Seeing the obstacle finally leave, Jack brought Barbara down to the top of the tall tower.
"Let's go! Twarin has been the Wind Dragon King for hundreds, even thousands of years, so his treasury must have a lot of good stuff. I'll take you to pick out a few items."
"Ah? This… stealing other people's things isn't good, is it?"
Barbara found it hard to cross that mental threshold.
Jack explained, "Twarin is Barbatos's familiar, and Barbatos is my familiar. Is there anything wrong with me taking things from my familiar's familiar?"
"Wait, wait a minute! Barbatos is your familiar? What in the world is going on?!"
Barbara felt a bit confused; her brain's CPU was struggling to keep up.
Seeing the right moment, Jack pulled out a Maid Charm and said, like he was luring a little girl, "It's this thing. After accepting it, you can join the MC World registry, become my familiar, and gain immense power and endless lifespan."
At this moment, Barbara suddenly became sharp: "Did my sister also accept this?"
"That's right! And she was even before Barbatos, so she's considered a senior to your Mondstadt's Barbatos."
"..."
Barbara felt her worldview, built over many years, shattering.
Becoming a colleague of Barbatos? Such blasphemy was something she wouldn't even dare to dream of!
"If I and Barbatos both fell into the water, Barbara, who would you save?"
Suddenly, Jack asked this question.
"Eh?"
Barbara let out a whimper, then weakly said, "Save… save you."
It's over, it's over! Barbara, your faith in Barbatos is no longer pure; you're no longer that steadfast nun!
Jack smiled, then patted her head as a reward.
"I asked your sister the same thing back then, but she didn't give an answer at the time."
"H-how could that be? My sister is much smarter than me."
"Precisely because she's smart, she gets tangled in such dilemmas and finds it harder to answer instinctively from her heart."
Jack rubbed Barbara's golden hair and said, "In other words, in your subconscious, Barbara, you already consider me more important than your former faith."
Boom!
One sentence directly exposed Barbara's current psychological state.
Her eyes widened, looking at Jack in disbelief.
"W-what do you mean?!"
"Unwilling to admit it, huh… Barbara, as a nun who believes in a deity, you've already been disqualified."
Plop.
A clear tear fell.
But in reality, Barbara felt no ripples in her heart at this moment.
"Strange, I no longer believe in Barbatos, so why… am I still crying?"
"Perhaps it's saying goodbye to your past self. After all, he was a spiritual pillar that accompanied you for over ten years in my stead. He has done enough. Your remaining life will be taken over by me."
Jack gently kissed away Barbara's excess water element.
Barbara looked up and said firmly.
"Brother-in-law! Take me as your familiar! I want to… face my desires."
An impure nun, who, because love was born, betrayed her own deity.
What a romantic story that is!
Perhaps, her belief in Barbatos until now was precisely to let her wait for the person in front of her, to allow herself to maintain the purest appearance and demeanor, and then to surrender everything to him.
The two looked at each other.
The Maid Charm instantly glowed brightly.
[Achievement Unlocked: 15 Kills]
[Reward: Fashion Gift Box (Self-Select) × 20]
The young girl offered her first kiss.
Then, guided by the recipient of her first kiss, she rushed towards an unknown realm.
Before long, the pure attire symbolizing the believer was shed.
Only the white flesh, seemingly like holy light, showing through the pantyhose remained.
But she was not shy.
Because the person before her was not only her beloved but also an existence called "Brother-in-law."
She loved her sister, and out of love for her sister, she also held trust for the "Brother-in-law" existence.
When the identities of beloved and brother-in-law overlapped.
Barbara felt an unprecedented sense of spiritual pleasure, invisibly.
"Can Barbara dance?"
"I-I've learned a little, but I'm not very proficient."
"If you want to be an idol, how can you only sing? You have to learn to dance and play basketball too."
"Is that so? Then… I'll listen to brother-in-law."
"Hiss~ The way you call me brother-in-law, are you really planning to completely abandon your identity as a nun and go to the opposite extreme?"
"Hehehe, what are you saying, brother-in-law? Barbara doesn't understand~"
The nun's face wore a never-before-seen sacrilegious smile, and guided by Jack, she danced gracefully with him in the deserted ancient ruins.
As their steps intertwined.
The two looked at each other, growing more and more in sync.
Without needing to look down.
They could maintain the same pace, advancing and retreating with grace, naturally relaxed.
...
After the activity.
Jack set up a tent in front of a lake.
The blush on Barbara's face receded, and she gained a touch of youthful married woman's charm.
"Brother-in-law, there are so many clothes in this box. Which one should I choose?"
"It's up to you. Anyway, Barbara has a good figure; anything you wear will look good."
"Really?… What if I don't wear anything?"
"..."
Jack looked up, his mouth twitching as he was setting up the grill.
The nun's other side is a succubus, right? Did she change so quickly?
"At least put on a few band-aids."
"Huh? What are band-aids?"
Barbara looked puzzled.
Jack found it difficult to explain, so he directly transmitted an image to her through Aralia Element Power.
Pfft!
The moment she finished watching, pink steam rose from Barbara's head.
So amazing! This is even more alluring than not wearing clothes!
"Wait! You're not actually planning to change into a band-aid, are you?!"
Jack saw Barbara's excitement, as she held the fashion self-selection box and frantically flipped through the pages.
"Is it not allowed?"
"It's allowed, but that thing isn't difficult to make. Are you sure you want to waste such a good opportunity to choose it?"
Barbara had no concept of this and tilted her head, saying, "Alright then, it's a deal, brother-in-law. You have to make band-aid clothes for me in the future~"
Then, as if she thought of something else, she showed a sweet smile.
"And make one for sister too, by the way. Then the three of us together… hehe."
Looking at her smile, as pure as an angel's.
Jack was momentarily unable to tell if Barbara had fallen or not.
Or rather, even if she transitioned from a girl to a woman.
She was still that simple, God-fearing nun.
Only the object of her faith had changed from the original Mondstadt's Barbatos to him, an existence who was simultaneously her husband, brother-in-law, superior, and deity.
No more thinking, this girl is truly too mischievous. Let's have a few more rounds with her first.
And so.
Amidst Barbara's cry of "Brother-in-law!", their figures overlapped once again.
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