Chapter 64: A Talk With Venti, A Witch and Tanya's Perspective of Her Daily Activities

"Thank you for filling up the gap in my knowledge, Venti." I said while sipping the coffee that it turned cold yesterday but I turned back time to when it was still hot and continued to enjoy it, much to Venti's chagrin, seeing Ray casually manipulate Time to enjoy his hot cup of coffee when create another fresh cup is a thousand time less mana consuming.

Venti himself still felt uncomfortable, shifting his butt constantly on the chair under Ray's lecherous stare. He swears he saw Ray lick his lips when he wasn't paying attention.

"Anyway, I will leave the induction process to… Charlotte. The one that dragged you here yesterday. Also, before I forgot. A reward and incentive for you to continue serving under me." Ray lifted his hand and snapped his finger as another big portion of his mana evaporated but filled immediately from an endless source which intrigued Venti.

He already knows that none of the Archon could be an opponent to his new master except for his friend Morax and Beelzebub who both are warriors of great achievement and perhaps could win against Ray if his ability of looking into the future are put aside because his power or what he referred to as Mana is endless. His stamina is also endless.

Venti saw it himself, he casually demonstrated he can even create humans. A living and breathing HUMAN! Not even all the Archons combined can attempt such a feat and only the Primordial One could.

Anyway, after Ray snapped his finger. Venti felt very refreshed. As if a tumor in his body was finally removed and cleansed of any filth.

"The Erosion! You! You removed it?" Venti jumped from his seat and in sheer disbelief, checked his soul and confirmed the effect of Erosion had been removed. Though he also noticed the chain that shackled his soul to Ray's mercy.

"It's something trivial. Not even much of a task to eliminate its effect. Though, I wonder why the Heavenly Principle would forcefully strip all gods off their immortality?" Ray shrugged and gave Venti another question.

"I'm not sure myself." Venti also shrugged. "But, I heard of a rumor before that Celestia is culling the gods so none can ascend to Celestia. The existence of Archon itself is nothing more than a guard dog for Celestia in Teyvat to let the mass remain ignorant of the heaven above, as much as I wanted to deny it." He fell helplessly back to the chair and enjoyed himself by telling rumors.

"Celestia… Everything will eventually point back to Celestia. The Gnosis, the Cataclysm, the War, the Archons." Ray mumbled and it affirmed his theory.

Since each world he entered is a work of fiction made real in this Omniverse, he knew there would be a theme. It isn't hard to guess Gnosis, gnosticism.

The existence of the Light realm and Void. The very meaning of the term Archon in gnosticism. The relationship between Celestia and the Archons. All this just kept feeding his brain with more and more 'food' to digest that it eventually bricked itself.

"Yeah. Everything is caused by Celestia and there's nothing we could do about it but submit to them and play our role as Archons. Also why I didn't really care about the position much. I did it to help my friend. I didn't do it out of my own personal pursuit."

Venti is cooperative as much as possible because he needs Ray's help. His friend and technically child as Dvalin born from wind and Wind is his domain as the Archon of Anemo.

Feeling that he needed time to digest all these thoughts, he dismissed the bard and opened a portal to release him back to Mondstadt. But he was stopped.

"Wait, can you help me heal someone? She is a dear friend of mine."

"Dvalin?" Ray asked and received a nod from Venti.

"A dragon huh?" Ray made his consideration.

From his bit and pieces of understand about this world, simply possessing Gnosis will put himself in the attention of Celestia, then actually gathering them would mean an inevitable confrontation with Celestia. Having more sla- *cough* allies would mean a greater chance of succeeding.

"Sure. But let me rest a little. Dealing with you had taken quite a toll on my body." Ray agreed.

Venti nodded and noticed some injury on him. Not from battle but more from injury from strain. Maybe side effects? After all, limitless energy sounds cool and all but it's impossible for such a ludicrous ability to not have any drawbacks.

"Thank you." Venti thanked with the most genuine smile before he hopped off to the portal and vanished.

Meanwhile Ray is rubbing his nasal bone.

"Fuck! Wasn't this issue resolved last night? Also, why the fuck it's always the guy that look cuter than the actual female?" Ray cursed and rested for a little bit to calm his turbulent mind.

(Sometimes it take a real man to be the best girl — Gigguk)

(*Nod* *Nod*)

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It was the usual routine for Tanya. The morning she went out with Salter to fight monsters and in the afternoon she went to the store.

Today however, it was slightly different because she noticed several suspicious people trailing her but Salter is nearby in her spiritual form and she didn't worry much thanks to that.

"Hmn, the increase of merchants and people in general from all over Teyvat caused Mondstadt city to always be crowded." She mentioned.

'And security is getting worse because there aren't enough guards to patrol and uphold justice on the street.' Salter continued as she saw another civilian getting mugged at the back alley and she didn't doubt her other self would already rush to help in such a situation.

"Make way! I said get off my way!" A rather gruff and messy looking person ran through the crowd, pushing people aside. Probably escaping considering there are few knights also splitting the crowd to chase the man.

He was on the path toward Tanya who was also swamped by the crowd on her way from Adventurers' Guild to the store after cashing out her loot.

