Early morning.
The rising sun ascended in the east, and birds chirped within the forest.
Inside the guest room.
Ganyu stretched her waist and slowly opened her eyes.
What appeared before her, however, was surprisingly Keqing's lazy sleeping face.
"Eh—?!"
Ganyu sat up abruptly, shocked to discover that she was stark naked, and so was Keqing!
Because the wind had blown under the quilt, Keqing shivered and her beautiful eyes opened slightly.
But in the next moment, her eyes widened instantly.
"Ganyu! You—! Why aren't you wearing any clothes!"
"Wait... why am I not wearing any either?!"
Keqing looked panic-stricken and scrambled up at once.
Looking around, she discovered that this was actually a bedroom.
And the two of them were lying on the same bed, sleeping under the same large quilt.
"W-What is going on? What exactly happened yesterday?"
Although they were both girls, sleeping together was still a bit awkward.
Ganyu dazedly recalled, "I remember we went to soak in the hot spring together, and then I fell asleep..."
She hadn't eaten Sumeru's fruits for too long, so yesterday afternoon she had let herself go and eaten a lot in one breath!
As a result, her sugar levels spiked at night, making her extremely sleepy.
Coupled with the comfort of the hot spring, her whole body felt warm and fuzzy, and she accidentally fell asleep.
"I know about this."
Keqing said while recalling, "I remember that I couldn't wake you up no matter what, so I chatted with Dehya and the others."
"Halfway through, Miss Ayexia brought some fine wine produced in her hometown, and we drank a cup..."
"Later... I seemed to get a bit tipsy, and then wanted to return to the room to rest..."
Suddenly, Keqing looked as if she had been struck by lightning. "Ah—! It was Dehya!"
"She supported me back to the room, and then carried you back!"
As she spoke, Keqing blushed, and Ganyu also lowered her head; the room fell into silence.
"That fellow Dehya... she should have at least helped us put on some clothes..."
"A-Anyway, let's put on clothes first."
Hearing Keqing's proposal, Ganyu hurriedly nodded.
After a rustling sound of dressing, both of them were neatly attired.
Once they had clothes on, the atmosphere was not as awkward as before.
Keqing smiled and said, "Although some accidents happened, I have to say, I rested very comfortably last night."
"Mmn..."
Ganyu was also very satisfied; she had eaten happily and rested well.
Just as they were speaking, a knock came from the door.
Dehya poked her head in and looked over.
"Dehya, that's rude. You have to wait for people to agree first!"
"It's fine, Miss. Aren't you both awake!"
Dehya entered the room with a smile and greeted, "Good morning, you two. How did you rest last night?"
Keqing and Ganyu had just recovered, but were instantly made to blush by Dehya's words.
"Cough... Dehya, Dunyarzad, morning."
"Ganyu and I rested very well last night."
"Is there something you need from us?"
Dehya nodded and said, "We came to pick up your clothes for washing, and we also prepared Sumeru outfits for you."
"How about trying Sumeru style today?"
"Eh?!"
"Washing clothes... how could we impose like that."
To be a guest in someone's home and ask them to wash clothes as well, that was too thick-skinned.
"What's the matter with that?"
"Clothes worn for a day must be uncomfortable, just leave it to us."
"We have Slimes prepared by Master; I guarantee they will be washed clean!"
Dehya's words left both Keqing and Ganyu extremely puzzled.
"Slime?"
"What do Slimes have to do with washing clothes?"
Seeing the puzzled expressions of the two girls, Dehya spoke up, "Anyway, you change your clothes first. I'll take you there in a while."
Keqing and Ganyu looked at each other. They had just put on their clothes, and now they had to take them off again.
They felt inexplicably ashamed!
.....
On the other side.
"Yawn—"
Lumine yawned. Without even lifting her eyelids, she asked, "Paimon... what time is it..."
After waiting for a long time without hearing Paimon's voice, Lumine sensed something was wrong.
She discovered that what she was hugging in her arms today was not Paimon's small body, nor the soft and fragrant bodies of beautiful girls.
Instead, it was a texture of rather solid muscle.
She opened her eyes and found a very handsome face appearing before her, close at hand!
"Eh—!? Ye Xi!"
After seeing the appearance of the person clearly, Lumine was greatly shocked.
"Hmm?"
Ye Xi sensed the movement beside him and woke up.
Noticing the shock in Lumine's beautiful eyes, Ye Xi spoke, "What are you doing, making a fuss early in the morning."
"You—! Wuwuwu..."
Lumine's eyes instantly turned red. She reached out and touched herself, discovering that some places were still faintly aching, and she immediately understood everything.
