...Alright, come down~
Gabriela gracefully lowered her altitude, and just as she was about to touch the ground, she slightly loosened her embrace on Lumine.
Lumine's toes lightly tapped in the air twice, and she landed nimbly on the ground like a cat.
"Gabriela, aren't you coming down?" Lumine looked up at the angel still hovering in the air, a puzzled expression on her face.
"Ah...me..."
The Damselette twisted her body unnaturally, her wings slightly retracted, and she pointed to her dangling feet with some embarrassment.
Lumine looked down—
Her delicate jade feet were slightly curled, the arch of her foot tensed in a graceful curve, and the soles of her feet were slightly red.
If one listened closely, the cross on her pendant would jingle with her movements.
"The roads in the city... are still a bit rough on my feet," Gabriela murmured softly. "I'll just fly for a little while."
Lumine blinked, her gaze shifting between those bare jade feet and the angel's cheeks.
...So, why no shoes?
Although the Traveler had visited many worlds, she had not joined a certain bar, so naturally, no strange feelings had arisen in her for now.
At this moment, Amber walked over from not too far away.
...I really envy you, Gabriela.
The angel pointed at herself in confusion, "Me?"
"Yes... you can fly all the time! If I could fly freely, I'd do anything!"
Amber excitedly hugged herself, seemingly stroking her non-existent wings.
"When I was in the air just now, I got a little tired after flying for a while, but Gabriela doesn't seem to feel anything at all..."
"Haha, it's normal to be a little tired... after all, it's an artificial tool," Amber looked at the angel's wings, her eyes seemingly full of reluctance. "Lumine, you've done great as a first-time flyer!"
...Not really, Amber taught me well," Lumine said modestly.
"No, taking the first step with a wind glider is very difficult; those without courage simply cannot do it!"
Hearing Amber's words, Lumine unconsciously glanced at Gabriela, but the angel just tilted her head back, seemingly observing the sky aimlessly.
"Alright, let's rest here for a bit. Later, I'll treat you to Mondstadt's delicacies~"
"Delicacies! Are you talking about the Honey-Glazed Carrot Stew?!"
Little Paimon, hearing about food, popped out from who knows where, her eyes sparkling as she looked at Amber.
However, Amber put on a mysterious expression, making Paimon anxious.
...Alright, Paimon, shall we go first?
Before Lumine could finish her sentence, Paimon was ready to sprint towards the restaurant, but the Damselette behind her grabbed her cloak.
She turned back anxiously and saw the indifferent Gabriela.
"Gabriela! Gabriela! Let's go eat delicious food~"
...What gluttony! Judge her!
'System, tell me! How can I save the world with such a foodie?'
The System refused to reply and retracted a message sent by *Gabriela*.
'...'
So Gabriela directly ignored Paimon and looked at Amber beside her, "Amber, does it often rain in Mondstadt City?"
"No... especially recently, we—"
Amber suddenly looked up at the sky; the once azure sky was rapidly turning gray, the temperature plummeted, and the turbulent airflow carried a subtle unrest.
...What's happening?" Lumine also felt that something was wrong.
Bystanders around them fled into buildings, and an ominous aura quickly spread.
However, when she instinctively looked at Gabriela, she saw that the Damselette's golden eyes were already glowing, and a smile hung on her lips.
"Oh no, it's Stormterror! Run!"
"Roar—"
Almost at the same time Amber shouted, a huge dark shadow descended from the sky.
Stormterror appeared in Mondstadt City without warning.
After an angry and prolonged dragon's roar, three violent storms began to sweep through the entire city, with one dark tornado heading directly towards them.
"Little Paimon, how high have you flown?!"
"Huh? Huh?!"
Before Paimon could react, Gabriela had already spread her light wings and plunged into the raging tornado, her slender figure instantly swallowed by the violent airflow.
"Gabriela!!" Lumine almost rushed forward without thinking, completely forgetting the danger.
"Traveler! Are you crazy! Come back!" Paimon stomped her feet in the air, anxious.
"But she—"
Lumine's words stopped short as Amber, quick as a flash, grabbed her arm and dragged her back.
"She'll be fine! We have to first—"
Just then, another sudden blast of wind struck from the side. Before Lumine could react, she was swept up by the gale.
In the nick of time, she decisively let go of Amber's hand, allowing herself to disappear into the howling storm.
Amidst the chaotic airflow, everything spun before her eyes, and the only thing Lumine could feel was herself getting farther and farther from the ground.
"Lumine..."
Seeing a white figure flying towards her, Lumine quickly grabbed the other party.
"Paimon, are... you okay!" Lumine's voice was drowned out by the wind, intermittent. "Hold on tight!"
Without Lumine needing to say more, Paimon had already gripped Lumine's hair tightly.
The pain in her scalp made the Damselette's eyes twitch, but now was clearly not the time to care about that.
The ornament on her chest flickered slightly, and the moment she felt the airflow cut off, Lumine unhesitatingly spread her wind glider behind her.
Feeling herself flying steadily in the air, Lumine hadn't even had time to breathe a sigh of relief when a gust of airflow suddenly hit her from behind.
"Watch out!"
There was no time to turn around; Lumine's body instinctively maneuvered the wind glider to turn sharply to the side.
Almost simultaneously, a familiar figure tore through the storm and suddenly appeared, then—
She extended both arms, directly clamping the dragon's head from above and below.
To Lumine's disbelief, this girl, who was smaller than the dragon's claw, actually stopped the giant dragon in such a simple manner.
Boom—!
The giant dragon and the angel wrestled in mid-air, unleashing a deafening shockwave.
The violent air current pushed Lumine farther away, yet her eyes remained fixed on this fantastical scene:
The dragon's mouth was slowly forced shut, its teeth grinding with an unpleasant screech, and its body slowly retreated, while Gabriela still looked completely at ease.
...What did she eat to grow up so strong?
"Roar-ng-ng-ng-ng-ng—!!"
The Dragon of the East Wind was enraged. This was no ordinary enemy; He must strike with full force!
A deep hum vibrated in the dragon's throat, a green fury, the surging of an elemental torrent.
"Boom—!"
A scorching light erupted.
At the same moment, the angel's figure instantly vanished, narrowly grazing past the beam shot by the giant dragon, and reappeared beside Lumine.
"Gabriela, are you okay!" Lumine hurriedly grabbed the angel's wrist.
"I'm fine, Lumine," the Damselette extended her right hand, pointing at the giant dragon roaring furiously at her.
In an instant, violent black energy surged like a tide, gradually forming into a dozen longswords around Gabriela's hand, rotating around the girl.
...What should I say at a time like this?
"Roar!!!!!!!!"
Different energies collided in the most primal way, even dyeing the sky two colors.
"Come! All royal blood shall be met with swords... hmm!?"
Just as the battle was about to erupt, the giant dragon twisted its body, its six wings flapping fiercely, and it fled from her presence instead.
...Ran away?" Paimon's mouth hung open in a daze.
And in the distant sky, Dvalin's figure grew smaller and smaller, gradually becoming just a faint green dot.