Whale and Dragonfly // OC x Childe Genshin Impact fanfiction

Chapter 4: The explanation

"Uh-huh, thanks, Sergei." Harbinger stood up from his seat, taking the package from the mysterious man hands.

"There's something else I have for you..." mysterious figure spoke again, before unbuttoning his jacket and pulling out a bunch of papers. He handed them to Childe, just like he did with package. "This is the list of new recruits who'll be joining Fatui in 3 months. Her Majesty assigned you to welcome them."

"I see..." Dark figure was covering most of her view, but she could see her friend reading the front paper. "Was she included, like I asked?"

"Yes, Master Childe. Your orders were received and completed."

"Understood. Dismissed." Harbinger said coldly.

Mysterious figure vanished in the cloud of black smoke, just like he first appeared. Girl was looking at the place he stood with her eyes slightly widened in shock.

"W-What was that?" she asked with her voice shaky.

"Ah, no one too important. Sergei, one of my agents."

"Your... agents?" girl was curious, not understand a single thing he just said.

"Yes. Harbingers are the elite of the Fatui. We have our own... let's say, servants. They help out with business if really needed, paper work mostly." Looking up from the documents Fatui Agent just gave him and seeing that the girl was staring at him with visible confusion, he sighed. "Seems like I have a lot of explanation to do, don't I?"

Confused girl could only nod, not even sure if she's going to understand the explanation he'll give her.

Young Harbinger sat down at his desk again, placing the package on the floor next to his chair and documents on one of the paper piles. Quickly scribbling something on the document he was recently working on and putting it away, he picked up the package again, placing it on his desk. Girl watched him unpack it, the food in her plate was left completely forgotten.

From this distance, she couldn't tell what was inside the package. But it soon became clear as he pulled out a black and purple outfit, showing it for her.

"This is for you."

"I... w-what?" Girl was even more confused.

Boy sighed, folding the outfit and placing it back in package. He sat down on his chair, sighing once again before turning to face Charlotte, his eyes cold.

"Listen... I saved you... But the cost of your life will be hard to pay. If you don't want to end up being killed, you... you'll have to become one of us. One of the Fatui." He was staring at her with cold, lifeless eyes, like a predator stares at his pray.

Girl felt her heart skip a few beats. She'll have to join the Fatui? The stories everyone is telling about them seem to be true. They really are merciless organisation when it comes to debts, dealing with them and war businesses. Why would she ever join them?

On other hand... Is there anything she's got to lose? Her entire family is dead. She barely survived herself. Thinking logically, if the word about her surviving Harbinger's ambush got out, both, her and Ajax would be in great danger. This seems to leave her no other choice.

"A-Alright... Got it..."

Orange-haired man was surprised that she technically agreed to join this easily. This only made his job here easier, then.

"Good. You'll join together with new recruits in 3 months. With right medicine and treatment, your wounds should heal within 1 month. Other 2 months we'll spend training."

"Training?"

"Yes, training." Boy stayed silent for a moment. "You seem to be a great warrior in spirit. I want to see how far you can go with that..." He chuckled. "Who knows? Maybe one day you'll become a Harbinger, just like me."

Information was a bit too much for girl to take in. She'll be training? With 11th Harbinger himself? Become one of the Harbingers herself?

She winced in pain and held her head as the pain intensified the more she was thinking about all of this Fatui business. Seeing her now fragile body, boy was quick to stop her from overthinking.

"It's only in future. We must let you fully heal first. Now, finish your dinner and go back to sleep."

Girl only nodded, picking up the spoon again. All of sudden, she didn't have any appetite left. Forcing herself to finish it, she emptied the entire plate and cup with tea. Wolfhooks tea seemed to start working immediately, supressing the pain to the minimum.

Noticing that she's done with her meal, Ajax came to collect dishes, taking them to kitchen. Girl heard running water noises and plates clinging together, indicating that he washed them. Once he returned, his face was blank once again.

"Feeling better?" he asked, no tone in his voice.

"Yes... Thank you..." girl nodded.

"Good. Back to sleep now."

"Ain't I... occupying your bed?" Charlotte only now realized she was laying in the bed that had enough place only for 1 person.

"You are. I'll sleep on the sofa in the living room. Don't think much about it. Now, time for you to go back to sleep. We'll talk more tomorrow."

Girl nodded again, before slowly shifting to laying position again, dragging the blanket over herself. Her friend shut down the lights, walking out of room and closing the door behind. She heard him murmur something, but the blanket over her head blocked the sound. It was just a simple 'goodnight', she assumed.

No matter how exhausted she felt, she couldn't fall asleep. Everything was happening just too fast. What made her most concerned wasn't this entire Fatui business she found herself tangled in, but her childhood friend.

How a sweet and shy boy like him could become one of the most dangerous warriors in Teyvat? She knew very well how much he wanted to be like his father, an adventurer, but wasn't this taken too far?

Other thing she couldn't stop thinking about was his eyes. Once beautiful, full of life and happiness blue orbs didn't hold any light in them anymore. They were dull, almost emotionless, deeper shade of blue than the deepest ocean.

It's been almost 12 years from the last timethey've seen each other. Just what exactly happened during this period of time?Did they miss a lot in each other's life? Definitely.