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𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙮 𝙩𝙬𝙤

chapter twenty-two: “harbinger, danger.”

(n/a: I fell asleep and forgot to publish this last night.)

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     "HOW DID GUIZHONG KNOW ABOUT HER MAJESTY?"

STREETWARD RAMBLER'S question repeated in his head. How did Guizhong know his wife in the first place? (FLASHBACK) As usual, the disguised (Name) was tending to the young yakshas and adepti while her husband is currently fixing his attire. She was busy wiping Ganyu's face since she ate a lot of Qingxins today...

     "(Name), I'm going now," he told her while placing a kiss on her cheek. She wasn't responding to him and kept continuing to fix her children, "(Name)... She's not my woman. I swear she isn't," he sighed.

     "Morax, I didn't ask. You're free to go to her," she calmly permitted him to leave. "You can even stay with her and I'll just stay with the children. You should leave before you'll be late for your appointed time with her," she added and pushed his face away from her.

     "Mama, are you fighting with him again?" The young half Qilin asked, staring at her guardians.

     (Name) flinched and smiled at her, "I was just talking to him about his friend's meeting. I'm sure the friend he's talking about is very dear to him, so he doesn't need my permission," she patted the blue-haired child. "We're not fighting, so no need to fret."

Morax scoffed at his wife's sweet lies, crossed his arms, and decided to sit beside her. (Name) gave him a nasty look before taking Indarias from the ground, completely ignoring him and continuing her duties. Not until someone screamed nearby, alerting both of the Archons and alerting their instincts...

     "Ow, my head hurts. Why didn't I see that branch earlier?" A woman with long gray hair asked herself, rubbing her head. She must've noticed the approaching (Name), who immediately knelt in her lying form, "Oh! Hello!" She greeted, waving her hand to the disguised Princess.

     (Name) smiled at her, "Hello. Are you alright?" She questioned, helping the injured woman to stand.

     The said woman was blinking at (Name)'s facade, amazed by it, "I'm injured! Um, my knees have bruises at the moment, so please be a dear and help me stand up please?" She asked, blushing furiously while fanning her face in embarrassment. The (h/c)-haired woman smiled again and carried her from the ground, "Oh! You're very strong!" The woman praised, patting (Name)'s chest.

     Morax's wife chuckled, "I'm used to carrying seven children, so I guess that's why I'm able to carry you."

Morax, on the other hand, glared at the two females. He knew who the gray-haired woman was and she seems charmed by his wife's beautiful facade. The Dust Archon is respected by both the Cloud Retainer and Himself, considering her as a friend despite not being someone as strong as them. Guizhong is the woman (Name) was carrying at the moment, bringing her to her abode...