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[ A few hours after the lunch break ]
"Does no one really go to Inazuma?" (Y/N) awkwardly asked the Blonde Hair Heroine as they walked around Inazuma
After having a nice meal with Hu Tao, (Y/N) walked around with the Funeral Parlor Director until he spotted Lumine, who was staring at their hands and gave (Y/N) a pout before grabbing his other hand, which made it very awkward to walk
"I've been told that Its more of a 'Closed' country" Lumine gave her answer as she glanced at Hu Tao who was sneakily giving her a taunting grin, causing Lumine to tighten her grip as she frowned even more
"You know, i wouldn't be surprised if my hand starts bleeding from how hard your gripping i- OW! DONT LITERALLY PRESS IT!" (Y/N) yelled as he quickly pulls out his hand from the two of them and held his own "Sheesh! Ugh.. my hands... My bones are somehow alive! Hallelujah!"
"I'm sorry!"
(Y/N) quickly frowned and looked at the apologizing Lumine "Look I get it, Your jealous that I ate with Hu Tao and not you, but please for the love of me let my hand live!" he shakes his hand for a second as Lumine quickly looked away with a pout "I'm not jealous about you two eating together anyways!"
"Oh... You aren't?! That's a save for my Mora then!"
Lumine had her mouth open as He sighed in relief before she smacked his head "Ow! First my hand, now my head! I'm not a training dummy!" (Y/N) crouched down and rubbed the pain on his head away. Hu Tao only gave a giggle as she sat beside him "Want a coffin~? It's free of charge~"
"Hu Tao! Stop advertising your coffins already! Im not going to-" He quickly stops for a second "Actually yeah sure, Can i get one then?" Her eyes widened "Eh? Your dying?" He sat in silence before looking at Lumine with a smug smile
Lumine only sweatdropped, she seemed to already know what he was planning "Please don't... Involve me in this" He gave her a thumbs up before looking back to Hu Tao "Future use, Is it okay?"
"...Sure! But you'll have to do me a favor in return okay~?"
"As long that favor isn't about me getting undressed or requires me to be your butler for one day then Deal!" He quickly grabs her hand and began to shake it quickly before grabbing Lumine "I'll be back to fetch the coffin, okay?"
Lumine, who hasn't registered what happened yet, freely allowed (Y/N) to drag her "H-hey stop! I told you i don't want to be dragged into what you are planning!" He quickly stops dragging her and turns around with a smug stare "Alright then!"
Lumine sighed in relief as he stopped grabbing her ha-
"KIDNAPPING IT IS!"
Lumine couldn't breathe as (Y/N) quickly tackled her and placed her on his shoulder before running away at a fast speed, it took barely a minute before Lumine started to struggle away from his grasp only to be silenced by (Y/N) who quietly confessed to her
"I would carry you princess style, but the problem is that you would faint from seeing me happily kidnapping someone"
[ Lumine could not do anything as the two of them got outside of Liyue,
And proceeded to explain with the best of her ability to the patrolling guards that (Y/N) had no ill intentions and was only joking around.
"Ughhh... My arms... Oh god"
Oh, and he injured his arms in the process of being forced to the ground ]
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[ (Y/N)'s POV ]
Huff...
Huff...
"What the... What happened here?!?"
I fell down flat to the ground from exhaustion as Lumine let herself free from my shoulder " and began to examine the large crater from my explosive takeoff
"Klee..."
"I'm not sure if klee's bombs can even do this much..."
I took a good breather before i looked around for my box, which was... Now placed near the statue...? "What... Is that box?" The moment i mentally talked about it, Lumine noticed the totally suspicious box near the statue
I quickly stood up from the ground "That's my box full of stuff!" Lumine slowly walked to the lake and began to swim to the statue, at one point i might as well consider building a stairs or some sort
I quickly followed Lumine by shooting my Mana thread on the statue and dragged myself towards the small land on the middle before quickly walking towards Lumine and helped her out of the water
"Are you... Setting up your base here?" I quickly nodded "No one lives here anyways!" I laughed before walking towards the box and patting it "I will go find a better place if im not allowed here but hey! As long as i can stay here then i will! I don't want to be carrying a box everywhere i go!"
"You'll get fined by the church you know..."
I gave her a deadpan stare "I'm not paying" She only stares at me back before sighing "Why did you bring me here anyways?" I smirked and opened the box while looking at her "Take one! One of these will be useful for you!"
Her eyes widened as she walked towards the box, I kept my proud face on as she grabbed a... Sword!
"Ah, the sword! That's most likely a..." I stopped explaining as i looked closely at what she grabbed, what kind of material was used on that sword again? Mythril? Or pure steel? I... Kinda forgot...
