“Mhm, I’ll listen to you.
Let’s take her with us to Mondstadt.” “But right now, we have a huge crisis.” “Hmm?” *Gurgle gurgle~* Lumine and Paimon’s stomachs let out a sound of protest.
“Ugh~” Both of their faces instantly slumped.
“Paimon is so hungry, I can’t even remember the last time I ate.” As she spoke, Paimon flopped back into Tiamat’s embrace.
“Mm, me too.
I’ve been fishing for so long and haven’t caught a thing.
Dammit, why won’t the fish here bite?” After saying that, Lumine looked longingly into the sea, where she could vaguely see a few fish swimming around the rocks on the seabed.
One fat fish seemed to notice Lumine’s gaze; it swam toward her and then started circling in the water right in front of her.
It seemed to be provoking this incompetent land creature.
Lumine’s temper flared instantly.
“Dammit, you dare provoke me?
I’m definitely going to catch you and eat you!” With that, she moved to pounce on it.
Tiamat, upon receiving the request signal from her beloved child, her shimmering purplish-red eyes brightened slightly.
She looked at the fish and, with a single thought…
Lumine suddenly felt a weight in her arms.
“Dammit, it’s fast!
Watch me—eh?
What happened?
This is…” “Hehehe, you dead fat fish, I’ve caught you now!
You’re finished.” The fish in her arms was motionless, as if it hadn’t reacted yet.
It was like an incompetent author who was just about to show off some skills, only for the opponent to suddenly turn on cheats and instantly empty their health bar.
(However, the author states: This wave, not a loss.) Paimon, who was nearby, saw the whole process.
Lumine hadn’t touched the fish at all, and the fish hadn’t accidentally jumped into her arms; rather, it had appeared in Lumine’s arms very abruptly.
Paimon thought of something, looked up at Tiamat, and said, “Um, Paimon wants a fish too.” Tiamat received the signal from the cute creature in her arms and looked at her dotingly.
After understanding that ‘fish’ was the name for the type of creature in Lumine’s arms, she gazed toward the ocean.
*Flap flap flap*, several fish of the same species and similar size landed in front of Tiamat.
“Wow, so amazing!
What a convenient ability!
With Big Sister Benefactor here, Paimon never has to worry about going hungry again.
Lumine, let’s hurry and start a fire to grill the fish!” Lumine also snapped out of it and carried the fish from her arms to the shore to put it with the others.
She marveled at how magical this world was and that this beautiful girl had such a convenient ability.
There had been no sensation of spatial fluctuations just now, so it probably wasn’t a spatial ability, but something else.
She then secretly decided to win over this beautiful girl as soon as possible so that Emperor Lumine’s grand blueprints for hegemony could take a giant step forward.
But for now, she honestly gathered some dry wood nearby and used stones to encircle a campfire.
Then, using a piece of iron ore she found nearby, she skillfully and smoothly struck it against her wu feng sword, sending sparks into the kindling within the woodpile.
After a while, a fragrance wafted over, and three grilled fish were successfully ready.
Fish: I seem to have gained some consciousness.
My life has been like walking on thin ice; although I only have today’s memories, that doesn’t stop me from reminiscing.
Today I was singing with my brothers while nibbling on seaweed when suddenly the water turned black.
Some sort of murky stuff made me too afraid to even move.
However, that black water actually felt quite comfortable, making me feel like I’d grown younger by several months.
After the black water receded, I saw several land creatures on the shore.
Just as I was about to live it up, I lost consciousness.
After that…
sigh, if there’s a next life, I’ll definitely cultivate a human form and have several schools of small fish with that land creature who is beautiful even to a fish.
*Gack*~ Lumine picked up the fish, blew on it a few times, and took a large bite with a slightly ferocious expression.
“Mmph, hot hot hot!
So good, so good!
Waaa, it’s been three months!
Three whole months!
I’ve finally had another bite of meat!” “Mhm, it’s delicious!
Lumine, you’re great at grilling.
Big Sister Benefactor, you should eat too.
Lumine’s grilling is super tasty!” Tiamat also came back to her senses at this time.
In the time just now, she had been processing and analyzing everything she saw and trying to understand it.
Everything here made her curious, whether it was the ocean, the sand, or the mounds of earth.
There was also the language, the names, and the fact that creatures like Lumine and Paimon needed to eat.
