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Capítulo 52: Your smile [1]

"Hey, do you mind if I ask a question?" On a bright sunny day, Furina got curious.

"What is it?" Isaac, who was eating an apple as they walked, glanced at her figure.

"Would you still not consider becoming my official servant?" Furina said, keeping up her pace. "You don't have to do much anyway— moreover, what you would do is no different from what you're doing now."

"You'll merely follow me everywhere, do tasks I assign you to, and brew and cook for me." As she said this, her face turned, and looked at Isaac. "It isn't demanding at all."

"Sounds like a dream job of many," Isaac softly smiled. "However..."

"I told you many times, Lady Furina," Glancing back at the road in front of them, Isaac heaved a soft sigh. "I'm already satisfied with my current job. And, to be honest..."

Isaac contemplated for a moment before shaking his head. "I much prefer to not be around you."

"What...?" Hearing Isaac's words, Furina halted on the spot. She then looked at Isaac with bewildered eyes. "What do you mean...?"

"Oh— Don't misunderstand," Realizing that he used the wrong words, Isaac quickly tried to fix it. "What I meant is that your status as a God should not have a mortal constantly lingering around her."

"You fool!" Furina subtly bit her lip and did not let Isaac see it. "As the God of Justice, having a mortal assistant by my side at all times is a common occurrence!"

Hearing this, Isaac took a bite of the apple he was eating before smiling. Gulping down, he spoke with a soft smile. "I know."

"But It's not just the matter of becoming your assistant, is it?"

Isaac's words struck Furina's ears and she looked back at him with slightly surprised eyes. "Wh-What..."

Seeing her reaction, Isaac burst into chuckling lightly. "Haha, It looks like I hit the bull's eye."

Composing himself once more, he slowly walked past her and let out a small sigh. "Well, who knows? My mind might change one day but for now..."

He then turned his head and looked back at her with a genuinely sincere and soft smile.

"For now, I'm just happy to see you... Not as the God of Fontaine, but as who you are."

As he said this, the wind blew from a certain direction, bringing forth a warm breeze that swayed both of their hairs. Along with it was a crisp scent of nature.

"..." Furina looked at Isaac in front of her as her heterochromatic eyes reflected his figure. She wanted to persuade him more, but her words somehow struck something inside of her that made her words get stuck in her throat.

It was a warm sunny day that day. There were barely any clouds, and only the green grass that stretched far and wide and the blue skies surrounded them.

It was a serene moment.

* * *

"What's wrong?" Seeing Isaac turn silent, the Masked Clown got curious. As if mocking him, he chuckled with a deep voice, "Is perhaps seeing the God of Justice broke you? Oh, how pitiful—"

"Don't bring her into this." Suddenly, Isaac interrupted the man's words. His face looked up to see the Masked Clown. "Let her go."

"Ah, what a great expression you have." Seeing Isaac's face, the Masked Clown dryly clapped his hands. "Worry? No, it's more like..."

"Rage."

Isaac's normally flaccid deep-amber eyes which gave off both warm and eerie vibes on those who start upon, were now devoid of anything humane.

His widened eyes looked as if they wanted to crawl out of his eyesockets and find various ways to mutilate the masked person in front of them right now.

Coupled with his current outfit, Isaac looked a bit too close to a certain good hunter who hunts relentlessly.

The Masked Clown stared at Isaac's eyes, and, for the first time in twenty years, he felt a shiver run up his spine.

A cold sweat ran down his head, but the Masked Clown merely shook it off and composed himself. "Amazing. Such profound raw emotions waiting to burst out..."

"Good! Good!" The Masked Clown laughed. He then turned around and took something. "For such a wonderful sight, I shall reward you!"

The Masked Clown then turned around, this time, holding a syringe filled with liquid. "Before you dissolve, I shall let you experience a bit of happiness, no?"

"I'm sure you already know the effects of Sinthe." As the Masked Clown said this, he approached Isaac and held the syringe near his arm. "Just about this dose can make you experience euphoria beyond imagination!"

