Didn't you go to Teyvat to earn money to support me?

Sirin's furious eyes were practically spitting out a fiery, man-eating gold. She did indeed have golden eyes, which was the biggest difference between her appearance and Kiana's—a side effect of awakening her spatial abilities.

"Do I need anyone to believe me! I am the Queen of the Sky! I've hardly ever walked since I was ten years old, what do you know! My noble body must never touch this filthy earth, yes, I only need to be high above! I must be out of my mind to come out for a morning run with you!"

“You always say that when you go for your morning run, but you still come with me every time.” Kiana tilted her head and looked at her sister, chuckling. “Isn’t it because you’re the weakest in this family? Even Ryoko, who just stepped into the extraordinary realm, is stronger than you. Aren’t you ashamed? You’re almost as weak as an ordinary person!”

Sirin glared at her sister, but Kiana was telling the truth. She was determined to improve herself because she realized that she had become the weakest member of the Shaniat family.

Running is really tiring. It's much more comfortable to stay in a cool room with the air conditioning on, curled up on a soft plush sofa, working on documents on a tablet, with maids serving you whatever you want to eat or drink, and even someone to apply a face mask for you!

"Never mind! This queen has met her exercise target for today, I'm not playing anymore!" Xilin snapped her fingers, leaned back, and instantly sank into an invisible spatial platform, lazily relaxing and resting on it.

"It's happening again. At least run a few laps with me." Kiana pouted unhappily. "Stupid older sister."

“Silly sister,” Celine replied without hesitation, then pouted, “Why don’t you ask your boyfriend to come run with you?”

"I have to say it several times and he's still not my boyfriend." Kiana saw that she really didn't want to move and just wanted to sunbathe and feel the breeze. Helplessly, she took out her phone and dialed a number. "I've been inviting my junior brother to go for a morning run these days, but he either can't get up at seven o'clock or always makes excuses."

"Something's wrong? What could possibly be wrong with him here on Earth?"

"I don't know either. Anna always answers when I call. They've been spending a lot of time together lately."

As soon as she said this, Sirin looked at Kiana suspiciously. Kiana didn't react at all, but gave Sirin a strange look.

Xilin tilted her head.

The call connected, and sure enough, it was Anna on the other end, who was almost Shen Liang's personal secretary.

Her tone was strange, and her breathing was slightly rapid. "Second Miss? Is...is something the matter?"

"Sister Anna? Why are you answering the phone again? Where's my junior brother?"

"Looking for Pandora? She's... right next to me."

"I know you're right here! Are you two free today? Let's go for a run together! The weather's so nice, and after we run, we can go scuba diving in the lake!"

Just then, Anna let out a soft cry of pain from the phone. After a moment of silence, she spoke apologetically, "It seems that won't work, Miss. Pandora and I are doing yoga."

Sirin gave Kiana another long look.

"Oh, I see. Let me know when you're free. It's been a while since we hung out together, junior brother." Kiana hung up the phone with some disappointment and looked at her sister, "Anna and junior brother are practicing yoga, they're busy."

"Yoga?"

"correct."

Sirin stared at Kiana for a long time before sighing, "Did she say whether she was Pandora's yoga partner or yoga equipment?"

"what?"

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Anna felt that her statement just now might have been a bit ambiguous.

But what she said was true; she really did take yoga classes with Shen Liang.

Wearing a white, form-fitting yoga leotard, Anna's thighs were spread apart and lifted back by her partner. She held onto the toes of her left foot, standing on one leg in a graceful, ballet-like pose, and remained still.

This is the dance studio on the sixth floor of Neuschwanstein Castle. The wooden floors are waxed, and the tall floor-to-ceiling windows provide excellent natural light. In the morning, you can see the snow-capped foothills of the Alps and the city of Munich, which is more than ten kilometers away.

Maria's yoga classes are held here, and many girls in the family practice yoga with her. Many people misunderstand yoga, thinking it's an exercise that only enhances physical beauty, but in reality, it's very good for flexibility and not too strenuous. It's quite elegant among various aerobic exercises and is very popular with the girls of the Shaniat family.

