!READER GENDER IS FEMALE!
...sorry!
She who travelled the stars in search of one thing and that alone only, her name.
"Who am I?"
No one dared answer the question.
"How long has it been?"
No one dared question her asking.
Quiet personality had led p...
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You thanked the staffs for their service and proceeded to walk towards Zhongli. You had questions for him and it has to be in private.
"Oh, hello there, old friend."
You halted and looked up at him, confused as to what he meant by old friend. He realized what he had said and gave you an apologetic smile.
"Apologies, it seems that I have mistaken you as someone else entirely. Where is the companion of yours?" He changed topic, looking at the closed door just by the other side of the path.
"They're still talking to Childe but, I have questions."
Zhongli didn't say a word but you could see his posture shifting and him nodding as a signal for you to go on.
"How did you know where the exuvia is?" He kept silent about your question, that even made you more curious so you turned to look at him. It looks like he's trying to avoid you compared to when you were with the others that he kept staring at you as if admiring you like an art piece.
"Hm, I do not exactly know where they hid it but one way to know is to get acquainted with the Tianquan." He finally said. A very subtle answer but that is enough for you. You would've thought the same if it were the Liyue Qixing that hid away the corpse of the art of geo.
"Y/N," you heard your name getting called. You looked up to him, confused as to how he knew your name but it was probably a slip of tongue by either Paimon or Lumine that caused him to know of it.
"I'm... Truly sorry." He once again apologized, this time, being even more sympathetic as ever. It was kind of a surprising reaction from him as earlier, he seemed calm as tea and very mature. You didn't expect him to have such.. Pathetic of an expression on his face.
"Why—"
"Zhongliii! We're here!"
The two of you heard Paimon's voice grabbing both of your attentions and pulling you out of your curiosity into prying any deeper from Zhongli's weird actions.
"Hello, traveler. After your experience here in the land of the absentee archon, how does it feel that our archon and adepti are ever so present around?"
Zhongli asked such a sudden question that took Lumine by surprise. She looked at Paimon who shrugged her shoulders and pointed at you. You on the other hand pretended to look confuse and smiled, acknowledging them.
"So uh, Zhongli was asking if how do you li—"
"Mondstadt has fresh breeze and seemed more loose. But Liyue is more lively." Lumine blinked in confusion as how sudden you just answered as if you understood what Zhongli tried to ask. She looked back at the older man and nodded.
"Mondstadt is a great place but Liyue is very lively." Lumine answered. You smiled a little knowing that Lumine's answer depended on you. Zhongli didn't seem fazed at all, he just closed his eyes and nodded as if processing the question.