Looking at the syringe getting close to his arm, Isaac squirmed his body and struggled, not letting the needle touch his skin.

"Rowdy." Seeing Isaac's desperate efforts, the Masker Clown clicked his fingers, and soon, Clockwork Mekas resembling dogs appeared. "Don't let him struggle."

Chomp!

Following this command, the Clockwork Meks resembling dogs immediately bit down on Isaac's limbs.

"...!" Isaac felt the immense pain from the sharp teeth of the Meks and wanted to yell, but he controlled himself. He focused all of his energy on trying to avoid the needle at all costs.

He wanted to use everything in his arsenal to try and break out, but his Serenity system was only that— it didn't sell anything that could help him in this predicament.

In the end, all his efforts were futile.

"—Urgh!" Soon, the stinging sensation of a cold needle penetrating Isaac's skin was felt. "No... No...!"

"Don't worry now," Seeing that the Sinthe successfully entered Isaac, the Masked Clown chuckled deeply. "From this moment, just treat everything like a hazy dream. A euphoric hazy dream."

After saying this, the Masked Clown ordered the Meks to stop biting Isaac and broke his chains, letting him go.

Thud!*

Isaac fell to the ground with not much strength left.

'No...' Not long after the drug was administered to him, Isaac immediately started feeling the effects. His senses turned sluggish and it was as if his perceptions were being muffled.

His groggy deep-amber eyes looked up where Furina was, only to see the Masked Clown walking beside her, proceeding with his experiment.

At the thought of Furina getting dissolved, Isaac's mind raced. He can't allow that. He must not allow that.

...he will never allow that.

Thud—*

Isaac's mind raced so fast, that it was as if the world halted and became frozen. In this world where time did not move, multiple thoughts entered Isaac's mind.

'If your one true wish could be granted, what would it be?' Just then, Freminet's questions resounded in Isaac's mind.

'To live a comfortable life,' Isaac vaguely remembered his answer. 'To give peace to troubled minds.'

'Will you fight for your wish?' Freminet's words continued to echo in his mind.

'Of course. Apart from her, no one else knows about her troubles.' Isaac didn't even know if that was the answer he gave. 'I will let her know that she can still rest for tomorrow.'

Finally, Freminet's last question dropped. 'What would you do if your wish is lost?'

"..." As the last question drifted to Isaac, he fell silent. However, after a second, he smiled. "Of course..."

Suddenly, memories of the times he spent with Furina flashed through his mind. He remembered all her smugness and boastfulness. As well as her pain and the tragedy that she hides behind a mask.

She was suffering, but for her people, she continued acting. Every day, for the past five hundred years.

Knowing all these, Isaac wanted her to be happy. But not the point that it will destroy her progress.

He only wanted to maintain all that was beautiful about her.

"Of course..." Having thought of all of this, perhaps it might be because of the drug, but Isaac smiled softly. "I'd fight for it... Over and over again... To let her know that someone acknowledged her pain."

That's right.

That was his first and utmost goal ever since he woke up in this world.

He wasn't a spotlight taker nor did he want to help the traveler.

Since the beginning, he always wanted one thing:

Serenity.

[00:00:00]

[Notice.]

[The Main Quest, Pious Believer, has now reached its completion.]

[Rewards are now being distributed...]

[...Notice.]

[Rewards are being altered according to the host's performance.]

[Calculating rewards...]

Just then, a series of notification windows appeared in front of Isaac. His diluted deep-amber eyes focused on each word until finally, the last few windows popped up.

[Complete.]

[New Reward:]

[Evernight]

[Name: Evernight]

[Type: Skill]

[Description: ...]

[Effects: For 30 seconds, able to use a portion of the Authorities relating to the Darkness, Dreams, Concealment, Horror, and Misfortune.]

[Note: Can only be used once a week.]

[Warning! Unknown side effects might occur after use. Please use with caution!]

As the notifications appeared, the moon outside shined brighter.

The moonlight had always been beside Isaac all along.

His guiding Moonlight.

