Genshin Impact: I, Heavenly Principle, Will Make Teyvat Supreme

Raiden Ei and Kitsune Saiguu panicked when they saw Noah arrive silently, quickly bowing respectfully.

"Lord Noah."

Raiden Ei was at a loss. Under the guidance of her elder sister and Kitsune Saiguu, Inazuma had been governed well. There should be no corruption now, right? Even Yashiori Island was fully planted with crops, and no citizens were starving. Otherwise, there wouldn't have been such a bounty of ingredients for cooking.

Raiden Ei felt a little nervous.

"I wonder, Lord Noah, what brings you here this time?"

Noah looked at Raiden Ei's tense expression, then at the table full of food, and said with amusement,

"I'm here to see how your cooking has turned out. How many dishes have been deemed delicious?"

He was genuinely surprised. While he knew Raiden Ei had a talent for cooking, he hadn't expected her gift to be this extraordinary—using ordinary ingredients to create dishes so potent that even divine retainers couldn't handle them. It was practically alchemy.

Hearing this, Raiden Ei's violet eyes lit up with a gleam of confidence. With a hint of pride, she replied,

"Every dish I've made has been praised as delicious. So far, I've successfully created 374 dishes that everyone says taste amazing."

Her eyes sparkled with anticipation as she looked at him.

Three hundred seventy-four dishes meant 374 years of leyline energy. Her elder sister could soon awaken.

Kitsune Saiguu silently took out her smoking pipe, puffed on it, and exhaled a ring of smoke as she observed her god's confident expression. Yae Miko's face, however, twitched slightly.

Come on, Ei. Lord Noah is just playing along with you. You're Inazuma's Archon, and yet you're treating your cooking, which might as well be poison, as a divine gift. Of course, the recipients would say it's delicious with tears in their eyes.

Behind Noah, Sangonomiya Kokomi looked fearfully at the table piled high with food, instinctively stepping back.

Before Noah could say anything, Yae Miko swayed her hips, her gaze tinged with mischief, as she approached holding a plate of fried tofu.

"That's right, Lord Noah~. Ei's cooking is absolutely delicious. Knowing you were coming today, she prepared this feast just for you. You must savor it properly~."

She picked up a piece of tofu, its white surface tinged with red, black, and burnt edges, and held it out expectantly toward Noah's mouth.

"Lord Noah, say 'ah~.'"

Noah, of course, saw through the sly fox's tricks. She was clearly trying to set him up. With a mischievous smirk, he turned to Raiden Ei.

Raiden Ei looked at him with anticipation.

"Is Lord Noah going to eat my cooking? If Lord Noah finds it delicious, my sister can awaken and be with me again."

Kitsune Saiguu's hands trembled.

Miko, what are you doing? You're setting up Lord Noah! If he gets angry, won't he retaliate fiercely against you?

Noah opened his mouth and ate the piece of fried tofu Yae Miko had offered. With an expression of pure bliss, he chewed and exclaimed,

"Mmm~. Though it doesn't look great, it tastes amazing."

Of course, he didn't actually eat it. The moment it entered his mouth, he used spatial manipulation to send it away.

"Another piece."

Yae Miko froze. Hearing his request, she absentmindedly picked up another piece and handed it to him.

Noah wore an exaggerated expression of enjoyment, saying,

"Mmm, delicious. Truly delicious. A delicacy from the mortal realm."

Raiden Ei lit up like a child rewarded with a gold star by her teacher. She was overjoyed—Lord Heavenly Principle had declared her cooking delicious.

Kitsune Saiguu's mouth hung slightly open in disbelief. Delicious? Was that even possible? She could guarantee that anything Ei cooked would absolutely turn into poison.

Yae Miko tilted her head, full of doubt. Was it really tasty? Did Lord Noah have a problem with his taste buds?

"Keep serving me more dishes."

Hearing the urging voice, her doubts grew even larger. Could it be that Ei's other dishes were terrible, but the fried tofu was unexpectedly good?

Curious, Yae Miko picked up a piece of fried tofu and cautiously placed it in her mouth.

In an instant, it felt like a mouthful of gunpowder had been ignited inside her. Her whole body stiffened, and her fox tail popped out from her clothes, bristling with shock.

Mechanically, she turned her head toward Lord Noah, who was watching her with a teasing expression as if she were an amusing spectacle.

Now, how could she not realize that Lord Noah was toying with her? Her eyes reddened in an instant. She turned to look at Ei, feeling utterly hopeless, mechanically chewing the fiery concoction in her mouth before swallowing it as if marching to her doom.

As soon as the tofu slid down her throat, her stomach churned violently, leaving her feeling utterly drained.

