𝗛𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗹 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗰𝘆 ✦ 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 ⁽ᴹᵃˡᵉ ᵛᵉʳ⁾

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗠/𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘀

"Bye Razor! I will miss you!" m/n called, waving as he exited Wolvendom alongside Aether and Paimon.

"Be safe!" Razor called after the trio.

"Oh! Wait!" m/n gasped and quickly ran back to his friend, "Hilichurls and Wolves say farewell differently so I decided to put them together!"

Razor blinked when m/n grabbed him by his sides and his face went red as m/n gave him a quick smooch on the nose.

'The hell-'

"I will see you later!" m/n exclaimed before looking back over to Aether and Paimon, "OI! BLONDIE! WAIT FOR ME!"

Razor watched his friend run off and a question popped into his mind.

'Is m/n my friend or more?'

M/n and his two new travel buddies hurried back to Fintan's place where the man was nowhere to be found.

M/n, being the little brat he is, just took his change of clothes, the delusion, and left. Of course, he left a poorly written thank you note per Aether's request.

(M/n's clothes. This art does not belong to me. If you don't like these, you're free to imagine anything to your liking!)

The trio made their way to Dawn Winery where m/n left another note on the door explaining where he was going.

They went over to Venti's tree and left a note there. In conclusion, m/n gave everyone he knew a note before setting off for Liyue with Paimon and Aether.

M/n gave a note to Jean and asked her to give it to Amber before he quickly and hastily left.

"M/n? Do you really know which way to go?" Aether asked the boy as he walked ahead of him and Paimon.

M/n turned his head to give him a fiery-eyed glare, "Are you saying that I don't?"

'Andddd he's back-' "No, I'm just asking."

"Well, I have been to Liyue with a...friend... before. I must warn you, there are a lot of Mr. Cyclopses on the way there." m/n said then shuddered, "One of them threw me straight through a mountain."

"HOW ARE YOU EVEN ALIVE!?" Paimon cried and m/n gave her a cheeky grin.

"Fried egg." he replied, "Anyways, I heard that there is going to be some sort of ceremony held for their archon or something. I have no interest but since you're searching for all seven archons, it might be of use to you, Aether. To find your sister, right? As irrelevant the archons are, they might know something about your sister."

"Wow, that's... really thoughtful of you." Aether said, blinking in surprise.

M/n glared, "Shut the hell up."

•••

"Paimon is worried about m/n..."

Aether and Paimon watched warily as m/n remained hunched over in an alleyway, throwing up non-stop.

This has been going on for fifteen minutes. Something was clearly wrong.

"M/n? Is everything okay?" Aether inquired and nearly wheezed when he saw how miserable the boy's expression was.

"Too... crowded..." he muttered, "Too many new smells. Overwhelming, ugh-"

"Ohhh! Paimon gets it!" Paimon exclaimed then looked at Aether, "Since he's been living in the wild, his senses are enhanced! All the new smells, sounds, feelings, and sights must be overwhelming for him!"

"So... should we find somewhere less crowded? Aether inquired and Paimon nodded.

Aether walked over to the boy, reaching out for him only for him to swat his hand away.

"We are going to that damned archon ceremony!" he snapped, "I can tell something is gonna happen and I wanna be there to see it- URGH-"

M/n turned away again, continuing to throw up in his little safe corner.

"Maybe we should get you help first..."

"I will be fine."

Aether ended up carrying a pouting m/n bridal style, silently begging m/n to not throw up on him.

M/n was looking a little pale, with a sickly look on his face, however he was still hecking scary and he'd probably kill Aether if he tried to take him to a doctor.

In the end, by the time the trio got to the location where the rite would take place, m/n had already dozed off.

"Aether? M/n is really warm. Paimon really thinks we should take him to a doctor." Paimon said, worry in her voice as she pressed a tiny hand against m/n's forehead which was radiating heat.

A lot of it.

Paimon moved so that Aether could rest his cheek on m/n's forehead. It felt like his face was being cooked over a fire.

"We should-" Aether agreed then blinked when he saw the boy's lips moving, "Hold on, he's saying something."

Both the blond and the pixie listened closely to the quiet words m/n murmured.

"Take five steps... away from this damn rite and... I will murder you both..."

"But m/n! You're not doing so well and Paimon is worried!" Paimon protested.

M/n glowered at both Aether and Paimon. He didn't even need to speak again.

"We can stay for five more minutes!" Aether laughed nervously, sweating bullets.

"Y-Yeah! Five wouldn't hurt!" Paimon agreed and m/n relaxed again with a small sigh, resting his head against Aether's chest as his half-lidded eyes remained on the white-haired woman.

"All the archons can go to hell." m/n muttered, gaining the attention of some people, "The damn dragon can throw itself into outer space and just suffocate. Barbatos or whatever the heck his name is can just jump off a cliff and the ice archon can freeze to death."

'M/N WTF, STOPP-'

Aether covered the boy's mouth with a hand, hoping to get him to shut up.

Here's the thing with m/n and archons.

He has beef with 'em.