Children of Chaos

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two days after the whole chaos. thanks to rimuru, the entire teyvat has now calmed down and started to forget about the incident.

at the moment, inside the shogun's castle, eiko sat on the throne.

while Ei kneels in front of her as she teaches her daughter a few words.

Ei: now repeat after me. A!

Eiko: ay...

Ei: B!

Eiko: bi...

while aether simply leaned against one of the pillars, watching their interaction with a smile.

Paimon: so you're really going to take a break?

asked his flying companion as she flew over to the traveler.

Aether: yeah... at some point, you should see the tree, not the whole forest.

Paimon: ehh? what's with the philosophy? *chuckle* then so be it! as long as aether is happy, that's enough for paimon!

she said with a chuckle as she smiled at him.

back to eiko and her mother, they were laughing and smiling. eiko then approached her father.

Eiko: dear father!

eiko jumps onto her father's knee and starts climbing up towards him.

aether then picks her up, and hugs her as eiko rests her head on her father's chest.

Eiko: you know... I just learned some words thanks to dear mother!

she said, with a twinkle in her eye.

Aether: ohh? for example?

Eiko: "Torn to Oblivion!" like that, and "Inazuma shines eternal!" and that! *smiles*

aether turned his gaze towards Ei who had a smug on her face.

Aether: I see! you're so smart!

he said while smiling at eiko who replied with a small laugh.

Ei then approached them, pulling aether and eiko into a tight hug while sighing contentedly.

Ei: I just... want this and this alone...

Aether: me too... me too.

a smile spread across her face as aether returned the hug.

Aether: and don't forget about you too, paimon. you're also part of this family...

a feeling of recognition swept over her and then turned emotional.

she flew towards them, sobbing as she joined in the embrace.

Paimon: uwaaaaaa! thank you aether...! *crying*

Eiko: paimon is such a baby... mhm!

crying, laughing and smiling.

spread to the corner of the room.

▬▬▬

the scene changed to liyue, above the sky... the jade chamber.

inside the palace... the atmosphere seemed to drop to zero. there, in the corner, sat rimuru. with crossed arms and a difficult face.

*AGHH!*

a groan came from another room, which caused rimuru to flinch.

*UHHH!*

another groan, another flinch.

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