At night, in the hotel room where Durandal, Lumine, Paimon and Shenhe lived, a group of people were holding a so-called pajama party.
This was proposed by Lumine, saying that this is a way for girls to enhance their relationship. When sleeping at night, everyone puts on their pajamas and has a good chat.
In order to achieve this goal, even Paimon took off her baby-like clothes and put on a white, cute children's pajamas, making her look even younger.
Durandal's nightgown was blackish-purple tulle. Upon closer inspection, it was slightly transparent, allowing a faint glimpse of the layer of clothing underneath. It was one of Durandal's rare bold outfits, making Lumine drool.
"You always focus on these strange things. You've been like this since before. Whether it was in the past or now, I can't understand your obsession with these things."
After studying for this period, Durandal also understood that dressing up could greatly enhance a girl's charm. Different outfits could allow girls to display different charms.
The nightgown Durandal was wearing was something she made herself. The reason she made this outfit was entirely because she and Lumine went to a clothing store to choose clothes before. Lumine stood in front of this nightgown, constantly looking at it, and constantly muttered, "Durandal would look very beautiful in this."
Huh? Wait a minute, she made this outfit because of Lumine. Was she deliberately letting herself hear those words at the time, so that when she materialized the nightgown in the future, the first thing that came to her mind would be this?
Thinking of this, Durandal couldn't help but look at the other party. This fellow was particularly clever when dealing with this kind of thing. Perhaps that was really her intention from the start.
"I also can't understand. When I was cultivating in the cave, I always wore the clothes that my master prepared for me. I don't feel any discomfort."
Shenhe usually wears that outfit even when she sleeps. Don't think that outfit would be uncomfortable to wear. It was made by immortals.
Even though Cloud Retainer's specialty is mechanisms, it's just a piece of clothing. With Cloud Retainer's ability, making a comfortable one wouldn't be too simple.
"Eh? That was made for you by Cloud Retainer? Heh~ Thinking about it, Ganyu's set should also be from Cloud Retainer, right?"
Thinking carefully, Ganyu and Shenhe's clothes are a perfect match. If you combine certain parts together, it's a complete set of clothes, isn't it?
Lumine followed Paimon's train of thought and realized that it was indeed the case. Although Cloud Retainer is strange in some ways, it has to be said that he has great taste in clothing.
As the initiator of this pajama party, Lumine's pajamas were very simple, just a simple white nightdress, without any other fancy parts.
Just based on this nightgown, one would think that Lumine is the kind of very youthful girl. In reality, she is the type whose speed is so fast that she doesn't give people a chance to get on board.
"Oh~ Since we're sleeping, we need to differentiate it from our usual clothes. Changing into this light and comfortable outfit to sleep at night will make you sleep more comfortably, won't it?"
Lumine clapped her hands, bringing everyone out of the topic of pajamas: "Now, let's start our first pajama party. Although I don't know if there will be new pajama parties held in the future, let's have a good chat this time. Say the things you usually don't dare to say."
"Things you usually don't dare to say? Is anything okay? Won't there be retaliation afterward?"
Although everyone's relationship is very good, there are some things they really want to ask, especially Durandal. Because they are afraid of touching her sensitive spots and stepping on landmines, everyone is very careful.
"Probably... not? Right, Durandal?"
"...What do you want to know from me? I will answer at my discretion."
Since she participated in this party, Durandal didn't want to spoil the fun. Since they wanted to know something from her, she would tell them.
Anyway, she has told them almost all the secrets about herself. The only thing they don't know is what happened to her in other worlds.
"First of all, I want to ask. You seem to hate Ningguang, right?"
Lumine raised her hand and asked cautiously: "I know that's because she schemed against our relationship during the Osial incident. But... there seems to be another reason inside. Can you talk about this reason?"
Durandal hates people who like to scheme, especially those who scheme against people who are important to her.
Ningguang stepped on this landmine, but Lumine wanted to understand the reason for the formation of this landmine.
"...Also because of a woman, a fellow who put me in an irredeemable situation."
The moment she thought of Hulder, Durandal's face became very ugly.
Although she didn't meet Hulder many times, looking back now, the way she looked at herself and other Apostles clearly showed that she was scheming something.
In order to better show everyone Hulder's image, Durandal used her ability to create Hulder's image in her hand.
"Is this the Hulder? She looks very powerful."
Lumine rarely wasn't attracted by Hulder's appearance, nor did she make strange comments about Hulder's clothes. Instead, she felt that Hulder looked very powerful.
