Notes: English is not my main language; I try my best for it but ... there's still probably some grammar and spell errors xD. Also, this is the first time I write something.

Anyway, enjoy the story everyone :D


"Hurry up Aether we gotta hide now" Said by a little fairy to a young boy

"I know that … Stop yelling at me" The boy shouted back.

That boy with golden hair and his companion were running non-stop for over 30 minutes and still ongoing, a lot of soldiers were chasing after them. Because of the stupid act he did in the ritual incident ealier, now they had to figure out how to solve all these problems.

1 hour ago

"Rex Lapis has been killed! Seal the exit" The woman with long white hair commanded her troops to surround the ritual area. Without any delay, Millelith's soldiers quickly came in respond and started to interrogate people around. Meanwhile, Aether and Paimon were afraid of being suspected of staying too close in the ritual area and they most likely had no proof to prove their innocence so they decided to sneak out.

After 10 minutes, they almost reached outside and only a few more steps and they would have been able to get out of this mess…

If only they hadn't tripped on a stupid rock in the road...

As the result, a small clank came out from it, catching the attention of a guard nearby

And that was how the story began...

"Stop right there!" a guard spotted him.

"Oh no run!" Paimon shouted as they both started to run away.

Back to the present …

Because they didn't know much about the street in Liyue so they just ran blindly, which later led to a dead-end. All three corners were now tall buildings which were impossible to climb. Even worse … at least 20 Millelith's soldiers were now surrounding him.

"Look like we have to fight them now" Aether drew out the sword.

"Don't kill them, ok? Just knock them out" Paimon reminded.

"I know, I know"

"You think you can stop all of us that easily!? Troops! Arrest them" Their leader ordered.

With the skill of the person who was able to defeat Dvalin and Andrius, fighting with these ordinary people even with that number was no match for him. After some clashes, he managed to defeat all of them with ease.

Their leader was just stood there as he knew he wasn't Aether's opponent "What … are you … you don't even have a Vision !?"

"Don't underestimate us! But don't worry, they only get knocked out and will wake up soon" Paimon grinned.

Aether grabbed Paimon and continued to run "Less talking, more running"

Just when he about to use the teleport ability… a purple lightning stiletto flew right to his face and then followed by a quick slash. Surprised but Aether was still able to parry the attack with his sword in an instant. The sound of both swords impacting each other was so loud that even a person around 200 meters away could hear it.

He slowly opened his eyes and saw a young girl with amethyst eyes with purple twintail was clashing sword with him. Both of them then jump back to defensive position.

Aether took a careful look at her and saw she also had two pointy hair buns that looked like cat's ears. She wears a pale lavender top with a high violet collar and ruffled dark blue skirt, layered under a deep violet overcoat, behind her back was an Electro's Vision that kept on shining.

She shouted "Do you think you can escape after you have done this!? The Qixing and the people of Liyue will never forgive you!"

Aether tried to explain to her "We didn't do anything! we are not even from here; we've just came here recently"

The young girl continued to speak "Well then, why are you running away?"

Aether didn't know what to say … it had been better if he would have just stayed there.

"Well … I …".

"Enough talk, time to you to die …" She quickly charged straight to him.

Her quick and quick attacks caused Aether a lot of trouble, several of them nearly hitting him. Aether had to back off to rethink its strategy

"Seem like you're a lot stronger than them" Aether smiled at her performance. He hadn't had any good fights since moving to Liyue.

"Thanks for the compliment, you're not that bad either".

"Hey what are you doing Aether, you seem to lose focus. Are you ok?" Paimon worried about him.

"I'm fine, I don't know why I lose focus either" He began to wonder what was distracting him … Could it be?

"Seem like you still have time to chit chat your mascot huh? Let's see if you can dodge this" she charged up again and this time she used one of her unique skills.

"Nowhere to hide!" She shouted and blended into the shadow of her blade, striking a series of thunderclap-blows.

Still, he was able to dodge almost all of this attack, some of her strikes hit but he managed to block them. After that she was nowhere to be seen.

"Where is she?" He was looking around and didn't spot her.

Suddenly a voice come from above "Now die!" … Aether looked up and saw her attack directly right above him.

Aether somehow sat dumbfounded while still looking up at her blow was quickly falling on him anytime. A powerful explosion from her attack caused the ground to shake slightly after it touched, showing how powerful she was.

After the dust was clear, she was shocked to see him somehow still able to stay unscathed.

