Quashed by Qilin

By: Fatedmeal

The Lantern Rite festival of the grand nation of Liyue lasts for five days and takes place on the first full moon of the year.

“What do you think is inside it?”

It is Liyue’s biggest festival of the year. People from all over Liyue donate items for the Mingxiao Lantern. A construct that honors Liyue’s fallen heroes.

“I think it is food.”

Initially, people released lanterns to remind soldiers of the way home. However, after the Archon War, it became a way to commemorate the lives that were lost for the future. Eventually, as centuries passed and society developed, it became this festival.

“I hope so because my tummy is rumbling.”

Thus, the streets and surrounding area were bustling with life and activity. Merchants were capitalizing on the occasion to sell festive wares. There was an abundance of fireworks in addition to the lanterns. Giving the air a deep and smoky smell , a s if to complement the food’s aromatic scent that pervaded the atmosphere. Of course, children were dragging their parents along to see all these novel events. The streets of Liyue having transformed into a magical sight in their eyes. While the adults are guided, bemused, as they reminisced about the past and consider the future.

“Paimon. Just let me open the package.” Aether said to Paimon who couldn’t stop fixating on their mysterious new possession. The floating silver-haired individual just so happened to acquire a gift box from a passing by merchant. Aether had thought more highly of Paimon of taking items from strangers, but it must have been the festival air that made her less attentive. At least that is what Aether surmised as he gave his best effort to open the box. Fortunately, it only took a modicum of the traveler’s time and effort.

“There. It isn’t your strength but the way you grip the box that counts.” Aether said smugly as Paimon looked inside the contents of the box despondently. Her enraptured attention having vanished once she verified what was inside was not a morsel to mu n ch on. Thus, Paimon drifted away to a stand that had food exuding a scent . Morsels that caused the tiny companion to salivate.

“Hey Aether, I’m just going to use the money pouch to grab some grub. Don’t mind me while you figure out what to do with that.” Paimon said as she left Aether to deal with the cloth-covered rock that laid within the box.

“Fine Paimon. Don’t go too far.” Aether said to his flying partner who had already stopped listening. The scent of freshly cooked meat tickling her nares.

Hmmm. This looks a lot like smaragdus jadeite.

Aether removed the cloth, brushing his finger against the rock, and then the world spun before he blacked out.

…

Before he woke up, Aether noticed a deep unrelenting sweet and savory smell overflow his body. Combined with an earthy odor that one would associate with a verdant scenery. But, as Aether recalled, he was in the middle of the street.

The only amount of grass nearby was between the slabs of rock that formed the roads…

Opening his eyes, Aether’s vision swam through the evening lights. Bright incandescent satellites hung over his head. However, there was only the Jade Palace that was aloft in the sky. Aether wondered in astonishment as to how the sky was now littered with these cylindrical structures. It wasn’t until he felt and heard the tremors and looked to his side that the truth was delineated to him . T he gift box, having dropped to the ground, with the lid falling back on, was now to his side. But it was now a gargantuan scale.

I can’t be more than an inch tall now. That rock must have been imbued with massive amounts of elemental energy or Adeptal energy.

Aether felt the earth shake with greater intensity as the Liyue and tourist crowd moved like a stampede over his presence.

Dang it . I can’t do anything by myself, but it doesn’t look like anyone is going to notice me at this size.

Aether spun, dashed, and swerved (not necessarily in that order) around the foot traffic of Liyue citizens. If it was just them , then he may have been able to manage the obstructions . However, this auspicious occasion attracted the attendance of tourists from nearby Mondstadt, affluent merchants from Inazuma, scholars from Sumeru, inventors from Fontaine, and the atypical individual from Snezhnaya. The volume of the crowd made it such that Aether was already sweating through his attire from physical exertion. His stamina was running low as dirt clouds were kicked up in his eyes. The pillars falling in front and to the sides of him struck the ground with great thunder. He could barely hear the idle conversations of the large individuals up above him. Aether’s senses engulfed from the limbs that they used to traverse Teyvat. The traveler that assisted in saving Liyue from Osial was now nothing more than dirt for Liyue’s citizens and its guests. However, like a bright light in the sky, a familiar face appeared. Through the ringing of Aether’s ears, and his burning nose and eyes, he was somehow able to recognize the unique gait of a woman clad in blue. Yelan was walking purposefully down the street. Her pace giving Aether only a split second to make his next move.

I must get her attention.

Aether rushed in the direction of Yelan. Although, in his haste, Aether underestimated the length of Yelan’s strides. Aether stopped himself just as he felt a rush of wind move past his body. Stumbling back on his rear, Aether could only look upwards as the dirt covered sole of Yelan’s heel drew precipitously closer

T HUD

With a resounding crash of buildings falling Yelan stepped down on Aether.

The traveler breath ed a sigh of relief as he was merely caught between the top piece of the heel and the outsole. His body semi-curled into a ball that involuntarily shivered as Yelan lifted her foot back up and walked away. Looking in the direction of her path, Aether noticed that an Inazuma merchant ended up kicking the box into an alley. Right o ut of sight.

Aether survived for another second, but his savior and the cause of his dire straits were now out of reach.

Da ng it. Now how am I-

SLAM!!

Life just loves kicking the weak and vulnerable when they are at their lowest. This was true in the literal sense for the diminutive traveler. His narrowed focus prevented him from avoiding the upswing of the Adventurer’s Guild Liyue Branch Master, Lan. Her boot collid ed against Aether’s body with a sickening crunch. A thoughtless step forward by the woman who had ascended the ranks of Liyue’s Adventurer’s Guild by her might. Aether, like a piece of debris shaken off her boot, was launched up into the sky. Even though his clothes had shrunken down with him, he was unable to orient his glider with the sudden force applied to his body. The sounds in his ears were deadened by the ringing and the pleasant smells of Liyue’s festival vanished. The aromas that now filled his nostril were reminiscent of the asphalt he had seen used in construction around Liyue. With another dull impact, Aether hit a literal brick wall. If the air wasn’t knocked out of his lungs before then he was gasping for it now. The traveler fell to the floor sprawled on his belly. Pain shot up Aether’s spine as he was left momentarily paralyzed. The traveler realizing that he was prey to the whims of the lumbering giants around him.

Even…a cat could take me out.

One such animal would have done just that if Lan’s determined gait hadn’t scared it off.

I think that I saw Yelan going this way. I hope that the rumors were right, and she knows of the location of the ballade that felled my brother.

The lives of the people above Aether went on. The diminished person bemoaning his inability to walk freely. To communicate the adversity, he was facing. To even ask Paimon for help. Her voice could be grating at times, but she had always been there for him.

I shouldn’t have let her wander off. What if she got herself into trouble?

Although Aether wondered how he would be able to help her in his current state. He was even more helpless than that silver-haired child away from the crowd that looked lost.

Wait…is that Qiqi?

D ue to the increased scale, everything looked fuzzy in the distance, however, the traveler was able to identify the uniquely colored moving mountain from his memories.

