When she compared the elegant, ethereal Cloud Retainer from moments ago to the adorable, squishy Slime wobbling before her now—
"Pfft—!"
Ganyu couldn't hold back her laughter.
She really tried.
She really tried.
But this was too much.
A dignified immortal… now a cute blue jelly.
And unexpectedly kind of fun to squeeze…
Cloud Retainer's little Slime body trembled.
"Ganyu! You dare laugh at your master?!"
She let out two indignant hums.
"Very well. Since you dare mock me— then I shall tell everyone what you were like as a child."
Ganyu instantly panicked.
"M–Master, spare me!"
Talk about embarrassing stories in private was one thing but in front of an entire shop?!
She wouldn't survive this!
Cloud Retainer ignored her and looked at Han Feng with a mischievous tone.
"Her childhood was very cute.
I'm sure Boss Han and her friends would love to hear it, wouldn't they?"
Han Feng nodded seriously.
"I admit… I'm a little curious."
Ganyu: "…!"
Even the boss?!
She covered her face and sighed helplessly.
Fine.
She would just close her eyes.
If she couldn't see anyone…
Maybe she wouldn't die of embarrassment.
Satisfied, Cloud Retainer began storytelling like a proud grandmother.
"Hehe. Ganyu's favorite thing as a child was having the horns on her head stroked."
"Back when I watched over her, she couldn't fall asleep unless I petted her horns."
Ganyu's eyebrow twitched.
Cloud Retainer continued blissfully unaware.
"One day, a visitor came seeking an adeptus.
It was the first human Ganyu had ever seen.
She was so terrified she hid between the rocks for two days and two nights.
When I found her, she was crying, saying she'd seen a monster."
Cloud Retainer broke into laughter at the memory.
Ganyu clenched her hands so tightly her knuckles turned white.
And then—
Cloud Retainer dropped the bomb.
"Oh, and back then, Ganyu was chubby.
So chubby that whenever we walked down the mountain, if she slipped even a little— she would roll all the way down to the bottom! Hahaha!"
Cloud Retainer's Slime body jiggled as she laughed, making the entire scene feel even more mocking.
"Cloud—
Retainer—
MASTER—!"
Ganyu's voice trembled with rage.
The first two stories she could barely tolerate.
But the chubby part?!
Absolutely unacceptable!
She lunged forward, scooped the Slime into her arms, and—began mercilessly squeezing.
A full-on "pent-up-for-hundreds-of-years disciple revenge" style squeeze.
"Ganyu! You dare assault your master?!
Such disrespect toward an adeptus!"
Cloud Retainer flailed inside Ganyu's arms.
She never imagined Ganyu would go this far!
But Ganyu only snorted.
"Master? My master is the great Cloud Retainer— an elegant crane, a proud adeptus of Liyue.
Certainly not this Slime."
Cloud Retainer popped her head out for air.
Barely.
"I only turned into this because of Boss Han's Slime Experience Card!
You know this!"
Ganyu tilted her chin proudly.
"Oh? Then transform back. Go on—show us."
Cloud Retainer: (⊙_⊙)
Silence.
Awkward, defeated silence.
She wanted to.
She truly did.
But she couldn't.
Ganyu folded her arms smugly.
"You can't turn back?
Then you're obviously not my master."
She pointed dramatically.
"Bold creature!
Impersonating Cloud Retainer— an act of disrespect toward the adepti!
Prepare for your punishment!"
And she pounced again.
Madame Ping and Yanfei exchanged looks.
"Grandma Ping… were they always like this?" Yanfei whispered.
Madame Ping shook her head.
"I'm not entirely sure.
But Cloud Retainer does love to talk."
Yanfei groaned, holding her forehead.
"Please don't ever learn from her…
I don't want my childhood stories recited in public for the rest of my life."
Madame Ping laughed softly.
Centuries of solitude made one chatty— it was understandable.
And the only two she really could tease were Ganyu and Yanfei.
Nearby, Noelle watched wide-eyed.
"Boss Han… is that truly Miss Ganyu?
She seems completely different from before…"
She remembered the gentle, elegant secretary who read manga so politely…
Not the gleeful menace squeezing a Slime to death.
Han Feng chuckled.
"Probably years of pent-up frustration finally breaking free."
In the original story, Ganyu never dared fight back— always quietly enduring Cloud Retainer's rambling.
But now that Cloud Retainer had become a cute, harmless Slime…
Well.
Ganyu saw her chance.
And took it.
Viciously.
Finally, Ganyu blushed, realizing everyone was watching.
"Ahem—Boss Han, we will… take this Slime outside first!"
She scooped up the indignant Slime and hurried out of the shop.
Outside the shop…
A group of Millelith stood watch.
The captain frowned.
"Didn't Miss Ganyu leave earlier?"
The guard beside him nodded.
"I believe so… but now she's carrying a Slime."
The captain stared harder.
A Slime.
In Liyue Harbor.
In Ganyu's arms.
"…A Slime?
Could that be… another reward from the manga shop?"
He rubbed his forehead.
Today alone, he'd seen more bizarre things than in his entire lifetime.
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