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"He is...Morax? The original Archon like Lord Barbatos? But how co? I heard every citizen of Liyue knew Morax as a dragon that descended once per year. Lumine, could it be that you're mistaken? He's clearly a human."
Barbara raised her eyebrows sceptically at Lumine's accusations, unable to comprehend that such news could be true.
"We're certain that the man before us is either Morax himself, or a part of his body and I need to ask him a few questions for my...selfish goal..."
Lumine softly uttered.
She was close, she could feel it. It was only a matter of ti until she t her brother. Although she didn't trust his words much, Childe already told her he was alive and well, and while soone like Venti had no idea, Morax, the oldest god, might be able to locate him sohow with so divine thods.
Zhongli turned his head away without responding, seeming to show so discomfort with the unexpected exposure but certainly showing no fear of anyone present.
"Once again, are you Morax?" She reiterated, noticing that her first question hadn't t with an answer. "Or maybe rely a temporary aspect? Could that be it? A temporary vessel you overtake right before turning into a Dragon for the Rite of Descension? Please answer, Barbatos told us you can help ..."
"...Bawbatows?"
The sentence must've caught Zhongli off guard because of his sharp intake of air through the gag, conveyed by his gasp.
But he wasn't the only one.
"...Lord Barbatos...sent you?" Barbara's eyebrows furrowed as she looked alternatively between Lumine and Yomite, neither of them confirming her assumptions.
Though this surely had been kept a secret that hadn't co to light till now in front of outsiders, Lumine ntioned a very crucial secret info in front of Barbara which couldn't an any good things...
Taking the awkward silence as a yes, Barbara turned back toward Lumine with bright eyes.
"N-No way! Is it actually true...? W-Where have you seen Lord Barbatos!?" She exclaid, leaning forward in excitent.
Yomite facepald, there was now another issue at hand...
(Lumine...how could you just let it slip...he told us to keep his identity a secret, especially from soone from the church...and you must have spilled the beans in front of the biggest fanatic about him... Although at this point I'm not sure whether she's a bigger fanatic about than him...)
"Eh...Barbatos? I-I ant to say...Barba...Barba...Barbara..." Lumine began awkwardly. "N-Nevermind, it doesn't matter."
Barbara gave a short sigh at her pitiful attempts at hiding stuff before speaking, "Please don't try to lie to ...My whole life, I've spent praying to him, as a thanks for the actions he did in the past, and also because my father told to...If you've t soone as amazing as him... please tell how you did it...I really wish to do so as well to et him and thank him for everything in my life...How was he like?"
Yomite almost choked on his saliva.
(Amazing? Him? That 'thing'? Never! Ever! Call! That! Thing! Amazing!)
He scread internally but he decided to suppress those ungodly thoughts. (A trap drunkard that only brings trouble to everyone around him, steals their money, food and alcohol and is the weakest God I've ever seen! Don't call it amazing!)
He glanced at Zhongli who also made a sour face at the ntion of the drunkard bard.
(Even the God of Liyue knows what's up! His face is completely filled with disgust! Don't be fooled by him, Barbara! Barbatos isn't who you think he is at all!)
"I-I..." Lumine tried forming words but it was difficult. No good things ca to her mind when thinking about Venti.
"Uh...He is...a very unique and... interesting...individual...but I am not sure whether you would get along with him..."
"Ah! Is he as graceful and as powerful as the legends foretold? The stories speak of his beauty and virtues as none others could compare! Of course I would want to et him! To seek him, if possible..."
"Barbs..." Yomite grimaced, as he stopped her there, "I'm sorry to burst your bubble...but the Archon you're so eager to et.. isn't anything like you're imagining..."
Even worse, he was far, far from it.
"What do you an? Lord Barbatos is nothing like...the myths?"
Her voice rose and seemingly distressed her more with the realization.
"Do you know his whereabouts, Yum-Yum?"
"Well...I don't know where he's currently at...but I can tell you that you've t him before...multiple tis even..."
Her eyes widened at his sudden disclosure, excitent turning into disbelief.
"..M-Multiple tis!? I did!? Are you saying...Are you really telling the truth?"
Yomite sighed a long breath, shaking his head side to side before replying, "Do you know a bard nad Venti?"
"Venti?"
Barbara thought for a mont.
She'd certainly heard of the na before. He was a fairly popular bard and she heard his songs several tis. Poking fun at the old slavery of Mondstadt in his songs with ways she'd never heard before.
"I've heard of him...Ah! Co to think of it, wasn't it the green bard that broke the Holy Lyre Der Himl!? Now I rember!"
Barbara huffed.
Destroying an artifact of Barbatos himself, the bard was lucky to get away with a few warnings from her sister Jean.
"The Knights of Favonius better punish him one day fo—"
"So yeah. That's him."
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"...?"
Barbara froze up instantly at his statent.
"Pardon...?"
"Venti the bard is Barbatos. The God of wind and the God you all worship."
"...No way..." Barbara exhaled in disbelief. "...That..that...that can't be true..."
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