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Author Note:
[ ] = When Twilight is speaking.
{ } = When talking through Telepathy.
' ' = When thinking in your mind.
<< >> = When talking with your Pokémon or Tamed Beast.
--- --- = When describing a certain period OR Another place.
** ** = Point Of View i.e., POV
/// /// = In Call
" " = System and when talking to it.
「 」 = Thoughts being heard
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After seeing Morax and Xiangling off, Primis and others decided to return to the town. It was also the time for the people to rest after the first part of the day's training. Hence, they all finally saw Primis.
Seeing him, they all were elated. It's not surprising since they saw him after a year. And after witnessing his new appearance, they all were certain that the image in the sky was his. Hence, they were even more grateful to him because thanks to him, their loved ones who died here, can finally rest in peace in that Cycle of Reincarnation he created.
That night the whole town celebrated enthusiastically. They had gathered a lot of materials in the storeroom in case of emergency. However, on the occasion of seeing Primis again, they opened it to make a feast for the night.
While Makoto, Ayato, Kokomi, and Yae Miko had a headache witnessing this, they put those worries away when Primis said to let them be. On the contrary, he even took some wines out of nowhere and gave them to the people so that they could enjoy them with their heart content.
This trilled the people as they couldn't wait to taste the wine their new ruler gave them. As a result, just a single slip made them have a tipsy feeling and after they drank half of it, they all got drunk.
Only Makoto, Ei, Yae Miko, Ganyu, Shenhe, and Lumine controlled themselves from embarrassing themselves thanks to the power that they regulated in their bodies.
Knowing that, Primis took to the top of Mt. Yougou where no one could see them, and told them they didn't need to hold themselves back.
At first, they were reluctant but later they thought it was not wrong to relax sometimes and drank, this time, they didn't try to nullify its effects. And before long they all were drunk.
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Primis: It's been a long time since Inazuma had such a day when they could enjoy themselves without worrying about anything else.
He spoke. At this moment, Primis was sitting near the edge of the mountain and was looking at the town and its people below.
While they did get drunk just after drinking half a cup, this didn't stop them from drinking more. Seeing them being rowdy while having the drinking competition with Beidou was amusing. She was the only one down there to have drunk the most.
Ais: Um. Ever since the death of Makoto, Ei closed herself off from the mortal world and let her puppet handle it. The Tri-Commission made things more difficult not to mention the attack of Invaders. This nation appeared gloomy at that time.
The Sword Princess who was sitting in front of him said, while also looking down. Unsurprising, she knew about it as she had already glimpsed into the river of time before to see this world's Infinite outcomes.
Primis: Yeah. Such relaxation is needed before they can be prepared for the next encounter.
Ais: So, they are coming. Huh.
Primis: Yeah.
He answered while looking at the sea in the distance. He can already see that the other worlds had enough downtown period. They will attack soon.
Ais: A Month. Huh.
Primis: Um.
Yes. The invaders will attack again and Inazuma only had one more month for preparation. That was also why Primis let them enjoy themselves and release all the tiredness and fatigue, they had accumulated for so long.
Ais: Will you lend a hand, My Lord?
Primis: We won't.
He answered by shaking his head before continuing.
Primis: This fight is something that Inazuma must win themselves. Hence, neither We nor Ganyu nor Shenhe will participate.
Ais: Lumine will?
Primis: Yes. It will be better for her to gain more experience. Hence, We will allow her to join.
He said as his hand went over the blonde hair of the person sleeping while laying her head on his lap.
At first, Primis had no intention of giving Lumine alcohol since she was still a kid in his eyes. But seeing her frustration while looking at others and those pleading eyes, he gave her a cocktail with the least amount of alcohol content.
And since Lumine was drinking it, Paimon made a fuss about it. Hence, he gave the little fairy, Mocktail. A fruit juice that contains all of the flavor and ingredients of a cocktail without any alcohol. Of course, he didn't tell her about it.
On top of that, Lumine was only given a single cup of cocktail. Later Primis switched it with mocktail too. Fortunately, the Traveler didn't realize it. Since Lumine felt a little dizzy after drinking her cocktail, she didn't know that her drink changed.
Patting the little head of the Paimon sleeping in his chest, Primis looked to the side and was greeted by Ei face up close.
While Lumine was sleeping using his lap as a pillow, Paimon was sleeping hugging his chest, one can see Ei dozing off while leaning her head on his shoulder.
Her flushed red face made her look more beautiful, attractive, and tempted.
Primis was sure that if someone didn't have strong willpower, that person would have jumped at her to eat her on the spot.
Well, she was not the only one. Yae Miko, Ganyu, and Shenhe who were asleep on the grassland with flushed faces would have experienced the same.
As for Makoto, she was sitting back-to-back with Primis, sleeping while leaning on his broad back.
