Genshin Impact: Awakening in the Darkness

Chapter 39 Gathering of the Gods (1) Fontaine Chapter

"Is this Barbatos' first time in Liyue? Come on, I'll take you to try some of Liyue's delicious food."

"Xuan Yue! Slow down! I can fly by myself!"

Xuan Yue, holding Barbatos's hand, streaked across the sky at a speed comparable to Morax's meteor. Barbatos experienced a life-or-death race before he could even open his wings.

"Ah, oh, then I'll slow down." Xuan Yue turned her head and saw Barbatos's pale face, so she slowed down and stopped in the air. After Barbatos recovered, it flapped its wings and flew up.

"Xuan Yue, I almost became the first god to be strangled because I flew too fast!"

Xuan Yue scratched his head. What should he say? Was he flying so fast because he was afraid of being caught by Morax again? Did he have no pride?

"I'm sorry, Barbatos. To make up for it, I'll buy you a drink. I guarantee that the wine from Liyue is no worse than that from Mondstadt."

"Really? It's a deal, no take-backs allowed."

"Um...sigh, slow down!"

It's true what they say, fortunes change...

"Hoo... Ha! That feels so good!" Barbatos had already changed into Wendy's outfit, and there were more than a dozen jars of wine beside him. His face was only slightly flushed. The passersby nearby were all stunned, while Xuan Yue opposite him was just sipping her juice little by little.

"Barbatos...no, Wendy, you can really drink! Isn't the wine Mondstadt usually gives you enough?" Xuan Yue looked at Barbatos, who looked like a drunkard, and couldn't believe that this was one of the Seven Rulers of Teyvat.

"Hehe~ If they knew, that would be enough, but unfortunately they don't. So, Little Xuan Yue, you probably don't mind if the great Wind God himself comes over to your place for a few drinks now and then."

"I'll spread the word for you right now!"

"No! Xuan Yue, I was wrong!"

"You are the high and mighty Wind God, how could you make a mistake? It is your people who have mistreated you. Don't worry, I will help you deal with those rebels who disrespect your status."

"Xuan...Xuan Yue...please don't do this, I won't drink it anymore..."

"You are the Wind God, how could I dare to threaten you? Of course, you can drink as much as you want." Xuan Yue smiled "kindly," which sent a chill down Wendy's spine.

"Um... Xuan Yue, if you speak properly, I'll take you to other countries to play, how about that?"

"Oh? Morax will let me leave so easily?"

"I can take you away quietly; you can go wherever you want."

"Alright, those who break their promises shall be punished."

The covenant between the two gods was thus established.

"Quick! I need to go to Fontaine, Nata, and Inazuma... wait, forget about Inazuma, I don't want to fight. Let's go to Winter instead."

"I have a feeling you've been planning this for a long time," Wendy said, forcing a smile.

"Boss, add another 20 jars of wine, to go!" Xuan Yue took out a large bag of Mora and placed it on the table. When the 20 jars of wine appeared in front of him, Wendy immediately put them away, then a gust of wind blew, and he disappeared with Xuan Yue. Everything was as smooth as flowing water.

"Hmm... Where's Xuan Yue? Barbatos!" The document held by someone in the sky above Li Yue was miserably squeezed.

Fontaine-

"Phew~ I'm alive again!" As soon as Agolia said goodbye to Hibarak and Buyer and sat down in her chair, she felt a hand pat her shoulder.

"Ah! Ghost!!!"

"Wait, wait, wait! It's me, Agoria!" Barbatos quickly revealed himself, but Agoria was clearly still in shock and didn't come to her senses for a long time.

"Please forgive my uninvited arrival, Water God." Xuan Yue also appeared, but she was much more polite than Barbatos.

"Y-you...hello..." Ergolia blushed slightly, feeling somewhat embarrassed at being seen behaving in such an indecent manner.

"Nice to meet you. I am Ruyavis, the God of Order of Liyue." Xuan Yue bowed to Ergolia in the Fontaine's traditional greeting, or as Morax would say, "When in Rome, do as the Romans do."

"Welcome, God of Order, to Fontaine. However, the manner in which you two have arrived is rather unsettling," Ergolia returned the greeting.

