It was two days after the end of Weinlesefest, when...
"Dodododododo~ You got a call! Dodododododo~ Pick up now! Dodododododododododododododododododododo...~"
...
There was a sudden call from the Traveler...?
-Good day to you, Traveler. -Venti said as soon as he summoned and clicked on the device, looking and sounding a little confused. -I don't mind your sudden call, but why so soon after the last one...?
"I need you to check something with your winds, Venti. There's trouble in Sumeru again.", the Traveler soon answered, sounding a little fed up, before there was a deep sigh, "The Ayn Al-Ahmar clan, with the aid of a few other Eremites, are planning to burn the Akademiya to the ground."
They explained, before there was a small pause,
And now Venti couldn't help wondering what in Teyvat's name was going on in Sumeru...
*Suddenly planning to burn down the Akademiya, did Sumeru have an equivalent of Klee, perhaps...?
...
But even if Klee loved throwing bombs around, especially to "catch fish",
She never ever tried to actively burn down the city or part of it, did she...?
...
"It would be best if I explain what happened.", an unknown male voice was soon heard, one which sounded a little sheepish, "To summarize: During the Samsara, not only the host's, but many other people's dreams were shared together. Now, due to me having somewhat of a link to the Dendro Gnosis, my (quite strong, may I add) desire to burn the Akademiya down to the ground seemed to have blended within the dream and connected to certain people who believe in my past(?)...True identity.", he soon explained, before there was a short pause, "...Hence they saw it as a "Divine Revelation" and are now planning to burn the Akademiya to the ground~"
"...Samir, are you actually...Happy that this is happening...?", Nahida soon asked, sounding a little suspicious, as well as tired, "...Do you not remember our prior agreement...?"
"Technically speaking, I neither punished the Sages myself nor ordered anyone to do it for me. As such, I didn't break our promise in any way, shape or form. ", Samir answered her, sounding serious, yet also slightly amused, "...And nothing about this is written in my other contract, so it should be fine there, too.", he thoughtfully added, before there was a small pause, "Which reminds me, one of the terms of THAT CONTRACT is that I can't reveal my true identity to anyone, able to only give some vague hints. Both the Traveler and Yaksha Xiao already know, I would imagine...", he thoughtfully mumbled, "Besides that, as you already know my "everyday appearance" looks vastly different thanks to the Akasha illusion. Hence even if I tried, I can't stop them from burning the Akademiya to the ground, which I am truly sorry about.", he added, not sounding sorry at all, "I wonder if I can appear in their dreams and terrify…"Request" them to cease this plan. Or maybe it would be better to simply let them go all out and just save the books...? Those pieces of Knowledge are literally the only important thing in that place...", he thoughtfully mumbled, his words soon getting too quiet to hear, "We could do a heist, smuggle all the books out of that place and put them somewhere for safekeeping. I know of a few "secret locations" that should be big enough to fit them all and are either hard to access or have a dangerous monster guarding them! This could be a new and fun experience that I could never have had the chance to have before!~"
He enthusiastically ended, sounding very happy about the idea,
As the other two were completely silent for a while, before a deep sigh was heard...
"...Samir, do you truly want the Akademiya to burn down that badly...?", Nahida soon asked, sounding calm, yet still suspicious.
"As long as Azar and those other three Sages are inside, of course!", he admitted, still sounding quite happy, before there was a slight pause, "...But our main task should indeed be to get you free from your imprisonment and install you as the official Archon, Nahida. So this is what we should focus on...", he mumbled in a more serious voice, "So I am going to take care of those Eremites myself. I just need to decide on the best way to do so.", he added, before there was another small pause, "...Or perhaps it would be best to just leave them to burn the Akademiya down anyway...? If we were going by ancient laws, the punishment for treason would have been execution, with the body thrown into the river afterwards. So getting burned alive is still quite a light punishment, since they have a chance to survive, right...?~"
He ended in some more amusement, making the other two audibly sigh again,
As Venti couldn't help wondering what was currently going on in Sumeru anyway...
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And moreover, did the Traveler still need his help or not...?