Author's Note:
For those who follow me, you know that I mentioned that I will write a story dedicated to the Adventures of the Traveler and Paimon in Mondstadt.
As in the previous two stories, dedicated to Fontaine and Inazuma, I should start with the story dedicated to the local Archon.
But the Mission of Venti was not liked that much, except for the final scene, which is great material for a Traveler X Venti scene.
I prefer to start this story with the Mission dedicated to Lisa. In addition, Lisa was a character that I used a lot in Genshin Impact, I got to Natlan using her.
It deserves some of my attention for the service rendered.
Ps. You can forget the words from before. I don't know how, but I ended up writing a prologue with a Jean X Traveler vibe. Well, Lisa will get her spotlight in the next chapter.
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Story Title: The Archon House - Adventures in Mondstadt
Plot: Before leaving for Liyue, the Traveler and Paimon stayed in Mondstadt for some time, during that time, they had many adventures with the inhabitants of Mondstadt, such as Lisa, Jean, Eula, Venti, Albedo, Kaeya. An archive of stories about the secondary missions of the Mondstadt characters.
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Story Arc: Traveler - Black Moon
Episode 0: A Quiet Morning in Mondstadt
Prologue: A Knight and the Drawings of a Traveler
Plot: Paimon and the Traveler enjoy a quiet morning in Mondstadt, then receive a surprise visit from Jean. After a chat between them, the Traveler decides to go to the library.
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POV Narrator
Mondstadt, also known as Mondstadt City and Crown of the North, is located in the western part of Starfell Valley, on a large island in Cider Lake.
Mondstadt City features cobbled streets and several windmills, surrounded by an imposing stone wall at the eastern end.
A statue of Archon Anemo watches over the city, with the Cathedral of Favonius in the background.
One of the most important places in Mondstadt is the headquarters of the Knights of Favonius.
Inside, three rooms can be found: the Grand Master's office, the Mondstadt Library, and Albedo's office.
There is also a locked isolation room, used almost exclusively by Klee.
But in the last month, a room inside the headquarters has been donated to the Honorary Knight, aka Traveler, the new hero of Mondstadt.
The Traveler of this timeline/universe, after solving the Stormterror problem, asked as part of his reward for a place to stay in Mondstadt.
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The room given to the Traveler (and Paimon) is a rather normal and good quality room, which could be passed as a three-star hotel room.
A double bed, a couple of nightstands, a couple of shelves, a wardrobe, a desk, a chair and a mini fridge.
The only possessions that appear to belong to the Traveler are some neatly arranged order books on the shelf, and an alchemy kit that takes up a good portion of the desk space.
Finally, one corner of the room is filled with art supplies, including a wooden tripod and a blank canvas.
In the room are Paimon and the Traveler, the two of them are relaxing at the moment.
Paimon has a small, graceful body, giving her the appearance of a fairy.
She has thick white hair cut just above her shoulders, dark purple eyes, and pale skin.
He wears a white long-sleeved sweater, a midnight blue cape dotted with stars, white socks and white boots.
Rose gold embroidery and decorative cuffs are applied to the sweater, boots and sleeves. A gold triquetra is embroidered on the front of the sweater.
Paimon's accessories are a dark blue star-shaped hairpin and a rose gold tiara that levitates above her head like a halo.
The Little Fairy is lying face down on the double bed. On Paimon's chubby cheeks are crumbs from a breakfast of chocolate and milk cookies.
Paimon is enjoying the morning by reading a comic provided by the Traveler.
The Traveler has the appearance of an effeminate boy in late puberty.
He is 175 centimeters tall and has an androgynous build, which makes it very difficult to determine his gender.
The Traveler's face features soft, delicate features, thin eyelashes, and facial features reminiscent of Artoria Pendragon or Morgan Le Fay, some of her ancestors through her maternal grandmother.
The color of her skin is milky white, smooth and free from imperfections.
The Traveler has beautiful, very long black hair, kept in a variation of the Hime cut and with a very long fringe that covers the left side of his face.
Normally, her hair is kept in a double braid, but now her hair is left loose.
His bangs reach his belly and his mane of hair is just five inches away from reaching his ankles.
The right eye is visible and shows a light gray coloration, although it can appear silvery in the right light; the pupil is amethyst purple.