Seeing that Yae Miko was on the verge of tears, Noah decided to stop teasing her. He reached out, grabbed her tail, and restored her body to perfect condition in an instant.

Yae Miko shivered all over, her gaze filled with grievance. This mischievous Lord Noah!

Ignoring Yae Miko's small expressions of discontent, Noah nodded and praised Ei.

"Very good, Ei. You've cooked well enough already. From now on, don't cook anymore. You're better suited for wielding swords. Let Makoto take over governing Inazuma."

As Raiden Ei's face lit up with joy, the Primordial Law Ring behind Noah shimmered briefly.

The leyline network across Narukami Island became instantly active, channeling an immense amount of energy toward Yashiori Mountain. This energy surged into a special space where a god was being nurtured.

Raiden Makoto awakened from her slumber and, sensing Lord Heavenly Principle's presence, immediately understood that she was being summoned to emerge.

The body of the goddess rapidly took shape, maturing swiftly into its most perfect form.

Boom—Boom—Boom!

With the birth of a god on par with the Seven Archons, the skies above Narukami Island were instantly shrouded in dark clouds, with thunder and lightning tearing through the heavens.

The people of Inazuma were long accustomed to such phenomena. To them, thunder and lightning were natural manifestations of their Archon's divine might.

Under Raiden Ei's watchful gaze, a violet egg-like energy crystal, about the height of a person, appeared beneath the Sacred Sakura Tree, spinning gently.

She rushed forward without hesitation.

"Sister!"

Noah stroked his chin thoughtfully. Now that the leylines had been transformed into the World Network, the energy required to birth a god of Archon-level strength could fully recover in just one or two years.

Furthermore, this process no longer caused leyline damage, and even if it did, the leylines would repair themselves in no time.

Crack, crack…

Accompanied by the sound of cracking, the violet crystalline egg began to show fractures before shattering completely.

Emerging from within was a figure identical to Raiden Ei, though her gaze was softer and her demeanor radiated a nurturing, maternal air. Dressed in a violet outfit that materialized out of thin air, Raiden Makoto stepped out, her body glowing faintly with lightning.

She embraced Raiden Ei, speaking gently.

"Ei, it's been so long since I've held you like this."

Raiden Ei wrapped her arms around Raiden Makoto, her face breaking into a rare smile.

"Yes, Sister."

Though she could count on one hand the number of times they'd hugged, it didn't lessen the emotion of their reunion. Five hundred years had passed since the Cataclysm of Khaenri'ah.

Kitsune Saiguu and Yae Miko watched the reappearance of Raiden Makoto with nostalgia in their eyes, as if their memories had returned to the peaceful days from five centuries ago.

"Lady Makoto."

A gentle breeze carried cherry blossom petals from the Sacred Sakura Tree, making the reunion scene appear as if plucked from a fairy tale.

Behind Noah, Sangonomiya Kokomi stood stunned, covering her mouth in disbelief.

What just happened?

Had this celestial god resurrected the former Narukami Gongen?

However, she quickly calmed down. If even Lady Kitsune Saiguu could be resurrected, what else was impossible?

After all, this Lord Noah was a god from Celestia, far above even the Raiden Shogun.

The joy of reunion didn't make Raiden Makoto forget the presence of Noah. She quickly stepped forward and bowed respectfully.

"Lord Noah, thank you for reviving me."

She raised her head, her soft violet eyes shimmering with a gentle, almost communicative light.

"If you are not too busy, I can prepare a grand feast for you in Ei's place. I am quite skilled in cooking."

Noah observed Raiden Makoto's expression, which resembled that of a newlywed bride, and smiled.

"Alright, I'll try it. Let's see if your cooking is at least a fraction as good as Ei's."

He knew exactly what Raiden Makoto was thinking—after all, as the Heavenly Principle, nothing escaped his knowledge. But he didn't expose her; ruining the game wouldn't be any fun.

Raiden Makoto had invested her talents in emotional intelligence and governance, rather than combat and technical skills. In contrast, Raiden Ei had channeled her efforts into martial arts and technology, leaving her emotional intelligence somewhat lacking.

Raiden Makoto had quickly grasped that he possessed emotions akin to those of mortals and sought to win his favor through human-like affection.

Tsk. She wanted to be the consort of the Heavenly Principle. A high-level thinker indeed—but just a hair shy of the Greater Lord Rukkhadevata's level.

After all, the Greater Lord Rukkhadevata had outright surrendered herself.

Raiden Makoto nodded joyfully.

"I will make sure you're completely satisfied, Lord Noah."

The Lord Heavenly Principle clearly harbored goodwill toward her and Ei—or at least, he had an appreciation for beauty.

Raiden Makoto, newly resurrected, quickly busied herself with Kitsune Saiguu at the Narukami Shrine, preparing to host this incomprehensibly esteemed guest.

