Akademic Results | Scaramouche (Wanderer) x Reader

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- Y/n's POV -

I wake up and realize I'm in the machine. "What? How-" I start to ask before he cuts me off. "You were asleep through the entire samsara. You were basically lucid dreaming that you were there. You weren't." Scaramouche explains. Ok...at least now I know what to expect. I look down and see the same sages and no Matra. "At least I know how this feels..." I mutter before ripping out the first wire. "What the hell is wrong with you! You're going to seriously injure yourself!" He yells. "You think Yae Mike made me to give up this easily? Think again." I retort before tearing out the other arm's wire with a grunt. I rip out the three in the back and prepare to rip the one on my neck. "Y/n...even if you escape they'll keep hunting for you." Scaramouche warns. "I..don't..CARE!" I yell as I rip the final wire out with a scream at the end. I repeat what I thought I did the first time. I fought the sages and then ran until I lose the Matra.

I look over and see Aether at the Adventure's Guild. "Aether!" I yell with a raspy voice before my legs collapse under me. "Y/n! Where we- Are you ok?!" He yells as Katheryne comes running as well. "N-Nahida...?" I say quietly and she nods. "Y/n...those look like ports for wires to enter. What happened." "The Akademiya..T...they're making something.." I say as I feel myself passing out. "C'mon hold out for a little longer. What are they making?" She encourages. "Th..they...re...mak..ing a..g-" I try to finish but pass out before I can.

I wake up slowly to hear Nahida talking with Aether and Paimon. I listen in and hear her explaining Eleazar and how to get rid of it. Nothing important to me. I groan and stir. "Good morning Y/n." Nahida says calmly. "Where's my hat." I ask sternly while looking around. "It's on the floor next to you. Don't worry." She says. I look down and see it perfectly fine. Thank heavens. They give me some time to get my life together and we go to another place. Nahida Paimon and Aether start making suggestions on what to do and I don't pay attention. "We need to find someone who has ties with them but hasn't fully dedicated to their cause." "Alhaithem." I respond catching their attention. "I think we should use Setaria, Azar's subordinate." Nahida suggests and I nod. "She's from the desert, yes?" I ask and she nods. "She hails from the desert but is plagued by her guilt over the sages' questionable work." Nahida explains. I mean that makes sense, the sages are insane. "If we can make Setaria confront her guilt, we'll have a mole on the inside." She finishes.

Nahida takes us to a marketplace and Aether talks with Nabiya, Akim and Qishan. He learns how to talk and act. The next day Setaria starts her walk around to shop. "I don't fully understand human behavior and I know Y/n has the same problem, so you'll be the one to do it."
Nahida tells Aether. She uses her power and he possesses the three people one at a time. He made them come off as if they're believers of the Scarlet King. Wow, I'm impressed. He was very believable. During they're conversation through Nabiya, we find out that the Scarlet King's resurrection is actually a misinformation campaign by the Akademiya. "Interesting..." I say out loud quietly, making Nahida nod.

After talking with all three of them, she runs off and flags down Rima to warn the Matra of the hectics. Thankfully, Aether possesses her just in time and forces Setaria to admit her guilt and promise to help, which she does. She also reveals an expelled outcast returned to the city and caused the sages to be wary. My breathing hitches, because I know that title. Expelled outcast is someone I haven't seen in years, and I don't want to see him again. At all. "Y/n are you ok?" Paimon asks. "Y-Yeah I'm fine. Don't sweat it. Let's keep going." I say.

"There's a possibility that the Akademiya might be keeping tabs on me, so it's best to pick the documents up at the entrance the following night." Setaria tells us, which we agree. When the time comes, I notice that hardly anyone is out on the streets, causing Aether and Nahida to start worrying. Nonetheless, we head to the Akademiya's entrance to pick up the documents. We see many people that look to be in some kind of trance. Suddenly, an all to familiar face, or lack of, walks out.

Il Dottore...