Instead of his usual jacket and tie, the Traveler is dressed more casually.
She wears black shorts that barely reach her knees and a sleeveless tank top that shows her belly button.
Around his waist is a purple leather belt, with an Anemo-type False Vision attached to it.
This attire showcases the various tattoos that adorn the Traveler's left arm, neck, back, and chest.
The Traveler is sitting at the desk, not studying Teyvat alchemy, instead he is drawing like a professional, using pencils, pens and paper of the highest quality.
"Paimon wonders why we can't have carefree mornings like this more often." The White Fairy said, turning the page to show a Tomboy Magic Girl battling a Female Dark Magic Girl.
"Paimon, you're the only one relaxing, I'm currently practicing my artistic skills." The Traveler replies, treating this quiet morning as one dedicated to training in a discipline.
"For Paimon there is a big difference between training your warrior/sorcerer skills and training your artistic talent." The Fairy said, believing that the Traveler is taking a day off in his own way.
"I only rest one hour a day when I meditate, all the other twenty-three hours are used to do something or achieve a goal." Said the Traveler, without moving his gaze from his graphic work.
"Paimon does not complain, on the contrary, Paimon supports you to train your artistic talent more." Said the Fairy, stroking her comic, which is unique in all of Teyvat.
"You just want me to make you more comics for your entertainment." The Traveler comments, putting down his pencil.
"Paimon is innocent, the bad guy is the Traveler who was woken up all night to draw, creating a comic so beautiful that Paimon can't let go." Said the Fairy, hugging the unique comic as if it were a stuffed toy.
"I spoil you too much." The Traveler comments, standing up, looking like he wants to take a break.
"Traveler, do not confiscate Paimon's treasures." The fairy exclaims, floating toward the ceiling, comic book in her hands.
"I'm just opening the door." The Traveler said, walking toward the door of his room.
"But there's no one at the door." Paimon said, floating towards the Traveler, wanting to see what's going on.
In an instant, someone knocks on the door. The Traveler says nothing, but casts a glance toward the White Fairy.
"Nose of a hound, eye of an eagle, ears of a bat." The White Fairy murmurs, remembering how sharp the Traveler's senses are.
The Planeswalker from another world reaches out and opens the door, revealing a woman they both know well.
In front of the door of the Honorary Knight stands Jean Gunnhildr.
Jean is a tall, beautiful woman. She has pale skin, gray-blue eyes, and medium-length golden-blonde hair.
Jean has her hair tied in a high ponytail with a black bow. In her ears she wears a pair of gold cross earrings.
She wears a strapless shirt with a long blue tailcoat attached, a pair of separate white sleeves, a short blue and gold cape attached to a white collar, white tights embroidered with a gold diamond polka dot pattern, a pair of white knee-high heeled boots, and a pair of blue gloves.
His shirt is white with red sections and black and gold trim, and there is a gold crest of the Knights of Favonius on the front.
His Anemo Vision hangs from his belt on his back, on the left.
"Good morning Paimon and... Traveler." Jean said, noting the rather revealing attire of the Honorary Knight.
'I didn't know he had tattoos.' Jean thinks, trying not to stare at his bare skin, decorated with ink in the form of various symbols.
"Hello, Jean, today is a beautiful day." Paimon said, happy to see Jean, who is one of the kindest and most pleasant people in Mondstadt.
"Yes, Paimon, it's a beautiful day." Jean replies, focusing his gaze on the Fairy.
This gesture was noticed by the Traveler, who on Earth during his youth was known as the Detective Prince because of his good looks and investigative talent.
"Holy Paladina, why don't you look at me? Do you happen to like what you see?" said the Traveler, in a more sensual tone, placing his hands on his hips.
Jean's cheeks turn slightly red.
"No, I've just never seen you dressed in anything other than your usual costume before today." Jean replies, keeping his gaze fixed on the Traveler's eyes, so he doesn't look at something he doesn't want to see.
"This is my room, it is normal that I am dressed more lightly and comfortably. In fact, I should be the one surprised, it is the first time you enter my room." Said the Traveler, with his usual stoicism, but there is a certain lightness in his words.
"Perfectly true." Jean said, unable to disagree with the Traveler.
Paimon decides to fly slightly higher, so that he is not in the middle between the Acting Grand Master of the Knights of Favonius and the Honorary Knight.