Of course, Kiana doesn't like this kind of elegant sport; she'd rather go out and play basketball than stay here taking deep breaths.

Anna looked in Shen Liang's direction and couldn't help but smile knowingly.

Shen Liang was being forced by Maria to do a yoga pose. He bent backward, arching his back, but his hands and feet were braced against two separate tables, preventing him from moving. He had to hold this bridge pose to the end.

The "bridge" pose is a typical yoga posture and a foundation for improving waist flexibility. Most of the girls in the Shaniat family can do this pose easily, and it's not particularly difficult for Shen Liang either. He almost broke countless bones while learning Kaslana's gun-fu, so his flexibility is now vastly different from what it used to be.

But at this moment, his little face was covered in sweat, and not only his hands and feet, which he used to support his body, were also trembling.

Maria, dressed in tight white pantyhose and a bodysuit, sat cross-legged with an upright posture, her hands clasped above her head, her beautiful eyes calmly closed, completely still. This is the most common "tree pose" in yoga, and also a frequently used posture for meditation.

What was unusual was that she was sitting on Shen Liang's stomach, on Shen Liang who was struggling to maintain his iron bridge position, more than a meter off the ground. Closing her eyes to rest was perfectly natural.

One hundred jin (50 kg).

One hour.

A young man.

A miracle.

"Mom..." Shen Liang gritted her teeth, on the verge of tears, "I really can't hold on anymore! Please, let me rest! I'm really going to fall!"

"Hold on."

"It's been an hour and a half! I haven't moved for an hour and a half!"

Maria opened her beautiful eyes a crack and stared at the boy who was being used as a chair. His mature and delicate body in the white jumpsuit remained motionless. She simply said, "This position is good for you to exercise the most important part of your body: your waist. I could hold this position for twelve hours at your age. You can't even do two hours. I would be ashamed to say that you are my son."

"The world record was only set in a little over an hour!"

"The records of mortals are meaningless to us. If you fall, you start over until you reach two hours."

"Mom, this is child abuse! I'm going to complain to Sister Leah, I'm telling you!"

"But you're not a minor."

Maria stretched, her slender figure radiant in the morning light, but the effort of that stretch made Shen Liang even more miserable. He barely managed to lift his head and saw the other girls practicing yoga snickering at him, even Anna couldn't hide her amusement. He felt even more resentful.

“Kiana is very skilled in Kaslana Gunfighting, which is a martial art that requires a lot of flexibility and often involves inhuman movements. So Kiana doesn’t need to learn yoga from me; she’s better than me in that area,” Maria said calmly. “You also study Gunfighting, but you’re far less proficient than Kiana because you only increase your flexibility by adjusting your skeletal position, and your muscle resilience is even worse than many ordinary Valkyries.”

Shen Liang thought to himself, "Nonsense. I've only been practicing martial arts for a year or two. Muscle flexibility and such things all require training." This is why he mainly focuses on powerful martial arts like Bajiquan and Bagua. Judo and joint locks require a very flexible body, something that even the Haizhi bloodline can't directly provide.

“The Chinese say that where there is pain, there is blockage; where there is flow, there is no pain. Yoga is like that. When you can do these movements without feeling any pain, it means you have almost achieved the required flexibility,” Maria said coldly. “Anyway, you have Hua Hai Yue. If you get injured, you can just repair it. Muscles are naturally stronger the more they are repaired. Afraid of pain? That’s not like you, is it?”

“But I don’t practice yoga to enhance my combat power…” Shen Liang muttered.

"What's the point? To unlock more positions?" Maria sneered, then sat down slightly. Shen Liang, unable to bear the pressure any longer, immediately went limp and crashed to the ground along with the table. Maria then lightly leaped down. The girls in the dance studio had all heard Maria's words and blushed while unable to stop laughing.

Shen Liang blushed with embarrassment, but he didn't dare to argue back in front of Maria anymore, since Maria really liked to beat him up.