And Noah, naturally, enjoyed the hospitality to its fullest.

Under the cherry blossoms of the Sacred Sakura Tree, he rested his head on Yae Miko's lap, playing with her fox tail as she fed him fruit.

"Lord Noah, ahh~," she said.

Sangonomiya Kokomi, meanwhile, served tea like a dutiful handmaiden.

After all, if even Inazuma's goddesses were cooking for this god from Celestia, how could she, a mere head of the Kanjou Commission, do anything less than offer tea?

As Kokomi handed him a cup of tea, her eyes sparkled with curiosity.

What was the true identity of this great god from Celestia?

Now that she was serving Lord Noah, did it mean she was, in a way, his shrine maiden?

The thought made her cheeks flush pink, and she fidgeted slightly.

In Inazuma, serving a god as a shrine maiden was tantamount to entrusting one's entire life to that god.

Noah smirked mischievously. This ornamental fish had quite the imagination.

But he liked that.

He didn't deny it—he liked beautiful women. What man wouldn't? He freely admitted to being drawn to appearances.

Before long, Raiden Makoto and Kitsune Saiguu had prepared a lavish feast. Compared to what Ei had made, it was like heaven and hell.

Raiden Makoto leaned closer to Noah, personally serving him food with a pair of chopsticks. Her soft violet eyes glistened with anticipation.

"Lord Noah, please forgive my presumption."

Her actions made her nervous, her heart pounding. Part of her felt excitement, but another part was tinged with fear.

After all, a god's creation, a primordial instinct of reverence for their Creator, was deeply etched into her being.

Noah opened his mouth, enjoying Raiden Makoto's service.

Seeing the Lord Heavenly Principle so relaxed, Raiden Makoto sighed in relief. The mixture of tension and joy in her heart made her unconsciously inch closer.

Raiden Ei blinked as she watched her sister get so close to Noah. Didn't her sister fear angering the Lord Heavenly Principle?

However, seeing no signs of displeasure, Raiden Ei also relaxed.

Sangonomiya Kokomi and Kitsune Saiguu stood to the side, pouring tea, each lost in their own thoughts.

Kitsune Saiguu sighed inwardly. Her goddess seemed to have fallen for the Celestial Lord Noah. It felt almost like watching her daughter prepare to wed.

Sangonomiya Kokomi, on the other hand, felt like she was witnessing a legendary tale of gossip—an epic romance between her goddess and an even higher god.

Noah, enjoying Raiden Makoto's attentions and Yae Miko's shoulder massage, spoke casually.

"Ei isn't suited to governing a nation. From now on, Inazuma is yours to manage."

Raiden Makoto nodded, glancing at her sister.

"Ei indeed struggles with statecraft."

Raiden Ei showed no emotion.

"Inazuma was always meant to be ruled by Sister. She is the Shogun of Inazuma."

Though she had ruled as Shogun for five hundred years, she had barely managed the nation herself, delegating almost everything to her subordinates.

And her subordinates had nearly brought Inazuma to the brink of receiving a Divine Nail.

After finishing the meal, with Raiden Makoto and Yae Miko's assistance, Noah instructed Sangonomiya Kokomi to lead the way to her homeland, Watatsumi Island.

Feeling more at ease now that she understood Noah wasn't as fearsome as she'd initially thought, Kokomi mustered the courage to ask,

"Lord Noah, are you planning to resurrect Lord Orobashi?"

Noah gave the ornamental fish a teasing glance.

"What's this? A little ornamental fish trying to meddle in godly matters?"

Kokomi shook her head hastily.

"No, no. The people of Watatsumi Island are already subjects of Inazuma, and I am under the Shogun's rule. We have no intention of reigniting Lord Orobashi's faith."

Noah found her nervous explanation amusing. Smart individuals always overthink.

"Just lead the way. The place I'm heading to lies beneath the Enkanomiya, and it has nothing to do with that serpent. I don't like internal strife. You're a smart fish, aren't you?"

Kokomi nodded quickly.

"Yes, I am a smart fish." She paused, then muttered under her breath. "But I'm not a fish."

Noah's journey had two purposes.

The first was to apprehend Rhinedottir. Through her connection to the power of the traveler who had fallen in love with the Seelie Ancestor, he could locate the Abyss Order.

From there, he could pinpoint their locations and start wholesale deliveries of Divine Nails.

Because their power came from beyond the world, the Abyss Order's core figures couldn't be found within Teyvat. But all of Khaenri'ah's culprits shared the same origin of power.

So, capturing one would allow him to locate the rest.

He chuckled to himself.

"Hey, my friend. Want some nails? Divine Nails. Wholesale. As many as you need—I'll make sure you're satisfied."

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