Qiqi was a child in appearance. Although , her age was much greater than her appearance suggested. She was a jiangshi brought back to life by the Adepti . One that under the care of Baizhu and was working at Bubu’s Pharmacy. She was in fact out on an errand for Baizhu to purchase a parcel from the harbor. Although, as an undead, she ha d a difficult time recalling such simple tasks. The young appearing Jiangshi distracted by the festivities and colorful people that she saw.

Oh…what did Dr. Baizhu want me to do again?

Qiqi thought as she tried to investigate the crowd of people from various places of Teyvat.

I t can’t be any of these odd-looking people. Maybe because Dr. Baizhu asked me…it was something small.

Thus, Qiqi lowered her vision to the ground. Assuring herself that she must start the search for her purpose near the ground. A fortunate turn of events for the insect-sized Aether who now graced the periphery of her vision.

I s that bug waving at me?

Qiqi focused her vision on the wildly gesturing Aether.

She would sometimes wave pleasantly at small critters before. However, they would never wave back. It was also usually seconds before the snake Changsheng would guzzle them down. The jiangshi, discouragingly, would turn her head down to not see another possible friend bulge out the snake’s glittering scales. The plump bulge refracting light pleasantly as they passed down her long body and pass the back of Baizhu’s neck. Like beads on a necklace the prey would exist for Changsheng to subsist from . To slowly disappear from the world until one day Qiqi would notice that the bulge was gone. The girl would think to herself that Changsheng must have vomited out her friend when she wasn’t looking. Thus, Qiqi swiftly grabbed this amicable critter from the ground.

The cold wind blew past Aether’s ears as he was introduced to a warmer current. Having slowed down in his ascent he opened his eyes. Only to see Qiqi’s maw, a cold and dark space that exhaled a scent of death. Up close Aether was able to appreciate features of the girl’s mouth that he would have otherwise never had been able to due to their typical size difference . Such as how her tongue was slightly ajar, and her teeth were jagged and discolored. Her uvula bounced up and down half-heartedly. Matching the sunken appearance within the oral chamber. As if the nerves keeping the oral cavity filled with sensations and motor activity were barely tuned.

“Qiqi stop! It’s me Aether!”

His declaration did not slow his ascent as Qiqi prepar ed to welcome her newfound friend’s presence into her body. Although, the girl fleetingly thought that she didn’t know how Changsheng ended up getting out her friends when she was done with them. Regardless, t his did not dissuade Qiqi as she resolved to figure that out after her friend was a pearly bulge in her throat . Thus, Aether became more familiar with the odious stench of Qiqi’s breath. He became more attentive of the possible components of the breath. The halted decay of an undead, the lack of daily hygiene maintenance from a forgetful girl, the scent of…coconut milk.

“Qiqi! I’m the guy that you sent to get a Cocogoat!!”

Qiqi halted. Bringing the traveler out of the embrace of her small mouth and back outside.

Oh, thank goodness. Even her small mouth would have been able to hide me away from this world if she were to close it. I’m glad that it didn’t continue any further than that. I wouldn’t even want to imagine what would happen.

Thus, Aether explained the situation that befell him. Qiqi dutifully listening as she tried to retain all the information despite her mind’s sieve-like qualities.

“SO…YOU WANT ME TO HELP YOU GROW UP?” Qiqi said with a monotone tone and drawled voice. The girl sympathized with Aether’s plight as she also wanted to grow up. But as the years passed and people around her changed, she never did. Thus, she decided to order herself to help her comrade-in-arms.

I can’t put him in my belly. Then how will he grow up at all. In fact, it seemed like Changsheng’s friends only got smaller after she swallowed them. Maybe I can ask her and Dr. Baizhu if there is a way to do the opposite.

“Hey Qiqi…wait…what are you doing? Find Paimon.” Qiqi ignored his requests and closed her hands around Aether as she resolved to head back to BuBu Pharmacy to find the feminine snake that somehow made friends smaller inside her long tummy.

Maybe I should put Aether through the other end and the opposite will happen.

Fortunately, Qiqi decided to consider that course of action after discuss ing it with Changsheng. Meanwhile, Aether’s body lost heat within the grasp of Qiqi’s cold clutches. The undead body was not one built to retain heat. Thus, the smaller warm figure entrapped within her cold palms slowly diffused his core heat. Aether shivered as he at first recoiled from the icy pinpricks of Qiqi’s skin. Until he ended up embracing the less malleable surface as it became a transient reservoir of his heat. The traveler reduced to a quivering mouse as his attempts to break free of the icy dungeon proved to be fruitless. He eventually gave up. Especially after he considered how battered his body was after the short time, he had at ground level. Qiqi might not have been as reliable as Yelan, but at least she was willing to help. Even though Aether was nearly popped in her mouth like a little snack.

Now how am I going to convince her to listen to what I have to say?

If there was one thing that Aether had found to be a delightful stimulus to his senses, it would be the smell of violetgrass and other medicinal herbs that were plastered over the small zombie’s hands. He felt the cold chamber tightened upon him further. The traveler wondered what she was doing.

In juxtaposition, Qiqi was grappling with a moral quandary of her own. Her thoughts reaching fantastical tangents of Dr. Baizhu being mad at her for not only failing to complete her task but also playing with friends.

What if Changsheng decides to take my friend away? What if Dr. Baizhu is so mad that he gives Aether to Changsheng as a punishment.

Qiqi’s grip tightened as she trembled for a second. Imagining Aether reaching out to Qiqi from high up above. The little one being invited to tight, wet, and hot embrace of the feminine snake’s mouth. The little jiangshi was nearing Yujing Terrace before she decided that she wouldn’t let Changsheng take another one of her friends.

Aether breathed a sigh of relief as the ice-cold bars relaxed their grip on his body. The evening sun greeting him as Qiqi unclasped her hands.

“Woah. Qiqi!”

Aether nearly lost his footing as he was brought down to the hazardous ground. His small and weakened body placed on top of a nearby flower. Hidden on the mountainside by Yujing Terrace.

“Don’t worry. I’ll talk to Dr. Baizhu first to make sure he isn’t angry with me. I don’t want Changsheng to swallow you up like my other friends. Then I’ll come back and the n we can figure out how to grow up.”

Even through the flatness of her voice, Aether noticed the smallest hints of warmth from the Liyue zombie’s words. Regardless, due to his size, Aether was left without much autonomy and was subject to Qiqi’s decisions. Qiqi walked away despite Aether’s diminished voice contesting her actions.

I guess this is for the best. I just would have never guessed that Changsheng would be so callous enough to swallow me.

Aether began to wonder if other people he knew would treat him any differently with his shrunken state. Would Paimon treat him differently ?

She would be more teasing. Hmm. I hope Paimon is alright wherever she is.

