The Wind Guardians

Chapter 4: The Conquerer of Demons

Liyue is not as bad as he think it would be. At first he hesitated about going but his Master reassured him there was nothing to worry about. He played with the braid Barbatos braided before starting the journey.

Apparently Barbatos think it was a good idea to walk on feet than just teleporting there. If he were a mortal, he was sure his feet would be crying for rest.
The more he played with his braid, the more it reminded him of his creator.

He did not want to be thinking about her, but she was his mother. The feeling of betrayal is still strong and he hates it. Now he sees Barbatos as a mother figure and almost called him mother. He had promised him that he will not abandon him and he believed him.

Although, Barbatos didn't seem to mind when he almost called him mother. Instead, he looked happy, proud even. And that makes him happy. That's the problem with him. He is just a mere puppet but he has feelings. That's what makes his creator abandon him.

He continued to play with the braid until Barbatos stopped in front of a big tree that seems to have an inn. Barbatos looked at him smiling before saying "I hope you're hungry, because we're about to eat something delicious". He didn't need food but he loves trying out new things. So he just gave him a smile onand said "I'm very much ready to be filled with this delicious food."

While his Master was looking at the foods, he was wandering on the top floor until he felt a spear just millimeters from his neck. He turned his head back to be met with a person wearing a demon mask glaring into his soul. 'what a poor choice of mask' he thought.

"Who are you?" The person asked. Kuni glared at him "None of your damn business" he said. "There's immortal energy coming from you. Are you a demon? A god perhaps?" The person asked again. He was irritated and wanted to strike this person down but he remembered 'Master told me not to to use my powers in other nations especially Liyue. There are many adeptis that will be alarmed with my lightning as it is as powerful as a god's.'

He took a deep breath before saying "I am a visitor from Mondstadt. That's all you'll know." He said before walking back wanting to be with Barbatos. But the person kept asking questions like 'who are you' or 'you are no mortal, there are only four immortals from Mondstadt. Your not from Mondstadt are you?' and bla bla bla.

At this point, you could see the nerves popping out of Kuni. He was irritated. Irritated enough that the sky turned dark purple and lightning could be heard. He closed his eyes trying to sooth it but it wasn't calming down. The lightning getting stronger is not helping at all.

Barbatos looked outside 'oh no' he thought and ran off to try and find Kuni. He didn't want the adeptis to come. Especially Morax. Xiao here is hard enough, he didn't want the other adeptis to get involved. He finally found Kuni with Xiao holding a spear to his neck and Kuni closing his eyes, trying to calm his anger but failing miserably.

He went to Kuni and hugged him trying to help sooth his anger. He also hummed a short lullaby and caresed his hair. It seems to work as the thunder sounds seems to be weaker and weaker. He opened his eyes, met with a shock expression from Xiao. Soon enough, the rumbling sound stopped but the sky remained purple. More of a lilac color this time.

Kuni opened his eyes and look at Barbatos "Thank you, Master" he said. Barbatos still looked worried "Are you all calmed down now? The sky is still purple." Kuni smiled at him " It will soon turn back to blue once I fully calmed down." He said. Barbatos turned to the person. "Apologies for the trouble, Xiao. Kunikuzushi has yet to learn to stay calm." Barbatos said.

'Master know this person?' he thought. He didn't like the person at first, but since his Master knows him he will tolerate him as well. "It is nothing, Lord Barbatos. I mistook him for a threat because of his aura. It is undeniably powerful." The person he now know as Xiao said while bowing down to Barbatos.

"Oh Xiao, what did I say about bowing down to me? You don't need to bow." Barbatos said. "Right, of course" Xiao said right before standing up. Then something hit him. He was so distracted to calm down his anger that he didn't realized sooner. Xiao is his Master's first student. Barbatos always told him to apologize if he did something wrong.

"I'm..... Sorry" he mumbled but the Yaksha seemed to hear it as well as his Master. " It's fine. I too would like to apologize for putting a spear to your neck." Xiao said. "Now then, Xiao would you like to join us for dinner. This is the usual time we eat dinner back at Mondstadt." Barbatos said. Xiao shook his head and said "I still need to continue my duties. Food is a distraction to my contract to Lord Rex Lapi-" "I ordered Almond tofu" "ok" Xiao said before turning to the table full of food.

Kuni looked off the balcony. 'The view here is really beautiful' he smiled a little. The he turned to Barbatos and Xiao still chatting as if it's been long since his last visit. The right when they wanted to move to the table they heard a deep voice from behind. "Why was the sky purple here just now?"

Both Xiao and Barbatos looked shock to hear the deep voice. Xiao turned around and bow while his Master just seemed to be frozen there. He bowed as well since Xiao bowed down. He didn't want to seem disrespectful. He hears his Master said "oh uh hehehe hello

Morax"

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Hope you all enjoy this book so far