Inner Voice: All Heroines Hear My Inner Voice Chapter 1068: The poor god’s automaton

Meanwhile, atop the city gates of Mondstadt, the atmosphere was thick with suffocating tension. Jean, Lisa, Lumine, Paimon, Amber, and Kaeya stood side by side on the front lines. Thousands of townspeople crowded the courtyard below, gazing anxiously toward the western sky, which just minutes ago had been shaken by flashes of blue-gold light and earth-shaking explosions.

"The black storm in the west... suddenly vanished," Amber murmured as she lowered her binoculars with trembling hands. "But did Mr. Eiji succeed? What about Stormterror?"

She could hear Eiji’s inner voice, but she couldn’t yet watch the live broadcast like Jean and Lumine.

So, she didn’t know what the situation was like at Stormterror’s Lair.

"Don’t worry, Eiji won. He wasn’t even injured." Lumine said with such confidence as if it were a foregone conclusion.

It wasn’t just Amber—Kaeya and the other knights were confused, too.

"Lumine, how can you be so sure?" Barbara asked curiously.

"Well..." Lumine was about to say something, but she suddenly lost her voice.

She just realized that, just like Eiji’s inner voice, the existence of the chat group and live stream she’d seen earlier couldn’t be revealed to others.

At least, those who weren’t part of the chat group weren’t allowed to know about them. There was an unknown force preventing her from doing so.

"It’s just a feeling I have. I trust Eiji; he’s very strong and will definitely be okay." She was lying, but what she said earned her a lot of strange looks.

"Ehhh! Lumine, you..." Barbara covered her mouth with both hands; she looked at the blonde Traveler with a slightly teasing expression.

"...?"

Lumine was confused and regretted having spoken up.

She shouldn’t have talked so much, as she usually does!

"Lumine, Paimon knows! You must have fallen in love with—"

"Paimon, shut up!"

Before Paimon could finish her sentence, Lumine frantically covered her mouth with her hand.

"Mm! Mmmmm! (Lumine, I’m going to die!)"

Paimon was struggling to breathe; she was thrashing about in the protagonist’s embrace.

The scene made Barbara giggle. The atmosphere between them also became lighter.

Jean sighed and gave a faint smile. At that moment, she also said, "Eiji will definitely come back as the winner—trust him, Amber."

"I-I understand..."

Amber suddenly felt a little awkward; she looked at Acting Grand Master Jean for a few seconds before looking away.

Her cheeks flushed slightly.

She couldn’t help but recall what she had seen the night before. Many people there just thought Jean had great faith in Eiji’s power, but she knew he also had deep affection for him!

The two of them had a very intimate relationship.

She even clearly remembered the scene where Eiji’s huge cock was sliding in and out of Jean’s pink asshole for hours on end.

It was so hot!

*WUUUSH—*

Suddenly, a massive, purplish-black spatial ripple tore open in the sky above Cider Lake, right in front of Mondstadt’s main gate. An incredibly dense gust of wind, carrying an aura of ancient menace, blew fiercely, forcing the Knights of Favonius to frantically draw their weapons once more.

From within the dimensional tear, a colossal monster burst forth with a thunderous, majestic flap of its wings.

"M-Monster?!" Paimon screamed hysterically as she jumped behind Lumine’s scarf. But soon, she noticed something. "Wait! It... it looks like Dvalin, but why has its body turned black?! There’s also purple fire in its eye sockets and on every scale!"

That’s a pretty good description, Paimon.

But we already knew that!

Except for Jean and Lumine, everyone in Mondstadt panicked and stared in terror at the creature flying in front of the city gates.

Compared to the Dvalin they knew—or even when he went mad under the Abyss’s influence—this version of him was even more terrifying.

However, the citizens’ panic instantly gave way to sheer amazement when they saw who was standing tall atop the black dragon’s head.

Eiji stood calmly atop Dvalin’s forehead, his arms casually folded across his chest, his cloak billowing majestically in the sea breeze. His hair had turned white again; he had deactivated his Super Saiyan form.

