Ying hurriedly shook her little head. She retorted, "That's not reasonable at all! I never agreed to be friends with you!"
Hearing this, Yae Miko leaned her head on Ying's shoulder and said with a wicked grin, "Then the second condition is for you to be my friend~"
"Huh?!" Ying was instantly speechless. "Who would use a precious wish on something like that?!"
"Well, I would. And there's a third condition, so that's enough~" With that, Ying was left speechless for a long time, unable to find a retort. "No... you this... you... I..."
I'm going to cry (t^t)
In the end, Ying gave up her futile struggle...
After a while, because she had other matters to attend to, Yae Miko reluctantly let go of the little cutie whose face was already flushed red in front of her. Escaping from the tiger's jaws, Ying quickly put distance between herself and Yae Miko, hiding behind Lumine. She only poked her little head out, staring fearfully at Yae Miko. Then, she whispered in Lumine's ear, "Lumine, this woman is truly terrifying. If you're not careful, you might actually fall into her trap..."
Such cute behavior made Lumine smile slightly. She reached back and ruffled Ying's hair. "Now you know what I've been through these past few days, right? I have to outwit her every day, and a slight lapse in attention can lead her to exploit loopholes in my words."
Ying deeply agreed and nodded her little head vigorously. Hearing their praise, Yae Miko felt very satisfied. However, as there were still important matters to discuss, she quickly composed herself. "Ahem~ I've already arranged for your two friends to be taken care of. Once we're done with what we need your help with, I'll take you to them."
After hearing this, Lumine instinctively asked, "You're not bringing them here directly, is it because the following topic cannot be heard by them?"
Yae Miko applauded her. "As expected of the elder sister, you are indeed smarter."
Ying: ......... "You're speaking the truth... but are you being polite?!"
"Hehehe~" Yae Miko chuckled lightly, not directly answering Ying's question, but instead inquiring about other matters. "Little cutie, you just said you fought with the Raiden Shogun. You must have met her by now, right?"
Ying looked at Yae Miko in confusion. "Isn't that obvious? I fought her, so of course I saw her! Do you think I fought her with my eyes closed?"
Yae Miko shook her head. "What I'm referring to isn't the Raiden Shogun outside, but the real her in another space."
"The real her? What do you mean? There's a fake her?" Seeing that Ying couldn't quite grasp it, Yae Miko wasn't annoyed and patiently explained.
After Ying gained a general understanding of Ei's experiences, she carefully recalled the situation at the time. "Mmm... hearing you say that, the Electro God in the Sacred Palace did seem to have more emotions."
Lumine, standing in front of her, frowned, organizing the information she had just received. "Eternity... it does sound like it could solve the problem Zhongli is facing. However, the drawbacks caused by this method seem to far outweigh the benefits."
Ying strongly agreed with Lumine's point. "Exactly, exactly. I can understand it for ordinary people, but she's a god! As the object of worship for Inazuma, she abandoned her people and hid in her room, refusing to come out. This godhood is worse than even Venti's."
"Hehehe~ Little cutie, you have quite a bit of bite." Yae Miko teased with a smile, then added. "That's right, her so-called eternity has long become a self-righteous 'eternity.' And the best solution I can think of is to enter her inner world and defeat her."
"Therefore, I'm asking you to help me save this fool, and incidentally, save this country and its people."
Ying gave her an unimpressed glare. "You're asking for a lot, making us sound like saviors, saving everything and everyone."
Yae Miko looked at Ying with a little surprise. "Hehehe~ This is quite different from the answer I expected. I thought you'd be very willing to save them."
Ying pouted. She truly was like that before, but unfortunately, "After failing... from wanting to kill that scoundrel Scaramouche, and after killing those Fatui soldiers when I was injured by the Fatui, I'm no longer the same person who used to meddle in everything. Now, instead of caring about others, Ying spends more time caring for Lumine, Paimon, and them."
Of course, even with that said, it didn't mean Ying disagreed with the condition, because Inazuma also had her own benefactors, such as the villagers of Chinju Forest. Since they had helped her before, she clearly couldn't stand by and watch them be ruled by this god who couldn't get her head straight.
"Alright, I really can't stand that Electro God. Hurry up and tell me your detailed plan. Since Lumine is injured, I'll take her place."
Yae Miko nodded with satisfaction. "What a sensible little cutie~"
However, Lumine in front of Ying became displeased and pulled Ying in front of her. "What do you mean you'll take my place? I never agreed to let you fight that Electro God. How could you do something like that?"
Ying scratched her head in confusion. "But you can't use Elemental Power right now?"
"I..." Lumine was instantly speechless. She wanted to retort but didn't know how to. She could only say stubbornly, "I... No, in any case, I don't agree with this plan, and who says I can't fight just because I can't use Elemental Power? (￣へ￣)"
Hearing Lumine's words, Ying also pouted unhappily. "What can you fight? You can't even beat me right now, and you want to fight the Electro God? Even if I can't beat her, I can use Electro to escape. What about you?"
Lumine angrily pinched her younger sister's cheek, though not with much force. "Oh, you. Not listening to your sister, and you dare to talk back?"
Ying didn't hold back and pinched Lumine in the same way. "You can decide other things, but you don't get a say in this. I absolutely won't stand by and watch you do something with a zero percent success rate."
"Ara~" Yae Miko watched the sweet interaction between the two with a smile, not worried at all that her plan would be rejected. After all, she had plenty of ways to get Lumine to agree~