"Brother, please don't move, okay? Griseo can't sit still."
"Yeah, Brother, you need to be good. I need to squeeze out the paint."
Inside the studio, Orion never imagined he would encounter such a situation.
He turned his head, looked at the entire row of thin booklets on the nearby bookshelf, and then looked at Griseo, who, like a blank sheet of paper, was easily influenced by the books' contents. A drop of hot sweat slid down his forehead.
It wasn't just Little Griseo; under the massive influence of these books, even Big Griseo had been roused into that blank slate state and infected!
Who exactly gave them these comic books?! They weren't here before, meaning this happened within the last couple of days!
"Wuwuwu!" Orion wanted to speak but couldn't make a sound. A white object was stuffing his mouth, allowing him only to make weak noises.
Big Griseo's fair thighs were bare, crossed attractively. There was an easel in front of her, displaying an unfinished painting—the very scene before them.
But Big Griseo did not place the incredibly soft brush on the canvas; instead, she used it to rhythmically stroke the head of the little animal.
"I didn't realize [Oil Paint] was so hard to squeeze out!"
Two half-moons pressed down heavily, and Orion's abs felt a downward force, but the restraints on the poor amphibian were not undone; its head was still being brushed.
But he couldn't see the scene near his lower abdomen because his Vision was blocked.
It was blocked by Little Griseo, who was on his chest.
She was sitting on his chest, her pair of fair, tender little feet placed on either side of Orion's eyes. The two of them were staring at each other.
"Wuwuwu!"
Orion whimpered again. Big Griseo's eyes looked past Little Griseo's shoulder and immediately understood.
"Brother must be thirsty, right? My younger self, give Brother some water to drink!"
Five thousand years old is still little.
"Okay. Brother, I'll feed you water."
Little Griseo removed the fabric from Orion's mouth, then stuck out her tongue and leaned down... Having stayed up all night, Orion carried Big and Little Griseo out of the studio and placed the sleeping girls in a bedroom.
The strength of the MANTIS was terrifying. In a two-on-one situation, he needed to go all out just to barely win, and he almost had to undo his mimicry and fight using his Shota true form.
But these two... seriously, who gave them so many comic books? They spent more than half the night trying out various things from the comic books. This meant the actual 'meal' only happened in the last two hours.
Everything before that was just him giving unilaterally!
"However..." Orion walked out of the room and looked at the floor outside the studio door.
It was very clean.
"It seems like a delusion? Since there hasn't been a formal fight for a long time, my attention is scattered. I keep feeling a gaze... Forget it. It's already light out, so I'll head out first."
Inside the studio, next to a row of plaster heads that looked ready to debut, a huge white cloth covered several mannequins and large plaster sculptures.
Suddenly, a corner of the white cloth was lifted, and a girl with bean-shaped eyebrows wearing bear pajamas crawled out. It was Xiangling.
She took a comic book from the shelf, looked at it, and then realized: "So all these moves came from this? This is... exciting!"
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He came outside, stretched facing the morning sun, and checked the time with his hands on his hips. It was so early, only 6:30 AM.
In his previous life, he never got up before 10 AM. How did his schedule get adjusted like this?
Orion looked at the Realm Hall; clearly, everyone else was still asleep.
"What should I do? Go back and take a nap?"
Orion thought for a long time and suddenly remembered he hadn't used one single pull yet. He had done seven pulls before, so he might as well use this one to make it a lucky number!
Then he raised his hands high, thinking for a long time about what to shout. How about someone nearby?
Speaking of which, it was almost time for Barbara to lift the curse for him. So, he decided... "F*ck Barbara aggressively for a miracle."
A beam of light fell, but at the last moment, it suddenly burst into colorful light!
"Catching the Morning Star?! This can give a Gold pull?" Orion was genuinely surprised and couldn't help but wonder which five-star character or weapon would appear in the colorful light.
Until his arms felt heavy, and he looked down.
"Ah~ Eh? Hui Bao? Why are you here?"
Hyacine—nicknamed "Colorful Barbara"—appeared in his arms just like that.
[Name: Hyacinthus
Codename: Hyacine
Gender: Female
friendship: 11/10
Identity: Wife / Trailblazer / Chrysos Heirs / Demigod of the Sky / Titan of the Sky
Affiliation: Amphoreus Star / Astral Express
Vision: None
Constellation: None
Weapon: Little Icarus
Introduction: Answering the call of the soul, she traveled far from that newborn planet.