'Paimon puts aside the reading of the comic, the Traveler's life is more interesting than any story.' The White Fairy thinks, considering the moments in which the Traveler is left alone with a woman as a soap opera.
Clearly, the Traveler has been talking too much about Earth and Pop Culture in Paimon.
The Traveler sits on the edge of the bed, crosses his legs, rests his left elbow on his knee and his left cheek against his left fist.
"Did the Holy Woman of Mondstadt come to my door to greet me or do you need something from me?" asks the Traveler, not believing that Jean came to him without a reason.
"No, I don't need anything from you." Jean replies, his voice sincere.
"I don't believe it, half the time we only meet when the Knights of Favonius or Mondstadt need a little advice here and there." The Traveler said, gesturing with his right hand.
The Traveler's words make Jean think about how things have gone in the last month.
Stormterror crisis aside, the Traveler has been involved in several incidents, some small, some large, often with a member of the Knights of Favonius nearby.
Not to mention that the Traveler has helped Mondstadt City indirectly, completing over a hundred quests as an Adventurer in the Mondstadt region so far.
"On behalf of the Knights of Favonius, we apologize for the continued disturbance, but your contribution is greatly appreciated." Jean said, wanting to maintain good relations with the Traveler.
"I don't get angry, I'm a consultant, solving people's problems is my job, in the end I get paid one way or another." The Traveler replies, having no problem with his new routine as an Adventurer and Honorary Knight.
"I'm glad to hear that you feel appreciated in Mondstadt." Jean said with a smile on her lips.
Perhaps it's a feeling of patriotism or personal pride in her work, but Jean is genuinely happy to hear that the Traveler appreciates Mondstadt City.
""Holy Paladina, are you by any chance trying to court me? Should I send my Little Fairy out of the room with the excuse that I need ingredients to prepare lunch?" asks the Traveler, raising an eyebrow, getting the wrong idea of Jean's gestures.
"What!?" Jean exclaims, unable to imagine hearing such a sentence in his life.
'Things are getting interesting!' Paimon thinks, seeing that things are 'degenerating' in a funny way.
"In my experience when a beautiful woman knocks on my door she wants two things: my help or an unforgettable night." Said the Traveler, holding up two fingers of his right hand.
Jean's cheeks turned red as a tomato, realizing that he might have sent an unwanted message.
Paimon blushes too, she is not completely innocent, but some things are beyond her reach.
"You said you don't want my help, so that leaves the option of a night of lust." The Traveler said, lowering a finger, speaking calmly, undoubtedly accustomed to a different type of women.
"It's ten in the morning." Jean said, as if that mattered.
"The feelings of the heart or the desires of the body have no timetable. In one of my old love affairs, it involved acts of physical and emotional intimacy several times in the course of the same day." Said the Traveler, recalling a hot summer day on a tropical island in the company of Tamamo-no-Mae.
"Paimon thinks he should go away." The Fairy said, wanting to leave the room, sure that things might happen that she must not see.
"No, you don't have to go anywhere!" Jean exclaims, not wanting to be alone with the Traveler.
"I admit that I lack the sense of modesty and shame, but I will not do anything serious with Paimon around." Said the Traveler, crossing his arms, having his limits, few, but they exist.
"Traveler, I do not want your help as Acting Grand Master of the Knights of Favonius, much less receive comfort from you as a woman." Jean exclaims aloud, wanting to clear up the misunderstanding.
The Traveler remains silent for a few seconds, processing Jean's words.
"A relief, one less problem to deal with." The Traveler declares, showing no regret at the rejection; in fact, he seems happy that Jean has not come to his room to seduce him.
"A relief?" asks Jean, looking confused and slightly hurt (?).
"I admit that you are a first-class woman, one of the three beauties of Mondstadt. It is immediately clear that you have many virtues." The Traveler states, expressing his opinion, not wanting to insinuate that Jean is ugly or bad.
"What kind of qualities does Jean have?" Paimon asks with a mischievous smile, obviously picking up some of the Traveler's bad habits.
The Planeswalker from another world, being a forthright person and unafraid to express his opinions, answers Paimon's question.
"Jean Gunnhildr, she is aesthetically beautiful, a pure soul and shining like the sun; a high intelligence and excellent administrative skills that allow her to lead a city and an entire knightly order; a great talent and strength in wielding a sword and using Anemo Energy; charismatic almost like a king; an immaculate lineage; able to take a daughter and keep your duties." The Traveler has listed what he considers Jean's qualities.
