Chapter 197

Near Yomite's side, everyone present exchanged meaningful glances, from concern, to anxiety, to confusion.

"Paimon wants to finally know what is happening! Traveler! What kind of indecent...rope usage is that!?"

Paimon frowned at Lumine in disappointment.

"Hm? What do you mean?"

"...No matter how Paimon looks at it...it looks very... uncomfortable..."

"It should be. He's tied up in a rope, after all."

"No, no, no! Paimon meant... uncomfortable to...look at..."

Lumine glanced at Zhongli for a moment before looking back at the troubled fairy, "Does it look weird? I'm pretty sure I remember the steps perfectly though..."

"Again! It's not like that! Ugh... let's leave it at that..."

Paimon held her head in her hands before averting her gaze, shuddering at seeing what actually went on in front of her...

Zhongli was calmly seated and tied up in the bondage that bore into his bound body, specifically into his expensive looking clothes; completely shackled around his neck, torso and legs...

The sight was depressing to look at, and if it was leaked that someone as grand as the Geo Archon, was bound into a bondage, without resisting even, Liyue would surely become laughing stock to everyone in the world.

Which was already in the making since Paimon was a huge blabbermouth so she was bound to spread some nasty rumors in the upcoming future once she realized who this bound person actually was...

"...This will be very awkward..."

Yomite commented under his breath.

At least Morax wasn't bound up..."That" badly…It could have been so much worse if Lumine managed to master higher forms of techniques regarding bondage...he thought, grateful that she seemed somewhat of a beginner.

(I really need to stop Lisa from turning everyone around me into weirdos...The girls are all naive and believe everything she says to them...)

First it was Jean, with her "Special" kind of books, that were recommended to her by Lisa, and imported by Lisa from Sumeru and Fontaine.

Jean was a hopeless pervert and her little sister was turning out to be one too... although it seemed that at least that wasn't Lisa's fault...

Next was Hu Tao, who somehow knew the term "Anal sex" without having ever heard it prior to meeting Lisa...

Then it was Fischl, who later confessed to him that she was pretty nervous during her first date with him, so she asked Lisa for help, only to get a book with sexual positions that detailed about the most intimate parts of each individual couple's bodies.

Despite knowing full well Fischl would be completely embarrassed reading those kinds of things, despite knowing that words like 'Exhibitionism', 'Masturbation' and other more naughty terms were within the pages, Fischl still insisted to read that certain book in hopes there would be something about dating that could help her...but there wasn't.

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And now, it was Lumine's turn. She also easily fell for her ploy and started learning the art of bondage without even realizing what it truly was...

Lisa was becoming more and more dangerous, literally contaminating the girls around him with bizarre and twisted forms of practices and igniting their inner lewd thoughts.

Lisa needed to be reigned to make sure she wouldn't poison any of the girls around him any further.

(I'll try talking to her about it later.)

But now wasn't time for such thoughts.

Hu Tao was impatiently tapping on top of his head repeatedly before asking worriedly, "Did Zhongli do something to you? Is he our enemy? Couldn't be, right? I mean, he's just an old man with a dusty personality and knowledge, he wouldn't harm a fly! I'm sure of it!"

"No. You'll see."

Yomite replied.

Lumine stepped forth and removed the gag from his mouth, starting the questioning, "Are you...Rex Lapis? The God of Liyue? If so, I have a few questions I wish to ask."

Silence reverberated and soon after, all hell broke loose...

"Rex Lapis!? You mean...One of the seven original Archons!?" Paimon's announcement froze the room into an eerie stillness that shattered into complete chaos when the word triggered its effect upon everyone present...

"Muhahaha!"

Fischl let out a violent laughter while crossing her arms around her chest while holding onto her sides in suppressed hysterics at the audacity of such a declaration…

"Ah, so lovely, to think that with this finale, Rex Lapis' true identity is revealed at last to the mortals around me! This Prinzessin no longer needs to pretend she isn't aware of his existence! Ah certainly indeed, this Prinzessin could feel the damned energy coming from this vessel of the rock...bound by millennium of loneliness and internal conflicts...and now here we stand today with this morose excuse of a divine, suffocating us inside our own existence! This quilt can no longer bear the tainted souls of the foul ground because we put ourselves into his control!"

She then let loose a scoffing laugh, "Woo unto thee, Rex Lapis! This glorious destiny was led to you through selfless dedication of my loyal subjects. Suffer wailing exaltations of a timid soul who seeks atonement for past sins, enjoy thy doom at the hands of Prinzessin Der Verurteilung! Everyone! Let us break him like dried bloodstain upon sand and erase every fragment of oneself..."

"Not again…" Yomite muttered under his breath as he sensed the immense quantity of chuuni comments coming from his girlfriend.

She seemed to have completely switched back to normal when she was with him and only occasionally spoke weirdly once they started their relationship, but it seemed like it that was only reserved for people who she was familiar and comfortable with.

With strangers, she still acted just as always...

Yet still...it was hard to miss her trembling legs. She was very nervous!

Somewhere in the middle of that chaos, Lumine put the gag back into Zhongli's mouth and nodded to herself at the good rope technique.

(I'm improving!)