114 114. The Names of Archons

Ayaka came to know other of Ryūhei's secrets. His secrets were so baffling, unbelievable, and amazing at the same time. Although Ryūhei acted like he used to be, his knowledge was even richer and he became stronger after leaving Inazuma some time ago.

He was suddenly awakened after being struck by lightning, and then he held the power to summon spirits and monsters from another world. If Ayaka hadn't witnessed it by herself, she might have believed that it was just pure nonsense.

After all, something like this seems to be the first in this world. Never did she hear of someone with this kind of power.

On the other hand, Rimuru sighed. He thought he found another guy from Earth just like him. But it seemed Ryūhei just got the knowledge from the spirits he summoned.

Meanwhile, Veldora didn't seem to care about finding out his secrets. He was just curious because Ryūhei reminded him of another Rimuru as both of them had knowledge about the so-called Earth that Rimuru always talked about in the past.

What Ryūhei said was naturally bullshit. However, he did convince them with that bullshit he spewed.

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Initially, Ryūhei wanted to offer the mangas, novels, and games in the taverns and the Adventurers' Guild for a few days while introducing Yu★Gi★Oh TCG. However, since he got a chance to open a new branch, he decided to give it a shot by helping the Archon.

That day, Ryūhei visited the Angel's Share, The Cat's Tail, and other places to sell his games and mangas. Other than that, his clone visited the shrine to meet Yae Miko.

And eventually, a day passed.

Before 8 AM, Ryūhei, Ayaka, Veldora, and Rimuru set off to the Dawn Winery to meet the owner of the Angel's Share, Venti, Jean, and the traveler.

Arriving at the Dawn Winery, Ryūhei and the others were greeted by a maid before letting them inside as the maid confirmed that the slime was harmless.

Inside, a long table with chairs lined up had been prepared. A total of eight chairs were arranged on each side of the table in the fashion of confronting each other. Four of them were occupied as there were 4 people sitting there, waiting for Ryūhei and his group to arrive. Those four were Jean, Venti, a red-haired man, and a blond-haired youngster. There was also a floating creature or a little girl similar to a pixie, but bigger and without wings, besides that blond-haired youngster.

Jean widened her eyes when she saw Ryūhei, conveying that she didn't know who the people Venti invited were. The red-haired man furrowed his brow slightly before closing his eyes. On the other hand, the flying creature beside the blond-haired youngster shrieked when she saw Rimuru. However, Venti calmed her down and said to her that the slime was docile. And it seemed Venti didn't tell them that Rimuru was different from other slimes.

"Greetings."

Ryūhei bowed and Ayaka followed suit. Then, Ryūhei introduced himself followed by Ayaka and Veldora.

Then, the other party, especially the red-haired man, the blond-haired youngster, and the pixie introduced themselves.

The red-haired man is called Diluc. He is the owner of the wine industry in Mondstadt. He has fair skin and red eyes. Honestly, he has a good look, but his grumpy expression covers it up. As for his attire, it consists of a black shirt, a white vest, a black coat, gloves, pants, and boots. Other than his appearance, it seems Diluc wields a Pyro Vision.

"Nice to meet you, Sir Diluc."

Although Ryūhei tried to befriend Diluc, it seemed Diluc had no intention to do so.

"Nice to meet you." Diluc just nodded while replying with a wary expression.

To break the awkward moment, Ryūhei turned to the blond-haired youngster.

"By the way, what kind of flying creature is this? This is the first time I've seen this one."

"Emergency food!" The youngster replied shortly. But, the flying creature stomped in the air as if she stomped on the ground using her little foot.

"I told you, I'm not an emergency food! I'm Paimon, the best guide in Teyvat! Moreover, that slime is more suitable to be an emergency food."

Ryūhei instantly turned to Veldora.

"Should we tell her?"

"Just let her be. Perhaps she will pass out like Ramiris if she knows." Veldora shook his head before laying his back on the chair.

"Hey, what are you talking about?" Paimon asked.

