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XII

A ɴᴇᴡ ᴅᴀᴡɴ

The battle had been won and humans proved that they no longer needed Rex lapis to protect them. It was quite the feeling that arose within the mortals at that moment, though Rex lapis would be missed, it was time for humans to take faith into their own hands in this new day and age. M/n even felt that pride but he also felt exhausted from what happened only five hours ago. Now that all the chaos was over, the people were more busy trying to reunite with their loved ones.
"I wonder where Zhongli and Tartaglia are right now?"

"M/n!!"

"Speak of the devil, there they are."Gale chuckles lightly as he steps to the side for the other men to see M/n; who was resting at the base of a tree.
"Are you alright?"

"Why are you and Gale covered in blood?!"

"It's a bit of a story."M/n explains all that happened in their time away from each other, during the explanation Tartaglia made a small remark about finding a dead body that was crushed but didn't dive into the details of it. M/n took that as the woman is dead and sighed blissfully. The sore on his side was gone for good.
"So you're a healer, I won't say I didn't expect that but what brought it about besides Gale?"

"....I thought about it a lot at that moment. Sure I was scared but I wasn't trying to die without a fight or at least I didn't want anyone else I cared for dying while I couldn't do a damn thing about it. I guess my voice was heard in the world and I was granted this gift. I plan to use it to help whenever I can but after this world-changing event, I'm gonna need to sleep for a few days and Gale needs some major time off."

"I second that, being dead for ten minutes is uh.. strange to say the least."

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Liyue harbor was a mess due to the damages caused by the battle but that didn't stop anything from returning home to rest, including those of the brothel. That night Zhongli and Tartaglia stayed over to keep a watchful eye on M/n's health but it was also then that Zhongli told M/n about his real identity.
"Hmm, figured. I mean have you seen his–"

"Ah! Don't say what I think you're going to say!"

"Okay okay! I was just going to say that he had certain marks on those that gave me an idea that he wasn't just some regular Adeptus."

"Did you say those? 'Those' what?!"M/n covers his mouth and laughs at Tartaglia's shock when he understood why M/n chose his words the way he did.
"So unfair of you to have two!!"

"I may have two but I'm sure in that foul legacy transformation...well you know."

"....This conversation is getting out of hand! How about we have some tea?"The two decline for the first time and drag M/n to bed, where they all lay to rest. M/n didn't truly comprehend how tired he was until his back hit his super plush bed, in a matter of minutes he falls asleep between the two.
"Hells he must of been tired.."

"For him to bring back the dead after gaining his vision isn't some small feat... Xiao will be watching M/n from the shadows as Gale once did. We can allow that to happen again. Also, why did you lie about finding that woman dead when you know we killed her?"

"That's because at first, we killed her without reason until we figured out she outright attacked M/n, so now it wasn't meaningless."Tartaglia chuckles darkly, it wasn't his first time killing but this time it felt more meaningful because I had something to do with M/n.
"Though the mortal will go with you here, M/n would never. He has an Archon and a harbinger protecting him no matter what."

"Indeed he does...Our ever so beautiful mate."They each kiss M/n on the cheek before snuggling up with him.
"Ugh let's sleep, the trouble I caused was exhausting. I can't believe you lied to me."

"I didn't lie, you just never asked."

"I could fight you right now if I wasn't so tired..."