Seeing Primis surrounded by women, Ais chuckled.
Ais: No matter where you go, My Lord, you always attract flowers.
The man, on the other hand, just shrugged his shoulder and didn't reply.
Ais: By the way, My Lord. There is something I want to ask.
Primis: Go on.
Ais: It's about Systems. While Sister Sheng Ming taught me many things, her knowledge of the System is almost non-existent. From what I have learned so far, they helped their host become stronger a lot faster.
After being silent for a moment, he spoke.
Primis: Ais, the topic of Systems, is delicate and something We can't reveal just like this. We will tell you some basic, but advanced and higher secrets, We will tell you about them in Our pocket world. Revealing them in the open will bring more harm to this world than good.
Ais: Alright, My Lord.
Primis: Um. Now, here's Our first question. Lumine and Yuuya's system gave them experience points when they killed their enemies. And if they have a party, the more the members, the higher the boost of experience points… Why is it? Why do they get a boost in experience points while at the party? After all, one way or another, the energy released by a monster's death will be the same whether a single person kills it or more. On the contrary, the experience should be divided among the party members equally instead of getting more of them.
Once Primis closed his mouth, Ais went deep into her thoughts. After all, what Primis said had a point. The energy released at the death will be the same, no matter how many killed it by joining forces. Then why did it increase according to the number?
She pondered deeply about it for some time, thinking of different reasons. Soon realization struck her as she narrowed her eyes.
Ais: What if, the energy released at the death is much more than expected?
Primis: Exactly.
At this, Primis nodded his head.
Primis: According to Lumine, when she killed a Level 1 slime, she got 10 experience points. What if in actuality, the experience point is more than 10? What if they are 100 or even 1,000?
Ais: So, that's how it is. If the experience points given will become 10 to 50 in the party of five, the system will still get half of it.
Primis: Um. On the contrary, the System will obtain profit in the long run. After all, seeing how they get so many more experience points in the party and the monsters will also die faster, won't they start hunting more of them?
Ais: Yeah. Because of that if solo you can only kill 20 monsters a day, with the help of a party it can increase to 100. The energy the system will obtain after the deduction will still be too high compared to the one obtained alone.
Primis: Yes. That's why the system prefers its host use the party feature more occasionally.
The Sword Princess sighed after digesting this information.
Ais: Just a single secret of the system turned out to be so big. What will happen if I learn more about it?
Primis: That's for the future. For today, let's end here. I will tell you more about the systems in the future.
Ais: Um.
After that, they started chatting casually without involving any serious topic this time.
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Time went by.
When everyone woke up the next day, they didn't have the time to be embarrassed about what happened when they got drunk as Primis threw a bombshell telling them that the enemy would come knocking on their doorsteps in a month.
Once this news spread, everyone turned more diligent and serious. They now trained with a newfound determination in their eyes. They had decided that this time they would definitely win and make those Invaders pay for what they did to their nation.
This resulted in them spending 15 hours a day in training while the remaining 9 hours were for resting and eating.
At first, they wanted to give more hours to their training, however, they then received an order from Primis that everyone must sleep for 8 hours no matter what. One hour was for the rest between drills in which they ate together.
This not only made the bond between people stronger, but they also rested properly for the next day.
They also made weapons crossbow-type weapons to attack enemies from a distance.
Another good thing was that Primis returned everyone's ambitions, making them use their visions again.
This increased the confidence of the people even more. And soon they would be ready.
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A month later.
Tenshukaku.
There were three people in Primis's office right now, himself, Ganyu, and Shenhe. Of course, there's also Ais but her presence was hidden, hence, others didn't know about her.
These people were the only people in the whole building right now. All the remaining ones were outside and waiting for the enemies.
Primis was leaning back on his chair while looking outside through the window.
There was a pile of papers on the table in front of him. Though, he didn't care about it for now.
By the way, Ganyu was sitting on the chair across from him and going through the documents one by one.
Knowing her talent, Primis had already made Ganyu his exclusive secretary. Because of that even if he didn't feel like doing the paperwork, thanks to Ganyu, it didn't affect the working of Inazuma in any way.
At this moment, the sky was covered in black clouds before it started drizzling.
Tick-Tock!
Tick-Tock!
Tick-Tock!
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The drops of rain were falling on the window covering it with water. But it was not enough to obstruct the vision of anyone present in the room.
Suddenly, Ganyu stopped. Putting down her pen, she raised her head and looked towards the window with a solemn expression. Shenhe who was silent all this time was also looking at the same.
'Primis: They are here.'
When Primis thought so, the fog appeared on the sea before many warships with patterns of different colors started appearing.
The Battle between Inazuma and Fleet of Fog was about to begin.
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*A/N: Please throw some power stones.
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