Chapter 4: Chapter 04: Dragon Show?
~~~ Aether PoV ~~~
'what just happened?' I look at sleeping Hassan or what he called himself, even tho he said its a fake name for a moment for unknown reason.
I touch at my neck and take a look a little blood on my finger 'i get cut.. but i can't even sense him' look at hassan again 'as if he was a ghost...'
"Sigh" I walk toward the statue of the seven and sit down with my back against the statue
'just how? When he walk backwardly as his eyes keep focus on me and I clearly see and sense him but the moment he walk behind the tree.. his dirk already pressing on my neck while he already behind me?'
'is this why he so confident fight with bunch of vision holder while he indirectly say he didn't have a vision?' my body shudder again as I remember he say 'You die if i want to aether.'.
While I trying calm my emotion a high pitch tone with worry rang out beside me
"Aether, Are you okay?"
I turn my head and look at paimon. Somehow her existence comfort me. With gentle smile I open my mouth.
"I'm okay paimon, thank you"
~~~ Gherman PoV | Morning~~~
I open my eyes and sat down looking around me. Everything still the same with no change except for Aether sleep with his back against the statue of the seven while paimon on his arms, drooling.
'what a sight' i mused looking at them. Well i already know he will no try to assassinate me while im sleep, for once. My sense with toji template is really sensitive toward ill intent, second i have system who will zap me awake with its 10.000V just to wake me up. What a cruel system isn't it?
[Cough]
'I mean what a tough love from system isn't it? Btw how much I can handle being electrocuted?' my back sweated waiting response from mighty system
[Umu... At least in the range 3 millions Volt host. More than that host will go fainted]
'phew' I stand up and perked my ear. Hear a rustling from bush across the river immediately time seems flow down as I turn my head and look at my back. I take a step forward and vanish only appear across the river that circling the statue. Just as time flowing normally, My hand already holding four rabbits with their neck twisted unnatural way.
'its truly nice to be strong. No wonder in anime or manga toji and peak maki seems free' I came near river, and butchering the rabbits with my claw and clean their innards while cleaning their meat. Come back to previous fire camp and create a fire with gas lighter thay i buy with 10 point from system
'sigh.. what can i say.. back when in dragonspine, i didn't care much about the taste of food as I eat them raw. Thanks to system for its 'tough love''
[Your welcome]
'sigh.. my 100.000 mora'
Sometimes later
I look at traveler and paimon. The rabbits already cooked but to think paimon still won't wake up.. what a miracle..
"Paimon, Aether. Wake up" still in corpse huband voice I call them. receiving no response I then surge a killing intent toward them in split second make them jump up especially paimon who panicked and vanish immediately. 'this is fun'
"Yo aether.. you and paimon such a sleepy head huh? Call paimon to come and eat before we embark to mondstadt city" I say nonchalantly as i point 3 rabbits and I munch my own
"You... Why not wake us with normal mean?" Heh.. his voice seems irritated
"Well I try.. then you know the answer" I shrugged
"Meanie! Big Meanie! Bad guy bad guy!" I hear paimon curse as she appears then stomp her feet on air 'cute'
"Sorry paimon~ here i have 3 rabbits. How about you have 2? Hehe"
"Hmph.." her face still seems mad but she float to the rabbits.. how cute
We eat for a while in silence. Paimon face seems happy with the food.. its weird consider I just grill them no adding any spice. Well consider Aether has inventory but why he didn't take out any food? Did he didn't buy anything from the town in Yhuhbert city? Ahh i remember they are not adventurer yet in game. But every town now has adventurer guild and of course the receptionist is always Katheryne maybe Aether already adventurer?. Or.. he doesn't want me see to it? After all the inventory like Aether and me has never been heard of. I think this is the one, consider my first appearance sure make it memorable but in negative sense!
[Exactly!]
'shut up.. ugh' I look at them before stand up. "Lets go.. the faster we go the faster you can search about your sister in mondstadt" I take a look at him one last time before walk away toward mondstadt city.
"Mn.."
I take glance a back at Aether.. somehow his look like timid? Complicated? I don't know.. guess i need bonding time huh? In game Aether is bold after all.. is this because the spar last night?
"Aether.. do you have something to ask or anything? Not gonna lie you look like pussy right now" I didn't look back as i say those words.
"Is.. is many people like you? I mean the visionless one"
"Huh?" I stop walking and look at aether while paimon seems confused
"Paimon don't understand what aether say.. mmm" I glance at paimon who seems in deep thoughts
"Ahh.. you still confuse about our spar last night? Easy aether.. in this world im pretty sure no one like me.. and i mean the visionless one of course.." I turn back from aether and continue the walk after I sense some presence near us.
"Okay... Then how can you reach th-"
"Huh? Look at that!" Paimon intejected Aether as she notice something and point at front of them.
I immediately use zetsu and hide within the forest leaving them both and watching the scene play, aether at first looking for me, see im suddenly gone Aether just go to direction paimon pointing and hide in the tree like a game.
'everything truly alike, dvalin more bigger and magnificent and.. venti umm.. she is.. i mean he.. ugh.. cute' my eyes twitch behind the hassan mask seeing venti cute face while talking with dvalin. Glance from my hiding spot I see aether take a peek too to them from behind the tree and like a game. Somehow anemo power aether has explode on his hand make dvalin and venti startled.
"ROARRRR"
'fuck my ear!' unconsciously I close my ear and narrowed my eyes from the gust of wind as I see venti notice duo Travellers before he's gone in a blink following dvalin jump and raise up to the skies and flying away
~~~ Aether PoV ~~~
"That was close! Paimon almost got blown away."
'indeed.. the wind is strong but why my scalp hurt?' I look at paimon innocent face, seems unhurt by what happened
"Luckily, paimon managed to grab hold your hair! Thanks"
I look at her deadpanned "good thing you didn't pull my hair out" I look around the forest to look at hassan but notice nothing "just where hassan go paimon?"
"Paimon don't know. He just gone like that! Didn't you think he is kind like know something? And just what was that? Paimon thought we were gonna get eaten! And what with the wierdo earlier, he talk to the dragon"
"Yeah you are right.. I feel uncomfortable around him and why he wear suspicious outfit? And is talking to dragon normal paimon?"
"Of course not! But ohh! There he is!" I look at paimon who point at big rock where the dragon stand earlier and see hassan with floating red orb?
~~~ Gherman PoV ~~~
I come out from my hiding spot together with out from my zetsu state then come to floating 'Crimson Crystal'
'interesting.. its floating defying the gravity.. from what i remember its a 'Dvalin Tears' but its corrupted and a pure power of Anemo resonates within it after Aether purified it, maybe that why it can floating? well I see many strange things in this world, thanks to dragonspine' I stretch my hand out and reach the 'Crimsom Crystal' and grab it
'mmm.. its not hurt?, guess because I don't have vision. In game seems lisa gotten hurt too just by near to this. Now it make me wonder. My sense has been heighten too much from toji fushiguro. But i didn't sense any lingering danger from it.. and why Paimon in game have a feeling this crystal is dangerous?' I release my hand from it and look at Aether and paimon who walk to me, especially paimon.
'just what are you paimon?'
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