Chapter 52 : The End Of Tsaritsa, The Beginning Of...

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"Hey, it's me." Zhongli knocked, but he didn't wait for an answer to come in.

Albedo was on his couch drinking a brand new bottle of whiskey.

Zhongli took it from his and put it to the side.

"What do you think you're doing?" Zhongli put a hand on his hip.

"I'm reflecting." Albedo replied, a small sigh following.

"Well Tsaritsa needs you. I advise you get their quickly, she doesn't feel well today." Zhongli looked to the side.

"What do you mean?" Albedo looked at him, interest peeked.

"She's sick. And if you ask me I don't think she's going to get better, but don't tell anyone...she'd kill me if this got out." Zhongli sighed.

Albedo looked away, "I see."














Albedo dressed himself in a formal outfit and started walking up to Tsaritsa's office.

He knocked on the door and Zhongli opened it.

Albedo walked to Tsaritsa's desk, she was wearing a mask and looked pale.

"Good morning ma'am." Albedo put on his best fake smile.

She nodded with a returning smile, even if you couldn't see it you knew she was.

"I wanted to talk to you about going back to doing missions...I think..." Tsaritsa suddenly sneezed.

"I'm sorry. Let me continue. I think it'd be good for you, do you feel up to that?" Tsaritsa asked, she sounded genuine to, which was odd.

"I think that's a great idea." Albedo clenched his hands together under the table.

"I'll begin giving you missions starting tomorrow then." Tsaritsa stood up, wobbling a bit. Zhongli rushed to help her.

She began coughing and Zhongli took her to her room, which was in the office.

Albedo watched all of it go down.

He just sighed and left.




















"Hey, so I wanted to talk to you private about what happened last night? Are you all right with that Albedo guy?" Rosaria raised an eyebrow at Kaeya, "Oh..yeah..well, no, but I can't do anything about it." Kaeya laughed sadly, looking into his drink.

Rosaria frowned, she then put a hand on his shoulder, "You don't have to lie to me you know. I'm your friend." It was ridiculous how much those words hurt Kaeya.

The grip on his glass got a bit harder, "Right." He put on a small smile.

"It's not your fault. He shouldn't have made you choose him or your job." That's right, Kaeya told her a fake story to not get Albedo in trouble. He told her that Albedo wanted him to move somewhere else and that he was going to move alone if Kaeya didn't come with him, leaving his job behind.

Kaeya found it funny. He found it hilarious actually. So much so that he started bursting out laughing.

Rosaria was caught off guard by this sudden reaction, she gasped from surprise.

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