Chapter 435 - 437: Long Time No See, Lumine

Chapter 435: Chapter 437: Long Time No See, Lumine

Genshin Impact: I’m The Envoy of Snezhnaya

Chapter 437: Long Time No See, Lumine

Bai Luo had never been the type to follow rules.

In his eyes, the outcome of something was rarely the most important part.

He would do all sorts of things simply because he found them amusing.

For example, he might take on a job he had absolutely no interest in, or save someone he had originally intended to kill.

Even when circumstances forced him to care about the result, he would still try to find some entertainment in the process.

Take his mission in Inazuma to steal a Gnosis, for example.

He could have simply turned invisible and stolen the Vision directly.

Instead, he deliberately went through the trouble of taking down Yae Miko first, then pretended he had done everything he could to fulfill Her Majesty the Tsaritsa’s orders.

He was like a weed growing in the middle of a desert—expanding however he pleased, never caring whether he would eventually wither away in the endless sands.

And now was no different.

What counted as fun?

Becoming the Anemo Archon?

Saving Dvalin?

No.

That wasn’t Bai Luo’s style.

Compared to becoming a god, he’d much rather spend his time figuring out how to force Barbatos to eat one of his Sunsettias—or pour that cat-transformation potion all over him.

So...

"Lumine."

The sudden voice startled her.

In an instant, the Dull Blade appeared in her hand.

At the same time, she gathered the Anemo energy she still wasn’t entirely proficient at using.

Yet as the blade thrust toward him, Bai Luo didn’t even attempt to dodge.

He simply stood there and allowed the sword’s tip to press against his chest.

The gesture completely caught Lumine off guard.

"You... what exactly..."

The Dull Blade wasn’t sharpened, but its point was still capable of inflicting harm.

And with Lumine’s strength, even a mere strip of iron could easily pierce through his heart.

"Because I know you won’t kill me."

"..."

The hand gripping the sword trembled slightly.

Because Bai Luo was right.

She couldn’t do it.

Because the person standing before her might actually be—

"Long time no see, Lumine."

The same gentle voice.

The same faint trace of affection in his tone.

Even the way he looked at her was remarkably similar to Aether.

But...

But...

"No. You’re not Aether."

Though she said the words, uncertainty lingered in her voice.

It was strange.

Far too strange.

The man before her felt as though someone had placed Aether’s soul inside a stranger’s body.

The sensation was both familiar and unfamiliar at the same time.

The contradiction was almost unbearable.

"I know it’s difficult to believe, but... in a sense, I am Aether."

How should he put it?

Since Bai Luo had chosen the male protagonist in the game as his main character, calling himself Aether wasn’t exactly wrong.

"In a sense?"

The Dull Blade remained pressed against his chest as Lumine caught the peculiar wording.

"Yeah... because the Aether who wanted to travel to the next world with you and search for a new home has already abandoned both of us and become the Prince of the Abyss."

Clang

The Dull Blade slipped from Lumine’s hand and fell to the floor.

Her fingers, which had been gripping the weapon, instinctively reached toward Bai Luo.

Yet halfway there, she hesitated and pulled them back.

The next world... a new home...

In this world, Lumine had only ever told one person about the plan she and her brother once shared.

Paimon.

But the dream of finding a new home?

No one in this world should have known about that except her and her brother.

That single sentence alone almost confirmed his identity.

Yet Bai Luo’s words also raised countless questions.

For example:

Aether had abandoned both of them and become the Prince of the Abyss.

Yet Bai Luo claimed to be Aether while simultaneously saying Aether had abandoned him.

What exactly did that mean?

Bai Luo offered no further explanation.

Instead, he glanced toward the doorway.

According to his senses, the little rabbit had already returned.

"Don’t rush. I’ll come find you again when the time is right."

"After all... we have all the time in the world."

Pale-blue particles of light gradually appeared around him.

Taking a few steps backward, Bai Luo simply vanished before Lumine’s eyes.

"Aether!"

If she had still harbored doubts about Bai Luo’s identity before, then the moment she realized he was leaving, those doubts ceased to matter.

The Lumine who had carefully kept her distance from him finally couldn’t hold herself back any longer.

She lunged forward.

But she passed straight through Bai Luo’s body.

All she managed to grab was a handful of fading particle effects.

"Tr-Traveler?"

Lumine’s shout not only startled the sleeping Paimon awake, but also frightened Amber, who had just reached the doorway.

Neither of them realized that another person had been in the room only moments ago.

High atop the clock tower, Bai Luo’s figure gradually materialized.

Watching Lumine rush out of Amber’s house, a pleased smile slowly spread across his face.

Because from the moment he revealed himself as "Aether" before her, a new plan had already begun taking root in his mind.

Sorry, Aether.

I may have to steal your little sister away.

But before that, there was something else he needed to do.

Something that would make him truly become Aether in Lumine’s eyes.

. . .

"Ugh... Grrr..."

Within Stormterror’s Lair, Dvalin lay under the control of the Abyss Mages, letting out weak, pained cries.

Previously, he had still been capable of resisting the Abyss’s corruption.

But after the Knights of Favonius severed his connection to the temples, he had been reduced to a state barely clinging to life.

All he could do now was burn away his own strength in a desperate attempt to slow the corruption’s advance.

"Your Highness, I swear that nothing like this will ever happen again."

Looking at the young man standing amid the winds, an Abyss Mage carefully bowed and spoke respectfully.

Dvalin’s attack on Mondstadt had caught them completely by surprise.

Had the Prince not intervened in time, Dvalin would likely have been slain on the spot by that Fatui Harbinger.

"Have you figured out what happened?"

Holding a fruit that wasn’t particularly round but smelled exceptionally sweet, Aether spoke calmly.

Dvalin had been on the verge of being completely under their control.

Who could have predicted something like this would happen?

However, when he retrieved Dvalin through the portal, Aether had sensed something strangely familiar on the other side.

The situation had been too urgent to investigate.

He had simply closed the portal immediately.

And together with that familiar sensation... came the fruit now resting in his hand.

"Based on Dvalin’s cries before he left, we believe the Anemo Archon has awakened. That appears to be what triggered his resistance."

"The Anemo Archon?"

Aether raised an eyebrow.

"Could it be that for the sake of this dragon, he’s decided to wear the crown again?"

Aether wasn’t afraid of a god becoming involved.

However, the return of an Archon would undoubtedly complicate his plans considerably.

"No."

The Abyss Mage shook his head.

"According to reports from our agents, that dragon..."

He hesitated briefly before continuing.

"...appeared to be calling that Fatui Harbinger a god."

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