Takumi heard Mei speak and suddenly became interested.
Her eyes turned toward the Shogun's shadow.
"I'm curious. What happened in Inazuma? What caused her to become like this?"
Hearing Takumi's question, Mei hesitated slightly, then explained the situation.
"My sister publicly announced that I am the fourth princess of Inazuma!"
"Then everyone got excited."
Takumi fell silent.
He finally understood.
No wonder Mei was exhausted.
Right now, the most popular person in Inazuma was the Electro Archon herself.
The first-generation Shogun.
The creator of the nation.
But suddenly, a person who looked exactly like her appeared, and the Shogun declared her to be the fourth princess.
No one would doubt it.
With that appearance, she was practically identical to Raiden Makoto and Raiden Ei.
Even if her temperament was different,
that face would not fool anyone.
She had to be their fourth princess.
If Takumi checked the Inazuma forums now,
he would definitely see:
[Shock! The Raiden Shogun actually has a sister.]
[The fourth princess of Inazuma has finally returned?]
[Our nation has another royal—sister to Her Excellency the Shogun!]
Most people were discussing this topic.
"Well~!"
"Isn't being a princess good?"
"Girls usually enjoy being a princess, don't they?"
Hearing this, Mei pressed her lips together.
"I'm not interested."
She was already a young lady of high status.
Although she had experienced much hardship and become immune to some things,
being surrounded by strangers treating her like royalty felt uncomfortable.
Besides, she wasn't someone who enjoyed attention.
She sat on the sofa.
After glancing around, she asked in confusion:
"By the way, you and Nu Wa are home?"
"What about the rest?"
Wasn't Takumi's home usually lively?
Why was he alone now?
Hearing Mei's question, Takumi poured her a cup of tea and explained.
"Elysia and Klee went out to play."
"Ningguang went to the General Affairs Division."
"Shenhe is in the mechanism workshop."
"She should be returning soon."
Mei nodded thoughtfully.
The people who lived with Takumi were basically the leaders of nations.
She had to admit, it was truly impressive.
Thinking of this, admiration rose in her heart.
She stopped asking questions and sat in the living room chatting with Takumi.
Takumi also had some questions for Mei—
like the current state of her world,
and how much things had progressed.
Takumi could only guess.
He was genuinely curious.
Himeko, Seele, and many others had been sealed away.
Things must have changed.
According to the original plot, Bronya entered the Quantum Sea and found Seele.
Then Seele punched the Imaginary Space so hard that it nearly collapsed.
But now Mei had been sent to Teyvat.
So what had happened afterward?
How did the plot change?
Takumi was very curious.
Just as they were talking, the Raiden Shogun (the shadow sister) also sat down nearby,
pulled out her phone, and began playing her game—
completely uninterested in the conversation.
As the sun set, the others returned one after another.
Little Klee, who had been running around with Elysia all day, bounced back into the house.
But the moment she entered, she froze.
Who was this?
"Big sister Ei? No, no!"
"My real sister doesn't look like that."
Klee hadn't been present when Mei first arrived.
After Ei and Chiyo took Mei to Inazuma, Klee had returned to Mondstadt.
So she had never met Mei.
Seeing Mei now, she subconsciously thought Mei was Ei.
After all, the Shogun was off to the side playing games.
"This is Mei."
"Mei, this is Klee."
Hearing Klee's mistaken comment, Takumi was speechless.
Mei's eyes lit up.
"Klee?"
"Are you the one who saved Himeko-sensei?"
"Thank you so much."
As she spoke, Mei stood and walked toward Klee.
Seeing this adorable little girl, she couldn't help wanting to hug her.
She was simply too cute.
But before she could reach her,
Elysia struck first.
"Mei, you're back~!"
"Let me hug you first."
Takumi watched the group pile together,
unsure whether to laugh or cry.
Classic Elysia.
Wherever she went, chaos followed.
However, after a moment of playful chaos, Mei quickly warmed up to Klee and the others.
Meanwhile, Klee and the rest finally understood—
this wasn't Ei's sister.
This was Sister Mei—
someone who simply looked identical to Chiyo, Ei, and Lumine.
Especially when Mei and Lumine sat next to each other.
Klee kept looking back and forth between them.
"Mm… not as scary as the big bad demon king."
"Sister Mei doesn't have lightning flowers."
"Sister Lumine has lightning flowers."
"My real sister doesn't have lightning either."
"But big sister General does have lightning flowers."
As she spoke, Klee became visibly confused.
If not for the different hairstyles, she would have been completely lost.
Seeing her adorable confusion, everyone burst into laughter.
She was simply too cute.
"Klee, school is starting soon."
"Have you finished your homework?"
Takumi rubbed her head.
Hearing this, Klee nodded vigorously.
"Klee finished!"
"No problem!"
"When school starts, Klee will give the teacher all her homework!!"
"Heehee~!"
Of course she did it well.
Back in Mondstadt, she wasn't only playing.
She did her homework too.
Takumi nodded.
"Then have you visited Albedo recently?"
"Do you know what he's been working on?"
Takumi was curious.
Now that Klee had new things to play with, would she still bother Albedo?
Or had she already forgotten him in some far corner of her mind?
Hearing Takumi's question, Klee froze.
Then blinked.
"Klee went to see big brother Albedo."
"But big brother Albedo doesn't have time to talk to me."
"Big brother Albedo is doing a very important experiment."
"So Klee just borrowed his laboratory and made some bombs."
"Klee didn't disturb big brother Albedo~!"
How could she not go to Albedo?
If she didn't visit him, how would she finish making her bombs?
Sure, she could make them at home,
but using Albedo's equipment was much more efficient.
Klee tilted her head at Takumi.
She didn't really understand why he was asking.
"Is there a problem?"