"Traveler, you are exaggerating, I am not as good and capable a woman as you think." Jean said, with red cheeks, showing that she was also humble.
"Facts are facts, words do not change reality. You, Jean Gunnhildr, are a wonderful woman, you would make a perfect consort or even a warrior queen. However, I doubt that you will easily find a man or woman on her level." Said the Traveler, seriously, believing his words.
'What have I done to make the Honorary Knight believe that I am so qualified?' Jean thinks, feeling a strong sense of embarrassment and a little happiness.
"Traveler, if you consider Jean to be the best woman in Mondstadt, why don't you ask her out on a date?" Paimon asks, with a mischievous smile.
"I will never do such a thing," said the Traveler, as if it were impossible for him to try to court Jean.
"Why?" Jean herself asks, before covering her mouth.
"Holy Paladin, you are a first-class woman, I respect you on a professional level and I like you on a personal level. You are well on your way to receiving the title of almost female friend, a privilege few have had." The Traveler said, looking as if he wanted to gracefully refuse Jean.
"But despite my weakness for female warriors, you, Jean, are too much like my Great-Aunt Artoria. And you are far too perfect and stable a woman for me." Said the Traveler, beginning his explanation.
"I'm used to having more problematic, more unstable, crazier women, with more flaws and a tragic history behind them. It's above all with a certain level of "strength" that can make my heart stop in a metaphorical and literal sense." The Traveler concludes his explanation, putting a hand on his chest and assuming a nostalgic expression for a second.
Paimon and Jean, the two of them remained silent for a long moment, giving the Traveler strange and slightly worried looks.
"Yes, I am a bit of a masochist and have had love affairs with women who first tried to kill me, then through various events, they fall in love with me and try to court me. Often they fail, failing to capture my attention as a man." Confesses the Traveler, accustomed to receiving such looks for one reason or another.
"Paimon becomes more and more certain that your life before ending up in Mondstadt is comparable to that of a protagonist in a Light Novel." The Fairy declares, having read books where love causes a change of heart in a female antagonist or something like that.
"An appropriate comparison. However, I am not the typical light novel hero who lets women or femboys walk all over him. I don't agree to date just anyone, I don't kiss on the first date, and I don't take my clothes off if that person isn't worthy of love." The Traveler said, having mixed feelings about Paimon's comparison.
"Traveler, you are a difficult man to conquer." The Fairy comments, starting to feel a little pity for a certain Tone-Deaf Bard and other people who live in Mondstadt City.
"You have no idea, Little Fairy. In Astolfo's case, he tried for three years before getting a date with me in Paris." Said the Traveler, speaking fondly of a certain Pink-Haired Paladin.
"Three years!?" Jean and Paimon exclaim out loud, the two girls are surprised by this revelation.
'That Paladin is more capable and persevering than Paimon imagined.' The White Fairy thinks, having to reevaluate her opinion towards a certain Rider-class Heroic Spirit.
"The best things are often the hardest things to get." Said the Traveler, speaking plainly of himself.
'Lord Barbatos will not be happy with this news. The Traveler will not remain in Mondstadt much longer, sooner or later he will leave for Liyue, I do not think he will have enough time at his disposal.' Jean thinks, feeling a little sorry for his Archon, who is clearly infatuated with the Traveler.
'Lord Barbatos will not be happy with this news. The Traveler will not remain in Mondstadt much longer, sooner or later he will leave for Liyue. I do not think Lord Barbatos will have enough time at his disposal to do what he wants with the Traveler.' Jean thinks, with a heavy heart for several reasons.
Mainly because Jean feels sorry for her Archon, who has an obvious infatuation with the Traveler.
"Stopping talking about my preferences when it comes to women. Holy Paladina why did you come to my room?" asks the Traveler, changing the subject of the discussion.
"I came here to see if you were okay, Traveler." Jean finally explains the timing of her visit.
"As you can see I'm in perfect shape. May I ask why you were worried?" said the Traveler, gesturing vaguely to himself.
You only have to look at him or hear him to understand that the Traveler is the same eccentric character as always.