"I'm so sorry, Ergolia. I promised Xuan Yue I'd take him out of Liyue, but there's a Geo Archon there, so I had no choice but to come to Fontaine this way."

“Barbatos, someone like you who seduces a Geo Archon will likely face Morax’s wrath at the Liyue gathering soon.” Aeguria crossed her arms, looking at the unreliable Anemo Archon before her.

"Hey, hey, hey, what do you mean by 'kidnapped'? Xuan Yue did it willingly, right?" Barbatos even winked at Xuan Yue, who silently turned her head away...

"Oh dear, Little Xuan Yue doesn't love me anymore..." Barbatos's voice was full of disappointment.

"Never been in love, thank you."

"Ah Yue, don't be like that!" Barbatos quickly clung to Xuan Yue and said coquettishly.

Egolia felt superfluous, but then she remembered something and felt it was time to ask her about it.

“That Wind God, I have something I'd like to discuss with Joavis. Could you please excuse me for the time being?”

"Okay, I'll lend you my little Xuan Yue."

"Who's your family?!" Successfully received a furious roar from Xuan Yue.

Soon only two gods remained in the spacious palace.

"Joavis, I want to ask how to avoid the original sin brought down by the divine law."

"..." Upon hearing this, Xuan Yue frowned and said with a serious expression, "Have you committed an unforgivable crime?"

“I… responded to my people’s desire to be human, and thus was punished by Heaven. I know I have violated the order, and I can accept any punishment, but my people are innocent, and I don’t know how to absolve the people of Fontaine of the sins I have inflicted.” Agoria’s eyes were filled with desolation, her disappointment beyond words.

“I can’t help you right now, but since you haven’t made me fall into the ‘divine punishment,’ you must not have crossed the line of ‘order.’ Otherwise, even ‘heavenly justice’ wouldn’t be able to protect Fengdan.” Hearing Xuan Yue say this, Ergolia’s reaction was, “That means you can help me!”

"..." Have we focused on the wrong thing?

"Yes and no. The world only knows me as the God of War of Liyue, only knows me as the Demon God, but they don't know that the name Ruoyavis actually represents two Demon Gods, and I am only one of them." Xuan Yue thought of the missing Xuan Qing and couldn't help but say sadly, "Now that one of them is missing, I am just Xuan Yue, and I am really powerless to help."

"I see..." She didn't comment on Xuan Yue's words. She had been mentally prepared, but there was always a little disappointment.

…………

"Are you finished talking?" Barbatos, who was playing with an egg outside the door, looked at the two gods who came out, and was obviously about to fall asleep while waiting.

"Barbatos! Put the egg down!" Aggria roared, and at the same time, a sharp water elemental struck down. Barbatos quickly flew up to dodge the attack. Before they knew it, the two gods were fighting in mid-air, with the main attack coming from Aggria and Barbatos using his maximum evasion skill. A torrential downpour began, and the dragon egg somehow ended up in Xuan Yue's hands.

"Hmm? A dragon egg, and a water dragon king egg at that!" Xuan Yue's gloomy mood instantly dissipated upon seeing the egg. As the ancient times receded and his memories grew more and more distant, he could hardly remember what a dragon cub looked like.

"Hmm, are you upset because they're fighting? It's okay, don't worry about them. Here, let me give you some energy." Xuan Yue purified his power and transferred it into the dragon egg. The dragon egg shook back and forth, emitting happy emotions, and soon the dark clouds dispersed.

"Tsk, it really is the Water Dragon King, what a grand display."

Seeing the two gods still locked in fierce combat in the sky, Xuan Yue went up and punched each of them, claiming it was bad for the baby's physical and mental health.

—Small Theater—

“I’m such a genius.” Xuan Yue proudly raised his chin, and Xuan Qing nodded, then patted his head.

Barbatos and Egolia each had a large bag on their head and were squatting in the corner.

Little Navelette passed by, glanced at the two gods, and before she could say anything, Xuan Yue pulled her into his arms: "Brother...brother..."

"Mmm, little Navelette is such a good girl. Don't mind those two. Come on, big brother will take you to drink some delicious honey water, it's all-natural."

"Mmm." Little Navelette was just a baby and didn't understand anything.