"For centuries he has been watching in the Land of Luminaris unchanged and unperturbed."
"In the deep heart of Arcaic City lies the abode of our beloved Archon. He watch his kingdom from above his golden realm."
"The dreams and ambitions of mortals...
They were all at Mt Aocang as a private place to converse with Venti including Zhongli, Xiao and Shiang without risk of being overheard as in Liyue there were some Fatui wandering around the harbor.
At a circular stone table. They were all seated while Venti thought ".... I see, so you say, Hiiro. Durin wants to kill me and Gold. Partly I think it's somewhat justifiable to try to kill me, but.... There's something you don't know about his story."
Venti closed his eyes as he sighed "Durin wasn't always this cruel, Hiiro. There is much more to what the legend tells about him and Dvalin hundreds of years ago. As you know well Durin was created by Gold which gives him a strong family connection to Nicredo even Albedo as brothers. But he when he lived, he wanted only to be free, free from Gold's influence. He even wanted to fly together with me and Dvalin through the vast skies of Monstadt."
Venti opened his eyes looking at the group "Durin had a gentle heart and was apparently unaware of his destructive actions in Mondstadt until Dvalin fatally wounded him. Even after he awoke and discovered that Dvalin had dealt him a fatal blow, Durin bore no ill will towards Dvalin or Barbatos and only wished they had met under better circumstances."
"..." Everyone was silent as Venti looked serious "Maybe what you saw was not the real Durin, true he might act like that but that he was not interested in respecting in life in the least shows that what you have acquired is not a full Durin, it is the negative essence of Durin."
Nito thought seriously "So.... You're proposing that in order to take away with that negative version, you have to find his other essence."
Zhongli looked serious "And the possibility is that it is somewhere completely isolated or even dormant inside Hiiro, if we find the other version maybe it can help Hiiro stop his negative and hate-filled version."
Venti sighed "The bad thing is that it would also be a double edged sword to do so, one is that there is a great risk of removing the seals imprisoning him and two, there could be a battle between two consciousnesses that could cause inreversible mental damage to Hiiro. No matter what you do, the process is dangerous and if you fail, there's not words necessary to say what will happen. right?"
"..." Everyone was silent as they felt unsure decide. Nito stood up "I think we should think about it more calmly but.... We can't let our guard down either, with each passing day I'm sure Durin is aware and knows we will try to eliminate him from consciousness, we need to study all options."
Everyone nodded in agreement, we need to study all possible options.
Nito looked at the two Yaksha's "I see you were also able to spend time together." Xiao didn't say "..." Shiang walked towards Nito "Something along those lines, your majesty~*"
Nito could only smile.
Arcaic City
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