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Nearby, Ganyu felt as if she made satisfactory progress at her desk duties. Thus, after another long day of work, the horned bluenette desired to join the festivities. Her stomach growled as her white leotard hung loosely over her flat tummy. The shear bodysuit underneath hugged her torso comfortably. The plush and malleable skin moving gently under the guidance of her underlying muscle. Fibrous structures that demanded sustenance as the tired and hungry girl stretched after exiting the building she was working at.

Buuooglurlk

Ganyu’s stomach growled and caused h er skin to be gently tickled by the attire that her de facto mother, Cloud Retainer, had gifted her long ago. The bell on top of her chest rung a pleasant chime as her breast jostled within the grasp of her dark bodysuit. The woman was embarrassed by such an attire the first few centuries having worn it. Now, as a 3,000-year-old individual who has seen the rise of Liyue from its infancy, she wears the conventionally scandalous outfit in stride. Regardless of the blushing faces of men and women, and the parents who try to shield the eyes of their children. These were transient reactions that didn’t stand the test of time against the reputation of Tianquan Ningguang’s most proficient secretary. However, the need for sustenance ail ed her like everyone else. Thus, the tantalizing flower at the mountainside was an unfortunate sight. As the woman with a growling stomach was far and away from any food stalls that would sate her appetite. Except for t he flower which bounced against the wind as if it were teasing her appetite. It didn’t help that the half-adeptus was already walking in that general direction. Ganyu licked her lips, giving them a gleaming sheen, and swallowed the saliva that built up in her mouth. The thick liquid dripping without much effort into the vociferous stomachs below. A fact that was not present in Ganyu’s mind. As why would she ever need to think about the fact that she had four stomachs in place of one.

Oh, my Archon! Is that Ganyu.

Meanwhile, the traveler , who was lounging on the comfortable and fragrant flower , had glanced at the fuzzy appearance of the mountain that was Ganyu. Her horns were like sculptures affixed to the gently curving cliff that was her head. Ganyu’s blue locks fram ed the top of her head and flow ed elegantly with a vibrancy greater than clouds. Near the center of her face were pink-violet gems that were the irises of her eyes. A mystical sight that appeared to belong to one higher than thou. A thought that Aether became convinced of as he was enraptured by the seismic shifts of her bosom. An organic sway that seemed alien and seductive. Aether couldn’t help but feel blood flow t o his crotch as the gentle curves of Ganyu’s landscape tapered at her midsection, before ballooning out in her hips and rear. The way that the plush adipose and muscle fibers vibrated under her bodysuit, with the simplest of movements, it was a hypnotic act. The shapely rear was supported by legs, that brimmed with vigor, as the svelte surface the body suit gave them a soft and gentle appearance. At this moment Ganyu was well and truly a goddess in Aether’s eyes. The bell attached to her neck echoed as a distant drum. One that increased in its tempo as Ganyu increased her pace towards Aether’s body. Her gait conferring to the flabbergasted man that she was purposefully dashing to his location.

Aether jovially waved as he believed that someone as reliable as Ganyu was able to recognize him. The ringing bell and the movement of her legs were like a calamitous of nature that thundered loudly in Aether’s ears. He felt himself fall backwards into the follower as Ganyu neared his location. During his fall, the traveler got a taste of the flower. A flower, that he realized , had a distinct bitterness.

Ganyu had realized the identity of the flower much sooner than Aether had. The unique smell could only belong to the Qingxin. A floral snack that Ganyu commonly partook in during her time with the adeptus. The q ilin side of her that found such bitter vegetation to be exquisite , and the human side of her was absolutely famished, made a dangerous combination for Aether . Ganyu, with a quick glance to her sides, noticed that the area was clear of any citizens or tourists.

A quick snack wouldn’t hurt anybody.

Ganyu finished the thought just as she arrived above the Qingxin. The half-adeptus licked her lips once more as she gazed down at the beautiful flower. The white Qingxin flower petals were unmistakable. The half-adeptus counting her lucky stars for finding a flower that was typically high in the mountains of Liyue. The light shades of Aether’s outfit complement ed the roots and petals of the flower well. Such that Ganyu could not discriminate between the flower and Aether. All that laid before her was a discrete meal for a hard-working secretary.

Aether felt the world tremble as the lumbering giantess above him got on her knees. Unlike Qiqi, her body enveloped Aether with an overbearing warmth. The traveler, accustomed to losing his body heat to the environment, felt the heat that radiated from Ganyu’s mountainous body like a warm blanket over his body. Wrapping him gently as the natural scenery was replaced with the secretary’s dark abdomen. Aether was able to see the plush skin roll into folds through the shear bodysuit. Valleys formed as the relatively thin girl’s thickness became apparent to the diminished human. Her vege tarian diet did not prevent layers of adipose and muscle accumulating under her doughy and soft skin. Her days of working tirelessly at the desk and sleepless nights prevented her metabolism from effectively dealing with her meals in a swift and efficient manner. A facet of Ganyu that the Aether would become intimately familiar with as he noticed the valleys of Ganyu’s form shift further. Her breasts hung up in the sky with greater presence than the Jade Palace and the bell rung like a sonorous war cry.

HAAAAAAH

A tone that was accompanied by the sound that Aether had only recently become acquainted with from his diminished perspective. When Qiqi had nearly stuffed him in her mouth. A giant gooey glob fell on top of his head as a veritable miasma of Ganyu’s breath covered his being. Looking up through the murky liquid, Aether couldn’t see Ganyu’s eyes. The larger woman’s eyes were closed, to fully relish this scrumptious snack. However, for the traveler, the fact that her maw had widened and neared his body obscured even that fact from him. Ganyu’s nose flared to fully taking in the scent of the Qingxin. An aroma that hid Aether’s own scent. Her action caused the traveler’s scarf to fly off his body and into the unknown. Scrambling, Aether felt his body become slick with warm sweat as Ganyu’s front teeth passed him , the petals, and the upper half of the stem.

CLACK

The evening light vanished, and Aether found himself trapped within Ganyu’s jaws. His body fell towards her teeth. His initial response was to cling on the tongue that the Qingxin laid on. As he could hear the woman’s rough gnawing of the Qingxin’s lower stem. If Aether had let himself fall further his body would have been eviscerated and pulverized by the calcium boulders called teeth. The Qingxin was pulled up towards Ganyu’s throat. Her saliva pool ed as viscous ropes over the traveler’s body .

MMMMHHH.

As scandalous as Aether’s enzymatic bondage scene was playing out in Ganyu’s mouth, her body , in the act of consumption , was also a sight for s ore eyes. Her lips were pursed over the ground and pulled at the roots of the flower. The pleased secretary quietly humming in content from the bitter tasting petals leaving a saccharine taste o n her unique palate. The experienced woman gushing in delight from such a rare snack. One that seemed to have more substance than the last Qingxin she had several years ago. Ganyu s peculated was from the thick wad already sitting on top of her tongue. It almost felt as if the petals were grazing her tongue intentionally. The gluttonous woman licked languidly along the forming cud of verdant green as she made sure to clean her plate. W ith a soft but firm grinding of her teeth, she pulled everything but the root up and into her mouth. Her thick rump swayed in triumph over a well-deserved meal. With her meal securely in place Ganyu stood back up and placed her hand up to her closed lips. Her fingers grazed against the pristine pillows that moved gently as she began to chew in earnest. The petals releas ed their profound flavors that only a few like Ganyu could appreciate.

