Inner Voice: All Heroines Hear My Inner Voice Chapter 1066: Eiji showed off his aura

In the present.

I forgot to mention that after Eiji deactivated his Shikai, the ice covering Mondstadt’s main streets melted instantly.

Seeing that the leader of the Abyss Order and his entire army had been defeated and driven out, the residents of Mondstadt began to emerge from their shelters one by one. From behind the windows of houses, the gates of taverns, to the cathedral courtyard, thousands of pairs of eyes stared straight down the city’s main street.

There, Eiji stood tall and calm; his striking good looks didn’t help—they made him look every bit the hero who had saved a city. His casual demeanor—as if he’d just finished his usual morning stroll—made him seem all the more extraordinary.

Of course, they also saw Acting Grand Master Jean, Amber, and the Favonius knights helping to protect the city.

But among them, Eiji’s presence stood out the most. The women couldn’t help but glance at him with looks as if they’d fallen in love.

"Yare-yare."

Eiji combed his hair back again.

[You’d be really cool if you didn’t act so narcissistically, host.]

’Miss System, you’re uncultured. This is what’s called an anti-mainstream move.’

[I don’t understand.]

’You don’t understand? I’ll explain it to you... I do things that protagonists usually don’t do in this situation.’

[Oh, now I understand. Your hatred for protagonists is truly extraordinary.]

Eiji wanted to protest—he didn’t hate protagonists. Otherwise, Hachiman and Basara wouldn’t be his friends.

Hachiman: "...."

Basara: "...."

What is this guy thinking?

Who are you calling your friends? Us?

"W-We’re safe..." muttered one of the merchants from a distance, his voice trembling with emotion.

"That man... he defeated the leader of the Abyss Order—he even drove him and those terrifying monsters away!" A gatekeeper knight’s eyes sparkled with admiration.

In that very moment, the city’s silence was shattered by a thunderous roar of cheers. Thousands of Mondstadt residents rushed out to flood the main street, surrounding Eiji with faces beaming with joy. They waved their hands, tossed Windwheel Aster petals into the air, and chanted a single name with cult-like reverence.

Beside Eiji, Jean and the others were smiling as well.

"Long live Sir Eiji! Long live the Great Hero of Mondstadt!!" the crowd shouted in unison, their voices echoing thunderously through the skies of the City of Freedom.

"Thank you for protecting our home, Mr. Hero!" praised a woman as she hugged her husband, gazing at Eiji as if she were looking at a new guardian deity who had descended directly from the heavens. The way she looked at him was also somewhat ambiguous.

Her husband didn’t notice that.

Eiji rubbed his nose, but there was no trace of embarrassment on his face.

Xianyun fell silent. She wondered if this man was being humble or proud?

She shook her head, but the corners of her lips turned up even higher.

Xianyun +3

Xianyun +3

[Hehehe.]

Leme laughed.

Eiji held back his laughter and smiled like a hero. The aura he radiated was no less impressive than Artoria’s when she was still a king in the past.

Jean, standing beside Eiji, took a step forward. As the Acting Grand Master of the Knights of Favonius, she gazed at the crowd of her people with eyes sparkling with an incredibly deep sense of pride. She then turned fully toward her man, Eiji, offering the most formal and sincere knightly salute she could muster.

"You heard it yourself, Eiji," said Jean, her voice melodious yet authoritative amid the roar of the crowd’s cheers. "After what you did yesterday with the Teleportation Gate, and what you’ve just demonstrated by driving out the Abyss Order today... you’re no longer just an honored guest to us. You are the rightful Great Hero of all the people of Mondstadt. This entire city owes you its gratitude and its safety."

[Jean... even though we were quite intimate last night, you’re being too polite.]

[But of course, I’ll play along and hold back from teasing you.]

You’re teasing me right now!

Jean complained in her heart, her cheeks also turning slightly red. She didn’t notice how her younger sister’s eyes widened.

Barbara wondered if she’d heard wrong.

Last night, Eiji and Jean had been intimate!?

Amber, who had just lowered her bow, jumped excitedly beside Jean, her beautiful face flushed red with admiration. "It’s true! I’ve never seen such a cool sword technique in my entire life as an Outrider! You’re truly amazing, Eiji!"

