Chapter 114: Chapter 114: Keqing and Ningguang Are Terrified

"I’m sorry! I was wrong!"

Given that the Raiden Shogun hailed from Inazuma—and that this man before her washer master—

Mona instinctively dropped to her knees and performed a perfectdogeza, the most formal and humiliating Inazuman-style apology she could think of.

Ningguang and Keqing both froze in astonishment.

Who... was this girl?

Why was she apologizing the moment she showed up?

And why did it look like the Raiden Shogun haddragged her hereby force?

"Since you’re already doing a dogeza,"

Su Ran said, glancing over his shoulder at her, "why not go all the way and remove all your armaments while you’re at it?"

This astrologist had dared tospyon him.

After noticing it, Su Ran hadn’t just tapped her vision— he hadsealed it entirely.

A seal created fromImaginary Energy— something no one in this world could undo.

And so, Mona had tragically become a blind girl.

"Ugh... do you have to bethatcruel?"

As a modern girl, Mona wasn’t exactly innocent— she knew very well what "removing all armaments" implied.

But that was justtooshameful!

And this was aman!

Was he planning to—

The moment the thought crossed her mind, she felt like her life was over.

She shouldn’t have used that divination spell in the first place!

If she’d known it would get her blinded, she’d never have done it!

At this point, even her dignity was gone.

Her trembling hands began to move—ready to undo her gear—

"Ahem! There aremore than three peoplepresent, you know..."

Ningguang finally spoke up, sensing where this was going.

"Huh? There are others here!?"

Mona’s heart dropped into an abyss.

Her face turned ashen.

She might not have beenphysicallydead, but herspirithad already left her body.

"Just what kind of strange game are you people playing?"

Keqing asked, puzzled.

She didn’t understand what "disarming" meant, but she could tell this woman had somehow managed to offend Su Ran badly.

"Ugh... just kill me already!" Mona cried.

"No," Su Ran said lazily. "That would dirty my hands."

He had expected Mona to come crawling to him eventually.

What he hadn’t expected was for Ei to personally bring her back.

He had planned for Lumine to deliver the apology— so he could collect a neat1.2 million Mora"medical fee."

But now that the one who owed him had been carried straight to his door, that plan—and the extra sixty thousand Mora—were lost.

A shame, really.

"Then... then at least give me a knife," Mona whispered.

"Let me end it myself."

"If you must die," Su Ran replied calmly, "do it outside. Don’t dirty my floors."

Such a heartless man!

"Enough!" Keqing finally stepped forward.

"What in Teyvat is going on here? Miss, did you offend him somehow?

Tell me the truth. I amYuheng of the Liyue Qixing— if there’s been any injustice, I’ll see it made right."

Her voice softened as she helped Mona to her feet.

But when Mona realized who had just spoken— her soul nearly left her bodyagain.

Being publicly humiliated in front ofthe Yuheng herself?

She’d honestly rather be dead.

After a long while, with Keqing’s gentle coaxing, Mona finally steadied herself enough to explain everything.

She told them how she’d used astrology to peer at Su Ran, and how he had sealed her sight in retaliation.

Now, she had come to apologize and beg him to undo it.

Ningguang’s eyes gleamed as she listened.

An astrologist... able to divine across such vast distances?

That wastalent.

If she could win such a person over, it could save her countless miscalculations in business and politics alike.

Still, she wasn’t sure whether Su Ran would let this girl go.

"Stop tinkering with that pile of scrap metal already!" Keqing snapped suddenly.

"At leastlistento the girl’s apology first!"

From the moment she’d arrived, Su Ran hadn’t lifted his head once— just kept fiddling with some massive metallic device.

"Scrap metal?"

Su Ran’s face darkened.

The next instant, the room lost all sense of gravity.

Everything began to float—the furniture, the teacups,even Keqing and Mona.

Ningguang herself rose slightly off the ground, eyes widening.

Ei’s hand twitched toward her sword as she sensed the sudden distortion of gravity.

"What did you do!?" Keqing gasped.

Was this man seriously sotemperamental?

"This ’scrap metal,’" Su Ran said flatly, "is agravity engine.

It can turn the entire Liyue Harbor into afloating city— higher even than Celestia itself.

And you call itscrap?

Apologize."

Keqing’s ears flattened immediately.

"I’m sorry!"

The little "cat" apologized without hesitation.

It wasn’t just fear—it was awe.

She knew exactly how enormous Liyue Harbor was.

And he was saying this tiny device could lift theentire cityinto the air?

She looked toward Ningguang, whose expression was equally stunned.

Only now did Ningguang realize how blind she’d been.

She’d once suggested usingfloating stonesto build an orbital platform.

But compared tothis—floating stones weregarbage.

Could a floating stone fit in a room?

Of course not.

Yet this small, elegant device could make the entire harbor rise.

Even the massive stone beneath theJade Chamberwasn’t a fraction as powerful.

A pang of frustration and humility hit her.

All her precious floating stones—mere pebbles before a god.

"Wait... the ’space station’ you’re building,"

Ningguang asked carefully, "it isn’t... as big as all of Liyue Harbor, is it?"

She felt like she’d been living in a well her whole life.

TheJade Chamberwas enormous—but compared to the harbor itself, it wasn’t even a ten-thousandth in size.

"Notthatlarge," Su Ran replied casually.

"It’s not inside the planet—it’ll be in orbit.

This engine is powerful, but overloading it would be risky."

Both Ningguang and Keqing let out long breaths of relief.

For a moment, they’d genuinely thought he was planning to launch an entire city into space.

Good thing it was only a misunderstanding—

"Justhalfthe size of Liyue Harbor."

The two women froze again.

Keqing’s jaw dropped in shock— while Ningguang’s eyes sparkled like gemstones.

Half the size of Liyue Harbor!?

That wasn’t a "station."

That was an empire in the sky.

And she remembered—

Su Ran had promisedherthe position ofStation Master.

Ningguang’s pulse quickened.

This was no longer fear.

It wasopportunity.

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