1 Chapter 1 - Under a Dark Sky

For how long does this have been going for?... After sometime, I had stopped to think about it, Nothing would change...
This is a curse that I need to learn how to live with it...

A Yaksha could be seem covered with scars and blood on the dark background, Holding his spear that was once bright as pure
Jades and equally sharp as the Archon's weapons, Waiting for his Master's orders, The Yaksha remained in silence, Then,
An old God Looked at him, And, The Young Yaksha already knew what he wanted, Tired and covered with wounds, He
left for another Slaughter, Another Endless nightmare, Taking innocent lifes away,

On that same night, After returning from the carnage he had done, He felt a strong presence, That was unlikly his Master's one, His Spear that once had shine like Pure Jades, Now, It was covered with the blood and dreams of innocent people he had killed, After barely falling while walking through the Hall of his Master's place, He found no one else than Rex Lapis itself, The Young Yaksha had a confused look on his face, Covered by fear, The pointed his Spear to the Geo Lord, But, Rex Lapis didn't felt threated, He looked calm, After approaching the Yaksha, He held out his hand to the young boy, As he wanted tell him something

"Would you like to come with me?"

The Young Yaksha froze for moment, Trying to understand the situation he was currently in, After taking a deep breath He slowly lowered his spear towards the Geo Lord and took his hand

"I came here to free you from this suffering" The Geo Lord said with a smile on his face while looking at the Young Boy

After hearing such words, Tears started to run down the Yaksha's face, That was the first and last time tears would come from his eyes.

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MT Aocang, Liyue.

"Are you sure I should be here? What if he wakes up..."

"Don't worry, Barbatos, It's gonna be fine, After all, If wasn't for you, He wouldn't be able to heal most of his
wounds" Barbatos seems a bit concerned while looking at the Young Yaksha sleeping

"Hm, Do you think giving him a vision was a good idea? What if...-" He bit his own lips before finalizing the
sentence, "Don't worry, Everything will be fine, Trust me" Morax gave a bright smile to Barbatos

But, What if... The future is unknown, We are unsure of what can or will happen, Even if they can live for the
eternity, The future can be something that can put fear in ones heart, Barbatos feeling these fears slowly taking
control of his heart, Slowly walked a bit away from where the Young Boy was, Even if he still unconscious, With the
thoughts of the Yaksha blaming him for giving him a vision

"I should go now before he wakes up..." The Anemo Archon said before turning his back on his old friend "Wait, Barbatos"
After hearing the request from the Geo God, The Archon looked back at his friend who was holding an small Masu as if
he was offering to his friend
,
"Wine?" The Anemo Archon tilted his head in confusion with the offering "Osmathus Wine, Let's enjoy one more Masu,
Just like the old times" The Geo Lord had a smile on his face, Maybe enjoying one more just like we used wouldn't
hurt, Right? The Young Archon thought while he while he reached out his hand to accept the wine, Sitting near each
other on the Table while the sun sets over the Horizon

"So..." The Anemo God said slowly looking at his friend "What is his name again?..." The Geo Lord laughted a little
"Is..."

Venti?... Venti... Venti!!

"?!"

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Windrise, Mondstadt

The Bard almost fell from his tree with such sudden voice, These memories are still blurry huh? He couldn't remember
what happened next on that day, Or the name his friend gave to that young boy, But, Was that even worth trying to?

"Venti, What are you doing up there?"

"Ah, Traveler!" The Bard jumped out of his tree and stopped in front of the Traveler "I wasn't expecting you here!
What brings you to secret place to relax? Oh! Have you bring Apples with you? Maybe some Dandelion Wine?" He got
excited with his own thoughts, How long have been since he had last tasted Dandelion Wine? Master Diluc wouldn't let
him go near Angel's Share after what happened last time, That is also one of the reasons he prefers to not bother him
over it

"Wine Again? All that comes to your head is that? You don't think of anything else?!" The small fairy near the Traveler
seems a bit bothered by such attitude of the Bard "Paimon, Don't be rude with him" The Traveler said a little worried
"We did came from Angel's Share, But, We didn't got any wine, But I found these fresh apples on a tree nearby" Venti's
eyes wide open with happiness while staring at the apples The Traveler was offering to him, After taking a big bite
His eyes drifted to the Traveler once again as he opened his mouth to speak

"We were planning on Visit Liyue once again, Apparently, There will be a festival there" A festival? The last time
Venti heard about a festival from Liyue was a very long ago, None of them comes to his mind... Except... "Paimon is
kinda excited for this year's Lantern Rite!" Oh... So was that one... "You're just excited because of all the food
that will be there" The Traveler gave a worried gaze at Paimon who was rubbing her belly already thinking about all
of the new variations of food she would be able to eat, After taking the last bite on his Apple, Venti gave out a
sweet smile to the Traveler

"You were planning to invite me to go with you, Right? Hehe" How did he knew such intentions? It was very obvious by
the Traveler's actions "Actually" ?!

"Paimon is sure that you know a lot about the festival! That's why we came to you" The bard had a surprise look on
his face after hearing such words, Trying to get his thoughts in place with a smile on his face "Liyue Harbor huh?
Well, That is really a place I haven't visit in so long, I don't know much about the Festival from there, But, One thing
I'm sure, That one festival is not an ordinary festival..." He started to make his way to the city, The Traveler seems confused

"Wait! What does that mean?" Looking back at him, The Bard who apparently was enjoying their confusion, smiles

"You will see."