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《Bookworm's bestfriend 『Part One』》

Now entering, Xingqiu's Story Quest

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Now returning to the Northland Bank, The trio was greeted by the sight of Childe patiently waiting for them infront of the bank. By the time, they had arrived back, the sun had already set so there weren't that much people around.

"Ah... You've finally returned. How was your journey to Jueyun Karst?" Childe smiled, before smirking as he started teasing (Y/n) again. "I hope you didn't got lost again now, Princess... It's such a pain whenever I hear the Adventurer's Guild got another quest in search for you."

"First of all... It's not my fault, that I kept getting lost!" (Y/n) huffed, annoyed to the fact that the Harbinger did nothing but tease her whenever he sees her. "Anyways, We did what we have to do."

Childe listened seemingly quite focused, Aether took note of that. (Y/n) did all the explaining of the events occured earlier. The ginger head didn't say anything, and only nodded at every sentences that came out of the anemo user's mouth. The blonde could have sworn he saw a faint tint on the Harbinger's cheeks as his mouth slightly twitched upwards.

"...I see..." As soon as (Y/n) finished, Childe's gaze hardened. Crossing his arms, he continued. "Moon Carver, Mountain Shaper, Cloud Retainer, Conqueror of Demons... Some of these names have never come up in the intel, the Fatui gets hold off." His gaze lingered on both Aether and Paimon. "As a returning gift, I too have information for you. Regarding the Archon's passing..."

"The Liyue Qixing's response really have given me food for thought..." Childe added. "They've announced that, as the true killer has not yet been found, they are not allowing anyone to pay their respects to the Exuvia. They've even gone so far as to try and cut off information... But with the Rite of Descension and all, even the Qixing isn't able to keep a lid on things."

"Exuvia?" Paimon asked.

"It's common knowledge in Liyue that Rex Lapis is also an adeptus." Childe told her.

"Oh! Rex Lapis is the Geo Archon and The God of Contracts..." (Y/n) said, putting a hand on her chin, trying to remember what she learned about the Archon. "He's the Exuvia, The Prime of the Adepti."

"I see you did your fair share of homework too, Princess..." Childe mused, ruffling her messy hair. "Like this shorty said, The mighty and illuminated adepti of today all signed contracts to protect Liyue way back then."

"Guess that explains why they're all so focused on Liyue's well being..." Paimon pondered.

"Naturally. They both have the responsibility and the aptitude for the job." Childe crossed his arms. "If the ruling Qixing became unable to perform their duty properly, the adepti have the right to take corrective action. The Geo Archon's spirit had risen, so why would the Qixing hide his vessel? Truly suspicious..."

"I agree, something is definitely not right." Aether said, after being completely silent during the whole conversation.

"Oh! Right! He's the whole reason we came here!" Paimon exclaimed, remembering their goal.

"I still don't understand why you two needs to see an Archon....Out of all people...." (Y/n) muttered. Aether gently pulled her by the wrist and whispered, intentionally for the Harbinger won't hear him. Somehow, he was a little glad for his floating companion to do all the talking. "I'll explain everything, later. But not now."