Aether lay the pancakes before Paimon, and they dug in. They washed down their breakfast with coffee when Tubby floated into the kitchen, carrying a satchel of mail. She opened one letter and gave Aether a pointed look.
"Maybe you should limit the number of ladies you invite to the Serenitea Pot."
"Why?" he asked.
"Well, according to this," she held out the letter, "the Heavenly Principles have deemed you to be a minor Archon. Specifically, you are the Archon of Love."
"Cool!" said Paimon. "Does he get any free snacks with that?"
"Also, some ladies outside the UHA started a cult based around you."
"You're exaggerating," he said.
Tubby put photographs on the table showing women deep in worship in a cathedral lined with mosaic murals depicting him in a hooded, shirtless white robe. She laid down a second photograph showing them circling a statue of him. Then, another photo where they shared Passover using teapots and another where they read tomes entitled The Bible of Love.
Aether scratched the back of his head.
"I mean, as long as they're not hurting anyone."
"Really?" said Tubby, quirking an eyebrow. "The statue doesn't concern you?"
"That's not so bad," said Aether. "Varesa keeps a poster of me in her room."
"The statue is naked."
Paimon snickered while Aether blushed red.
"Oh. That's… weird."
"Well? Aren't you going to do something?" she asked pointedly.
"I mean, I don't want to tell people what they should or shouldn't believe in," he murmured.
With a sigh, Tubby picked up the photographs.
"Where are you going?" he asked.
"To nip this in the bud."
Religion Canceled by Charlotte
The Cult of Love, a religious organization that worships the God of Love, has earned the wrath of the United Harem of Aether. When President Tubby showed the UHA photographs of the Cult, they were surprised. Keqing and Ganyu were ready to dismiss the Cult as unimportant of their concern.
Then, Yae Miko saw the photographs depicting the Cult's worship of a naked idol of Aether. She said, in a thunderous voice, something that enraged every woman present. "That naked statue of Aether is anatomically correct!" From there, it was war.
The United Harem of Aether sent the Cult of Love a Cease and Desist, demanding they stop using naked idols of their boyfriend for worship. Moreover, the UHA has pressured all nations to deny the Cult any tax exemption status and for Nahida to wipe all memory of the cult from Irminsul. Following this, none in Teyvat remember the Cult of Love.
"It's for the best," said Nahida. "We already have one crazy religious nuts group, and that's enough. Speaking of which, Barbatos really needs to do something about Barbatos' witness."