But as the Heavenly Principles—domineering and arrogant as she was—being willing to spare your life was already quite generous.
No matter how you looked at it, you were merely a maid sent along as part of the dowry.
If my young lady wanted to train you, then you had to endure it.
In that regard...
The Heavenly Principles was actually quite protective of her own.
At least the target of her venting hadn't been the Seven Archons of the Mortal Realm.
Otherwise!
The Cryo Archon, Barbatos, would probably have been the first to suffer.
She had been as lively as could be before, and now she was just as docile.
She looked exactly like a model student... Zhongli couldn't help shaking his head at the sight.
Why bother?
Yesterday's cause had led to today's effect.
In the end, she was feeling guilty...
Furina and Furina were Little Griseo's women.
Miss Heavenly Principles naturally wouldn't refuse to give Little Griseo face.
Putting it another way...
The odds of disciplining the foolish Pyro Archon seemed even higher than the odds of disciplining him and Barbatos.
Although the two of them weren't women and had no need to become women, standing by and watching like this did mean losing out a little. They had no way to seize that opportunity, but after thinking it over, pulling themselves out of the whirlpool was actually rather nice.
They ate when they should and drank when they should.
Anything was fine...
The two of them weren't troubled in the slightest.
As for Liyue and Mondstadt.
Tianquan Star Ningguang of Liyue still decided to participate in the preliminary selection.
Shenhe went without saying.
Ganyu had been egged on by her master, Cloud Retainer, and still intended to give it a try.
But someone like Xiangling, who simply