"What nonsense are you talking about!?" Jiang Lianqiu stared dumbfoundedly at the blonde girl who had suddenly spoken up.
"Ahem! Let me put it another way." Lumine coughed and changed her wording, speaking again in the cadence of a bard's chant. "In the Year of the Dove Carrying a Branch, the throne above the heavens..."
"Caw! I don't want to hear it! It'll bring the Nails!!!"
Sannada, whose PTSD was extremely severe, instinctively covered her ears and crouched on the ground in fright.
"No Nails, but plenty of knuckle raps." Jiang Lianqiu irritably raised his hand and rapped Lumine twice on the head. "Look how badly you scared Sannada. If you scare her into something serious, where am I supposed to find another Moon God little sister as lovable as her to compensate me?"
"Exactly!" Sannada, still crouching on the ground, looked up and pulled faces at Lumine. "I have a Master backing me up now!"
"Ooooooh..." Lumine drawled. "Master, huh?"
Sannada spoke righteously, "That's how it was to begin with. My sisters and I all called Big Brother that. It was only because Big Brother himself asked us to change how we addressed him."
Rather than seeing Sannada blush herself into a breakdown as expected, Lumine was the one left dumbfounded.
"Is that strange? I am now the Heavenly Principles of Teyvat. It is only natural for Teyvat's Moon God to call me Master." Jiang Lianqiu lifted his chin, then glanced at Sannada. "Come on, say it again."
"Eh...?"
Sannada froze.
"...Master?"
"Master."
After Sannada, a second "Master" came from behind Jiang Lianqiu.
Then, cool breath carrying a rich fragrance brushed across the back of Jiang Lianqiu's neck, followed by a soft body leaning against his back.
"Gah! Columbia!? When did you get back!?" Paimon turned around and discovered