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

The Trip to Inazuma

Noelle stayed in the Serenitea Pot which Aether got from Madame Ping, as she volunteered to unpack most of their belongings, and placing the furniture that Aether has requested to create.

Within the mountainous hills resembling that of Liyue's, Noelle felt calm in it's atmosphere until she remembered that she has to see Aether after finishing her duty.

Using the charm that Aether gave her, Noelle's body then teleported to where Aether is, surprising some of the people there. They were now on board on a ship, at sea.

"Whoa, where did you came from?" A sailor asked.

"Isn't that an adeptal artifact that she is holding?"

"Must be somebody important..."

Noelle quickly blushes, and dashed towards Aether before hiding behind him, who defused the situation.

"No worries, ladies and gentlemen, this is my... My companion! She meant no harm, and is simply here to accompany me!"

"Hmm...!" A tough, feminine voice clears her throat.

Noelle looked to see a rather tall woman with an eye patch, looking down at her from the upper deck, with an impressed smirk.

"Yo! You must be the Maid-Knight that I've heard from Ningguang and the Storyteller back at town!"

"But I am--" Noelle is about to correct her, but Aether interrupted.

"Captain Beidou, she's a future Knight, she's not official yet!"

"Thank you, Honorary Knight..."

"I see. But that doesn't change the fact that Ningguang witnessed her going toe to toe with a Fatui Vanguard, and effortlessly beat him!"

Beidou walked down to where Noelle is, and prepared a barrel before placing her arm on top of it.

"I'd like to see how tough you really are!"

"This is new, Captain Beidou wanting to challenge someone in arm wrestling..."

"But none of us can even beat the cap... Looking at that maid, she's totally outta her league!"

From the top of the mast, a boy in Inazuman attire looked down, interested in the upcoming arm wrestling match.

"Honorary Knight... Should I?"

"Yeah, Noelle."

Noelle then prepared herself, and placed her right arm onto the top of the barrel. Both Noelle and Beidou then grabbed each other's hands, before Beidou told her.

"On 3, we go, understand?"

"U-Understood!"

"1...!!!"

The entire crew looked at Noelle with mocking looks.

"2...!!!"

Aether puts his hands on his hips, before he looked at the horizon as he already knew what the outcome is.

"3!!!"

The match starts, but neither of their arms are budging.

"Y... You're not bad!"

"You're impressive as well, Lady Beidou..."

They begin to increase the force, so hard that the barrel underneath their arms begin to crack slowly, surprising everyone except for Aether, who whistled a tune.

A few seconds later, the cracking begins to spread from the top to the bottom of the barrel, and the floorboard of the ship, until the barrel shatters due to the extreme amount of inhuman force. A dust cloud surrounds where both girls are, and when it dissipated, Noelle is seen kneeling while Beidou is lying on the ground, with her hand still grappling Noelle's, but it's already hitting the floor.