Stormbearer Mountains.
"This must be the place, right?"
It didn't take long for Wendy to bring Kaito, Lumine, and Paimon to the location mentioned on the form.
Is she about to make a move...?
Looking around and seeing no one else but them, Lumine found it very strange. But she also knew that panicking was useless.
"It should be him."
Kaito looked around and nodded.
Him, my foot...
Kaito...
At this moment, Lumine truly didn't understand how Kaito could so naturally let his girlfriend help him do things alone with another girl.
"Well, I'll be going now. Kai, you guys do your best."
Feeling that the time was right, Wendy decided to head back early and get ready. Once the commission was complete, she and Kaito could get down to business.
Just thinking about it was exciting...
"Mm," Kaito nodded, and then Wendy quickly vanished before their eyes.
Huh...
Wendy... just left like that?
And what the hell was that 'do your best' for???
Lumine was both shocked and confused, having no idea what was going on. She had originally thought Wendy might throw a fit outside the city, but she hadn't gotten mad at all. She even cheered her and Kaito on.
What's the deal with that???
Could it be... that Wendy doesn't actually mind Kaito being alone with other girls...
As she mulled it over, Lumine fell into deep thought. It seemed she had been overthinking things.
Is this the magnanimity of a god?
Suddenly recalling Wendy's identity as the Anemo Archon, Lumine seemed to understand something. She's the Anemo Archon, different from mortals like them. One shouldn't always try to imagine a god's actions with a mortal mindset.
So... what if...
"Found it."
Just as Lumine was still pondering things, Kaito, who was beside her, suddenly said he'd found it.
Found what?
Thinking this subconsciously, Lumine looked over at Kaito.
"Kaito, you didn't find the Lawachurl, did you?"
Paimon flew excitedly to Kaito's side. Her mind was now completely filled with the Lawachurl from the commission.
No, that wasn't a Lawachurl, it was 400,000 walking Mora.
A Lawachurl? Where's a Lawachurl around here...?
Lumine looked around but didn't see any Lawachurl.
"Yep, follow me."
Just when Lumine thought there was no way Kaito could have found the Lawachurl, he immediately confirmed that he had.
"Where is the Lawachurl? Why can't I see it?"
Unexpectedly, Kaito had really found the Lawachurl. Lumine, taking another careful look around, was very curious how he'd found it. She couldn't even spot a single Hilichurl.
"Alright, I'll bring it over now."
After a moment's thought, Kaito said this, then promptly vanished from before Lumine's and Paimon's eyes.
After several enhancements, he was now much stronger than before. Moreover, having inherited some of Wendy's abilities, he was now extremely sensitive to the slightest stirrings in the wind. He could pinpoint the wandering Lawachurl in the vicinity just by sensing the flow of air currents.
Of course, it also helped that Wendy had spotted the Lawachurl when she passed by earlier.
How is he so fast too...?
Watching Kaito, who had been right there one second and gone the next, Lumine couldn't help but think this. Although Kaito's speed couldn't compare to Wendy's, Wendy was the Anemo Archon, so it wasn't a fair comparison.
"Where did Kaito go?"
Looking left and right, Paimon didn't understand how Kaito had just suddenly disappeared.
Suddenly, the cry of some monster seemed to come from not too far away.
Over there...
Upon hearing the sound, Lumine immediately ran towards the direction it came from.
But before she could get very far, a figure seemingly holding some giant object suddenly appeared in front of her.
That... fast?
Stopping in her tracks, Lumine was shocked again to see Kaito standing before her, holding up the Lawachurl with one hand. She had intended to rush over and help, but he had already taken care of the Lawachurl and even carried its body back.
"Wow, Kaito, you're amazing!"
Paimon's praise for Kaito was heartfelt, not just flattery.
Although Lumine could also defeat a Lawachurl, she definitely wouldn't be as fast as Kaito. And besides, he knew where the Lawachurl was when she and Lumine hadn't noticed a thing. That was just too incredible.
"Alright, the commission is done. We can go back now."
Hoisting the Lawachurl with one hand, Kaito was already eager to get back to Katheryne and see if the task was completed.
If all went according to plan, the progress bar would be full after this commission was completed.
"I feel like that 400,000 Mora should be yours, Kaito. I didn't contribute at all."
Although Lumine really needed this 400,000 Mora, she had done practically nothing. Kaito had completed it all by himself.
Besides that, Kaito was the one who told her about the commission in the first place. All she did was accept it.
Crap... I was a bit too hasty...
Hearing Lumine say this, Kaito had a bad feeling. Because he was so eager to finish the commission and check if his system task was complete, he had defeated the Lawachurl directly instead of waiting for Lumine to arrive. But no matter what, this 400,000 Mora had to be Lumine's.
"If I wanted it, I would have accepted the commission myself."
Pausing for a moment, Kaito continued, "Besides, anyone can kill this Lawachurl easily. Why don't you give the corpse a few hits?"
After speaking, Kaito placed the Lawachurl on the ground.
At this, Lumine seemed to understand something. Kaito's current actions were practically screaming his intention to give her the Mora.
This commission... Kaito must have posted it himself...
Clearly, Kaito saw that she was desperate for Mora, but figured she wouldn't accept it if he gave it to her directly, so he came up with this method. That would explain why a commission with such a high reward wasn't immediately snapped up by someone else.
"Alright, stop thinking about it. Let's go back and get the reward."
Suddenly seeing the pensive look on Lumine's face, Kaito felt that she had already guessed he was the one who posted the commission. But he decided not to say anything, wanting to see if Lumine would accept the reward.
Mondstadt.
"Traveler, here is your reward. Please take it."
[System initiating...]
[System initiated successfully.]
Looks like it was a success...
Seeing these lines of text appear in his mind, Kaito knew that this task was complete.
[Congratulations, Host, for successfully completing the task. The progress bar has reached 100%. The Host may now perform a gacha pull at any time.]
[So my Honkai Resistance is also maxed out, right?]
[That is correct, Host.]
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