"Ye Xi! You bastard! You said a rabbit doesn't eat the grass by its burrow!"
"Are you a rogue rabbit!"
"Wu..."
Saying this, Lumine began to cry with pear-blossom rain.
Ye Xi immediately cried injustice: "Yesterday you were the one who initiated it. This can't be blamed on me! I was passive the whole time!"
"Eh?"
Lumine looked astonished: "You're lying, how could I... uh..."
Just as she was about to speak, she suddenly remembered last night's events.
She remembered she first teased Keqing and got numbed by electricity, then drank wine and chatted with Dehya.
At that time, Dehya said something like, if she became Ye Xi's concubine, she could treat everyone as her wife, and sleep with whichever one she wanted to hug.
And she could have endless Mora to spend.
Then she became obsessed and took this matter to heart.
Later, in her drunken haze, she dizzily did many things.
She vaguely remembered coming to Ye Xi's room, including how she initiated later on...
These memories were very fragmented, but stringing them together, it seemed to be exactly as Ye Xi said!
It really was her taking the initiative while under the influence of alcohol!
"Remember now?"
Hearing Ye Xi's question, Lumine's pretty face blushed, and she nodded.
Ye Xi spread his hands: "So, it's not that this rabbit ate the grass by the burrow, it's that you, the grass by the burrow, fed yourself into my mouth."
"I am a rabbit after all; don't I need some face?"
"When a great beauty throws herself into my arms, never mind me, just ask yourself if you could withstand it."
Lumine silently shook her head.
Although 'throwing oneself into arms' sounded suspiciously like she was a pervert, the address 'great beauty' sounded quite pleasing to the ear.
As for a great beauty taking the initiative to throw herself into someone's arms, if it were her, she would definitely have a good feel.
If it were Dehya, she would definitely cling to Dehya all night.
Thinking about it this way, Ye Xi acted out of instinct in this matter.
If anyone was to blame, it was herself.
Thinking of this, Lumine's brows were filled with self-reproach.
Since the matter had already happened, there was no room for retrieval.
She could only ask, "Then... will you take responsibility for me?"
"...Don't misunderstand, I'm not trying to force you..."
"I... I'm just asking..."
If Ye Xi didn't want her, then she would really want to cry but have no tears.
Seeing Lumine's pitiful appearance as if she had lost something precious, Ye Xi felt it was somewhat funny.
"You are Aether's sister; of course, I will take responsibility."
"That's more like it."
Lumine lightly punched Ye Xi, then snuggled up, a relaxed smile revealing itself on her face.
This was her first time hugging a man, a brand new experience.
Ye Xi was thinking about how to explain this to Aether.
If a few years later, Aether went through untold hardships to defeat The Heavenly Principles, completed the mission of restoring Khaenri'ah, and returned in triumph.
As a result, on the road, he meets a little blonde loli who looks very familiar, and then the little loli calls him 'Uncle', would Aether blow his top?
No, no.
By then, perhaps Aether would already have the strength to defeat The Heavenly Principles.
In the future, he not only had to guard against The Heavenly Principles but also guard against his brother-in-law.
Just as he was thinking, a belated exclamation suddenly came from beside his ear: "Wait a minute, so that means Dehya and Collei and the others are all my wives now!"
Lumine looked smug: "It seems I really didn't lose out!"
"You don't have any objections, right?! Master Ye Xi!"
The tone of the last three words was very heavy, extremely like teasing.
It was as if she had snatched the position of the Harem Lord from him, ringing out the old and ringing in the new.
Ye Xi smiled, looking amused.
Anyway, Lumine was already his; could he be afraid of her snatching the wives away?
Wherever she went, she was his, so let her make a fuss.
It just so happened that he was going to Liyue; leaving the wives to Lumine wasn't a bad idea.
"No way, I not only want your wives, I also want your Mora."
"Lend me two hundred million Mora to spend."
Saying that, Lumine stretched out her small hand, looking like she was demanding payment.
Ye Xi was very generous; he directly took out the Geo Heart of God from his portable space and placed it into Lumine's hand.
Seeing the sparkling chess piece in her palm, Lumine was dumbfounded.
"Ehhh—!?"
"T-This isn't Zhongli's Heart of God!? Why is it with you!"
"Moreover, this Heart of God should have already fallen into the hands of the Fatui!"
Before Ye Xi could explain, Lumine spoke up, "This is good stuff, absolutely don't take it out casually!"
"We're rich! This can create Mora!"
