Wonderland Space; hot spring bathhouse.
Hearing Nolan still try to wriggle out of it, Xianyun shot him an annoyed glare, struggling for a bit but unable to break free, so she only snorted coldly and turned her face away.
Neither Xianyun nor Ganyu said a word. Nolan could only keep stroking their bellies while talking about all the advantages of the Wonderland Space.
"Hmph, my own cave-dwelling isn't any worse than yours," Xianyun bluffed, not wearing her usual red half-frame glasses.
"But if you and Ganyu live here, then the three of us—master and disciples—could see each other whenever we want, right? That'd be great, wouldn't it? Wouldn't your cave-dwelling feel lonely if you lived alone? Here it's lively, lots of people," Nolan coaxed with a smile.
He understood Xianyun pretty well—even though she seemed to be a reclusive immortal, she actually liked having company.
As expected, Xianyun hesitated, a flicker of uncertainty crossing her face—but she quickly shook her head.
"Hmph. It doesn't matter if it's good or not. The point is I just can't let this guy have his way! How dare he act so rude to this immortal!" She thought stubbornly to herself.
"Fine, fine, if that's how you want to play it... then don't blame me for not letting go of either of you." Nolan, having partly expected Xianyun's reaction, kept hugging the two, hands still enjoying the soft feel of their flat bellies, but he couldn't help a trace of helplessness.
No surprise, truly a tsundere immortal. Persuading her wouldn't be easy.
With that thought, his hands moved tentatively toward the pale slopes of their hips and thighs.
"...You!"
Xianyun clapped a hand over her chest, slapping Nolan's paw away with the other, though she could have easily stood and walked off while he loosened his grip—yet she didn't. Obvious: deep down, she didn't really want to leave.
A faint curl tugged at Nolan's mouth. He kept caressing Xianyun's soft skin, but didn't forget Ganyu either.
Ganyu, by contrast, didn't resist at all; when his hand touched her hips or her snow-white thighs, she only clung more tightly to his arm.
Still, her cheeks blushed crimson, and she pressed her legs together, not allowing Nolan to get too frisky.
Nolan could feel the heat radiating from the insides of Ganyu's pressed-together thighs—a pleasure in itself.
Seeing her like this, he figured: all it would take was a bit of coaxing and Ganyu would agree to live in the Wonderland Space.
After all, she'd always been the softer type.
Meanwhile, Xianyun had already slapped his hand away from her hips and thighs several times. Evidently not so easily subdued.
Nolan contemplated for a moment, then turned to Shenhe beside Xianyun, seeking help:
"Shenhe, why don't you try persuading your master? See if she'll stay."
"Alright." Shenhe nodded gently, and of course she hoped to live together with her master, so she hugged Xianyun's arm and pleaded, "Master, please. Stay here with us?"
Faced with her disciple's invitation, Xianyun hesitated again, but ultimately turned her face away.
Hmph—calling Shenhe to help wouldn't get an easy answer either.
"Master..." Shenhe shook her head at Nolan helplessly—she too had no solution.
"Well then," Nolan decided. Clearly, soft tactics wouldn't work—time for something a bit harder.
Just as Xianyun turned her face, he grinned, and with a sudden move, stole a kiss.
"…Mmh!"
Staring at Nolan's face brushing hers, Xianyun's eyes widened in shock. She couldn't deny the soft, warm sensation on her lips—she realized exactly what had happened.
He actually, actually...
Xianyun was stunned, never expecting Nolan to suddenly kiss her. She forgot to cover her chest, frantically pushing against his shoulder to move her face away.
Just as she was about to curse him, she felt a hand cradle the back of her head, guiding her lips back to his again.
"Mmm!"
She whimpered. Caught off guard, Xianyun couldn't defend herself and fell to Nolan's deepening kiss.
She pressed her hand to his chest to shove him away, but with his hand steady at the back of her head, getting free was impossible.
After a brief struggle, Xianyun's strength failed her, and she could only give up, cursing the bastard inwardly:
[Xianyun Has Developed Good Feelings Towards You, Obtained 320 Affection Points. Current Affection Level: Lv.9 (600/900)]
Seeing the notification on her profile, Nolan thought smugly—so it was as he suspected; with tsundere women like Xianyun, tough love did the trick.
Gradually, he relaxed his right hand. Noticing Xianyun didn't take the opportunity to move her head away, he slipped his palm down her back.