This is so glorious. I’m so lucky that no one was around so I can indulge in this appetite of mine with abandon.

One such individual that couldn’t appreciate such a refined meal was Aether. Who was caught within the slobber covered stalagmites that surround him. Her teeth compressed the green and white mass between them. Transforming the delicate floral structure into a gooey gunk. A metamorphosis that Aether was barely able to appreciate thanks to the sliver of dull light that breached Ganyu’s lip. He focused less on the sopping mass of Qingxin as he tried to leverage his smaller size to center himself on the undulating tongue. Saliva that became thicker with Qingxin cud and weighed the traveler’s body down. Eventually, Aether wasn’t sure if he could get off the tongue if he wanted to. As th e w ad of chewed petals and gooey saliva weighed him down . It was a bitter pill for Aether to swallow . Forced to merely observe the chaotic mess of saliva and masticated mush flow over him. Suddenly the traveler felt his chamber began to shake. Moving up and down in a cyclic pattern. Aether realized that Ganyu was walking while chewing her meal and him. It was at this moment that the bitter pill became a literal glob for him to swallow. Some of the Qingxin mush propelled itself through Aether’s lips and down his throat. The bitter leaves were more potent after having mix ed with the corrosive swill that was Ganyu’s saliva. Aether couldn’t help but cough from the immense bitterness that emblazoned itself in the back of his throat and tastebuds. The violent reaction of his caus ed more of the concentrated saliva splatter to slither down his neck.

If only there were a way to maintain the freshness of plucked Qingxin.

The red ropes adhered to Ganyu’s hips rocked as her gait swayed sensually. A habit of hers whenever she finds a particularly delectable meal to consume. Although, through all her experience, she would have never guessed that a respected individual was drowning within that delectable bite.

Maybe I should visit Cloud Retainer after the Lantern Rite Festival to ask her thoughts about the matter.

The small size of the traveler was only recognized as a firm wad of the much larger Qingxin flower that filled Ganyu’s mouth.

Why didn’t Ganyu notice me? Was it because of my clothes matching the flower petals? Where is Qiqi?

Aether felt the saliva ooze down Ganyu’s throat. T he thick liquid pulled his own struggling body along with it. Inching him closer to the precipice that was Ganyu’s yawning esophagus. Submerging Aether’s senses further under hot bog that was Ganyu’s salivary secretions. The traveler’s sensitive membranes burned from contact of the irritating fluid. Blotting Aether’s vision as his ears ached from the mouth’s organic noises. Cataclysmic in scale to Aether’s sensitive eardrums. His sense of touch bec ame blurred as everything was coated in the stringy liquid that bound him against the tongue. It was just mere moments within Ganyu’s odoriferous mouth, but the smell and taste alone made the traveler feel defiled from deep within.

Oh Archon. This is too bitter! Is this why Ganyu hasn’t noticed me.

The traveler, fueled by adrenaline, pulled himself up to squeeze himself past the small gap of Ganyu’s lips. The pink behemoth that he laid on had a different fate in mind for him. Ganyu’s tongue curled upwards to the roof of her palate. Thus, Aether merely lunged into the rough and soggy surface of the taste-bud laden organ. The saliva matted surface caused his body to adhere momentarily before he slid backwards. Leaving the traveler closer than ever before to the entrance of Ganyu’s deeper digestive system.

“Ganyu!”

Aether yelled between gasps as Ganyu’s colossal tongue moved a distance greater than Aether could have traveled within that short span of time. Eclipsing the scant amount of light within his organic prison. His body was pushed back further because of th e nearing tongue that curled over his form . Aether felt his body collide against the fleshy bag that was Ganyu’s uvula.

Oh no.

Aether realized that Ganyu was preparing to do away with him by means of a simple swallow.

GLURK

I nstead of the saliva moving past him , t he traveler was now fully dragged along by the caustic current. Aether was dislodged from the sticky residue that adhered him to the half- Adeptus’s tongue. His small form was easily swaddled by the sweltering mass of Qingxin cud. The slippery bolus slid down Ganyu’s throat and plummeted with great speed down past her beating heartbeat. A rhythmic organic bell that matched the pace of Ganyu’s metallic bell separated by a few layers of muscle and skin. The traveler could feel the walls mov e with great rapidity . E nsur ing that the fatigued secretary was supplied with the necessary nourishment she needed. The sphincter to the stomach’s entrance widened and the mess of Qingxin and human plopped down into the rough floor of the wide cavern.

The sopping mass settling on the folds of the stomach walls. Bumps appearing on the sides before Aether broke free of the saliva mired substance. Gasping for even the recycled oxygen that was present in Ganyu’s mouth. However, free from his Qingxin chamber, Aether did not find any such air. The stomach that he found himself contained in lacked any digestive activity. Thus, without acids, a bacterial flora grew within Ganyu’s stomach. Replacing oxygen filled atmosphere with its own nitrous and sulfurous fumes. The traveler’s eyes bulged, and he grasped at his throat. Aether was like a fish out of water within the depths of Ganyu. His muscles ached and he fell to the floor of her rumbling stomach. Her walking sh ook his otherwise stationary chamber up and down. The burning sensation of his muscles, desirous for oxygen after Aether was waterboarded by a thick pool in Ganyu’s mouth, was too much. The traveler’s vision waned, and he stretched his hand out in front of him. A clap of t hunder resounded in Aether’s head as the neurons within his brain slowly died in the anoxic environment. And then a tiny green swirl manifested in his palm. The swirling vortex was his Anemo element. Before Aether’s vitality left his body, he created a gust of wind. The traveler inhaled the gentle vortex and the refreshing gulp of oxygen within his conjured element. Stabilizing himself on his haunches he maintained his Anemo element to drive away the gaseous fumes of the bacteria lining Ganyu’s stomach walls.

Looking up, Aether could barely delineate the sphincter that was nearly sealed shut. Opening only for the briefest of moments even after he blew a gust of wind at it.

Just a little bit more and I can get out.

The traveler strengthened the Anemo element swirling in his palm.

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g lurk

A small bulge of the Qingxin cud flowed down Ganyu’s throat and past the bell. Following a muscular tube under her skin and betwixt her breasts. The bolus settl ed blissfully in Ganyu’s otherwise empty alimentary tract.