*

*

*

As the Masked Fool was just about to begin his experiment, he suddenly noticed something. "Hm?"

Turning his head, he looked at where Isaac was. He expected him to be in a hallucinative state— writhing out in pure euphoria.

However, what he met was something else. Something that shouldn't have been possible— by any means.

Standing in the same position he was in, Isaac's figure had trouble standing still, with his left leg slightly drooping down as his head looked upwards.

As he continued to look upward, his face suddenly broke into a smile. That smile wasn't gentle, soft, or sincere. Instead, it was... horrific.

At that moment, something changed about him. It was as if...

[Evernight Skill activated.]

It was as if it was someone else entirely.

"...You..." The Masked Clown, who saw this, felt horror. It wasn't simply being scared— no, it was pure genuine horror from the depths of his consciousness.

Fear overwrote everything in his body at this moment— every fiber of his being was telling him that that man had changed.

"Hey..." Just then, Isaac's voice escaped his mouth as he eerily giggled. "Do you believe in Serenity?"

"Attack him!" Sensing something was off, the Masked Clown immediately yelled to the Clockwork Mekas around to subdue Isaac. "No matter what! Kill him!"

Realizing that Isaac's potential danger rose, he did not want to take any risks.

He then pointed at a Meka, "You! Get a bucket of Primordial Seawater and pour it to him! Hurry!"

He was panicking.

Never before had he felt this kind of horror in his life.

As he commanded every arsenal he had in a hurry, he suddenly heard Isaac chuckling.

The Masked Clown turned his head to look at Isaac and saw him looking back at him.

"I knew it..."

As Isaac spoke, the temperature suddenly dropped to a drastic state in an instant.

In the Masked Clown's vision, darkness suddenly emerged from Isaac and attacked the Clockwork Mekas that were approaching him. The darkness materialized as strands of hairs that attacked and strangled the Mekas.

Soon enough, only chaos was left behind. The darkness then quickly changed, enveloping the two of them, and leaving everything outside.

"You! What is this!" Panicked, the Masked Clown looked around frantically as he tried to make sense of this. "What have you done?!"

He looked back to Isaac, however, the man wasn't there. He had disappeared.

Just then, he felt pressure around his shoulders get heavy, as a cold sensation spread throughout his body.

"—Serenity truly is the only escape." As these words fell, Isaac suddenly appeared behind the Masked Clown and pressed down on his shoulders.

Isaac's face then turned to him— and the two looked at each other eye-to-eye. His bone-chilling eyes devoid of any life and his horrific smile were all that the Masked Clown met. "Don't you think so...?"

"Vacher."

"H—" Hearing his name, Vacher wanted to react shocked, but before he could do so, he was suddenly swallowed up by the darkness around them.

He didn't even have the chance to scream.

He simply got devoured by the darkness around them in silence.

Soon, the dark world disappeared, and Isaac returned to the real world. However, only Isaac remained.

Vacher had completely vanished— as if he was erased from reality.

[Skill has reached cooldown.]

[Adverse side effects: Immense fatigue and Hypersomnia statuses are now in effect for 48 hours.]

"Huff... Huff..."

Soon enough, the effects of the Evernight skill instantly wore off, and Isaac, who used it, quickly felt the side effects weighing down on him.

"Hmgh..." Just then, Furina's whimpering drifted over to Isaac's ears. His fatigued eyes then drifted over to Furina.

Furina, who had been unconscious until now, opened her heterochromatic eyes. "Where... Ugh!"

She felt a sharp throbbing pain in her head as she tried to stand up. Fortunately, Vacher had patched her bruise up.

Her bed straps had also been slashed away by the darkness that emanated from Isaac earlier.

"...Furina..." Suddenly, Isaac's weak voice drifted over to Furina. He walked towards her weakly.

"I... Isaac!" Turning her head, Furina instantly recognized who it was. She had never been happier hearing that voice— however, when she looked at him, she discovered something. "Wait... You..."

"I'm glad..." Isaac tried to stand beside her, but his legs were already trembling— even so, he continued walking towards her. Finally, the two were beside each other. "You're safe..."

