Hunter's Abyss Prologue
"Alatus! Dinner's ready!" His mother called, "W- wait! I'm coming!" Alatus ran downstairs quickly as he could.
"Hehe, my my Alatus, did you play with the toys your father sent you? I bet you love it so much!" His mother smiled, "Mhm I love it! When will Father come home?"
"Oh," His mother waved a hand in the air, "I bet he'll be here in just a minute." The door slammed open, displaying a figure on the door, "Yo kiddo!"
Alatus' eyes shined bright seeing his father on the door, "Father, you're back!" Alatus hugged his father tight and cutely, "Welcome home dear, how was work?" She greeted. She settled her spatula.
"Ah~, it was great! They gave me a raise for a month! How good is that?!" His father said excitedly, "My! That's great! Shouldn't we get Alatus a gift for his birthday?"
"Oh, right! My lil' champ is going to be 6 years old, right? Little man's getting a bit old!" His father ruffled Alatus' hair.
"Alrighty kiddo! How about we go somewhere that is worth it as your gift, huh?" His father grinned at him, "Ooh~, that'll be a good bonding, right? Is it okay for you, mom?"
"Of course, we can! I can't see any problem with it." The house was filled with laughter and jokes as a foot was seen outside their home, and a knock on the door was heard on their front door.
"Oh, someone's at the door, let me take-!" A splash of red tainted his mother's face and clothes, his father was beheaded by a random figure standing in front of them.
"A- Alatus! Hi-!" Before she could finish her sentence, she was also beheaded by the other following behind. There's two of them... no three...
"That's enough, both of you. I only told you not to attack, but you, you both disobeyed my orders." A high-pitched tone came behind the two.
"We are sorry, we got carri-" the one who spoke was raised in the air, "That won't add in on your excuse." The high-pitched tone said sternly.
It felt like this guy or what Alatus thought is the leader in all three of them, "This child..." he turned to both of the Demons sharply,
"This child is around 5 years old and is about to celebrate his birthday which is a memorable moment for a child and you both took it away from him by killing his mortal parents for your gain to satisfy me. This is... I won't accept this!"
In just a raise of his voice, the demons head snapped in an instant without warning. The "leader" sighed, he crouched down and raised his hand which made Alatus close his eyes.
The "leader" slowly caressed the young boy's cheeks, "Barbatos" the "leader" said, Alatus opened his eyes from the name, "My name is Barbatos, nice to meet you, I'm sorry about them."
The voice of Barbatos was soft, at least in Alatus' perspective, "Y- you k- killed them..." Barbatos' eyes squinted his eyes at the boy, "I know, I should've controlled them better." He spoke softly towards the boy.
Neither Barbatos wants to hurt the boy or not, Alatus tries to not trust Barbatos even a bit, "I like you." Alatus shot a confused look at Barbatos, "Nothing. I can see something within you, for now, live your life. When you're old enough, I'll come visit you, or when you're lonely, just call my name 'kay?" He stood up from his crouching position,
"I'll call a service for you to make you feel safe, don't worry about me, I'll be fine."
Barbatos... "W- wait!" Barbatos looked again at the boy, "Hm?" "A- Alatus..." Barbatos smiled at the child below him, "I see... See you next time, Alatus. May I wish you a wonderful evening."
Alatus blinked as he saw that he's grown older, "This... this is the beginning, Barbatos..."
Medieval Times
The war... the war between all of the nations has finally stopped, Liyue has won against the war they're facing. The prince, Xiao, has finally made a rest.
He's exhausted, now that they won, his father, Zhongli, the king, said to celebrate their victory over Inazuma and Fontaine.
The prince lost his beloved siblings and friends during that war... it made an impact on his heart. He also noted that his father said to find a wife to marry, which he decided to roam around the city streets to think, but he didn't think that this would happen.
As he roamed the streets, he heard a certain poem along with the Lyre playing with the poem, Xiao found it intriguing and nice to hear. He wanted to check it out and found a beautiful poet reciting the poem.
The poet was surrounded by the children and the old, they loved his stories, until they made an eye contact after the poet finished.
There was something Xiao wanted to say... but he kept his silence and never told a soul what he wanted to say.
Reveal it for me, dear poet.
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"Subject"(XiaoVen Au)
Fiksi PenggemarXiao, one of the most top secret agents who got assigned to one of his organization's enemy for a long time, his father and the Tsaritsa assigned him in that organization. "A weapon..." they said, but Xiao couldn't care less as long as his opponent...
