Orion teleported to Musk Reef. It wasn't that he couldn't go anywhere else, but that this place had the fewest people.
Orion greeted the goddesses inside his body, then spat out Rosalyne.
As a result, after his body closed, there was no one in front of him. Orion looked down in confusion, only to find Rosalyne lying flat on the ground, her forehead pressed against the earth.
On the left was the Fatui Harbinger system, on the right was a set of maid outfits created by the goddesses, and in the middle was Rosalyne.
"Mas, Mas-Master, Ro, Rosalyne will definitely, definitely be obedient to you from now on!"
After speaking, Rosalyne seemed to suddenly remember something and hurriedly added in a panic: "Hmph hmph!"
Orion:...
What have you been trained into?!
Orion cast his gaze into his body and saw all the goddesses laughing until they were bent over.
I give up. I asked you to manage her personality, not to train her!
Orion looked at Rosalyne with a strange expression: "You, why don't you get up first?"
Rosalyne didn't stand up, but instead started trembling all over: "Master! Please, please let me be your personal maid and serve you! I beg you!"
"Holy shit, what exactly did you go through?"
Orion covered his face, walked to the side, sat down, and said: "Tell me what they did to you first?"
Rosalyne didn't know what she understood it as, but she was immediately ecstatic and hurriedly crawled over: "Yes! Yes! Hmph hmph!"
Then, under Orion's shocked gaze, she began to recount.
A quarter of an hour later, Rosalyne looked up and asked: "Master, have you accepted me?"
Orion looked at her and said: "Don't speak yet, continue."
"Okay..."
Finally, after Rosalyne finished recounting, Orion felt a bit of heartache and handed a bottle of water to her parched throat. There was no help for it; she had spoken with too much heart. As expected of a witch who had been Burning her own blood for five hundred years, she was truly ruthless to herself.
Orion had had a gastroscopy in his previous life and knew that the feeling wasn't comfortable.
Rosalyne took the water, gulped it down a few times, swallowed the words, and then stood up with peace of mind: "Master, the Mistresses have already told me everything. The source of our past tragedy wasn't something that could be solved simply by confronting Barbatos, and the creations of the Abyss weren't that simple either. Although the Tsaritsa's plan is underway, it may not be a permanent solution.
But you are different. You possess absolute power, a transcendent status, and can even distort the environment of Teyvat into whatever you want in an instant. Only you are the ultimate embodiment of all possibilities!
Therefore, I will serve you from now on and be your eternal m— "
"*Cough cough cough!* Maid! Maid!"
"Alright, maid." Rosalyne's face showed joy; she believed Orion had accepted her status.
The sisters were right. If she had said she wanted to be a maid from the beginning, Master would likely have hesitated, but once there was a comparison, Master would compromise!
Looking at Rosalyne's appearance, Orion secretly checked her nervous system. There were no traces of forced brainwashing or hypnosis.
Then it was likely that they used powerful divine power to make her surrender from the bottom of her heart.
Fortunately, Orion couldn't quite accept someone who had been brainwashed showing him love. Of course, if it were that kind of hypnosis app that would expire after a period of time, it would be a different story. That kind was fun precisely because it would expire.
Orion looked into Rosalyne's eyes; they were filled with two words: devotion.
Orion stood up and held Rosalyne's hand: "Just in time, I need your help with something later. I will take you to see Barbatos, but before that, you have to restore your previous unruly appearance."
Rosalyne's eyes focused, and she shook off Orion's hand: "I am the dignified Eighth Fatui Harbinger! What kind of thing are you, daring to touch my hand?"
Orion cautiously stepped back. He instantly switched to "Zignora mode."
However, you have to admit, you really have to admit, the Lady *must* have this flavor!
Orion nodded at her: "Not bad, this appearance of yours is actually quite interesting."
"Tsk!" The Lady spat and looked at Orion with slanted eyes: "What? A nobody like you dares to touch me? Even my young wolf, Rostam, never touched my core!"
