Lumine woke up very early every day.
Every day, greeting the first ray of morning sunlight, Lumine would use her Gecko Wall-Climbing Technique to climb to the highest point in Mondstadt City, the apex of the Mondstadt Cathedral, to conduct her morning training.
This was something Orion told her, saying that by absorbing the Sun's Violet Qi every morning, she could gradually cultivate the Purple Demon Eyes, which would have miraculous effects in the future.
He said that a world-renowned expert—a certain spiritual master—had taken advantage of the high altitude of the mountain near his village, called Quinessence, to successfully cultivate this divine technique. At first, it allows you to substantially improve your visual capacity and see in great detail; at an intermediate level, it grants you a mental state where everything slows down, and it also allows you to see elementary particles with greater clarity; and at its advanced stage, you had 360-degree vision, not to mention that you could see details as small as a fly's wings with clarity, shatter illusions, and even deliver mental blows to your adversaries. Finally, at its final stage, it allowed you to see more than 10 miles away with microscopic vision and an enhanced level of all the aforementioned abilities.
Lumine felt he was talking nonsense.
But trying it out wouldn't hurt.
After finishing her morning training and greeting Barbara, who was performing her morning prayers, she would go do her daily commissions, accompanied by a newly awakened Paimon.
Every time she passed Barbara, she seemed to catch a scent of Orion; and when she forced Orion to turn into a little boy for her to hug while sleeping, she would also catch a faint scent of Barbara.
There was also a little bit of Amber's scent.
However, Orion only knew a few people, and his social circle was limited, so she didn't pay it much mind.
Every day, after listening to Miss Katheryne's signboard lines, she would accept four tasks in one go, and then complete them all in one go.
For example, today she had to teach a girl how to use the Gale Blade.
She didn't know why she had to teach someone the Gale Blade; she couldn't even use the Gale Blade herself—that was Acting Grand Master Jean's signature skill.
But when she used a tornado to destroy the training grounds, the girl was ecstatic, shouting, "So that's how you solve it!"
These past few days, she had also met a few good friends, such as a white-haired boy who was very enthusiastic but had terrible luck.
There was also a blonde girl who was Chuunibyou, very amusing, and carried a Bird-shaped Translator.
There was also a maid, silver-haired, clearly the type Orion would like. After learning Lumine was an Honorary Knight, she instantly turned into a little fangirl, utterly adorable.
When she went back and told Orion, he said that one was the Pyro Archon of Natlan, another was the reincarnation of a Great Power, and the bird beside her was her Remembrance Spirit. If she hadn't been born in the wrong place, she would have immediately become a version 3.0 specialized support character. And the last one was a Gundam.
What was he rambling about? She couldn't understand.
Oh, right, one day Orion brought over an extremely, extremely, extremely cute little loli who immediately called Lumine "Sister-in-law" upon entering the home. This startled Orion, who loudly insisted he hadn't taught her that.
Lumine bought her some candy to appease her, and that night, she punished Orion by making him transform into a little boy to be used as a body pillow.
After finishing her tasks and returning home, she would undergo special training with Skirk.
In Skirk's space, one night could be used as several days. She was constantly growing stronger. After sleeping soundly in Skirk's space and emerging to greet the new day, she felt as if she had lived several lifetimes.
This was Lumine's day.
Skirk also woke up very early every day.
The first thing every morning was morning training.
Dragging Orion along for morning training.
After breakfast, Orion would run away. But it didn't matter; Skirk had realized over the past few days that although Orion wouldn't constantly stick to one person, he would gravitate towards beautiful women whenever he had the chance, so he would definitely come back to eat lunch with her.
After lunch, afternoon special training!
After she lost five or six times, Orion would run away again.
Then she would rest, meditating until evening.
And Orion would come back again with dinner.
Although in her distant memories, it should have been her mother cooking at home and her father returning for dinner, since he bought the food, she might as well eat it.
After eating, shouldn't they digest the food?
Special training!
Special training until Lumine returned.
Special training for Lumine!
It was truly fulfilling; she was getting stronger every day.
What about Orion?
Orion's mornings were also spent waking up early, called by Skirk.
After holding back his strength to play with Skirk for a while, she would need time to recover, and he would run out to search for the Anemo Archon's whereabouts.
Where should he look for the Anemo Archon? The church, of course!
Since he was already at the church, wouldn't it be rude not to greet Barbara?
After greeting her, if Barbara offered to perform a Physical Exorcism on him, would it be appropriate to refuse?
After the Physical Exorcism was done, and she couldn't stand steadily, wouldn't it be inappropriate not to help massage her?
If he massaged her legs and feet, wouldn't it be inappropriate not to massage the other areas too?
Orion was not an impolite person.
After leaving the church, he had to go to work.
That's right, he submitted a manuscript to the Yae Publishing House on the very first day!
He had stored many good things inside the Giant Spider's main body—the UFO Saucer—including a lot of printing equipment.
While other plagiarists needed to type things out little by little, he didn't; he just had to review it in his mind and it would print out.
Commoner's Cultivation Chronicle, plagiarize!
battle through the heavens, plagiarize!
Douluo Continent, plagiarize! But we'll write Tang San as the villain and change Bibi Dong into the main heroine to cater to the female market.
Defeated Heroine, plagiarize!
Demons Slayer, plagiarize!
Dungeon Seeker, plagiarize!
IS (Infinite Stratos), modify this slightly, make it a bit more reasonable, otherwise, the country bumpkins of Teyvat might not be able to handle something so stimulating.
If I tell you to plagiarize, then plagiarize! I'll take responsibility if anything goes wrong!
He submitted a few pieces to the Yae Publishing House. Unfortunately, he didn't meet a beautiful editor, but the store owner looked like he was about to kneel down in awe—what a literary master!