Lisa, who had just arrived from the dorm with Paimon, immediately walked gracefully toward Eiji. Paying no heed to the many onlookers watching, she gazed at him with a flirtatious look. "Ah, my dear... being the center of attention for the entire city as the Great Hero doesn’t seem to change that calm expression of yours one bit, does it? It’s this arrogant side of yours that always makes me fall even more head over heels for you."

[Amber, I’m glad you admire me. That’s good for the future of our relationship.]

Amber: ?

For some time now, she’s also been able to hear Eiji’s inner voice for some reason.

[Lisa, you’re a seductive witch! What man could resist words like that from you? Not even I am an exception. You’ve made me fall in love with you—you have to take responsibility!]

Lisa: Ara?

Jean: "...."

Barbara: Ehh!? Wasn’t Eiji dating Jean? Why are he and Lisa... Come to think of it, he’s also been teasing me and Lumine a lot. Oh my gosh! Is Eiji a playboy!?

Speaking of Lumine, she’s also following Lisa and Paimon. She stared at Eiji—or rather, her boyfriend—with a blank expression.

However, she wasn’t angry with him. She was just relieved that, according to what the townspeople said, Eiji hadn’t killed her older brother. He had merely driven him and his subordinates away.

Still, Lumine would surely feel embarrassed if she knew that Eiji had also made Aether hear the sounds she made while she was pleasing him orally earlier.

That even made Kaeya and the other male knights jealous of her boyfriend.

"Everyone, I accept all your gratitude. But..." Eiji suddenly spoke, and instantly, the cheers from the crowd died down. He slowly raised his head, gazing straight toward the western horizon where the city met the rocky mountains.

Although Aether and his armies had been successfully driven back, the sky to the west was still shrouded in thick, unnatural black clouds. Gusts of stormy wind carrying a chill mixed with the corrupt, cursed energy of the Abyss were still blowing fiercely, causing the city’s windmills to sway wildly and creak loudly.

"This isn’t over yet," said Eiji; his calm voice did not immediately cause the crowd to grow restless or panic. "There’s still a dragon that needs to be taught a lesson for allowing itself to be controlled by the Abyss Order once again."

I mean, this is the second time Dvalin has been captured and controlled by the Abyss Order.

He hasn’t learned from his experience.

Instead of fighting those people, why not just run away? He’s a dragon—he can fly.

Hearing what Eiji said, Jean, Lumine, Lisa, and all the women standing around him suddenly remembered something.

"Ah..." Jean covered her mouth with one hand, her beautiful eyes widening as the memory of Amber’s emergency report from earlier that morning came flooding back. "That’s right... Stormterror! We’ve been so preoccupied with the sudden infiltration of the Abyss Order’s leader into the city that we’ve forgotten about another threat approaching from Stormterror’s Lair!"

Lumine clenched her fists tightly, her expression turning deeply anxious as she stared at the swirling black clouds in the western sky. "Aether and his subordinates must have injected something far more vicious into the core of Dvalin’s element. That’s why this black storm hasn’t subsided even though they’ve already fled."

"Uwaaaa! Paimon just remembered!" Paimon immediately began flying frantically up and down while clutching her dizzy head. "Amber just said that the wind from the dragon’s lair is terrifying and could make Dvalin even crazier and stronger than before! If that dragon arrives in Mondstadt in such an unhinged state, the Teleportation Gate and the entire city could be destroyed too!"

[Paimon, is it just me, or are you really good at imagining the worst-case scenarios?]

[However, you’re underestimating the Teleportation Gate I built. Even if this city were to be destroyed, it wouldn’t suffer a single scratch from an attack by a dragon of Dvalin’s caliber.]

What you’re thinking isn’t any worse than what Paimon said, Eiji!

Jean, Lumine, Lisa, and the other women fell silent. They also didn’t know what to say to Eiji because he was underestimating Dvalin’s power.

"Still, why hasn’t Stromterror reached this city yet? At his speed, he should have been here a long time ago." Amber said something that left everyone confused.

Except for Eiji—he knew why the dragon hadn’t reached Mondstadt yet. That’s because right now, Barbatos is trying to hold it back and bring it to its senses.

