Mondstadt, Windrise.
Venti's fingers stopped plucking the lyre strings. He tilted his head back, downed a mouthful of Apple cider, and looked up at the sky with drunken, hazy eyes.
"Eh-he? Seems like there's an interesting big light bulb in the sky?"
"Will the wine party tonight be even brighter?"
He shook his head, took another sip, and stopped thinking about it with a giggle.
Anyway, if the sky falls, the tall ones will hold it up.
And at this moment, one of the "tall ones," Ronova, was staring at that "new moon" which had gradually risen to the middle of the sky and begun to steadily emit moonlight, falling into a long period of contemplation... Fontaine, alleyway.
Asmodeus, who had released the "moon," exhausted her last bit of strength.
The majestic and cold aura belonging to the Ruler of the Sky around her body receded rapidly like a tide.
Her tall figure became illusory and blurred.
"Ugh..."
She let out a muffled groan and knelt on one knee.
She raised her head, her face pale to the point of transparency, and gave King a smile that was weak to the extreme.
"Lumine and Furina... I'm giving them back to you."
She laboriously raised her hand and lightly tapped the space beside her.
Two points of faint light overflowed from her fingertips, rapidly expanding and transforming into two crimson cubes.
Brilliance flowed over the surface of the cubes, then they dissipated like melting ice and snow.
Revealing Lumine and Furina, who were floating quietly with their eyes tightly closed.
The two seemed to be immersed in a deep sleep, their breathing steady, just not yet awake.
"They... need a little time to wake up..."
Asmodeus's voice grew lighter and more ethereal.
"About... two hours..."
Her body began to emit a soft white light.
Within the light, her tall figure rapidly shrank.
Her magnificent attire turned into dots of starlight and dissipated.
Finally—
The light faded.
Remaining in place was only that one with the starry-colored small cape, wearing a supreme crown, eyes closed, small face slightly wrinkled as if dreaming—
Small white floating object.
Lord of Teyvat.
emergency food.
Great King Paimon!
"Hoo... hoo..."
Paimon's tiny chest rose and fell slightly, letting out even and light breathing sounds.
She was sleeping very soundly, even unconsciously smacking her lips and muttering an indistinct: "Quickly offer delicious food to Great King Paimon..."
King stood in place, looking at the unconscious Lumine and Furina on the ground, and the soundly sleeping Paimon.
He was silent for a few seconds.
Then, he walked over expressionlessly.
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