"You and Paimon have been in Mondstadt for a month already, I have unwittingly learned a part of your program." Jean said, she wants to explain the reason for her concern.
"Normally, I'd be in my office right now, doing my paperwork, and I could watch from the window as you go through your morning exercise routine at the training grounds near headquarters." Jean said, pleasantly, not wanting to seem like a strange woman with stalker tendencies.
"But today you didn't see me doing my exercises, you got worried and came to see how I was." Said the Traveler, foreseeing what Jean would say.
"Yes, you understood everything perfectly." Jean replies, happy that the Traveler has understood his intent.
"And you wonder why I nicknamed you the Holy Paladin of Mondstadt. You are far too kind and good a woman." The Traveler comments, returning to teasing Jean.
"You should stop with the compliments." Jean said, blushing again.
"I don't give worthless flattery, I just state the facts: idiots are idiots; heroes are heroes; beautiful women are beautiful women. Although it's all based on my own personal criteria." Said the Traveler, aware that not everyone shares his point of view.
With nothing else to say, Jean begins to feel a sort of awkward silence. Often, most of her conversations with the Traveler are about solving a problem for the good of Mondstadt City.
Meanwhile, people like Lisa, Amber, and others are able to have normal conversations with the Traveler.
"Did you take the day off?" asks Jean, trying to strike up a friendly conversation with the Traveler.
"No, I just felt like focusing on my artistic side for today. Although Paimon believes that a day spent holding a morning or a paintbrush is a day off." Said the Traveler, taking his work seriously, whether as an Adventurer, or an artist.
"Are you telling me that in addition to being a warrior, a sorcerer, a strategist, a blacksmith, a cook, you are also an artist?" Jean asks, discovering a new side of the Traveler.
"You're not the only person born with numerous talents." The Traveler replies, not considering talking about his latest pastime.
"What are you bad at?" Jean asks, not quite seriously.
"The Traveler is a genius in every field he dabbles in!" exclaims the Fairy, convinced of her words, having not yet seen her male friend put in difficulty by a challenge.
"Girls, you two are overestimating me. There are many things I am not good at, such as gardening or various branches of magic that require affinity that I do not possess." Said the Traveler, admitting that he is useless at cultivating soil or any kind of normal plant.
"Gardening?" asks the Fairy, raising an eyebrow, not believing that the Traveler cannot take care of a plant.
"Nobody's perfect, I'm terrible with plants, everything I touch dies, rots or dries up." Said the Traveler, looking down, reliving in his head a thousand different failures in the field of botany.
"What did you draw? Can I see your work?" Jean asks, partly curious about the Traveler's artistic talent and wanting to change the subject of the conversation.
"Mainly landscapes and people that have caught my eye, in terms of aesthetics." Said the Traveler, getting out of bed, going to get his sketchbook.
The Planeswalker passed his sketchbook to Jean, who grabbed it as if it were a fragile treasure.
Paimon floats so that he is above Jean's shoulder, wanting to see the Traveler's drawings, which she has not been allowed to see before.
Jean opens the notebook, the only thing he can say: "They are wonderful."
"The Traveler, as strange as he is, is equally talented." Paimon said, looking at the Traveler's drawings.
In front of the two girls there are surreal landscapes that do not belong to Teyvat, made by an expert hand.
At the bottom of each landscape drawing is an inscription in the Teyvat language, which gives a name to each place.
Jean browsed through more than twenty landscape drawings, each more unique than the next.
"Gravesfield, Londra, Boston, Boiling isles, Castle of Bahamut, Castlevania, Amphibia, Camelot, Arabian Nights, Gravity Falls, Nevermore Academy, Parigi, New York, Academy City, Royal Woods, Chaldea, Zendikar, Ravnica, Kamigawa, Night Raid House, Magnolia Town, Bright Moon, Rhodes Island Ship, Kivotos, Piltover & Zaun, Beacon Academy." Jean recita i titoli di ogni illustrazione realizzata dal Viaggiatore.
"How did you come up with scenarios like this?" Jean asks, believing he was looking into a window to another world.
"Secret of a seasoned traveler." The Planeswalker replies in an enigmatic tone, playing it mysterious.
Jean simply thinks that the Traveler is a talented artist with a great imagination.
On the other hand, Paimon received a revelation.
