As someone from another world, Lumine is indeed special.
Albedo recorded the special circumstances that occurred with Lumine, then closed his notebook.
"I need to make some preparations. For the upcoming experiment, please wait for me for a moment."
"You can look around freely here, but please don't touch some of the potions, otherwise, it might have a terrible impact on the ecological environment of the snowy mountains," Albedo said to the two, then turned and walked away.
Stelle and Lumine exchanged glances, not really having any desire to look around. In the end, they could only find a place to sit down and wait.
The camp was empty with only a few of them. Timaeus had not been seen since early morning, and no one knew where he had gone.
"Stelle, what was it you wanted to tell me earlier...?" While Paimon was curiously wandering around Albedo's camp, rummaging everywhere, Lumine turned to look at Stelle, who was sitting beside her, and asked curiously.
"I..." Stelle was incredibly nervous, and the words were even stuck in her throat.
"I actually, not only with you..."
No matter what, what needed to be said still had to be said. It couldn't be hidden forever. Stelle finally mustered up her courage and told everything about herself.
Including the Succubus Physique, including the other few people, and even being forcibly taken away by Rosaria last night... Perhaps Lumine could understand her?
"This, you, are you telling the truth...?" Lumine's expression looked very surprised, but also seemed to have a hint of the expected and a sudden realization.
She didn't seem very angry, nor was she particularly sad.
Stelle couldn't quite understand, but perhaps Lumine was just hiding her emotions very well.
In short, she didn't dare to look much, lowered her head, and closed her eyes as if resigned to her fate.
"...Indeed, it's Stelle after all." Lumine was silent for a long time before finally letting out a slow sigh.
Her heart was also quite complicated, although she didn't seem to be too surprised by what Stelle had said.
"Lumine, I'm sorry, I, I can't..." Stelle felt her heart pounding faster. She didn't know what Lumine's reaction would be.
"It's okay, I don't mind."
"I know you will... Eh?!" Stelle looked up in surprise, looking at Lumine beside her, her eyes slightly widened.
"I really don't mind!" Lumine waved her hand, smiling as she spoke.
Her reaction was completely off. Stelle even suspected if Lumine had been replaced by someone else.
"How, how could you not mind, something like this?"
"Well, logically speaking, I do want to monopolize Stelle, but after last night... this feeling doesn't seem as strong anymore." Lumine pinched her chin, recalling what happened between her and Stelle last night.
Her cheeks quickly flushed with a suspicious red.
"How should I put it...?" Lumine scratched her hot cheek with her finger, explaining her change to Stelle.
This feeling of hers was very strange, and very bizarre. After one night, her thoughts seemed to have been forcibly changed and distorted by some power...
Of course, this did not mean that her love for Stelle had diminished; on the contrary, it had become even more intense.
It was just too intense, and everything was just for Stelle's sake.
She knew that if she dwelled on this matter, it would only make Stelle difficult and sad, immersed in entanglement.
That's why she said she didn't mind. This was not out of approval for the others, but purely out of consideration for Stelle.
If it had been her before last night, she certainly wouldn't have thought so simply. Upon hearing this, she might have been incredibly sad.
But now... she had no such feeling at all.
Could this also be a result of Stelle's Succubus Physique?
"This..." Stelle's eyes widened slightly. Lumine's words were completely unexpected to her.
But thinking about it carefully, it made sense.
Although Mondstadt historically had a remarkable person who married seven or eight wives, how often did such a thing happen? While the law didn't explicitly forbid it, monogamy has been the mainstream in Mondstadt for thousands of years, at least it has been ingrained in the minds of every Mondstadter.
How could Jean and the others so easily accept such a relationship?
Hearing what Lumine said today, she realized that Jean and the others were most likely also influenced by her.
"I, I really deserve to die..." Stelle couldn't help but sigh, lowering her head again.
This Succubus Physique is truly terrifyingly powerful.
"Stelle, since things have come to this, I don't think there's any need to dwell on it too much." Lumine looked at Stelle, who was clearly a bit down, and quickly spoke to comfort her.
"As long as Stelle has me in her heart... or rather, us, I think everyone is already very satisfied."
Even if not influenced by Stelle, Lumine felt that the current situation was not unacceptable.
After all, Stelle was going to travel with her, so she would definitely have more time to spend with Stelle than the others.
As for whether new people would join in the future...
She just wanted to say that if it were truly just her alone, she probably wouldn't be able to satisfy Stelle.
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"Sorry to keep you waiting, both of you. I'm ready." Albedo returned to the camp and, seeing Stelle and Lumine, raised an eyebrow slightly.
Why did he inexplicably feel that the atmosphere between these two was a bit different...?
Albedo couldn't quite pinpoint what was different from before, but Stelle's troubled expression was gone. Now, she seemed to be relieved.
"What do we do next?" Lumine stood up, looking quite energetic.
"Honorary Knight, have you ever tried cooking with elemental power?" Albedo put his doubts aside and got down to business with Lumine.
"Elemental power... cooking??" Lumine had never considered such a thing.
"Yes, I'm very curious if the food would taste better, change texture, or even... multiply because of it." Albedo nodded.
"Are you hungry?" Stelle couldn't help but retort.
"Yeah, would such strange things happen if you cook with elemental power?" Paimon also couldn't help but say.
However, when Albedo mentioned multiplication, Paimon's little head immediately started brainstorming.
If it really could, wouldn't it be possible to cook two meals with the effort of one?
"I'm just applying my curiosity to places that are usually overlooked." Albedo shook his head, then handed over a piece of paper.
"Please make a pan-fried fish with butter. This is the recipe I prepared."
"So you were gone for so long just to prepare this recipe..." Lumine reached out and took the recipe, looked it over, and then nodded.
"Anyway, there's no harm in trying."
Lumine immediately started cooking. Although she wasn't quite sure how to incorporate elemental power into the cooking process.
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