Tale of The Maid-Knight (A Genshin Impact Fanfiction)

The Lord of Vishaps

Aether doesn't know how to get to Inazuma, and his restlessness is bothering Noelle a lot.

The both of them returned to Liyue Harbor and stayed the night. The next day, they headed over to the adventurers guild to speak with Katheryne, for a new commission.

During their walk there, Noelle struck a conversation.

"Excuse me, Honorary Knight."

"Yes, Noelle?"

"Are you sure that you are alright, after what happened yesterday?"

"I'm fine, Noelle. Just being with you makes it all better."

Noelle blushes, and looked away.

"R-Really? That means a lot."

Aether chuckled. A few moments later they arrived at the guild, and Aether told Noelle to be on watch as he is getting the information on the new commission.

Afterwards, Aether poked her arm, signalling her out of her "On-Guard" behavior.

"I got the commission already. Let's get to the docks."

They headed over to the docks where Aether meets his contact, Uncle Dai.

"By the clothes on your back and the look on your face. Experienced adventurers at that, I'll wager." Uncle Dai noted.

"Right again! You're pretty perceptive!" Paimon cheered out.

"But the young lady here... She doesn't look like an adventurer. Pardon me, but her attire--"

Aether then gave him an attentive glare, and Uncle Dai immediately changes his subject.

"I mean, let's get back to the matter at hand!"

Paimon sighed in relief.

Uncle Dai then explained the commission, about an incident happening near the Chasm. And that he has an assistant who is a rock expert, however Paimon blabs about another friend that is Teyvat's number one rock expert.

They headed over to the teahouse where they see Zhongli, also known as Morax or Rex Lapis, enjoying his retirement listening to stories.

"Ah, look! That's the Maid-Knight in our story days ago--"

Paimon throws a tape to the storyteller's mouth, and glared at him comically.

After getting Zhongli to join them, they walked back to Uncle Dai, in which in the middle of the way Zhongli begins to speak again.

"Excuse me, Mondstadt maid."

"Hmm?" Noelle perked up.

"...Have we met?"

"Oh, pardon me Master Zhongli, but we haven't."

"I see. It's just that you look like someone I've seen a couple of years ago."

"Ah, do I? People sometimes have similar looks, Master Zhongli." Noelle chuckles.

"Alright then, I guess I shouldn't pry more."

They got to Uncle Dai again, and met his assistant, a man named Kun Jun. After some talk with them and amazed at Kun Jun's vast knowledge of a crystal he had, they left out to the Chasm to search for a group of miners that has disappeared.

They found their belongings just lying about at their posts, and their trail leads them on an exhausting journey beyond Tianqiu Valley and Nantianmen, until they reached a giant tree beneath Mount Hulao.

Under the tree, Aether, Noelle, Zhongli, Paimon and Kun Jun discovered the miners endlessly trying to dig a way into some cavern. When the miners turned around they tried to assault the group.