Opening 2
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Lucius and Paimon enter the vault chamber of the Golden House and look around.
Paimon: It looked impressive enough from the outside... But who would've guessed that it was even fancier on the inside... and so full of Mora!!! This is where all of Teyvat's Mora is minted, right? In that case, maybe they won't notice if a few Mora go missing...
Lucius: If it were that easy, this place would have been emptied long ago.
Paimon: Ooh, so it's a trap. Tricky, tricky... Good thing Paimon's got you here!
Lucius: Something feels amiss here...
Paimon: It's quiet... Too quiet. Surely someone's gotta be guarding something as important as the Exuvia.
Lucius: Let's go check on the Exuvia. Make sure it's safe.
They then notice, at the sides of the doors, was two guards laying dead in a pool of their own blood.
Lucius: Tch... bastard...
Lucius says as he clenched his fist tightly.
Paimon: L-Let's go check the Exuvia quickly, Lucius.
Lucius: ...
Lucius silently agrees as he and Paimon walk across the centre of the vault and head up a small staircase, as they then look up at the Exuvia.
???: You've already fulfilled your task as guides, so why do you still linger here? Haven't you already seen enough trouble for today?
A voice asks as Lucius immediately recognises it as Childe. The Harbinger walks towards Lucius who turns around and glares at him.
Childe: If you were Fatui, I imagine that you would be entitled to a generous reward from the Tsaritsa herself. But now, you're nothing but dross — and you're in my way.
Childe says coldly while staring at Lucius as if he was nothing but a disposable trash.
Lucius: ...
Lucius continues clenching his fist, still silent.
Childe: Although I'm deeply grateful to you that I was able to effortlessly find this secret location... Don't you think that trying to stop me now would just be wasted effort?
Lucius: I think it's rather the opposite. Stopping you is worth all my time in the world.
Childe: Tch, stopping the Mora mints, hiding away the Exuvia... Hahaha, the Qixing are really pulling out all the stops this time...
Paimon: So you've been planning to take the Gnosis from inside the Exuvia all along!?
Childe: As one of the Eleven Fatui Harbingers, it's my duty to see the will of the Tsaritsa fulfilled. She will get that which she desires.
Lucius: Not if I have anything to say about it.
Childe: Hah! I'm not asking for your blessing, and there's nothing you can do to stop me anyway.
Lucius: It wasn't a blessing... it was a statement.
Childe: Oh, fighting words! I love it! It seems the time for discussion and diplomacy has already passed. I mean, if it were up to me, I would have skipped that stage to begin with... but I'm willing to do as the Tsaritsa deems fit.
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New World (Genshin Impact x OC)
Fanfiction"We were just orphans... living by the day with no purpose or goal, and now we're here, separated. We had no time to say goodbye... so let's not call it that." Lucius, a 19-year-old boy, having lived a life full of hardships, is mysteriously transpo...
