"Alright, Ei, it's alright, it's alright, Sister knows everything. This can't all be blamed on you."
Raiden Makoto looked at her precious sister's disheveled appearance with a heavy heart.
Ever since her sister's anomaly appeared, her consciousness had begun to awaken according to the program.
Therefore, she knew how much pain her sister had been in during this time.
Her sister, who had lost almost everything, was on the verge of eternal damnation.
"Alright, your sister is just a wisp of consciousness right now. I need to take her back for a series of recuperations before she can recover. You can't touch her right now."
Hermes reached out to stop Raiden Ei from further contact, explaining softly.
Yae Miko looked at Raiden Makoto and Raiden Ei before her, and her eyes couldn't help but well up.
Memories from five hundred years ago resurfaced. Back then, she was still a naive little fox, carefree all day long.
But on that day, five hundred years ago, everything changed.
As a young fox demon, she had no choice but to shoulder the duties of a Guuji, pouring her heart and soul into leading the shrine maidens across Inazuma, planting seals in dangerous places one by one... Raiden Ei lost everything, and Yae Miko, how could she not have?
"Miko, you've worked hard all these years too."
After comforting her sister, Raiden Makoto turned her head and softly said to the greatly changed little fox, "I know, Miko, you've done your best. This was all because things happened too suddenly back then. I didn't make proper arrangements and left abruptly, forcing you all to bear the responsibility."
Listening to Raiden Makoto's words, Yae Miko finally couldn't hold back, and tears streamed down her face.
Heaven knows how Yae Miko managed to get through that period.
After hundreds of years of mental and physical exhaustion, she finally managed to stabilize the situation in Inazuma, only to find that the Raiden Shogun had become reclusive and uncaring.
Then, Inazuma's nobles also began to stir, and the situation continued to deteriorate.
But what could she do?
This wasn't her responsibility!
Raiden Shogun's rigid and stubborn logic completely disregarded her opinions.
And now, the situation in Inazuma had deteriorated to the point of an impending storm. Just when Raiden Ei herself finally returned, she had gone mad!
At that moment, Yae Miko felt like the sky was falling!
After a long while, Raiden Makoto finally managed to calm her sister and the little fox's emotions.
Then, Raiden Makoto finally had time to approach Hermes and respectfully bow.
"Lord Hermes..."
Just as Raiden Makoto was about to express her gratitude, Hermes gently said, "From now on, the entire Teyvat World will be mine. Once you recover, you can help me handle my ever-increasing trivial matters."
The Archons of Teyvat are all rule-based life forms, truly gifted. Once they reach the greater universe, they are bound to experience a period of rapid growth.
While not all of them can reach Buyer's level, they are all very rare talents.
Not only that, their moral standards are higher than each other's.
As long as Hermes doesn't act erratically, it's almost impossible for these individuals to betray him.
Leaving aside the sentiment from his previous life, purely in terms of value, they were worth Hermes putting in the effort to appease and win over, to settle their hearts.
Raiden Makoto quickly said, "Yes, Lord Hermes, I will do my best!"
With matters concluded, to prevent Raiden Makoto's fragile wisp of consciousness from dissipating, Hermes apologetically squeezed Sister Himeko's palm, bid farewell, and swiftly took her away from Teyvat.
Watching Sister Himeko gaze blankly at the spot where Hermes disappeared, March 7th couldn't help but reveal a mischievous smile. She quietly approached Sister Himeko and, in a very natural tone, whispered in her ear, "Sister Himeko, how far have you and Senior Hermes progressed?"
"When's the wedding?"
"Oh? Little March, you seem very eager, don't you?"
Himeko regained her composure, showing no shyness. She turned around with a smile and confidently retorted, "Since it's a wedding, there'll definitely be a banquet, right? Your Sister Himeko is just about to design some coffee desserts for the banquet, like coffee puddings and such. Little March, you'd surely be happy to give me some feedback after tasting them, wouldn't you?"
"If you're interested in trying your hand at making desserts, I have some unique ingredients here in Inazuma."
At this moment, having finally composed herself after the long-awaited reunion with her sister, Raiden Ei said with a hint of gratitude, "If you don't mind, I can help out when you're cooking!"
"No! Sister Himeko, we were wrong!"
Immediately, March 7th's expression of horror could no longer be concealed. She turned to Star, who was still in a daze, and said, "Star! Aren't you going to persuade Sister Himeko? Coffee pudding and the like are definitely evil dishes!"
"But, 'Dessert: Coffee Pudding,' it sounds delicious just from the name, doesn't it?"
"Star! Eating everything will only harm you in the end!"
March 7th looked at the glimmer of clear foolishness in Star's eyes and finally let out a wail.
"Ei, don't be impulsive, don't be impulsive! I'll personally go collect the freshest ingredients then, and then I can just help out with our benefactor's cooking!"
"You absolutely must not go into the kitchen!"
On the other side, upon hearing Raiden Ei wanting to rush into the kitchen, Yae Miko's eyes widened. The bright little face that had just bloomed could no longer hold up and instantly crumpled.
Although several hundred years had passed, Yae Miko still found it hard to forget that one ultimate dish that had wiped out the entire Inazuma high command—
Lethal Chicken Soup!
That dish, sparkling and seemingly a fantastical dish stepped out of a manga, smelled rich and intoxicating... But upon tasting it, Yae Miko still couldn't recall what exactly happened that day whenever she thought back to it... Unbeknownst to her, Hermes had already expanded his Blue Star residence into a dimensional space.
Rumbling thunder flashed in the viewing pool before Hermes.
Beneath the earth, newly formed Ley Lines (Star Power version) gushed forth like a dam breaking, an endless stream of Star Power surging into the pool.
Then.
A human-sized, lightning-flashing giant egg in the air directly transformed this water-like Star Power into infinite thunder.
Hermes looked at this scene, slightly astonished, then intricate, talisman-like phantom images appeared out of thin air, confining the thunder, which was almost enough to submerge half of Blue Star, within this small viewing pool.
He calculated briefly and quickly designed the best nurturing and incubation environment by imitating Raiden Makoto's origin and authority.
Thump! Thump! Thump!
Perhaps sensing the change in environment, there was a misconception of returning to the mother's womb.
Raiden Makoto's consciousness, in this environment where the heavens and earth were almost like a placenta and thunder like amniotic fluid, began to enter a daze of re-conception and growth.
Soon.
Under Hermes's actions, the viewing pool gradually transformed into a thunder pool.
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