Lumine: Brother, drop some gold coins.
A crisp sound echoed through Jean's office.
Aether, who had only just stood up, immediately fell to the floor again.
A red handprint quickly appeared on his face.
"Lumine, what are you doing?" Aether looked at Lumine in bewilderment.
Before this, he had imagined what might happen when he and Lumine met again.
Perhaps she would look at him with tears in her eyes, or perhaps she would excitedly want to leave this world with him...
But he had never imagined that his gentle, adorable little sister would slap him the moment they met.
Lumine did not answer Aether's question. She merely said flatly, "Looks like it's real."
"Of course I'm real. How could I be fake?"
Seeing his sister like this, Aether's gaze grew even more confused.
What was wrong with Lumine?
Could sleeping for too long have damaged her brain?
As if their hearts were connected, the moment that thought arose in Aether's mind—
Lumine seemed to sense it, and her gaze at Aether instantly turned sharp.
Wonderful. Not only had he thrown her into the wilderness and made her survive on berries and unseasoned fish for an entire month.
But when she had finally made it to Mondstadt, she discovered that the whole Mondstadt incident had been orchestrated by her own brother!
Fine, she could overlook that. But now he even dared to badmouth her in his head. She did not need this brother anymore!
"If you're real, then why didn't you come find me?!"
"Fine, maybe you didn't come find me, but you didn't even support your own little sister! Do you have any idea how miserably I've been living out there?!"
"I picked up a glutton right at the start, and she eats three hundred thousand Mora every month!"
"Every day, I was either doing commissions or on the way to do commissions, terrified that I'd starve to death!" Lumine lifted her long leg and kicked Aether.
Kick after kick landed on him as she vented the anger in her heart.
At first, she truly had worried about Aether's safety.
After all, when facing the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles, seeing Aether get captured by her... it was impossible not to worry.
But after she joined the Chat Group—
She learned that Aether had awakened several hundred years before her. Not only was he completely fine, but he had even become the Prince of the Abyss Order.
He ate and drank well every day, with a whole group of monsters under his command.
Meanwhile, she had started with a month of wilderness survival and had to raise an emergency food supply that could eat like a monster.
To earn enough to live on, she had to rise early and work late doing commissions every day.
How could she possibly feel good after comparing their lives?!
Seeing Lumine like this, Paimon was so frightened that she did not dare make a sound.
She hid behind Su Luo, wondering whether she should start eating less.
Otherwise, she felt that if Lumine ever snapped, she might really eat her.
Acting Grand Master Jean and the others also did not dare say anything.
Although they had only known Lumine for a few days—
They had handled some matters together and knew her reasonably well.
Their impression of Lumine had been that of a cute girl who was sometimes adorably dazed and sometimes playful, quite capable and incredibly efficient at work.
This was the first time they had seen Lumine this angry.
But this was someone else's family matter, so they could not really say anything.
Compared to Acting Grand Master Jean's well-behaved group—
Su Luo's group was genuinely enjoying the show.
Spicy strips, sunflower seeds, watermelon—they had everything.
Anyone who did not know better would think they had come on vacation.
A moment later, Lumine had vented enough.
She spread open her little hand and held it out in front of Aether.
"What?" Aether's face was bruised and swollen, but when he saw his sister holding out her hand, the confusion in his eyes remained impossible to hide.
"Mora! Don't tell me you don't have any!" Lumine kicked Aether again and stared at him dangerously.
She refused to believe that after serving as the Prince of the Abyss for several hundred years, Aether did not even have a single Mora on him.
Aether fell silent for a while.
In the end, he took several bags of Mora from his storage space.
Lumine's eyes immediately lit up.
She quickly stuffed the money bags into her pocket.
Then she looked at Aether again.
"Is that all? Don't tell me that's all the money you have." Lumine put her hands on her hips, looking completely justified.
Her cute little face seemed to have the words, "Old man, hurry up and drop some gold coins," written all over it.
"That's all. This is all the Mora I have on me. If you want more, I'll have to go back and get it," Aether said helplessly.
He had not seen Lumine in a while, yet she was still the same as ever.
"Tch, I'll let it go today. But remember to bring me Mora every month from now on, or I'll have Su Luo blow up your home!"
Lumine pulled Su Luo over and borrowed his authority to intimidate Aether.
