After confirming he hadn't forgotten anything, Orion contentedly continued considering who would serve him that night.
Should it be the Reformists' sudden assault on the Creative Workshop, or the Traditionalists' plan to drag Lumine over?
As it turned out, others made the choice for him; Mona, Fischl, and Noelle, who were part of the Improvement Faction, came over together.
Actually, Mona originally wanted to come alone, but she realized she probably couldn't win by herself, and the extremely combat-capable Noelle and Fischl were undoubtedly her best allies.
Orion looked at the three people in front of him, slightly hesitant: "Are you planning a team-up?"
"Yes," Mona said, crossing her arms.
"What about Lumine and the others? Did you tell them?"
"I told them. They said the newcomers should be given some preferential treatment."
After hearing Mona's explanation, Orion rubbed his chin in confusion: "Shouldn't other transmigrators usually have a Secondary Consort decide on a nighttime raid, followed by the Main Consort knowing full well and smiling faintly, and only when both can't hold out does the Multiplayer Dungeon phase begin? Why did mine start as a Group Dungeon right away?"
"What are you mumbling about? Hurry up and lie down on the bed. Don't delay Hofner and the others from coming to see me."
"Damn it, Mona, I've wanted to ask you this for ages. You haven't already decided where to buy the School District Housing, have you?"
Orion was still thinking too conservatively. Mona had actually already prepared connections for the children to receive Direct Admission to Graduate School or even Direct Admission to Doctoral Programs.
Moreover, speaking of which, as the Giant Spider, he himself was already qualified as a Group Dungeon Boss.
But now that things had come to this, Orion wasn't someone to be pretentious. Plus, he had always had a hurdle in his heart: as a grown man, why did he have to turn into a soft, fragrant Shota most of the time and be passively beaten the entire time? What kind of situation was this? Of course, the main reason was that a few crazy women were simply too wild; when you saw them go crazy, you somehow didn't feel like going crazy yourself.
But today was different! Orion had decided: Mona, you will be the main victim tonight!
Arriving at the bedroom, after the three of them entered the Boss Room, Orion paused at the door. In the end, he didn't close the door tightly, but instead left a gap wide enough to see inside from the outside.
He intended to wait by the stump for the rabbit.
An hour later, the Mona trio's game was wiped out for the first time. Orion considerately told them to rest properly before continuing the game.
As for himself, he moved to the door at nearly teleportation speed, opening it at a pace absolutely invisible to a normal person!
Show yourself, little darling!
However, when the door opened, the imagined outburst of Water element or Xiangling losing her footing and tumbling into his arms did not happen.
Orion looked at the emptiness outside the door and finally laughed self-deprecatingly: "Forget it, I should have figured. Xiangling wouldn't be that kind of person, no matter how I think about it. It seems I was just imagining things."
To be fair, although Xiangling tends to lose all appeal if her clothing coverage exceeds thirty percent, if she had been discovered by Orion under these circumstances, he would have immediately had her join Mona and the others to form the Classic Allogene Four-Person Squad.
Orion closed the door, turned straight back to the three of them, and said, "Alright, let's continue!"
The next morning, Fischl, whose cultivation progress was poor, found her inventory completely full. She was sound asleep, hugging Noelle, who was also fully loaded, while in the center of the battlefield, only Mona was still struggling to hold on.
Finally, Mona bit fiercely into Orion's shoulder, leaving only the words, "Bastard... fighting cannot replace sleep!!!" before passing out.
Orion came back to his senses, feeling a bit guilty. It seemed Mona was too tired from playing video games all night.
But this was mainly Fischl's fault. There's a meme in the Genshin Impact community about "I'll pull for anyone who heals enemies," but Fischl was different because her Cultivation Technique genuinely applies BUFFs to enemies!
After tucking the three of them in, Orion tiptoed out of the Boss Room. Sure enough, it was completely dry outside.
Orion smiled slightly. It really seemed he had worried too much. How could Xiangling be that kind of person? He then quietly closed the door and left.
Moments later, the slightly weary snoring of the three people inside could be heard. Then, in one corner, a wardrobe door was pushed open.
Xiangling cautiously poked her head out from inside.
"...Exciting!"
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Unaware that Xiangling hadn't missed a single live stream, Orion leisurely went to check out Big Griseo's studio and Anaconda's workshop.
Big Griseo was currently napping face down on the desk. Orion looked around and saw light novel illustrations for Oregairu and Chitose. Meanwhile, The Younger Griseo had covered the entire room with paint footprints from her bare feet and was now sleeping alone on the sofa.
She was helping Big Griseo draw colored pages.
Orion couldn't bear to disturb her, so he simply covered her with a blanket and retreated.
This servant retreated, and that retreat led him all the way to Anaconda's side.
Anaconda wasn't asleep yet. She was wearing large goggles and seemed to be welding something.
Orion pondered for a moment, then secretly printed out several Three-View Drawings of Iron Man, Oma Zi-O, and Gundam, slipping them between Anaconda's design drafts. This way, a confused Anaconda might inadvertently help him forge a few sets of armor.
Just thinking about it was exhilarating.
No guy would refuse a girlfriend who could build Iron Man, Gundam, and Tokusatsu Suits!
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After explaining everything to his household, Orion walked out of the Miliastra Wonderland and refreshed onto the main street.
Under the dumbfounded gaze of a certain Miss Tianquan Ningguang, who had been staking out upstairs for many days and refused to disclose her name, and Miss Yelan, who had been forcibly dragged along, Orion strolled alone toward the Wanmin Restaurant.
Skirk wasn't following him today, because Skirk felt that sightseeing was fine, but he had no reason to accompany Orion to work.
Lazy bum! Absolutely no initiative!
Orion severely reprimanded him, and was then poked out by [Azure Radiance] pressing against his backside.
Can't even take a joke! I'm reporting this to the Central Authority!
Upon arriving at the Wanmin Restaurant, Xiangling, sporting some heavy dark circles, was already making breakfast in the kitchen.
Orion was startled: "Xiangling, what's wrong? Why are your dark circles getting so heavy?"
Xiangling showed a smile that was both energetic and exhausted: "Hehe, it's nothing. I just accidentally stayed up all night researching recipes."
Orion frowned. Losing consciousness in the kitchen was not safe, so for the first time, he used the Gate of Babylon in front of someone else.
A golden ripple appeared in his hand, and under Xiangling's surprised gaze, a black pill dropped out.
"Eat this. It guarantees you'll be full of energy today."
Orion placed the Medicinal Pill in Xiangling's hand. Trusting him, Xiangling immediately swallowed the pill, and then her whole body jolted.
"I really don't feel tired at all!" Xiangling, whose dark circles had vanished, laughed happily.
Orion nodded, intending to go find Shenhe, but Xiangling suddenly grabbed his sleeve: "Wait! Orion, that... could you give me a few more of these pills?"
Orion:???
What exactly are you doing at night?
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