Chapter 10: Zhongli Theory

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Thank you to @fate_muramasa_sengo for giving me this idea!

"Welcome back, everybody!" Lynn exclaimed as she entered the room with a big grin on her face. "Just like before, once we finish watching an archon's story quest, we will watch a theory about them."

"I wonder what theory you have, Mr. Zhongli." Ningguang said in curiosity.

"Probably going to be something boring." someone from Snezhnaya mused. "He seems to be a simple man, after all. Always solemn and focused on contracts."

"Imagine if he's hiding something deeper like our dearest anemo archon." Kaeya teased Venti with a small laugh. 

"...Yeah...um...let's watch the show!" with an awkward laugh, Lynn played the show.

Zhongli Been Hiding This Secret For TWO YEARS - Wei

"...Well, I didn't expect you to be completely accurate, Captain Kaeya." Noelle said in surprise. "Are you perhaps also an astrologist like lady Megistus?"

"...Of course not." Kaeya replied after snapping out of his shock. 

"Well now, I didn't expect this from you, old man." Hutao commented in surprise. 

"Do all the archons have a secret or something?" Yoimiya wondered before retracting after some thought. "Or at least deep enough that can affect the world and our lives?"

"Let's hope not." Cyno said solemnly. "Having two, now three archons under suspicion is more than enough for us all."

2 Years ago, Zhongli was released. 

"Released?" Chongyun asked.

"Introduced to the Traveler." Lynn explained. 

"But it hasn't been two years since we met?" Lumine questioned.

"Let's just say time works differently for all of us." Lynn further explained. "For example, you might have met the Shogun a few weeks after traveling Liyue but in this room, it's been around a year."

"How confusing." Collei murmured.

Overtime, his reputation slowly shifted from the lord of Geo to a bald beggar.

An image of a bald Zhongli appeared.

"Hahahaha!" many, mostly Childe, Venti, Paimon and Hutao, laughed while those who still respected Zhongli tried covering it. 

"Y-you're bald!" Venti cried out. "Since when did you decide to shave off your head? You should have told me!"

"M-me too!" Childe added with a small pant, tired from laughing. 

"I have never done so." Zhongli calmly explained although his ears turned a bit red from embarrassment. 

"Because he's such a memeable character, 

"Me...me...a...ble?" Shenhe asked, pronouncing it per syllable.

"It's simply memorable." knowing it was hard to explain, Lynn simplified it.

we overlooked something very important.

The scene changed into Zhongli talking with Lumine on top of the mountain: "History records but history may be changed."

"True." remembering Havria's story and the lady Wanyan's belief, Thoma agreed.

"I need to find a better way of recording history in order to engrave its truth." Zhongli stated. 

"That's impossible." Gorou said while shaking his head. "We've seen how history books can be changed. Besides, even though everyone and even the Traveler can remember it, what will happen if she leaves this world or when we all die? There's a close to certain chance that history will be changed."

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