Lumine turned back to Orion, bewildered: "What chicken and lotus root?"
Orion shook his head: "It's nothing, it's just a spell."
"What spell?"
"If you're in danger and call out that phrase, I'll come and save you." Orion answered casually.
Lumine didn't take it too seriously; she examined the sacrificial sword again.
Although the sword wasn't exceptionally sharp, she could feel a mysterious power emanating from it.
"Is there anything special about this sword?"
"There's a chance it lets you use skills twice in a row."
"That powerful!"
Lumine thought it was truly amazing and decided she would use this sword from now on.
Afterward, Orion accompanied Lumine to complete missions... Unlike the original plot, Jean directly recovered the sky harp this time, and from the beginning, she understood that the sky harp could heal Stormterror. Therefore, she didn't hide it and immediately drafted a sky harp loan notice with Lisa, an excellent graduate from the Sumeru Akademiya, stamped it, and directly took it to the church for confrontation.
The official reason was that two travelers blessed by the Anemo God had arrived in Mondstadt, a summons from Lord Barbatos.
The only two early-game antagonists in the Genshin Impact story — the villains of the Abyss Order — didn't want the corrupted Guardian Dragon to escape their control, so they tried to steal the sky harp beforehand. However, Honorary Priest Orion, Frostblade Knight Eula, and Sister Rosaria jointly recovered the sky harp, foiling their despicable plan.
Therefore, the Church of Favonius is now required to cooperate with the Knights of Favonius to fulfill Lord Barbatos's divine will and purify Stormterror!
When the Church of Favonius saw it, they thought, 'You've brought up Lord Anemo, what more can I say? Just take it and use it!'
Not only that, Mr. Simon Paige, a church bishop who wished to remain anonymous, also stated that Miss Barbara Paige, the church's Prayer Priest, and Sister Rosaria would participate in the purification operation against Stormterror!
How passionate and utterly selfless.
Returning to the present, Lisa was smiling as she watched a pair of blonde sisters confronting each other.
"Sister... Acting Grand Master Jean, I cannot understand! Mr. Orion is an excellent gentleman, and he is also little Klee's biological brother, the biological son of Ms. Alice, the great Adventurer!
I don't understand your reason for not letting me interact with him!"
Jean, arms crossed, calmly reasoned: "Barbara, I'm not forcefully preventing you from interacting with him. I also agree that he is a good person, but your reason for contact is simply too strange. This 'curse' is completely sensational.
Have you never considered that he might not be cursed at all, but just wants you... just wants to get close to you?
In fact, Lisa and I have searched every book we could find, and we haven't found any similar curse."
Barbara looked at Lisa, who nodded slightly.
But Barbara still argued: "But once a curse takes effect, it's too late to stop it! He hasn't made any further inappropriate advances towards me, nor has he touched any forbidden areas.
Moreover, as you said, both he and Lumine are angels who descended with Lord Barbatos's divine oracle. They happened to arrive in Mondstadt when the dragon attacked the city, resolving the crisis in Mondstadt City in one fell swoop. Now, Mr. Orion has even successfully recovered the stolen sky harp.
I'm just... just... stepping... interacting with Mr. Orion! Why can't I interact with him later?"
Jean looked at Barbara's serious expression and sighed deeply in her heart.
She didn't intend to forcibly prevent the two from meeting; she wasn't some rigid parent figure.
But on one hand, the situation was still uncertain, and on the other hand, this kid Orion... it was as if he had drifted for countless years in an environment without women, or where he couldn't interact with women, appearing to have no resistance whatsoever to cute girls!
(Giant Spider's Fantastic Voyage: Hi, hi, hi! Here we are!)
How could she possibly feel at ease letting Barbara interact with him?
Orion's strength, verified by multiple parties, was visibly stronger than everyone in Mondstadt City, possibly even comparable to Grand Master Varka!
Orion now showed an unusually friendly attitude towards Mondstadt City, so Jean naturally wouldn't be wary of Orion privately. But that was for herself; Barbara was different. Barbara was her most beloved younger sister!
And this Orion guy was always flirting... If they became a couple, but Orion couldn't be wholeheartedly devoted to Barbara, what then?
Jean's heart was in turmoil.
Just then, a voice as clear as ice crystals and a childish female voice came together.
"This is Mondstadt Cathedral, where the god Barbatos is worshipped."
"Barba-tos... Is that the barefoot goddess statue in the square just now?"
"...Barbatos is a male god."
Jean, Lisa, and Barbara all looked over simultaneously; two girls, one older and one younger, with different temperaments, walked toward them.
Jean and Lisa immediately recognized one of them, and with surprised expressions, they stepped forward to greet her: "Long time no see, Ms. Skirk. We don't often see you, so forgive our lack of frequent greetings. Are you comfortable living in Mondstadt?"
Skirk nodded expressionlessly: "The atmosphere in Mondstadt's inns is very good, and the food suits my taste quite well."
After speaking, she looked at the cute little sister with spiral pigtails behind Jean, who was also staring at her.
Barbara realized her impropriety and quickly bowed, saying, "Hello, I am Barbara, the Prayer Priest of the church. Are you Ms. Skirk? I heard Orion mention you; he said you are a gentle, beautiful, and powerful woman."
At the same same time, she wondered why she was thinking, 'Indeed, another woman whose beauty is no less than Lumine's or my sister's. Orion certainly has many such women around him.'
No less than her sister – that was the highest compliment Barbara could give someone.
After greeting each other, their gazes finally turned to the red-clad little girl standing timidly behind Skirk.
She seemed very shy.
Lisa and Jean probably guessed that this was Marionette Sandrone, no! This was Clara.
Lisa smiled gently and bent down: "Oh, another little cutie~ What's your name?"
"Hello, Sister, my name is Clara."
Clara's voice was a bit soft, but everyone could barely hear it.
Jean also smiled at Clara; her appearance reminded Jean of Barbara when she was little.
Skirk thought Jean and the other two didn't know Clara, so she helped introduce her: "She was Orion's former travel companion; they recently met again by chance."
The three nodded together, but then they realized something else, and Jean spoke first: "Orion really is something, he didn't even buy you shoes! How about we sisters take you to a clothing store later?"
Upon hearing this, Clara shook her head, blushing as she lowered her head and said, "No, no need, Orion likes me this way."
Jean, Lisa, Barbara, Skirk.
Jean was fuming.
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