"That's a cool ass sword I'd tell ya! It is sharp and cut through rocks! It can't cut steel because you know why! I mean... It can cut steel as long as you apply mana in it but eh.. you know... You can't" She kept on examining the sword before looking at me "Can i really take it?"
I replied by giving her a thumbs up "There's a bunch of that in there anyways, go ahead!" She looked back on the sword before swinging in the air, I have to say she looks like a professional when she swings it...
But then again, She'd be even more powerful if she only had Mana within her...
...
Mana huh...
"Ah... I have to go find Beid-...(Y/N)?" I shook my head and raised an eyebrow "Hm? Sorry i wasn't paying attention" I apologized with a smile, She frowned before walking towards me and...
...gave... Me a hug...
"(Y/N)... Thanks for everything up until now..." She spoke as i received pats from both my back and my head "I... I know we haven't gotten that much time together but... Thank you... For being there with me from the start..."
Words cannot express the emotion i am currently feeling right now, its somewhat in the middle of being embarrassed and about to cry?
"... I'm... Sorry for also not coming along with you on your journey... I know im supposed to help you find your brother bu-"
"It's... Okay... I already found him..."
I was shocked, she already found his brother? So i promised to help her... And i didn't even do a thing to achieve her goal? ... Damnit...
"I'm sorry i couldn't be any help to you... I'll promise to do anything i can in exchange for my failed o-"
"Then... Can you help me again...?"
I stared at Lumine as she let me go and stood back a little before reaching out to me "Can you help me bring back my Brother to who he used to be?"
...
Aha...
Ahahaha....
Ahahahaha!
"Sure! You can trust me that I'll bring him back to whoever you think he's supposed to be!"
It's been a long time since i laughed like this... Laughed out of pure joy... Haha... Maybe coming to this world was the greatest idea all along...
[ "Although... I do have to tell you Lumine, I'm not a therapist or anything. Heck, i need one myself!
"Eh?"
Lumine was confused on what he was telling her, but decided not to ask about it anyways
Man... I need therapy too...]
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[ A few hours of talks and yada yadas later... ]
[ Back at Liyue, No One's POV ]
"...Eh?"
Was all the noise Hu Tao could make as she stared at (Y/N) who was hopping in excitement as the rainbow line that was on his hand slowly faded, disconnecting him from the steel box that he appeared to have dragged along
"Yeah! I'm planning on using the coffin you were offering as my travel boat! Where is it?" (Y/N) asked as he looked around and spotted the... 'coffin'
"..."
"..."
"Were you... Trying to bury me in a wooden coffin...?"
"Well... I did say it was free..."
The two of them stared in silence before (Y/N) slowly approached the coffin and touched it "...would this even survive...?" He muttered to himself before looking at Hu Tao "Can this survive an explosion?"
"...(Y/N)... That's wood"
"Im not dumb okay?! What if this was some sturdy wood-" he gasped before snapping his fingers "Nevermind that! I'll be taking the coffin, thanks Hu Tao!" He quickly waved at her before the same thread appeared and attached itself to the box that he had been dragging along
"Ah, w-wait!" She called out to him as she quickly ran back to the parlor to grab her spear before running out to where (Y/N) was going
Hu Tao managed to catch up to him in just a few seconds "Huff... What are you planning to do?!" He freely turned around with a grin "Fast travel to wherever the heck Inazuma is!"
Hu Tao looked at him confused "Fast travel?? But how?!" Her question was replaced with (Y/N) who was grinning like a madman "Eheheh, you'll see it soon!"
The two of them arrived just outside of Liyue, near the shore, where (Y/N) immediately opened the box and the coffin and began taking out small marbles from the weapons he had and placed them on the coffin
"What are th-" Hu Tao was immediately shushed by (Y/N) as he rapidly dropped marbles on the coffin "These are Variable stones, They're infused to the weapons so the person using them can use magic to enhance damage" He spoke nonchalantly before stopping "should be enough! Hu Tao can you stand there?" He points at the rock that was far from him
Hu Tao was confused, but slowly obliged and walked to the rock. (Y/N) quickly pulled out a shield from the box and slammed it shut before placing the box on top of the coffin filled with marbles "Hu Tao! I'll come back when i find a way back! And then we can enjoy that sweet vacation, yeah?" He screamed to Hu Tao "Okaaay...? But what are you doing?"
"You see! Variable Stones are capable of exploding when you quickly put mana in and out of it! So as one mad woman said!" He laughed maniacally before he gripped the box he was standing on
"EXXXXXPLOOOOOOOSIOOOO-"
B O O M
Hu Tao could barely see anything as a white light engulfed the area, forcing her to cover her eyes while moving backwards. A few minutes later she opened her eyes to see what had happened after deeming it safe
All that was left in his place was a huge crater thst was slowly being filled in with water
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