Okay, so here's the 11th chapter.

I didn't wake up for a while, I was still in that dreamless sleep that Paimon met me in last night. That abyss was still surrounding me, and I still couldn't speak.

"No, I will not give you the opportunity to speak."

'Well… I guess that's deserved.' I breathed out, somehow, in this void.

"You nearly killed yourself, trying to use my power to stop time… you're lucky that you've gained strength from sleeping with Barbara and Jean, otherwise, you would have been obliterated."

Despite her words, as I looked at her walking towards me, she had a slight smile.

"Well, sleeping with Noelle has further increased your strength. Now, you're 32 times stronger. So you can work on leveling up your time stopping abilities, with your stronger constitution."

'And I thought sleeping with 3 women would have been impossible in 3 nights…'

"Well, there's two reasons I contacted you now, and not when we originally agreed upon."

She pulled up the video of me turning the Anemo into a weapon, harnessing it to sharpen my blade.

"Firstly, you're able to harness powers like Anemo much stronger than you otherwise would have. And previously, what you were harnessing was Electro, and you've not switched it since."

'Wait… how did I not realize that till now?'

I looked at myself, and sure enough, I had the purple chest color, not the greenish hue that I had for harnessing Anemo.

"It seems like you being with Jean has made you able to handle your Anemo power more, where you don't need to harness it by going to a statue of the seven."

'And made me able to use it without cooldowns, and even use Anemo on objects…'

"And, more than likely, you've harnessed such a power for Geo as well, with you being with Noelle. Perhaps try testing that out."

'Okay, I'll try to do that. Hopefully with less fighting… What's the second reason, though?'

She looked deep in thought, something I didn't think possible for Paimon.

"There's something that's happening to your body as you've slept with all these women. Beyond your increase in strength. It's almost like… a power is coming from inside you."

'Huh? Like what? A vision?'

"No, something more powerful, like… a Gnosis?"

'Wait, what? I thought that was only given to Archons?'

"That's why I'm wondering…"

She was silent for a bit, before something clicked for her.

"Do you know where the drunkard bard went? He might want to see this, if you do manage to get a Gnosis."

'I… don't know. Last I saw Venti, he was under that tree. I've not seen him since.'

"Well, maybe continue onwards with what you're doing, and sleep with other women."

'I mean… I still want to talk to Lisa and Mona. It's been over 2 years…'

"And you've also got Liyue and Inazuma, and eventually, Sumeru!"

I remembered all the girls I had seen on my journey, and having a warm blush, thinking of all of them.

'Yeah…'

"Okay, so that should be all that I wanted to say, so, it's time for you to go back."

She resumed time, and I felt that familiar sense of falling, and it was still equally terrifying as I felt burning up, and woke up with a slight yell.

"…Paimon, you have to do that every time? Jeez…"

I felt a headache coming in, and I noticed Noelle, still sleeping peacefully next to me. I cupped her cheek, which seemed to rouse her from her sleep, as she blinked.

"Ae.. ther?" As soon as her memories came in of last night, and she looked at her stomach, still bloated, surprisingly, she didn't blush or feel embarrassed.

"Are you alright, Noelle?"

She removed the covers from her body, and as both she and I noticed, her scars from the battle had all but disappeared. It was as if she was never hurt.

"Never better." She didn't even seem to be surprised by the scars being gone, and just reached out to kiss me, being wary of her inflated stomach.

I put both of my hands to her face, and kissed her, supporting her body as she kissed me on the bed.

"We should get up." Noelle stated, to which I reluctantly agreed.

"Though…" She felt her stomach, and the sloshing. "Can you… make that noise go away?" She blushed, and understandably so.

"Yeah, I will."

I just thought it, and despite her stomach remaining inflated, I no longer heard the sloshing sound as she walked.

She paused in front of the mirror, finally seeing her tattoo above her womb, with her geo symbol imprinted upon her body.

She tried posing, and it looked really adorable, as she tried to show her body off in the mirror.

"How do I look, Aether? I'm now one of your wife, aren't I?" I could tell, despite her posing as the sexy girl she was, that she was pretty nervous, with me seeing her naked when she was fully awake.

"You look beautiful, Noelle." I smiled wide, seeing her naked in front of me. "And yes, I'll make sure to get a wedding ring for all of us."

She smiled back, and simply hugged me, which, for some reason, made me really protective of her, as I squeezed her hard against me.

"Thank you, Aether. You've made me stronger, and you've given me my first time…" She still looked nervous, but less so, and she definitely looked good holding that sexy grin she had.

Before I could say anything, I heard knocking outside the door.

"Um… Aether? I'm here to deliver some… clothes."

I snorted, recognizing who that was.

"Alright, come in." I unlocked and opened the door, and low and behold, there was Amber, this time, in her uniform. She closed the door behind her, and immediately locked eyes with both me, and Noelle behind me. Noelle's embarrassment kicked in, but she didn't move an inch from where she was.

"Must have had a fun night, didn't you?" She smugly said, much to Noelle's expense. "Well, good thing that Barbara told me that Noelle might want to look the part of a pregnant wife."

"How did-" Noelle squeaked, before stopping herself, getting even more red in her face.

Amber, surprisingly, became really good at teasing.

"Who are you, Lisa?" I chuckled, before Amber started pouting, and I eventually stopped.

"Well, here you go. I got some new armor made for you as well as a new dress. Thought you'd need it after a hard night." Amber walked past me, towards Noelle, and Noelle almost had tears in her eyes.

"Thank you… so much, Amber."

"Ah, it was nothing! Just wanted to see you happy! You're helping me, so I'm going to help you!" I could tell, even when I couldn't see her, that Amber had a wide smile on her face.

Noelle also gave her a small hug, ignoring the armor as she held onto Amber, and her clothes were stacked between both of their chests.

"Oops…" Noelle realized that she was naked, and took the clothes.

"Um… Aether. Can you dress me up?" She looked abashedly at the side, as Amber looked back at me, with a slight smile on her face.

"Yeah, I can."

Amber chose to stay, and watch me, as I slipped the dress on top of her.

"Is it too tight?" I asked, as I fastened the dress to the side.

"No, it's alright." I could tell she was happy, as I started to clothe here.

I slipped on her panties, being slow, and feeling her soft legs as she laid on the bed, before finally putting it onto her. She hummed, not minding the time it took to get her clothes on.

I held her arm, carefully, to put her armor on, from her shoulder guards to her long metallic gloves. Her belt, I couldn't get on, because of her inflated stomach, but most of her accessories and her clothes, I could get on. Including her armor for her legs.

"Okay, that should be done." I stepped back, as Noelle stood in front of both me and Amber.

She still stood, shyly, as both I and Amber both stared at her with appreciation.

"Let's go. I bet Jean is going to have us do something." Amber smiled, as she also held my own hand, and we all walked out the door, together.

Yeah, I know, short chapter, but hey, it's something that's going to be important to the lore, and I think next chapter, Lisa will be doing a sort of strip game with Aether.