Kaito's residence.

Night.

It's almost midnight... I wonder if the System's new tasks are about to refresh...

Lying in bed, Kaito was currently waiting for midnight to arrive. Ever since he returned from Lumine's place, he had been waiting for this moment. Normally, he would have been asleep by now, if it weren't for the new tasks potentially refreshing tomorrow.

However, he wasn't sure if the System's new tasks refreshed at midnight; perhaps they refreshed at 4 AM instead.

It's midnight...

After glancing at the clock on the wall, Kaito found that it was already midnight. Yet, the System showed no sign of movement.

It can't really be refreshing at 4 AM, can it...?

Kaito was speechless.

Just then, the System reactivated.

[System initiating restart]

[System startup successful]

Now this is a good System...

Seeing the System activate, Kaito was in a good mood; his wait hadn't been in vain.

[Long time no see, Host.]

[Though I also feel it's been a long time, it actually hasn't been that long, has it?]

After thinking about it, Kaito realized it had only been a day since he last chatted with the System, so it wasn't really a long time.

[Indeed. A new task has appeared.]

[As the recognized Anemo Archon of Mondstadt]

[Task detected as complete, progress bar increased by 20%, and Host's body has been strengthened]

Kaito: "???"

He was just about to see what this task was, but before Kaito could even finish reading, the System already indicated that the task was complete, which caught Kaito off guard.

However, after Kaito scanned the task, he understood. Clearly, his previous attempt had been correct. In other words, he could guess what the next task would be and complete it preemptively.

Of course, this approach was only useful when the System temporarily paused issuing tasks. After all, under normal circumstances, the System would immediately generate a new task every time one was completed, leaving no time for prior preparation.

However, the task that just appeared was clearly a follow-up to a previous one; it seemed that only these types of follow-up tasks could be completed in advance. If it were a completely new task, then that might not be possible.

Right... the System just said the progress bar increased by 20%...

Which means... only 29% more to go...

Two more tasks should be enough...

After some thought, Kaito finally realized that this task had increased the progress by 20%, which was quite a significant amount.

[Host, this task was completed at divine speed]

The System was astonished by the speed at which this task was completed.

[So what's the next task? Don't tell me you're going to rest again?]

At this moment, Kaito just wanted to quickly proceed to the next task.

[Please wait, Host. A new task has been generated.]

[Let Dvalin witness the might of the Anemo Archon]

Let... Dvalin... witness... the might... of the Anemo Archon... what?

After a brief thought, Kaito realized that this task didn't seem difficult to guess. Although the last two characters were still uncertain, he had largely figured out the basic meaning.

But this Anemo Archon... does it refer to Venti? Or Wendy?

Kaito fell into thought over this question. There was no way around it; the task only displayed the characters for 'Anemo Archon' and didn't specify who it referred to.

Under normal circumstances, the Anemo Archon would undoubtedly be Venti, given how long he had been the Anemo Archon. But the previous few tasks had consistently made it seem like Wendy was the Anemo Archon, so it was also very plausible that this 'Anemo Archon' referred to Wendy.

Venti... Wendy...

Lying in bed, Kaito's mind kept repeating these two names.

Forget it... I'll just assume it's Wendy...

After thinking for a moment, Kaito ultimately felt that the 'Anemo Archon' in the task description referred to Wendy. After all, the previous few tasks had all made it seem like Wendy was the Anemo Archon; there was no reason for a later task to suddenly involve Venti.

However, if he wanted Dvalin to witness the might of the Anemo Archon, wouldn't he first have to make Dvalin believe that Wendy was indeed the Anemo Archon?

This... won't be easy...

[We hope Host completes the task as soon as possible. This System will shut down again.]

[Goodbye, Host.]

Just as Kaito was contemplating the problem, the System shut down.

Now the Anemo Archon's Gnosis is in my hands...

And Wendy and Venti are actually somewhat similar...

But their powers are nothing alike...

With the Anemo Archon's Gnosis before him, Kaito began thinking about how to make Dvalin believe that Wendy was the Anemo Archon. Deceiving others would be relatively easy, but if the target was Dvalin, it would be difficult.

He is, after all, a familiar of the Anemo Archon; if he couldn't even recognize the true Anemo Archon, that would be too much.

However, Wendy and Venti do have some similarities after all, and with the Anemo Archon's Gnosis now in Kaito's hands, he felt there was still room for maneuver.

Similar appearance...

Possesses the Anemo Archon's Gnosis...

But different powers...

This...

Right... the Abyss!!!

As he pondered, Kaito suddenly thought of the Abyss. If the Anemo Archon were to fall into the Abyss, wouldn't that solve the problem of their differing powers?

It feels like it might work...

Suddenly sitting up from the bed, Kaito felt this was a good idea. But no matter what, it still needed to be tested.

Tomorrow, I'll let Wendy test it first...

With that thought, Kaito lay back down.

Wait... Wendy needs to tie another braid...

Suddenly realizing this, Wendy, who was reading nearby, immediately put down her book and walked towards the full-length mirror.

No matter what, the image still needed to resemble the original as much as possible.

The next day.

Morning.

Okay... I'll go test it now...

Early the next morning, Wendy got up early, intending to go to Stormterror's Lair to find Dvalin right away. As for Kaito, he was still asleep.

"Kaito, are you awake?"

Just as Wendy stepped out of the room, Lumine's knocking sound came from outside the door.

Why is she looking for me so early...?

Thinking this, Wendy opened the door.

"Why are you looking for Kaito so early?"

"Good morning, Wendy."

This time, Lumine wasn't surprised to see Wendy open the door. However, when she saw Wendy at the doorway with two braids again, she immediately thought of that kind of thing.

Originally, she had only come to ask Wendy about the Heavenly Principles and the Abyss, but then she suddenly saw Wendy with two braids, which once again successfully reminded her of that kind of thing.

That Kaito fellow... why does he always make Wendy use her mouth to help him with *that*...

At least let Wendy rest a bit...

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