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"Aha, you have finally beaten me"
The 11th Fatui Harbringer, Childe grinned at you as he staggered on the floor of the Golden House. You two were sparring for a few weeks now and you still couldn't win against him, but now he did a mistake which made you quickly snatched the chance to strike an attack.
He didn't used his Foul Legacy transformation since he didn't want to further injure himself. He would grow weak for a few days which he didn't want to.
So he decided to lose.
"Since you have beaten me, I will now have the liberty to serve you ohime~sama" Childe stood firmly and gave a curt bow, like a butler would do to the people they serve. However, he seems to be too intimidating to become a butler. "What's wrong? Do you not want to be called as Ohime~sama?"
"Would you rather be called as what Fischl is reffered to as? What was that word again.. Prinsesn? Pr-Princess? AH whatever it is, would you like to be called as that?" Childe fumbled with his words as he follow you outside the Golden House.
"I also reserved a place in a rather famous inn here in Liyue. Its where I stay but I rented a whole room so it's yours now"
He then tossed you a set of keys to access the rooms in the whole floor. A lot of keys were dangling and it was making a noise, a smirk was plastered on Childe's face.
"The inn is located just near the Northland Bank. I have eyes everywhere here and if you ever need help just holler over" Childe ran his fingers through his hair, "I'll be working in the meantime ohime~sama. Feel free to crash by my room anytime"
His hands ruffled your hair and he quickly ran away making you flustered at his sudden gesture. Paimon suddenly appeared in front of you with a suggestive look, making you frown at her.
"I bet he has some mora secretly stashed in his bedroom!" The excited sprite floated all about, "A lifetime supply of Sticky Honey Roast is waiting for me! Let's not dilly dally (Y/n), let's go!"
With that said, Paimon started leading the way towards the location of the inn. Through the buzzling streets of Liyue, everyone was rather busy with something. Everyone was rushing all about but your friend, Zhongli told you that this is just normal. In fact, they get busier every night because of the night market by the harbor.
"Ahh, it smells like Glazed Lilies in here" Paimon huffef upon reaching the floor where Childe reserved, and of course he had to reserve the highest floor. "This inn is better than the Wangshu inn, I kinda see why it's so expensive!"
The highest floor is a huge room, it seems like they stuck all the rooms into one. The person by the reservation area told that if you reserved the said floor, you have a private access to the penthouse pool. A public pool was on the groundfloor and it's open to everyone but the penthouse pool was rather special.
You took all of your gear off and placed them neatly on one of the tables. There are rooms in this floor too, that was probably the bedrooms and the bathroom.
"This inn is not an inn but rather a hotel!" Paimon exclaimed as she floated towards the huge window which shows the whole Liyue down below. "Ooh, I can see the jade palace here!"
A knock was heard from the other end of the door. Paimon hastily floated quickly at the end of the room to open it and surprisingly, it was Childe.
"Having fun staying? I finished my duties and cleared my schedule so I'm free for the next few days" He took off his scarf and hung them by the rack next to the door frame. "What would you like to do, ohime~sama?"
You looked at Paimon and she looked back at you with a cheeky grin, "Some food perhaps?" Paimon smiled at Childe who sighed.
"I'll tell the fatui to make some food for us, what would you like?" He grabbed his scarf once again but you held your hand out to stop him, "What's wrong?"
"Let's just cook here. I'm sure that there's some ingredients here-" as you were about to head towards the refrigerator, when Childe stopped you.
"I'll do it. If ohime~sama wants some home cooking I'll be happy to make something for you" he walked towards the kitchen area and grabbed some ingredients from the refridgerator. "I travelled to Mondstadt once and someone showed me how to cook a certain food. Pizza is it.."
He started to sift the flour and make the dough for the pizza. The tomato sauce was already made and he just had to spread it on the dough. The toppings he placed was cheese and pepperoni and he quickly placed it in an oven under the stovetop.
You and Paimon stared at each other and she whispered on your ear, "I didn't know Childe could cook" she whispered to you, "Well I would eat anything right now aah, I can't wait for the pizza.."
Within a moment of waiting, the room smelled amazing it smelled of freshly baked pizza. As Childe placed the dish down on the dining table, Paimon quickly rushed to it and started digging in. The pizza looked good and as you take a bite on it, the taste spread through your tastebuds leaving you a sense of euphoria.
"Mm! It tastes good!" Paimon exclaimed, "I think this is better than the mushroom pizza from Mondstadt. I'll have seconds please!"
Childe grinned and turned to you, his happiness turned into a greater one when he sees you eating his cooking happily. "I'm sure that you're enjoying the food?"
You nodded, your mouth was still filled with pizza. You swallowed the food and drank a minimum amount of water. "Aah, thank you for your cooking. But I don't think Paimon and I should really be staying here since we're not contributing anything to pay for the rent.."
"No worry, I insist you stay here. It's a great company besides I'm guarding you ohime~sama" Childe smiled, "Would you like to take a rest now? Our battle earlier probably worned you out.."
You turned to Paimon who was now nowhere to be seen. She was probably tired after eating a lot of food. You too honestly, the tiredness suddenly dropped down on you after eating the pizza.
A yawn suppressed from you which made Childe chuckled. He stood up from his seat and carried you, bridal style towards one of the rooms. Inside the room was a neatly cleaned bedroom. The harbinger gently placed you on the bed and tucked you to sleep.
Childe sat down on the edge of the bed and started brushing your hair, humming some songs that were not familiar to you. It was probably some nursery rhymes from Snezhnaya.
As you fall asleep, Childe placed a kiss on your forehead and wished you a sweet goodnight. He then closed the lights of the room as he made his way outside.
A smile gently adorned his face. He placed the dishes by the sink and decided to wash them tomorrow. He was rather sleepy and just went to his room to call it a day.
