Sangonomiya Kokomi

In the next few days, I continued on finishing my projects until a soldier informed me about the upcoming peace talks. The negotiations with the Sangonomiya forces will be held in Tatarasuna, on Kannazuka Island. I already ordered the Tenryou Commission to handle the security of the place, and that I'm gonna be the one who will talk to them. Noticing that it was time, I used my Sage Arts to get there quickly.

"A wonderful day we are having! I hope I didn't come too late." I said as I appeared, to the surprised leader of the Resistance.

Sangonomiya Kokomi, the divine priestess of Watatsumi Island and the leader of the Sangonomiya Resistance Group. She is currently in charge of everything at their base on Watatsumi Island. A young looking woman with pink hair and light indigo eyes with no pupils, with a hydro vision, and also a shrewd tactician who led the army.

"Ahhh! It's that fake merchant from before!!" Something suddenly shouted from my side. There I saw Lumine and Paimon together, as usual.

"How cruel! I already showed you my goods at that time, so I'm not fake at all! Hey there Lumine." I exclaimed, before waving my hands to the traveler with a smile.

"Good to see you too Jiang, or should I call you Raiden Lu now?" Lumine replied with a teasing smile.

"I told you we can't trust this guy! He was too suspicious, suddenly coming to talk to us!" Paimon said with frustration.

"Don't worry about that, its all in the past. You can just call me Lu, Lumine. Jiang Ziya is a name I actually have you know?" I suggested, while ignoring her teasing tone and the shouting flying object.

"A pleasure to finally meet you, beautiful lady. Sara already told me how amazing you are. As they said I'm Raiden Lu, the husband of the Raiden Shogun. Shall we start the negotiations?" I quickly introduced myself, to the bewildered Kokomi.

"Yes, it should be fine. I am Sangonomiya Kokomi, the pleasure is all mine. I didn't know that you will be the one coming today, your majesty." She said as we sat down in front of each other, with a wry smile.

"It definitely is a surprise! Sara is unavailable for some reasons, so I came here in her absence. Just call me Lu, Kokomi, right now we are leaders on the same positions after all." I replied with my usual smile, to the worried girl. Probably because I ruined her plans, for coming here so suddenly.

"I understand, Lu. The Traveler and her companion are here as a witness for the Peace Talks, I'm sure no one else will fit other than them. We can start the negotiations now-" Kokomi said, before somebody stopped us from starting.

"Don't trust the Kujou Scum! They are colluding with the Fatui!" One of the Sangonomiya soldiers shouted.

"Yeah! We can't trust the Shogunate, after everything that happened!" Another one of them exclaimed.

"Rally with us comrades! We can stop this nonsense!" The first one continued, before several Resistance soldiers charged on us.

The Shogunate soldiers responded in kind to protect us, making the atmosphere tense with both sides pointing their weapons at each other. Lumine and Paimon are already panicking, trying to fix the situation by stopping them from clashing. While, Kokomi and I just watched the situation, waiting for each other's moves.

"Halt! Did you all not learn proper discipline?!" I shouted while opening my eyes, fully, freezing both sides in their spot.

"I know the tension between both sides is not gone! And grudges also remain! But that's the reason we have this meeting in the first place!" I continued, my voice and stare, instilling fear into the soldiers.

"The Kujou Clan already got punished by the Raiden Shogun, and I already dealt with those Fatuis coming in contact with the Shogunate! If anything, the Fatui is mad at us, and trying to get their revenge from disposing the two Harbingers in Inazuma!" I revealed the shocking news for everyone to hear.

"Soldiers come back to your places for now! I'll deal with this. Is that true?! I heard from the traveler what happened to Signora, but how is the Balladeer gone?" Kokomi ordered the soldiers in haste, before asking me about the news.

"I personally moved and disposed of him. I'm sure you've heard from Yae Miko, Lumine. The Balladeer or Scaramouche is a puppet made by Ei as a prototype to make the current Raiden Shogun puppet. So you can say personally I went to retrieve it, rather than destroyed it." I immediately replied to their shocked faces.

"Merchant my ass! This guy is too scary Lumine!" Paimon said before hiding behind the traveler.

"Hahaha! You can have a lot of professions at the same time, so why not?! Why be afraid of me, Didn't I say I'm a god of peace?! How about we finally start this negotiations, Kokomi?" I suggested to the stunned leader.

After breaking out of her daze, she started telling me one by one what they needed. In which I agreed, as it is not too much or hard to do. Fishing rights, trade between groups, some land in Yashiori Island, and Sangonomiya Army's independence from the Shogunate.

"Are you really fine with our demands?" Kokomi questioned while staring at me.

"Sangonomiya have been our eternal ally, after their god sacrificed himself. If this is all we need to compensate, then there's no reason for me to refuse." I answered with a smile.

"How did you know about that?! It is only passed to the leaders of Sangonomiya!" She exclaimed with a wary expression.

"Because I was there when it happened, to be more specific I lead the Shogunate against Orobashi and Sangonomiya's forces." I answered with a mysterious smile.

"Then you're the Great Tengu Sasayuri?! I'm sorry for my disrespect, the Sangonomiya owes you for helping us that day!" Kokomi said in an apologetic tone.

"Assuming you're also the one who helped our soldiers affected by delusions, I thank you from the bottom of my heart." She continued with a gentle smile.

"Eh?! You're the one who did that Lu? Thank you for saving Teppei!" Lumine immediately said after hearing Kokomi and bowed.

"Stop bowing your heads to this old tengu! You're embarrassing me! And Kokomi aren't you too easy! What if I lied about what I said and only heard it from Ei!" I quickly dismissed them, and turned to the leader in front of me.

"Huh?! I didn't think of that... since I was too shocked. Did you lie to me?" She said in a sad tone.

"Of course not! I wouldn't dare lie in front of a beauty." I replied with a smirk, while her face gets filled with redness slowly.

"Don't you dare flirt with our Kokomi, you fake merchant! Aren't you here for a negotiation!" Paimon quickly interrupted to stop me.

"I only said what I need to, and besides the negotiations is already finished." I answered to the shouting thing.

"Take these Kokomi, just a few gifts from me. Giving gifts are part of being a god after all." I said as I moved my face closer to the blushing Kokomi, putting a few books on the table.

"You enjoy being a tactician right? Then this should entertain you for a while, until we meet again." I whispered while our faces were close, to the stunned Kokomi.

"Ummm..... Thank you!" She said, before collecting the books and running away with embarrassment. Paimon and Lumine only stared at me with contempt for a while.

"Hmmm? Do you need something Lumine?" I asked the silent traveler, noticing her hesitation.

"Yes..., but let's talk in a private place." She answered to me, after a while of thinking.

"Then follow me, I know a perfect place." I suggested with a smile, before we disappeared using my Sage Arts from the meeting place.