After being set down by Skirk, Lumine and Paimon looked around. This was a strange space filled with deep purple.
"Th-this, where is this?" Paimon asked with some unease.
Skirk simply answered with two words: "My home."
Orion also looked around: "Is this that Abyss space or something?"
But his question received no response.
He looked back and found Skirk's large, ruby-like eyes staring intently at him.
"Can you take your hand off my waist now?"
"Sorry." Orion retracted his hand and gave a French military salute.
However, Skirk didn't care too much. He didn't want to form connections with others because he was afraid of involving them. With Orion's strength, even if Teyvat were truly destroyed, he would probably be able to escape.
Instead, spending the day with Orion and Lumine—both fellow extraterrestrial beings—made him feel a bit nostalgic for when his parents were still alive, and a certain childish voice in his heart became somewhat noisy.
To suppress the emotions sealed within his heart, Skirk decided to adopt the simplest method—training.
"The flow of time here is different from the outside. Lumine, train your new power here. Even if you train for a few hours, only a few minutes will have passed once you go out," Skirk said to Lumine.
"Skirk, didn't you say you didn't want to take on any more disciples?" Lumine asked.
Skirk crossed his arms but pointed a finger at Orion: "Why don't you take him as your master? Then we can teach you together."
Lumine looked at Orion with disdain. He had just seen Orion's hand grabbing Skirk's waist earlier, which had caused his body temperature to rise by two degrees.
Seeing this expression from Lumine, Orion's eyes widened: "Hey! What's with that look? You don't want to take me as your master?"
"I don't. I'm afraid you have ulterior motives toward me."
"Then don't come begging to take me as your master later."
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
Looking at Lumine's confident expression, Orion had a mischievous idea.
He had long since seen the word "Shota-con" in Lumine's information panel. Although he didn't know why Lumine was a Shota-con, just like how the Doctor is obsessed with taking off operator shoes, the Rover throws away everyone he sees, Sensei is a loli-con, and the Port Commander is a big-chest-con, community fan creations always bring people some strange new gimmicks.
Compared to the trashy Lumine in fan creations, this Lumine who was just a Shota-con was much better.
Thus, amidst the surprised expressions of Lumine and Paimon, and the calm expression of Skirk, Orion transformed into the Shota appearance he had first had in the witch's space!
With neat, clean, slightly yellowish-white hair, elf ears with red tips, and a small, round face full of collagen, Orion stood there with his hands on his hips, looking up at Lumine, who had a drop of saliva flowing from the corner of his mouth.
Huh? A drop of saliva?
"Hehehehehe!!! A delicious little boy!!!"
Suddenly! Lumine pounced like a zombie gone berserk. At this moment, he finally understood what Skirk was holding when he returned from the sea—it was Orion in this form!
The moment he saw Orion in this size, Lumine had a feeling in his heart. He felt that there would never be another little boy character of this size in the entire Teyvat continent; this might be his only chance in this life.
Ten minutes later, Paimon finally pulled the berserk Lumine away.
Orion couldn't even open his eyes by this time. Skirk walked over and took out a tissue to wipe Orion's face, but didn't know where to start. Finally, he touched Orion's face with his finger, and an ice mask instantly formed.
He took the mask off directly—done.
Orion also hurriedly transformed back into his adult form.
Friends, facts have proven that the feeling of having a blonde beautiful girl smear saliva all over your face for ten minutes is not pleasant at all.
And the trashy Lumine, who should have been thrown into prison, calmed down and begged to take Orion as his master. He wanted to be a rebellious disciple who defies his master!
Afterward, the training officially began.
Lumine was very interested in training his power, while Paimon was very interested in the different flow of time, pestering Orion to ask if he knew any details. Orion could only say: "The mysterious power of the universe. Pretty amazing, right?"
In the following time, Skirk used Seven Transformations of the Serpent to mimic the power of other elements and taught Lumine some elementary element theory.
Orion also briefly explained to Lumine what a Descenders was. Simply put, it was a person who possessed the status to change the world, though he didn't explain it in detail.
