As a new day began, the following days settled into an unusual yet routine cycle.
In the morning, he would get up, practice tai chi to loosen his muscles and joints, have breakfast with the kids, and then take a short break.
After that, he had to don the heavy Shura Darknight Requiem armor and take little Sara to give lessons to Her Excellency the Raiden Shogun.
Fortunately, the two of them were at roughly the same pace in their studies, and the daily content lined up perfectly.
When Her Excellency the Raiden Shogun saw little Sara, she was somewhat puzzled.
"This is the disciple who will one day take my place in the future, so I've brought her here early to get familiar with Your Excellency."
The Shura Anyakonsen-shou explained it this way.
Her Excellency the Raiden Shogun nodded, indicating that she understood and accepted having one more person attending lessons beside her.
Then, something unbelievable happened.
Her Excellency the Raiden Shogun's learning efficiency simply couldn't keep up with little Sara's...
Halfway through the lesson, little Sara even had to take the initiative to explain things to Her Excellency.
"Your Excellency, perhaps you can understand it this way..."
Because little Sara's approach was more rigid and methodical, and she was willing to put in the effort to provide a bunch of extra examples to expand Her Excellency the Raiden Shogun's knowledge base, her explanations actually worked a little better than the old man's.
"Her Excellency loves her people too much. Five hundred years ago, she trusted the Three Great Commissions, so she handed over her authority to them.
But she never expected to be deceived by those with ulterior motives from the Kujou and Hiiragi families. Now, for the sake of the people of Inazuma, she has no choice but to start learning the knowledge from five hundred years ago all over again.
This is a dereliction of duty on the part of her subjects."
This was little Sara's understanding.
Well...
The old man didn't really want to comment much on this matter. In the end, though...
All three of them were studying diligently, and Her Excellency the Raiden Shogun was keeping up with the progress.
It could be considered mission accomplished, right?
The Shura Anyakonsen-shou figured that while the process wasn't great, the result was pretty good.
Then, at noon, the old man would take little Sara flying all the way back to the Kamisato residence.
"Huh? Sara, have your wings healed?"
This actually surprised the old man a bit.
After all, from the Genshin Impact materials he'd seen before, it was written that Sara had injured her wings as a child. In the game, when using her, it was always Gliding Champion (Anemo wings) activation, and in the story, she was basically only seen fighting on land...
And previously when flying, she had also used the wind glider, so the old man had assumed her wings were injured and unusable.
"Master, today when I met Her Excellency the Raiden Shogun, I suddenly felt a surge in my heart—a willingness to dedicate my life to Her Excellency—and then my wings started itching..."
Well...
Never mind, he didn't really want to say anything about that either.
Her Excellency the Raiden Shogun is invincible in the world, Her Excellency's beauty is peerless and unmatched, Her Excellency makes fish sink and geese fall from the sky!
After that, he took little Sara along, stepping on accelerating wind rings to fly back to the Kamisato house.
Then, out of serious consideration for the child's appetite,
the old man cooked personally once again, and he'd more or less figured out little Sara's tastes.
This kid was suited to big communal meals.
And she particularly favored beast meat dishes.
Compared to the Kamisato family's preference for refined seafood, they were complete opposites...
If one day he took little Sara and little Ayato to Liyue for a meal, those two would probably automatically spark the classic Liyue restaurant rivalry between "Li cuisine" and "Yue cuisine."
After lunch, during the short rest period, the old man and little Sara would usually sit together in a daze or let their minds wander—the morning's fatigue needed a bit of recovery.
Then in the afternoon came the time to prepare lessons for Her Excellency the Electro Archon and handle practical political activities.
Since little Sara's teaching effectiveness was quite good, the old man also dragged her along to study together.
The two learning together made things more efficient.
If little Sara didn't understand something, she would ask the old man. And sometimes, when the Shura Anyakonsen-shou didn't understand, he would first ask little Sara. If neither of them knew, then the old man would go ask the Geo Archon's cat-dragon plushie.