The next day, at exactly 4 a.m.
"Time to pull cards!"
[Sword of Narzissenkreuz | ☆☆☆☆]
[Skyward Blade | ☆☆☆☆☆]
[Bennett (Pyro) | ☆☆☆☆]
"Huh?"
Renjiro leaned back on his single bed, hands behind his head, legs crossed, staring at the virtual interface visible only to him. A frown creased his brow.
Although a few days ago, the system had told him: "The system's card pool is completely random. There's no such thing as 'using your lifespan to pull cards.' Don't scare yourself."
But…
"Three pulls… one gold, two purples?"
And, of course, one of them was…
"Bennett, huh."
Renjiro sighed helplessly.
"Well, finally! After pulling Xingqiu for so long, I've now got both 'Six Genshin.'"
"Add in the [Xinyan] from the day before yesterday, and my currently summonable Genshin characters just expanded to sixteen."
Honestly… in the past few days, Renjiro's luck with pulls had been absurdly good.
Just recently, he had pulled a double-yellow egg… though he forgot to lock it, a minor flaw. But since acquiring Raiden Shogun and Keqing, within no more than ten pulls, he'd already gotten the Skyward Blade.
To be honest, although this one-handed sword wasn't the most versatile—far from the likes of Mistsplitter it was still Renjiro's first five-star Genshin weapon.
Golden! Elegant! High-class! Prestigious!
So…
"Skyward Blade and Sword of Narzissenkreuz are both suitable for Bennett, but he's only Lv.1 Genshin level… hmm, these two weapons will go Lumine first."
"Bennett… let him make do with a few three-star swords for now, switching between them."
Renjiro quickly made these arrangements.
Speaking of which, over the past few days, with him and Aether grinding dungeon monsters and hoarding magic stones, the Ten Rings of the Human King' massive mana reserve had finally been fully charged.
Based on that, plus yesterday's "helpful" expedition… err, he and Aether had kindly taken Welf, who was eager to reach Lv.2, to exterminate this month's Goliath. Collecting that huge chunk of floor-boss magic stone basically gave Paimon an oversized "battery" to carry around.
In short, recently, Renjiro didn't have to worry about mana consumption at all.
After all, besides the Ten Rings of the Human King, he also had the Stellar Abyss—an extremely efficient mana regeneration buff.
It was because of this…
"After killing Goliath yesterday, Keqing's Genshin level is now Lv.40."
"Hmm, later this morning I'll head to the Apollo Familia Headquarters, clarify things with Cassandra, and then in the afternoon fulfill my promise with Ais at the 'Twilight Manor.'"
Renjiro's thoughts were clear.
"Both tasks require Lumine's help to proceed smoothly."
"I (my real body) can also take this opportunity to properly meet the others."
Thinking this…
"It's still early. I'll take a short nap."
Renjiro was not an energy-based lifeform; he needed real sleep.
However…
"Now that the 'Ten Rings of the Human King' is fully charged, even during daily life, I can summon more Genshin permanently."
With that thought, the young man from another world gradually drifted into sleep.
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A few hours later…
"Big Renjiro-kun, why aren't you up yet…?"
At Maria Orphanage, Rye had tried to knock on the door, but with a bit too much force, the bedroom door swung open.
The scarred boy peeked inside and saw the black-haired youth already awake, sitting against the bed, holding a small board he'd never seen before in his left hand, and tapping on it with his right index finger.
Seeing something so novel…
"What is this? One of those super expensive magical tools?"
Because Renjiro was awake, Rye didn't bother hiding and stepped into the room.
And Renjiro…
[07:12:51 a.m.: Rye knocked to wake me up. That loud little rascal is as noisy as ever.]
Using his practiced pre-world crossing typing technique, Renjiro tapped the message onto the small board… a smartphone.
As expected…
"Uh, what does this say?"
It wasn't in Koine. Rye, curious as ever, stared at the "smartphone," but couldn't read the "true otherworld text."
"So this time, you remembered to put on slippers before jumping on the bed?"
After typing, Renjiro tossed the smartphone into the air, where hidden Paimon caught it and stored it back in the space bag.
Seeing he had no intention of answering, Rye muttered,
"Tch, stingy."
It was worth noting that last time, Rye had jumped on the bed without slippers, and Renjiro had taught him a "painful lesson" with the side of a wooden sword, leaving the orphanage in chaos.
Now, Rye had clearly learned his lesson. Though his backside still twinged slightly.
The little rascal put on his shoes, instinctively touched…
"Smack~"
Renjiro slapped him while getting off the bed, hoisted him onto his shoulder, and stepped out the door.
"Let's go, let's go. Breakfast is buckwheat noodles and (holy) bread."
"No picky eating~"
Hearing this…
"Funny, aren't you the pickiest eater?"
Rye, accustomed to being carried like this, didn't struggle, resting his right elbow on Renjiro's back and propping up his chin, sarcastically:
"Just the other day, if not for Syr-nee…"
"I'll leave Syr to cook today after all."
Renjiro's tone was faintly amused.
"Sigh~ didn't sleep well last night, mana didn't recover much, don't feel like summoning Xiangling~"
Indeed, a double-standard little rascal.
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