate guards on night watch and Acting Grand Master Jean in the headquarters.’