The Queen's Little Flower

Chapter 1: To Heal an Injured Star

Lumine slowly stirred awake. Her eyes opened to see the white marble ceiling above her. A truly odd sight because as far as she could remember, the ceiling of her room was made out of wood. When her senses slowly return to her, another odd sensation entered her mind: She was sleeping on a large queen-sized bed instead of her normal-sized one. The mattress color has also changed from its usual white to deep dark blue.

However, perhaps the strangest feeling of them all is the familiar feeling of a blanket that covers her completely naked body. Something that she has never done before in Snezhnaya, and the only time she did this was during that one infiltration mission that requires her to walk through the burning deserts of Sumeru.

With all of these facts, Lumine wasted no time getting up and looking around her surroundings. Sure enough, it was indeed not her bedroom. This room belongs to someone, someone that Lumine knows so well. Someone that is none other than...

"Oh, have you finally awake?"

There was a voice suddenly appearing from her left, using her quick reflexes, Lumine quickly moved away from her current position while simultaneously materializing her sword and pointing it towards the mysterious assailant.

"That wasn't very nice of you to point your sword against your own queen like that, Lumine." The said assailant said, clearly unamused as she moved away the blade from her face.

Lumine's eyes widened as she finally recognized the appearance of the woman in front of her: The slightly unkempt grey hair that tied into braids behind her back, the midnight blue royal gown decorated with the Fatui insignias, and those soulless deep blue eyes seething with intense anger and hatred towards the divine up above in the sky.

This is her, the dreaded Cryo Archon, the Tsaritsa of Snezhnaya, the queen of the Fatui, Lumine's new employer, and the one who holds her soul right now, forever binding Lumine to do her biddings against the divine.

"Your majesty..." Lumine muttered in shock, her sword quickly disappeared as she realized her mistake, and the blonde girl quickly prostrates in front of the queen. "F-Forgive me for my insolence, your highness! I-I didn't know you were here! In fact, I don't even know why I'm here. Please forgive me!"

Lumine shuts her eyes closed as she kept her position. The Tsaritsa didn't say anything for a while, and the blonde girl dreaded that the queen might actually be thinking about a way to punish her for her earlier action.

Not that Lumine minded about it.

"It's fine, nothing to worry about it. I shouldn't have startled you like that either." The goddess finally said, crossing her arms around her chest.

Lumine noticed the strange tone when the queen speaks. It lacks the usual cold and emotionless vibes to it. Something that is awfully unsuitable for someone like the Tsaritsa to have. The girl wonders what happened to the queen while she was asleep.

"In fact, I should've said thank you." The Tsaritsa continued, causing Lumine to open her eyes.

"Eh?" Raising her head slightly, the blonde girl looked at the queen above her. "For what?"

"For showing me such a wonderful view." With an unexpected move, Tsaritsa's lips quirk up into a tiny smirk gesturing her head to something behind Lumine.

Following her gaze, Lumine looked behind her to see the smooth milky white skin of her own backside. Her talk with Tsaritsa has left her completely forgotten about the fact that she was still fully naked, and now that she was still in this prostrating position, she has completely exposed her naked back to the queen, with her butt high in the air, unintentionally letting the Archon to freely ogle on it.