Shouldn't this sell out instantly?
Expedite publication!
At noon, he would buy lunch and go back to Skirk. He would sneak out again in the afternoon, where he would invariably run into the cute Amber right after she finished posting a Missing Aether Notice, and she would happen to glide down right into his arms. He always had to take responsibility and escort her home, right? Otherwise, how dangerous would it be for a girl alone outside? What if she ran into a pervert?
Note down Amber's address (whispering).
That night, after spending some time with Skirk again, Orion opened the map and suddenly realized he had only activated one statue of the seven and two or three Waypoints.
Therefore, afterward, every morning after finding Barbara for an exorcism, he would go activate statues. If he happened to run into Amber on patrol, he would accompany her for a round, activating Waypoints along the way.
In the afternoon, after escorting Amber, he would traverse the area to activate the remaining Waypoints and hit some Ley Line Blossoms, because he discovered that activating Waypoints gave him Primogems, and defeating Ley Line Blossoms also dropped Mora. Why wouldn't he farm that?
The first couple of days were fine, but starting from the third day, he constantly felt like there was a blue-haired beauty with an amazing figure secretly watching him from around the corner, especially after he caught Amber; the gaze was particularly sharp.
Who could it be? So hard to guess.
During this period, he also went to claim Klee. Klee was overjoyed to learn she had another older brother, especially seeing how much Orion resembled her.
On this particular day, he didn't get an exorcism or specifically wait for Amber; he just spent the entire day playing with Klee.
However, he still ran into Amber and Barbara on the road. Fate truly works in mysterious ways.
According to Barbara, the church had officially recognized Orion's identity as an Honorary Priest, and they had specifically come to find him to inform him of this matter.
Klee had heard Orion mention that he had three female traveling companions, and this relationship seemed different from the teacher-student relationship between Big Brother Albedo and Big Sister Sucrose. Klee didn't know what to call a woman who was close to her biological brother, so she asked Amber. Amber, thinking of something unknown, suddenly blushed and said they should probably be called "Sister-in-law."
Later that day, he took Klee back to the hotel. Klee took advantage of Orion's inattention and instantly recognized three "sisters-in-law." They finally managed to shut her up with a pile of candy.
Lumine and Skirk were fine, but Paimon was completely stunned by the shouts. The sound also made Orion break out in a cold sweat. You can't just shout things like that!
On this day, they also killed an Abyss Order member who was foolish enough to try and steal Klee's toy. Klee unlocked a new piece of knowledge: Abyss Mages are not people and can be killed.
Finally, time reached the fifth day.
On this day, Orion was still sound asleep in bed when suddenly a bare foot stomped onto his face.
Lumine was radiating dark energy, looking at Orion with the gaze one reserves for the dead: "Five days! Where IS the Anemo Archon?"
"Woo, wuwuwuwu."
"I don't want to hear your explanation. I just asked, where IS the Anemo Archon?"
"Wuwu, wuwuwuwuwu."
"Five days ago you said 'no more than five days.' And today you're telling me 'definitely today'? I haven't seen you look for the Anemo Archon these past few days, but you haven't missed a single day of chasing girls, have you?"
"Wuwuwu, wuwuwuwu!!!"
"...Fine, I'll give you one more chance."
Lifting her foot, Lumine got out of bed and put on her boots. After shooting Orion one last fierce glare, she hurriedly ran out the door.
She still had to cultivate the Purple Demon Eyes.
Orion sat up and sighed, then looked at Skirk, who was meditating nearby. She was using Abyssal Power to plug Paimon's ears so the child wouldn't be woken up.
His original intention was to ask if they were going to play today, but Skirk looked at Lumine's retreating back, then at her own high heels: "I can't. My heels are too sharp."
"I think it's necessary for us to discuss the image you two have of me."
But in the end, Orion still walked out alone. Orion, oh Orion, how could you be so decadent? Today, I absolutely must go find Venti; I can't keep indulging in female beauty!
Half an hour later, because he hadn't accompanied Skirk for morning training, Orion was stretching leisurely after bidding farewell to Barbara inside the church when he happened to catch Lumine in a princess carry as she glided down from the sky.
The two of them stared blankly at each other for a full minute.
Lumine chased him, hacking at him for ten streets, pursuing him from Mondstadt East Road all the way to Grape Wine Street.
Hiding in the bushes, Orion wiped non-existent sweat, watching Lumine search for him like a vengeful spirit. He could only shrink into the grass, afraid to come out. If you asked, "If you can destroy stars, why are you afraid of a blonde girl?" Orion would give you a thumbs up and say, "You are truly Sigma." Every time Lumine waited for him to turn into a little boy, she practically drove a huge cart over to run him down. If Skirk and Paimon hadn't stopped her, she would have already run over the little pony. How could he possibly argue with her? A master shouldn't act this way.
Orion sighed, "Life IS truly one wave after another."
"Yeah, brother... are you here, *hic*... running out on the bill too?"
"I don't run out on bills. I always pay for my meals upfront."
"Hmph~ I usually~ don't run out either... It's just that while I was drinking, the Treasure Hoarders stole my Mora..."
"Alas, the Treasure Hoarders... speaking of stealing treasure... huh?"
Orion suddenly turned around and saw a green figure drunk and collapsed against the base of the wall.
A small green cape, a fake Vision made of glass, long legs encased in white stockings, and a girl-like face.
It was none other than the Anemo Archon Barbatos, also known as Venti.
Good heavens!
Had Reid Miller personally arrived? To actually be able to steal from the Anemo Archon!
Orion walked over and patted Venti's face. Venti merely pursed his lips but didn't move further. It seemed he had fallen asleep right after speaking those two sentences.
Orion smiled. He had searched high and low only to find it right under his nose.
Carry the corpse, return to court!
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