Realm

"Dang… that sure is bright."

The surroundings were beautiful. The realm looked like an adeptus was living in it. Floating islands and a sea of clouds that was paired with a beautiful golden sky. If I hadn't adjusted my vision to see only a little amount of energy, I would have gone blind. Right now I can only see strands of energy, but that doesn't change the fact that this place is filled with adeptal energy.

"Amazing, isn't it?" said Yanfei from my side.

"It is." I said with a smile as I took in the surroundings. I sighed and turned to face Yanfei. "Let's check the house out."

She nodded and we both headed to the direction of the house. By the doorway was a large floating teapot. I was quite taken aback when a bird suddenly came out. Ah… This must be Tubby. She welcomed me and Yanfei and told us everything we needed to know. She even mistook Yanfei as my wife.

"W-what?! No no no, you're mistaken. I'm not even his lover yet!" her face was flushed red which made me wonder where her confidence in confessing earlier went.

"...Ah."

She must have practiced that single line a few times already. If so, then it's understandable why she's so flustered by this. Ah, I wanna tease her so badly, but she's already this embarrassed with just a misunderstanding. I held her shoulder and told her to take a deep breath. She did as I told and suggested that we should take a look inside the house. I nodded and we both entered the house, leaving Tubby behind outside.

"Wow…"

The house was quite spacious. No, not quite. It was really spacious. If I were to buy a house like this in Liyue Harbor, it might have cost me more than I could ever imagine. I'm really thankful to Madame Ping for this gift.

Just as Madame Ping said earlier, this place had many rooms. We checked out the rooms and I was quite shocked when I saw that there were already some necessities in all of them. For example, one room already had all we needed for a kitchen. It even had a Cryo powered fridge…

"She really went all out…"

"Fufu, of course she would. Oh, by the way, have you told granny about the child?"

"Not yet. I was about to tell her, but you suddenly called out to her. After that, I completely forgot to tell her as we continued on talking about the Serenitea Pot."

"Oh… ehehe, sorry about that."

I shook my head and told her it was fine. I'll just tell Madame Ping later. We rested in the living room a bit, and Yanfei got really comfortable and slept on the couch. While I wanted to rest as well, I had something to test out.

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I arrived at the other island that was connected to the main one where the mansion was located. I wanted to make sure that I won't accidentally destroy anything while doing this. Not that this will actually cause any harm, but it's better to be sure.

"Haah, alright then…"

I snapped my fingers and heard a shattering noise behind me. I looked behind me and my eyes widened at what I saw. It was another rift, but this one was different. It expanded at a rapid rate, quickly consuming me. It wasn't scary at all. Why? That's because this means I successfully did it.

"Too bright!"

My surroundings were just pure white. Well, that was to be expected. I only created the realm after all. How did I create this place you may ask. That's really easy to answer. It has something to do with my new flames. Actually, let's just name it already. It's powerful, even more powerful than Gluttony, but it also harms me. Hm… since I already named my first element Gluttony, why don't I just use the Seven Deadly Sins as a naming scheme?

Pride? Yeah, let's just go with that. Now as I was saying, I could make this realm because of Pride. It has part divine energy, which is needed to make a personal realm. I can't really explain it since I didn't learn it normally. The information literally just went into my head.

Enough about that, what do I put in this place… A flower field? Yeah, that could work, but what kind of flower should it be… Just then, I remembered something.

"Glaze Lilies… Yes, that's it."

I raised both of my arms and starting from below me, the ground started to form. It was like I was a conductor in an opera. I moved my hand to a made up rhythm, Glaze Lilies and grass formed as I went. I've hidden some things underneath the flowers so that whenever I use this place for battle or training, I wouldn't be destroying them. Right now, it's appearance is for when I just want to have a peaceful place to go to.

"Mhm! This should be good."

It was an endless Glaze Lily field with a beautiful blue sky. I sighed in satisfaction. I snapped my fingers once more and just like earlier, the area behind me shattered and I was swallowed soon after. I'll bring the girls to that place later. Or so I thought…

"Wha…"

I looked behind me and my eyes widened. It was Yanfei.

"What was that?! Hey, hey tell me!"

Yanfei went closer and held my shoulders, shaking me violently. Ugh… I feel like throwing up…

"Y-Yanfei, calm d-down!"

"Oh, sorry. Now, can you tell me what that was? It was like a realm that the adepti made."

"That's because it was."

"What!? But that looked completely different from what I saw from the adepti!"

"I'm just built differently I suppose."

She just stared at me blankly. I sighed and explained to her that I really don't know the answer to that question. She was skeptical about it, but after inspecting my expression to see if I was lying or not, she accepted my answer. Phew, explaining it in any kind of way that I could would just make me get a headache.

"Want to check it out?" I asked and she quickly agreed. "Alright then." I snapped my fingers and just like earlier, a rift appeared behind me and consumed us both.

In just a blink of an eye, we were inside my realm. She gasped in awe and ran around like a child. I held in a chuckle as I watched her. It was relieving to know that I successfully made a realm that can make people relax this much.

"Hey, Aether! What else can you do?"

"Hm? Ah, let me see."

I raised both my hands near my chest and made a vortex of Anemo. Then, I pulled in some petals from the Glaze Lilies and imbued them with a small amount of Pride to make them glow. The petals that I pulled out quickly regenerated by the way.

"Watch this."

I then raised the vortex above my head and shot it up to the sky. Like a firework, it exploded and the glowing petals flew around. Yanfei's eyes sparkled as she looked around and I just stared at her. I guess we could stay here for a bit.

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"Wow! This place looks beautiful!" said Havria as she looked around. After my short stay in my realm with Yanfei earlier, I went back to the hotel I was staying in and told my wives about the Serenitea Pot. The other girls, except Noelle, were long gone by the way. Man, I wanted to show it to them as well. Haah, I guess I'll just call them another time.

Anyways, Ganyu wasn't too surprised, but Havria was really excited to see our new home. Which brings us to the current situation.

"Hey, hon. I want to check around the house!" said Havria in a cheerful voice. I agreed and we all entered the house.

Havria took in the sight of the house with joy while Noelle began muttering something about how to clean the house more efficiently. The look on her eyes was so full of determination that I got a bit worried about how serious she was about that.

"Oh right, dear. Jean wanted to tell you something, but she couldn't contact you." said Ganyu.

"Well, there's no reception here. What did she want?"

"She told me that her friend wanted to come with you to investigate that rift. She also wanted to meet you."

"Oh? Alright then, I'll do it now so that I don't forget it later. Is that okay?"

"Mhm, I'm already familiar with this type of house so I'll just show Havria and Noelle around."

"Thanks."

I gave Ganyu a quick kiss and went over to Havria and Noelle to give them one as well. I told them that I needed to do something and they agreed. I gave them a quick kiss and waved them goodbye.

I left the Serenitea Pot and as soon as I got out, I took out my phone and contacted Jean. After agreeing on a place to meet, I put down my phone and went on my way.