Underwater battlefield.
Mona quickly broke free from Jack's restraints and swam dozens of meters deeper.
To pin down the agile, fish-like Mona, Jack lashed out with a whip of vines.
Countless thin vines extended from his hands, each carrying his sense of touch.
They struck toward Mona's armpits, navel, and the soles of her feet—her weak spots.
Unable to withstand the tickling, Mona choked on several mouthfuls of water.
Flushed with anger and shame, she countered with her Hydro ultimate: Vortex.
From her fingertips, hot spring water gathered into a spiraling cone, its tip driving straight into Jack's stomach.
Pfft!
The blast sent Jack flying. But he wasn't so easily shaken off—two vines coiled around Mona's arms even as he retreated.
Mona felt as if she'd been pulled into an acceleration zone; her body suddenly lost control.
When she regained her senses, she was already completely entangled in Jack's vines, every sensitive spot bound tight.
"Gurgle, gurgle~"
Seeing bubbles escape her lips, Jack realized she wanted to speak. He pressed his lips to hers, activating the party's voice chat.
[Speak your mind]
[You bastard!]
[Insulting me? Then I'm leaving the channel.]
[No! I… can you undo these? They… why are they vibrating? My body feels weird.]
[Ahem, Jack doesn't know. It's not Jack's fault—the vines act on their own.]
Then Jack withdrew his tongue and disconnected from the voice chat.
That was close—she almost bit it off.
Mona clenched her silver teeth, her face torn between pleasure and humiliation.
Whoosh, whoosh!
Two ice shards rose from the hot spring floor, slicing toward Jack's vines.
Buzz!
However, the toughness of the vines far exceeded the ice shard user's expectations; they merely rippled and bounced the attack away.
Jack looked through the water and spotted two pale bodies swimming straight at him.
Thanks to the Ocean's Will buff, everything was crystal clear.
So clear that he even noticed a red mole between Eula's thighs.
With her voluptuous figure and graceful swimming, she seemed more like a mermaid than a warrior.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Perhaps his gaze lingered too long—Eula flushed and released a dozen more ice shards.
Jack quickly summoned more vines to block, giving Amber, Mondstadt's swimming champion, a chance to close in.
(Miss Mona, I'll save you!)
Amber thought as she pulled a hunting knife from her Vision.
Hiss!
A vine split apart. Jack flinched, chills running through him, and hastily reduced the sensory feedback of his vines.
Ignoring Eula's barrage, he darted forward, wrapped Amber in his arms, and kissed her.
"Amber, my little angel, are you trying to kill your husband?"
"Eh? I-I only cut one vine. Was that wrong?"
"That vine was like my own finger. Cutting it is like wounding me. Yes, really."
In truth, it wasn't so serious. He had built a safeguard—when a branch was cut, the connection severed automatically, like a lizard shedding its tail. Painful, but bearable.
Amber, however, believed him.
She pulled away, then gently took his finger into her mouth, eyes glistening with worry, as if asking: Will this help?
Jack's heart softened.
As expected of Amber—so kind.
He didn't tease her further. Instead, he gave her a real kiss, sharing oxygen.
A harmonious scene—until Eula misread it as Amber being bullied.
She charged—and promptly became "Mona number two," bound by countless vines.
The vines weren't rough fibers, but soft, pliant tendrils with slight protrusions—more like fingers than plants.
(This guy… wasting such a gift on something so indecent?!)
Eula writhed, tugging against the vines.
Her body tensed. Heat flooded through her.
"Hiss—!"
"What's wrong, Jack? Does it still hurt?"
"It doesn't… hmm… actually, it feels… good?"
"Huh?" Amber tilted her head, confused.
She couldn't imagine the truth—that Eula and Mona behind her were already losing focus, their eyes hazy.
Bound, invaded, suffocated underwater—new sensations overwhelmed them, like stepping into another world.
(Almost time.)
Jack judged Eula was running out of breath.
He released Amber, then moved to Eula, pressing his lips to hers to give oxygen.
Eula kissed back fiercely.
"Villain! Idiot! Sadistic husband! Go die!"
"Uh… Miss Eula, I heard all that."
"So what if you did! I'll still curse you!"
"Fine, fine. Your mouth says one thing, but your body tells the truth."
Eula snorted, then clung to him like an octopus as the vines loosened.
Half an hour passed.
Amber had already surfaced several times for air before Jack finally let Eula go.
Exhausted but satisfied, Eula shoved him away and fled upward, dragging along a hesitant Amber.
Left behind was Mona, Hydro Vision wielder, her eyes glazed, tongue lolling slightly.
(Oh no, I forgot to switch it off!)
Jack quickly undid the vibrating vines.
But the freed Mona lunged like a hungry shark, devouring him whole.
…
One hour later, at the hot spring camp.
Jack sat straight-backed, three flushed girls around him.
"Do you know you were wrong?" Eula demanded, arms crossed.
"I know."
"Hmph! You admit it quickly, but do you know where exactly you were wrong?"
"Plenty of places. Why don't you tell me one or two, Eula?"
"Don't answer him, he's tricking you! Make him figure it out!" Mona scolded, sipping hot milk to replenish herself.
Eula, about to reply, snapped her mouth shut and glared at him. "You don't know and you're trying to trick me! That's an even bigger mistake!"
Her glare was more pout than threat.
Jack sighed.
He raised a finger, summoning a green vine.
"Ugh!"
Two of the three immediately stood, reflexively entering a Hydro-attached state despite being dry.
With Jack, the so-called Tentacle Monster, here—how could this harem ever fall into chaos?
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