𝙗𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 - zhongli!reader x jjk

𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘴

[NAME] WAS used to everything, everywhere, reminding her of guizhong. the fact that everything made her smile, the way she was a glass half full person, the way she would always see the optimistic side of things. 

but never, in her entire life, had she felt like she had been slapped in the face, more than the moment when she had gotten to know itadori yuuji. 

yuuji was a kind boy. [name] didn't know who 'jennifer lawrence' was, but the large smile on his face, the energy he radiated, was just all too familiar. 

her heart ached. 

after nanami had introduced [name] to the group, explaining teyvat in its full, itadori nodded in understanding, before kneeling down to start bowing. of course, [name] immediately started pulling him upwards, but gojo had started shouting, "ah! how rude of me!!" before kneeling down beside yuuji, causing [name] to panic entirely. 

it was hard to explain why she was here to nanami. the renowned archon of geo, generous ruler of the people of liyue, the setting base for chinese culture, was supposed to be dead, so why was she here, standing in front of three mortals?

"i'm tired." she'd answered, a sad smile on her face. 

she didn't know how else to explain it. she was sure that it sounded cowardly, running away from her people, her land, the home that she had created, but what else was she supposed to do? 

the archons were no longer together. ei, obsessed with eternity, had locked herself in. barbatos resigned himself to be a commoner, wishing to truly experience freedom. kusanali wasn't even recognized by her people, and the tsaritsa was plotting celestia's downfall.

and guizhong was gone. 

guizhong, who had created all of [name]'s ideals, all of her ways of thinking embedded inside of her mind. [name] put on a front, but who was she really, without guizhong?

she was lost. 

her ideals weren't even hers. blindly, [name] agreed with everything guizhong said, because guizhong had never done wrong. guizhong was perfect, and guizhong was all that mattered. 

[name] just didn't know how to explain it to the three men she had just met. so she didn't, leaving a cryptic question behind. 

what happened to you?

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although liyue was left to its own defenses, [name] hadn't entirely abandoned the nation. as head adeptus, [name] commanded the other adepti, guardians of the nation, to regularly report to her, and help out when needed. 

it was nice to be needed. 

[name] had agreed to help out the jujutsu sorcerers. after a brief meeting with yasamichi yaga, who had panicked in the presence of a god, she assured him that she would help to the fullest of her abilities. in two days' time, gojo satoru would test her strength, and evaluate her rank.