The Scent of Stars

The Kitsune And Her Starlight

A long time ago, in the city of Inazuma. A pair of twins Archon siblings could be seen sitting around a small table inside a local teahouse they privately owned for themselves.

It was late in the night at the time, but the two women couldn't bring themselves to go back to their home in the palace known as the Tenshukaku, not yet anyway.

They were in the middle of a discussion about a certain topic, and it was so urgent that they have to settle it over a cup of tea while relaxing themselves as the fresh breath of the night air brushed over them.

The older one of the sibling, one who wears a light purple kimono and a fan designed hairpin on her head, has a saddened look and a frown on her face as she listened to her younger sister, her hands are currently occupied with caressing the fur of the small pink furred fox that is currently asleep on her lap.

The younger sibling in the other hand, the one who wears a dark purple kimono, and a golden sword designed on her head, while having the same frown, she has a slightly determined expression, her dainty fingers wrapped around the cup of tea in front of her, while her purple eyes is starting at the same fox that was sleeping on her older sister's lap.

"Makoto, we have to do this, an invitation for the gathering of the Seven is a must that us gods need to attend to." The younger of the twin sibling muttered, taking a sip of her tea that has been cooled off.

"But Ei, you know just how much Miko hates the cold." The older sibling, Raiden Makoto, muttered softly in response. "She didn't even want to go outside whenever the winds is strong, or if her fur gets wet by rain water, imagine how will she reacts when faced with snow, or worse, a blizzard."

The younger sibling, Raiden Ei, winced at the thought of it. The young kitsune is already rebellious enough during their everyday lives, but the thought of forcing the fox to go to someplace that she clearly hates... One can imagine how will she reacts to that.

But still...

"It's normal if it was Morax who invited us for a gathering in Liyue, knowing how much we love to hang out with that man in his nation." Taking a single sip of her tea, Ei looked down at the letter in her hand, a letter that the siblings have found encased inside an ice flower with traces of strong ice elemental powers in it. "But for the Tsaritsa to invited us for a gathering in Snezhnaya though... it must be something very important that she needed to discuss it with us."

"Hmm... I hope you're right. Because, if it turns out that she gathered us all just to ask for some beauty tips, then I'm going to get very disappointed." Makoto muttered with a small pout.

Ei only responded with a soft hum, looking down towards the small fox again, she sighed. "That's still haven't solved our main problem here. What are we supposed to do with Miko here?" Ei asked with her arms crossed.

"Well... If she didn't want to come with us. Then perhaps we could let someone to look after her while we are gone." Makoto answered after a minute of thinking about it.

The answer made Ei dropped her jaw, her eyes staring at her older sister in slight shock.

"You can't be serious about this Makoto. If even us, her caretakers who had babysit her for the last decades must suffer from her repeated bites, imagine what she would do if it was someone else who take care of her." Ei protested, although judging from the tone of her voice, it seems like she was more concerned than she was angered at the aspect of it.

"Well, in that case, let's find someone who are capable enough to the task then." Makoto said with a shrug, closing her eyes as she did it.

"Oh? And who do you think it was?" Ei asked with a raised eyebrow.