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# "浮かぶ願い" ⤷ xiao

❝ your wish? ❞

. selected route ; 浮かぶ願い (floating dreams)

xiao . conqueror of demons

. scenario - in which xiao makes a wish for you ( fem! reader-insert )

. music - rises the moon : liana fiore

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RESPITE DID NOT come easily for those forsaken by the torments of their mind. Least of all, for someone like Xiao who has dedicated himself to the cruelest punishments for the sake of duty.

An Adeptus needs no sleep, possesses no need for mortal rest, and nor do they have the desire to eat. Upon soft earth, they walk as living proof of the divine and all that is godly. But for Xiao, he never viewed himself as such.

Adeptus he may be, he could never fully inherit what the mortals perceive as divine. A purity, a quality of perfection. With hands as bloodsoaked as his, how could he be equated to anything close to perfection? Sin marked onto his skin, etching scars that always bled even with the passage of time. Some scars were never meant to heal, and for someone cursed with an eternity, Xiao is pierced with agony every waking day.

So he learns to live with the burden of karma. His sole purpose hinged on his duty to protect the people of Liyue, a duty that Rex Lapis had entrusted him with. If there was anything he could promise, it was that he would honor his master's wish.

Xiao found ways to deal with his pain, to take his mind off of the thoughts that tormented him. He enjoyed the views that the peaks of Huaguang Stone Forest provided but could never quite find them as peaceful as his fellow Adeptus companions. So he made do with the heightened views of Wangshu Inn instead.

Centered in the middle between Dihua Marsh and the Giuli Plains, Xiao found the views there at night to be most spectacular. There, a vast sea of twinkling light could be viewed without the obscurity of stone peaks. He could breathe in the fresh air with a whiff of salt in the wind; the smell was comforting - coaxing his tense muscles to relax. He listened to the whisper of the wind, the muted conversations from the ground floor of the Inn; he familiarized himself in the quiet atmosphere.

There existed a complexity in Xiao's heart; one that he learned of having witnessed the Outlander's acts of bravery during the crisis of Liyue Harbor. Unparalleled in foolish needs to do what was best, the you and your companion endured trials after trials; unwilling to heed his warnings to stay out of trouble. Not only had you gone out of your way to meddle in their business, you saved all of Liyue out of kindness and great consideration. He understood your mission to be one of great undertaking thus the involvement was inevitable and yet, time and time ago - your paths crossed as if your fates were entwined.