Thinking about it carefully, Maria probably wants to beat up all of Cecilia's children. She doesn't really like Kiana and Sirin, but now he's considered Cecilia's "darling," and Maria treats him the same way.

But I'm your son!

"Dismissed!" Maria announced the end of the morning yoga class. "Pandora and Anna, stay behind."

The girls shoved and jostled as they left the dance studio. Shen Liang asked, "Is something wrong?"

"Regarding my sister's erosion disease, the Saintess bloodline in her body is diminishing day by day. What methods do you have in Teyvat to treat my sister?" She glanced at Anna, but still asked directly.

Within the Shaniat family, few people knew the secret of Shen Liang's otherworld. To maintain secrecy, only family members and Maria knew. However, Anna, as the first person to come into contact with Shen Lihua, could not be kept in the dark any longer.

“There isn’t one in Inazuma,” Shen Liang replied. “I’m planning to go to Liyue, a country that is far more prosperous than Inazuma. If there are any divine healers or medicines from another world, they are more likely to be there.”

“Honkai energy erosion isn’t a disease, but an erosion from the Honkai God, a very metaphysical calamity.” Maria narrowed her eyes, quite worried. “Pandora, what if we can’t find a way to prolong my sister’s life?”

"I can find it," Shen Liang said confidently.

Why are you so sure?

“Because of the fundamental similarity between Honkai energy and elemental power,” Shen Liang said in a low voice. “My Transformation into the Sea Moon can be identified as a superpower on Earth, and as a water element in Teyvat… Although I have neither Honkai energy nor elemental power, this means that the two worlds have something in common.”

"Yeah."

"The ability of the Moonlit Sea to dissolve the erosion proves that the Honkai energy erosion is not incurable. I will ensure that Leah lives on, absolutely."

Maria sighed. "It's best if you have confidence; I won't interfere with anything else. But as your mother, I still want to ask, in that world, do you need any help?"

Anna looked over too.

Shen Liang hesitated for a moment, then said, "If I had to say, there is something. I need a lot of modern clothing, a lot of building materials, and even a lot of weapons and ammunition... But these are not urgent, and I can handle them myself."

"Weapons... never mind. If you can't handle this, remember to come find me. You're a member of the family now."

"I know, Mom, you don't need to tell me."

"Let's put aside the small talk and get down to business. This is something my sister and I have been discussing for several days." Maria's expression turned serious as she stared at him.

Shen Liang thought to herself, "So, Sister Liya's illness isn't the important thing today? The important thing is only starting now?"

Who are you planning to marry?

Shen Liang's heart skipped a beat.

Chapter Two: I'm going to devour him bit by bit, completely wiping him out!

After evading capture for several months, Shen Liang was caught again when he finally returned from a vacation in Teyvat.

When young people are caught in their hometowns, the most interesting topic is inevitably "when will they get married?"

The boy, who had tied his long black hair into a high ponytail, lowered his head, and when he raised his head again, he had an exceptionally cute smile on his face.

"I'm only sixteen, why should I be thinking about these things?"

Maria admired the boy's flattering smile. She knew that Shen Liang must be a fierce and even imposing figure in the outside world, as evidenced by the way that Kagami Kayo, who held a high position in Inazuma, treated him.

But precisely because of this, Maria enjoyed the boy's obedient and adorable appearance in front of her even more. The thought of her own son, who was fierce and intimidating, but could only hide his fangs and act like a little puppy in front of his mother gave her a great sense of satisfaction.

Or rather, a perverse sense of humor.

Then she ruthlessly shattered Shen Liang's attempts to please his mother.

“You’re not young anymore. If we wait any longer, the family is worried that your first child won’t be conceived by our family,” Maria said calmly. “Although we advocate free love, it doesn’t mean we’ll sit idly by when you’ve clearly made a move on someone else. Of course, I can turn a blind eye to how many girlfriends you have, after all, we’re mother and son, but my sister is very worried and it’s putting a lot of pressure on me.”