[~ chapter 18 ~]

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I felt so powerful after leaving everyone on cliffhanger 😍

**WARNING** a very slightly steamy scene by the end, please read with caution or feel free to skip over if wished. It's just kissing you sinners. I see through your smutty minds 👀

There's also slight spoilers for Signora's backstory, although heavily altered by me for the sake of the story :P

I will mark the area for anyone who feels uncomfortable with reading the part!
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Part eighteen,

꧁ 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘻𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 ꧂

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"Greetings, doctor."

The hand on your shoulder made no motion in tightening, nor loosening the hold. Assuming it was a citizen wanting to greet you, you slowly turned around.

"Huh?"

When you looked back, you nearly fell back in surprise by a pair of huge breas-
*cough* There was a tall female with a strange black mask that covered her right eye. Her hair was pale blonde with crystal blue eyes that seemed to be frozen in time. Something about her seemed so familiar, yet you couldn't place how. Perhaps one of your past patients?

Although she was quite beautiful indeed.. Her choice of rather revealing clothes concerned you. A white gown that was dangerously close to exposing her breasts hung by her upper torso. She wore an elegant black jacket with fur lining the edges, while rose-like decorations highlighted her outfit. One thing obvious was that she wasn't from Inazuma. Perhaps Mondstadt? Fontaine? Wait.. "Hello! How can I help you?"

Signora blinked in confusion at your friendly response. As her guess, you didn't remember her. Still, the female felt rather surprised to see people who didn't cower at her presence.

She had already gotten used to the fright on people's faces whenever a harbinger came up to them. The Fatui were well known around the seven nations, feared and hated. But it seemed that these country rats had forgotten what they looked like after two years of isolation. People stared at her strangely, but didn't make any other movement. It had been so long since someone offered her a genuine smile.

"This matter isn't one to be talked in such settings. Perhaps some tea over our conversation?" She raised a brow in suggestion. The doctor seemed to think for a moment before nodding in approval. It was amusing to see how a person who freed an entire nation and changed its emperor was so naive and uncalculating. As if she saw her as a genuine person to trust.

"Very well then. Is Komore teahouse good?"

"Let us get moving."

The lady's name was Signora. No matter how much light conversation starters you threw at her to take, she always somehow found a way to answer with either a yes or no. You would've cried from the tension in the air if the walk continued any longer than a few minutes. Luckily, the teahouse infamous for the adorable Shiba Inu at the counter was nearby.

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