|| Oracle || Aether x Adeptus Reader

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He hasn't realized it but his small gestures is quite similar with his sister back when (Y/n) was still travelling with her. His sister had a habit of holding her hand whenever they would walk through paths, it was a habit of some sort with her twin she said. It brought comfort to one another, to allow them to have a clear thought to make rational decissions.

So seeing the other twin doing the same, brought a warm feeling for (Y/n) yet she couldn't help but feel upset. It clear as day to see how the twins needed each other. They were each other's half. Having the two separated, she could clearly see how lost they were without each other.

She hope that they'll reunite one day, until then, she will continue providing the comfort that the Traveler didn't know that he needed, like how she had provided for Lumine.

But then a thought came in mind making (Y/n) frown.

'What happened five hundred years ago? Where are you, Lumine?'

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The blonde traveller hasn't let go of her hand even for just a few seconds. (Y/n) remained silent, listening to the floating companion who was telling The Traveler all she knows about Mondstadt, mainly about the delicacies that the city could offer.

Once in a while, she would stop on her tracks to pick up some of the wild ingredients scattered all around them, which includes mushrooms, mints and sweet flowers. The duo watch her in confusion as the Traveler slowly let go of her hand just as she again crouched down.

"That's the fifth time we stopped!" Paimon accused. "What in the world are you doing?! Your making Paimon confused."

"May I remind you that I am the one cooking for you." The fox adeptus gaze met hers making the emergency food flinched. "I'm simply just gathering ingredients for our next meal in advance. Unless you want to starve?"

"It's fine, we're already heading for Mondstadt." her male companion gently told her. "We can just dine in there..."

The Blonde trailed off, realizing that he doesn't even have any mora on him to begin with. He doesn't have any from the moment he woke up on the beach. (Y/n) was the one who always fed him, he just gather some of the ingredients she needed in the wild.

He facepalmed, as Paimon slowly realized it too. "No! We're moraless! My fisherman's toast!"

"Just as I thought..." (Y/n) nodded to herself, not before letting out a "hmph!"

But then her eyes widened, feeling the sudden shift in the wind as a roar came through the air. Next thing she knows,  The Traveler wrapped his arms around her, sheilding her from a huge blue dragon that flew pass them from above.

"What is that?!" Paimon shrieked, hiding behind the Outlander at the sight of the huge ancient beast. "There's something huge, in the sky!"

(Y/n)'s thoughts went blank, drowning the voices of The Traveler and Paimon who were talking to each other. She heard it, as soon as the dragon passed, she heard his voice. His crying voice.

'Dvalin... I heard your cries of pain just now... Were you really in that much pain?...'

As a huli jing, (Y/n) has the ability to understand creatures who was the same as her. To feel and sense the emotions of the living, around her. That's how she heard Dvalin's cries. Somehow hearing him hurt her. She had once met the dragon herself when she once visited Barbatos and Dvalin was nothing but a gentle creature full of childlike wonder.

Oh how did this happen to a child like him?

"(Y/n)!" Her companion was shaking her, snapping back from her thoughts, she was met with worried golden eyes belonging to the blonde traveler. "Are you alright? Did that scared you?"