Watching Lumine's money-grubbing expression, Ye Xi utilized the Abyss Core and directly created a bed full of Mora.
"Wah wah wah, you actually know how to create Mora?"
"But, only Zhongli should be able to do that!"
"Rich, we're rich! I'll never lack money for upgrading in the future!"
Lumine suddenly felt she had profited greatly!
Simply profited to the extreme!
After all this time, living here as an outsider, she didn't know so many secrets!
Now that she had become family, she realized that Ye Xi had hidden things so deeply!
This was too awesome!
"I never have to worry about being eaten out of house and home by Paimon again!"
Thinking of the days traveling while raising Paimon, she felt endless pain!
If she hadn't given Paimon delicious food every time, she wouldn't be using a Dull Blade!
At the very least, she could have bought a Prototype Rancour!
Now it was different; no matter what, she was going to get herself a decent sword!
Just as she was speaking, a ball of golden light suddenly appeared out of thin air.
The light landed on Lumine, turning into a huge transparent orb.
"Hmm? What is this?"
Lumine held up the large orb, her face full of confusion.
At the same time, the system's notification sound came from beside Ye Xi's ear.
[Ding~]
[Branch 'Lumine' has obtained the Elemental Power Conversion Orb!]
[Conversion Orb: Can utilize multiple Elemental Powers as one wishes.]
[Reward distribution complete. Please continue to complete follow-up 'Scattering Leaves' tasks!]
This unique reward made Ye Xi feel somewhat surprised.
However, this item was indeed very important for Lumine.
He explained the function of the Conversion Orb to Lumine.
"...You mean, I can use it to directly switch Elemental Powers?!"
Lumine was startled.
She indeed had adaptability to many kinds of Elemental Powers.
In Mondstadt, she obtained Anemo Elemental Power; in Liyue, she obtained Geo Elemental Power.
Across four nations, she could use four types of Elemental Power.
But the problem was, she could only use one of them at a time!
To switch, she had to go find a Statue of The Seven; it was troublesome to death!
Hearing the function of this Conversion Orb, she immediately tried it out.
With a thought, the orb bloomed with a faint green light, and the Dendro elemental symbol emerged.
Subsequently, she summoned a vine.
She tried again; the orb bloomed with purple light, and the Electro elemental symbol emerged.
Then crackling electric light appeared at her fingertips.
There were also Anemo Elemental Power and Geo Elemental Power; she could use them all!
"So convenient!"
"Ye Xi, you gave this to me!?"
Seeing Ye Xi nod, joy blossomed in Lumine's heart: "Thank you!"
Saying that, she gave Ye Xi a deep good morning kiss.
This special 'Eye of God' made her incredibly happy.
To say she came to the Teyvat continent, she was absolutely a genius.
In this world, being able to use one type of Elemental Power already made one a chosen one among ten thousand, and she could now use four!
Logically speaking, she should absolutely be a top-tier combat power!
But, because of the rule that she had to touch a Statue of The Seven to change Elemental Power, she was as weak as a scrub with a combat power of only five.
Four types of Elemental Power, but she could only use one, and couldn't even trigger elemental reactions.
It was simply too stifling!
Clearly a genius, but unable to exert the desired power at all!
Now it was different; she could trigger elemental reactions as she wished!
Her combat power would soar like a rocket!
Back then, if she had this power when fighting Osial's wife, she wouldn't have been slapped into the rock!
She only hated that she hadn't met Ye Xi sooner!
At this moment, Ye Xi was checking the system panel.
Last night he had already obtained the constitution reward.
Aside from the body strengthening bonus, he also obtained a new ability.
[Gravity Manipulation]
This ability could exert gravitational influence on a target.
Increasing gravity would press the target against the ground to be rubbed, leaving them with no power to fight back.
For him, it could be considered a pretty good new skill.
The system was giving more and more skills now; some were very helpful to him, some were relatively useless.
But he didn't care; having many skills didn't weigh one down, and there would always be a time to use various skills.
To the side, Lumine recovered from her joy.
She put her hands on her hips and puffed out her chest, saying, "I've decided, I'm going to help you handle Ah-Qing and Ganyu!"
"Again!?"
"This time I'm serious!"
Lumine said earnestly, "They are my wives! What if they get married to other men in the future?"
"Better to let you have them cheap! When the time comes, Ah-Qing and Ganyu... hehehe..."
As she spoke, a lewd expression appeared on Lumine's face.
Ye Xi: ...
He suddenly felt that when a female pervert gets perverted, men don't matter anymore!
Before meeting Lumine, he really thought that in this world, only men wanted three wives and four concubines.
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