Chapter V: Act III

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The Temples
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(Y/n) threw his arms over his head, stretching a bit while staring off into the distance.

Aether nibbled on the bottom of his lip, not knowing how to start a conversation with the other figure beside him and Paimon.

"Hey, (Y/n)?" Paimon chirped, wanting to break the silence and awkwardness.

(E/c) eyes darted over to the floating figure and raised a brow in confusion, silently motioning for the younger to keep talking.

Paimon smiled. "Paimon was wondering where you're from? You're not wearing the casual Mondstadt fit," she asked with pure curiosity.

Aether gave a look of interest, looking up at the taller figure.

A hum left (Y/n)'s lips. "Liyue," he answered.

This confused Paimon even more but she didn't question it.

Before she could say anything else, (Y/n) took notice of Amber's waving figure. "Well, there's Amber."

Amber gave a bright smile as she jogged up to the trio.

"Traveler, Paimon, and (Y/n)!" She greeted happily.

(Y/n) took a step back and looked off into the distance once more.

"I'm gonna go help Kaeya, I hope you three don't mind." (Y/n) apologized.

Amber gave an understanding smile. "Of course, go on!" She answered with a slight nod of her head.

(Y/n) smiled at the three before heading off in the direction of where Kaeya was at.

Amber then turned towards Paimon and Aether.

"This is it. One of the deserted temples of The Four Winds. These temples have been left to waste for years now. The people of Mondstadt almost never come here. There's a chance there's a monster nest or hilichurl camp inside. Even Stormterror has given up on its temple." Amber explained while releasing a sigh from her lips.

Aether's brows shot up a bit at this information. "Wait... Stormterror has its own temple?" He asked in surprise.

Amber nodded her head. "Yes. I also find it hard to accept, but... Stormterror was once of The Four Winds."

"Ehhhh!?" Paimon exclaimed in disbelief.

"Wait... did you just feel that? The wind here... something's off... let's go in and take a look. Traveler. Be careful, the dragon's power is disturbing this area."

Aether walked up to the giant doors and opened them.

A strong gust of wind brushed past them as the trio opened it, the giant doors slamming loudly right behind them.

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"You can use the console to open the door," Amber piped up as she peered over Aether's shoulder.

Aether placed a hand on the console before pushing it.

The doors before them rattled and shook as they opened slowly, introducing the temple's ruins.

"Wow! I can see so far into the temple!" Amber exclaimed in awe.

Amber and Aether walked forward, taking notice of the thorns up ahead.

Paimon floated ahead, waiting for the two to catch up to her.

Amber sets ablaze the thorns that blocked the path with no worry so that they could continue going forward.

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