Childe x Zhongli "A Servant to the King"

Chapter 2 || Mysterious man ||

His eyelids slowly opened as he woke from his slumber. The pain was no longer in his body. He felt refreshed? Energetic? Tired? The man did not know what he felt. He glanced over at the mirror, his scars and bruises were all healed? Although he was confused, Ajax was glad that he was healthy again. Although not at full strength, he was capable of somewhat defending himself. He attempted to stand up but couldn't, a cold metal ring wrapped around Ajax's ankle. It was a chain

"So I'm trapped here?" he chuckled, bound to the bed he lay. Could a simple chain really stop the eleventh harbinger, Tartaglia, from the kingdom of Snezhnaya?

"How pitiful" Childe muttered as he broke free from the chains

He searched around the room, looking for his vision.

"Tsk, not here?"

"I suppose I can manage without it for now," He snarled. Examining the closet for any clothes, the creaking of a wooden door alerted the ginger. Childe swiftly turned around to face the intruder.

The silhouette of a person stood there, crossed armed.

"Glad to see you awake," a buttery voice said, approaching Childe. The figure slowly emerged from the shadows. They had a rather strange attire, although colourful hair was the norm in Teyvat, wearing eye patches were not. A black and gold eyepatch covered their right eye, however, the bare eyes were majestic. Long blue eyelashes sat on blue diamond-shaped irises, a truly gorgeous sight to behold. Taking a further look at the infiltrator, long navy hair slung around their shoulder.

"Take another step and I'll slice your head clean off" Childe threatened the invader.

"No need to fight~, the names Kaeya, Kaeya Alberich"

"Never heard of you"

"So cold, just like your queen" Kaeya smirked

"You dare disrespect the Tsartia!" Childe summoning his bow

"Ah, sorry, take it as a joke now Tartaglia" Kaeya chuckled putting his hands in the air.

"What are you doing here" Childe demanded

"Oh yes, I'm here to inform you of something." bringing a finger to his lip as he pondered for a second.

"You seriously forgot what you were doing" Childe replied unamused. After a considerable silence, Kaeya spoke again.

"The Emperor Morax would like to see you soon"

"Morax... why does he want anything to do with me?" A confused expression spread on Childe's face

"You serve under the Tsaritsa, which is one of Morax's enemies, you're one of the most dangerous harbingers, and you're in the kingdom of Liyue," Kaeya remarked, holding up three fingers.

"Of course, Morax would want to see you, did you get beaten up so hard you forgot your memories?"

"You're quite sassy huh. My bets are you aren't from Liyue"

"You are correct with that statement, I'm from the kingdom of Mondstadt, ruled by our king; Lord Barbatos"

"Do you respect your own King but not the others?"

"Well of course I'd be against you Snzehayans, one of your fellow harbingers injured our king. I'd have the right to assume all of you are the same, cold-hearted and worthless."

Anger burned throughout Childe, he lunged at the blue-haired man. He aimed for kaeya's throat, but with great reflexes, Kaeya moved out of the way and pinned Childe against the wall.

"You're a lot weaker than what people say," Kaeya said retraining childe

"I'm obviously not at my full strength," Childe said his face pressed against the wall. Childe's statement was the truth, after being inactive for a few days he had lost a bit of strength. As Childe attempted to wiggle his way out of kaeya's hold, he felt a warm breath on his neck. Kaeya leaned in whispering in Childe's ear

"I could do anything I want to you, Tartaglia~" A hum in his voice

"YOU-"

"Just kidding I'm not interested in redheads"

" Kaeya replied as he let Childe go

Childe once again lunged at Kaeya but felt a shock. Electricity paralyzed Childe with pain.

"I put a shock collar on you" Kaeya bent down

"Remember, you are now a servant of Morax, you will never return to Snezhnaya nor will you ever leave Liyue."

The words "you will never return to Snezhnaya" became engraved in childe's mind. The image of never seeing his family again shook him to his core.

The smooth voice became distant, and Childe began to pass out again, but before falling under he heard Kaeya say

"He's almost ready, I put the shock collar on him. However, he is quite a brat like you said...Signora"