She gasped "How did you … able to do that?"

"Unless if I wanted to die … so, why didn't I … "

Knowing her rival is not a normal person, she started to feel afraid and backed up a little bit.

Aether instead should take advantage of her so he can find a way to escape but somehow just sat there. His face got redder and he tried to pretend to cover his eyes.

"Next time, if you want to fight … please look at what you dress"

She looked at her dress and started to realize what had happened during that attack. During her plunging attack at him, the wind was blowing right below her so her skirt got blown up, Aether from below not only saw her attack directly from above but also could clearly see her full black pantyhose, her beautiful legs and thighs, and probably more …

She used one hand to hold her skirt down while the other still kept pointing her sword at him, her face was getting flushed by any second.

"Y..ou … You … you … PREVERT!" she stuttered.

"Uh… it seems like you have made her mad now" Paimon flew behind and covered herself in his cape

"Ugh how much bad luck do I have now" Aether gripped his sword in defensive position to deal with her next attack.

"I WILL DEFINITELY KILL YOU THIS TIME YOU PREVERT!" she screamed and she started to hold her sword tight and channeling, a lot of lightning energy gathered around her.

"Oy … do you want to kill everyone in here!? There is a lot of people in here you know!" Aether tried to calm her down but it seemed like it wasn't working. He was afraid that even when he was able to block the attack, the blast caused by it could hurt people around. It seems like she was losing her sense now.

Just when he didn't know what to do, a hail of water arrows fell right between them and stopped her attack, after that a man jumped straight down from the building behind Aether.

"Hang on buddy!" that man then took Aether and Paimon away in a flash.

After the hail was over, she looked around and realized these two people had gone. After she calmed herself down, she ran back to check the soldiers.

"Is everyone ok?" she asked the leader.

"They only have been knocked out, no one is seriously injured. Sorry for our weakness, we couldn't stop him"

"No, he's far stronger than we thought, even I'm probably no match for him" the girl began to wonder "Who is he?"

After that a woman with long white hair came to them.

"So did you catch the killer?" The woman asked

"No, he escaped" the purple-haired girl said.

"As long as everyone here is ok, let's go back" the white-hair said to the troops.

"Yes, madam"

"But what about him? We need to chase him down; he can't run away that far now" - The purple-hair girl tried to convince that woman but got ignored.

"Well, he's seemed like not a threat to us, it's not like he's the one who did it though despite being that strong"

"But … Argh! Fine then! I will find him myself!" - The purple-hair girl was so angry at the woman but that woman's still standing there and smile at the girl.

"Suit yourself then … Keqing"

"I will prove you wrong this time! Ningguang !" Keqing shouted to her.

"Then who get the wrong killer will lose a bag of Mora this time" Ningguang said to Keqing then left with the troops. She was holding a letter from Acting Grand Master of Mondstadt with the information provided about the arrival of a certain young golden hair Traveler who was coming to Liyue.

"You will never get away from me after what you have done to me … you … you damm pervert" Keqing mumbled to herself. "Well too bad he looks kind of cute to me ..." a random thought ran through her mind then suddenly she shook her head; her face flushed again.

"I don't know where you are right now but I will find you and kill you. MARK MY WORD! VENGEANCE WILL BE MINE!" She screamed

On the other side, Aether, after the talks with the man called Childe who helped them escaped. He and Paimon went back to the to the Wangshu Inn to take a rest. Before he could do so, he felt a sudden chill that run to his spine…

"What with the death cold running inside me?" He shivered in wondering

"Probably someone is trying to threaten you" that fairy suddenly appeared right in his face.

"Well may be is the purple-hair girl, she looks cute though … that girl somehow look like a kitten to me"

"Don't say to me that you like her, don't you? … Hmm so that why you were losing focus when fighting her, also when you were just sitting there looking up when she strikes you from above because you just want to look at her -"

Aether quickly covered her mouth, his face also blushed "Ok that's enough for the day, I want a rest. Hopefully we don't see her again." … "I haven't even known her name yet" he thought.

"Yeah, right..." Paimon smugged.

Also, in Mondstadt, somewhere in the bar …

"Achchoo !" The woman has light blue hair with Cyro Vision sneezed. "Did someone say my line …?"

END?


P/s: I rarely see or make ships but Aeqing probably is one of the best ships for me in the game. They make them almost feel like canon, love their fan-service so much.