LORD OF INSULAE; Genshin Impact

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Wait.. Zhongli? Zhongli is here?! Damn, uhm... Act normal. You stood as still as a statue after hearing that name as Childe started talking to him in a language that you did not know. They had quite a long conversation before Zhongli's eyes focused on you. You smiled awkwardly and Zhongli stared for a few seconds.

"Y/n..?"

You jumped at the mention of your name, how does everyone know it? This is so weird... you can't even understand anyone except Osial...!

"*It's been thousands of years since I last met you Y/n, and i still don't know what language you speak...*"

You stared at him in confusion, and he sighed. Childe was staring at you with a confused look, you spoke another language? You just stood there, you knew Osial could speak English, so you had the urge to just jump into the ocean.

You tried to speak, the same pain as the last time stopping you. You put you hand to your neck, trying to ignore the pain and speak. You tried and tried, feeling something drip from your neck. You lifted your hand after getting it on your hand and your eyes widened in terror after seeing blood. Zhongli looked at you with a worried look as Childe seemed shocked more than anything.

Was this what Osial was looking at..? What happened to your neck?-

"*I can try and get The Doctor*?-" Childe suggested, earning a glare from Zhongli.

You started coughing as Zhongli turned back to face you, where had you been? What happened to you..? Zhongli needed answers but he wasn't going to get any like this... He looked back to Childe.

"*Fine..*"

Childe smiled, leaving the bank quickly.

You stopped coughing as the wound stopped bleeding, why did it do that? How did the bleeding stop so quickly..?

{Because of your connection to Celestia, you are not fully human.}

You looked at the ground as Zhongli did his best to wipe the blood off of you. You were ..No longer human. You couldn't deal with this, it was too much. You started your time here by falling from the sky, only to nearly drown and now you apparently aren't human and don't have the ability to speak. You can't even understand anything they are saying... You felt light headed as you thought about all the negative things that were happening, until you soon lost consciousness. You were held in Zhongli's arms as he waited for Ajax to return with Il Dottore, he didn't trust Dottore one bit but he did wish to help you. You were his friend before the war with Khaenri'ah, you had dissapeared after the war and everyone had assumed that you had been killed in the war despite being unable to find your body.

Zhongli thought for a moment, how could he communicate with you? There was no way you could understand each other, you had only managed to teach Osial and Xiao your language, Xiao's first word was from your language and he used your language until he was ten years old and got taught the language of Teyvat. Zhongli doubted he could learn any of the language, only Osial could possibly... No, he refused to free Osial just for translation, but he could set rules and send him back down if he ended up causing trouble. Zhongli sighed, he would get a second opinion later, Zhongli waited for the two people patiently.

They eventually arrived and Dottore had a smirk on his face as Childe stayed outside, Zhongli stayed with you the entire time as IlDottore worked wonders. He had lifted your chin to get a good look at your neck, "*This is interesting indeed.,*" he said, "*This doesn't seem to be anything i have seen before, done from someone other than me that is.*"

He re-opened the wound and took a look at the inside, blood coming out as he poked around. Zhongli could barely hold back the urge to push Dottore away from you, why the hell did he have to poke around like that... The lady at the front desk of the bank was somewhat disgusted. What the hell was going on?

"*Ah, I have just the thing!*" Dottore II grabbed something from a small bag he brought over, earning a disgusted look from Zhongli. He placed the horrible looking object in your neck wound, making sure it was in the right spot before he grabbed more things and stitched your neck up. He smirked, "*Come to me if you need anything else!~*" He then left the building, Ajax coming back in.

"*We're not going to bring him ever again, Ajax.*"

"*Yeah yeah....*"

Zhongli kept you in his arms, lifting you up and holding you bridal style, "*See you soon, Ajax.*"

"*Oh, goodbye Zhongli-*"

Zhongli walked out of the bank and headed down the multiple flights of stairs. He then headed towards the place known as Wangshu inn, he eventually arrived and you had yet to awaken. He entered, people panicking upon seeing you, unconscious and bloody in his arms. He went up stairs, eventually entering an elevator and heading up the rest of the way. Once up, he went over to the front desk and gave Verr Goldet a small smile, "*Hello Miss, I'm heading up to see Xiao.*"

"*Sorry Sir, Xiao does not take human sacrifices...*"

"*Oh no, that isn't what this is Miss. This is Lord Y/n of Insulae! Sorry for letting you misunderstand..*"

"*That's... Oh my, Xiao will be so happy! Except.. what happened to their neck? Would you like me to clean them up? I think Xiao would get upset over the wound...*"

"*Right.., yes please,*" After Zhongli said that, Verr Goldet quickly exited the desk and grabbed a clean, unused cloth before wetting it in the kitchen. She came back from the kitchen and headed to you and Zhongli, she put the wet cloth on your wound, tapping gently as she tried to not wake you from the pain. She then wiped off the blood as best she could before grabbing a clean, dry cloth and drying your neck. She gave Zhongli an awkward smile as he thanked her and walked off. He went up stairs, as far as the stairs went and then stepped foot on the balcony, Xiao's balcony.

"Xiao!" Zhongli yelled out, gaining the attention of the adeptus whom appeared immediately after hearing his name. Xiao looked at Zhongli, his eyes soon falling on you. Xiao's face softened, tears building up in his eyes, "*Mr. Zhongli, you found their body...*"

"*And guess what, they're alive.*"

"*What..?!*" Xiao rushed over and touched his fingers against your neck, he could feel a pulse causing the tears that built up in his eyes to start running down his face like little waterfalls. He put a hand over his mouth as Zhongli gave him a small smile.