Watching Lumine undergoing special training under Skirk, Orion also tested his own power on the side. His wind-attribute Elemental Power could heal Lumine and provide shields.
Lumine was very excited, very excited indeed, seeing the wind shield circulating continuously around him. He had already imagined it all—he had already planned to wear the shield, ignore the unknown god's attacks, and fight his way up to Celestia.
However, Orion poured cold water on him, because you can't just keep the shield on from here to there. From the moment you put the shield on until you approach the opponent, if three Abyss Mages throw a few balls at you, your shield will Swirl away in that one second.
However, Orion didn't mention his Elemental Burst ability. He stared blankly at the four characters on his panel.
[Ideal Fluid]
That's right, the healing effect and the shield from earlier were both subsidiary effects of Ideal Fluid, which is the ability to isolate matter using frictionless Ideal Fluid.
It's just that this ability...
"Why is it so much like Venti?"
...
In the real world, about ten minutes had passed when a spatial rift appeared again.
A girl, no, a warrior wearing white stepped out.
His expression was firm, his physique sturdy. His face had no shadows but was full of thick lines, and two Arataki lines hung from the corners of his eyes to his cheeks, making his face look chiseled.
Just looking at his stance, he was terrifyingly strong.
"Traveler, are, are you okay?"
Paimon flew over and asked with concern.
Lumine gave a slight smile: "Yare yare daze, I just feel like I'm full of power now; it seems like I could kill a cow with one punch.
This body is now—like the wind with spirit, like the moon reflecting shadows!"
Orion, standing behind and looking at Lumine's demon back (hallucination), twitched the corner of his mouth and asked Skirk: "Did you train him too hard?"
Skirk shook his head: "I originally wanted to make him go without sleep for a few days."
Orion: "..."
Orion had no choice but to transform back into his little Shota form in front of Lumine and then transform back in an instant. Lumine's state instantly completed the transformation from tough guy style → perverted Shota-con → blonde beautiful girl.
It was like refreshing his state.
Afterward, the group continued to walk slowly toward Mondstadt, but the further they walked, the stranger Orion felt.
Where are my Stormterror and little boy-girl?
I was planning to see how big a normal-proportioned Stormterror is, and see if the white pantyhose of the old Europa legitimate white banner are as impressive as rumored online, but now that we're almost at Mondstadt, the dragon hasn't even appeared.
Suddenly, his Lingkun stirred—oh no!
He had delayed a day to wait for Skirk! So, did Stormterror meet Venti yesterday? If they met yesterday without the Traveler and Paimon causing trouble, then maybe Venti has already purified Stormterror himself?
It's over, it's over, the plot is all messed up!
However, what he didn't know was that the commotion of him falling into Teyvat yesterday was too big, causing Stormterror not to dare to move at all yesterday. As a result, when Venti finally summoned it again today, it was interrupted by him again.
However, he soon stopped dwelling on this matter, because he thought of something even more heartbreaking: he might not be able to meet Amber.
The cute little bunny can't possibly run out and patrol this route every day, right? Running it once every two days would already be good!
Feeling incomparably disappointed, Orion couldn't be bothered to expand his perception ability. He only kept the passive automatic defense and the newly acquired wind-attribute Elemental Power, maintaining a normal human level to enjoy the scenery, but suddenly heard footsteps coming from the cliff beside him.
Everyone looked toward the cliff at the same time. Sure enough, a figure darted out the next moment!
"Danger!" Orion, who had been distracted, didn't think at all and assumed someone was about to jump off the cliff to commit suicide or hadn't seen the cliff while running. He didn't notice at all that this cliff was only two or three meters high, which was nothing at all for someone with a Vision.
His body acted before his brain, and he darted out in an instant, catching the person in a princess carry!
"I am the Knights of Favonius of Mondstadt, Outrider... Huh?"
Before the routine introduction line was finished, Amber found himself held in a pair of strong arms.
He looked at Orion's handsome face, then looked at Lumine and the others in the distance who were all shocked, and finally shifted his gaze back, slowly covering his chest with his hand.
"Thank you, bu-but could you please put me down first?"
What a polite little bunny.
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