Sighing, Ren Cruz dipped himself down a river to wash the dirt and grime off. It has been two months since he had been summoned in Teyvat, the first few days were spent familiarizing with Setanta's survival skills. He had found out that he had Gae Bolg by his side and that he could use runes the sane level as Caster Cu can.
He sighed in relief as he felt the cool water soothe his muscles while he washed his face. Teyvat really was the best, luckily, he was near Monstadt and could buy some soap and shampoo for him to use.
"Ren.. tomorrow... hunt?" The voice of his surrogate little brother made Ren stood up to reveal tattoos on his right shoulder and arms.
"You should take a bath as well Razor. You played with Klee again didn't you? You smell like gunpowder." Ren said with a smirk and Razor paled.
"No, Ren stop!" Razor shouted as he tried to run away.
"Yes, Ren Go!" Ren shouted as he grabbed Razor from behind and Supplex threw him on the lake.
Razor growled a bit after he hit the water and started to splash his surrogate brother that was only wearing a pair of pants.
Ren chuckled as he dodged it, jumped towards the lake, and used Gae Bolg to splash Razor with a large wave of water. The wolf boy panicked and was drenched in water.
"You can't beat a hound Razor!" Ren said dramatically while posing with one hand over his face. He silently used a rune of light to have some sort of special effect behind him.
"I know... but she... can," Razor said with a smirk.
"She?" Ren asked, confused at who was he talking about.
"JUMPY DUMPTY!" A familiar voice shouted in excitement causing Ren to pale and looked at Razor with a deadpan expression.
"Seriously?" Ren asked as he saw the giant bouncy bomb hopping his way. He sighed as the bomb lit up, signaling that it was gonna blow.
The bomb exploded causing a large amount of water to come crashing down on Ren.
The poor successor of Setanta was completely drenched from head to toe, his hair fell flat on his head covering the upper part of his face.
A little girl wearing red clothes giggled as she saw what happened to Ren. An arm made out of twigs suddenly hoisted her up by her backpack and dropped on the river.
"You thought you can defeat me, but it was I, the victor of this bout!" Ren cheerily proclaimed as he stabbed Gae Bolg on the ground, jumped on it with one foot on the shaft and the other pommel. A bright light shone brightly behind him, making the two cover their eyes. That is until the ground holding up Gae Bolg loosened and made him fall off the demonic spear.
The sudden anticlimactic fall of the spearman caused the three to laugh while the afternoon sun shone on them. It was an hour later and the three could be seen hanging around a campfire drying off their clothes. Ren could be seen using some runes to dry their clothes while he dried Razor's and Klee's hair, as he had prioritized their clothes first. The fish on the campfire was already doe cooking the time he had finished. A blue tattered cloak that had seen several battles was hung up on a branch with some runes on it along with a black t-shirt and baggy pants.
Ren was only wearing a pair of blue pants and a blue jacket with the sleeves reaching up to his forearms. He wore a necklace and several bracelets on his left and a single silver metal bracelet with several runic inscriptions on it.
"Hey Ren, why am I not allowed to use my totally-not-for-fish-blasting-super-explody-formula?" Klee asked causing Razor to freeze and pale a bit as he remembered the burning mountain.
"Because if you use it, Klee, we won't have anything to eat. The rivers will get destroyed and then there will be no fishes left to eat or blasting," Ren explained as he finished drying her hair and put her hat on her head.
"ooh, so that's why you use your stick to catch fishies! But it's boring, you just sit there and use your sharpy red stick and throw it at the fishies or use a fishing rod," Klee whined as Ren chuckled and rubbed her head.
"Why don't you and Razor have a nap and I will wake you two up before I take you back to Monstadt," Ren said with a smile as he watched the two eat the fish. A large grey stallion sat down behind him and used its body as a backrest for him,
"Thank you Liath," Ren thanked the horse now known as Liath Macha, one of Cu Chulainn's horses, by rubbing its neck and offering it some sugar cubes. He had remembered taming and befriending the favorite horse of the hound of Culann, a week. It took him a whole week to tame and capture them.
Liath neighed happily as he accepted the sugar cubes, and rubbed its head on the demi-heroic spirit's hand. He was his new master and would protect him. Liath Macha is a divine-class phantasmal beast that is able to be summoned alongside Dubh Sainglenn. It took a week for him to be captured and tamed as Ren kept falling off of him but he never gave up. On the last day, Ren managed to not fall off for an entire day as Liath Macha ran around the whole continent of Teyvat, with the help of Gae Bolg, some sticks, runes, and other noble phantasms. After the ride, Ren passed out with a happy smile on his face as Liath Macha carried him to his base of operations. Liath neighed happily as he watched his new master eat the fish he cooked while smiling at his two younger siblings, a memory appeared on the King of horses' mind of a large wolf/hound that transformed into a sword after it wrapped itself around Ren.
"Take care of him for me," The wolf said telepathically before it disappeared to Liath Macha. The wolf turned to a sword and went inside Ren,
It was a few hours later and the sky was starting to darken, signaling that it was around 4 pm, Ren smiled as he woke up the two.
"Come on Klee, we need to take you back to the knights of Favonius," ren said towards the red-themed child arsonist with a gentle shake.
"Okay," Klee yawned out as she stretched and tiredly tugged his baggy pants. Ren was now dressed in his caster attire as he calls it.
