However.
The sky-screen held no further mysteries.
It took shape quickly, words materializing with crisp efficiency.
[Compilation of the Young Lady's Harem Members (Teyvat Special Edition)]
Huh?
"Who is this 'Young Lady'?!"
"Harem… is it what I think it means?"
"Wasn't this supposed to be divine punishment like before…"
"You scared me to death!"
This time.
There was no narration, no additional imagery.
Only text.
Bare-bones descriptions.
One could tell. That Kiana couldn't be bothered to put much effort into this hastily made video for Teyvat.
So this one's the real side story, huh? Tossed out here, with no one knowing if there'd even be a sequel.
Everything else was left to speculation.
[The Young Lady, named Kiana, hails from another world.]
[She is the counterpart of this world's Heavenly Principle, Phanes.]
The questions asked most across the continent were "Who is this Young Lady?" and "Is she powerful?"…
Now, the sky-screen's first introduction was about the Young Lady herself.
Right from the start.
The Archons were already struggling to process it.
"Phanes' counterpart?"
"The Heavenly Principle from another world?"
Having just been sanctioned and lectured by the Heavenly Principle, the Seven Archons were acutely sensitive to the term.
Teyvat already had some concept of "Descenders."
Naturally, they knew other worlds existed. Not even every outsider could be considered a Descender.
So this, in itself, wasn't all that surprising.
But the problem was… "Reading between the lines, does this mean the Heavenly Principle from another world came to our Teyvat…"
"…to gather a harem?"
Minds went numb.
Could anyone imagine the Heavenly Principle descending to the mortal realm to chase after girls?
Venti rubbed his darkened eyes, wondering if he'd hallucinated from overwork.
Meanwhile.
The screen continued to display text.
[As a supreme existence destined to encounter this world in the future, before truly discovering and descending upon it, she has already briefly touched this world.]
[Through dreams, she connected to her counterpart in this world, performing the duties of the Heavenly Principle in that counterpart's stead.]
[She also mended this shattered world, smoothing over all conflicts with boundless, transcendent power.]
[Quelling calamities, pacifying the Seven Archons.]
[Eradicating the Abyss.]
[Reigning supreme over all!]
"These… these descriptions…"
"Sound so familiar!"
Furina tilted her head, looking adorably confused.
Focalors, however, seemed lost in thought.
Abruptly.
The assembled visuals vanished, and an illustration unfurled like a scroll before everyone's eyes, vivid and brimming with divine essence.
Behold!
A young girl stood in the depths of an infinitely profound ocean.
It was like a midsummer night's dream, with butterflies dancing and mayflies singing like ephemeral melodies.
Her long white hair seemed tinged by moonlight, flowing like tassels.
Her slightly parted eyes held a sacredness beyond any words. That elusive aura was indescribable.
The triple-layered halo behind her head resembled shattered worlds pieced back together, sheltered, becoming the only splash of color in the deep sea.
Behind her ears, on her back, and at her waist were three pairs of wings of varying sizes, pure and holy, like the primordial warmth from which all things originated.
"This… this is that Young Lady…"
"Phanes' counterpart… the supreme being from another world…"
Across Teyvat.
Everyone gazed at the subtly animated illustration in the sky. All were utterly captivated.
It was a difference in dimension, an absolute conceptual gap.
Unfathomable, and impossible to fathom.
Yet even the faintest echo of her presence made them feel as if they were beholding a true deity, all capacity for thought stolen in an instant.
The common folk were struck thus. The nations' leaders, Vision holders—they all seemed like mere specks of dust in the cosmos, glimpsing infinite grains of sand.
Their very spirits trembled on the verge of shattering, trembling uncontrollably.
The Seven Archons?
They weren't much better off.
All the Archons, merely by looking, felt as if they were seeing infinite dimensions, an infinite chasm.
Not a single rebellious thought could arise.
It was fear—primal, biological instinct!
Even long after the illustration faded, many still couldn't snap out of it.
Their minds retained only that fleeting silhouette.
Yet it had already blurred.
As if they were incapable of recalling the specific details of the illustration, unworthy even of the memory.
The stronger one was, the more they naturally remembered.
But even the Archons, straining to recall, could only summon the sacred figure, her features indistinct.
Only those slightly downturned eyes, blue and gentle, yet seemingly piercing straight into their hearts, leaving no room for evasion.
Truly terrifying!
"Why do I feel… the Heavenly Principle we encountered before was this one?"
Raiden Ei mumbled, dazed.
Makoto was startled, but the more she thought about it, the more plausible it seemed.
The other Archons soon realized it too. Appearances could change. But the look in one's eyes was hard to fake.
Besides, with her status and position, there was no need for pretense. She was herself, irreplaceable.
In fact.
Precisely because Kiana had never hidden it.
They were able to figure it out so quickly. If they combined this with the sky-screen's opening content, wasn't the answer even clearer?
No wonder!
They'd thought this Heavenly Principle seemed much milder in temperament.
So it had been a different person all along!
While they didn't know who was behind this sky-screen.
Its content was likely genuine.
The only puzzling thing was that the Heavenly Principle high above had done nothing about the abruptly appearing sky-screen from start to finish.
Was she unable to intervene?
Or simply couldn't be bothered?
Perhaps it was the latter?
Because the Archons simply couldn't imagine that the lofty Heavenly Principle from the parallel world, as depicted in the illustration, would be powerless against a mere sky-screen.
However!
"The Young Lady's… harem compilation? Is it…"
The second Geo Archon, Mr. Zhongli, seemed to recall something, his expression turning slightly peculiar, inexplicably tinged with amusement.
Just then. The sky-screen updated again.
A thunderous opening.
The Archons instinctively straightened up.
--+--
[No.1]
[Phanes]
[This world's Heavenly Principle, the First Throne, the Primordial One.]
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Well, well, well!
The first target of the otherworldly Heavenly Principle was herself in this world.
What kind of dream is this?
"So… this is the Heavenly Principle?"
"The supreme god of Celestia from the legends!"
"Her gaze is so cold…"
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[No.2]
[Asmoday]
[One of the Four Shades of this world's Heavenly Principle, the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles, Ruler of Space.]
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A familiar face appeared once more on the sky-screen.
Isn't this basically the same person?
That was many people's first thought.
Lumine looked up for a long time. "I think I made a mistake earlier… This is the one who stopped my brother and me."
"She's still way out of our league, Lumine." Paimon floated beside her, looking deeply conflicted.
"And look, there are three others just as powerful as her. What do we do now?"
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