Beside him, Venti sat leaning against one of the dragon’s shadowed horns, smiling awkwardly as he waved his hand toward the crowd below.

"Dvalin, land at the end of the bridge," Eiji commanded from atop the dragon’s head.

"As you wish, My Lord," Dvalin’s deep voice echoed directly into the ears of everyone present.

His obedience to Eiji left many of the onlookers even more astonished.

The black dragon swooped down gracefully, landing both of its claws at the end of the Mondstadt bridge. The gust of wind from its landing sent dust flying from the road, but not a single citizen ran away in fear.

Eiji leaped down from Dvalin’s head, landing casually on the grassy ground, followed by Venti. At that very moment, Dvalin lowered his gigantic body as low as possible behind Eiji, folding his six wings as a sign of the highest respect for his lord.

Venti felt a little more at ease.

The feeling of being the victim of an NTR still haunted him to this day.

[You know you can teleport directly to the city without riding that dragon, right?]

’Miss System, I can do whatever I want.’

[You just want to show off.]

’Ahem! That’s not true.’

Eiji refuted what Miss System had said and strolled casually into the city. He smiled at Jean, Lumine, and the other beautiful women waiting for him in the distance.

"Congratulations on your victory, Sir Eiji!!" Lawrence, the gatekeeper knight, was the first to drop his spear and kneel with one knee on the ground, voicing his admiration.

At that very moment, a roar of cheers louder than ever before filled Mondstadt. Thousands of townspeople rushed out of the gate, flooding the bridge area to raise their fists in the air and cheer Eiji’s name.

Those people were like cult members worshiping their leader.

[That must just be my imagination. The people of Mondstadt certainly wouldn’t be as crazy as the followers of the Axis Cult in the world of Konosuba.]

The heroines: Axis Cult? What kind of cult is that?

What you’re thinking sounds pretty crude, Eiji.

"The Great Hero! The Great Hero of Mondstadt has defeated the Stromterror and even tamed it!!" shouted one of the residents, sparking cheers from others who hailed Eiji as the Great Hero of Mondstadt.

A woman tossed Windwheel Aster flowers, which scattered around Eiji’s feet.

Eiji glanced at her with a smile, making her blush.

Jean stepped forward through the crowd, followed by Amber and the others. She gazed tenderly at her man, but under the gaze of the citizens, she bowed deeply as the highest sign of respect from the Knights of Favonius.

The other knights in the City of Freedom, including Kaeya, followed her lead.

"On behalf of everyone in this city, I thank you for all the help you’ve given us, Eiji," Jean said, her tone gentle yet firm. "Building the Teleportation Gate for us, destroying the threat of the Abyss Order, and stopping the Stromterror from attacking the city... We will certainly repay all the help you’ve given us, and bestow upon you the official title of Hero of Mondstadt!"

[Now that I think about it, Lumine also received an official title for repelling Dvalin and saving Mondstadt in the original story.]

[Still, instead of getting the title of Honorary Knight, I got the title of Hero of Mondstadt?]

[I’m worried Lumine will be jealous.]

"...." Lumine.

I’m not jealous at all.

She had the urge to pinch Eiji hard right then. However, she restrained herself, of course, and just stared at him blankly.

"Jean, lift your head." Eiji said, placing one hand on the shoulder of the woman in front of him.

Jean stopped looking down and looked up to see his handsome face.

"You and everyone here are the real heroes!"

[Those words felt familiar to me. That manipulative, phony tone in public, too...]

’Miss System, you’re wrong. I’m not imitating Homelander.’

[...You are.]

Eiji unabashedly continued speaking; his calm voice could be heard by everyone gathered around him.

"I’m just a passerby who happened to be here and happens to have enough power to handle the problems that happen to arise in this city."

He was being humble.

That left Jean speechless, while Amber and Barbara had a sparkle in their eyes. Almost everyone there looked at Eiji with overflowing admiration.

