I took out my sword, took a fighting position and shot a single Geo arrow to wake up the Pyro Regisvine. It woke up as soon as the arrow hit and it immediately looked my way. The whole surroundings started to heat up and I even started sweating a little. To prevent me from feeling even hotter, I surrounded myself in a small and thin Anemo orb that keeps on rotating so that I can cool myself off. It was really effective and now I don't feel as hot as before.
"Come at me…"
As soon as I said that, it shot four fireballs at me. I quickly flew to the left, but these things followed me and even increased in speed. If I keep on flying, I might lose control as I pick up more speed. Having that thought in mind, I went back to the ground and started running around. I noticed that I was way faster than I was before that even the fireballs with increased speed can't follow me.
After a few seconds, the elemental energy within the fireballs faded away and the fireballs disappeared. This was my chance to attack so I dashed straight at the Regisvine. When I was just about to hit it's stem, it released a lot of steam that blew me back a few meters.
"Well, I didn't expect that…"
Knowing it could do surprise attacks like this, I made my shield for more defence and made my sword glow to increase my offense. This sucks though, I need to finish this within 5 minutes since I can only keep it active for 5 minutes. Before I could dash at it again, it charged an attack and quickly shot it at me. I dodged it, but it left a seed on the ground that seemed to melt it a bit.
Just by seeing its energy, I could tell that it was unstable and was about to explode. I quickly made some more distance between me and the seed to avoid the explosion, but while doing so, I noticed that the Regisvine was looking up while shooting fireballs. I had a bad feeling about that, and I was right to have so.
The ground beneath my feet lit up a bright orange and I already knew what it meant. I dashed away from that spot as a fireball fell, but another one appeared beneath me. I kept on dodging the falling fireballs until there was no more. I can't get close and my time is running out.
"I guess I'll do this."
I took a deep breath and assumed the position of the first form of my breathing. The Regisvine shot more fireballs, but these were weaker. My shield can take those. The fireballs hit my shield and as expected, it took all of it no problem.
"Well, it was fun… Corruption Breathing First Form: Slash."
I swung my sword horizontally and cut the Regisvine clean in half. Not just that, the slash of flames even cut the walls. I really need to keep this in check. The Regisvine got consumed by my flames and to my surprise, the flames changed color. From purple to black. Oh, now even my flames have evolved.
That's great… I guess. To be honest, this will just make regulating my strength even more harder since I don't really know how much increase this gives. Haah, more training for me I guess, but I need to find a new place for that though. My Domain was getting dangerous after all. I might trigger something that can't be reversed.
"Haah, I'll just rest this out…"
I went back to the hotel room and sat at the foot of the bed. I couldn't fit on the bed anymore since all three of the girls were there. However, may it be by chance or not, Noelle woke up.
"Oh, hey darling. Do you want to lie down…?"
"Yeah…"
Noelle grabbed my arm and pulled me so that she's laying on top of me. Oh, by the way. Havria was in the middle while Ganyu was on the other side. Noelle hugged me tightly as she laid her head on my chest. She snuggled her head on my chest and I've gotta say, it's really adorable.
I gave her a hug as she continued to snuggle on my chest. I haven't really interacted with Noelle as much as I interacted with Ganyu. Doing this much isn't even enough. I should have a date with her tomorrow…
"Hey, Noelle?"
"Yes darling?"
"Do you want to have a date tomorrow?"
She then slowly looked up at me and made a heartwarming smile.
"Yes!"
God, that smile is too much for me to handle. I hugged her even more tightly and started stroking her hair. She giggled a bit when I did that and it was so cute. We both chatted a little bit until both of us slowly fell asleep.
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The next morning, I woke up earlier than the girls. I was still hugging Noelle, who was on top of me, with my right arm. I was a bit surprised when I saw that Havria was holding my free hand. This is nice.
A few minutes later, I let go of Noelle and Havria. I slowly lifted Noelle up and put her on the bed beside Havria. Instead of the two waking up due to my movements, the one who woke up was Ganyu. She stretched and yawned cutely. After that, she rubbed her eyes and looked at me.
"Oh, Good morning dear…"
"Good morning Ganyu."
I leaned in close to her and gave a kiss on the forehead.
"How was your sleep?"
"It was great."
"That's good to hear."
She slowly stood up and gave me a kiss on the cheek and said that she'll freshen up. I stood up as well and went to prepare my clothes for my date with Noelle. It's just my usual white hoodie and jeans though. Well, I'm not really good at clothing after all. I've been wearing the same type of clothing for years after all.
After a few minutes, Ganyu finished freshening up and I went into the bathroom to freshen up as well.