Uuarurp

However, that doesn’t stop Ganyu from blowing out a hot volume of air from her mouth. A gaseous expulsion that she had the foresight to stifle with her fist. Surprisingly, her internal gastric fumes didn’t smell as nauseous as they typically did. The half-adeptus chalking it up to the fact that she had consumed a Qingxin flower . The mature woman recalled the immature display in which she consumed the mouthful of vegetation. The way her rear must have jiggled and the manner that her breasts rubbed against the grass floor. Such thoughts caused Ganyu to pat her breasts to clear them of any debris. Unintentionally ringing the bell around her neck and drawing the attention of a random citizen. The unexpected attention caused the secretary to blush and wave back in response.

Oh Archon, they didn’t hear me belch, did they? What kind of secretary am I to let such a moment of craven desire overtake me? I’m not that weak, am I?

Buruugle

In response to Ganyu’s thoughts her stomach grumbled. Voicing its dissatisfaction with the size of her meal. The energy she expended during her daily duties was simply not met with that simple snack.

I can’t let such moments repeat. I should eat at an actual establishment this time around.

Thus, when she reached the Liyue Pavilion , Ganyu followed through with her thoughts and looked at the marketplace. She smell ed the effervescent oils that cooked the dishes in sublime spices. Most of the items not suiting her vegetarian palate. However, if Ganyu’s experience served her well, Chef Mao should have Jewelry Soup on the menu. Ganyu exhaled as she relished the atmosphere that her and many others have helped create.

Aether’s efforts to save Liyue’s citizenry was not rewarded with the same scents. Instead, he fought to maintain consciousness as he maintained his Anemo vision . S ustain ing his muscles and organs with oxygen. Despite his ingenuity, Aether could feel his strength ebbing away with each passing minute. The hollow cavern echoed the storm that he brought forth, without any evidence of acids being secreted from the wall. A fact that should have reassured the weary traveler, if it were not for the reality that he was exhausting his energy by continuously releasing his element. Eventually, Aether had to catch his breath, ceasing the swirl he created.

Hack

My breath…

Regrettably, by doing so he lost any semblance of breathing that he maintained thus far. The toxic fumes swarm ed back into the space that he occupied. Filling Aether’s lungs with the gastric bacterial byproducts that slowly tainted his already defiled being. The saliva that drenched his body and invaded his oral cavities was now joined by these aerosolized toxins. Thus, realizing that this fight for his life was a marathon, Aether released his Anemo element once more. With less strength than last time to maintain his skill. Unfortunately, this compromise resulted in some of the tainted air not fully dispersing. A degraded heterogenous mix of gases filled Aether’s lungs. The traveler who had risked his life for Liyue without a desire for riches and fame was given neither. Forced to subsist on the most polluted of atmospheres that Liyue officials would never dare let their own citizens breathe in.

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Urp. Brp.

“Ah…Excuse me Chef Mao could I have one serving of Jewelry Soup?” Ganyu inquired the kindly young man. Having reached the Wanmin restaurant in good time. The gaseous complaints of her tummy caus ed the secretary to pick up the pace.

Why are you being so difficult?

Ganyu rubbed the middle of her abdomen. Feeling the voluminous gases that her stomach was releasing. As if crying to her to feed it.

“Want some of my food?” Ganyu turned to see a small individual floating with honey and viscera splattered over her face. The scene of messy dining a result of Paimon’s indulgences. The floating individual offering some of her food to the half-adeptus due to the audible growling of the latter’s stomach.

“ Thanks, Paimon. I would prefer to dine in stuff that is greener …is Aether not with you?” Ganyu inquired out of curiosity and to not belabor the point that she was a vegetarian to Paimon. The secretary had to take a step back as she looked at the butchered slab of meat known as a Sticky Honey Roast. The pungent smell of meat was an off-putting aroma.

Ugh. As if I would get put a slab of meat down into my stomach. I don’t care how much it’s growls as it me.

Ganyu squeeze d the patch of skin under her left breast as a point of emphasis for herself.

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Such actions spelt a tremendous shaking of Aether’s gastric chambers. The traveler was fully focused on maintaining his breathable air, and not on his footing or the entrance above. Thus, he couldn’t help but slip and lose focus for a second. His body convulsed as Ganyu’s casual ministrations of the skin over her stomach walls had a physical effect on the gastric organ’s activity. Even as Aether tried to reestablish his oxygen reserves, he could tell that his body was being dragged down to the intestines below. The opening at the bottom of the stomach gripped at his feet. The sphincter slobbered over Aether’s feet with a gooey film that solidified its hold on him. Ganyu had always seemed a bit distant to him due to her position and work life. Now it seemed as if her insides belonged to a different person. One that wanted to possess Aether wholly and reduce him to something lesser than what he was. The traveler could feel his bones creaking as the sphincter furtively gulped him down inch by inch. Embarrassingly enough, his pain gave way to arousal as the fold of muscle stroked firmly against Aether’s clothed member.

What the heck! How am I sporting a boner in this situation?

That was the only pleasurable interruption that Aether experienced as his small body was swallowed up once more. However, instead of the intestines, Aether found himself ejected into a much more cramp space. One that his body neatly fit into with some space above him.

Are these her intestines?

Aether was elated at the thought. At the possibility of just bypassing Ganyu’s entire digestive system without corrosive liquids burning through his skin. Then he would be able to…exit out of her rear entrance and then hopefully get her attention. Aether’s thoughts stalled as he felt resistance against his feet. The traveler realiz ed that another gate laid in front of him.

How is this possible? I’m not a biologist, but I don’t think human anatomy is like this. Could it be because she is part adeptus? Wait…is this another stomach chamber?

Aether shivered at the notion of such a thought. It wasn’t until he processed this new information that t he traveler realized he stopped using his Anemo ability a while ago but hadn’t suffocated yet. Somehow, in this much smaller stomach chamber, breathable air was present. However, that did not fully mitigate the full weight of the possible kink in his plan of escape.

If this is another stomach chamber…then how many does Ganyu have?

Aether’s questions weren’t met with a verbal response. Instead, he felt a strong force applied to the layers in front of him. The stomach walls compressed around the traveler. The unwilling occupant guess ed that a hand was squeezing his current prison. For what purpose he had no idea. What was more concerning was that this motion had awakened the chamber that he currently resided in. The muscular walls compress ed down forcefully on him of its own will. The aroused walls giving the vulnerable traveler it’s full attention. The bones in his limbs withstood the pressure, but Aether could feel his muscles straining.

Great. First, I was waterboarded, then nearly suffocated, and now I’m being pulverized. What else is there in this purgatory ?!

Slish. Slish.

Aether thought despondently as this rhetorical question of his was answered. His ears pick ed up what sounded like flowing liquids from the chamber he just exited.

“What?”

FLISH

Without any further warning a flood of hot liquid impacted Aether’s body. The scalding pool submerg ed him in this small chamber. Once again, he felt the demolished mass of Qingxin float over his body. Entangling the traveler in its frayed verdant carcass. Panic began to set in as he realized that he wasn’t even a full meal for the voracious secretary. How would he be for a woman of her magnitude. Now entrapped in this chamber away from her esophagus and an exit that led to Archon knows what, Aether could feel his hope slowly trickle away as the savory soup submerged him. The excess broth flowing through the sphincter near his feet and into the next chamber.

