Unwanted Reveal

A little chat and dinner

The celebration and laughter carried on for days, the joys of everyone makes the little bard happy as he hear their laughter through the winds.

*SLAM* The door shuts at the headquarters office, The guards around looked as each other wondering what could be the problem now? Wasn't it suppose to be the days where everyone could relax a bit for once? Or did something happen?

In the office, The grandmaster carefully pick up the paper lying on the table. He could through them bit by bit before question the acting grandmaster who took over his role for a long period of time. "So, I believe I should start our discussion now." He turn around and look at Jean who is acting nervous around him. Strange.. He thought to himself. The acting grandmaster usually would be bold and diligent to answer or solve others question no matter the cost. Knowing that she wasn't acting like her usual self, He decided to get a hot coffee before they have a little talk about the little bard who is known as their archon.

"I believe now you have calm down from being nervous towards me."

"Yes...Grandmaster Varka" The acting grandmaster replied still with no idea how to answer his question. Would he tell everyone about it? If so there must be a reason...right? Or maybe it because of the Abyss Order? It is possible right? No no no she is overthinking again...sigh...

"Don't worry little one, I won't tell anyone unless I had a reason." He look at her before speaking again and hopefully she would open everything to him so he could make plans just in cause anything happen to their little bard. "So, when did you found out about his identity?" He asked in a straight tone knowing that talk might be more serious than he thought it would be.

"It was during that time of the Stormterror attack..." She replied wondering did she said it correctly or not. "He wanted to cure Dvalin so he took and Holy Lyre and started summoning him without knowing there was an Abyss mage behind all this...I finally realize that he was Lord Barbatos when he communicated to the dragon himself." She paused for moment, her mind was taking over her as she spoke again. "It was hard to believe that he was our archon all along...knowing that he was away for a long period of time before showing up again" She finally smiled while saying that.

"Yes...It is truly a miracle to have him back after more than 500 years." The grandmaster put his cup down and cross his arms. "But I don't think he was the same like he used to be or at least."

"Yes, It true that he is weaker now due to his absentees over the long period of time." She sigh.

"Well, I don't know what he is truly like now since I just so happen to see our little archon running around Mondstadt." He looked at Jean and finally smile. But that little smile on his face quickly turn into laughter. "AHAHAHAHA!" He suddenly burst into laughter. The acting grandmaster look at him in concern wondering what so funny about. "Ahh~ I'm sorry if that surprise you but I just can't help it that we had a little cute and mischievous archon for Mondstadt." He stop laughter and quickly look at the acting grandmaster with an enthusiastic smile on his face.

"U-uh yeah, I had to agree that he is truly a mischievous one." -"maybe even a little cute too" Jean thought about it and started to have a little chuckle on her face thinking it was funny. "Honesty at first I was expecting him to be wise and gentle like in the books and stories when I was younger." She finally stop chuckling while wiping her small tears of joy.

"Well I suppose that is true, even when I first heard about him he was way different then I imagine but still, he is still our archon and I will respect that fact." He said in a very serious tone making the acting grandmaster to stop whatever she is doing.

-"Now talking about respect...I don't think I had truly respect him once as in his archon state. But still he haven't do anything godly much expect for watching his own people...plus I never have seem him in his archon form. Wait...I shouldn't have talk bad about him AGHH!" The acting grandmaster scream in her head like she had just commit a sin.