Childe x Zhongli "A Servant to the King"

Chapter 5 || Lovestruck part 2 ||

"Its rumour currently" the bard replied

"How is it rumoured when you're one of the closest to Rex Lapis?" Childe inquired

"Are you trying to insult Lord Barbatos?" Xiao snapped, drawing his spear.

Materializing out of thin air, a glowing green spear emerged into the yaksha's hand. The jade winged-spear was crafted by stone and jade as its name implies. It is said that it has a rich history of being used in battle for eons.

The anemo archon chuckled. Immediately Alatus came back to his senses.

"You misunderstood his words Xiao-Xiao" Venti giggled

"He was just confused why we don't know since we're so close to Morax"

"Even those closest to Lord of Geo may not know his true intentions. Many, including us, have no idea what he's thinking of" the yaksha mentioned.

With a brief moment of silence following this comment, a soft gust of wind swirled their way. The bard took out his lyre and began to tell a tale.

" As many know, the wind may flow.

However, Geo may never erode.

Scars healed with time.

But not her's

Filled with rage and anger she roared "Let them all be damned"

A quest to take what others have had

Her kingdom fought and plot against mine

Clashing of cryo and anemo

Cold winds soared the skies, along with their cries

A companion of mine with the power of the divine

Aiding in fighting off this terror, we had made a fatal error.

Hurting her heart, we had torn her apart"

Finishing his short tale, he had told the story of the Tsartia. The queen of Snezhnaya, who had so much love she had to harden her heart. The Tsartia had a scheme to conflict with somebody, not even the harbingers know her full arrangement, yet they stay loyal to her highness. After many years the disturbance with Snezhnaya died down in Natlan, Sumeru, Fontaine, and Inazuma. However, Inazuma and Snezhaya continue to have affairs with Liyue and Mondstadt. Through many rumours, a little bird had confessed there were escapees that fled to Liyue. Outraged, the Raiden Shogun vowed to never let anyone set foot or trade with Liyue.

"Capturing Tartaglia could increase tensions between the regions" The yaksha murmured to himself.

"The Tsaritsa is not a very patient person, I can assure you they'll come to look for me soon," Childe said. However, he recognized he was deceiving himself, nobody was truly going to come for him.

"Even if the fatui comes looking for you, we are always ready for an attack" Alatus threatened the Snezhnaya man. His golden eyes pierced through his dark turquoise bangs, eyes like a ferocious cat

As the atmosphere around them suddenly felt tense, footsteps could be heard approaching them.