Aquila Favonia (A Genshin Impact Fic)
A snippet of a new fic based off of @gayturtledoves wonderful ghost Vennessa AU. Please go give them some love!
The traveler’s ability to find strange new treasure surpasses Kaeya’s own.
Kaeya is proud to admit this, however, he was concerned to see how careless Lumine is with these priceless treasures. The things she finds range from bags of wheat to historical artifacts, yet she treats both as if they are worth the same: they were just gifts for her to give. Kaeya isn’t going to lie and say that he isn’t morbidly impressed by her flippancy and generosity. Especially since he has watched her give Klee of all people the one of the Wanderer’s Troupe Top Hat– the one that had been lost for decades– just because the young spark knight had asked nicely.
Kaeya reminds himself to pull Lumine aside one day to teach her why it is not wise to give historical artifacts to children even if they are Klee. Or maybe he will let it all slide and watch as Jean has her fifth aneurysm watching Klee wreak havoc on Mondstatd with one of the only relics of the Wanderer’s Troupe left.
Both ideas amuse Kaeya greatly.
Nevertheless, when Lumine visits the Ordo’s headquarters asking Kaeya to check out some trinkets from her latest treasurer hunt, who was Kaeya to refuse.
“And we found this strange device on our way back from Liyue.”
There are various treasures strewn about Kaeya’s desk taking up the space that would have otherwise been used to do the paperwork (Kaeya wasn’t exactly opposed to this arrangement but it would only fuel Amber’s belief that he was nothing but a slacker). Lumine holds one of the treasures for Kaeya to see.
It was definity Liyuen. The red tassels hanging off the side and the use of bronze were a dead giveaway. There aren’t many places in Teyvat that use bronze as liberally as Liyue.
Kaeya squints to see the engraving etched onto the device. “It looks like… some kind of dial? Maybe a sun-dial.”
“That’s what Paimon said!” The little fairy huffs, glaring daggers at her traveling companion.
“I just wanted a second opinion, that’s all,” Lumine says. She looks slightly apologetic. But that didn’t last long. “I would never doubt your intelligence.”
The teasing lift in her voice almost has Kaeya smiling.
Paimon crosses her arms. “Liar! If that was true you would’ve stopped Albedo from insulting Paimon.”
Albedo? So they finally met the elusive Chef Alchemist.
“The Albedo? As in the most charming man of all of Mondstatd?” Kaeya asks. Lumine is covering her mouth trying not to laugh. Luckily for her Paimon seemed too occupied with her anger to notice. “I don’t believe it. He would never insult anyone, an absolute peach that man is if I do say so myself.”
That seems to confuse Paimon a bit more than Kaeya expected as her brows crease together. “A peach? How can Albedo be a peach?”
“It’s a figure of speech dear.”
Kaeya snorts. “Of course you did.”
Lumine takes this as the perfect opportunity to divert the conversation. She starts to pull out a large box from behind her seat. It was long and skinny, far too skinny to contain much.
The box itself wasn’t anything impressive. It was simply a plain wooden box. Aged for longer than it should have. The sides showed signs of rotting. Despite this, it was a very normal wooden box.
“I know you said to stop bringing you stuff,” Lumine starts, placing the box between her and Kaeya “but I noticed your sword was starting to chip so…”
There was a surge of warmth that erupts in Kaeya’s chest. He knows that the Traveler was fond of him, but to pay such careful attention that she had realized his sword was starting to wear and to gift him a new sword was more than Kaeya had ever thought she would do.
Lumine cracks open the box and Kaeya can’t help but lean in interest.
The sword is beautiful. A long thin blade that looked as delicate as it was sturdy. It was white as snow, not a single blemish stained its steel. The hilt and the guard were carved intricately into feathers. Although the box seemed like it had been left uncared for in ages, the sword was in perfect shape.
Lumine’s voice snapped Kaeya out of his thoughts.
“Yes, it’s lovely,” Kaeya admits, “but Lumine I couldn’t possibly accept this-”
Lumine laughs, her eyes crescents. “Well, you’re going to have to. I got it just for you.”
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