37 Meeting with the Gods
The military base's prison
General Tsarivich was escorted through the hallway of the prison.
"Hahaha, before, I never thought that the high and mighty General Tsarivich would be escorted to a prison cell!!!"
General Tsarivich turned to look at the cell.
"Don't be mistaken! I'm just being escorted to a detention room to wait for the trial. I'm innocent until proven guilty."
"Don't be ridiculous! I know that your action was definitely guilty! I'm gonna watch your downfall!" Balthasar laughed "Abdul, look down from Heaven, your killer is going to meet his end.", the criminal began to cry.
General Tsarivich just shook his head, it was useless to reason with this kind of criminal.
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At a random bar
"HOW THE F**K DID THIS KID GET INTO THE BAR???" the bar owner shouted.
"I don't know, Boss! I already turned this kid away when I saw him at the door. How this kid got into the bar...I don't know." said the guard.
At the counter, there was a boy with aqua green hair and eye and clothes with aqua green color.
"One more glass for the bard, please!"
"No, please stop and leave! We don't sell alcohol for underage people!"
"Did I hear it right?! One MORE!!!" the owner asked.
"I don't know, Boss. This kid somehow managed to get his hands on our alcohol..."
"YOU ARE BOTH FIRED!"
"I swear it's not me!"
*fainted*
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Venti was kicked out of the door.
"RETURN ONLY WHEN YOU TURN 21!"
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"Ouch! Why did he kick me so hard?" Venti said while he stroked his butt.
"GOOD STREET WINE! GOOD STREET WINE HERE!"
"Wait, what, they sell wine on street in this world...let's check it out!"
Venti said to himself like that and walked happily towards the vendor.
"Hello...!"
"Street wine here, try it!" the vendor did not wait for Venti to finish his words and gave him a wine bottle.
"Woah! It's really wine!" Venti opened the wine bottle and began to chuck it down.
"Hehe, keep drinking!"
"...Ugh, what is this?! This is not wine! You tricked me!"
But the vendor already took out some weird gun that looked like it only came from a science-fiction movie and pointed it at Venti.
"Wow, I'm quite surprise! A normal person shouldn't have realized the drugs and would have slept from the drugs. But this should also be expected from a strange creature like you. Let me try this new babe of mine!"
The vendor shot at Venti and the Anemo Archon's body was frozen from abdomen to toe.
However, not even one second had passed and wind had started to gather around Venti. The ice on Venti began to crack before being swept away by the wind.
"Not sorry, but I treasure my freedom and hate those kinds of weapon that steal the freedom to move like that ice gun of yours."
Venti then used his Anemo power to get the ice gun from the vendor.
"Now, would you be kindly to answer my questions?" Venti looked at the man and smiled.
"Wait...I can explain...it..."
MEOW
Suddenly, a stray cat appeared out of nowhere and it came near Venti. It found Venti lovable.
"WHAT?! Don't come here! A...A...ACHOO! ACHOO! ACHOO!"
While sneezing non-stop, Venti's control over his Anemo power loosened and he dropped the ice gun. And the vendor caught the gun just before it fell to the ground.
"You can't...ACHOO!" Venti tried to take the gun away again but failed due to his sneezes.
The vendor pointed the gun at Venti and shot him twice.
"Ah...ugh..."
Venti turned into an ice statue from head to toe. Seeing this, the cat howled.
"Aww...thank you, kitty!" The vendor took the cat in his arms, hugged and kissed it, despite its rejection. "MWAH MWAH!"
The vendor then took a phone out of his pocket.
"This is Professor Ueda, HURRY UP AND SEND PEOPLE HERE TO CARRY THE TEST SUBJECT BACK TO THE LAB!"
===
It was a peaceful Sunday's night for Alexy. He slept in peace until Paimon called him.
"ALEXY, WAKE UP!"
"...my KFC chicken wings...huh! What the..., Paimon, why did you ruin my sleep?!"
"It's BIG TROUBLE!" Paimonn shouted.
