Oath [BL; Book 2]

8

"Ahaha," Aether laughed as Paimon fretted about him disappearing, "I was only gone for the night!"

"Paimon was so worried!" She scolded him, "You're not allowed to visit Zhongli without Paimon ever again! Ooo, Paimon's so mad!" She huffed puffing her cheeks.

"I'm sorry Paimon, I'll take you next time."

"Hm.." Tighnari watched Aether a moment then left the room after writing something down. Nahida spoke to Wanderer who noticed him approach then went quiet. "Nahida." He got her attention, "I'd like to talk to you about something."

"Of course what is it?" She faced his way giving her full attention.

"I'd like to talk about the Traveler's condition, is seems it's gotten better, quite literally overnight." He crossed his arms thinking about it, "His body has already recovered quite a bit, and it only took one night."

"Yes, I understand that, the Traveler is known to have a speedy recovery, but this is quite alarming I will say that." She agreed, "But we should look at the brighter side, now we're making some progress. I'm glad the Traveler can rest easier, has he been taking the medicine as he should?"

"Yes, but it didn't have any effect on him at all, least to say it did nothing for him." Cyno came into the conversation and added,

"For anything, it seemed to make the Traveler worse." He then went on saying, "I've written a detailed log keeping track of his sleeping habits, you're more than welcome to look it over." Cyno handed over the file to Nahida who reached for it.

"There's some gaps." Wanderer pointed out only looking over her shoulder for a glance.

"That's because he's disappeared a few times. I couldn't keep track then," Cyno explained, "I'd like to track a full week to note any progress."

"Hm, he's disappeared?" Nahida questioned it.

"He went off to speak to a "Zhongli" last night, his condition was better because of that." Tighnari sighed and said, "Maybe bringing them here would be a good idea, whoever it is, in hopes they're a doctor, they can help us come up with a solution for his trauma."

"Zhongli..." Nahida narrowed her eyes thinking thoroughly of the situation, "Ah, I see." She then gave a nod, "Alright, I will see what I can do. Cyno, I'd like to ask you to be our envoy." She smiled.

Cyno was quick to agree, "Of course."

"Travel to the nation of Geo. I'll give you more details once we reach the city."

"Right."

"Wanderer, continue your research and report to me anything you find."

"Hmph."

They dispersed as she wanted leaving only Tighnari who said, "I'll go back to monitoring his health, should I make any more medicine even though it shows no signs of helping him?"

"Well, I'd like to talk to you about a new medicine I've been preparing. Your knowledge on medical brews and herbs will help me stabilize it's affects. Would you care to give me a hand?"

"Oh, then I'll help where I can." He agreed.

Aether walked along the city with Paimon and Collei having a day to simply enjoy the scenery and humidity. The weather seemed to always drizzle but not a shower that was rough enough to keep them inside. In Gandharville Nahida saw Cyno to the entrance of the tunnel leading toward the Chasm.

Walking along the path he worried and said, "This should be far enough, I wouldn't be happy making you walk the rest of the way."

"Hehe, it's alright Cyno, I'm capable of getting back on my own. Anyway, I'd like for us to be far from the others."