𝔞𝔤𝔞𝔦𝔫. (Xiao x Adeptus Reader)

𝔠𝔥𝔞𝔭𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔰𝔦𝔵

([A/T] = Adeptus Title) ([A/N] = Adeptus Name) ([Y/N] = Your Name) ([U/N] = Undercover Name)

Your POV:

It was the next day and I was still trying to get information. I tried asking, reading, looking and searching. No new information. Looks like no one knows much about this Yaksha. One thing I learned was that some people also call him the 'Vigilant Yaksha'. 

I groaned in frustration. It was never this hard for me to find something, well in this case I guess it's more of a someone. It was like this guy didn't want me to find him. He never stayed in one place, and yes, you might be thinking: 'but [A/T], he does stay in one place! At Wangshu Inn!' and you're right and wrong at the same time. It does seem like he stays permanently at Wangshu Inn but he's never really there, like he has something to do everyday, besides I can't just barge into the building and ask for him. If that place really had a real Yaksha they wouldn't let 'normal' people get to him that easily. Plus Adepti carry the burden of karmic debt, it corrupts mortals in the long run, so I don't think he would let just about anybody get close to him either. That is if he's responsible of course.

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I was wandering around in the streets of Liyue Harbor, making sure to keep my distance from mortals because of my karmic debt of course. I would say it was pretty peaceful until someone walked into me. I looked down and saw a short figure, pink hair, red clothes and... horns!? She had dropped her gigantic book because of the impact. 

"Oh- oh no!" she flailed her arms and immediately scrambled to the ground to pick up the book and its fallen out pages. I decided to help, that's good manners right? I don't actually know but it seemed like a good deed.

"Huh?- oh, um, thank you..!" she seemed stressed

"No problem... here." I said and handed her the remaining pages.

"Nice of you to help a stressed lawyer like me! I'm Yanfei by the way." she held out her hand for me to shake. Once I did she looked expecting at me. What? Was I supposed to do something else? Say something?

"...aaaand your name iss...?" she persuaded

"Oh." 

Uh-oh, what should I say? I hadn't come up with an undercover name! I silently cursed at myself. Should I tell her my real name? My title and official name was out of boundaries. I mean [A/N] wasn't exactly a normal name but if I tell her my real name would she find me out? Do mortals even know that we Yakshas have multiple names? I cannot risk it. 

"Uhm, my name is.. uh, [U/N]." I said a bit unsure of myself

"What a nice name! Hey can I ask you for another favor, please?" she pleaded

"..Yes. Come on, out with it." 

"Awesome, so I was wondering if you could help me carry this book to my office? It's really heavy.. and you look strong."

"Of course." I answered and picked the book with ease. I admit it was heavy but nothing that would cause too much effort. 

"Great, just follow me."

And so I did.

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When we got to her legal office I was surprised to see how messy it was. She seemed like the type to keep everything clean but I guess not. 

"Where do I put this?" I asked her

"Oh! Just put it on my desk, right over there."

There were a lot of things on her desk. A lot. There was no room for this book anywhere, it didn't help either that the book was absolutely massive. 

"Hey, how about we tidy this place up a bit?" I suggested

"Mmmm... yes that would be strategically smart but.. I really don't want to bother you even more."

"Don't think too much of it, it wont take too long if we work together." I tried to sound inviting but I admit it was harder than it sounded. How to persuade a mortal? Oh, right. Smile.

I tried I really did but I think it came out strained. I have never really smiled that much. I also had fangs and they usually freaked humans out so I tried not to show them. Yanfei looked confused at me.

"..If you say so."

Then we started to clean. It was quite dusty and it looked like it hadn't been cleaned in a long time. 

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After half an hour, or so, we were done. I wasn't tired but Yanfei looked like she could lay down and sleep on the spot.

"Phew..! I'm beat!" 

"There. Now you're office is much more presentable and everything is much easier to find." I said with a satisfied look on my face

"Oh Archons, thank you, thank you! How can I ever repay you?" 

"Don't mention it. You don't have to repay m-" 

"No, take this. It's what you deserve." She handed me a small pouch of mora. It looked like there was about a 1000 mora in it. 

"Are you sure? If you're struggling with money you really shouldn't be giving me this..."

"No, no. I have plenty mora, take it."

"Okay, then I'll be off. Till next time Yanfei."

"Till next time [U/N]!"

Then I left still processing what had just happened. 

She was lively but.. sweet..? I guess?

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