Dangerous loyalty『Tartaglia x MR』

XLIV

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M/n felt a bit tense as they approached the temple, he felt that something was wrong when it came to Minerva, she felt out of place like himself, Verose, Eraqus, and Alois. Like she was one of the characters that weren't supposed to be alive at this moment. He wanted to say something, anything about modern time to see if she would react but before he could, they reached the temple. Minerva smiles as she pushes the door open and there in the main hall stands Eraqus, Kaeya, and another.
"Oh! Honey when did you return to Khaenri'ah?"

"Daddy!"Paimon happily cry's out as she runs to the unknown man. The unknown man was by far the tallest in the building, easily making M/n a bit uncomfortable for a moment.

The man cuts his eyes over to M/n and Verose after picking his daughter up.
"Minerva, who did you-"

"No need to worry, Sir Harris. Prince M/n is the one I've been waiting for... Kaeya, take the others to the sitting room while I speak with His majesty, the butler, and Sir Harris."Eraqus politely asks his secret lover. Kaeya was worried at first but reluctantly leads the other reluctant men away along with Minerva and Paimon.

Once they were out of earshot, Eraqus lets out a loud and long sigh.
"M/n, Verose this is Harris, he is also an outsider that changed the flow of the story."

"How?"Eraqus nods his head to signal Harris to speak.
"Minerva was killed by Lumine in the original story and so was Harris. Leaving Paimon alive to lead a revolution against Lumine in the last book."

"Do they win?!"

"...No..No they don't but it wasn't in vain, your wolf learns the truth about what happened for you to not remember him and he takes Lumine's life in the end but I would rather take her out now than allow the original story to take place. I'm pretty happy here, I have a wife and a child. What more could I ever ask for?"M/n smiles, he could tell being in the world truly made everyone feel at peace in but Lumine was getting in the way of everyone's happiness in one way or another.
"I want her downfall to be as painful as it can get.."

"I agree."

"We'll make it slow as possible. It'll feel as if someone is shoving a hot iron down her throat when I'm done and then, I'll ha e her publicly executed."M/n's voice was full of excitement, even Verose likes the idea.
"Harris, you're to stay out of the crossfire, I can tell how happy you are, and being involved could put you in danger. I also advise that you and Minerva take the throne before Lumine could act on anything she has planned for Khaenri'ah."

"...I'll think on it some more. You three be safe and I'll hold it down here."

"Right."The group smiled joyfully at each other, even though they were faced with so much, it was well established that they had each other's back no matter what.
"Alright, let's get you and your harem settled in for the night."

"Thank you, oh is there a place to spar?"

"Yeah, why?"Harris questions, this causes M/n to smirk. He explained that he left the Haram to govern themselves, meaning that either Tartaglia would attempt to take the lead but so would Diluc.
"Dear Archons..."

"Yeah I usually leave Baizhu in charge but since I didn't say anything this time around I'm sure he's just relaxing with Kuni and Aether on the sidelines as Tartaglia and Diluc are probably arguing. So I allow them to fight it out of it ever happens."

"That's one way to keep the peace, oh there's going to be a small banquet I nearly forgot about it! I hope you enjoyed the food prepared by the chefs here-"

"Papa!!"Paimon suddenly squeals happy as she runs out of the sitting room, she jumps into her father's arms and then waves shyly at M/n.
"Childe knock it off, it's clear that I was placed in charge while the prince is gone-"

"Oh yeah?! I didn't hear him say a word."

"Like clockwork around here. Oi, either cut it out or fight it out!"