Orion was shocked to hear this. He couldn't remember how far Rosalyne and Rostam had progressed in the text, but looking at Rosalyne's noble appearance, was she still a fake married woman?
Was there a real one?
Forget it, talk about it later. Orion grabbed Rosalyne's arm: "Let's go, I'll take you to see a high monk. She happens to have some Buddhist teachings to discuss with me; you should come and learn a thing or two as well!"
Rosalyne was shocked and struggled in a panic. The force was so great it could almost crack an egg: "Let go! Let me go! Even Rostam was never this rude to me!"
To be fair, Orion still respected this hero who sacrificed himself because of the Durin incident, so to express his apology, Orion made some compensation: "Then I will allow you to call his name in a moment, but you must add 'I'm sorry' in front of it."
One hour later, Orion, who came out of the Immernachtreich , stood on the beach holding Rosalyne, who was dazed and still muttering "Rostam, I'm sorry" in her mouth.
He looked at the sky and sighed: "As expected of a high monk who has attained the Dao, the Daoist methods are truly unfathomable..."
He walked two steps and suddenly stepped on something. He looked down.
"Ouch! I knew something was wrong! These two sets of clothes are still left here?"
He hurriedly helped the Lady put on the Fatui Harbinger uniform, and then helped her put on the mask that covered her disfigurement.
Although the current Rosalyne had recovered into a normal person and her appearance had completely returned to a peerless beauty, one couldn't let others discover that, right?
After dressing her neatly, Orion shook Rosalyne again, but saw her shake her head: "No, I'm tired... Let the high monk take over for a while..."
Orion:...
It hasn't even been twenty-four hours since defeating Dvalin, how many people is this now?
Forget it, let's go make an appointment with Venti first.
Orion stored Rosalyne in a separate room in his body to avoid the goddesses doing anything else to her, and then strolled back to Mondstadt.
As soon as he entered the city, many Mondstadt residents recognized him and greeted him one after another.
"Hero! The hero is back!"
"Awesome! I just saw another golden-haired heroine and her little white sprite at Good Hunter, I didn't expect to see another one so soon!"
"Honorary Priest! When are you going to marry Barbara?"
"What Barbara? Shouldn't the Honorary Priest marry Acting Grandmaster Jean?"
"What does Acting Grandmaster Jean have to do with this? I saw with my own eyes the Honorary Priest carrying that girl from the Lawrence clan on his back and taking her home."
"If you say that, does it mean that girl from the Lawrence clan really isn't that bad? Otherwise, why would the Honorary Priest be with her?"
"Doesn't Amber always hang out with that woman from the Lawrence clan? I think the Honorary Priest has a good relationship with them. There's an old saying in my hometown of Liyue: 'One who stays near vermilion gets stained red, one who stays near ink gets stained black.' Maybe they aren't what you think they are anymore!"
Listening to the noisy voices in his ears, Orion kept a smile and greeted everyone, while asking if anyone had seen Venti or Lumine, and walked to the door of Angel's Share. Along the way, his arms were stuffed with many gifts.
Is it really here?
Pushing the door open, he found Lumine, Diluc, Kaiya, and Venti drinking together.
As soon as Orion entered, he was discovered by everyone, and then he saw Venti point at him: "Look, I told you, as long as we get together, it won't be long before he finds us himself."
Paimon also saw Orion, then flew over in a hurry: "Wow! Why do you have so much delicious food in your arms!"
But as soon as she finished speaking, Paimon's expression suddenly became serious. She sniffed and said to Lumine: "There are two more... no, three scents. One is relatively faint, mixed with Skirk's scent, the other two are very strong, on the level of Eula and Jean, not quite at Lisa's level."
Orion was stunned. He looked at Paimon with the expression of a hyperthyroid patient: "Is that nose of yours even human? Don't tell me you're actually some Algorithm of Semi-Intransient Matrix of Overseer Network?"