This creature called a ‘fish’ seemed to be a type of food for these children, and they seemed to like it very much.
However, it appeared to be quite difficult for them to catch.
Before eating, they also needed to raise a heat source for this food and heat it to the proper temperature.
Then, they would convert this food into other forms of energy.
She analyzed the physiological structures of the two, trying to clarify the relationships involved.
Hearing Paimon’s reminder, Tiamat opened her small mouth, revealing cute little tiger teeth, and gently bit off a small piece of fish meat, chewing and swallowing just as Lumine and Paimon did.
Upon receiving feedback from this body, Tiamat’s eyes lit up.
Although her body’s composition made her taste buds, sense of smell, and other senses different from those of humans…
Tiamat still understood the process—energy conversion, taste stimulation, the purpose of heating, and physiological needs.
Then, Tiamat, along with Lumine and Paimon, quickly finished the grilled fish in their hands.
After eating, Tiamat felt that Lumine and Paimon were still left wanting more; they probably weren’t ‘full’.
So she floated to the small campfire, and imitating Lumine, she skewered the two fish Lumine had prepared onto wooden sticks and began grilling them over the fire, flipping them occasionally.
The light in Tiamat’s eyes never faded; she was beginning to experiment based on her analysis of Lumine and Paimon’s ‘tastes’.
Her peerless face wore an expression of seriousness and a hint of nervousness.
Seeing Tiamat like this, Lumine and Paimon watched from the side.
“Big Sister Benefactor is so focused, I’m really looking forward to it.
Even though she looks a bit inexperienced, Paimon will definitely try to finish it all even if it doesn’t taste good!” Lumine was immersed in Tiamat’s focused, peerless beauty and was unable to pull herself away, so she said nothing.
Her inner theater kept urging her to win over the beautiful girl before her.
‘Mm, she’s beautiful and willing to cook; she’s way better than my useless brother who only knows how to eat.’ A moment later, the aroma wafted over.
Tiamat handed the two grilled fish to Lumine and Paimon.
Her eyes sparkled as she stared at them, seemingly anticipating them eating the food she had made.
Paimon felt a bit strange, while Lumine enjoyed the gaze.
Both girls took a bite at the same time, then froze.
Paimon was the first to snap out of it.
“Wow, it’s so delicious!
Big Sister Benefactor is amazing; your grilled fish is even better than Lumine’s!” While Lumine was like: “It’s just grilled fish, just grilled fish, how can it be this delicious?
What’s the principle behind this?” Receiving positive feedback from the two children, Tiamat’s eyes and the corners of her mouth unconsciously curved into a beautiful smile, revealing an expression mixed with maternal love.
Lumine and Paimon were both stunned for a moment.
Then they lowered their heads, faces flushing, and quickly finished the best grilled fish they had ever eaten in their lives.
…
“Whew, so full.
It was too delicious!
Paimon hasn’t enjoyed herself like this in so long.
Also, Big Sister Benefactor’s smile is so beautiful, Paimon feels purified.” Hearing Paimon’s words, Lumine felt a bit embarrassed.
Tiamat’s holy smile didn’t just fail to purify her heart, instead…
“Today is truly wonderful.
Since we’re full, why don’t we set out?
We should get to Mondstadt as soon as possible to find a doctor to check on Big Sister Benefactor’s condition.” Tiamat also nodded.
“Mhm, then let’s set out.
Guide Paimon, lead the way.” “Paimon copy that!
Setting out now.
If we walk in this direction for three days, we’ll see Mondstadt City.” “Mhm, beautiful big sister, let’s go together.” Saying this, Lumine secretly took Tiamat’s small hand, feeling its softness and comfort.
She accidentally let out a bit of a lovestruck smile as she lightheartedly stepped onto their journey.
She had already decided that for the rest of the journey, she would be accompanied by this big sister.
As for a certain brother, he had long been filtered out by Lumine.
A guy who would likely interfere with her romance with the big sister—it’s better if he doesn’t show up.
Tiamat was very pleasantly surprised by Lumine’s sudden affectionate gesture.
She couldn’t remember how long it had been since she had been this close to a child.
In her last memories, her children felt almost nothing but fear for her.
Feeling the warmth in her palm, Tiamat could feel something encircling her heart.
The corners of her mouth curled up.