Wandering Paws [genshin impact x cat!reader]

Chapter 16 - How To Become An Air Raid 101

"Childe, you are as fond of jokes as ever. Well then, since we've purchased our kites without incident, there's no need to take a break before moving to the next step of our preparations. The rite of parting requires helping hands as well as materials. We should be able to find some people near the harbour." Zhongli said. "Oh, by the way, take this bag of money. You probably won't want Zhongli to do the bargaining, if you know what I mean." Zhongli said while handing Aether a heavy bag of mora. You followed them and watched the cycle of Zhongli telling he'll pay in full, only for Aether and Paimon to say no and begin bargaining. For you, it kinda felt a bit strange. Whenever you went to buy from npcs you were never allowed to bargain. Either way, there were always two types of genshin players. The ones with no mora, too many materials to know what to do with, and terrible artifact luck, then the ones with too much mora to know what to do with, little to no materials, and the artifact luck that shoots through the roof. You speak from experience with your other genshin friends. (if you have no friends pretend that having friends was never mentioned)

You all went back to Childe. "All finished then? Splenid. Any leftover cash is yours to keep. A favour for the fatui should not go unrewarded." Childe said. "You thinks you can buy us off with some loose change? No way! Paimon demands to know when the next payment is coming!" Paimon said angrily while Aether face palmed. "Well, how does this sound: You give me the information I need and maybe I'll leave the northland bank's vault open and unattended for an hour?" Childe said with a smirk. "What info do you need?" Paimon asked enthusiastically. "No!" Aether said sternly. "Huh? Aether, does that mean you know what he's after?" Paimon asked. "Are you forgetting what happened in mondstadt?" Aether asked. "Yikes! You're right, Signora...!" Paimon said while Childe's smile instantly disappeared. "You both need to calm down. I don't know what's gotten into you Aether. Just what is this about? The atmosphere is so tense all of a sudden." Childe said instantly smiling again. "Bitch don't think I didn't see you." You said while biting his shoe in an attempt to wound his toes. "Even you Fluffy?" Childe while looking at you.

You didn't listen to what they were saying and continued to bite at Childe's legs, even when Zhongli came over to talk about getting incense. Childe ended up picking you up and holding you away from him to avoid getting bitten. After speaking, he put you down and left. You followed Aether and Zhongli to bubu pharmacy since you didn't see any parkour shortcuts you could take. While walking you thought about if you would need a gliding license now that you had your glider. Would you get arrested if you didn't have one? Or would you get arrested for not following the gliding rules? How would they even arrest you? Keep you in a kennel in jail? You followed Aether into the pharmacy and then jumped onto one of the shelves. You sniffed an expensive vase that held some sort of green plant. It smelled familiar for some reason. The sweet smell of it's leaves- "Wait, why is there catnip here?... I'm sure they wouldn't mind I chew on them for a bit." You began chewing on the catnip while Aether, Paimon, and Zhongli spoke to Qiqi. 'Wait... could I make a wind current and then just glide on it as much as I want? Wait, WITH THE POWER OF THE ANEMO GNOSIS CAN I BASICALLY JUST FLY?!' You needed to test this. Now.

You jumped onto the floor and went outside for more space. You saw Childe eavesdropping outside and didn't mind you, probably since you were a cat. You went to the back of the pharmacy and started making a wind current. Instead, of making a wind current, you accidentally made a large pulse of anemo which sent you up, very painfully, and then you hit the ground with a thud. "Maybe I should practice my anemo first-" You tried making the mini venti ult back when you fought the millelith soldiers in jueyun karst. A black orb surrounded with a turquoise aura appeared before you, and you quickly de summoned it. Next, wind current... how the fuck are you supposed to do that. You tried making really strong wind, and you instead made a mini tornado which you quickly de summoned in a panic. "Okay, okay, chillee. Make the wind less violent and go upwards." You tried to collect anemo energy in front of you on the ground that pushed things up instead of pulling things in. You ended up with nothing but a cool breeze. "Shit." You continued to slowly make the wind stronger until you were satisfied. You then walked onto it and spread out your glider. "Weeee~" The wind current brought you up and you were satisfied with your work, now you needed to work on constantly summoning it.

You glided back down and tried to do it again. It was a bit hard and took a while but you got it again. You did it again and again until you were satisfied. You spread put your glider again and watched as the wind current took you up. You shifted your body forward and summoned another wind current below you. You continued this until you made it across a decent amount of distance. You tried the same but making the currents higher. No one seemed to notice the flying cat just yet so you decided to glide down onto Childe's head. You shifted to his direction again and then retracted the wings.

He stumbled a bit when you fell on him, but regained balance to make sure you didn't get a concussion. "Woah there! What were you doing gliding up so high? Zhongli and Aether have been looking for you and worried sick! Well, Aether was more worried sick than Zhongli but they were both worried." He said while holding you Simba Style. He brought you over to a calm Zhongli looking through the bushes and a worried Aether looking everywhere frantically. The cat dad in him was manifesting. "Hey Aether, Mr. Zhongli! I found Fluffy!" Childe yelled while raising you in the air. "There you were! We were so worried!" Paimon said while she popped up beside Aether. "Just where were you?" Aether asked. "I found them gliding around. Don't know how they got up so high." Childe said while gesturing to where you were while gliding. "I'm guessing that they used their anemo abilities to raise the selves into the air to glide. As to why, I'm guessing they enjoyed the feeling." Zhongli said while looking at you. "Now that we foud Fluffy, give them back so we can get the cocogoat milk we need." Aether said while spreading his arms out so Childe can give you back. He placed you into Aether's arms and waved goodbye as he left. "I kinda wanted to start an air raid. Imagine a cat raining deadly rocks onto liyue harbour, majestic." Aether pet you while making his way for cocogoat milk.

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"My lord, here are the reports."

The subordinate kneeled down and offered up filed documents to a short figure. His hands took the files from the subordinate and turned around to read them. "Leave, you are dismissed." The subordinate looked up and opened his mouth to speak. "My lord, they found one of your-" "I SAID THAT YOU WERE TO LEAVE. DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU TWICE?" The figure yelled with anger and annoyance. His day was already bad enough with their awakening. "Y-yes my lord, apologies!" The subordinate quickly scrambled to for the door to leave, lest he end up like the last one. The figure opened the files to see what they held. Various documents and files regarding how elemental energy is stored and knowledge about the nature of cat behaviour. The ones documents that there were less of were ones regarding artificial life. He walked forward to sit down on his chair behind his desk, the sound of his ornaments in his clothing dangling and clanking around as they swayed. He set the file down on top of a small pile of more files. He buried his head in his hands and groaned. "Why must this gremlin of a cat torment me so?..."

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