Rising Flame || Diluc X Reader

Chapter 7

"Lady Helia-" 

"I'm alright. Spread the word to commence the plan." 

A week later (Kaeya POV)

"Kaeya. You're here." 

"Acting Grand Master." 

"I've received reports that some of the Knights are unaturally aging." 

"What do you mean by that?" 

"They've aged years in a week." 

"I see. I'll look into it."

A lot of investigating and work later...

"I see. So it was the fatui." (Jean) 

"I've confiscated all the delusions."(Kaeya) 

"We need to stop this at its source. But..." 

"I'll ask Diluc. He probably has a lot of experience with this. And since he's not affiliated with the knights..." 

"Alright." 

I walked out of her office and sighed. 

"Now... to find that grumpy redhead." 

"Um sir, if you mean Diluc then... I heard he was at Angel's share talking with some merchants." 

"Hm. Alright then." 

I immediately headed towards the tavern. When I got there, I saw two men talking with him, but they soon left. 

"Master Diluc." 

"What do you want?" 

"Can we talk in private? I don't want an audience." 

"Let's go to the back." 

When I confirmed that we didn't have any evesdroppers, I sighed. 

"Delusions." 

"What?" 

"The fatui has been manufacturing delusions and passing them out to the knights. One of the side effects is quicker aging and a lot of them have been affected." 

"I see."

"I've confiscated all the delusions, but we need to destroy the factory." 

"And you're certain it was somewhere in Monstadt?" 

"You can't sneak this many into the city from abroad without us noticing. Aaaaand I already found the location." 

"Good for you." 

"You're coming with me." 

"Why? Take one of the knights." 

"The knights are a political organization. Dawn winery legally isn't. The knights can't get involved but you can." 

"How about you?" 

"I do whatever I want. I think they consider me kinda independent from the knights." 

"So. You want me to help you infiltrate and destroy a fatui factory." 

"Yeah." 

"What's in it for me?" 

"She'll probably be there." 

"So?" 

"I'll probably have to hand her over to the knights..." 

"Ugh. Fine." 

End of Kaeya POV

"They should be here by now." You sighed while leaning against the wall.