He dipped his hand into the hot spring water and trailed it endearingly along her elegant, creamy skin. As she became consumed by the kiss, he quietly slid his hand from her armpit around to the front.
"Mmh!"
Xianyun instinctively squeezed her arms together, trying to shield her chest again, but it was already too late.
Next to them, Shenhe—watching the kiss grow feverish—wet her lips, pressed her knees together, and crawled into Nolan's lap:
"Husband, I want some too..."
"Mmm, I'll thank you for your trouble." Since Nolan's mouth was occupied kissing Xianyun, he could only "speak" telepathically through the Waymark.
"Mmm." Shenhe slid her arms around Nolan's waist and planted a soft kiss on his neck.
"Ah, you guys..."
On the left, Ganyu blushed, wanting to cover her eyes at the sight of Shenhe clinging to Nolan.
But her arms stayed folded before her, so she could only squeeze her eyes shut.
She never imagined Shenhe could be so bold...
At that moment, her tightly pressed thighs grew tired, and Nolan's left hand—so far well-behaved—stayed put.
Perhaps because he was occupied kissing Xianyun, he hadn't paid much attention to her.
So, taking the opportunity, Ganyu relaxed her strained legs a little.
Just as she did, Nolan seemed to sense the slackening and slid his hand down toward Ganyu's hips.
"Mm?!" Ganyu's eyes flew open, her pale cheeks flushing a deeper red.
"S-stop, stop..."
She withdrew her hands from her chest, quickly grabbing his wrist—yet as soon as she did, she felt all her strength drain away.
...
Time slipped by—half an hour passed.
Whether it was Xianyun, slumped against Nolan's shoulder after being kissed; Shenhe straddling his lap; or Ganyu, overwhelmed with sensitivity—all were left breathless and exhausted, draped across his body.
"Hmph!"
Xianyun propped herself on Nolan's shoulder, still turning her head away in stubborn defiance.
Clearly, she had no strength left and could only lie beside him.
Nolan smiled faintly. It seemed there was no way—he had to be a little more forceful to subdue her!
He kissed the forehead of Shenhe, who was lying on top of him, telling her to get up for a moment. Although Shenhe was a little puzzled, she still got up.
Once Shenhe got up, Nolan also stood. Xianyun was leaning against the edge of the hot spring. Seeing Nolan approaching, she covered her chest somewhat nervously and said:
"What… what do you want?!"
"I want to try a new cultivation method with you."
Nolan embraced Xianyun, letting her bend her knees to press against the bottom of the pool, her snow-white thighs leaning against the wall, lying prone at the pool's edge, only her body and hips exposed above the water.
Xianyun hadn't regained her strength yet and couldn't resist, so she had no choice but to let this guy fondle her buttocks.
Just as Nolan was pressing his hands onto her hips and getting closer, he saw Ganyu, panting gently beside him. As if he'd thought of something, he picked Ganyu up as well.
He then had her lie on Xianyun's back.
"Eh, Master?" Ganyu rubbed her eyes, confused about why she was lying on her Master's back. Nolan looked at Shenhe, who was behind, and said:
"You get on your senior sister's back too."
"Okay." Shenhe had done many similar sticky, cuddly postures like this before with other girls while keeping Nolan company, so she was quite practiced and easily lay down on Ganyu's back.
"You wretch…" At the very bottom, Xianyun finally understood what embarrassing thing Nolan was planning to do.
She was just too exhausted, with Ganyu and Shenhe piled on top of her, so she could only look back at him in shame and anger, glaring at him fiercely.
Nolan smiled slightly, hugging them all from behind.
[Xianyun Has Developed Good Feelings Towards You, Obtained 520 affection points. Current affection level: Lv.10 (Max)]
Over an hour passed. Xianyun, Ganyu, and Shenhe, who were stacked up, hung their arms down in exhaustion and could only let Nolan pick them up one by one to soak them back into the hot spring.
Xianyun was panting, too tired to even speak. Ganyu was about the same, only Shenhe, who often snuggled with him, was still in decent shape.
So Nolan and Shenhe helped dry off Xianyun and Ganyu and carried them back to Shenhe's room.
After so much training, the girls were indeed exhausted. It was time for rest.
Nolan embraced Xianyun and Shenhe to his left and right, letting Ganyu lie on top of him, and quickly drifted off to sleep.
The next morning, Nolan woke up.
