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"... I'm-- the one who supposed to be on your place, Aether..." Xiao hug his knees.

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"X-Xiao??! It's me, Paimon! Are you here??!" Paimon yelled out for Xiao on wangshun inn. But no sign of Xiao was there, even though she already bring almond tofu with her that she don't know it'll be a waste or not, she still called out his name repeatedly.

"Xia--"
"please Let me, Paimon."  Paimon got cut out by a man from behind her.

"Xiao, I'm ordering you to come forward on my face, now." He ordered in a sentence.

"... Morax? I mean, Mr. Zhongli?" Xiao finally appear out of nowhere after some time. 

"It's about traveler, since i heard the news from one of my mutual from a far, he's--- dead right, Xiao?" Xiao look down with dissatisfied face knowing so well what he has done, all his fault, and -- mistake. 
"i have, a good news and bad news for you, which one you want to heard first?" 

Xioa look up to Zhongli with confused expression, he gulp down his saliva for what he want to heard first of all, sweatdrop falls on his face, he shut his eyes just to make sure he want to heard the good one 1st or the bad one 1st. 

After a while, he look up to Zhongli with answer ready on his mouth. 
"good news please..." 

"fine,"
"..."
"he's healthy and alive, and moving around like everyone used to know him."
"W-What?? Am'i miss heard-- it, Mr. Zhongli?" Xiao back away and gasping for air numerous time from shock and happiness. 

"The bad news is, after i revive and replace his body parts, he lost all his memories. You see, He's down here, sitting obiently to every order that given to him. He didn't felt any pain, emotion, feeling, nor purpose of life. He has forgot about everything, no matter how many times i've told him that i'm the Geo lord or i'm Morax, he'll forgot about it on the next day eventually."

Xiao stunned, he run out of words to spoke, his eyes widen with mixed feeling in it, he look down from top of wangshun inn he's on just to check on Aether who sitten silent, not moving an inch even when the wind blew away with dust in it, he stunned still. No soul at all on his now shiny golden-brown eyes, that beautiful blond hair is now has brownish color on the tip inform him that the Geo archon himself has revive him incomplitely. 

"We shall head back down to him, we cant let him stay alone that way, he wont realize it,but its still too dangerous eventually when he accidentally meet with some enemies or so on. Do you, want to came along with us, Xiao?" Zhongli invite stunned Xiao, with no words slip from his mouth, he tag along behind Zhongli that walking towards Aether. 

They walk along together, towards spacing out Aether, and sit on the chair that surrounded his table. 

"Greeting Traveler this is one of your friends, Adeptus Xiao, he's a Conqueror of Demons, 1 of 5 yaksha of mine. He protect this land along side me for thousand years already, Xiao this is our traveler Aether." Zhongli introduce Xiao to Aether like he used to everyone. Xiao looking towards Aether with bitter feelings. 

"Greeting, im the Conqueror of Demons-- Alatus Nemeseos, for now i intend to go by Xiao." Xiao introduce himself with his real name towards Aether who stay watching him with smile that Paimon, Baizhu, and Zhongli been teaching and remind him everyday. it's warm and soft, but felt so-- void and empty. 

"I'am Aether, traveler from afar, and i--- i'm-- ahh..."
"what's wrong traveler?" ask Xiao worried. 
"i'm, Xiao, Why are--- you--- i'm, nice to meet you!" he sounds like broken CD but with straight and still face.