Adventures

Chapter 3~

"Wahhh! Liyue is so cool!" Tsuko marveled, looking around the beautiful houses and stores that surrounded them. He had never left the premises of Mondstadt and Dragonspine, so this was all new to him.

"I can tell you have never been to Liyue before." Kazuha stated, amused by Tsuko's actions. Even though he had just met Tsuko a few hours ago, it felt as if they had known each other for eternity. Tsuko filled a void that Kazuha didn't even realize had existed.

"I can see why the god of contracts had made a contract to keep this place safe." Tsuko muttered, still amazed at the new sights of Liyue.

"Well, I'll let you explore the harbor a bit. I'm going to tell Beidou we have a cute, new addition to the ship." Kazuha stated before hurrying off. Tsuko wasn't expecting that little flirt so he was left with a red face and a brain that was running a marathon.

"Might as well just walk around I guess..." Tsuko muttered, shoving his thoughts to the back of his brain. Something Kazuha and Tsuko discovered on their way to Liyue Harbor is, Tsuko is very easily flustered.

Tsuko started to walk around, meeting new people as well as the kids on that ship. They were quite the hassle. He also met Katherine, at first he was convinced Katherine could teleport but sadly it was not true.

After a while, Tsuko found himself staring at the view of the calm and gentle sea; he was approached by a man in a well made brown suit with silver and gold highlights.

"Quite the beautiful view isn't. If I could sit here, Osmantus wine in my hand and just relax, I would." The man said. Tsuko looked up to face the man although they couldn't make eye contact because of the other looking over the horizon.

"Yes it is. This is actually my first time in Liyue from what I remember. But what serves memory if you can't remember half of it." Tsuko sighed. He kept thinking of the name he told the bard in his memories, 'Morax'. He decided to ask around for a Morax person but no one gave him a chance to speak, too busy doing their own things. Or Tsuko was overthinking, as usual.

"Oh? I hope you find it as beautiful as I do then." The man said, finally looking over at Tsuko. The man sighed, almost inaudibly, it had been a busy day.

"My name is Tsuko by the way!" Tsuko suddenly yelled, his usual cheery personality coming back to life. He held out his hand as a greeting. "It's nice to meet you...?"

"I go by Zhongli, although I have many names." Zhongli says, accepting the offer to shake his hand with a smile. When their hands met, Tsuko dropped. A familiar shock wave expelled out of his body right then, surrounding the entirety of Liyue in a golden-brown mist. Zhongli held his head in pain as he stumbled forward.

The mist encased Liyue, scaring the residents half to death. A familiar bubble surrounding the two who caused this while the ground started to shake uncontrollably. The humans of the land took shelter and prepared for the worst. Meanwhile the adepti had been struck with a surge of pain.

A few seconds later, the mist had condensed and shattered into dust falling onto the ground, blending in as if nothing happened. Everyone looked around for a moment and shrugged it off as an unfortunate event and left the cleaning for the others who were unlucky enough to be given this responsibility.

"What was that?" Zhongli asked under his breath, massaging his temples.

"Tsuko, would you like to join me for a drink?" Zhongli asked, walking towards the kitchen of his house.

"If it wouldn't be too much trouble. I am quite thirsty and Barb hasn't even repaid me for buying his wine. God does he drink." Tsuko said, dropping to the floor dramatically. "And then he says he is the god of freedom. I mean I guess it's true but freedom also has its responsibilities, especially if the responsibility is connected to someone who helps you out a lot and takes your bs..."