Isaac's tired face and the horrible-looking state he was in instantly caught Furina's attention. Seeing this, she became severely worried, "You... What happened?! How did you—"

Isaac didn't know if it was because of his side effects, or perhaps because of the Sinthe effects, but at this moment, he just let his body move on its own.

His head lowered and got close to Furina. And soon, the two connected.

"—!" Furina, who was greatly worried for Isaac, was dumbfounded by his sudden action. A red hue suddenly spread throughout her face before she even knew it.

Both of them stayed connected for a few moments before Isaac finally parted with her.

With a flustered face, Furina looked at him with a flushed face. "What are you..."

Thud—*

However, before she could finish speaking, Isaac's body suddenly lost all its strength and fell down.

"Isaac!"

* * *

A/N:

Isaac might have fallen asleep, but don't fall asleep on me just yet! We're approaching the end of the volume, lads.


next chapter

Capítulo 53: Your smile [2]

"How heartless of you."

"It can't be helped."

In an endless plain of white roses that blanketed the ground for all the eye could see, Isaac stood silently as he watched two figures converse.

The first figure resembled a tall woman, while the other was a man. The most noticeable thing about the former was her witch hat.

"You know... As the Witches' Knight, you're always welcome for another tea party, you know?" The woman spoke gently at the man as if a mother comforting her child.

However, the man shook his head. "I can't go back now, miss. Irminsul is in a critical state— I must be the sacrifice who would mend it."

"You little... There you go lying through your teeth again," Hearing the man's words, the woman sighed helplessly. She then looked at him with worry, "You and the Queen Arayani would go together, won't you?"

The woman then smiled bitterly. "The others would be sad. Some might notice the change, but they won't be able to trace the change."

"All they would know is that Irminsul has been altered and Teyvat's fate changed." She added.

"...you mean 'N'?" The man noticed her subtle hint of someone. However, he only shook his head, "She would without a doubt be the first to notice— however, I already made up my mind."

"I won't lose much. Just myself."

Looking at the man's eyes full of resolution, the lady got silent for a while before breaking into a soft chuckle. "Fine..."

Her eyes then looked at him once more. "You have always been a Guardian."

"If we one day meet again, I hope you've already lived the Serene life you always wanted." She then approached the man and hugged him. "War wasn't meant for you— it never was."

"Now that you've found your goal, pursue it, my sweet child."

Crack—*

Watching the scene play in front of him, the world in front of Isaac shattered like a mirror hitting the ground— breaking off into countless pieces.

* * *

"...mgh..." Isaac, who had been peacefully sleeping, suddenly showed signs of waking up.

His eyes slowly opened, adjusting themselves to the light in the room. Soon, his familiar deep-amber eyes fully opened.

"..." He stared at the unknown ceiling in front of him, still a bit dazed. Outside, he could barely hear the chirping of birds. "Where... Am I?"

"You're awake?" Suddenly, a deep voice came from beside Isaac's side. "You could rest a bit longer if you wished."

Isaac, who had just woken up from what felt like a long sleep, wanted to jump up in surprise. However, he didn't have much energy to do that.

As such, he only moved his eyes and looked at the side of his bed to look at who was with him.

Seeing who it was, Isaac was momentarily surprised before composing himself. "Monsieur Neuvillette?"

Sitting beside him, the impartial Chief Justice of Fontaine was quietly holding a glass of water. On his other hand was his cane which he always carries.

"You've been asleep for two whole days now." Seeing Isaac look at him, Neuvillette struck a conversation. "Are you alright?"

"I feel refreshed— good as new even," Isaac found an opportunity to lightly joke. He then mustered all his strength to sit up.

"Careful now." Seeing him sitting up, Neuvillette quickly gave a reminder. "The health professionals examined you and found that you were extremely fatigued and your body pushed to its limits."

"If Lady Furina hadn't dragged you and regrouped with Clorinde in time, you might have fallen into a much more critical state." He added with his eyes closed.

"Furina..." Hearing her name, Isaac's vague memory of what happened flashed through his mind.

