Kefálaio XI: Fear and Destruction.

Genshin Impact (Fanfic)

"Just what in the world are you doing here?" I muttered something to myself.

What exactly is Scaramouche doing here? Not to mention that he easily blends in with the crowd. Nothing like this exists in the game. Scaramouche's cut scenes are rare, and he is not like this.

No, Perhaps I'm mistaken. Since the day I woke up in this world. Everything is strange, and the majority of the events here have not yet occurred. As if this world is telling a different story. "Rewritten," as if it were.

Is that even conceivable? The story of the traveller changed. Who made the change? Is it my fault? No! That is not possible. How could a nobody change the course of the story? I'm not even sure if I have a vision, as compared to the traveller, who could control each vision.

"Miss Lady, are you alright?"

"Eh?"

I've been so distracted by my thoughts that I've lost track of Scaramouche. I confronted the shop owner once more to complain about the unfair game we played, saying, "Hey! Concerning the prize!"

"Didn't I just tell you—" I yanked on the shop owner's collar, a glare in my eyes, and I'm not hiding my rage at what he did to us. Particularly to me.

"Didn't I also told you that we could burn you and your shop down in an instant?"

"E-eekkk!"

This world is nothing like mine. If I can't fight back against the people who humiliate me in my world, then I can't be like that here. If I continue to allow myself to deteriorate, I may die and suffer the same agony.

"D-dodoco is being taken by the mysterious boy who has a funny hat on his head."

"W-what?!"

I quickly turn to see Scaramouche, who is taking dodoco away from us. But before we sped away, I looked at the shop owner again to warn him. "We're not finish yet."

"Come on, Klee, we need to catch the dodoco thief."

"Humn!"

Scaramouche's capture operation has begun!

Klee and I started running to catch Scaramouche, who had stolen our dodoco. We began to run and run like children playing tug of war. Rather than becoming irritated with how things are. I couldn't help but smile to myself as if my heart was lifting in childish joy.

I'm no longer bound. From the world in which I once lived.

"This isn't too bad." And all I could do was laugh until my stomach hurt. "Hahaha!" This feeling I'd forgotten about is returning, and it's breathtaking.

"Miss Lady…"

"This is not bad at all!"

I've finally discovered my real home.

***

Scaramouche took us outside the city, leaving us to walk to the front bridge.

"Ah! Dodoco!"

"We must catch it!"

"K-klee?"

Someone is standing near the gate. Then I turned around to see who it was. "Ah. J-jean?" I paused. She's stunning and elegant.

"Klee… Master Jean is…"

I thought Klee was listening to me, but she abruptly shouted, and both me and master Jean's eyes widened in surprise.

"Return Klee's Dodoco!"

"Oh no. Klee don't!"

I had to run to stop her as she held her terrifying bomb out.

"Klee! Stop!!"

However...

It was too late for me to try to stop her from doing what she was about to do.

When the bomb exploded, everything turned bright red. The water splashed at us, and the bridge was completely destroyed.

Because of what just happened, my entire body trembled.

This caused people to notice the disastrous explosion that wasn't actually part of the windblume event. People started going outside to see what had happened.

"Oh no, not my reputation, not my residency application. It's all over."

I turned to stone in no time; this is the worst scenario I could have imagined.

"What is the meaning of this, Klee?" The worst part is that Jean witnessed everything. I'm finished. I should begin packing and prepare to move to Liyue.

"What just happened? The bridge is gone?"

Unfortunately, the little terrorist bombed it.

"Grandmaster Jean..." Klee turned to see master Jean, who was crying. "Klee's a dodoco... Klee's dodoco..."

"Klee…"

Instead of getting frustrated, I found myself feeling sad. Klee adores Dodoco so much.

Scaramouche... Why would Scaramouche do such a thing?

"Klee lost Dodoco!" Klee began to cry. She wrapped her arms around Jean and sobbed, just like any other kid who had their toys stolen.

I was about to console Klee when the knights of Favonius surrounded me and pointed the spear at me as well.

"You. You're under arrest for causing a disturbance within the city grounds."

"E-eh? Is that for… real?"

***

I can't believe there's a dungeon in this place. Hoyoverse has never shown this location in the game before. What's the big deal, and why am I here?

Though I never expected Klee to do something like that. Now I have proven that Klee is dangerous. But that doesn't mean I'm going to abandon her. I admit I was unaware at the time; if I had just stopped her in time, nothing like that would have happened.

But isn't it time for me to be released here? I wasn't really the one who bombed the bridge.

"Come to think of it, this scene was like something out of a movie, uhm, do I need to yell...'Let me out of here or something...?"

I've only seen this in movies, so who would have thought I'd get to experience it for myself? This makes me very happy. (<-Had really a bad taste of things happening around her.)

So, now. For a while, I stretched my back and arms. Looking outside the cell, I couldn't see a single person who was supposed to be watching my cell.

"Hello! Is there anyone here? There was some confusion about what happened earlier!" What I did was yell, however, there was no sign of anyone.

"Please! Anyone? I'm not a bad person at all! Mister Kaeya is a friend of mine. Anyone?!"

Mister Kaeya should have known about me as well. Why is no one responding or even attempting to get me out of here?

This place is so gloomy. It's exactly like my world... No, I shouldn't even consider it. There must be some sort of hiccup.

"Ahhh!"

"P-please someone help us!"

Suddenly, I heard shouting outside the prison.

Is that an event? Why would anyone need to yell for help? I'm curious about what's going on outside. I noticed a small window as I turned my head. The next thing I did was peek to see what was going on, but what I was curious about turned into fear.

"...Kekekek! "Everyone here will perish!"

"Wait, is that an Abyss monster? I'm confused, why is there a monster in the city? Is that part of the stunt? Is it? Really?" Everything is getting odd as time escalates.

"What is going on? Why have these Hostiles infiltrated the city?!"

"Please!"

"Grandmaster Jean, more fiends are entering the city!"

"Shut the gate!"

Is she referring to the Abyss Monsters when she says "hostiles"? First and foremost, why in the world do Abyss monsters infiltrate—I should stop asking and start helping them!

I returned to the cell door and began banging on it.

"Hey someone let me out! Someone—"

This is not mentioned in the story. Even if this is a character story, Diluc has long stopped the Abyss Monsters before they enter the city. This is quite different.

"AAAAARGHHH!" Outside, there is more shouting. I came to see what was wrong with it. However, this instilled in me a profound fear that I could no longer ignore.

Someone is on fire. Someone is being burned alive.

The city's ground is on fire. Everything is getting destroyed.

"T...this is... just not a game?"