❝𝐃𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐄❞

𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙞𝙛𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙚

chapter fifty-three: “son.”

• Lumine has a bad ending <3

• If the Mom's a hooker, then her son is too/j (Kaeya and MC vibes)

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     “YOU'RE NOT COMING WITH US?”

THE TRAVELER questioned, confused why the Queen turned back down her invite on traveling to Tevyat again. The emergency food wasn't pleased by her answer, a scrunched look on her face...

     "I'll be needing to talk to Barbatos. This is an important matter I need to tackle before I do something ghastly and reckless again," (Name) explained. "I may have caused a problem in another region... It's not pleasant, too."

     Lumine raised an eyebrow, "I didn't know you're a troublemaker, Tsunotaro."

     "It was accidental, I didn't mean to cause it... Maybe I caused a couple of casualties," the Queen scratched her cheek and averted her intent gaze. "Are you heading to Inazuma?"

     The blonde nodded, "Yes, but Mr. Zhongli told me they're in lockdown. Reminds me of when I first met you," she remarked. "Heard their Archon is terrifying, not very friendly unlike Mr. Zhongli and Venti."

Ignihyde, the Shroud brothers (Ortho and Idia), are in Inazuma at the moment. They sent letters through a servant, using underground measures to avoid the Shogunate and the three main clans—Kujou, Kamisato, and Hiiragi. (Name) knew about Ei locking herself in a domain, but another Raiden took her place to rule Inazuma...

     'It's impossible to be Makoto, she isn't terrifying and she has passed away already. Ei is in a domain or did she leave it without me knowing? No, no...' (Name) thought, calculating who might be the Raiden. 'If that's a new puppet, then why did she discard Kunikuzushi—'

     "Tsunotaro, are you listening to me?" Lumine asked, poking (Name)'s cheek. "You weren't listening to me."

     "I'm so sorry. Could you repeat it?"

     Lumine sighed, "The seas to Inazuma are dangerous and the trip is probably gonna take long if we have a boat. Then again, Paimon suggested we could use your dragon form to fly to Inazuma (cue for the Queen flinching from the idea)." She replied. "Then Lilia told us you're not in good condition, so I debunked the idea."

     (Name) chuckled nervously, "Debunked...?"

     "I turned down Paimon's offer... Right, you're that old."

     "Was that an insult, Traveler?"

     "HELP! NO, NO! TSUNOTARO, I LOVE YOU! I DIDN'T MEAN TO!"

— Mondstat, Windrise

     Venti was laughing, holding his stomach and almost falling on the branch again. "She called you old?! AHAHAHA!" He said, pointing at his dear friend. "Can't relate. You can compete with Morax with your age at this point—"