Eye Of The Storm || Diluc X Reader

Chapter 17: Will Of Stone

The gentleness of the sun's rays woke you from your rather restless sleep, yawning and stretching as the daze over you hadn't quite cleared yet. You felt sluggish as you didn't rest well at all, you kept waking up so many times in the night and having to force yourself back asleep again just to make sure you had enough energy in the morning. Throwing off the blanket, you treaded to the shower to get yourself up and energized for the very long day that was ahead of you.

When you left your room and went down the stairs, you saw Lumine and Diluc talking to a rather fine looking man dressed in coppery tones. He looked like he had stories that no one could find written in a book, well put together and organized, something that rivaled your own boldness. Lumine turned her head at the creak of the wood and quickly waved to you to come over as you sighed internally at being careless.

"Mors, this is Zhongli! He the consultant of the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, he's a good friend of mine." Lumine beamed as you walked up to her. You locked eyes with him as he gave you a soft smile, though you could tell he was uneasy with you having horns.

"I don't bite. I promise." You smiled at him with all teeth as he had a small inhale at the sight of your rather large fangs. You chuckled to yourself as Lumine nudged you lightly.

"So, I'm guessing we're leaving soon?" Diluc cleared his throat to which you all nodded yes to.

On the way down to the ground floor was completely silent, though you were too distracted to comment. You wanted to mess around for a bit and just start running, though you had no idea where you got your random burst of energy from. You were the first one off the elevator, skipping around the workers and guests who almost had a heart attack at you being so eager to move around. You couldn't help but laugh a bit as they were scared out of their minds, waiting on the path for the rest of the group.

"Paimon never thought we would get to see you so energized." The pixie noted as she appeared from who knows where.

"Everyone gets random bursts of energy right? So why can't I have one too?" You shrugged while turning your full attention back on the path that would take you to Liyue Harbor.

The whole trip you were like this, an extra pep in your step and enough energy to climb and jump off of things for fun. Naturally you were watched like a child, mostly by Zhongli who had been studying you to try and guess how you would react to certain things. Occasionally you'd hear someone speak up, typically Lumine, to try not to scare off the people here. So in compensation for that halfway through the trip you decided to go after random hilichurls. The first time you ran off everyone flinched and ran to catch up with you and see where the hell you went, only to notice you off in the distance getting into a scuffle. You'd quickly rebound though, joining the group once more as soon as the fight was over to give them a smile in reassurance. Quite honestly, you had no idea why you felt so childish but still enjoyed every single moment of the different change of pace. You more or less tapped into your lack of sense in danger as you finally approached Liyue Harbor, deciding it would be better to walk with the group into the city.

And Liyue Harbor was nothing compared to what you'd thought it was. It was much larger than Mondstadt and looked to be much busier as ships would come and leave daily. But that was only from the view above the hill, you made your way down the staircase and pas the gate with the two Millielith standing on each side. You quite instantly noticed people point at you with all the confidence that you wouldn't see them, and when you locked eyes with said people they'd jump in their own skin and turn away. Did you really look that scary to them?

"You'll have to excuse me, I have some merchants to meet up with." Diluc spoke up, getting nods from the three of you. Quietly he left as you three were left standing in the middle of what you presumed to be some sort of work place.