Ningguang went off on her own to find Keqing. If she stayed here any longer, she felt like she was going to give herself away.
"I didn't look that closely before, but Ningguang really does have long legs," Lumine said, seriously admiring Ningguang's slender, straight, beautiful legs. There was truly nothing to complain about.
"Want to touch them?"
"Of course. They definitely feel super smooth," Lumine answered without even thinking.
"Have you touched them before?"
Koji laughed. "No, but I have rubbed against them with my feet."
He had to admit, Ningguang's legs were the soft kind. When he rested his head on them, he genuinely did not want to get up. All he wanted was to lie there forever. It was impossible to control himself.
"Why didn't you call me?"
Lumine looked utterly betrayed. Something that good had happened, and he had not invited her?
She could have used Ningguang's other leg as a pillow. One person per leg. Perfectly divided.
Ningguang: ?
"If you want to, you can talk to Ningguang about it next time," Koji said. That kind of thing needed Ningguang's consent first.
"Oh right, hubby, Columbina's contrast is way too obvious. She's clearly just a huge little glutton," Lumine said, unable to stop laughing when Columbina came up.
The last time she had seen Columbina in Snezhnaya, her impression had been of a woman who never smiled casually and always seemed serious and reserved.
But this time, she was obviously a foodie. Luckily Lumine had money, so whatever Columbina wanted to eat, she could just order it without needing to be polite.
"She probably never got to eat anything good before, so now that she's finally tasting good food, the contrast is especially strong."
Back in that era, what good food could there have been? Having anything to eat at all was already pretty decent. So now that Columbina could taste delicious dishes, there was no way she would be able to hold herself back.
"If Columbina wants something to eat, just buy it for her. If you run out of Mora, I can give you some," Koji said.
"No need. I made quite a lot of Mora from farming around before, so I've got enough for now," Lumine said, shaking her head.
"You have no idea how hard those mountains in Natlan are to climb. Just looking for a treasure chest is exhausting."
Compared to the other nations, Natlan's local culture felt much more ancient, since it was still based around tribes rather than concentrated cities like Mondstadt or Liyue.
To travel from one tribe to another, you had to walk a long, long way. It was a little better if there were teleport waypoints.
"Natlan probably never developed into centralized cities because of the Abyss crisis," Koji said after thinking it over.
If people gathered together too much, it would be bad for resisting the Abyss, and it could easily lead to even greater casualties.
"Yeah. Natlan was the first time I saw a real war in Teyvat," Lumine said, nodding.
In the past, all the fights she had seen were clashes between top-tier forces. They were either gods, demon gods, or divine retainers. Ordinary combatants had no way to interfere.
But during Natlan's Abyss invasion, warriors from every tribe had taken part. It was a war where ordinary people had a major role to play.
"Lumine, did you see Capitano on the battlefield?" Koji asked.
"I did. He was insanely fierce. No wonder he's the Fatui's Number One."
Lumine recalled Capitano on the battlefield: his swordsmanship was flawless, and those ice spheres of his hit with the force of meteors.
He was absurdly overpowered. Was that guy really even human?
"He's a total riddle guy too. I wanted to ask him about Khaenri'ah, but he didn't tell me anything."
"Just ask your brother directly. If he refuses to talk, break his legs."
"That's a bit much..."
Lumine felt breaking someone's legs was a little too extreme. If Aether really got his legs broken, there would be no one to take care of him.
"But... breaking one arm would be acceptable."
Koji was instantly covered in question marks. So she had actually done something like that before?
Poor brother-in-law. In terms of raw power, he was a little weaker than his younger sister. If not for being slightly faster, he would probably just get steamrolled.
"Don't worry. My brother and I have excellent constitutions. A mere fracture heals very quickly."
Koji said with a helpless laugh, "Your brother really spoils you too much. If it were anyone else, they'd probably fight you to the death."
Lumine's expression turned gentle. Even though she always complained about her brother, the bond between the siblings had never changed.
"I'm heading back to Natlan first. I left Paimon there."
After kissing Koji on the cheek, Lumine left directly through a waypoint.
"Time to send Mei back too."
...
Amphoreus.
Koji descended there once more. With the Heroic Memory Vessel blessed by him, it could be said that no one was capable of stopping them.
"Hi~ Long time no see."
Elysia greeted him with a smile.
"Did you meet another me?"
After sizing him up, Elysia noticed something odd and could not help asking curiously.
"You can tell even that?"
Koji was somewhat surprised. He really had met Elysia in the Previous Era, but after so much time, there should not have been any trace left.
"Hehe~ Mm-hm, that's my ability."
"I met the still-living you in the Previous Era," Koji said.
Elysia nodded thoughtfully, then said, "I want to see the living me too. Can you take me there?"
She wondered what kind of expression the living Elysia would make when she saw this memory version of herself.
"Koji, did you go to the past of our world?" Elysia asked.
If he had, then why did she not remember anything? If he had not, then that would be perfectly normal.
"I sealed off that part of time and space. If I undo it, memories related to me will appear in your mind," Koji said.
"I see. Then forget it. We went through so much in the Previous Era already. There's no need to let those unforgettable memories be changed," Elysia said, shaking her head.
There had been many regrets in that era, but those were still their experiences—deeply engraved memories that could never be forgotten.
Koji nodded and looked out over Amphoreus.
"You've more or less finished researching this world by now, right?"
"Haha, a simulated data world. Vill-V says no one understands it better than she does," Elysia said with a smile.
The Elysian Realm itself was a world of data, built by Vill-V, so when it came to data worlds, Vill-V understood them extremely well.
And it was not just them. Those geniuses were also researching Amphoreus, so there was absolutely no need to worry about quality.
"Mobius has taken an interest in Nous. It seems a little dangerous," Elysia said with some distress.
Even though that was a mighty Aeon, Mobius seemed convinced that it was not necessarily beyond her reach.
After all, the Aeon of Erudition had been created. In the end, it was still only a creation.
"Uh... that's very Mobius."
Koji did not find it hard to understand. Mobius was the sort of person who pursued the infinite, and Aeons did contain a certain kind of infinity within them.
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