"This time, can’t I participate, Durandal?"

Feeling Durandal’s caress, Shenhe said: "I can also help, just like how I helped you complete the soul fusion later."

"Hmm, I know. But I’m worried about Lumine. The problem with Tatarasuna is significant. You can try to eliminate some of the Tatarasuna God’ aura there. Moreover, there are Fatui members there. The Fatui have arranged two Harbingers in Inazuma. I’m afraid she’ll be ambushed by a Harbinger, so I can only have you accompany her."

Shenhe also didn’t want Lumine to encounter danger, so she accepted this reason, though she harbored some complaints in her heart, secretly reaching out to caress Durandal’s cherry lips, even wanting to put her hand inside to feel more closely.

In the past, Shenhe’s actions like this would always be stopped by Durandal, and she was prepared to have her hand caught, but this time Durandal didn’t stop her. She just let her fingers go in, and even playfully bit them.

The reason she didn’t want Shenhe to do this was not because the action was undignified, but because she was worried that doing so might accidentally bring out the toxins on her body.

Now she wasn’t worried. Absorbing the aura of the Tatarasuna God earlier had made her more proficient in controlling her power. Even without deliberate control, the toxins on her body would not be exposed.

Even when she didn’t suppress the plague and released it, she could control the plague so it wouldn’t contaminate the surrounding vegetation or even water sources. This level of control was something she couldn’t have imagined in the past.

Shenhe was startled by this unexpected action. After recovering, her heart began to beat faster, and intense emotions flashed in her eyes.

It should be known that at this time, Shenhe was no longer using the red rope to suppress her fate, which meant that Shenhe’s emotions were also unsuppressed. With her emotions in full Bloom, it was already very difficult for Shenhe to hold back until now.

Noticing that Shenhe was losing some control, Durandal extended her index finger to her cherry lips, shaking her head slightly, telling her it wasn’t the right time yet, and not to forget that Lumine and Paimon were still watching.

Seeing this, Shenhe could only suppress the heat in her heart, saving her anticipation for the evening, and instead focused on enjoying her time with Durandal.

On the other side, Lumine’s punishment of Paimon was also complete. Paimon was seen rubbing her flushed cheeks, flying next to Shenhe, looking at Lumine angrily.

"Lumine is a big bully! How dare she bully Paimon like this! Paimon is going to give you an ugly nickname!"

"Oh? Is that so? In that case, it’s about time you, emergency food, came in handy."

"Pai... Paimon is not emergency food?!"

Paimon weakly retorted, then hid behind Shenhe. She didn’t believe Lumine would come over and catch her in this spot.

Paimon was right; Lumine couldn’t really do anything. Seeing Lumine and Durandal’s interaction, her attention also shifted away from Paimon.

These two, even knowing their relationship was intimate, being so intimate in front of her was too much. Did they not care about her feelings at all?

Durandal noticed the sulking Lumine, and before she could speak, she asked as if unintentionally: "Didn’t I give you the list of Fatui undercover agents secretly arranged in Inazuma last time? Did you give it to Kamisato Ayaka of the Shuumatsuban?"

"Hmm, we went to find her the day after you gave us the list. She was very concerned about the people on the list and immediately had people secretly investigate them. At the same time, she prepared to tell her brother to assist in the investigation and inform the Raiden Shogun."

"Is that so? Then have you had any interactions with Kamisato Ayaka recently? I remember she cares about Lumine quite a bit, and she’ll tell you some little secrets, right?"

"Hmm, that’s right."

Shenhe nodded. By the time Lumine realized something was wrong and wanted to stop Shenhe from continuing, it was already too late.

"It’s been a while. She personally came to Lumine and invited her to meet a woman named ’Tsubaki’. Lumine initially thought she was a friend of Kamisato Ayaka’s mother, but it turned out she was Kamisato Ayaka’s mother herself. Not as Kamisato Ayaka’s mother, but as a normal woman named ’Tsubaki’."

Shenhe recounted the events of that day to Durandal in detail, including how Lumine later accompanied Kamisato Ayaka to The Rite and, when Lumine saw her home, Kamisato Ayaka specially performed a dance for her in the stream.

"Oh, Lumine, that’s really something. In just a few days, you managed to get the Demoiselle of the Shuumatsuban to dance just for you. Your relationship is quite good, isn’t it?"

While Durandal was busy with various things, Lumine was leisurely dating the Demoiselle from the Shuumatsuban. She really knew how to enjoy herself.

"That... ah haha~ There’s nothing I could do. I couldn’t find you that day, and she had never been to The Rite before. At the time, she was feeling down because of her mother, so I could only accompany her and comfort her."

Shenhe didn’t expose Lumine this time. Kamisato Ayaka was indeed quite dejected then, and Lumine’s invitation to The Rite certainly had a comforting element to it.

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