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“You’re right. Where is Aether? Don’t tell me he got lost again?!” Paimon said as Ganyu half-listened. The secretary was not that concerned considering how capable the traveler was. If Aether were in a confrontation, then the other party was probably the one in a bind instead of him. Ganyu thought as she felt her stomach increase its onslaught on her shameful appetizer. Her bell jingled as she turned her head to Chef Mao. The bodysuit hugging the contours of her breasts s she did so. He arrived with Ganyu’s entrée. A piping hot bowl of Jewelry Soup. The medicinal aroma reassured the earnest worker that the broth would reinvigorate her body and mind. It was also at this moment that Paimon’s anxiety about the traveler outweighed her hunger.

“I…I think I’ll go look for Aether. It was nice meeting you Ganyu.” Paimon said as she fl ew off. Completely unaware that her dear partner was drown ing in a simmering organic pot. One that increased in volume as Ganyu gently slurped the rich liquid with a large spoon. A dainty grip was all that was necessary to keep the instrument aloft in front of her lip. A mere rotation of Ganyu’s wrist forced the sweet and savory broth down the very passage that Aether traveled. Just with a lot less complaints and struggling than her last meal had.

“ Likewise, Paimon. It was nice seeing you and I hope that Aether is okay. Have a good time at the Lantern Rite Festival.” Now with a little less company, Ganyu brought the bowl of broth up to her lips and loudly slurped the remaining contents.

Pwah.

Now that was a satisfying and less shameful meal.

Aether had pushed his head above the waves of the pool which grew into a turbulent lake. One that threatened to drag him back under the forming current. Alas, despite the traveler’s struggles, a strong and final wave of broth pushed him under and filled the cramped cavity to its capacity. The stomach chamber bulged against its adjacent gastric chambers with a healthy swell. It bounced up and down like a merry child on a swing set. Fortunately, for the empty stomach chamber adjacent to the full stomach chamber, the bulging organ was a generous one. As Aether’s life flashed before his eyes , the underwater chamber began to drain at a quicksand pace . The thick mixture pulling him along and into the next gastric chamber of his microscopic journey. Aether, his status as a minuscule bite further solidified, ga gged as he inhaled the atmosphere of this new chamber before coughing in revulsion. The air having reduced in quality compared to the second chamber. It was like when he was artificially producing an atmosphere with his reduced strength. The process of breathing was barely tolerable for the fatigued traveler.

There is no way that Qiqi is going to find me in here. Would she be able to connect the dots and locate Ganyu…Is she even going to remember about me!! Am…Am I going to die here?

GLUROLOSH

The individual chambers of Ganyu’s stomach gave a sonorous roar as the half-adeptus conducted herself in repose. Having finished her meal that churned and whisked within her earlier stomach chambers, before emptying out into the third gastric dungeon. A cavity that was larger than the second one, but smaller than the first one. An elongated tract that brought a little amount of hope in Aether . T hat he might have entered the intestines finally. That the stomach was done with him, and he could free himself of his own effort . The traveler not aware of how erroneous this thought was. A meal, an appetizer no less, did not possess autonomy. Aether a mere possession of a several millennia old Secretary.

BUWUARULOSH

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Chef Mao turned his head away in courtesy as Ganyu blushed at loud wails that her stomach was unabashedly declaring after the half- Adeptus’s meal.

“Heh Heh. Sorry about that…” Ganyu tried to finish her sentence, but a burning wealth of air ascended her esophagus.

Uuaaurp

“Oh. Pardon me. Your food was just- ”

Urp

“-great. Uh…I’m sorry but I… burp … must go. Duty calls.” Ganyu said as she placed the empty bowl down and left a couple strings of Mora for Chef Mao.

Idiot Ganyu. Why did you have to say that last part ? It wasn’t even true. What if he sees you at the festivities? Then he’ll know that you were too embarrassed.

The half-adeptus thought as she over - fixated on the guttural noises of her digestive. Her alimentary tract unusually loud from her baseline.

Did Chef Mao accidentally put some meat in his food? No that can’t be it. I would have noticed even the most meaningless chunks of meat. Maybe I ate too quickly. Gosh. I hope that I haven’t overeaten again. I don’t want to put on more weight…again.

Ganyu looked back towards her rear and pat ted it. Checking it for any unnecessary pudge. The secretary grimaced as she thought about how the size of her caboose once saved her life. Being nearly devoured by a ravenous beast. The entity only stopping because it chok ed on her rear.

One can say that it gave new light to Ganyu’s appreciation of her vegetarian diet. The woman felt empathetic for life that had to constantly live under the threat of being eaten. However, that belief changed over the time she spent with humans. A relatively and needlessly carnivorous species. Her constant company with them has led the kind-hearted woman to ignore her feelings of life that ha d already been consumed by others. She would never partake in the consumption of flesh herself, but Ganyu wouldn’t lift a finger for what other s deigned fitting for their palates.

Regardless, despite the gastric utterances of her midsection and her earlier fatigue, Ganyu was full and had completed her work. Thus, she would enjoy the sights that the Lantern Rite Festival had to offer.

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Thud

“No…” Aether had tried to continue forward in what he believed to be the intestinal tract. Hoping that he would have enough energy to dash along the lengthy gastrointestinal tract and squeeze himself out of Ganyu’s rear. He wasn’t sure how Ganyu would react. If she would be angry, but Aether would plead and beg on his knees if it would appease the kind woman. The traveler unaware if the half-adeptus hid a ferocity underneath her typical demeanor. Although, if the way she treated that flower loving Fatui was any indication, then Aether wouldn’t take his chances. He would even lick the dirt off her shoes if he had to. Not even Dragonspine’s environment matched the hostility of Ganyu’s three stomach chambers. The fact that this was the third stomach was ascertained by Aether who felt himself impact against another sphincter while trying to escape . The tight seal unwilling to open . A s if it were waiting for him to be processed even further. The stomach chamber that he laid within currently compacted and shook under the intensity of Ganyu’s fermenting gases. Aether was unaware that his identity as a chunk of meat was a direct cause of his increasingly tumultuous environment. Aether fell back against one of the stomach walls. The two prior chambers having sapped him of his energy. Although, the traveler’s energy was robbed in the figurative sense. In this chamber, Aether soon realized that his energy would be sapped in the literal sense.

Form dictates function. The folds and lining of the third chamber that looked eerily like the intestine was because it served a similar purpose. Sucking up the nutrients and vitamins that the traveler had to offer. All a part of Ganyu’s thorough digestive system. The gastric environment was like that of an arid desert. Even his moisture being sucked up along the walls the longer he maintained contact with it. His nails and hair became brittle, and his skin blistered and deformed as he lost water weight. It had gotten to the point that Aether even began to suck the walls that deprived him of the fluids in his body. Throwing away his pride in a desperate bid to prolong his life as his muscles failed him. He couldn’t even feel his own heartbeat. The only beating heart that existed in his world being that of Ganyu’s own organ system. A veritable goddess to him now. While Aether was merely r educed to a quivering worm that miserably sustained its life like a parasite off an unknowing and uncaring deity .

