Taking a light sip of the coffee Himeko had carefully prepared for him, Hermes watched from a distance with a smile as Himeko and Welt Yang had their long-awaited reunion.
"Himeko, your coffee is truly wonderful."
Frowning slightly, feeling the vibrant, chaotic colors of the coffee brewing in his mouth, Hermes savored the taste within before a look of satisfaction appeared on his face.
Himeko's coffee, to ordinary people, was a chaotically colored dish capable of burning the "stomach" of a normal person.
When he was still a honkai: star rail player, Himeko's coffee was even given the title of "Conceptual Weapon"… Now, as Hermes curiously tasted it, he finally understood the truth.
It was indeed a drink whose wonderfulness could only truly be appreciated by a very select few.
"Hermes, as long as you like it."
Seeing the satisfied expression on his friend's face after finishing the coffee,
Himeko naturally knew these weren't just polite words of comfort, but that he had truly tasted its wonderfulness. Her lips curved slightly, and her mood brightened considerably.
"However, while I already knew there were many similar flowers in Cosmic Galaxy, I never expected to have such a strange experience myself."
Recalling the peculiar experience she had not long ago, staring face-to-face with the person named Himeko, a subtle emotion stirred in Himeko's heart.
How to describe it?
It was a genuine feeling of facing a sister from another world, born of different parents!
"But, I didn't expect Old Yang to have such an experience."
Recalling the complex past of Old Yang and Himeko that Hermes had told her about… a hint of realization appeared in Himeko's eyes.
"Don't think too much, Himeko."
Hermes sighed and explained, "What happened back then makes it hard to say who was right or wrong. Although Old Yang feels guilty, those things really can't be blamed on him."
"Old Yang was a pillar of his homeland, and to save the world, he sacrificed too much and lost too much."
"For everyone in Old Yang's home world, Welt Yang, this person, can truly stand tall and say he has a clear conscience!"
"And Himeko actually understands this in her heart; it's just that Old Yang himself can't get past his own mental hurdle."
"Hehehe, let Old Yang figure these things out for himself."
Himeko temporarily set aside these complicated matters, which were difficult to sort out at once, and then asked curiously, "Hermes, are you just letting Herta run around outside? Aren't you afraid she'll cause some major incident?"
Himeko naturally had deep experience with a genius's capacity for trouble.
This was a place Hermes had expended great effort to open up; wasn't he afraid Herta would mess it up?
In response to Himeko's question, Hermes smiled without speaking.
Himeko still didn't understand Herta's personality well enough.
For Herta, in such a wonderful place, she would carefully restrain her actions until she had thoroughly researched it, lest the project be ruined before she even began her research.
Just then, Hermes's heart stirred slightly, and he frowned, casting a gaze towards Teyvat.
"Strange, why would such a situation occur in Teyvat?"
"Hermes, isn't Teyvat Buyer's homeland? Has something unexpected happened?"
At this moment, Himeko, who had returned, heard Hermes's murmuring and asked with some concern.
Almost anyone who had spent time with Buyer would find it difficult to bear ill will towards this Great Compassion Tree King, who was full of wisdom and rationality, calm and elegant, and extremely benevolent and loving towards all living beings.
She was truly an elf, like the embodiment of natural spirituality!
"Buyer, is she the one from the legendary Seventy-Two Demon Pillars?"
Welt also followed, quite curious about this.
"Teyvat is an extremely peculiar world."
Speaking of this, Hermes couldn't help but sigh.
Then, he recounted, little by little, the story of this resilient world struggling in the depths of the Sea of Quanta.
"…And so, when the returning Raiden Shogun Baal Zebub returned to her nation, and heard the prayers of millions of her people, still holding onto hope before their deaths, this Raiden Shogun finally completely let go of all restrictions and went utterly mad…"
"The ancient Progenitor Dragon, Nibelungen, the Seven Sovereigns, the Heavenly Principles, the Seven Aratama of the World…"
Welt listened to this somewhat familiar history of Teyvat, a subtle expression on his face.
So, the mythological epics recorded in the history of his own small, broken world were all actual historical records from other worlds?
"By the way, Old Yang, speaking of it, the world of Teyvat actually has quite a connection with you."
Hermes looked at the former leader of Anti-Entropy, pondering slightly.
"Lord Hermes, what kind of connection are you referring to?"
Hearing this, Welt's heart trembled, feeling like he already had some psychological trauma.
After he came to this Galaxy, he felt like every place had familiar faces, always having the illusion that Honkai was still chasing him.
"Since that's the case, I won't hide it from you."
Although he felt a little reluctant to torment this weathered old man, Hermes finally spoke, "I have actually learned a lot about your home planet, Earth, through certain means."
"And in Teyvat, the Heavenly Principles seem to be Kiana Kaslana's interdimensional counterpart."
"There are many similar situations in Teyvat. For example, the Raiden Shogun Baal Zebub, whom I just mentioned, actually has another name, Raiden Ei, and Raiden Ei once had an elder sister named Raiden Makoto!"
The more he listened, the colder Old Yang's heart became.
"According to my observations, the Raiden sisters are the interdimensional counterparts of Raiden Mei and her second personality from your homeland!"
"And now, with the Heavenly Principles fallen, the Raiden Shogun's situation is also not good. If Raiden Ei cannot calm down in time, there is a risk that her consciousness will be eroded by Teyvat's laws of erosion…"
Well, doesn't that just perfectly align?
Kiana, as the God of Earth, the Herrscher of the End, became the Heavenly Principles in Teyvat.
And Raiden Mei, as the Herrscher of Thunder, corresponded to the Raiden Shogun in Teyvat.
Is this reasonable?
Of course, it's reasonable!
On Earth, Raiden Mei almost completely succumbed and became a puppet in the hands of the Honkai God because of the millions of lives lost in Nagazora City.
And now, Raiden Ei in Teyvat is also falling into madness due to guilt towards millions of believers… Doesn't this perfectly align?
Welt's body stiffened, his fists clenched, and blue veins appeared densely… On Earth, Raiden Mei had her good friend desperately rescuing her, but in Teyvat, would there be someone to awaken her?
Thinking of this, Welt couldn't help but become worried.
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