Counter Guardians, the eternal cleaners of humanity's mess. Once a person has joined their ranks, there is no escape. Or is there? Due to certain events, Counter Huardian EMIYA was relinquished of his duties, now he lives peacefully in a small town along with his adopted daughter. This is a story of a once broken man's somewhat peaceful life... emphasis on somewhat. (Connected one-shots/ No overarching plot) Crossposted on Fanfiction.net

There rumor spread in Teyvat, about a handsome blonde man with a cute 3 pair of whiskers always helping anyone who was in need. Sometimes people call him a Hero of the Teyvat but some of them call him an Archon. But every time people call him an Archon, he always tells them that he is just a human and forbids them from calling him an Archon. But people were too stubborn and kept calling him one which made the blonde hero a bit depressed. Without he knowing, he drew so many interested people to him. But no one knows, where to find this man. And this is where our heroine, Lumine had a fated encounter with him.

Being the outcast of the Seven was never easy. Neither was being judged for his drinking habits, or thought by others to take everything for granted, not deserving his position between the Seven. But what helped was that they never pronounced those thoughts aloud, so Barbatos could act as if he never noticed the cold stares, the judging looks. That was until he came in late to one of their most important meeting. So what happens when Barbatos goes missing, and the only sign that he is alive is the slow and steady beating of his gnosis, connected to the other archons'? ~ Or an AU where the Original Seven are still alive and never died, and judge Barbatos too harshly. But we still love them. PS: as of the 2.6 update, which is the time I started writing this fanfic, we know nothing of the former archons, we still didn't meet the new ones, thus why they might be ooc, but for the sake of the story, we're going to ignore it. I just changed the name of the Dendro Archon to her original one because, for those who will see this in the futur, this fanfic wasn't posted when 3.0 came out, so it was easy for me to just put Rukkhadevata instead of Kusanali :) As we progressed in game with the Sumeru Archon Quest, I slowly started to accommodate with the names, but I left out a part of the lore, only using an information I need from the last cutscene, but you should still beware of spoilers!!!