𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐖𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 - Neuvillette

𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝

"Y/N! I missed you!" Came the small voice of your little sister, Jade.

"Ms. Chevalier. You have been selected for Fontaine Academy's highest rankings," Came the voice of your teacher.

"Y/N! You're too funny!" Came the voice of your best friend, Claire.

You sat on the floor of the damp, wet lab. The humid air surrounded you and filled your nose. It sickened you, but you were used to it.

Your life was miserable. Four years of torture, wasting away in this filthy lab, with filthy spots of blood and fabric on the ground.
You were a hostage, taken by Vacher, to do experiments on that vile substance, the Sinthe. And that other vile substance, the "Water from the Primordial Sea."

Vacher had taken you away, kidnapped you, and had made you drink that seawater. It stung, yes, but it did not kill, as he was hoping. You did not dissolve, you were a failed test subject.

So you spent your days hastily handing Vacher test tubes and newspapers. He always threatened to kill you if you did not oblige, and slapped you occasionally when you were being "lazy."

Life truly was a mess for you.
Thankfully, Vacher had left for something, so you had the space to yourself.
You dreamed of going up again, dreamed of seeing the sun, dreamed of feeling dry, not wet and sticky..

You sighed, exasperated.

"Are you okay?" A voice called from a few feet away.
You let out a small gasp in surprise. No one else had come here since the last victim....so that can only mean...

"Are you a new victim? Get out of here, now. I'll show you the way," You stood up hastily, but instead of seeing a young Fontinian woman, you saw a girl with short blond hair, outlandish clothes, and an odd floating fairy.
"What the..."

"Who are you?" Asked the blond outlander. "I'm...uh...Y/N Chevalier," you said, your expression blank.
"Paimon's Paimon! And this is Lumine," said the floating fairy. Lumine nodded in agreement.

"He-Hello," You say, breathless. Had someone come to save you...?
"We are attorneys, working for the case of Vacher and Navia," Lumine explains.

Vacher and Navia were two words which you knew, so you understood.
"Vacher....has been put...on trial?" You murmured.

A feeling of ecstasy shot through you, your heart leaping with joy. "Lumine! Paimon! Please help me! I am one of the hostages he took, and I am somehow alive. Please, please, please help me get out of here. Please help me...." You shouted, tears streaming down your tired face.
Lumine came over and put her arm around your shoulders, wiping your tears.

"It's okay. I've got you. Now, can you tell me more about this place?"
"O-Of course. Right. So, I'm assuming you know of S-Sinthe?"
"Yep yep! We know about the dissolving and everything!" Chirped in Paimon.

"So, uh, this is the lab that he worked in. Here, there are samples of Sinthe, and over there is the Primordial Seawater..." you mumbled.
"Okay...okay..." Paimon wrote down your words in this weird notebook.

Once you had finished showing them around the lab, and giving them your personal experiences, they quickly rushed you out of the lab, and up into the fresh daylight.
Oh, it was absolutely wonderful, feeling the warmth of the sun, the freshness of the cool breeze. In four whole years, your life was made a hellhole, and now it's like you were in heaven. For the first time in years, you grinned so wide, the whole of Teyvat could fit on your lips. You were eternally grateful to these angels, Lumine and Paimon.

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───

You, Lumine, and Paimon swam to the shore, and you leapt up in bliss. You breathed in the fresh Fontaine air, and admired the beautiful scenery. The Romaritime Flowers glistened in the sun, and just up ahead, you could see two Mekas dancing, their movements swaying and beautiful.
Just up ahead was the wondrous Opera Epiclese, the place you had dreamed of working in. And now that you were finally free...