'I only remember activating a new skill... And then...' Isaac had trouble remembering certain aspects of what happened, and every time he tried to remember, it was as if a portion of his memories were concealed.

After a while, he decided to give up on remembering. He then focused on other matters. "Lady Furina... Is she alright?"

"Apart from a concussion, she's perfectly fine." Neuvillette nodded calmly. "Though, she does need to stop making public appearances for a while and recover."

"That's good..." Hearing that she was safe, Isaac exhaled softly as he comfortably leaned back.

Looking at Isaac's gladdened face, Neuvillette observed him for a moment before opening his mouth.

"She wept."

"Hm?" Hearing Neuvillette's words, Isaac lifted his head and looked at him. "What do you mean?"

"She wept for you." Neuvillette's gentle and dignified voice once more fell on Isaac. "During the time you were asleep, she stayed by your side and wept."

"..." As Neuvillette's words reached his ears, Isaac couldn't help but fall silent for a moment or two. He then decided to ask, "Where is she?"

"She's recovering not too far from here," Neuvillette responded calmly. His eyes then opened revealing his dark-blue draconic eyes. "However, before you meet her, I have some questions for you."

"Of course, go on ahead, Monsieur Neuvillette." Isaac nodded. In front of this Dragon Sovereign, all he could do was follow what he said. "What do you want to ask?"

"I want you to tell me everything that happened in that cave." Neuvillette cradled his glass of water as he spoke. "Down to the minute detail."

"Of course," Isaac wasn't surprised by this question. He already knew that he'd be interrogated— he just didn't know that Fontaine's highest judge would be the one asking questions.

Isaac then began recalling what happened. "First, when I fell down the trap, I fell unconscious. By the time I woke up, I was already captured by someone."

"You were captured?" Neuvillette inquired deeply.

"Yes," Isaac nodded. "I didn't recognize his face because he wore a mask. I only know he was a man based on his voice."

"...Continue," Neuvillette said.

Isaac nodded and continued talking. "The man then walked up to me and started talking about his plans. He was like a madman."

"He said something about the Primordial Sea and how it ties to the prophecy." Isaac continued to fabricate his lie. "He then proceeded to explain how he wanted to experiment with the Seawater on a God."

"The Primordial Sea..." Hearing this term, Neuvillette fell into deep contemplation.

However, this didn't stop Isaac as he continued telling his fake story. "Maybe because he thought it would be fun, but he injected me with a dose of Sinthe— directly in my bloodstream— and watch him experiment on Furina."

"After that, everything went blurry." He said with the most believable face he could ever hope to muster. "It felt as if I was lost in a fog, with occasional lights appearing and giving glimpses to what was actually happening."

"And from what I remember..." Isaac then pretended to fall into deep thinking before nodding to himself. "Yes, I vaguely remember fighting the man with another person."

"There was someone else?" Neuvillette got curious and raised an eyebrow. "Do you remember who they were?"

"That's right," Isaac nodded without meditation. "I still remember how that person looked like... He suddenly appeared out of nowhere and, together with me, fought the person who captured me."

"I believe he said his name was..." Isaac then pressed his temples and looked as if he was forcing himself to remember. "Yes! His name was..."

"Gehrman."

What? Isaac found an opportunity to raise his image— and he wasn't going to let it go.

"Gehrman?" Neuvillette repeated the name and remembered it. "Hmm, I don't believe I'm aware of anyone by that name... Do you know more about them?"

"Apart from his gold-rimmed glasses, I didn't remember his face much." Isaac shrugged. "Again, I felt very foggy."

"That's lamentable..." Neuvillette sighed deeply that he couldn't get more information. "Do continue."

Isaac nodded and did just that. "We continued to fight the man and his Mekas, but as time went on, I started to get tired— possibly from the Sinthe's side effects."

"In the end, before I could kill the person that captured me and Furina, I was suddenly blinded by a thick fog— and before I knew it, the man named Gehrman took the culprit away." He shook his head in regret.

