Chapter 123

"Brother, you can feel it too, right? The connection between us, the emotions we share!" 

Lumine held Nathan's hand and placed it on her chest. 

"This..." 

Nathan couldn't feel any "connection" at all. His mind was completely overwhelmed by the softness beneath his palm. 

"Brother, can you feel it even more now?" 

Lumine felt that this might not be enough, so she pressed his hand even harder. 

"Ahem, ahem... Traveler, even if you two are siblings, isn't this a bit too much for a public setting?" 

Paimon, floating in the air, spoke up. Even the little creature was blushing from such an intimate gesture. 

"What's the big deal? My brother and I used to do this all the time!" ( ahem ahem .... )

Lumine, however, didn't seem to care. She completely ignored the furious gazes from the other girls around her. 

"No, Lumine, this is way too misleading!" 

Nathan looked up at the sky in exasperation. Aether... I never thought you were like this.

"Misleading? This is something you used to do to me all the time, brother. Should we try kissing now too?" 

Lumine tilted her head, her expression filled with confusion, as if such intimacy between her and Nathan was completely natural. 

"Lumine, please stop talking nonsense!" 

Nathan struggled to pull his hand away from her chest. He felt it was necessary to stop Lumine from continuing. If she kept going, she'd turn white into black. 

Judging from the angry expressions on Ganyu and Keqing's faces, it was clear how bad the situation had become. 

"I'm not talking nonsense. This is what happened during our travels together, brother!" 

"But no matter what, the key issue is that I'm really not your brother!" 

After all that, the most basic point was still wrong. Nathan was just an ordinary transmigrator. How could he possibly be the brother of Lumine, the protagonist of the original game? He wasn't going to take the blame for this! 

"Brother, you must have lost your memories. That's why you don't recognize me!" 

But Lumine continued to press forward, completely ignoring Nathan's explanations from the very beginning. 

"Sigh, what am I supposed to say to you?" 

Faced with Lumine's stubbornness, Nathan could only sigh in resignation. 

"Lumine... let me ask you this. Do you still remember your brother's name?" 

Nathan wanted to make one last attempt. As long as she said the name "Aether," everything would be resolved. 

"Of course... how could I forget something like that?" 

Lumine gave him a strange look. 

"Your name is Nathan, and my name is Lumine..." 

"Brother, now you believe me, right? I'm your dearest little sister!" 

Before Nathan could react, Lumine had already thrown herself at him, wrapping her arms around his back and holding him tightly. 

"Uh..." 

Her answer completely caught Nathan off guard. 

Now it was ironclad evidence, and there was no way to argue against it! 

But this didn't make sense. It wasn't logical at all. Why did Lumine say it so matter-of-factly? 

As someone who had played the game, Nathan felt that this was way too bizarre. At this point in the story, Aether should still be traveling with the Abyss, plotting to overthrow the Heavenly Principles. 

But now, Lumine seemed to have completely forgotten about Aether. This was hard to accept. 

The discrepancy between reality and the game's storyline made Nathan suspect that the dormant simulator system was to blame. 

"How wonderful... Traveler, you've finally found your brother!" 

Watching this scene, Paimon couldn't help but sigh. 

Ever since Lumine had fished her out of the water, Paimon had been her companion, traveling across the continent with her. 

No one understood Lumine's obsession with finding her brother better than Paimon. 

Now, after all the hardships of their journey, it seemed they had reached a perfect ending. 

Paimon even felt like squeezing out a few tears to pretend she was moved to tears. 

Of course... the main reason was that they had only traveled through Mondstadt so far. 

Paimon had thought they would only get the answers they were looking for after visiting all seven nations. 

But who would have thought that they'd reach the "grand finale" in Liyue, the second nation? 

..................

After this overly dramatic family reunion, there were still three girls with less-than-friendly expressions waiting for Nathan. 

"Nathan, don't you think you owe us an explanation?" 

Ganyu's beautiful brows furrowed as she watched the intimate embrace between Nathan and Lumine. 

"Nathan, why don't you let me take care of this enemy for you?" 

Shenhe, who was already emitting a dark aura, made a dangerous suggestion. 

As for Keqing, her anger was written all over her face. 

"Nathan, you better come clean. How many 'good sisters' do you have?" 

Keqing pointed at the girl in his arms, refusing to accept Lumine's claims. 

Who would believe the words of a suspicious person who had just appeared out of nowhere? 

Even if she claimed to be his sister, Keqing wasn't going to let her take such an important place in her beloved Nathan's heart. 

"Alright, Keqing, calm down. You know the truth isn't what it seems!" 

As Nathan tried to explain, Lumine clung to him even tighter. 

"How am I supposed to calm down? I was here first!" 

Keqing's catchphrase was a strong contender for the "Year's Most Pathetic Line" award. 

"And... I don't care who she is. Right now, she's the prime suspect for disrupting the Rite of Descension. She's coming with me!" 

With that, Keqing grabbed Lumine's shoulders, trying to pull her out of Nathan's embrace. 

"No! I finally reunited with my brother. This time, we're staying together forever!" 

Lumine resisted fiercely, and in the end, it was Nathan who suffered the most. 

"Even if you say that, brothers and sisters can't stay together forever!" 

Keqing increased her strength while refuting Lumine's dangerous claims. 

"Why can't we? My brother and I are fated twins. No one can tear us apart!" 

Even the Heavenly Principles had only managed to seal them away temporarily. 

"That's because your brother will marry someone like me. And when that happens, I'll be the first to kick you out!" 

Keqing retorted, seemingly already accepting Lumine as Nathan's sister. 

Of course, she was more focused on playing the role of the "Wife." 

"Huh? Brother, you don't need a wife, do you? Having me by your side is enough!" 

Lumine, still hiding in Nathan's arms, said something that made all the girls present feel their blood pressure skyrocket. 

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