Unfortunately, the dragon had truly gone mad and had not a shred of sanity left.

Even Lumine couldn’t save it anymore like she used to.

"That is strange." Kaeya stroked his chin with a pensive expression.

"Eiji, what should we do?" Barbara asked anxiously.

Eiji gave her a gentle glance, leaving her dazed. "Don’t worry, leave this to me. Since the Stromterror hasn’t reached this city yet, isn’t that a good thing? I can defeat it without worrying about environmental damage."

His words sounded dangerous coming from someone called a hero. But Barbara, Kaeya, Jean, and the other residents of Mondstadt felt safe.

It felt like as long as Eiji was around, they wouldn’t even need to be afraid if Celestia dropped their giant nails from the sky. Just kidding—I just mean that Xianyun suddenly thought of that.

As an Adeptus, she herself had witnessed how Celestia dropped their divine nail onto Dragonspine or The Chasm.

At that time, Morax and the other gods of Teyvat were unable to stop it and chose to flee or simply watch from a distance.

However, Xianyun was curious.

If it were Eiji... Could he stop that nail with his power?

"You want to fight Stromterror all by yourself!?" Amber was shocked.

Jean quickly said, "Eiji, I know you’re really strong. But fighting Stromterror all by yourself..."

She was worried about her boyfriend.

Eiji was happy about that.

He placed his finger on Jean’s lips, making the residents of Mondstadt feel that their relationship was unusual.

They looked so intimate!

Jean blushed again because so many people were watching! But it wasn’t just her—Eiji also placed his finger on Lumine’s lips.

"...." Lumine was about to say something like Jean did because she wanted to help her boyfriend. But at that moment, she just blushed a little and looked at Eiji with a question mark floating above her head.

"I’m not bragging. But I, Eiji Seiya, am very strong. Since the leader of the Abyss Order was even able to defeat Dvalin, how could I—the one who drove him away—fail to defeat a dragon that he defeated with the help of Abyss energy?"

His words made sense.

Eiji wasted no more time. He gave Lumine and Jean a faint, meaningful smile before his body slowly rose from the marble surface of the city streets, floating effortlessly into the sky, defying gravity.

High above the skies of Mondstadt, right before the eyes of thousands of residents, knights, and beautiful women watching from below, he decided to have a little fun and show off his power.

*BOOOOOOOOOOMMMM!!!*

An incredibly powerful burst of energy suddenly erupted from within Eiji’s body, shaking the entire atmosphere of the City of Freedom. The resulting shockwave was so massive that it swept away the gray clouds above Mondstadt in the blink of an eye.

[Yesss! It’s time for the Harem King to show off his aura! Show those beautiful women that only you can be their husband, our King!]

Leme said enthusiastically.

Miss System was speechless.

From every part of Eiji’s body, an intensely dense golden aura erupted, blazing wildly and soaring high into the sky like a sacred flame. Just like the Saiyans when they transform into Super Saiyans.

With the reward Miss System had once given him, "Super Saiyan Hair Dye," Eiji Seiya could now do the same.

Sparkles of silvery-white static electricity danced aggressively within that glow, producing a high-energy hum that shook the earth.

But it didn’t stop there—the transformation drastically changed his appearance. Eiji’s white hair suddenly stood on end and completely changed color to a golden yellow that shone brightly under the sunlight. When he opened his eyes, his black pupils had vanished, replaced by a very clear, sharp light blue that radiated a divine glow.

He had been incredibly handsome before, but now the god-like aura he radiated made women like Lisa feel their panties getting wet.

The sight of the golden god floating high in the sky truly set anyone’s heart racing.

"W-Wawawawa! Eiji’s hair has turned into shining gold!" Paimon screamed hysterically while covering her eyes against the glare, flying in circles behind Lumine, who stood frozen in place with her mouth agape in awe.

Kaeya looked up at the sky with one eye wide open. A disbelieving laugh escaped his bloodied lips. "Well, well... I knew he was holding back before. But I didn’t expect him to hold back that much. Our Great Hero is truly on a level that defies reason."

He thought Eiji wasn’t human.

