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Chapter 6 - Polearms for Xiangling

Hu Tao and Klee were talking about nothing but Chevreuse earlier that afternoon, they were non-stop. This irritated Xiangling, who came back after dealing with a sore throat. "Chevreuse, Chevreuse, Chevreuse, you guys talk about nothing else" she interrupted. "It's not fair, with all the hard work I do around here, I deserve to get a reward or two, and then here comes Chevreuse, getting practically everything" she vented. "Well Xiangling, you shouldn't be too upset, we and Amber treat you with lots of respect" said Hu Tao while trying to comfort her. "Says you, you barely do any work around here, you just play childish pranks on people" Hu Tao became offended by this. "Well actually my pranks are not childish, they are strictly coordinated to be as enjoying as they can be" "And you can't be talking, since you can't use more than one polearms, hell you can't even lift anything with your poor physical strength" she added. "Well, the reason is that I'm Vietnamese and-" "Don't we know it!" Xiangling groaned. Klee thought of a good joke to play on Xiangling to make her see sense. "You know, Xiangling, I think you do need to deserve to get a nice reward or too, maybe I could be of some assistance" she said while putting everything together. Xiangling listened up then. "What did you have in mind, Klee, some polearms?" "You know what, yeah you're right, you need some polearms, so you can prove that you're stronger than Hu Tao and that you're a hard worker". Xiangling became a little confused at Klee because she normally doesn't talk like this. "Sorry Klee, I know you're plotting something, so I'm declining the deal, and also, aren't you a Catalyst after all, what are you doing with polearms?" "Very well then, Hu Tao, would you like my polearms instead?" "I wouldn't deprive you on the offer, Klee" Hu Tao said while seeing was Klee was plotting. "Actually I'm sorry, I'll take the deal, how many polearms you got?" she asked hastily. "Yeah, that's what I thought, and uh six, six polearms" said Klee. "Six lovely polearms!" Xiangling said while being in a daze. "Alright, that settles it, I'll give you the polearms and you have to show your strength in front of everyone". "Alright bet, you got yourself a deal, little Pyro" she said boastfully. "Well see you there!" Klee said innocently. "Using Xiangling's bigheadedness to help us get the one up on her, using that big brain of yours, I see, love it" Hu Tao said pretty mischievously. "Don't make it sound like I'm a villain or anything, I'm just trying to teach some sense into her". "I know, but this will fun to see". Then Xiangling came that afternoon to prove to everyone that she deserved some recognition. But everyone wasn't impressed, they were rather snickering at her because the polearms she had were dirty, smelly, rusty, and a lot heavier than anyone would have expected. "Oh my, Xiangling, you know, saying that you deserve to get some recognition kinda contradicts with what you're doing right now" joked Klee. But Xiangling didn't say anything, she just went back to the hideout and had a long drink.