Chapter 9

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Ei waited until the door was opened by a teenager "oya? Oya oya" the wallnut girl said and Zhongli stepped inside the room "I apologize for her behavior. This is— Zhongli was then cut off short by the teenager saying "I'm Hu tao! The 77th  director of the wangsheng funeral parlor! How can we assist you?" Hu tao smiled brightly at Ei and Ei stood up "Mr. Zhongli mentioned that you can help me find a certain someone named 'Lanxi'" Ei said and Hu tao thought for a moment and nodded her head "Lanxi... okay! I'll help you find her. You can place a time for us to work on it" Hu tao softly said but Ei shook her head "No need for a time placement. I want to find Lanxi right away" Ei demanded and Hu tao nervously smiled "Well, its the client's demand. I will change my schedule with the other employees. I will excuse myself for a moment" Hu tao said and left the room.

"I still have things to do at this moment. Please, make your self comfortable and wait patiently for the director to begin an investagation on Lanxi" Zhongli said and Ei nodded. Zhongli left the room and headed to the director's office.

Hu tao was reading a paper while spinning her pen, when she heard a knock on the door and puts the pen down "you may come in!" Hu tao permitted and Zhongli came in to the office "Director, about the Lanxi situation?" Zhongli asked "I will do it right away with the Big G incident" Hu tao said "What about the meeting you're going to have with Ms. Yanfei?" Zhongli asked and Hu tao responded "You will take my place temporarly and tell her that i'm taking care of a important business" Hu tao then stood up and ordered "Oh, and Please inform the Raiden shogun and Meng to meet me just outside the funeral parlor" Hu tao then left and Zhongli did what she ordered him.

Meng and the Raiden shogun arrived outside of the parlor. Meng then spoke "director, is the traveler back yet?" Hu tao then giggled "No not yet. Let's wait for our friend to come back" Hu tao said and Meng nodded and also waited.

Ei decided to take a seat in a nearby bench and wondered who was the person. After a good 15 minutes of waiting, the person finally arrived. Hu tao then waved at the person "Aether! You're finally here!" Ei then looked up at the said person and unnoticably smiled "Aether..." Ei mumbled.

Aether was talking to Hu tao while Paimon was adding comments about Hu tao's every statements, when they were interrupted by a panicking npc. Hu tao and the others were listening to Luocheng's story, while Paimon suddenly caught a glimpse of a familiar person near the bench. Paimon looked at her left and nudged Aether "uh-huh? What is it, Paimon?" Aether asked and Paimon pointed at the bench to reveal the Raiden shogun carressing a cat.

Aether then left the group and walked up to Ei "Ei, what brings you here to Liyue?" Aether asked and Paimon added "It's so unusual for you to be out of Inazuma" Ei giggled and said "I'm here in Liyue to fulfill a wish from one of my people" Aether asked "to fulfill a wish from one of your people? Why?" Ei looked down at the slumbering cat in her arms and sighed "I wanted to apologize to the 100th people I've ruined lives in the past by giving their visions back and to grant their wishes" Ei said and Aether felt proud of Ei's ambition.

Aether and Ei's conversation was soon cut off short by Hu tao announcing that she has to finish Luocheng's situation first and that Ei and Aether has to wait.

Hu tao and the others left, leaving Aether and Ei alone. "How long will you be staying here?" Aether asked and Ei thought "Maybe about 3 days or less, but since there's already someone who can guide me to find Lanxi, I guess tommorow is my leave" Ei said "Tommorow? I heard the crux are going to Inazuma by tommorow. You should take a ride in the crux to go home" Aether suggested and Ei nodded.

Meanwhile, Paimon was playing with Ei's cat and she asked "Hey, Ei! What's your cat's name? He's so friendly and adorable" Paimon spoke and Ei giggled "His name is Daichi" Ei said, sitting down next to Paimon "Daichi! that's a nice name" Paimon commented, while Aether thought about the name "That name is a bit familiar..." Aether mumbled.

Paimon stopped playing with Daichi and said "Paimon is hungry... let's go to the wanmin restaurant and have lunch!" Paimon's tummy grumbled and Ei agreed "okay, lets go then" Aether said and stretched his arms upwards and stood up.

They began to go to the wanmin restaurant near the adventurers guild. When they got there, they were greeted by a trio of bluenettes. "Waah! Aether! Its been so long since I heard about your recent adventures!" A cheery pyro girl exclaimed and hugged Aether "Oh, its you my liege. Did you perchance read my book while you were in Inazuma?" A bluenette geek asked and set his book aside to face Aether "Awww... did you guys really miss me that much?" Aether asked, holding both shoulders of the bluenette girl "Yes! We miss you so much! And please tell us all your adventures in Inazuma!" The guhua geek pointed a finger above "with also great details" the guhua added to the girl's sentence.

The traveler giggled and said "of course I will, Xiangling and Xingqiu". Xingqiu then turned his gaze to the woman beside him and was speechless "uhm... Aether my liege, isn't that the bakufu of Inazuma; The Raiden shogun" Xingqiu said "Oh yes! It is her! Raiden shogun, thats Xiangling; the girl in yellow, that's Xingqiu; the one that's reading a book, and that guy over there is Chongyun" Aether said, pointing at Chongyun at the back.

Ei then bowed at the trio "Its nice to meet you Xiangling, Xingqiu, and Chongyun" Xingqiu smiled and said "Well its an honor to meet you in person, Allmighty Shogun" Ei smiled back "No need to call me that, Ei is fine" Ei said and sat down next to Chongyun "So what are your orders? You can have anything you want! Its on the house!" Xiangling said with the brightest smile "I will have some Jade parcels" Aether said and Paimon added "and golden shrimp balls!" Xiangling giggled and looked at Ei, who was scanning the menu full of various delacacies "What about yours, Ei?" Xiangling asked and Ei flipped the menu "I will have a sugar-frosted slime and almond tofu" Ei said, pointing at the two given desserts.

Xiangling nodded and headed inside to cook "I want to help you, Xiangling" Aether said, running inside the kitchen.

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Hey guys! Can you Show me your Genshin team? Here's mine:

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