"What matrix?"
"No, nothing."
Orion handed all the food to Paimon, telling her to eat whatever she was interested in, then walked toward Diluc: "Does Master Diluc have anything to discuss with them?"
Diluc shook his head: "Nothing, they came to drink on their own."
Kaiya raised his hand: "I do have something. Jean, Lisa, Eula, Amber, and little Klee all really want to see you. But except for Klee, the others are too embarrassed to say it, only thinking about it in their hearts, so I'll say it for them."
Orion took a more expensive bottle of wine from the counter and handed it to Kaiya: "Thanks, this is on me. Master Diluc, here is the Mora."
"I don't want your Mora. Just take whatever you want to drink. I don't care who you treat. Even if you drink Angel's Share dry, I can afford the loss." Diluc refused without even reaching out, but then he changed the subject: "However, you should be careful about playing the field. I won't help you with that, you're on your own. If you get hacked to death, stay far away from Dawn Winery. A murder case wouldn't be good for my business."
Orion felt a bit awkward. It was common knowledge, it seemed.
After Diluc finished speaking, Lumine's face was noticeably flushed, though it was unclear if it was from anger, shyness, or the alcohol.
However, since it was proven they weren't discussing serious business, Orion simply grabbed Paimon, pressed down on Lumine with one hand and Venti with the other, and said: "Then I'll be borrowing these three."
After saying that, he vanished with a whoosh.
Kaiya and Diluc were stunned, then looked at each other.
Two seconds later, Kaiya suddenly hugged the wine in his arms tight: "Don't you dare snatch it, I'm telling you, this was a gift for me!"
Diluc:...
Stupid.
...
Under the great tree in Windrise, Orion teleported over with Lumine, Venti, and little Paimon.
The three of them were stunned at first, but Paimon and Lumine quickly realized what happened; they had seen this move before.
Venti, on the other hand, was completely dumbfounded. What kind of skill was this? Ley Line teleportation?
When the three turned around to look at Orion behind them, they discovered that there was already another person beside him. It was Rosalyne, who had regained her senses.
Orion pointed at Venti's stomach and said to Rosalyne: "You, go, punch him."
Venti:???
Venti didn't say a word and immediately delivered a flying kick: "I'll give you a kick first!"
Orion dodged, and the two suddenly struck a pose and started a standoff, circling around Lumine and the Lady.
"Alright, I didn't expect this, I really didn't expect this! You, Orion, such a thick-browed and big-eyed fellow, have actually betrayed Mondstadt!"
"Heh! The Heavenly Principles take turns, and next year it'll be my turn! I'll just have that Great King Fa move out and let Celestia be mine, that's all. As for you, the Anemo Archon, you're just a supporting role!"
"Pfft! You dragged me here with one teleport, and I hadn't even finished my drink!"
"I can drink for free."
"And as soon as we get here, you tell a Harbinger to hit me! What are your intentions?"
"I can drink for free."
"I've put up with you for a long time! Ever since I met you, the cultivation of inner peace I learned from that old man a thousand years ago has been completely wasted!"
"I can drink for free."
"I'll kill you!!!"
Lumine couldn't bear to watch anymore.
She had spent quite a bit of time with Venti and knew how laid-back his personality was. Given Venti's character, it was almost impossible to see him act like a clown with someone in public, let alone be so angry that he threatened to kill someone. His character design was shattered to pieces.
But Orion seemed to be either roasting him or on his way to roasting him whenever they were together, which inexplicably made it hard for Venti to suppress his personality only when facing Orion.
Rosalyne and Lumine stood together, with Paimon sandwiched between them.
Suddenly, Rosalyne cast a glance at Lumine. She didn't lower her head, but just looked over with her eyes. Lumine noticed her gaze and looked back.
Paimon, caught in the middle, had her hands behind her back, looked at the two with her big eyes, and silently floated back a little.
