Chapter 31

【"I don't care about anything else. I only hope you can explain things clearly to her."】

【"You're clearly blood relatives, yet you play the riddler and make her suffer — that's not something a brother should do."】

Tartaglia: "On this one, I'm siding with Su Bai."

Kamisato Ayato: "How should I put it — does Aether have some unspeakable secret in his heart?"

Navia: "Anyway, I've noticed that whenever it comes to revealing serious matters, whether in the livestream or the reincarnation story, all of these people have turned into riddlers."

Tianquan Ningguang: "The only thing that's been revealed is the true identity of the Anemo Archon, Barbatos."

Venti: "Huh? Does that mean my identity doesn't count as serious business, so it can be exposed?"

Lei Dianying: "Is there anything worth hiding about this sort of thing?"

Venti: "Ehe, after all..."

Dvalin: "After all, you don't want to do serious business, Barbatos."

【"Lumine?"】

【Aether heaves a deep sigh.】

【"It's fine. She won't be discouraged by something like this."】

【"The reason things have become like this now is something that must be blamed on your appearance."】

【"Your appearance has allowed her to become cowardly."】

【"What's worse, she's lost the meaning her travels should have had."】

【"The two of you, up to now, don't even know what a Vision is, what a Gnosis is, or even what kind of existence Celestia is."】

【Aether's words left Su Bai falling into thought.】

【What a Vision and a Gnosis are.】

【Su Bai had heard a little about Visions back when he was in Mondstadt.】

【Only those who possess a Vision can wield elemental power.】

【But his knowledge stopped there.】

【As for how much Lumine actually knew, Su Bai had no idea.】

Lumine: "Sigh, my past-life self was too busy being love-brained — what would I even know?"

Yoimiya: "Maybe this is the real reason Aether wants to drive Su Bai away?"

Ganyu: "A traveler should have a meaning to their travels, I suppose. Perhaps, just as Aether said, if Lumine put all her energy into Su Bai during her journey, she truly would have lost the meaning of traveling."

Keqing: "Then here's the question — what is the meaning of the traveler's travels?"

Paimon: "Find her brother, duh."

Aether: "......"

"That's why you left behind that line — letting Lumine have travels like yours, and let experiences settle within this world."

【"Until the end, they will eventually reunite."】

【"I don't understand what you're saying. Where is the meaning in letting Lumine undertake this journey just like you?"】

【"All she wants is to go home with you."】

【Su Bai's expression grew increasingly cold.】

"Thoughts change," Aether said calmly. "Once she truly leaves experiences behind in Teyvat, she will naturally have what she ought to do."

【Aether's words gave Su Bai a sense of foreboding.】

Aether left experiences behind in Teyvat and suddenly became the Prince of the Shenyuan Sect.

Su Bai had a bad premonition — if Lumine were to leave experiences behind in Teyvat, then at the journey's end, the scene of her reunion with Aether probably wouldn't be as simple as imagined.

【"Is that so?"】

【"Looks like there's nothing more to talk about."】

【Su Bai's words fell.】

【The mud beside him rustled and gathered together, quickly forming a one-handed sword.】

【"I don't have the kind of grand goal you carry in your heart."】

【"I just hope she doesn't suffer any harm."】

"What exactly is this accumulation of travel you're talking about? Whether it would turn out like you are now — I hope you can explain it clearly."

【Aether stared coldly at Su Bai and shook his head in vexation.】

【"I'm grateful for your feelings toward Lumine, but some things aren't something a person like you can understand."】

【"Teyvat, too, isn't as simple as you imagine."】

【Six wings of light unfurled from behind Aether.】

【He swept up a single hand.】

【A golden orb of light abruptly appeared in his palm.】

【"So be it."】

【"Dealing with you, who appeared out of nowhere, sooner rather than later is unavoidable."】

【"I know you, like us, can accept all seven elemental powers, but..."】

【Aether snorted coldly: "The current me has already fused all seven elements into one. My strength long surpasses that of the Seven Archons."】

【"You have no chance of winning."】

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Chapter 29: Aether: I'm reporting it, someone's being a sore loser.

"This is bad."

"This is bad."

"Lumine."

Paimon stamped her feet anxiously: "Your brother is really going to fight Su Bai to the death."

Lumine felt like she was about to have a stroke from anger.

Was there anything that couldn't be talked through properly?

Fine, Su Bai had indeed wanted to talk things through with Aether at first, but the other side didn't seem to want to talk it through with him.

Even so, it shouldn't have escalated into a violent clash.

Especially Su Bai — before gauging Aether's strength, how could he dare to get into a physical confrontation with him?

So stupid.

That man was practically going to drive this old lady out of her mind.

"But Su Bai's impulsiveness in the past life should have something to do with your wanting to find your brother."

"And with blood kin right before your eyes, I think Su Bai might have imagined all sorts of touching scenes of you reuniting with Aether, but never expected things to end up like this."

"You shouldn't blame him."

Paimon scratched her head, muttering nonstop beside Lumine.

"Of course I know that, that's exactly why I'm anxious."

"How could I possibly blame him?"

Lumine rubbed her temples.

Her breathing was slightly stifled.

She found it strange why she would feel anything about scenes from the past life.

Could it be that because of the viewing time, she had also been infected by the past life's lovesickness?

"Sigh, anyway it's just stuff from the past life, Lumine doesn't have to take it seriously."

Paimon said casually, her gaze drifting to the side.

Hearing this, Lumine immediately wore a look of utter despair.

From the feel of it, if Paimon said two fewer words, she might not have minded this much.

It was as if she was reminding herself to keep recalling the system's earlier rules.

The contents of the reincarnation stories were all things that had truly happened before; they had simply lost their original memories due to the reincarnation.

The more so, the more people would care.