"You… have you seen my brother?" Lumine's eyes widened, her tone filled with excitement. If there hadn't been a table between them, she would have almost lunged in front of Jun Bai. "Then may I ask if you know where he is right now?"
She hadn't expected to find a clue about her brother so soon.
Jun Bai shook his head expressionlessly and said, "I don't know. I'm currently searching for his whereabouts as well."
A sudden ominous premonition rose in Lumine's heart. After hesitating repeatedly, she asked, "Um, may I ask what kind of relationship you have with my brother? What do you want with him?"
Jun Bai looked at Lumine meaningfully and revealed a gentle smile. "In a certain sense, we are enemies. Since we are enemies, naturally I have no other reason for looking for him."
Her brother's enemy? Lumine's body instantly tensed up, looking as if she would draw her blunt sword and start a fight at the slightest disagreement.
"Calm down. If I wanted to fight, I wouldn't have sat down in front of you."
Jun Bai raised one hand in a placating gesture, motioning for Lumine to sit and talk. "The grudge between your brother and me is not to the extent that it would involve others. Moreover, your brother became my enemy because of special circumstances."
Lumine's expression eased slightly, but she still did not let down her guard. "Special circumstances?"
"Your brother is the [Prince] of the [Abyss], and the Abyss is Teyvat's enemy. That's all there is to it." Jun Bai met Lumine's gaze; his crimson eyes were profoundly deep. "If your brother were like you, just a traveler from another world, I would welcome him. But he chose to come into contact with the Abyss."
"Just on this point alone, he and I are already enemies."
The amount of information in these words was overwhelming. Lumine took a long time to sort through it before she realized one thing.
It seemed her brother had become the enemy of the entire world.
"Of course, this is only my personal opinion and does not represent others. So the only confirmed enemy your brother has right now is me." Jun Bai added.
Lumine breathed a sigh of relief, but looking at the calm Jun Bai, she felt she had celebrated too early.
She had personally witnessed this person's strength not long ago.
The Wind Dragon she could only barely entangle with, this man had repelled with a single strike. His strength was definitely not weak.
He was her brother's enemy, did that mean she might have to confront him in the future? Lumine did not know the answer, nor did she need to know it right now.
Hiding the question in her heart, Lumine asked, "If it's only that, it can be called enmity. But you said 'enemies' (enemies with deep grudge)."
Enmity is about stance, but a deep grudge, that is far more complicated.
Jun Bai fell silent for a moment, then said, "Let's not talk more about this topic. Right now, I want to know, what business do you have with the God of Wind?"
Paimon and Lumine exchanged a glance. In the end, Paimon spoke up to explain, "Lumine and her brother were separated because of an unknown god. We were thinking the God of Wind might know some clues."
"I see…" Jun Bai pretended to ponder. "So, to find your blood relative, you plan to visit the Seven Archons?"
"How did you know?" Paimon exclaimed in shock.
Lumine looked at Paimon with a speechless expression.
How did he know? Because you just said it.
"In that case, how about we make a deal?" Jun Bai crossed his arms over his chest, his gaze burning. "You two assist me."
"As compensation, I can introduce you to the God of Wind and the God of Rock among the Seven Archons, and tell you all the information I know about your brother…"
"Wait, isn't this development a bit sudden?" Paimon waved her hands, about to refuse.
"…plus one million Mora." Jun Bai added.
"How much? One million!" Paimon cried out in surprise, then began counting how many zeros were in one million inside her head.
"Please let me assist you by all means!" Lumine's tone had never been so resolute.
...
Guinaifen's livestream room.
"Ah~ Jun Bai looks so handsome even with black hair!" Guinaifen swooned over the black-haired version of Jun Bai.
[Not only the hair color, even the clothes have been changed. MiHoYo actually designed two different models for the same character.]
[It's probably the same as the skins in Honkai Impact 3rd next door.]
[By the way, why did Jun Bai change his appearance?]
[Probably because he doesn't want to attract attention. After all, his features are too recognizable.]
Lumine: "Have you seen my brother?…"
Jun Bai: "I don't know…"
"Eh, so my husband knows my brother?"
[6, Little Gui directly immersed herself into the role just to claim her husband.]
[Good thing she chose Lumine and not Aether.]
"…"
Jun Bai: "In a certain sense, we are enemies."
[Ah?]
[Ah??]
[So this is a villain suddenly showing up?]
"Ah! My husband is my brother's enemy? No way! Can I disown my brother and defect to the enemy instead?" Guinaifen decisively stood on Jun Bai's side.
However, only after the entire conversation ended did Guinaifen realize the situation was not quite what she had imagined.
"So in reality, Jun Bai has a grudge against my brother, but setting aside my brother's position, we and Jun Bai are still on the same side." Guinaifen breathed a sigh of relief.
"As long as I don't have to oppose my husband Jun Bai, it's fine."
[You don't have to oppose him, but you'll be stuck in the middle between your brother and your husband from now on.]
[Brother? Sorry, this sister is single, so don't even think about trying to sow discord between me and my husband.]
[Did no one notice the one million Mora reward? I want to know if it's real.]
[+1, closed beta players are traumatized by Mora shortages.]
[It might be real in the story, but not necessarily in the game. Old MiHoYo players are used to scarce resources.]
[By the way, the Millelith should be Liyue's equivalent of the Knights of Favonius, right? Can just anyone from there get in touch with the gods? And casually pull out one million Mora without blinking?]
"Eh, someone who can repel the Wind Dragon with a single strike can't possibly be an ordinary person. This Millelith identity is obviously just a cover Jun Bai uses while traveling the world. His real identity must be terrifyingly powerful."
Guinaifen transformed into a ruthless "Jun Bai stan."
But to be fair, her prediction was half right so far.
Jun Bai's identity was indeed very important, but his Millelith identity was not fabricated. Jun Bai held an official position, only the position was rather high.
Following the quest guidance, Guinaifen controlled her character and arrived at Angel's Share, then entered.
[Jun Bai leads you into Angel's Share and walks straight toward a green-clothed youth lying face-down on a wine table.]
Jun Bai (shaking): "Venti, Venti, wake up."
Venti (sound asleep): "zZZ…zZZ…"
Jun Bai (kicking the chair over): "Get up!"
Venti (still sound asleep): "zZZ…zZZ…zZZ…"
Paimon (hesitantly): "Jun Bai, your friend seems to be sleeping soundly. Why don't we come back tomorrow?"
Jun Bai: "No need. He's faking it, just pretending very convincingly."
Jun Bai (pretending to be angry): "Venti, if you don't get up, I'll take back the money I gave you to buy wine."
Venti (bolting upright as if on his deathbed): "Don't you dare."
Jun Bai: "See, I told you."
Lumine: …
Paimon: …
...