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"Traveler! I found a pond let's go fishing!" Paimon shouted while pointing her finger at the big lake out there.

"Aren't we going home?" Ayaka asked surprising the two.

"Home can we eat that?" Paimon tilts her head sideway wondering what that is.

"Home...ah my sister always tells me that," The Traveler said while bringing out his fishing rod.

Ayaka looks at them dumbly. "Don't tell me you guys don't have a place to settle with...

Paimon childishly replied, "heck yeah!"

"We'll have nowhere to go. Once we do commission we just sleep anywhere, whether it would be a cave, trees, grassland, or anywhere," he said smiling.

"That's right, those commissions pay too low and that's why we're always outside. But Paimon doesn't mind it. Traveler here knows a lot of survival skills," She proudly said.

On the other hand, Ayaka can't reply to anything since she doesn't know what the life of an adventurer is but...she wondered, the Traveler here clear commission more than an average adventurer yet they don't have money to rest in a proper place or eat in a proper place.

"Uhmm... I'm not an adventurer so I don't know what the life of an adventurer is but... Traveler, you clear more commission than an ordinary person so why do you guys not rent a place?" She asked.

Paimon replied. "Ah, Paimon knows! Most of the travelers' money ends up in our stomachs!"

"Your stomach" The Traveler clarifies.

"Hey! Your eating too!"

"But not a lot like you"

"Hmph!"

The Traveler put the bait on the rod as he swing the rod to the lake while smiling he said. "Ayaka, I know you're wondering why it's like that but, I'm a Traveler. Starting from Mondstadt to Liyue and here at Inazuma, my goal is...to find my sister. I need to find a clue about her whereabouts even if that means traveling the whole Teyvat in the process. About the accommodation, we don't really need one." Ayaka didn't reply any longer but instead smiled at the thoughts of living in freedom. "So traveler...one day you will~~

"Leave Inazuma... that's right it can't be help thought. I need to find her no matter what," the Traveler said while Paimon is looking at the two carefully.

The Heron looks sad while the Traveler looks determined to find his sister. "Ah! Don't say that Traveler! We, leaving Inazuma is still far y'know" Paimon said making the mood brighter again.

"Yeah, we have a lot of time, I don't need to hurry up though, also there are a lot of things I need to discover first before heading to our next destination," He says

"That's right and also our mora is not enough to take us to the next nation. I hope you don't forget that we get here through illegal means because the mora that you save get burned" Paimon reminded as he smiled.

"Then, how about we stay here for at least half a year? How does that sound?" He asked Paimon.

"That's Right! I agree!" She yelled suddenly Paimon flew to Aether in surprise.

"What?" He asked

She whispered still it can be heard by Ayaka who just smiled
"Y'know...I guess the reason Ayaka talks about going home is~~

The Traveler doesn't look at her state. Worn out, dirty and even her attire is...ruined.
He just smiled as he replied. "Nope!" Loudly for both of them to hear"

"Hey!" Paimon shouted

"It's fine, I don't mind it." Ayaka said, "but your a girl and a royal at that!" She retorted

"Don't worry about me. I don't mind. I promise also~~ *look at Traveler* ~~ I want to experience the life the both of you have all this time," she said shyly.

"So you want to become an adventurer like us?" He asked as he finally catch fish and throw another bait again.

"Yes, I would love to"

"But it will be hard. I hope you're ready for that, Ayaka," Traveler smiled, and Ayaka nodded in response. Paimon's smile grew wider. "I see, then welcome to the squad!" Ayaka then asked if she could do some fishing and the Traveler taught her what he knows

At first, she showed clumsiness such as getting pulled by the big fish instead of her pulling it. Paimon is worried about what the Traveler is making Ayaka do since her clothes are getting ruined more and she is getting much dirtier.

"Hey, Paimon doesn't look like that it's fine," The Traveler reassured her as he pointed at Ayaka who is now swimming at the lake after being pulled by the fish again while laughing.

Paimon smiled
"I see...

"As a royal, she didn't experience freedom... it's her first time being like this," He said, and Paimon nodded and ran to Ayaka to play with her in the lake.

Just like that four hours passed and they only eat seven fish because the fishing rod broke due to Paimon and Ayaka playing at the lake.

"I'm still hungry," Paimon said with her stomach grumbling.

"You eat three fish y'know," He sarcastically said

"I'm sorry Traveler it's my fault" Ayaka apologizes because she knows full too well that she was the reason it ends up like this. The traveler just laughs it off and grabs his wet cape and uses some of his Anemo energy to dry it faster.

After drying it he put it in Ayaka. "Your cryo energy makes your clothes dry but that is only applied on things that are attached to you and since my cape has fallen to the lake itself, it gets wet," He said.

"Y'know how cryo works?... can you use cryo too?" Ayaka surprisingly asked.

"Nope, I just know a lot of our things. Also, I guess you need to get a new change of clothes" He suggested

The fairy said. "That's right. Paimon thinks that too! Your clothes are almost falling since its has been torn apart from an earlier fight"

Ayaka looked at herself embarrassed as she covered herself with the Traveler cape in hand.

"I guess that's all for the night then, shall we go back?" The Traveler asked the two.

"Yeah! I'm sure, Thoma has a lot of food there!" Paimon shouted.

"No!" Ayaka yelled

The two looked at her. "what is it Ayaka?" Paimon asked.

"Didn't you two forget that we are being hunted?" She said as the two remembered that Ayaka is no longer a royal and everything that the Kamisato state owned is already gone.

"Then where can we get you a new set of clothes?" The fairy asked.

"I'm fine I can stay like this" she reassured them but Paimon smirked afterward "hehe, you just wanted the Traveler to look at you, eh" Paimon teased making her blush while Aether just smiled.

"No! I'm not that sort of person!" She shouter embarrassed. "Hehe denying," Paimon teased as she then looks at the sky and it was already dark.

"Traveler it's dark!" Paimon said as aether slowly undressed while going to the river.

"Wh~what are you doing!" Paimon punches him in the face and he falls to the river instead.

He slowly get up from the water and asked. "what, I'm taking a quick bath. I hadn't yet taken it for three days y'know"

"There is a lady here!" Paimon shouted while pointing at Ayaka who was covering her face.

"It's fine me and my sister are always taking a bath together," the Traveler said as he get up from the water and approach Ayaka who was blushing madly.

His biceps and abs are showing. He is certainly half-naked. "Y'know it's not good for a girl to not take a bath, so you can also use the river."

Paimon thought
"Is he dumb...

Ayaka just blush madly and replied. "no!...

"Why are you like that I'm not going to do anything for you," the Traveler said as she then carry Ayaka bridal style and throws her into the water with Paimon.

"Ah!"

"Hehe," He smirked as he turned around to go in the opposite direction.

"Hey, why did you do that? " Paimon shouted
"Where are you going?" Ayaka asked as the Traveler told them that there is another lake here so he will just take a bath in there.

"Eh?" Ayaka pondered.

"Silly I'm not the type of guy who takes advantage of a beautiful girl," Traveler said while looking at Ayaka whose only head is showing at the water.

She blushes a lot and the Traveler leaves.
"Guess it's only the two of us," Paimon smirked. "Yep" smiled as both of them take out their clothes and enjoy the night bath.

To be continue