Not even the Anemo Archon, Barbatos (Venti), had ever been looked at like that by his own people!

’This man... He’s not only incredibly strong, he’s also skilled at swaying public opinion!’

Venti shuddered.

Yet, he was also a little envious.

The admiration and respect the citizens of Mondstadt have for Eiji seem to surpass what they feel for him.

Kaeya narrowed his eyes; he was growing increasingly wary of Eiji, even though he also admired him.

"Besides that... Jean, what’s our relationship? You don’t need to be that formal with your boyfriend."

Eiji teased Jean, revealing the nature of their relationship in front of everyone.

People were shocked, of course.

One of them said, "The Hero of Mondstadt and Acting Grand Master Jean are in a romantic relationship? That’s incredible! This year, Mondstadt is truly blessed!"

Blessed by whom?

The Wind God, the Anemo Archon?

Barbatos?

The man wasn’t doing anything and was just standing there with them, wearing an awkward smile.

Shouts also began to ring out from the crowd. They consisted of people who supported Eiji and Jean’s relationship, but there were also some among them who were heartbroken.

Eiji could see the green hats on Kaeya’s head and those of many other men. Among them was even Diluc, standing in the alley.

His surprised and gloomy expression really amused Eiji.

[Hehehe!]

Leme laughed.

Jean’s cheeks flushed instantly. "Oh... If that’s what you want... All right, Eiji."

She held back from complaining because he’d said something like that in front of everyone.

It made her feel embarrassed,

She didn’t even dare to look at Barbara’s reaction.

Lisa walked gracefully toward Eiji from Jean’s side and leaned her face toward Eiji, paying no heed to the stares of the thousands of onlookers watching them. A teasing smirk played on her beautiful face. "Ah, my dear... Has your relationship with Jean actually progressed that far? I’m a little jealous~"

"!!!" The men in the crowd.

They stared at Eiji with envy.

Not only Acting Grand Master Jean, but even the Witch of the Purple Rose, Lisa Minci, likes him too!?

"A love triangle!?" Amber exclaimed, raising her hand to her mouth.

"Wow! Eiji, you’re so popular!" Paimon was beaming too; she flew through the crowd—or rather, floated.

Eiji rubbed his nose.

[I’m sure it’s a love quadrangle. Amber, you forgot to count Xianyun.]

"!?" Xianyun.

Why is this woman suddenly being dragged into this!?

Eiji, you’re shameless.

[In the future, it’ll be even more than a love quadrangle. In short, you can only count the number of my future wives with numbers.]

The heroines: "...."

Can’t you stop thinking about things like that, Eiji?

Every day, your head is filled with pink and green things! Ah, and there are also some lewd thoughts.

By the way, you might be wondering why Merraid, Cassandra, and Gilberda didn’t show up in Mondstadt?

Even though Eiji has given them a mission. That’s because the mission he gave those women required them to go to Inazuma.

...

A while ago.

In a region plagued by perpetual thunderstorms, specifically inside the Hidden Delusion Factory located on the steep cliffs of Yashiori Island, Inazuma.

"Who exactly are you!?"

Inside the dimly lit factory hall, filled with billowing purple toxic smoke from the remnants of industrial mist production, a young man stood atop a giant wooden altar. Wearing a wide-brimmed hat with fluttering fabric tassels, he glared angrily at the three unfamiliar women who had suddenly appeared, blocking his exit.

Didn’t they know who he was?

Set aside his hidden identity.

Right now, he is the 6th Fatui Harbinger, Scaramouche!

"Those pesky mice... Tell me which faction you’re from, too?! Answer me!" Scaramouche roared, his voice sharp, high-pitched, and brimming with arrogance. "Daring to step into this factory without permission from the Fatui... you’re just lining up for your own deaths!"

"Oh, really?" Merraid asked with a faint smile.

Beside her stood Cassandra and Gilberda, their weapons stained with the blood of Fatui agents and the guards who protected the factory.