GLURSLOSH

GLORSH

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Glurk

Glurk

“Thank you I was feeling parched.” Ganyu said to a traveling Inazuman merchant. The man having traversed the ocean on a ship to sell his specialties. Specialties that i nclud ed his featured drink. Dango m ilk. A warm and creamy fluid that Ganyu imbibed with gusto. The ambrosia soothed her throat. The secretary hoped that it would calm her stomach down as well.

BOOOM

Glorshumble.

Unfortunately, the potency of the Dango milk was something that Ganyu would have to find out for herself later. Her stomach cramping seemingly in time with the bright fireworks that illuminated Liyue’s dim night skies. The beautiful sight of several hundred lights, fireworks, and lanterns, in the air took Ganyu’s mind off the mild pain present in her abdomen momentarily. Each grumble and gurgle were inaudible to the ears of everyone else and even Ganyu. Despite feeling a tad sick, she was well and truly at peace with the people of Liyue. The secretary wishing that this peace would continue for another year.

Even the traveler was able to hear the grand announcement of another year at Liyue. The explosions in the sky matching the shaking of Ganyu’s stomach. The guttural utterances of the bloated sacs above demarcated each moment that Aether’s end drew ever nearer. His skin blistered and he could barely keep his eyes open. It hurt to even interact with the surrounding environment. Ever hostile and uncaring of Aether’s well-being. The jostling of the third chamber as Ganyu followed along with the crowd and back to her home sent Aether near the sphincter. The one that served as an exit to the third stomach chamber.

This must be the intestines now. With how similar these walls are to what I read in textbooks…it …just has to.

Aether thought as he half-crawled and was pushed to the exit. His heart filled with the embers of hope as the embers of fireworks fell from the Liyue sky. The muscular gate yawned open. Aether pushed himself through the grimy strings that stretched along the passageway. His sense of smell was the first to take notice of what was on the other side of the nebulous darkness. A smell that was nearly as odious as the first chamber. Through the dying fireworks that barely rumbled past Ganyu’s skin, and the clamor of indecipherable conversations of the crowd, Aether heard the effervescent fizzle of liquids frothing and churning. His hopes were dashed. Aether tried to push himself back, but it was too late. He foolishly fed his body through the gate that was determined to eject him on the other side. The slimy ring grasped his tender and weak body and ejected Aether out into the acidic pool. The widened rim closed its gooey maw and sealed the hapless meal within.

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Ganyu yawned as she entered her sleeping quarters. She had picked up a memo from one of her fellow secretaries on the way there. “Hmmm. So, Aether is still missing.” Ganyu held a message that detailed Paimon’s failed efforts to locate her companion. The secretary was still un bothered due to her confidence in the strength of th at man. The same individual who was now boiling within her digestive organ. Although, she considered the possibility that Aether may have gone to see the Adeptus. Ganyu resolved to wake up early in the morning to ask Cloud Retainer if she had seen him recently.

Yawn

“Maybe I could ask her if…she has anything that could help with stomach ailments.” Ganyu didn’t consider Bubu’s pharmacy as a locale to search for medicinal treatments. As her unique physiology made her ill-suited for medications aimed at humans. If she had, then maybe retelling her story would have been enough to jog the memory of a certain employee there. But this was just a hypothetical. The reality was that Ganyu had an otherwise pleasant end to her day. Sleeping soundly as her stomach finally quoted down possibly due to the Dango milk that kind merchant had sold to her . However, the silence did not convey how caustic and active her fourth stomach chamber was at this moment.

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There was no atypical or unique function within the fourth chamber of the stomach. It was just a regular human stomach. One that was slightly smaller than the typical size. But any meals that reached this point would have already been primed to be summarily digested and broken down into hearty chunks for the broth of this stew. Aether’s softened body was no different. The anoxic environment of the first stomach chamber forced the traveler to exert himself past his limits. The cramped and strong second stomach threatened to break his frame in half. The intestinal-like third stomach primed him for what was to come in the fourth stomach by physically absorbing his constituents at a molecular level . The fourth stomach was home to a tormenting storm of acidic activity. An alien environment that would dissolve the bonds that constituted his body at a molecular level. In a much more savage fashion than the preceding stomachs. Acids drip ped from the walls of the stomach like the streamers that Liyue lanterns hung from . The rope like chyme laced over Aether’s prone form. With the last of his strength, he solidified his body with the Geo element. The traveler simply didn’t have any residual strength to do anything greater. He couldn’t conjure Geo constructs much less eject elements away from his deteriorating body by means of Anemo or Electro. Ultimately, his stalwart figure betrayed him as the stomach acids tore at his skin with glee. The slumbering woman’s digestive system paid Ganyu’s meal with rapt attention. His clothes were done away with swiftly. Followed by his sensitive structures. As if sensing that his end was near, Aether’s blood pooled and engorged his member. A futile effort by the sexual organ that mindlessly tried to spread its seed before its host perished. A s the man tried to climb up the rugae of the stomach walls , globs of secreted acid splattered on his form and burned the fleshy sexual organ straight off. Aether yelled silently in anguish and fell into the bubbling vat of acid. His ability to communicate and sense anything aside from agony having been robbed from several hours in Ganyu’s digestive system. A fiery and nebulous purgatory without end was the reward that the traveler w as granted with for all his efforts. Aether’s life did not come to a swift conclusion. His skin melted off and exposed his underlying fat and muscle. Fatty oils and burned fibers were produced as caustic enzymes push ed through the structures that allowed Aether to move. He convulsed and clung to the delusion that the Geo energy would shield his body. Even though evidence of the exact opposite was happening.

Memories of the traveler’s past flow ed through his softening head. Appearing for a final time before ebbing away like the locks of hair on his head. Images of him coming face to face with the Raiden Shogun, facing off against Osial, and assisting Venti in placating Dvalin. Most importantly, he saw visions of his sister, someone who seemed ever far away during his entire journey. Aether’s weakening thoughts considered Lumine’s last words to him. To see the world before coming to a decision. A humorous statement considering that the traveler was unable to even lift his hands. Aether realized that the Geo element was not going to help when the sinuous connections of his limbs to his torso failed. His arm drift ed on top of the thickening chyme as a distinct object. Lumine’s words now seem like a jest, a taunt by the sister that he never came to understand. Nor will he ever. Instead, Aether would become intimately familiar with Ganyu’s stomach as the acids around him fizzled and burbled. The gases above finally quieting. The final thing that the traveler heard aside from the crashing waves was the gentle rhythm of Ganyu’s organ systems. And then several boluses of processed paste fell on him from the sphincter he entered. The remaining Qingxin and Jewelry Soup submerging th e appetizer’s torso and head. The acids ate away and penetrate d Aether’s torso while he drown ed in the caustic undercurrent. Bubbles and blood float ed up from his soon to be carcass as the enzymes obtain ed a direct pathway to his organs. The world was a black void filled with endless and hellish immolation from Aether’s eyes. The nerves firing off a burst of activity, sending pain in fresh waves to Aether’s dying mind before shutting off. His eyes had melt ed under the pressure of the acidic pool and the thickened solution breache d the cavity of his cranium. Soon enough, every cavity in his body was open to the flow burning fluid. Aether’s final thoughts a frantic mess of disjointed thoughts and flashing images. His decreasing comprehension regarding the kind woman that consumed him as a Goddess doling out punishment for failing his sister in some way. Aether’s insides swelled up with voluminous acids, displacing the organs he held within before finally he imploded within himself. A mess of blood and guts swirling in Ganyu’s yellow-green stomach.

