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"Prince...?"Dainsleif sat quietly as he looked up at M/n. The male looked like a much more gentle version of his master. Tears line his lower lid while gazing into the eyes of the man before him. "Prince, are you okay?"Aether nervously scampers over with the others quickly following behind him. "Am I okay? You're asking the wrong person cutie. Sir Dainsleif, how about we get out of the water? Are you hungry? Tartaglia and Verose are great cooks, we can talk over...."M/n looked around in an attempt to guess the time but with the sun, it was quite confusing, to say the least. "Hehe, let's say dinner."
"...Yes your majesty."
"Childe, Diluc, and Cyno keep an eye out for a bit, I'm going to look around for a while. Worry not I'll be safe."The group watches as M/n mossies off and out of sight, taking in the scenery around him. He felt like he entered another world other than Teyvat and it was a magical feeling but his heart ached horribly as he closed in on a cliffside covered in makeshift tombs. "So this is where they were laid to rest...I remember it so clearly now...You lot were the staff that served me as a child. She made us hunt you all down and..."M/n pays his respects to the dead before passing the tombs to reach where the memories played out. ❝Father*sniff* why did we have to do this? They cared for me..Th-they treated me as family and loved me as I-I loved them.❞
❝....❞
❝Please...Please answer me! Why must I kill those I care for!? Who next huh!? You and Heidi?! Well, I'll never hurt either of you!! I'd rather die if it means that you two get to run away from her!❞ The young prince was inconsolable, his screams of sorrow and the tears that flooded down his face made it extremely hard for M/n to watch this memory play through. ❝M/n...For you to be safe unreasonable choices must be made. I'm the one who sent the staff away to attempt to protect you and them but...In the end, they accepted their fate. Everyone who died here today will never curse your name.❞
❝Let's run away...Me, you, and Heidi! We-We can take refuge in Liyue with godfather and godmother! We can be...Happy...❞ M/n's father shakes his head and turns to face the cliff, fighting back tears of his own, his sword covered in the blood of those he valued and cared for. Those who helped him raise a child when he had no idea what to do. But mainly his thoughts went to the tall woman that took charge first. ❝Son...I need you to bestow Heidi with the Queen Dowager title-❞
❝Huh?❞
❝Make it known that she is your sergeant mother until you can stand to fight against your mother, with that title The Tsaritsa cannot get rid of Heidi. I know she'll take great care of you.❞
❝Father, you're talking as if you're leaving me...Please don't.❞
❝Not everything is going to be easy, when the time comes and you've found those who will stand at your side along with Heidi, that is when you fight back with all your might. I pray that you remember what I've said today, avenge the innocent, and take the throne from the one who is not loved by her people.❞ M/n signs heavily while taking a seat on the edge looking out to the dead world ahead. "I'll take the throne with your name engraved in my heart, if I shall fail throw me to the ice, recount my lies, and damn my soul. For I, the only heir to Snezhnaya swear on my honor..."How much longer could M/n bear to hold back all the tears? The longer he stayed be wanted nothing more than to cry as the prince did. ❝And if it's right I don't care how long it takes As long as I'm with you I've got a smile on my face Save your tears, it'll be okay All I know is you're here with me~❞M/n looks over to see an afterimage of the previous king with tears of his own gliding down his face. "...I'll succeed... I have to and I won't die that's a promise."
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