The young man in front of them was the target of their mission.

For some reason, Eiji had ordered them to capture him.

"You...!" Scaramouche looked extremely annoyed.

"Stop yelling. Do you want to know who we are? Of course, we’re Eiji’s women, and we’re here to capture you. We’re from the Golden Dawn organization."

Merraid didn’t bother to introduce their names.

"You want to arrest me? A guy named Eiji sent people like you to arrest me!?"

Scaramouche furrowed his brow; he didn’t know a man named Eiji. Wait—he thought he’d heard that name before in a report from Liyue.

But whoever he was, he’d managed to enrage him to the point where he wanted to kill him with his own hands.

He stared at the three women in front of him with a cold gaze.

"Yes." It wasn’t Merraid who answered, but Cassandra. "Eiji-sama has ordered us, and therefore... It seems we’ll have to force you."

"Pfft—hahahaha!" Scaramouche laughed, his face clearly showing his anger. "Of course, there’s no way I’m going to obediently follow you! Let’s see if you have what it takes to catch me!"

*Wussh!*

A fierce and brutal battle immediately erupted inside the hidden factory hall. Scaramouche darted forward, channeling Anemo elemental energy, and from the palms of his hands, he unleashed countless wind slashes capable of toppling the factory’s concrete pillars with a single strike.

However, Scaramouche soon realized that the three women in front of him were on a higher level than he had anticipated.

*Tring! Tring! Clash!*

Gilberda stepped forward in front of Merraid and Cassandra, fearlessly cutting through the gusts of wind. With her extraordinary physical strength and the golden armor specially crafted for her by Eiji, she was able to ignore all the damage she was taking at that moment.

"You blocked my Yuuban Meigen like that!? Impossible!"

Scaramouche was stunned.

He leaped backward while manipulating the Anemo element to take flight.

However, Gilberda was faster. She suddenly appeared right in front of her target and swung her massive sword, forcing Scaramouche to dodge in a panic.

*BLAM!*

He managed to dodge the slash, which not only unleashed a blast of wind but also tore through the factory wall behind him.

"Damn it... What kind of speed and physical strength is that?!" Scaramouche cursed, his haughty expression now tinged with panic.

Before he could reposition himself in midair, Cassandra darted out from his blind spot. Moving as fast as lightning with the agility of a high-level assassin, she unleashed a series of crisscrossing dagger slashes aimed at the tendons and nerves in Scaramouche’s ankles, severely restricting his range of motion.

"!!!"

Scaramouche had never seen a woman with four hands, wielding her weapons in such a manner.

This was a first for him!

He hurriedly created a wind shield to protect himself.

Even so—

he didn’t realize the three women were executing a combo.

Merraid took over the center of the defense. Her black whip whipped wildly through the air like a dark shadow dragon, cutting through Scaramouche’s wind barrier with ease, as if tearing through paper.

The tip of her whip lashed out at the 6th Harbinger’s face.

*SLAP!!*

Scaramouche also took several sword slashes from Cassandra and was slammed to the ground, rolling around.

Before he could stop himself and get to his feet, Gilberda had already reappeared in front of him and kicked him in the stomach.

*Boom!*

Scaramouche’s eyes widened, his expression filled with pain. Like a cannonball, he was hurled toward the forest behind the factory, and his body was driven into a large tree.

"No... How could I have lost? I am..."

Scaramouche’s vision gradually darkened as he saw the figures of three women slowly approaching him from the direction of the factory.

He passed out.

But before he lost consciousness completely, he faintly heard Gilberda say, "Eiji said he’s actually an automaton created by a god in this country. Shouldn’t he be strong enough? He’s so weak."

Do those women know his true identity!?

And hey, it’s not that I’m too weak. It’s your fault—you guys didn’t even seem to be using Vision or any elements at all. But your power is way too brutal!

Are you really human?

...

A/N: Sorry, I forgot to schedule yesterday’s Chapter.