It was the first day after the Gacha God's visit, and Alexy had to go back to school. The schooling system in country Z was strict and demanded students to return to school immediately after the incident had passed.
"Whoa, Alexy, the breakfast looks so delicious, get some for Paimon too!" Paimon said while she was inside Alexy's schoolbag.
"Alexy, did you just say something?" his mom asked while she brought some food out to the table.
"No, Mom, I did not say anything."
"I don't see Big Brother say anything, Mom!" Ivan said.
"Hmmm, maybe I heard it wrong."
And then, Alexy ate breakfast with his brother and mother, while Paimon looked at the food covetously.
(Paimon, if I see your drool in my schoolbag, you are dead!) Alexy looked at Paimon fiercely.
Seeing the fierce look from Alexy, Paimon used her hand to wipe the drool dropping from her mouth.
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"This is for you!" Alexy said and gave Paimon a boiled egg after he had left his house.
"What! Only a boiled egg!" said Paimon. "Where is the Sticky Honey Garlic Beef earlier? Paimon wants to eat meat!"
"Do you think I could bring Sticky Honey Garlic Beef out?! Fine, if you don't eat, I will!"
"Wait, wait, Paimon will eat the boiled egg!"
"Take it and return to the system's dimension!" Alexy gave Paimon the egg and opened the status window to turn off the "Summon Paimon".
(I should have done this last night!) he thought.
"No, please, Paimon begs you. Please let Paimon be outside, Paimon wants to learn about your world, Paimon promises Paimon will be good!" Paimon begged Alexy with teary eyes.
But what Paimon received was Alexy's unfazed face.
However, before he could turn off "Summon Paimon", he already heard Jack's voice.
"Hey, Alexy!"
Surprised, Alexy shoved Paimon inside the bag and turned around to say "Hello" to his best friend.
After that, Alexy couldn't find the right time to send Paimon back to the system's dimension.
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"This maid is definitely my waifu!"
That was the first thing Alexy heard when he and Jack stepped into the class.
"What did I just hear?" Alexy said.
Before he realized it, Jack had run up to the boy who said earlier and looked at his phone.
"Yes, she's so strong, she's definitely my waifu too!" Jack said.
Alexy walked up so see who the boys were praising.
(Wait, isn't that Noelle!)
What Alexy saw on his friend's phone was a video of Noelle utterly destroyed the Geo Hypotasis.
"Where did you get this video?" Alexy asked.
"What do you mean? You can watch it freely on WeTube. It was posted yesterday night and had become viral. Didn't you watch it?"
(No, I was asleep all day yesterday and didn't know about anything!)
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Inside the system's dimension,
"Noelle, look how popular you are with the boys!" said Kaeya.
"I...I'm glad I'm of help." Noelle said humbly.
Standing afar, Klee did not seem to be happy about this.
(Klee could do better...Klee could destroy that Geo cube...why didn't Brother Alexy call Klee?!!!) she thought, (Maybe I should create new bomb that is more effective, then Brother Alexy will let me help more.)
Then Klee turned around and left.
"Mr. Kaeya, did Ae...'He' truly become the Prince of the Abyss. I can't bring myself to believe that!" said Noelle, her voice is filled with sadness. She took out a paper rose and kept looking at it.
Kaeya did not say anything, he simply closed his eye, the unpatched eye, and remembered the day the Traveler fought him after he completed his journey.
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"Mi muhe ye!" Aether stepped on Kaeya and pointed his sword at him
"I thought it was 'I love you', but turned out it means 'I triumph over you'. Isn't it suitable for an occasion like this, Kaeya?" Aether said and raise his sword up, preparing to slash it down at Kaeya.
"Time for... retribution!"
Aether did not say anything, but slashed his sword diagonally. A water dragon was formed from the slash and dashed towards the fire phoenix. Vaporize reaction happened, and because of the size of the two elemental animals, the vaporized air covered the area and made it hard to see.
