[Transcendent Chat Group]
[Nilou]: If you only saw her dancing earlier, she looked like a pure idol. But now… this contrast is insane.
[Yae Miko]: Fufufu~ but isn't this the fun part? Reminds me of a certain friend of mine~
[Ei]: …
[Kazuha]: I… strangely feel a "Captain Beidou" kind of aura from this Barbara.
[Beidou]: Oho? You're not wrong, boy! Hahaha!
[Amber]: Facing the Fatui she punches hard… but when the Traveler shows up she becomes soft and shy?!
Is that really my Barbara?!
[Lisa]: Hmph~ do you even understand the status of "Mondstadt's Big Sister"?
[Alice]: She already demonstrated the Purification-through-Body Contact technique earlier, didn't she? winkwink
[Furina]: Ahem. In front of fans, an idol must maintain their image!
[Hu Tao]: Oho~ Lady Furina seems to know quite a bit?
[Navia]: Of course! Lady Furina's practically the biggest star in Fontaine!
[Yoimiya]: So… Barbara is actually like THIS in private…?
[Barbara]: N–No! Absolutely not! That's slander!!
[Jean]: Cough. Yes. I can vouch for that.
[Kaeya]: Even Rosaria looks like a whole different person…
[Rosaria]: …
[Venti]: Eheh~ No one cares about the Traveler?
[Hu Tao]: Oho? La-chan~
[Paimon]: Oho~ La-chan~
[Nahida]: Oho~ La-chan~
[Yae Miko]: Oho~ La-chan~
Everyone: …
[Xiangling]: Waaah, you're all gross~
[Guoba]: lululu~ (Xiangling is right.)
[Furina]: Compared to "Big Sister Barbara," the Traveler's behavior seems… normal, actually.
[Kokomi]: After yesterday's "legendary performance," the Traveler's image has already… solidified.
[Traveler Lumine]: …
Westwind Cathedral
Barbara sat stiffly, trembling.
"'La-chan'…
'Big Sister La-chan'…"
Just whispering the words made her skin crawl.
So embarrassing!!!
The video continued.
A black Gatling gun slid out from Barbara's nun dress.
Lumine picked it up, confused.
"La-chan… what is this…?"
Barbara poked her fingertips together shyly.
"A-ah… as an idol, carrying a weapon for self-defense is totally reasonable…"
She looked like a child who had been caught hiding snacks under her bed.
Lumine set the gun down.
Crossed her arms over her chest.
Her cheeks reddened.
Her voice pitched up into a terrifyingly girlish tone.
"Mm-m-mm~~~
Even if you didn't have a weapon…"
"I would always show up anytime…
to protect you—"
"Ahhhhhh—!!"
It sounded exactly like a teenage girl kicking her legs while hugging a pillow.
Outside Mondstadt
"NOPE—
NOPE NOPE NOPE—"
Lumine fell over and vomited on the spot.
After yesterday's humiliation, she thought she had become immune.
She was wrong.
The "La-chan" moment had already killed her soul.
This…
THIS WAS THE FINAL STRIKE.
Paimon gagged next to her.
"Bleh— it's so BAD—
So gross— but… also funny—
so… so wrong…"
Lumine punched the ground.
"WHY—
WHY does my reputation get ruined even in OTHER PEOPLE'S segments?!"
[Transcendent Chat Group]
[Venti]: Hoooh~ I thought yesterday was peak Traveler. But today?? She surpassed herself!!
[Furina]: I retract my earlier judgment! The Traveler truly breaks her limits every day!
[Traveler Lumine]: If I've committed a crime, just punish me directly—why torture me like THIS?!
[Navia]: Hehe~ So exciting though!
By the way, what is that black weapon?
[Alice]: I know!
It's a weapon from another world called a Gatling gun.
Mass destruction incarnate.
Countless have died beneath its barrels.
[Alice]: Friendly reminder:
Its inventor was… a doctor.
[Yoimiya]: A DOCTOR?! Aren't doctors supposed to SAVE people??
[Hu Tao]: Maybe he wanted them to… leave peacefully?
[Baizhu]: …
[Traveler Lumine]: Medicine cannot save the world.
But Gatling can!
Barbara! Study well!
Westwind Cathedral
Barbara suddenly snorted out a laugh.
She tried so hard not to smile—
but the Traveler's exaggerated whining completely defeated her.
Fine.
Those who suffer bring joy to others.
But then—
"…A doctor invented a mass-killing weapon?"
"A power from another world…?"
She began to feel a strange awe.
Almost enlightenment.
The video played on.
Rosaria stepped forward, cracking her knuckles.
"Damn it!!
If you won't do it, I'll finish them off!!"
But Barbara pulled her back.
"Yada~
Don't do things like that~"
Rosaria blinked.
"Uh??
Didn't YOU just beat them half to death?"
Barbara covered her cheeks with her hands shyly.
"Nooo~ That wasn't me~
And if it was, it was just acting~"
"Acting?"
Lumine's eyes brightened with dangerous curiosity.
She struck a "goddess of gossip" pose.
"Mmm~~~
Your acting is SO good~~! Yay~!"
Barbara sparkled.
"I'll work hard~"
"I'll watch your performance~"
"Okay~"
"And during the show, you'll use magic on me, right~?"
"Mommy mommy hon~"
"High~"
"Mommy mommy hon~"
"High~"
The embarrassment was so thick it could be bottled.
[Transcendent Chat Group]
[Traveler Lumine]: I thought I prepared myself mentally. But no. No one can prepare for THIS.
[Traveler Lumine]: Using MY voice for this filth… my image is GONE…
[Traveler Lumine]: AND THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE BARBARA'S SEGMENT!!!
[Yae Miko]: Means the light-screen's owner likes you~
[Nahida]: This might be the most unhinged "unserious evaluation" we've ever seen.
[Furina]: I can't imagine the mental state of whoever created this.
[Amber]: This is… emotional damage.
[Jean]: Barbara… are you alright?
[Barbara]: I'm tired… Someone destroy me…
[Paimon]: Hehe~ Barbara has been fully Lumine-ified!
The video reached its end.
As soon as Lumine left the scene,
Barbara's expression snapped.
She spun around violently.
"ROSARIA!"
"Watch my signals, you useless gremlin!!"
She grabbed a Fatui mage by the collar.
"You bitches thought you could mess with me?!"
"Weren't you an idol?!"
The three mages trembled.
"That's… that's what we heard…!"
Barbara's grin widened.
"Good.
Then let me show you… some real entertainment~~"
Rosaria and Barbara both unleashed monstrous, twisted faces.
Violent impacts echoed through the cathedral.
Knights of Favonius HQ
Jean stared at the screen, speechless.
"If Barbara weren't my sister…
I might have believed that was really her…"
The sweet, gentle Barbara she knew
vs.
the hulking, foul-mouthed Barbara on screen—
The contrast was apocalyptic.
Lisa chuckled.
"After seeing this, don't you wonder if our little cutie will gain new aspirations~?"
Jean blinked.
"…Abandon medicine… take up arms…
And use Gatling to save Mondstadt…?"
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