SNEAK PEEK FOR MY WRIOLETTE AND ZHONGCHI SHOT (bc ik I'mma take a while, ignore the previous one, I made an error...)
A few days later, around the appointed time, I find myself standing too close to Childe to be considered a friend as my eyes constantly scouted the area. As if I expected something to go wrong... Childe however, didn't seem to show any hints of nerves. He walks into the main room of the Opera Epiclese and waits outside the large double doors in which I assume is the Iudex's office. "Ah Tartaglia... right on time" a man with jet black hair with streaks of grey coursing through it approaches my boyfriend with a small polite smile on his face, I instantly start to size him up. "And you are...?" he asks, my eyebrows raised as my focal point comes to the Duke's face, "please call me Zhongli... I'm the boyfriend of Mr Tartaglia, it's a pleasure to meet you" I say, offering a handshake in which he takes. After introductions are made, Wriothesley informs the two of us that the Iudex is currently discussing a matter with a colleague and will tend to us very shortly. "So you're from Liyue?" I nod, "indeed... I have resided in that area for the entire length of my life... however I have stayed in various nations including this one as well" I say, choosing my words carefully. "A well rounded man, I see!" he comments as his eyes focussed on my earring. "And please tell me Mr Zhongli... is your earring perhaps made of Xixia amber?" I raised an eyebrow, "a very insightful observation Mr Wriothesley... this was crafted several hundred years ago and given to me as a gift from my elder who taught me calligraphy" I bit my tongue a little, I knew I was lying, but I'd rather do that than expose myself. Of course.