Having Trailblazed many worlds with you, now that she has arrived in Teyvat, she no longer needs to worry about turning into a 2D character.
Oh, why does this world also have a False Sky?]
"Hyacine? It's you?" This makes three people from honkai: star rail now. Are they having a team-building trip to Teyvat?
Will the Path Maniacs end up dismantling Teyvat?
Placing Hyacine on the ground, she spun around, straightened the wrinkles in her skirt, and looked up at Orion.
"You've turned into a blonde, huh?" Hyacine stood on her tiptoes in her white stockings and small leather shoes, trying hard to reach the top of Orion's head. "Now I should call you Jin Bao~"
Orion:...Sweetheart, the way you talk sounds like an insult.
"Dududu!" Just then, a rainbow pony suddenly appeared and began circling Orion. This was the Winged Beast Little Icarus.
At the same time, the BGM that often played around Orion also changed.
[You must remember in your heart~]
Orion:???
He patted Hyacine's shoulder: "Not only do you talk like you're insulting people, but you're also acting like a race knight."
"Why are you speaking strangely again?"
Hyacine covered her mouth and chuckled.
The two continued their conversation, and Orion introduced her to the current situation in Teyvat.
Just then, a flash of light occurred nearby, and a figure in white appeared in the Hall.
"Orion, I didn't sleep well last night and woke up early, so I came ahead of schedule to lift the... Eh?"
"Eh?"
Barbara suddenly appeared and came face-to-face with Hyacine, and the air instantly grew heavy.
Both their brows furrowed as they scrutinized each other.
Orion covered his face. The current situation was: Kaiya looking at the answer—obvious at a glance.
Both of them were treating the other like the Six-Eared Macaque!
Barbara raised her hand and pointed at Hyacine.
""Who are you?""
Unexpectedly, Hyacine across from her simultaneously said the exact same thing.
The two stared at each other again, then pointed at one another, looking at Orion and asking, "Orion (Jin Bao), who is this person?"
After another round of staring, Barbara finally patted her small chest and said, "I am Barbara, the Deaconess of the Church of Favonius in Mondstadt City, and also Mr. Orion's attending physician!"
Hyacine held the small magic wand in her hand and introduced herself: "I am the Lecturer Assistant for the'School of Wisdom' at the Amphoreus Divine Enlightenment Tree Court, and also the Chief Caregiver of the medical organization 'Dusklight Clinic'!"
Neither of them had heard of the other's background, but both understood one thing immediately—the other person was also a physician!
After another round of staring, both suddenly realized something.
Barbara: Could it be... this person is another doctor Orion found because he couldn't see me for long periods? But he missed me too much, so he specifically found a seductive... colorful version who looks a lot like me!
Hyacine: Could it be that Jin Bao came to this distant world and missed me so much that he found a substitute for me—my white version!
After realizing the key point, Barbara was the first to approach Orion: "Orion, you don't have to do this! I don't only treat you in the morning; I can absolutely make time to treat the curse at other times too!"
Hyacine frowned: "A curse? What curse?"
Barbara pouted: "Hmph! He didn't even tell you about the curse?"
"Jin Bao, so you were cursed? Why didn't you tell me! I'm not like some deaconess; I can treat you around the clock!"
"I, I can also treat you around the clock!"
"You! There's no need. As the Saintess of Dawn and Dusk, I will naturally treat him, from dawn till dusk!"
"Then, then I can treat him from moonrise to moonset!"
Sparks flew where their fiery gazes met!
Suddenly, both turned their heads to look at Orion, startling him: "Wh-What are you doing?"
""You be the judge!!!""
The two of them, one on each side, lifted Orion and started walking indoors.
Soon after, the residents of the Miliastra Wonderland woke up. After eating breakfast, they couldn't find any trace of Orion anywhere. When the two Griseos woke up, they also said they hadn't seen Orion afterward.
It wasn't until the attentive Clara quickly made a trip to Mondstadt and returned to inform everyone that Barbara was also missing that they realized something was wrong and began searching room by room for Orion.
By the time they found him, the number of targets captured had quietly reached—sixteen!
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