Early Headstart

"Alright, you are free to go then, Miranda." Romani smiled friendly over the plain-looking child who looked at him brightly with her big eyes and went to her parents who hugged her warmly that Romani decided to explained to them gently along with their child.

"It was a good thing that bravely came for your own will, Miranda. What I found out was nothing serious about your health however, you should take it easy when your breathing is going to be heavy for you if you take exercises too much."

Her parents took his advice seriously and handed him 1000 Mora from their gold purse even though free check-ups are free, they are thankful to have such a nice doctor who didn't give a damn which region they originated from even they are shnezhnayan people who only come here to heal their only child.

"Thank you so much for taking care of our child." They lowered their head then lifted and they went to their daughter home while Romani waved his hand and smiled. As they are gone, the pink-haired man yawned softly as he stretched his arms and glanced at his watch.

"It's time to go to watch the tournament. I don't want to be late when Elaine's match is about to begin." He hummed a tune as he was on his way then suddenly stopped his pace when Romani looked up to a blond-haired man who gazed at him with his sea-blue eyes intensely which the doctor quickly changed his personality.

"What brings you here to me, Dainsleif?" Asked Romani in suspicion.

"Long time no see, Solomon. I was just passing by." Greeted Dainsleif to him which made the doctor more suspicious why he was here since the twilight sword has to clean up his big mess and crossed his arms as he waited for his true intention why the blonde-haired man came to him out of blue, but first things first he groaned in annoyance when Dainsleif called his true name.

"Just call me my human name, Dainsleif. You do know that I want to keep a low profile here on Teyvat for god's sake." Romani pinched his nose as he said to the twilight sword which the blonde-haired man said nothing which Romani's eyes turned into gold, "Now then can you tell me why you came to me? I don't want any excuses about what you came to me for all this time since we parted our ways long years ago."

Behind the stoic face that Dainsleif put on. The Bough Keeper himself knows to not turn Solomon as an enemy against him since the Mage was stronger than him.

"I'm merely curious of that Outlander child you made contact with her. You seem to be attached to her when you first saw her." Dainsleif quickly answered him which the pink-haired man looked at him and sighed.

"What the hell? Can you just... I don't know... stop being a fucking stalker for once when it comes to my relationships? Also, this is none of your business and I also warn that you should stay away from her too."

Dainsleif raised an eyebrow at him, but he nodded as he don't piss the king of magecraft off who can simply kill you if he wanted to.

"Well, if you excuse me. I have to go to the colosseum." The pink-haired man huffed with closed eyes and walk away from Dainsleif who was in deep thought.

'I wonder what the child can even do when she gets older...'

-

Elaine huffed slightly in exhaustion as she still fighting against Jean who also was in the same state as her.

The blonde-haired girl was surprised that her opponent still can keep up with her.

The audience was hyped and also surprised by the fact the demi-servant can keep with the Gunnhildr heir who is going to protect Mondstadt in the future like the previous one.

'If this going on like this then I have no choice, but to use that...' Elaine sweated of that thought and kept her distance from Jean when she secretly activated her skill called Honorable Wall of Snowflakes which rise her defense and uses her five percent of her mana burst (Light).

She disliked as she did this, perhaps it's her pride to want to win.

Elaine used her shield to slam to the ground as she did this to fly herself and attack Jean from above which the blond-haired girl quickly stepped aside to not get caught, but it was a big mistake when the demi-servant uses the gravity to fall herself more quickly to her feet in the ground.

She took her shield one-handed and slammed Jean at her stomach which Jean spitted her saliva out of her mouth and flies against the wall which received a very small crater.

The crowds were astonished again as they saw from their own eyes that the young shield wielder has such immense strength from her tiny body while Jean barely managed to stand up from that blow she took and glared at the gray-haired girl who just simply observed her while her blue eyes changed its colors for unknown reasons that the young lioness found it very strange.

Red.

Indigo.

Orange.

Green.

Yellowish Gold.

Rainbow.

Now is back to her original eye color when Elaine's shield was near to Jean's neck.

"..."

This was the first time that Jean lost a battle from outside of her mother's instructions and it left a bitter taste from her mouth when she said.

"This is your win, Elaine Ragvindr."

Elaine lowered her shield to the ground and let out her breath in relief as she won this round as well then she stretched her hand out to Jean which the blonde-haired girl looked at her questionable that the gray-haired child grabbed decided to carry her on her arms unexpectedly to the medical team.

-

Frederica was surprised, while Crepus was rather focused to read a book that Elaine gave to him and said that he should read it for his good, but don't tell anyone what the content was for his good and her's as well.

The blond-haired woman eyed Crepus skeptical why he reading an untitled book than watching his daughter who is going to win against her daughter then she huffed and Frederica thought what kind of training would do for Jean.

While she was thinking, red eyes trailed uncomfortable at her as he didn't want to sit with that overly strict woman who wants to protect Mondstadt as the Gunnhildr motto was "For Mondstadt, as always".