The man then reached Tanya and tried to shove her aside but his hand ended up hitting a semi transparent wall and his body also crashed into it.

The knights arrived soon and profusely thanked Tanya, thinking she is another sorceress from the distinguished Akademiya considering she can use supernatural ability without any Vision on sight.

Tanya shrugged and also strictly reprimand the Knights to be more wary of their surroundings especially in such time, as her personality as military instructor somehow bled out.

The two knights, affected by Tanya's aura of a strict instructor, saluted before dragging the criminal away.

She continues her journey, unaware of a certain lady with a purple witch hat decorated with purple rose and wearing a similar color themed sexy dress and a black stockings at Good Hunter observing her unusual magical ability like a hawk eyeing its prey.

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"My, I never expected to see something interesting when returning to Mondstadt. An unknown magic not belonging to any magic school that exists in this world… fu fu fu… interesting indeed." A purple electrifying glint appeared temporarily on her eyes before it disappeared.

"I planned to join the Knight of Favonius after meeting my dear old friend, Jean. But, something else caught my eyes." The witch mumbled as the Vision on her necklace glow brighter as her thirst for the unknown was awakened by this encounter.

She paid for her bill before leaving Good Hunter to trail after the girl that possessed the unknown magic.

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Back with Tanya.

Tanya arrived at her store, bustling as ever, since the first day it opened. Millions of Mora pouring into her coffers, mainly from Merchants that buy in large bulks instead of the actual store.

She went to do her usual task, checking the stocks, counting the income and restocking. Salter went to her usual eating spree after delivering Tanya to the store. So, no one noticed a witch stalking Tanya in the dark. Until the closing hour, when the sun is setting down.

"Mhhmn…" Tanya stretch her body after sitting few hour straight next to the cashier, counting the stock record book and income book since she need to pay tax to the Knight of Favonius, the governing body of Mondstadt.

The store closed and she bid the two workers farewell and Salter returned in her spiritual form. Then as usual, she asked Ray to open a portal and both returned to the underground base.

"Interesting… manipulation of space! Similar ability with the Waypoints scattered across Teyvat but none could utilize." Her interest was aroused even further figuratively and literally as she was basically squirming in joy and pleasure, looking at the potential knowledge she could understand with a crazed expression.

(Sorry if this is inaccurate, I probably butchered her real personality but this is what I get from fandom and I rather not dig through the spiral of insanity looking through reddit and forums.)

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Once Tanya and Salter returned, they noticed Ray was nowhere to be found along with Charlotte. But moments later, he appeared with a slightly disheveled appearance, probably just had sex with Charlotte while she was away.

Not that she mind when she remembered she once tried to satisfy Ray alone. All holes that could fit his rod were ravaged and her body was so exhausted that she needed three days to recover. It's unfair that he had unlimited stamina while she didn't.

"Welcome back Tanya, Saber." He greeted them and noticed a small pout on Tanya's face as he ushered them to the dining hall on the fourth floor.

Upon arriving, they saw dishes floating out of the kitchen and neatly arranged themselves on the table along with the plates and cutlery.

"Where is Charlotte?" Tanya asked, knowing they have to wait for the last person before they can start eating.

"Just another moment and she will arrive." Ray replied but his mind isn't here as he is focused on manipulating his Telekinesis to bring out the extra portion for Salter.

"Mhm." She hummed while taking a seat next to him.

While still waiting, she strikes up a conversation.

"So, I heard you kidnapped a god yesterday from Charlotte."

"Oh, his name is Venti. Not a god though, he's an Archon. God is different in power compared to Archon." Ray explained.

"So… it's a him…" Tanya muttered with hidden shock because Charlotte said Ray almost raped the go- Archon yesterday but quickly escaped and find her and bringing Charlotte along to vent his lust.

'He can't be a gay, would he…' Tanya questioned while staring at Ray.

Although it had been years they had been through thick and thin together, she admitted that she didn't know much of Ray other than what he chose to share. He also becomes more mysterious as time passes while she observes him.

"Ray… can I look at your old memories again?" Tanya bites the bullet and asks.

"Why so suddenly?" Ray broke off his focus and looked at Tanya. Not with suspicion but genuine interest in her reason leading to this question. "But, sure. Just give me some time to sort out my mental archive first. Still quite messy after the talk with Venti this morning."

"Mhm. Thanks." Tanya leans closer and links her arms on Ray's neck before pulling it down a little for a kiss.

Another thing Tanya is jealous about is why Ray's height is still increasing past 170cm when her height stagnated at 162 cm.

"Why are you suddenly pouting out of a sudden?" Ray smiled and poke at her face before grinning.

"Nothing." Tanya released Ray and pouted even more as she crossed her arms on her chest while looking away.

Ray sighed at her sudden mood swings and muttered under his breath something about 'woman' before he saw Charlotte phase through the floor and to her seat before she swapped to her physical body.

"Let's eat before the dishes turn cold." He invites everyone to eat.

"Oh! No need to *nom* remind me, *nom* Master." Salter said while gracefully inhaling her food.

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Vision= (forbidden knowledges) = Key to godhood = very Lite version Gnosis