Rosalyne asked pointedly: "Are you, also the mas... oh no, are you and him very close?"
Lumine didn't have a good impression of the Fatui in the city of Mondstadt, so she just perfunctorily replied: "It's alright, I use him as a body pillow at night."
"Just a body pillow?"
As a result, Rosalyne's words left Lumine stunned on the spot. She slowly looked at Rosalyne and saw the other party curling the corners of her mouth, revealing a wicked and arrogant smile: "Heh, I won."
Lumine:?!
Lumine looked at Orion, feeling that a certain string she had been holding tight in her heart was about to snap.
At this moment, Orion and Venti were finally tired from fighting, panting while staring at each other.
Just kidding, neither of them was actually tired; they were just pretending.
In the end, it was Orion who spoke first: "Where is your Gnosis?"
Venti pointed to the area below his chest and above his stomach, roughly where the diaphragm was: "Around here, why?"
Orion pointed at Venti and said to Rosalyne: "Take it from him!"
Lumine and Paimon looked terrified. What the hell, did he really betray them? What's going on? Does the Fatui cafeteria give extra chicken legs for lunch? Jean, Eula, Barbara, Amber, Lisa, counting Rosaria whom you've hugged once, aren't six women enough to keep you?
But Venti wasn't surprised. He thought for a moment and muttered to himself: "Does the Tsaritsa want this thing?" After saying that, he looked at Orion: "Is the Lady your person now?"
Orion nodded.
Venti asked again: "Do you have your own purpose?"
Orion nodded again. After all, he had to complete the plot to get rewards.
After confirming, Venti waved his hand and took out a green chess piece, then threw it to Rosalyne without a word: "Take it, report back to the Tsaritsa, and give her my regards while you're at it."
Rosalyne took the Gnosis and fiddled with it in her hand: "Is this one of the sources of the gods' power—the Gnosis? What a crude chess piece, not even as good as the collectibles in my home."
With the two conditions of "The Lady obtains the Gnosis" and "Reunite at Windrise for the finale" met, Orion also received the final batch of Primogems, successfully obtaining a chance for a ten-pull.
Orion was overjoyed, and his gaze towards Venti became much softer.
Then a lightbulb suddenly appeared above his head. Wasn't there a skin treasure chest before? That was summoned by calling The Aeon of Elation Aha, and to be honest, he didn't dare to use it indiscriminately.
But why not try it on his brother, his dearest friend, Venti... I mean, why not give it to his good brother as a thank-you gift?
So Orion took out a small box in front of everyone, facing the lid towards Venti, his expression as serious as a marriage proposal.
"Venti, I am truly grateful to you."
"What are you doing?"
"I know you have sacrificed a lot, and I know it hasn't been easy for you."
"Don't do anything reckless, I'm telling you, Lumine and the others are right here."
"To show my gratitude, I have specially prepared a gift for you."
"I don't want it, take it away, don't give it to me!"
"Accept my gift! Skin Treasure Box! Activate!"
"Whoosh—!" With a flash of golden light, Venti was instantly enveloped in cyan light!
A moment later, the light dissipated, and what appeared before everyone was a different scene.
Black hair, slightly greenish tips, a slender waist, pure white divine attire—everything seemed largely unchanged. Lumine and Paimon had seen this look before; wasn't this Venti's divine attire?
But looking closely, they discovered that the stirrup stocking on one foot had disappeared, the white shorts had turned into a skirt, even the chest was slightly raised, and the hands had also been dyed black.
Orion stood frozen on the spot.
Isn't this Wendy from Honkai Impact 2...
Wait, no, is this the kind of skin it is?!
Venti—oh no, Wendy—also came to her senses. She first touched her breasts, then touched the empty space below, and finally ran to the lake to look at her reflection. She turned around abruptly and happened to see Orion and the others cowardly teleporting away.
Blue veins bulged on Wendy's forehead, and she roared at the sky: "Orion!!!!!! I'm not done with you!!!!!!"
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