However, even so, he had no choice but to accept the scenario Lumine had imagined.
There was no helping it; he obviously couldn't speak about his special circumstances.
But it didn't matter. This kind of situation was normal—normal for a man, at least.
Of course, in a sense, Lumine wasn't entirely wrong.
So he said, "Don't go thinking I just want Acheron and the others to run around without clothes all day."
With this answer, Kaito neither denied what Lumine said nor admitted to it.
Anyway, Lumine could think whatever she wanted. He shouldn't explain too much; otherwise, explaining would just look like covering up.
"Then it's every other day," Lumine remarked in response to Kaito's answer.
Since Kaito said it wasn't all day, she felt it must be every other day.
It might even be that when they were staying in their rooms, Acheron and the others actually didn't wear clothes or something.
Kaito: "..."
Not expecting Lumine to think this way again, Kaito was rendered speechless once more.
When exactly did he act in a way that made Lumine think this? He shouldn't have, right?
Enjoying the comfort of the hot spring, Kaito recalled various past events. He felt he hadn't shown any behavior that would suggest the situation Lumine just described.
So, he was genuinely curious why Lumine would think he would do that.
Wait a minute!
Could it be Miko?
Suddenly, Kaito thought of a possibility.
He felt there was a high probability that Miko was behind this.
Otherwise, Lumine definitely wouldn't think of him this way.
Sigh...
That little fox...
Could she stop slandering me in front of Lumine...?
Silently sighing in his heart, Kaito felt numb.
But whatever. As long as they didn't go around spreading their own assumptions, it was fine. Passing it around just between themselves was acceptable.
If they started talking nonsense everywhere, he would really lose his temper.
Right...
Better to confirm it with Lumine...
Thinking he would ask Miko about the situation later, Kaito decided to check Lumine's reaction first. "It wasn't Miko who told you I would do this, was it?"
Lumine: "!"
Lumine was somewhat surprised that Kaito had locked onto Miko so quickly.
Although Miko hadn't said exactly that to her, Miko had spoken about her own affairs, which led Lumine to make that remark to Kaito just now.
So, calculating it out, it was indeed related to Miko, just not directly.
Wait!
Could it be that since that time, Miko also hasn't been wearing anything in front of Kaito all day?
Suddenly thinking of this possibility, Lumine formed another guess in her heart.
After all, since Kaito immediately knew it was related to Miko, she had reason to suspect Miko had done exactly what she described.
"Looks like it really was her." Seeing Lumine's reaction, Kaito immediately knew the result.
Even though Lumine hadn't said anything yet, the expression on her face was enough to verify his judgment.
That Miko really needs a beating...
I feel I need to use Wendy's side to bully her a bit...
After confirming it was Miko's doing, Kaito was already thinking about how to bully her through Wendy.
On this side, he could at most scold Miko, but on Wendy's side, he could bully her a little.
However, Kaito hadn't decided how to bully her yet.
How about just blowing her into the sky...
Thinking it over, Kaito thought of this very simple and direct method.
Anyway, Miko could fly herself; it wouldn't truly hurt her, but it could make her look a bit bedraggled.
Hmm...
Let's do that...
After thinking for a moment, Kaito settled on this approach.
But now wasn't the time; he had to find the right moment.
Although Wendy's side could indeed go do this right now, there was a problem: Makoto was still by Miko's side, so he couldn't do it yet.
"You... made her do that too, right? That's why you thought of her immediately."
Just then, Lumine suddenly said this.
Kaito: "???"
"What?"
Coming back to his senses, Kaito asked "What?" almost subconsciously.
There was no helping it; this time he really didn't know what to say.
He had already explained it like that, yet Lumine was exaggerating things even more.
"Just like what I said just now. When Miko usually comes to find you, is it to do that?"
Because previously when Miko came to find Kaito, she always stayed in her room, so she had actually been curious about what they were doing back then. And now, it seemed she finally knew.
"I say, Lumine, that kind of thing is enough once in a while. It's not interesting if done often."
Helpless, Kaito had to explain it to Lumine very seriously.
No matter what it is, if done often, it quickly becomes uninteresting—including that kind of "Grand Harmony of Life."
Like the last time we did the Grand Harmony of Life; that was back when Wendy's side and Miko went to Mondstadt. It's been a while.
Of course, even if Kaito wanted to engage in the Grand Harmony of Life all day, he couldn't sustain doing it all day long.
Especially since his other selves were people like Acheron and Kiana. If he did this here, only this side of him would have issues, while his other selves might be completely fine after a nap.
"Then... how often is occasionally?" For some reason, Lumine suddenly wanted to know how long "occasionally" meant.
And with Kaito saying this, didn't it mean he really did do it?
Just not often, only occasionally.
What kind of questions are you curious about...?
Was she stifled from not going out in Inazuma for too long?
Looking at Lumine's face full of curiosity, Kaito couldn't help but think this.
It had to be said, the current Lumine was quite different from the Lumine he knew before. Could it be the swimsuit's fault?
Thinking it over, Kaito silently glanced at the swimsuit on Lumine, hidden under the water.
It had to be said, this swimsuit was indeed very nice.
Next time, he could get one for Acheron or Kiana's side.
As for Wendy, he felt she couldn't fill out this kind of swimsuit at all. He even thought about just getting a children's version for Wendy.
There was no helping it; her "material" was seriously insufficient compared to Acheron and Kiana.
Although it wasn't that she had nothing, Acheron and Kiana were just too formidable.
Of course, there was still a way to solve this problem.
It was just that the method would cause quite a commotion, and he didn't know if he could control it.
The Genshin Impact world was already a bit different from other worlds; causing a big commotion might lead to problems.
And more importantly, there was no need to do so.
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