Devil's Path (Genshin Impact x OC)

Chapter 12: Basking in Festivities

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With only a week left until the new year, the festive air in Liyue Harbor is increasing as the decorations are already set in place.

Of course, Lucius and Paimon won't miss out on such a big festival, considering the spectacle they saw during the last Lantern Rite.

Over by Feiyun Slope, while enjoying the decorations that have infested Liyue Harbor. Lucius notices one of his girlfriends, Keqing, with Charlotte of all people.

Lucius: Charlotte? Keqing?

Keqing: Oh, hello Lucius.

Keqing greets with a smile as she walks over and gives him a kiss on the cheek.

Lucius: Was I interrupting something?

Charlotte: Not at all. I wasn't in the middle of an interview or anything. I was just asking Miss Keqing about purchasing a kite.

Lucius: A kite? Bringing something to show in Fontaine?

Charlotte: Well, yes. And...

Keqing: It seems you haven't heard yet. The theme of this year's Lantern Rite is "Kites."

Lucius: That explains the lot of them floating in the sky.

Keqing: Liyue Harbor is always changing, so it is only fitting that Lantern Rite should change in turn. The Qixing believes it would benefit Liyue to build on our own cultural foundation by embracing the technologies of other nations. After all, it is said that "the stones of another mountain may serve to better polish one's own jade."

Keqing: So, Ningguang organized a private meeting with Miss Charlotte to ask for her help in fostering cooperation with the right people.

Lucius: Huh.

Keqing: In the end, we decided to combine Liyue's traditional art of kite-making with Fontaine's "Mechanical Vertical Lifting Device."

Paimon: Mechanical... Lifting Device? Sounds pretty impressive! But don't kites just use the wind to fly? Why would you need to add something mechanical?

Keqing: Well, you've actually just answered your own question, Paimon. How high and far a kite can fly depends as much on the weather conditions as on the skill of the person holding the string.

Charlotte: But as soon as there's no wind, you can only flail about helplessly like a Sweet-Flower Medaka out of water. Experience doesn't matter at that point.

Keqing: Exactly. Liyue is now a nation ruled by humans after all. It's about time we had the power to make a kite fly, don't you think? Plus, the easier we can make it to enjoy, the more people will want to participate!

Lucius: Hm, not a bad idea.

Charlotte: Right!? I also thought it was a novel idea! Plus, it shouldn't cost much to do.

Keqing: With Miss Charlotte's help, everything has gone smoothly. Our new mechanical kites are already available to purchase from a stall in the harbor. We're having trouble keeping up with demand. We also gave quite a bit of thought to the price. We didn't want it to be too much more expensive than a traditional kite.

Paimon: Cool! Turns out you two and Ninguang like playing with toys just as much as Paimon!

Keqing: Toys? They're not exactly toys...