The half-adeptus scratched her belly spontaneously as she rolled over in her sleep. And that was all the attention that Aether received before she woke up. Her metabolism hard at work in breaking Aether’s dissolving corpse into a more uniform mixture. T he scant amount of muscle and organs that remained in the meal’s shattered corpse was slurped up into the swirling vortex and into Ganyu’s intestines. Her intestines swelled, happy to imbibe the paste and chunks that were some parts Aether and most parts Qingxin and Jewelry Soup. The chunky stew embarking through the loops of intestines before its final departure.

Similarly, Ganyu woke up to begin her early morning . Making sure that she was properly equipped before taking a winding path to Cloud Retainer’s home. One that she was intimately familiar with and was able to travel swiftly compared to others. It also helped that she felt quite reinvigorated by her break yesterday.

Maybe I’ll pick up some Qingxin on the way back?

The sun shined down on her. Suffusing her body with both warmth and energy. In contrast, the voluminous swill that her meal was caught in, colored with bile and lipases, was simmering under the heat of Ganyu’s intestines. The appetizer having finally reached the location that it desired during its life. The fingerlike projections siphoned the fats and proteins from her meal and provided the energy and nutrients that Ganyu burned off in her trip. Nutrients that were carried into the bloodstream and pumped through the half- Adeptus’s heart before being supplied to her organs. The fat and protein became building blocks for Ganyu’s overall figure and form. Her jostling hips expanding ever so slightly against the bounds of her shear bodysuit.

Gosh. Are my clothes getting tight again? Don’t tell me I’ll have to see a tailor once more.

Ganyu thought as she arrived at Cloud Retainer’s abode on Mount Aocang without much difficulty.

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Her meal bulged each section of her intestines pleasantly. Giving the half- A deptus a euphoric bliss as her intestinal nervous system was positively titillated by the stimulation. The fetid mass changed from a light green hue to a darker verdant. Aether’s bleached and discolored bones peppered throughout the segments of her intestines that leisurely carried the sweltering mass through her small intestines and into her large intestines. The chunky oatmeal-like substance was then robbed of its moisture. Morphing into a dark and fetid coil of excrement that neared Ganyu’s rectum.

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“One is sorry to say my dear Ganyu that one hasn’t seen the traveler and don’t have such treatments on hand. However, one should not shy away from prospective planning. One might not have a device that could help you with your stomach pains of the past, but one does have an item that should assist you with your disposal needs of the future. ” Cloud Retainer declared to Ganyu with much enthusiasm. The secretary patted her leotard down of any dirt that she acquired on her trip over. Before looking up to the excited Cloud Retainer’s countenance. The mention of the traveler a fleeting one in the conversation as his existence and safety were of little consequence of either individual’s mind the time.

“Oh…joy.” Ganyu said with a bit of hesitation.

She is going to make me try it isn’t she.

“Come come. One has the device waiting to the side. It is truly an economical and mindful device for the environment. You and humans can forget about your waste polluting nature.” Cloud Retainer gestured to a porcelain device that didn’t look that different from a toilet. Ganyu looked appreciatively at the toilet seat . One that appeared like it could handle the girth of her hips and the gravity of her rear. The secretary was also enthused by the notion that it would be an improvement for the environment.

“Wow. This does sound useful. How does it work?” Ganyu genuinely asked.

“Well why don’t you try it yourself. One can tell how you usually carry yourself when your rectum is full. You haven’t changed much since One- ”

“Okay! Okay! I get what you are saying…I’ll use it. Just go somewhere else in the meantime and I’ll let you know how it is.” Whether Cloud Retainer noted Ganyu’s embarrassment was unclear. Regardless, the adeptus had the fact to leave the woman to herself for her toilet duties. Of course, not before informing Ganyu of how the device worked.

Disposal Scene Ahead

So , I push the lever down first and then I release my bowel movements.

Ganyu relaxed her anus and pushed the lever down. The device locking the lever in place. A light whirring sound appeared as the toilet activated. A smooth and sizable coil pushed out of the rim betwixt Ganyu’s bulbous cheeks. The crevices of the anus fann ed out and appear ed like an earthy flower. The fetid matter leaving a little less gently compared to Ganyu’s typical bowel movements. The woman still unaware of the unexpected passenger to her meal. The bones tickling her typically in stimulated anus. Arousing unfamiliar feelings within Ganyu along with a momentary sense of constipation.

Come on. Come out already.

Ganyu’s hips jiggled with exertion as a bulky portion of the feces passed her asshole. From there it was a smooth ejection and deposit of the excrement that was constituted by Ganyu’s meal from yesterday. The dark green mass possessing only fragments of bone from Aether. If Ganyu stood up, removed her cheeks that eclipsed the toilet seat, and looked down she would be none the wiser of the individual in her bowel movement.

However, the half-adeptus would never get the chance as she unfurled a section of toilet paper. She felt a gentle warmth in the basin of the toilet bowl. Bereft of any water for the congealing feces to drift in. Instead, Ganyu felt a sudden flash of fire a good distance away from her rear. One of such great heat and intensity that it atomized the remains of her meal.

“What…what was that?”

Ganyu threw the piece of paper down into the toilet which similarly engulfed it in flames.

Disposal Scene End

Ganyu walked away from the flaming toilet and towards Cloud retainer. The device having eliminated any evidence of Aether in this world.

I’m going to have to explain to Cloud Retainer that people won’t be a fan of toilets that spit fire.

And that was his story.

Paimon would never find the traveler even after Liyue organized formal search parties. Qiqi forgot about Aether after seeing that Changsheng was once again swallowing another prospective friend down her throat. One of the search parties was of course led by Ganyu. The diligent secretary now determined to give it her all to find the individual that helped their country. Unaware that he was now simply unthinking pudge that resided mostly on her shapely rear. Her bodysuit tightly cupped each cheek with a furtive embrace as her bell chimed.

A terminus to Aether’s journey of the world of Teyvat. But there must be worse fates than being retained as jiggling fat on a woman that was several millennia old. A peaceful ending after a perilous and arduous journey. A prize that may have been worth more than any amount of smaragdus jadeite.