Tango with Tengus 1

"Care to share your plans for today, Lu?" Makoto cheerfully served him tea, then sat on her throne.

The man in question was used to her actions by now. She had been doing it every time she had free time, prying for his attention, that is.

Ei would have been doing the same naturally, but definitely not bold as her. Wearing revealing garments to entice him and such.

It's hard to say whether her sister was simply too shy or whether the former archon just had no shame in front of the deity.

They don't hold back at their alone times at least...

"Unfortunately, I have to go to the Tenryou Comission while I had the time to do so. I can't accompany you today... Sorry." Lu bluntly stated.

"I see... I heard that Reizenbou came here in a hurry yesterday. What happened?" Needless to say that Makoto was disappointed, but she brushed it off quickly and quered with a smile.

It seems like she deemed that there was no need to dampen the atmosphere...

"That rash girl used all the drinks that I gave her during the festival so she asked for more... I wasn't even able to find out what it's for before she vanished." He answered with a wry smile.

"Hmm... You're spoiling her too much, Lu! Aunt Makoto here should give her a pep talk~." Says the one who was snuggling in his chest...

"Hahaha! No need to worry, I know a place where I can get more anyway!" He boasted with a smirk.

"You're scheming again, aren't you~?" She playfully poked his cheeks.

"Of course. But if anything, I should be the one to ask you that... What are you scheming, Makoto? Hmm?" Lu narrowed his eyes while he was patting her softly.

"... You'll see~." Makoto gave him a soft kiss before leaving his lap. The deity only stared at her in amusement.

"What are you staring for? Shoo~ Shoo~! You have something to do right?" She left with her final words while giggling.

"How troublesome..." The deity muttered. If there was someone in Inazuma who could give him a run for his money when it comes to being cunning, it would be the former Electro Archon.

She wasn't the brains of Ei's brawns for no reason...

***

"This way, Your Majesty. We were forbidden by the Commissioner to interrupt them, thus we simply stood guard outside the premises." The Tengu warrior said with reverence. He was one of the few that made it out of the disastrous calamity alive back then.

"Thank you, Akio. Good work as usual." Naturally, the old Great Tengu knew him well. He was one of the few he trusted back then except for Yoshitsune.

Back to what the tengu said. By we, he most likely meant the Shogunate and the Tengu Faction. They pretty much got along to cover the responsibility of the Commission.

Luckily, the new heir to the Kujou Clan, Kujou Kamaji, was competent for the job. The Raiden Shogun approved of him personally.

...

Akio bowed to his revered ancestor in gratitude, before making his way back to his comrades to brag, in high spirits.

"It's been a day. Even if they're tengus, surely they are already finished with whatever they did yesterday." Lu was about to enter the vicinity but someone was faster than him.

"Orihime?! What-" The fox lady simply vanished without a trace before he could greet her.

"Huh... Is she drunk of something?" He muttered. From his perspective, it seemed like she didn't even notice his presence.

"Faction Leader! Don't you think it's time to stop?! Even Lady Orihime left immediately after gathering her wits back!" Sara's voice was loud enough to be heard by the door.

"Don't be such a bore, Sara! We still have two digits amount of bottles left! I even brought out some of my personal collection for this!" Reizenbou's laughter resounded clearly as well.

While the tengus were talking among themselves, the deity sneakily went inside.

"Aren't your personal collection just the ones you hid from the festival? I'm sure milord already noticed that... Hic~!" The drunk Yoshitsune said.

"Rest assured! I made sure to avoid eye contact, and even waited long enough for my father to be fully focused on his work before asking. It's impossible to notice my lie even for him! Impossible, I say! Hahaha!!!" The lively yet tipsy Reizenbou explained with a smirk that resembled a deity.

...

"Excellent, my daughter! I'm so proud of you that I'm even on the verge of tears... How about a hug to welcome me!" Lu happily praised, but his expression says otherwise. Now he felt what Dainsleif felt when Lumine tricked him.

" " Your Majesty!/Milord! " " The two generals were quick to tidy themselves up.

"You two seemed to be having fun. That's good, that's good..." He was sincere on this one at least...

"Father?! I knew you would understand me. Are you here to join us?!" The intoxicated tengu didn't think twice before diving into his arms.

"Of course... I have a rare free time after all." Lu answered with an ominous tone. The tengu general simply averted their gaze...

The giddy commissioner was unlucky and misread her bad situation...

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"Ouch! It stings so be more careful Yoshitsune." The now clear headed Reizenbou suggested.

"Sober now? I'll be borrowing Sara for a bit." Lu said while accepting the tea Sara offered. Never a bad time for it.

"Sure, but what gives? Finally had a change of heart, and now you desire the current tengu general?" Even the deity was flabbergasted at her remark.

"What?... If that is a part of my duty-"

"Not at all, Sara! What are you on now, my lovely daughter?..." He immediately denied such a notion, yet the blush on the tengu's face didn't leave.

"What's so surprising about it? If anything I'm astonished that you never once touched Yoshitsune in these two millenias. Have you gone senile, father?" The other general also immediately became a blushing mess, while Lu was having a massive headache.

The worst thing was the fact that she was genuinely worried...

***

I'm back!

Took a break while everyone is still busy with Sumeru. I've been busy with it too though I'm only 60% in exploration.

I've been more focused on the Mondstadt and Liyue kind of things because frankly, I forgot about most of it. It's been more than a year since I did it after all.

Anyway, my choice was rewarded at least. Version 3.1 should be released before we get to Snezhnaya so more scraps for me.

Since something happened with Katheryne... Ehem! There's a chance of Sandrone appearing too. Though that might happen on 3.2 sadly.

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Gimme them powerstones! We should be back on our usual schedule.