"What is it???"
"The Archons summoned you!"
"Huh...who are they???"
"Remember your title 'Custodian of the Faith of the Seven???"
"Yeah..."
"They're the Seven! So they're basically you bosses!"
"WHAT!"
===
Alexy got in something like an elevator and went to the upper floor in the system's dimension.
Ding
The doors opened and before Alexy were two big stone door.
"Basic courtesy" Alexy said to himself and knocked.
Knock...knock...knock
"Come in!" said a gentle but deep male voice.
Alexy was thinking how to pull or push such a big door then suddenly it opened on it own.
(Here goes nothing) Alexy stepped inside the room.
As soon as he stepped inside the room, Alexy could feel huge pressure coming from six pairs of eyes inside the room. Each pair of eyes had different color, amber, purple, green, blue, red and icy blue. Alexy couldn't see their faces clearly, only their eyes were visible to him.
"You can sit over there!" the man with amber eyes said.
"Yes..." (Wait, those eyes and that deep but gentle voice...it's him...the man from before) Alexy realized Zhongli who came to his dream a few days ago.
"If you're wondering whether you're being judged, the answer is yes." said Hydro Archon - the God of Justice.
"You will answer our question...and we expected honest answers." Raiden Shogun.
"If you give just a false answer, your end will be quite...imaginative." Pyro Archon.
"Let's begin!" Tsaritsa.
*gulp*
"First question, in the fight with the Geo Hypostasis - Gimel, you chose to purchase Noelle from the shop, instead of using Klee, who can also destroy the Geo Hypostasis's pillars. That's a subtract of 160 primogems, what's your reason?" Hydro Archon
"I..."
"Remember, answer honestly!" Raiden Shogun
"I...I saw the guide video and thought it was good to buy her."
"Noted!" Raiden Shogun
Alexy gulped again, he knew for sure that was not a good answer.
"Second question, in the Seven Mysteries incident, you did send Chongyun and Cloud Retainer to go and destroy the painting of Dracula. Why did you choose to destroy it instead of following it to its destination to find the one caused all of the incidents in the school?" Pyro Archon
"I...I didn't know if there was a person who caused the Seven Mysteries or not until I looked inside the painting and found the weird symbol."
"Short-sighted!" Pyro Archon said.
"Third question, when you purchased to pull for Childe, did you feel that everything was too easy, like...how the benefit from the system paid for it all?" Zhongli
"This...yes...the system paid for it all."
"Remember nothing is free, the One who created this system expects you to pay back...with interest." Zhongli
"Alright, last question, your father was escorted away by soldiers after he did something that violated the martial law, I see that you are not worried at all. Care to elaborate?" Hydro Archon
"It's because it's not the first time this has happened to my father. To stay a general in a country which was ruled by a suspicious person and turbulent politics, you have to have a few tricks up your sleeve."
"Corruption!" Hydro Archon
"...Can I go now?"
"Yes, you can!" said the Tsaritsa "Two things to remember. The first one, Morax has told you, the Creator of this system expect payment with interest. The second thing, you're our Custodian of the Faith of The Seven, so SPREAD THE FAITH OF THE SEVEN."
Zhongli took out a box and gave it to Alexy.
Alexy opened the box and saw inside a gold ring with 7 gemstones embedded on it.
"This ring will be the symbol of the Custodian of the Faith of the Seven. It's a contract between you and we the Seven Archons of Teyvat, that you will spread our faith and help us restore our power, in exchange, we will grant you our power, as far as you can handle." all 6 Archons said.
"I look forward to the next judge...I mean, the next questioning session!" Hydro Archon added.
===
"Hey, Alexy, are you ok???" Paimon asked.
"What...what just happened?"
"Paimon doesn't know. You suddenly appeared back here where I sent you off to the elevator."
"The Archons...they must have sent me back."
"You must be right." Paimon nodded her head.
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AR: 9 (25/8000 EXP)
Primogem: 60 (free part only)
Mora: 16,675 (free part only)