"That was pretty much all that happened." Isaac looked back to Neuvillette with sincere eyes as he finished speaking.

In truth, Isaac wanted to tell Neuvillette that he killed Vacher— however, that was suddenly ruled out when a new notification window appeared in front of him a moment ago.

[Notice.]

[One soul is currently trapped in the darkness of your Evernight Skill.]

[You may release them, keep them, or enslave them as you wish.]

As it turns out, Isaac still had uses for Vacher. Such an opportunity is hard to come by— as such, he would exploit it to the fullest.

"I see," Having absorbed all of Isaac's story, Neuvillette stood up. "Thank you for your cooperation, Sir Isaac."

"Thank you," Isaac said as he slowly got out of bed to stand in front of Neuvillette. "As for Lady Furina..."

"I believe she was at the rooftop, looking at the drifting clouds." Neuvillette lightly nodded.

"Thank you, Monsieur Neuvillette!" Isaac thanked him sincerely before weakly rushing out of the room.

Neuvillette watched him run comically and couldn't help but contemplate deeply. As he stared at Isaac's bed, he couldn't help but mutter to himself:

"They truly are alike."

* * *

Isaac navigated the hospital and made his way up the stairs— never losing momentum.

He passed by many other patients along the hallway and the stairs and saw all manners of hope and despair in their eyes.

As Isaac continued ascending, his thoughts couldn't help but wander.

In the beginning, he was a lethargic person who barely cared for any gods.

He openly admitted his hypocrisy but never once made fun of it. He also acknowledges his wrongs and never actively encourages them— albeit barely.

But during his time with two gods, his view of them drastically changed.

He went from not giving them a single care to openly and deeply rooting for two of them.

In just a span of a few weeks, he had greatly changed as a person.

As Isaac ran up, he finally reached the rooftop of the hospital and opened it without hesitation.

Woosh—*

It was a bright sunny day.

There were barely any clouds in the sky and only the ocean-blue skies filled what the eye could see.

Sitting down on one of the benches on the rooftop, a lone female figure whose silver-white hair swayed in the wind was present.

She seems to be deeply entranced by the sky.

'She's there...' Isaac saw her and, instead of interrupting her, thought of a brilliant idea.

He didn't make a sound and quietly approached her. Then, with a soft voice, whispered next to her ear, "Good morning, Lady Furina."

Hearing that familiar voice, Furina's eyes widened as she quickly turned her head— which immediately faced his. "You..."

She had never been more glad to see this person's face. At this moment, her bottled-up joy just wanted to burst out.

"You're fine..." Furina smiled softly, with a bit of moisture in her eyes.

Seeing her reaction, Isaac smiled softly before muttering, "...Do you want some tea over at my place?"

"...Yeah!" Furina smiled brightly at his invitation as she controlled her emotions.

That's right.

Isaac might have changed as a person, but his ultimate mindset never once changed.

His sole goal since the beginning is and will always be— giving Serenity.

Be it from the windswept lands of the nation of Anemo;

The lightning-filled ravines in the land of Electro;

To the Verdure-rich forests of the land of Dendro;

Be it any nation, Isaac's cafe would welcome them anytime as long as he has invited tickets.

* * *

Meanwhile, in the land of monoliths ruled by the Geo Archon.

"Wow! So this is Liyue Harbor!" A floating white fairy gasped in amazement as she looked at the city in front of her. "Traveler! Look! They're setting up stalls for the Rite of Descent! Isn't it cool?"

"Yeah..." Beside her, a blonde-haired traveler wearing exotic clothing stood. Their hair swayed in the wind as they overlooked the entire city.

"It's beautiful." The female traveler said in awe.

* * *

A/N:

The first volume is finally done! LESZ GOOOOOOOO

Woo! I'm tired.

As you all may have picked up from the last parts of this chapter, in the second volume, the traveler will now be introduced to the story!

As for how Isaac interacts with the traveler? Who knows? Maybe in the shadows or directly?

As always, that's just a theory!

Thank you, my friends!

Alright, amimir. Time to sleep.


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