And before Aether could react, Jean ran up to him and used her Elemental Skill, Gale Blade, launching Aether to another direction.
Diluc and Jean helped Kaeya get up, and all three of them escaped with the help of Venti's wind.
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It was class time, and Alexy was trying to focus on his lesson, but he couldn't.
(Strange, normally, the government would have shut down a video like that!) he thought.
And while he was thinking, on the other side of the building, Louis, the school's chef, was cooking lunch for the students inside the kitchen. Although human's nose can't pick up the smell from that far away, a little pixie's nose can.
"Huh, what's that fragrance?! It must be food, Paimon must go see!" Paimon said to herself.
And she secretly left Alexy's school bag.
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"Must be this way!" Paimon kept following the smell.
However, the school had its cameras.
"What the...?!!! What the heck is that...?"
The guard at the security room was stunned by Paimon's appearance when he saw her on the camera. Intrigued by the appearance of the strange thing, he decided to go to the building to catch it.
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"Ooh, the food must be near here!" Paimon said excitedly.
However excited Paimon was, she did notice the shadow that kept growing larger and larger behind her.
The guard raised the net up and slammed it down. But Paimon dodged.
"You little..." he said angrily.
"What are you doing? Why are you trying to catch Paimon?!" the little pixie said.
"Oh, so you can talk too. If I catch you, the government will give me a big sum of money, then I wouldn't have to work like this any longer...why the heck did I tell you my plan?...Now, come here, you little..."
But the man failed again when Paimon dodged easily.
"You can never catch Paimon!" Paimon stuck her tongue out and flew away.
"Stop!" the guard began to chase Paimon, who easily dodged the net every time he raised it.
The chase continued while Paimon kept following the fragrance to the school's kitchen.
"Where is that thing?" the guard shouted when he entered the kitchen.
"What are you doing here, Kirby?", said Louis the chef, "If you have nothing important to do, then GET OUT! You're interrupting my work!"
The guard Kirby ignored Louis's word. He went to where Louis put his kitchenware and began to rummage through them.
(Ugh, this guy...that's why he will always be a lowly guard!) Louis was frustrated. Without saying anything, he took out his phone and called the senior guard of the school, Uncle Chen.
Five minutes later, Uncle Chen came in the kitchen, and Kirby had to go back to the security room, with his ear pinched by Uncle Chen.
(Finally, that guy was gone...hmmm, I remember there was 100 servings of Sticky Honey Roast, why are there only 99 now?)
Ring...ring...ring
(Ugh, forget it, it's lunch time for the kids. Just one less lucky kids compared to normal day.)
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(Hehehe, look at the Sticky Honey Roast!)
Meanwhile, Paimon was already outside the kitchen, she was floating on top of the school's building, and she was adoring the food.
"I wonder how long can you keep that facade?"
Paimon turned around and she could see the Gacha God appearing out of nowhere.
"I wonder if this boy will turn out like Aether." the Gacha God chuckled. "I still remember 'His' painful face when you turned out to be 'His' enemy. That face was sooooo...nostalgic...I want to see it again."
"You..."
"Hehe, you can't do anything to me now...you have lost the power to defend the Heavenly Principles...hahaha."
Before Paimon could say anything, the Gacha God pointed his index finger to Paimon's forehead.
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"If that boy could be like Aether, synchronizing with the elements naturally, I wouldn't have to waste time to create a guide...well, bye!"
"Wait..."
But the Gacha God had disappeared.
After some time looking at the space, Paimon returned to her normal gluttonous self and prepared to dive in the food.
However, before she could dive in, she was returned to the system's dimension.
"Huh, wait, what! Where's my Sticky Honey Roast?" said Paimon.
Meanwhile, Alexy was the last student to go out of the classroom. Ignoring Paimon's antics, he walked to the cafeteria.
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AR: 4 (895/1000 EXP)
Primogems count: 190
Moras count: 10,000