Xiaolumi S4: Edge of Dawn

You Will Never Take Her!!

"How long has it been? Almost a year? To think you survived what should have been a fatal shot by my snipers. It even inhibited your elemental prowess and what an interesting test it was, don't you agree."chuckled Dottore in an almost sickenly sweet delight tone. His words only made Xiao fury grow as he clutched Lumine closer.

"You bastard!! You're the reason my mate almost died that night during Moonchase!"The bloodlust coming off Xiao was actually frightening. He had not given off this intent to kill since Moonchase and not since the Catalysm. The nearby humans froze hesitating to get closer as a result despite their current delusions.

"Stay...Stay away!!"hissed Lumine. "Don't even touch me!!" Her eyes had actually begun to glow with the intensity of her fear and anger. But what Dottore witnessed was Lumine's pupils shift to a very distinct shape he knew far too well.

"Tsk, tsk that is no way to greet your old acquaintance, Ma chère Lumine. Especially when my dear junior colleague took the time to tell you all about every single one of us."hummed the scientist, feigning dismay. The sight of the Khaenrian stars in her eyes with the thin clock-like ring around them was most striking as they gleamed but could not maintain that shape. Oh but the elven ears he had caught as the wind blew her side bangs away to reveal those small ears of a divine entity as he broke into a grin. The device he had hidden even now was collecting data as it scanned in secret. Imagine his delight at the imagines and data that zipped across his sight under the mask that covered his eyes. "Well, well. Signs of fetal vitals and two brainwave activities along the distress vitals of the material female subject."he thought in amusement. However a pair of feral eyes and text scrambled his screen and actually fried the scanner as ancient Old Teyvetian script went across his screen but this time there was a female laughter, sounding almost brash event:

S̴͚̞̤̎̀̀́̎̍̓̑̿̆̚͝ͅō̵̢̲͎̳͔̺͍̥̠̞̦͈̎͆͌̓̓͛͆̀͠ ̶̙͂̈́̑̈̽͒͝ý̶̧̧̟̠̬͖̦̞̮̘̰̹͗̑̄̐̍̓͌̂̕̕͜͝o̶̳̱̻̝̫̙̭͗͋̍͑̑́͆͋̇̎́͐͜͝ͅu̶͖̇̚ͅ ̴̢̛̥̬̻̘̩̜͇͉̥̠̤̎̈̋̐̚͜t̶̨̻̬̩̝̱̖̯̘̊̇̅̐͗̓̐́͑̆͜͠h̸̦̞̋̓̽̅̃̇̓̚̕͝ĭ̸̛̛̘̠͓̘͑̉̊̈̈́͘̕͝n̵͔͓̙̩͇̮̉͊̔͊̀͊̀̐̉ͅk̷̘̥̻̮̄̀͐͠ ̴̡̦̮́͋͂͒́̆͒̚͘y̵̞̺͚̫̖͗́̃̐͛ͅǫ̵͚̳̜͍̮͎͈̈́û̷̲̲͓̝͕̭̈́̀̿̈́̿̒̐̑͘͝ŗ̷̻͚͖͇͎̦̊͌͘s̷̡͚̝̠͚̆́̋̔̂̋e̶̤̟̙̪̝͙̤̥͕͔̐́̉̌͜ļ̵̹̲͈͖̭̌͜͝f̷̡̧̡̨̲͈͈̹̫̝̻̗̒ ̴̧̱̑̄͆̓̒̎̐͆̇̀̈͆I̶̘͕̫̙̐̌̈́̎́̊č̸̨͔̯a̷̙͚̠̤̲͖̋͝r̵̢̠̫̮̘̘̟̻̣̮̘̫̓͒̐̅̔͜u̶̘̱̩̙̰̠̩̜͋̓͛̈́͊̂͂͐͋ś̷̨̛̮̲̩̎̅̈͒̚̕͝?̴̛̦̝̦͔̅̉̈͊̽͊̈́̌͂̕͜͝

"Wait, then that means he's the one that attacked you in the library the other night?"Nahida's eyes grew wide as she realized putting the knowledge she knew together. The words from the sages of a scholar that had been exiled, of the man in a mask she had seen in Lumine's memories and Bakari's also. Bakari called this man "Tree Burner", being extremely furious about it. Such a tiny primitive infant mind of a god to react in such a manner. While Nalini called him some weird ancient Khaenrian word she could not understand yet. "You're the outcast the sages told me about, the one expelled from the Akademiya!! It was you that hurt her last fall?"demanded Nahida sharply.

"Indeed I am, though these days they call me Il Dottore, The Doctor and Second of the Fatui Harbingers. Last year I was given strict orders to capture the Traveler before coming here to Sumeru, however those are old orders and Her Majesty has decided to have some grace, with more trying matters at stake it was just not logical."he stated smoothly with a confidance that made Lumine increasingly nervous. His gaze never leaving the blonde that was being so tightly and protectively close to the ebony haired yaksha's flank in one arm and his pole arm poised to strike in the other as he kept his murderous, vengeful gaze on the mad man.