Dangerous loyalty『Tartaglia x MR』

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Later that day, M/n found himself in his room after Aether fell asleep. He took it upon himself to put Aether in bed with him but didn't doze off just yet. His head was full of different plans but the most prominent was where to go next? Enkanomiya or Khaenri'ah?
All he could do was call out to the new prophet to get his opinion.

As his eyelids grow heavy a voice, as gently as could be called back out to him and when M/n opens his eyes again, he was back where he first met Eraqus.
"Nice to hear from you again, what do you need?"

"Well, a decision that I need an opinion on. Where should I head first? To you or Dainsleif?"

"Dear Archons! That's right, I'm so happy you came to me first. There's a problem in Enkanomiya, a strange mist has taken over. Apparently, it's speeding up what is known here as erosion and the portal has sealed itself. The Sangonomiya shrine has requested help from the Cathedral here in Khaenri'ah for my help. Dainsleif is trapped but safe for now."M/n sigh then takes a seat on the water-covered ground. He was happy that he thought about this a bit longer this time around, the other two times he traveled to gather the leads he just rushed out without a second thought.
"Man I'm glad, I nearly rush to back Inazuma. Anyway, how have you been holding up since we last spoke? Anything else I need to know about?"

"I might have slept with the guard-"

"Might?! What do you mean might?!"Eraqus shamefully explains that he drank an entire bottle of strong wine and when he woke up the next day, a certain man was naked in bed next to him.
"What am I supposed to do with this information?"

"Take a hint."

"You want to bring him with you?"Eraqus smiles brightly. M/n agrees to this and asked about what happened after that night.
"Much to my surprise, he started talking to me more and more, sly as a fox that man."

"What's his name?"

"Kaeya Alberich."

"Pft- Simp."Eraqus pouts and shot back at M/n that he wasn't any better, the prince didn't deny the comment but said that his harem was a gang of simps themselves so it wasn't one-sided.
"Once you have the harem together, what will you do next? Did you ever search in Natlan or Fontaine for candidates?"

"I don't know of anyone there. Though I do have Verose working on that."

"I can't wait to work with you guys! Oh, what about that woman, what is she doing?"

"Alois is my spy and is monitoring Lumine but she didn't do her job so well today since Lumine walked in on Aether and me. She'll think twice before opening a door with waiting for permission to enter. I hope she's traumatized even more."The prophet shakes his head at this but it was only fair at this point, mess with the bull you get the horns as they say.
"When are heading to Khaenri'ah?"

"Soon as possible, all pressing matters here in Snezhnaya are dealt with and Heidi is keeping a close eye on The Tsaritsa for me while we're gone...Though I wish I could bring her with me, we need someone to watch after all I've managed to build."

"Heidi? As in Heidi Blanchard?! Holy fuck! Sh-She's a Cryo manifestation! Do you know how old she is?"

"From the memories I have, she's been with the original since he was a child, she practically raised him alongside his father. Hold on, if she's what you said she is, why is she posing as a Mirror maiden?"

"Well, according to the second book, Heidi is 2,990 years old. She leaves after the news of the prince dying reaches Snezhnaya. She was the strongest defense against Lumine but she had no reason to stay after the prince died."Eraqus explains while his wings slightly flex, showing his intrigue with how everything was falling into place for them.
"Alright, I await your arrival, my friend. I can't wait to take that bitch down."

"See you in a bit."