Su Luo smiled broadly and did not expose Lumine.
Cooperatively, he took Enuma Elish from his collection space and pointed it at Aether.
Cold sweat streamed down Aether's face. He knew very well how powerful that sword was.
Even though Su Luo had not used his full strength before and had not unleashed the sword's true power—
He had still easily launched a "nuclear strike" from the world of Teyvat into the Abyss.
Even the Abyss itself had been affected to some extent.
And judging by how relaxed Su Luo had looked during the later battle, he had clearly held back a great deal.
Aether had no doubt that if Su Luo seriously used that sword, he might truly be able to split the entire Abyss apart!
"I understand. On this day every month from now on, I'll bring you living expenses."
"Can you let me go back now?" Aether nodded repeatedly, then looked at Su Luo.
His final question was clearly directed at Su Luo.
He knew that Lumine's confidence did not merely come from being his little sister. More importantly, it came from Su Luo standing beside her.
Otherwise, with Lumine's current strength, how could she possibly have found him and captured him here?
"Sure." Su Luo nodded.
The Chains of Heaven released Aether from their restraints and returned to the collection space.
Then Su Luo thoughtfully opened the Imaginary Space, preparing to send Aether back to the Abyss.
Before leaving, Aether moved his wrists and looked at Lumine with a complicated expression. "Sorry, Lumine."
"As the Abyss consumes..."
Before Aether could finish speaking, Lumine kicked him into the Imaginary Space!
"Who wants to hear that cryptic nonsense? Get in there!" Lumine snapped.
Find her brother? What brother was there to find?
Sorry, but ever since joining the Chat Group, she had not wanted to find her brother anymore.
Aether was fine anyway, so why should she care about him?
If Su Luo had not been from another world, she would have wanted to settle down with him in some city in Teyvat and live a happy, fulfilling life.
Who wanted to look for a brother?!
After doing all that, Lumine gave a light cough and returned to her usual cute, friendly appearance.
"Um... Group Owner, now that the mission is complete, shouldn't we submit it?" Lumine reminded her.
"Alright, then let's get ready to go back." Wang Xiaomei nodded slightly.
"Huh?! You're not staying for dinner?"
"We've already prepared a celebration banquet to properly thank you for your enormous contribution to Mondstadt City." Jean's heart skipped a beat, and she hurriedly tried to persuade them to stay.
"We..." Wang Xiaomei was about to refuse when Su Luo looked over.
A trace of confusion flashed through Wang Xiaomei's eyes.
She did not understand what Su Luo meant.
But when she followed his signal and caught sight of the exhaustion on Jean's face, she immediately understood.
Heading to Inazuma, reviving Makoto.
Jean alone bore at least eighty percent of Mondstadt City's affairs.
She worked overtime until dawn every day.
Her body had long since been exhausted.
On top of that, with this Abyss Order attack, Jean, as the Acting Grand Master of the Knights of Favonius, had led by example and guided the knights in resisting the monsters' assault.
Even though most of the Abyss Order's forces had been destroyed by Su Luo and the others, it had still placed a tremendous burden on Jean.
After all, rebuilding after the disaster, calming the people, and countless other matters all needed Jean to handle them.
If Jean did not rest now, she might truly collapse.
Su Luo's intention was to use the celebration as an excuse to let Jean properly relax and rest while hosting them.
She was a hardworking, upright, and kind woman. Even Wang Xiaomei did not want to see Acting Grand Master Jean collapse.
Thinking of this, Wang Xiaomei nodded and changed her answer. "That sounds good. Then we'll trouble everyone from the Knights."
They agreed to hold the celebration after eight in the evening.
Jean had Lisa act as Wang Xiaomei's group's guide and take them around Mondstadt City.
She also called Amber and Noelle over to help.
As for Eula...
Considering the city residents' resentment toward the Lawrence Family, as well as Wang Xiaomei's group's feelings—
Jean could only helplessly have Eula lead the Cavalry Captain to continue clearing dangers around Mondstadt City.
Otherwise, there was no need to imagine what might happen if Eula led Wang Xiaomei and the others around Mondstadt City.
Eula understood this as well.
After outwardly declaring, "Daughter of the despicable Gunnhildr Family, I'll remember this grudge!"—
Her body honestly led the Cavalry Captain to clear the remaining monsters around Mondstadt City.
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