ng dashed back to the mortuary room to finish his duties after a brief chat, promising to speak with Hu Tao later.
ng was an old acquaintance she made over a year ago. He initially joined so he could ask the director, Hu Tao, to help him search for his deceased childhood friend called Big G.
But so far, searching for Big G in Spirit Realm and in the Mortal World beca fruitless and unsuccessful, leaving ng to wonder whether his childhood friend already passed on or not...
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With a smile, Hu Tao invited everyone into her office upstairs.
Once they entered, they took notice of a rather tall and handso gentleman sitting inside, reclined on a leather chair, seeming comfortable as he sipped his cup of tea in silence.
He was dressed very nicely for a funeral visitor or an employee, wearing a long dark brown tailcoat with dragon scale patterns, gold and silver accents, and golden tassels.
Underneath the coat, he wore a beige dress shirt, a brown and amber waistcoat with black trousers.
His posture was perfect and erect, resembling authority combined with elegance, a contrast that enhanced a stately presence.
A square face with prominent chin lines gave his features a respectable appearance, giving no room for doubt in their definition, which was accomplished by his overly noble eyebrows, that lifted upward at the arrival of Yomite's party, leaving room for skeptical curiosity.
"Director Hu, pleasure to see you again. I hope today too shall be prosperous."
The man elegantly placed the cup of tea on a table beside him and stood up, bowing deeply, keeping eye contact with the group throughout, his bold gaze remaining unyielding in its intent.
He seed professional, sincere and polite, full of business airs yet impeccably refined, conforming neatly to whatever task needed to be done during funerals and visits.
"Ah, Zhongli! No need to be so stiff! I've returned to make the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor prosper after my months of absence, once more!" Hu Tao smiled broadly with confidence.
She continued, "This is Zhongli! He is a consultant here, at Wangsheng Funeral Parlor! His knowledge is vast and profound...So thorough...although he tends to use a lot of archaic words so you might not imdiately understand what he wants to say, but I can guarantee you that he is like a walking encyclopedia!"
"A walking encyclopedia? So he's like Paimon?" Lumine guessed.
Paimon crossed her arms atop her pitiful chest with a stoic expression.
Her lips beca tense as if disapproving of Lumine's remark
"Hey! If anything, Paimon is a floating encyclopedia! Not a walking one! Also, Paimon prefers the term, 'Mascot', more than 'Ergency food' or 'Encyclopedia'."
"Is that seriously any better...?"
Zhongli stayed silent and continued looking through the guests, nodding now and then in recognition, until his eyes befell on Iris; just staring off at her as if he was trying to gather mories from sowhere deep within his brain...
He could feel a familiar irritation starting to bubble inside his stomach, sensing that it must've been so decades since he'd last interacted with soone with this kind of energy...
"..."
Did he know her from so place before, or perhaps...?
How strange, he was almost certain of having seen her sowhere before, yet he couldn't rember exactly when or where...
Shoving that thought aside, Zhongli narrowed his eyebrows and remarked upon Iris.
"How may I adress you?" He politely inquired in a light voice, though maintaining control of himself.
Iris was looking around and didn't even register soone was speaking to her, saying nothing in return...
"....."
Yomite waved his hand, "Don't take it to heart, she never really pays attention unless it cos to food. Her na is Iris, I'm Yomite, and this behind is Lumine, Fischl and Barbara. As for the flying cutie, that's Paimon, our flying dog, and you already seem to be familiar with the creature on top of my shoulder."
He made a short introduction that earned him a squeeze from Hu Tao's thighs, and an angry look from Paimon before continuing...
"We're from Mondstadt, and we ca to visit Liyue to relax for a while, and also to take part in the Rite of Descension that'll be happening any day now."
"Mondstadt...I see. Rite of Descension. A great timing indeed. Tomorrow shall be the day." Zhongli responded, appearing uneasy at this statent.
Although it did strike Yomite weird that this Zhongli person kept on staring at Iris, it didn't feel like he was trying to be rude, but rather examining her; like dissecting every single pixel on her body. As if he was trying to rember whether they ever t before.
But sothing about him was very strange...his appearance even, reminding Yomite of sothing...
(Amber eyes...amber eyes...where have I heard that description before...)
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(Ah.)
He warily eyed Zhongli, and felt unease sprout in his innards at the exact striking resemblance to the person they've been looking for...
"Lumine..."
Yomite whispered while waving his hands discreetly.
"What is it, Party Leader?"
She wasn't sure why Yomite called out to her all of a sudden, but he seed to be alard about sothing.
"It's him. Grab a rope...we are jumping him..."
"Eh? Eeeeh!?"
She was visibly panicked at the prospect of tying Hu Tao's friend with a rope, but once she cald down, she imdiately realized that the description did fit...
In less than a second, a finely woven rope materialized in her hands. She held it between both of her palms, preparing to grab it tightly.
Anything to get information about her brother...
So radical ans were indeed necessary...
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