Crepus usually didn't mind though, but sometimes he thought if there's consequences for doing such duties when he looked up to the history.

Then the red-haired man mentally sighed and closed the book.

'I thinking too much lately... ever since Elaine told me much about her condition and secrets.' He scratched his small beard on his chin, 'I wonder what Romani's intention might be? That man hasn't any background where he came from... could it be that he came from the same world as Elaine did? This cleared some things on my mind, but...'

Then suddenly someone tapped his shoulder behind that Crepus turned around and saw a sweated pink-haired man who smiled at him in exhaustion.

"I'm so sorry that I got a little later than I expecting to be... I was held off from an old acquaintance of mine who I didn't saw him for a long time." Romani clapped both hands and lowered his head as apologized to him which Crepus looked at him a little bit dumbfounded and laughed heartily at him.

"Hahaha... It's fine, Romani." Replied the red-haired man with a small grin at Romani who scratched his neck and sat to the free place besides Crepus.

"It seems that I am quite late since Elaine won against Jean which sounds excited." Commented Romani that Crepus grunted with a smile.

"Well... It was really exciting for sure but unfortunately, I didn't pay attention because I was caught from this book, that my daughter lend this to me today." The red-haired man showed the book to Romani that he can easily identify what kind of book that is and remained calm.

Green eyes looked away and gazed upon the battlefield where two opponents fighting at each other. One of them was a boy who has blonde hair with red clothes on and one was a mysterious girl with ghostly pale skin and wine-colored hair, both of them are polearm-users.

"Tell me, Romani Archaman. What exactly do you want from Elaine?" Crepus asked as he didn't care that Frederica was listening as well, while Romani took a deep breath and answered the man next to him.

"To be honest... I don't know why I want to approaches her. Perhaps, is because she looked like someone who is like a daughter to me even though I was a physician for her. I guess I'm curious what path Elaine would take here in Teyvat." Romani paused himself and looked down to his hands and clenched, "Unfortunately I cannot come to see everyone who I hold dear again... as I paid the ultimate price for the future that I ready to look forward to it."

Crepus looked at him with an unreadable expression since he was the one who hit the jackpot.

'I guess it was too soon to confront him...'

"You don't have to look sorry, Crepus. It's only natural for a human being like you to protect your dearest ones no matter what it is." Said Romani to him which only silence remained from the two men while the crowds were excited that the boy in red won thought, unfortunately, he declined to go to the next round since he and his parents who were merchants are going to Inazuma.

Crepus looked up to the sky as he saw Celestia, the home of the gods and he clapped his hands together.

"As you might see... Elaine doesn't have any interest in joining the Knights of Favonius as my other sons do. She rather wants to join the Adventurer Guild and want to learn more of this world." He told Romani of Elaine's goal which the pink-haired man remained silent and smiled softly.

"That's a fine goal for her you know, I also once traveled across the world alone before and it was very interesting to learn so many cultures and people themselves."

Crepus blinked his eyes, "Truly? You don't look like a person who traveled across the world. No offense." He said in surprise which Romani chuckled under his breath.

"Yes, Truly. I don't blame you though that you think like this. After all, we don't know what kind of person he was before unless we heard it directly from the well said, person." The doctor pointed out.

"That's true." Said the red-haired man softly and they both watched the match between Diluc and Kaeya who began fighting against each other meanwhile Elaine was practise her sword art in the waiting room.

'Why aren't you watching the match, Elaine?' Asked Galahad out of curiosity however Elaine didn't reply to him as she seems to be struggling to get used to her sword which it takes many years to master even though the demi-servant has a saber class.

"Elaine?" The heroic spirit repeated her name once more and the gray-haired child snapped out from her thoughts when Galahad forcefully dragged her into her mindscape.

"Galahad? Is there something wrong?" Elaine blinked her blue eyes in confusion while the white-haired boy sighed softly and his smile was crooked.

"You seemed to be drifted off to your mind again like usual when your body and soul still needs to rest. Honestly, you should take care of your health." He lightly scolded her which Elaine felt a bit embarrassed by his small lecture.

"Sorry, Galahad. I thought I should give of shot of practiced my sword arts rather than watching the match." apologized the gray-haired girl which Galahad crossed his arms and stared at her intensely.

*Stare*

Elaine blinked her eyes several times.

"Galahad? Is there something wrong?" she asked in confusion.

"...Is this just me or... Did your inner world just changed a little?" As Galahad asked with no emotion on his face which Elaine is getting more confused and looked around to her inner world. She didn't see too much difference in her domain expansion as it still was the same. The ground was not ground they are on as it was clear water that reflected the colorful sky, it is a beautiful place to getting lost on its thought since it looks so endless like eternity.

"I don't see any difference, sir Galahad." Said the demi-servant in a disappointed tone that the knight pointed his finger which she followed his trail and found something odd.

It was a mysterious white door distant away from them.