Tʜᴇ ᴇsᴄᴏʀᴛ ᴡᴀɴᴛs ᴘᴇᴀᴄᴇ『ᶻʰᵒⁿᵍˡⁱ ˣ ᵐ/ⁿ ˣ ᵗᵃʳᵗᵃᵍˡⁱᵃ』

XVIII

A ɴᴇᴡ ʜᴏᴍᴇ

M/n was surprised to see the large smiles on their faces but it made his heart warm to see them so happy about whatever they wanted to show him.
"What is it?"

"We're not telling you, so you have to follow! Come on before the sun goes down!"

"Xiao?"

"No, you must see for yourself what we have for you, Zhongli, and Tartaglia."The two put their foot down and urged the three to follow them quickly. This further confused Tartaglia and Zhongli but M/n quickly stands to his feet and walks over to his guards with an excited smile.
"Alright since you two are so hellbent on showing us, lead the way. I want to see what you two have been up to in secret!"The two hold their hand out to M/n and the Dendro welder takes their hands. They smirk at their masters before vanishing and reappearing down below.
"Whoa! How did you do that Gale?"

"Xiao is a great teacher, though the adeptal arts aren't easy to learn he's made it a bit easier for me! But let's go!"Soon enough Tartaglia and Zhongli jump down while holding onto Ai to take her along for the ride knowing how much M/n cares for her.

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It was a lovely walk as the sun slowly started to leave the sky, everyone was excited and chatting lively about the day before the two returned.
"Alright, time to go up."

"Up?"

"It's the best way to see it all at once before you see it up close!"Gale and Xiao quickly hoist M/n between them and into their arms and teleport into the sky followed by the other three and what they say below is beautiful!!

"Whoa!! You guys did this!?"

"Yeah, sorry it took so long but welcome home M/n."The group quickly teleports in front of the entrance and once M/n's feet touched the grass he quickly wanders into the courtyard, he was in awe.
"How did you find this place?"

"Xiao found it."This causes everyone to glance over at the yaksha and he clears his throat seemingly embarrassed about what he was going to say.
"I...I tripped and fell down the hill and rolled into the side of the outer wall.."

"Pft–!!!"M/n covered his mouth to hold his laughter but Tartaglia, Ai, and Gale let it loose while Zhongli could only stare in disbelief.
"Hill? What hill?"

"That's where Gale comes in...I've embarrassed myself enough today.."As Xiao covers his face Gale pulls out a Geo vision.
"I got a vision...I was in a tough spot after dying and started training like crazy when I had the time, I felt like a failure because I couldn't properly protect my master but I had a sort of epiphany while training. I vowed to protect the person who gave me life once again, I vowed to become someone who was truly reliable and someone who would shield you from harm and then I realized that being an assassin was what I knew how to do the best. I was enough to protect you, and I was fast enough but I need to improve. Then as I swung my blade once more, I struck my vision as it came into existence."M/n smiles and hugged his friend.
"*Ahem!* I raised the land using my vision to make the house easier to access and we worked for three weeks with a bit of Cloud retainer and Moon carver for the exterior and had Madame Ping help with the interior! That's not all either, Lady Ningguang also decided to help for some reason..."The two males lead everyone through the courtyard and through the gazebo to another area.

"If miss Ai wants to live here, she can! Gale and I will take the house to the left and give you the bigger one."Ai nearly tears up, she didn't expect to also be included so much in their lives but this is where she felt she belonged.
"Are...Are you sure?"

"Yeah, this new home is a place for everyone who truly loves M/n. It wouldn't be home without you here to miss Ai."Xiao smiles while holding one of Ai's hands and Gale held the other. Ai smiles brightly at everyone around her, this was her home alongside M/n and the others.
"Thank you all so much. Come on, I'll make dinner tonight!"