Ethereal slumber- Raiden shogun x Tomo

Chapter 8

The sound of the rain trinkling above, as Ei opened her eyes to see herself soaked in water by the rain.

Ei then heard humming beside her. When she turned to her right, she was met by Tomo who was holding an umbrella "the rain is so calming, isn't it Ei?" Tomo asked and looked at Ei, who was now irritated that he did'nt let her share with the umbrella.

Tomo giggled at the pouting God "Ara~ Such rude manner of me, my apologies, m'lady" Tomo said, as he carried Ei in a bridalstyle, as his umbrella falls down to the ground and the rain slowly stopped.

Ei then blushed and Tomo noticed, making him smirk "hold on tight, darling" he said, as he ran through the forest while gripping on Ei's thighs to not let her go from his grasp. Ei closed her eyes shut and put her arms around Tomo, as he was going too fast.

Tomo then stopped and said "open your eyes now, we're here" Tomo then set her softly on the ground and Ei opened her eyes slowly, to reveal a gazebo infront of her.

Tomo then dragged her inside the gazebo "I decided to make this gazebo, so that it would'nt be so boring when you visit" He said, as he let go of her hand and poured tea into two cups.

Ei sat down and ate a cookie that was placed in a tray beside the jar of sugar cubes(sucrose). Ei took a sip of Tomo's tea and hummed "I never tasted this kind of tea before... it tastes sweet and its warm" Tomo blushed at her opinion "Thank you and also Thank you for saving me from the priestess earlier this morning" Tomo said, earning a suspicious look from Ei "Wh-what?" Tomo nervously sweatdropped and Ei just shrugged her thought off and continued drinking her tea.

Tomo then took a quick sip of his cup and asked "so, you're trying to find on where's Lanxi that Tejima described, right?" Ei nodded "the name Lanxi sounds quite familiar..." Tomo muttered and snapped his fingers, grabbing Ei's attention "We should go to Liyue to find Lanxi!" Tomo suggested and Ei raised a brow "Liyue? But what about the other 94 people?" Ei asked and Tomo shook his head "dont worry about the others! You still have more time!" Tomo reassured Ei.

Ei thought for a moment and had no choice but to agree with the dead man. Ei's vision started to blur, as she came back to reality.

Ei sat up and saw Daichi looking out the balcony. She then walked up to the cat and asked "Daichi-chan~ what are you looking out there?" And in response, Daichi meowed and leaped back into the room, as he scratched the door. Ei giggled at his antics and opened the door for him.

After Ei finished her Daily morning routines, she and Daichi hike up their way to the Narukami shrine to meet up with Yae.

Yae Miko was staring at the sacred sakura infront of her, as she felt a presence in the shrine. She turned around to see Ei holding Daichi in her arms. Yae smiled and said "hmmm... I never thought that the allmighty shogun would visit the shrine personally. I guess you're here to see me then? Well state the reason of your unexpected arrival" Yae crossed her arms with her soothing voice filling the place.

"I was here to discuss something with you, Miko" Ei said "discuss something? Why did'nt you just summoned me to the tenshukaku?" Yae asked and Ei responded "I wanted to explore Inazuma and see how much it changed over time" Yae giggled and come back to the main topic "So what are we going to discuss about?" Ei answered "I'll be going on a business trip to Liyue, I've already informed about it to Kojou Sarah and Kamisato Ayaka. You and the tri-commission will be incharged while I'm gone" Yae asked "and when are you going to get back?" Ei hummed "maybe in 3 days or less" Yae Miko nodded and Ei bowed before leaving narukami shrine to ritou.

Ei and Daichi arrived at ritou where the ships were, she then stepped into a ship that was reserved for her. The ship started to sail, on its way to north where Liyue is located.

At Liyue,
Zhongli stopped drinking his osmanthas tea and gazed at the ocean in the harbour "hmmm... a unexpected visit from a unexpected person. I should perhaps greet her" Daddy said, as he stood up from his chair and headed to where the ships were.

Meanwhile Ei,
Liyue was slowly appearing on Ei's sight. When the ship arrived at the harbour, Ei saw a familiar man in a suit slowly walking up to the ship. Ei then walk down the stairs of the ship with Daichi in her arms, as she was greeted by Zhongli "Welcome to Liyue, a City of commerce and a nation of wealth blessed by the geo archon. Nice to finally meet you, Raiden shogun" Zhongli took a hand for Ei to shake, as Ei accepted his handshake "Its also good to meet you again after long years" Ei said, earning a cough from Zhongli, as they were in public and his real identity was remained forbidden from the Citizens of Liyue.

Zhongli then guided her to the funeral parlor to discuss further and more private. Zhongli and Ei was now sitting across from eachother "here. this a tea that I espicially brewed for about 6 hours, you must be tired from all the journey" Zhongli said, as he poured the tea on their cups. Zhongli blew the tea before drinking and asked "So tell me, Ei. What is the purpose of your visit here in Liyue?" Ei then answered "I'm here to find a certain someone, that one of my people longed for how many years" Zhongli sipped on his cup and asked"I see. What's the name of the person that he shared the memories with?"

Ei then told him all about the given person and he crossed his arms "I know the perfect person who can help you with your situation. Wait here for a moment" Zhongli said, as he stood up and left the room.