Xianyun, Ganyu, and Shenhe were all still asleep, so he stayed nestled among the girls, enjoying their body warmth.
At this moment, Nolan remembered that Xianyun had reached max affection with him the night before, and the character panel had popped up with a new affection skill notification.
But he'd been too busy snuggling and training to check.
Now that he was free, Nolan opened the character panel to take a look:
[Through genuine feelings and tireless effort, you and the girl, whose fates were once unrelated, are now deeply connected. From now on, the girl's destiny star will shine together with yours. Gained ability: "A Hall Filled with Gentle Breeze."]
What kind of affection skill would "A Hall Filled with Gentle Breeze" be?
Nolan clicked it curiously:
[A Hall Filled with Gentle Breeze: Area-of-effect buff skill. Under the gentle breeze, all buff effects on allies are comprehensively enhanced. The numerical cap, area (meters), and duration (hours) are equal to the combined levels of Xianyun and Nolan.]
A buff-skills-boosting buff skill… Nolan felt the information feedback from this affection skill, and found it to be quite incredible.
For example, if he used Yelan's affection skill "Exquisite Dice of Fate," rolling a lucky blessing buff—let's say the duration is a hundred minutes.
If he then activated "A Hall Filled with Gentle Breeze," the effect and duration of the lucky blessing buff would both increase by 208% based on initial values.
His current level was 111, and thanks to last night's snuggling cultivation, Xianyun's level had also risen by one to 97.
So, the increase was more than double.
Similarly, this skill applied to all beneficial effects, such as cultivation results, internal energy refinement, and also worked on others.
Looks like in the future, when cultivating with the girls, everyone's growth speed would be much faster!
Nolan thought with some delight and wanted to try out the effect right away.
A gentle breeze rose in the room. He pulled his arm out from under Xianyun and Shenhe, who were using him as a pillow, then gently rolled over and pinned Ganyu beneath him.
After a dozen or so minutes, Xianyun and Shenhe woke up as well, so Nolan simply did a little morning training with them too.
An hour passed, and with last night's efforts, his progress had increased significantly again:
[Level: Lv111 (155236/21000000)]
In the meantime, Nolan once again invited Xianyun and Ganyu to live in the Wonderland Space, and this time they finally agreed.
After all, after having done such embarrassing things, there was no choice but to let Nolan take full responsibility.
At 7:30 in the morning, after lingering together lazily for a while, they finally got up, had breakfast, and Shenhe led her master and senior sister to prepare their new rooms.
The other girls also got ready for work. Lumine and Paimon prepared to go to the Fontaine Adventurers' Guild to take commissions and explore the region.
They also wanted to check in case Charlotte had left a message.
Nolan explained to them that he'd met a helpful person outside the starry sky who was willing to take him to experience interstellar society.
So, for the next day or two, he wouldn't be able to accompany them to adventure in Fontaine.
Lumine and Paimon understood this and decided to go explore nearby by themselves for now, while the "Sword God of Lumine" avatar that Nolan had left on the Starship sensed someone approaching.
And so, he transported himself back.
Near a dim planet, inside the Starship's room.
Nolan's figure appeared silently and retrieved the "Sword God of Lumine" he'd left there; just as he sat at the table and chairs in the room—
Suddenly, a virtual screen popped up above the desk, accompanied by a synthesized female voice:
"Dear guest, it is now 3 PM Herta Time. Would you like some afternoon tea?"
"3 PM Herta Time?" Nolan was momentarily stunned, then realized, "So, I slept all the way from morning to afternoon?"
Apparently, Teyvat's time and Herta Space Station's time zones did not align. Before he left, it was about 7:30 AM Teyvat time, but here it was 3 PM, more than an eight-hour time difference.
"Yes. If you feel unwell, please visit the nearest medical office," the synthetic female voice said again.
"No, I'm fine," Nolan replied offhandedly.
It seemed this AI system only had simple interaction functions; after all, it didn't consider the possibility that this guest might experience a time difference with Herta Space Station.
Perhaps it was deliberately designed this way, since this was a guest room and privacy likely took top priority.
Probably there weren't any cameras either, or it wouldn't have failed to notice that the one here was just his avatar.
At that moment, the synthesized female voice from the desk said again:
"Visitor detected outside the door, identity confirmed: Genius Society member number 76, Screwllum. Would you like to open the door?"
(End of Chapter)
//TN: Sorry for late upload, kinda sick from 2 days ;)
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