"Nothing. The best guide, eh? As a best guide, you know everything in this world, right?" Ryūhei closed his distance to Paimon.

"O-of course. You can ask anything if you don't believe me!"

"Then, can you tell me how to sneak into Inazuma without being discovered?"

"..."

Seeing that Paimon didn't reply, Ryūhei shook his head in disappointment.

"It seems that is too much for you. Forget it, it seems you're not that useful!"

"Arghhh, why are you so annoying? I've decided, I'll give you an ugly nickname. Ermmmm, what should I call him? Aether, help me to give an ugly nickname to him!"

Paimon complained because she couldn't think of any idea before glancing at the blond-haired youngster called Aether.

"Hair…" Aether replied after he saw Ryūhei's hair.

"Then, you'll be called a streak hair scoundrel!"

Ryūhei decided to ignore Paimon as if he didn't care to be called like that and then greeted Aether.

For the blond-haired youngster called Aether, Ryūhei guessed that he must be the so-called traveler. He has fair skin and fiery gold eyes. The back of his hair is long and braided with two white feathers attached at the tip. He wears a dark brown breastplate vest with gold and black accents baring his midriff. Too bad, it doesn't show a six-pack shape. As for the bottom, he wears dark pants and boots with kneecaps.

Beside him is a little fairy with thick white hair cropped just above her shoulders, dark purple eyes, and light skin. She wears a long-sleeved white jumper and a night-blue cape flecked with stars, white stockings with white boots, and a crown-like accessory.

What perplexed Ryūhei was their names, Aether and Paimon. Those names were the names of a god and a demon according to the previous life's knowledge. More importantly, Paimon had a demon name.

Ryūhei knew that the names of the Archons were based on the names of demons in his previous life myth. Although he didn't know Ei's Archon name since everyone called her Raiden Shogun, he knew Zhongli and Venti had their Archon names, Morax and Barbatos, and those were demon names. But, the little fairy called Paimon shared the same demon name as Archons.

'Is she also an Archon? But, I didn't feel a Gnosis within her. Moreover, she's too weak. Or perhaps she's a god in disguise…'

And Aether, it was the name that had a connection with Chaos, the source of all things. Moreover, his attire seemed so special and high quality. Ryūhei concluded that Aether wasn't an ordinary person. Although, he wondered where he came from.

At that moment, Venti suddenly opened his mouth to speak.

"Alright, since there are some new faces, let's sum it up…"

In summary, Jean, Diluc, Venti, Aether, and Paimon rushed to a Fatui hideout to snatch back the Holy Lyre. Additionally, they visited several domains to obtain Dvalin's tears that were crystallized and contaminated by the Abyssal poison. Somehow, those teardrop crystals would be used to repair the Holy Lyre, which was kind of weird.

They took out 3 teardrop crystals as Venti pulled them by using his power to make them float in the air. The crystals were shaped like drops of water, but they seemed to be stained with blood, causing a striking discoloration.

Venti intended to hand them over to Aether since he could purify those things. But then…

"Wait!" Ryūhei stopped him. "Lend me one!"

Jean knitted her brow. She wanted to warn him. But before she could do that, Ryūhei already grabbed one of the crystals.

"This…!" Jean was surprised by this. This confused Diluc as well since the crystal would injure other people except Aether.

"Hmm, is there something wrong, Master Jean?" Ryūhei turned to Jean while tilting his head.

"Don't you feel anything?" Jean asked back instead.

"Am I supposed to feel something? Honestly, seeing Venti was so careful with this thing, I did the same as well. You can say I used a trick to move this crystal without touching it."

In fact, Ryūhei manipulated space around the crystal to make it move in his direction without touching it. Thus, he didn't touch it at all since it was locked in the space he controlled. But, he didn't bother to explain it to them.

Then, Ryūhei inspected the crystal thoroughly.

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AN: Sorry guys, my dad was hospitalized two days ago. I'm so busy irl right now. I won't upload for some days.