His power also didn’t come from a Vision.

Just like Lumine, he most likely comes from outside Teyvat as well.

Jean, Barbara, Amber, Lisa, and Lumine just widened their eyes. Some of them, such as Barbara and Amber, gasped, their cheeks flushing.

That’s because of this—Eiji had become even more handsome!

Even from a distance, they felt as if they were looking at a male god.

*Boom!*

At an incredibly high speed, Eiji, who had been soaring through the sky, finally shot toward Stormterror’s Lair!

As he flew, he created a blast of air behind him and a light effect that looked like a golden meteor.

Jean, Lumine, and the other beautiful women could only wait for his return to the city.

...

A short time later.

Eiji landed on one of the giant stone pillar ruins surrounding Stormterror’s Lair. The place was more spacious than in the original work.

The golden aura characteristic of a Super Saiyan was still blazing wildly all over his body, emitting waves of heat that instantly dispelled the black Abyss mist surrounding the ancient altar. His golden hair shone brightly, and his pair of light blue eyes immediately locked onto the heartbreaking scene unfolding in the midst of the swirling black storm.

There, the giant dragon, Stormterror (Dvalin), was flapping its six massive wings wildly. Its blackened scales radiated an extremely unstable, cursed purple hue.

Right above the air in front of the dragon’s snout, a wandering poet dressed entirely in green was struggling to hover using the remnants of his Anemo elemental power after losing his Gnosis. That man was Barbatos (Venti).

He had rushed ahead of Eiji to this spot in an attempt to stop his beloved dragon from advancing any further toward Mondstadt.

"Dvalin! Please, come to your senses! Hear my voice!" Venti shouted in a hoarse voice, nearly drowned out by the roar of the raging storm. He stretched out his trembling hands, trying to emit waves of sacred wind melodies to pierce the black mist that bound the dragon’s soul. "Don’t let the Abyss’s poison dictate your freedom! We’ve been through this before, Dvalin!"

However, all the wind god’s healing efforts and desperate pleas were utterly in vain.

"GRAAAAAAAWRRRRRRR!!!"

Dvalin unleashed an incredibly powerful, piercing roar, shattering the remaining stone pillars around them into dust. His blood-red eyes glowed with absolute, pure madness. The new curse injected by Aether the night before had torn apart and erased all his sane memories and consciousness down to their very roots.

The dragon no longer recognized the wandering poet standing before him. To it, Venti was nothing more than a small prey blocking its path of destruction. With a single flap of its wings, Dvalin unleashed a wave of gigantic black wind claws that sent Venti’s body flying violently, slamming him into the stone altar floor.

"Ugh!" Venti coughed up a little blood, slumping weakly atop the rubble, his eyes filled with sorrow and despair.

The pitiful Anemo Archon.

Eiji stepped casually from atop the stone pillar, gliding down gracefully right beside the helpless Venti.

"Your efforts are futile, Barbatos." Eiji said flatly, his pair of light blue eyes staring indifferently at Dvalin, who was ready to fire an Anemo elemental cannon shot from his giant mouth. "That dragon has truly lost all sense of reason. There is no longer any freedom in its eyes. It is no longer Mondstadt’s guardian dragon... it is now just a mad monster that must be killed."

"!?" Venti was startled by the cold words he heard; he looked up at Eiji’s golden silhouette, then slowly bowed his head deeply, clenching the rocky ground with a wry smile. He made no comment on Eiji’s current appearance or the power he had displayed and said, "Is there really no other choice? Eiji, can’t even you help Dvalin?"

Eiji shook his head.

He wanted to show off right away.

Seeing this, Venti grew even sadder. "I see... You’re right, Eiji. I... I can’t save him this time. Please... put an end to his suffering. I can’t do it with my own hands. So, do it for me."

He agreed to what Eiji wanted to do and didn’t try to stop him. Otherwise, Dvalin would destroy Mondstadt and kill many people.

The corners of Eiji’s mouth curled up even higher. "Glad to hear it. I don’t need to feel guilty toward you, Barbatos."

Venti fell silent, his lips twitching.

So, this is Mondstadt’s new hero?

This man... Isn’t he a little too ruthless?