Chapter 124

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

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

The way Keqing and the others glared at her showed just how well Lumine had managed to draw their ire. 

"No... first of all, I'm not your brother. Second, between siblings, you can't just say things like that!" 

Nathan lightly tapped Lumine's head. This kind of talk was completely inappropriate. 

If Lumine kept going like this, this world wouldn't be the Genshin Impact world anymore—it might as well become "Lumine's Sky." 

"Brother is brother. He should always take care of his little sister!" 

After being tapped on the head, Lumine pouted slightly, as if expressing her dissatisfaction. 

"Come on, hurry up and come with me. You, the suspect, must come with me for questioning today!" 

The more intimate the two became, the angrier Keqing grew. 

She grabbed Lumine's hand, tightening her grip. 

This wasn't some "little sister" behavior—this was clearly a "girlfriend" move! 

"Brother, I don't want to be taken away by them!" 

But Lumine continued to struggle, clinging tightly to Nathan's waist. 

No matter how hard Keqing pulled, she couldn't budge the girl an inch. 

One was pulling, the other was resisting, and Nathan, caught in the middle, could only sigh helplessly. 

"Let's go. I'll come with you. This isn't the place to talk." 

"Okay... wherever brother goes, I'll go too!" 

Lumine, who had been resisting fiercely just moments ago, immediately agreed to go. 

In the end, all it took was Nathan's word. 

"Enough nonsense. All of you, come with me!" 

This scene made Keqing realize just how biased Lumine was. 

Her impression of the girl grew worse and worse, and she even started worrying about the future. 

Even if this golden-haired girl really was Nathan's sister, once Keqing and Nathan got together, the relationship between sister-in-law and little sister would undoubtedly be the worst. 

Perhaps because she had finally achieved her long-held wish of finding her brother, Lumine was becoming more and more like a clingy little girl. 

At least when she was by Nathan's side, all she wanted to do was act spoiled. 

"Tch, brother, you should never pay attention to such a mean woman!" 

After whispering intimately into Nathan's ear, Lumine shot Keqing a look. 

This deliberate provocation completely ignited Keqing's anger. 

If it weren't for the fact that she still had official business to attend to, Keqing might have lunged at Lumine right then and there. 

"Alright, alright, everyone calm down. Keqing, don't provoke her anymore!" 

Nathan patted Lumine's smooth forehead, signaling her to stop. 

Then, he turned to Keqing to soothe her. 

Between his little sister, his "daughter," and all the other girls who adored him, Nathan felt utterly exhausted just dealing with them. 

If the number kept increasing, he really didn't know what he'd do. 

"Let's go. We'll go find Ningguang now." 

As Nathan and the others prepared to leave, Ganyu and the rest naturally didn't stay behind either. 

Especially since Ganyu had been busy calming down her junior sister, Shenhe, who had entered a dark state. She hadn't even had the chance to confront Lumine. 

If Ganyu hadn't stepped in, the Yujing Terrace might have turned into a battlefield. 

Eventually... the group returned to the place where the ceremony had been held. 

The fallen body of the Geo Archon had already disappeared. 

According to the original storyline, the body of Rex Lapis should have been hidden by Ningguang in the Golden House. 

After everything was settled, Ningguang led the group to one of the pavilions in Yujing Terrace. 

But if we were following the original storyline, one person was missing. 

That was Tartaglia (Childe), who had been waiting outside to intercept the Traveler. He had been lying in ambush for a long time. 

Unfortunately, even after waiting so long that he started sneezing, he still hadn't seen Lumine, the outsider. This left Childe utterly puzzled... 

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

Inside the pavilion, Ningguang dismissed the other attendants. 

Now, the only people present were Nathan and the girls. 

However, among the girls, Hu Tao was missing. It was said that she had gone to prepare the Rite of Parting. 

"Alright, now it's just us here." 

Ningguang sat back in her seat, smiling gently at Lumine, who was standing beside Nathan. 

"Ningguang, it's not just us here!" 

Keqing immediately interrupted her. In Keqing's mind, people like Ganyu and Ningguang, while competitors, were still part of Liyue. 

But someone like Lumine, an outsider and a suspicious person, would never be accepted by her. 

"Hmm, I know who you're referring to, Keqing." 

Ningguang shook her head with a smile. 

"I've heard about her deeds from the Acting Grand Master of Mondstadt. Although she's an outsider, she's not a suspicious person." 

"Huh? Are you talking about Master Jean?" 

Paimon, who had been listening, flew over to Ningguang. 

"Yes, I've also heard about you from Jean." 

"Really? It seems like you're different from those other mean women. You must be a kind and gentle person!" 

In just a few words, Paimon had developed a high opinion of Ningguang. 

As expected of the Tianquan of the Liyue Qixing, her social skills were truly top-notch. 

"No... you're not a good person." 

However, Lumine held the opposite view. 

She gripped Nathan's sleeve, looking at Ningguang with a wary expression. 

Her experiences from her travels had given Lumine a strong sense of discernment. 

Sometimes, just based on intuition, she could tell whether someone was good or bad. 

Like now, her instincts told her that Ningguang was definitely up to no good. 

In the original storyline, Ningguang didn't have any ill intentions toward her. At most, she saw Lumine as a useful tool for assistance and errands. 

But now, with Nathan in the picture, Lumine was extremely wary of a perfect woman like Ningguang. 

"Oh, how amusing. I heard you're Nathan's sister?" 

"Yes!" 

Lumine nodded without hesitation. 

"Then you should trust me even more. After all, I have the closest relationship with your brother." 

"Impossible! My brother wouldn't get involved with other women!" 

The moment Nathan was mentioned, Lumine became tense. 

"Lumine, calm down. Your mindset is the problem here." 

Nathan, on the other hand, began to soothe the girl beside him. 

From the very beginning, he had noticed that Lumine had an overwhelming possessiveness toward her so-called brother. 

This possessiveness had another name in subculture—it could be called "brother complex." 

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