Ren just sighed and smoothed out some creases on her dress with the help of some runes, put her hat on her head, and gave her her backpack. Ren smiled as a chariot formed near Liath Macha along with a black horse, this was Dubh Sainglenn
Ren smiled as he gently put Klee on the cushions and strapped her in, while he harnessed the horses.
"Razor! I'm taking Klee back to Monstadt! You take care of the place okay?" Ren said to the wolf boy as he tugged the reigns softly and the chariot moved quickly towards the forest of Wolvendom. Taking out Gae Bolg, he used it to stab a hilichurl that was about to hit a blonde-haired girl wearing a white dress.
To the onlookers, he was only a blue and red blur in the wind carried by black and light streaks.
The four soon arrived at Monstadt, and Ren unsummoned his chariot and Dubh, while Liath stayed and went to the stable outside Monstadt.
Ren gently picked up Klee, and eent inside the city of Monstadt. He was welcomed by the gate duo and Katheryne.
Ren got his rewards for his commissions and went to the headquarters of the knights of Favonius while carrying Klee on hid shoulder. Knocking on the door to Jean's office, he was welcomed by the sight of the grandmaster without her cape and the librarian without her hat. Strangely enough, Amber was there along with Kaeya.
"Hey Jean, I'm here to drop Klee off." Ren said as the young girl with green hair flinched.
"Oh Ren, Thanks for taking care of Klee today. Seems like she had a lot of fun," Jean said to the taller yet younger boy in front of her. The succesor of Cu Chulainn chuckled and gently patted Klee on her back to calm her. This madee the young child to snuggle his shoulder with a smile.
"Yeah, I'll drop her off her room," Ren said as Noelle smiled and bowed at Ren and took the key from Jean.
"Mind if I help you guys after? It's rare for me to find something to do without Barbara breathing down on my neck and making sure I do not get hurt," Ren complained as he smiled at the maid.
Ren followed Noelle to Klee's room and gently tucked her in. Ren smiled as Klee clutched the wolf stuffed toy that he made for her.
"Miss Klee, loves that stuffed toy you gave her Sir Ren," Noelle said with a smile as she cleaned some of Klee's toys. Ren meanwhile just smiled and helped the knight out.
"Is that so? That's good to hear I guess," Ren said with a smile. After a few minutes, Klee's room has been cleaned. Ren took a piece of paper and looked over some of Klee's formula and revised one of them. 'This will make your bomb a bit stronger and even stick to stuff.' Ren wrote, while Jean suddenly felt a shudder down her spine.
"Thank you for your help Sir Ren," Noelle said with a smile and Ren just rubbed her head causing her to blush.
"Welcome, and please, just call me Ren. I'm not really one for titles and stuff," Ren said with a smirk as the two walked out of the headquarters.
"Hey, good luck in your audition for joining the knights of Favonius Noelle. God knows thay need it seeing only a few of them are competent enough to work." Ren said harshly with a bloodthirsty smirk.
"You don't have to be so mean Ren," Noelle pouted but did a nod.
"Well, if you ever need help," Ren said, pausing as he sat on the railings. "I'm either at the guild hall, Diluc's tavern, Dawn Winery, Wolvendom, Springvale or Starsnatcher cliff,"
"I see, then in my day off," Noelle said shyly with a blush as Ren looked at her. "Would you mind helping me out again?" She asked shyly
Ren nodded with a smile.
"Sure, just find me and I'll come to you like a loyal hound." He answered with a smile and wave before winking at the maid. He let gravity do its work as he fell off the railings, midway through, he kicked the stone wall and launched himself towards some buildings. Jumping through them with ease, he was like a hound searching for its prey. He stopped as he landed on all fours in fron of a tavern. He entered it, nodding at the bartender.
He was now on the second floor and entered an office. "Hey, heard something interesting was gonna happen," He said with a smirk on his face as he caught an envelope.
"I see, so they are joining the party for 'Negotiations' eh?" Ren said with a chuckle as the man opened a bottle of wine and poured some on a tankard.
"Will you do it?" The man asked as Red hair stepped out of the shadows.
"Of course, I have to pay them back somehow," Ren said with a smirk, accepting the glass of wine. "After all, the knights of Favonius are filled with useless idiots."
"I know," The man said with a light smirk. "I need a favor."
"Tell me?" Ren asked as he sipped some wine.
"Something concerning is happening to Liyue, I want you to head there and act as a manager for one of my shops there," The man said as he looked at Ren.
"And to make sure to 'clean up' some 'Trash' that may cause harm," Ren finished with a smirk.
"Lucky for you, Liyue has a martial arts competition and I was planning to enter. Might hook up with some cute girls too," Ren said with a smirk. Somewhere Barbara clenched something with her hand and Joanna just crushed something unbreakable on her hand. Noelle also snapped an old broom.
"As if Liath Macha would let any random woman near you," The man countered wifh a chuckle.
"Yeah, but if she does then, All is good. I trust her judgement," After all she had protected her first master fiercely and she did protect him as well.
"I see, prepare for the party and make sure to take care of some messes for me," the man said as Ren nodded.
"Fine, fine, your wish is this hound's orders master Diluc," Ren said with a smirk as he finished his glass of wine and gently set it down.
"If the mess somehow is worse than it looks, try not to make a huge mess like last time, Nameless spearman of the wind," Diluc said
"Roger Roger," Ren opened the door and jumped out of it.