The system's rewards arrived as promised with Genshin Impact's launch.
Listening to the rewards he received, Ken's previously pent-up emotions vanished.
He had finally unlocked the restriction to travel to Teyvat.
"Everyone, go home early tonight. Hisho, please transfer the bonus to everyone's accounts later."
Hisho is the company accountant. After Ken gave his instructions, he drove home.
Tonight, the night is beautiful and the stars are bright.
For once, Ken has the leisure to enjoy the night view of Magic City. The city, ablaze with lights, is full of luxury, and the gentle spring breeze brushes in through the car window, making life feel pleasant and comfortable.
The dazzling night scene of Magic City belongs to everyone coming home late at night.
But tonight, the internet belongs to Genshin Impact.
Countless netizens, after downloading Genshin Impact, are taking screenshots of the beautiful, healing city of Mondstadt and enthusiastically sharing them.
Even other game studios, though dismissive in words, honestly downloaded Genshin Impact, wanting to try the game's fun for themselves.
And, of course...
Taking inspiration or even copying if possible would be nice.
At this moment—
Ken has already arrived home. After taking a shower, he summons the system.
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[Host: Ken]
[Contract Partners: Klee (father-daughter bond), Barbara (couple bond), Mona (contract bond), Venti (friend bond), Jean, Lisa, Lumine...]
[Abilities: Max constellation Klee, Max constellation Lisa]
[Life Skills: Top Chef, Medical Knowledge Compilation]
[Remaining draws: 120]
[System Reminder: Draws can be combined. Would the host like to combine them? With combination, number of draws decreases, but probability of rare items increases.]
Seeing the system's thoughtful prompt, Ken is a little surprised.
Because the Knights of Favonius have been coming by often, his number of draws has kept increasing, but he's been too busy to use them.
He hadn't expected they could be combined.
"Combine."
Ken muses. Though there will be fewer draws, the chance of getting good stuff is higher—definitely worth it.
[Ding----]
[Congratulations, host, for successfully combining draws to 12, with 10x luck crit. Start drawing now?]
"Not yet, set the destination to Mondstadt's specialty shop first."
Ken decides to draw in Teyvat, to compare the luck between Mondstadt and Blue Star.
After calling out the Vortex Gate, Ken sets the location to the Mondstadt specialty shop.
This is currently his only property in Teyvat.
"Hoo..."
Looking at the swirling, glowing Vortex Gate, Ken feels a small thrill.
This is his first time traveling to another world.
Excitement and anticipation mix in his heart.
Ken takes a deep breath and steps into the Vortex Gate.
The passage formed by flowing lights is dazzling and mysterious, like traversing time and space. At the end of the channel, a gigantic door stands tall; opening it leads to a new world.
"So this is Mondstadt?"
Stepping down the glowing stairs, Ken breathes the fragrant, fresh air and immediately feels refreshed.
Just as Klee and the others described.
The air in Mondstadt is pure, and the elemental energy is abundant.
Ken slowly raises his hand; hot flames and lightning flicker and intertwine, exuding terrifying elemental power, much stronger than on Blue Star.
"Shops from the system really are extraordinary."
While feeling the elemental energy, Ken also examines his specialty shop.
Though called a specialty shop, it's actually a three-story villa.
Only the first floor is a storefront, currently displaying a dazzling array of goods, neat and clean.
Behind the villa is a spacious, comfortable courtyard.
The courtyard is over 400 square meters, with windwheel asters and sweet flowers blooming brightly, their subtle fragrance wafting in the quiet night.
The second and third floors are living quarters.
The Mondstadt-style decor makes living here incredibly comfortable.
"Bo...boss?!"
As Ken inspects his property, an exclamation comes from not far away.
Mona, completely nude and dripping wet from the shower, sees Ken suddenly appear and is utterly stunned.
Then—
Mona's hands fly up to cover her ample breasts, but not before Ken gets an eyeful of her perky nipples. Her long, toned legs quiver as she shifts nervously, inadvertently drawing attention to the neatly trimmed patch of dark hair between her thighs.
"Yeah, things on Blue Star have settled down, so I came to check on things."
Ken's gaze rakes over Mona's exposed flesh, drinking in every luscious curve and dip of her body.
Because she just showered, Mona's long hair clings to her back in wet tendrils, framing her beautiful face now flushed with embarrassment.
"Are you used to it here?" Ken asks.
"Business is great, I'm very comfortable!"
Sensing Ken's gaze, Mona instinctively squeezes her legs together.
After spending time together, she already sees Ken as a rare friend, but being seen like this after a shower is embarrassing, even for friends.
Mona's already flushed face turns even redder.
"It's late, you should rest. I'll just look around and head back."
Seeing Mona's shy look in her bathrobe, Ken feels he can't take it.
Frankly, any normal man probably couldn't hold out, so he lets Mona go rest early.
"Okay! But... Lumine and Paimon live here too, in the west room on the second floor." Mona adds quickly, "They've been a huge help."
Ken is a bit surprised: "Lumine is still in Mondstadt?"
Yesterday, Lumine didn't go to Blue Star for once, so Ken thought she was leaving Mondstadt.
"No." Mona shakes her head. "She's still mad at her brother, so she's either in the shop or with the Knights... or going to Blue Star, but never out and about."
"...Alright, got it, you go rest." Ken says helplessly.
Women really do hold grudges.
Even Lumine is no exception.
But since it's late, Ken doesn't disturb Lumine. Instead, he heads to the third-floor bedroom Mona prepared for him, ready to try his luck drawing here.
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