'Paimon has heard these names before, these are not places invented by the Traveler, but places he visited before ending up in Teyvat.' The Fairy thinks, looking at these drawings in a completely different way.
Paimon has heard many stories of the Traveler's previous adventures, but until now he has never had the opportunity to associate an image with these distant places.
Jean, unaware that the contents of the sketchbook can be considered a visual summary of the most important points ever visited by the Traveller in his life, turns the page to the latest drawing of a landscape.
"You also made a drawing of the entire Mondstadt City from a bird's eye view, and even colored it." Jean said, looking stupidly at one of the best representatives of her beloved city.
"I wonder if you could do a painting like that for my office." Jean murmurs, enchanted by the Traveler's work.
"I could do it in the next few days, but we would have to discuss the price, the size of the painting and other small details." Said the Traveler, willing to work on an artist commission for Jean.
"But don't get used to having me as an available artist, I only paint when I feel like it and I don't put someone worthless in my art." Said the Traveler, showing his Tsundere side.
"You're a busy person, your job as an Adventurer, helping the people of Mondstadt City, studying magic, taking care of Paimon, all you need is getting painting requests." Jean said, purposely omitting the search for her twin sister, a sore point of the Traveler that ruins his good mood.
Jean turns the page, looking at the first of five portraits the Traveler has made.
A sweet smile appeared on Jean's face at the sight of the person depicted in the portrait.
"These two are Klee and Paimon playing on a picnic blanket in a field of dandelions (yellow flowers)." Jean said, in a sweet tone, as if she were a mother seeing an adorable photograph of her little girl in a sweet dress and with an equally cute female friend.
"In this portrait Paimon is even prettier than usual." The White Fairy said in a vain tone.
"These two are the most adorable creatures in Mondstadt, they deserve to be immortalized on paper." Said the Traveler, having a soft spot for Klee and Paimon.
"In this portrait Klee seems so happy, innocent and incapable of experiencing explosions." Jean comments, having to restrain himself from stroking Klee's portrait.
"I tried to capture the most innocent side of the little girls, the Paimon in the drawing doesn't seem capable of eating a whole cow." Said the Traveler, in as joking a tone as he could.
"You sound like two parents talking about how cute their daughters are together." Paimon comments, crossing his arms and pouting.
A blush appeared on Jean's face, knowing that she gives the impression of a mother when it comes to Klee.
"In a way, we are both single parents, with unusual children and unusual lifestyles." The Traveler comments, aware of the impression he may make on an outside observer.
"Do you want Paimon to call you dad? That would be so weird." The White Fairy comments, she doesn't want to see the Traveler as a father figure in her life.
"I prefer to be thought of as a sort of older brother, although I sometimes go more on the paternal side." The Traveler said, making it clear that he sees Paimon as a younger sister.
"It happens to me the same way with Klee," Jean comments, feeling at times like a combination of an older sister and a young mother.
"You have more in common than you think, both workaholics, both talented, both with a strong big brother/sister sense, hero complex." The White Fairy said, seeing several similar traits between Jean and the Traveler.
"I have no hero complex, I'm just a female knight who does her duty." Jean said, proving once again that she is a humble woman.
"I'm sure I have many problems in my head and various fixations, but I don't suffer from the hero complex. Although I did have the Messiah complex when I was younger in the land of my ancestors." Said the Traveler, sure that he cannot be classified as a pure hero, not like Jean Gunnhildr.
Wanting to see the second portrait, Jean turns the page, getting a detailed illustration of ...
"Twenty!" Jean exclaims, looking at a portrait showing the Anemo Archon, performing on a modern stage.
The drawing is dozens of times better quality than the previous portrait showing Klee and Paimon.
"He is the prettiest boy in the whole country, if he doesn't deserve a portrait then no other man would." Comments the Traveler, having specific tastes when it comes to men.
"Someone has a crush on a Tone Deaf Bard." Paimon said, wanting to tease the Traveler.
"Unfortunately, Venti is my type when it comes to men: very cute, effeminate, short, long-haired, weak, stupid, funny, artistic talent." The Traveler said with a stoic expression, but there was warmth in his tone of voice.
"Too bad Venti has three big flaws. One, he's lazy. Two, he loves to drink alcohol, and I'm a teetotaler. Three, I'm a free bird and he's chained to Mondstadt. A serious relationship is impossible for now." The Traveler lists the things that prevent a relationship with Venti.
