Rosalyne crossed her long, pale legs and leaned back into the velvet of the sofa.
For a moment, her mind went completely blank.
Su Xuan had always claimed he could twist a person into a pretzel with a flick of his wrist—
but until now, she had assumed it was arrogance, or poetic exaggeration.
This time, she truly saw it with her own eyes.
He really can twist solid objects as if they were soft dough…
The ever-proud La Signora found her throat tightening as she swallowed.
Such a person walking freely across Teyvat… whether it was a blessing or a catastrophe, she could not say.
What frightened her most was not his power—
but how thoroughly he understood this world.
Even if the Fatui tried to deceive him with partial truths or misdirection,
it was clear—he would see straight through them.
She exhaled slowly, chest rising and falling under her ornate corset.
"I wonder if Her Majesty also has a copy of that diary…"
Bad news: Su Xuan had just exposed the Delusion factory and Fatui interference in Inazuma to Raiden Ei herself.
Good news: Su Xuan was currently in Inazuma, and she—La Signora—was stationed in Mondstadt.
Even if he intended to travel…
From Inazuma to Mondstadt wouldn't be this month, or the next.
For now, her mission—to claim the Anemo Archon's Gnosis—should remain unaffected.
The diary shimmered again with new lines:
[Hmm… the excavation ability of my telekinesis is acceptable.]
[If I spent more time gathering strength, I could probably lift the entirety of Inazuma City and let it end up like the Delusion factory.]
[Ah well. I still have plenty of room to grow.]
[Today's work is done—time for a bath and some sleep.]
La Signora: "…Excuse me?"
Every woman reading the diary was left speechless.
You do realize what you just said, they thought.
If he can crumple an entire city like foil, then every capital on the continent is within reach.
If he travels and crushes cities as he goes—Teyvat's map may soon become empty.
Ningguang—normally composed even in crisis—could only laugh, tapping her smoking pipe lightly.
"So that's what he calls 'not much,' hm? Interesting man."
八酝岛 — Yashiori Island
When Su Xuan turned back, he found Raiden Ei standing in the doorway, dazed.
"What are you staring at?" he asked casually.
Ei blinked, finally returning to herself.
His telekinesis could sink mountains.
The Delusion factory he had unearthed was large—yet it clearly hadn't come close to his limits.
If he ever directed that force toward the Ley Lines…
Ei did not even want to consider what kind of catastrophe that would bring.
"I… felt the ground shake. I came to look."
She paused, shifting her gaze toward the cliff.
"…Those people. Are they the workers from the Delusion factory?"
Su Xuan followed her gaze.
"Yes. Fatui infantry and researchers."
He spoke with calm neutrality.
"They were simply following orders. They haven't wronged me personally. I had no reason to kill them."
Before destroying the factory, he had already sensed the workers underground—
so he had shielded them in telekinetic barriers and pulled them out first.
He was not needlessly slaughterous.
"As for the one I would have killed…" Su Xuan sighed, palms open.
"He's not here."
Ei's eyes narrowed.
"You have a personal enemy within the Fatui?"
"No." Su Xuan said lightly. "I simply know that if I meet that one, he'll irritate me. Better to remove him early."
Ei: "…"
She had seen revenge taken for insult and for bloodshed—
but this was the first time she had seen someone determined to kill in advance, purely to preserve mood.
Su Xuan stretched, turning toward the shoreline.
"I'm going to draw some seawater and make a hot spring. Move however you like."
"Wait." Ei stopped him—her voice low.
Those violet eyes, usually cold as polished glass, were burning.
"You do not intend to protect them, correct? Those Fatui."
"No reason to," Su Xuan answered.
The moment the words fell, Ei exhaled—long and sharp—like a blade clearing its sheath.
"Good."
Lightning cracked across her gaze.
"They polluted this land.
They toyed with human lives.
They used my people as test subjects."
Her voice deepened—
quiet, controlled, and terrifying.
"I will take their lives first."
Su Xuan waved lazily, already drifting toward the sea.
"Go ahead. Do as you please."
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