"Not to mention her intelligence, she was the first person to discover and utilize the power of nature. She is the originator of all magic. You can call her the body of magic. All magic is a joke in front of her."
These were all the evaluations she had heard. As for Hulder's true combat power, she had never seen it, but she could not become an Apostle without a bit of strength.
"The originator of magic? Sounds even more powerful. Hmm? But, what is magic? I feel that this sentence contains a lot of amazing information."
Teyvat doesn't have so-called magic. This sentence contains a lot of information. Lumine, who had traveled to other worlds, realized something and suddenly looked at Durandal.
"Durandal, could it be that you, like me, are also from outside this world?"
Durandal nodded and stretched out her right hand again. The image of a space-time rift appeared in her hand: "I was defeated by adventurers before. Because I wouldn't die easily, I planned to use the power of the space-time rift to completely kill me."
"Defeated by adventurers? You're so powerful, but you were actually defeated by adventurers?"
Durandal's power is obvious to all. Durandal, who is so powerful, was actually defeated by adventurers? This... Could it be that those adventurers are very strong?
"Because I crossed into different dimensions twice in a row, my power was greatly weakened. Moreover, the adventurers at that time obtained Hulder's blessing and were briefly immune to my plague. This gave them a chance to defeat me."
Speaking of this, Durandal sneered: "Very perfect, isn't it? She was the one who brought me to the Demon World in the first place, so there was the [black plague] Durandal. Later, she brought me to Noire Ferra to create a plague, and then she transported me to Leshphon. Countless people died because of my arrival. The adventurers, as heroes, attacked me in groups in order to prevent the spread of the disaster."
"During this process, she never took action and hid behind the scenes to observe. The adventurers would even be grateful for the abilities she gave them, completely unaware that she was the mastermind."
Because she was too angry, Durandal's body trembled unnaturally, and the red light in her eyes shone. She seemed to be able to see the smug smile on Hulder's face when her plan succeeded.
"Just by doing a few actions, she can achieve her goals, as if everyone is her chess piece, and everything is going according to the script she set in advance."
"Do you think that Ningguang, who designed me to stand on the side of Liyue Harbor to avoid the immortals taking action when the negotiations broke down, and secretly called Jean and Klee to the Jade Chamber, has a bit of Hulder's shadow?"
This can also be considered Hulder syndrome. That fellow gave Durandal too bad of an impression. It is basically impossible to ease Durandal's relationship with Ningguang.
Understanding this, Lumine sighed for a long time. After that, she accepted Ningguang's commissions several times. In her interactions with Ningguang, she knew that Ningguang was not bad. She just saw that she and Durandal were extraordinary and wanted them to become her people.
But she didn't expect Durandal's identity to be a God, nor did she expect that Durandal didn't like being schemed against, which ultimately led to her falling out with Durandal.
Lumine wasn't stupid enough to say something like letting Durandal let go of the past. She believed that if she said this, there would definitely be a rift in their relationship.
Putting herself in her shoes, her life has always been schemed against by a woman, and the tragedies she experienced were completely brought about by the other party. If she were to experience Durandal's life, the situation would probably be worse.
But having experienced these things, Durandal can still treat the world gently. Perhaps it is also for this reason that the world will return her gentleness, allowing her to control her abilities and live the life she wants after coming to a new world.
"I understand. You've really worked hard."
"It's certainly been hard. Many times I've wondered what the meaning of my existence in this world is, if all I can bring is pain, DMG, and despair. Although countless years have passed, I think I've found the answer."
Saying this, Durandal took Lumine's hand, and under the latter's gaze, a gentle smile appeared on her face. It was the gentlest look Durandal had ever shown, one she had never revealed before.
"Perhaps the purpose of my birth was to meet you, Lumine. Thank you for coming to this world, thank you for inviting me, and... thank you for meeting me. I am... very happy now."
[Thump!]
These words had the force of a nuclear bomb. When had Durandal ever said such things? Lumine, completely unprepared, was directly hit by this blow.
She stared blankly at Durandal, her cheeks gradually turning red, until they were completely flushed, crystal clear, and looked very cute.
"Wah! Traveler! Traveler, are you alright!"
Lumine, unable to withstand the blow, collapsed. This scene terrified Paimon, who rushed over to check on her.
Lumine's face was full of happiness, her hands clasped in front of her chest, with an expression of "no regrets in this life."
"Traveler!?"
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