'I'll definitely have to say a thing or two to Lord Barbatos.' Jean thinks, feeling compelled to help his Archon.
"Not to mention that Venti and Paimon, they fight like cat and dog, can you imagine living in the same house with the two of them?" Said the Traveler, adding another reason why the Tone Deaf Bard can't become anything more than an ally/almost friend which is very nice.
'Perhaps Paimon should be nicer to the Tone-Deaf Bard.' The White Fairy thinks, not wanting to put a spoke in the Traveler's wheels, even though Venti is not her favorite when it comes to the Traveler's romantic options.
Jean turned the page, revealing the third portrait.
"Is this me?" Jean asks, surprised to see herself in the Traveler's sketchbook.
The illustration shows Jean with sword in hand, raised high, in a victory position, in what appears to be a fighting arena, where the crowd is cheering for her.
"If you like it, you may keep it." said the Traveller, who could make a thousand such drawings if he wanted.
"You drew me too beautiful." Jean comments, with a slight blush, not having received such a gift.
"Paimon doesn't think it's a problem." The Fairy comments, as she takes an envelope and offers it to Jean, so he can keep the drawing.
Wanting to stop blushing, Jean turns the page, revealing the portrait of a person he didn't expect to see.
"This is Eula." Jean comments, seeing that the penultimate portrait shows the woman who holds the position of Captain of the Reconnaisance Company.
In the illustration Eula is in a fairy-tale winter landscape, as she proudly walks down the path with her sword in her hand.
"Eula, that's the name of the blue-haired beauty." The Traveler murmurs, learning the name of the blue-haired woman.
"You don't know her?" asks Jean, wanting to know why the Traveler made a portrait for a woman he doesn't know.
"I have seen the Ice Lady around Mondstadt, but we have never spoken or interacted with her. I have noticed her external beauty, though." The Traveler said, admitting that this time he has made portraits based on external beauty.
"Jean, Eula, Lisa, the three most beautiful women in Mondstadt, in my humble words as a foreigner with a weakness for warrior women and witches." The Traveler gives his opinion on who are the most aesthetically pleasing women in the country.
"I think I know who the last portrait belongs to." Jean said, before turning the page, revealing one of her closest female friends.
"Lisa." Jean said, not at all surprised to see a beautiful illustration of the female librarian of Mondstadt City.
"Another magnificent work, perhaps we should put aside the Adventurer work and open an Art Atelier." Paimon said, pondering this possibility of earning money without risking his life.
"This is just a sketch made in one day, if you want to see a masterpiece give me three days, a brush and a bucket of paint." Said the Traveler, believing that the term magnificent work is an exaggeration for his drawings.
"If you want a masterpiece without equal, give me a workshop, and plenty of pottery, cloth, and a good many tools for carving and carpentry." said the Traveller with a strange twinkle in his good eye, having an idea for a work of art greater and of a more magical nature.
"The Traveler is scary even if only as an artist." Paimon comments, she is aware that that look does not promise anything good.
Unfortunately, Jean doesn't know the Traveler that well, so he doesn't see the potential danger.
"I suggest you show Lisa your drawing, it would make her feel better, she seemed a little irritated in the last few days." Jean suggests, wanting to lend a helping hand to his dear female friend.
"I will gladly do so, I wanted to go to the library anyway." Comments the Traveler, wanting to enjoy a good read in the library in the afternoon.
"I'm going to my office, good luck with Lisa." Jean said, wanting to stay a little longer to chat, but she has work to do.
"Good luck with your work, Jean, tonight or tomorrow morning we will discuss the painting you want to commission. Maybe I will even offer you a little lunch." Said the Traveler, wanting to finish talking about certain things with Jean.
"See you later, Honorary Knight." Jean Gunnhildr said, exiting the Traveler's room, with the envelope containing her portrait.
The Planeswalker went to his closet, wanting to change clothes before going to Lisa.
Continues ...
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Author's Note:
This story has two sisters:
- The Archon House - Adventures in Inazuma
- The Archon House - Adventures in Fontaine
Stories about Liyue, Sumeru, and Natlan will also appear in the coming weeks.
Ps. I hope you enjoyed this unexpected chapter.
Do you prefer a 100% original chapter?
A chapter that follows the canon?
Or something in between?