Genshin Impact: Fatui's Resplendent Sword
Snezhnaya is a cold place. A place where the weak was cast aside. A place where the strong reigned.
Fatui was even more so. It was cold. The weather was cold. The people were cold. The Queen was cold.
Arlecchino knew it well. Allies are merely a group of egoists driven by aligned interests. Even a bit of vulnerability would be taken as a leverage by her fellow Fatui.
A fierce disposition is not a facade, it's a necessity.
Fatui is the epitome of darkness. The truest sense of shadow. A dark, cold place where pragmatism reigned supreme.
However, somehow, someway, there was a humorous irony. It was an irony that always made her smile. It was an irony that could washed away her weariness. An irony that would lifted her spirit and gave her an undeterred state of peace and joy.
Amid the complex tapestry that is the Fatui, there was a man. He stood alongside her as the highest holder of authority within the Fatui. A position of equal, or perhaps even above, the First Harbinger, beaten only by the Director himself.
He was of the true Fatui. The most resplendent member of the Fatui. The man knighted by the Queen as her sword. The man recognized by the world as the Resplendent Sword.
He is Fatui's Resplendent Sword, a shining blade amid the reigning abyss of the Fatui.
"Big brother, why don't you supervise my spider collection for a day?"
"...Why there are squishy toys hanging on the walls? You used them to entertain the spiders? Wait, why spiders need to be tended in such a way?"
"Hmph, cease your nonsense, brother. If you hate my beloved spiders so much, then might as well leave and never come back."
Staring up at the perplexed expression of her big brother, Arlecchino stuffed a small giggle as she cooly turned around.
However, if there was a single thing she despised about the Resplendent Sword, then it would be the fact that he is the Resplendent Sword.
She truly despised it.
"To which you should owe an apology, hm? Is it her, a stranger you pitied upon, or is it me? And also, I forbid you from overtaking my dangerous tasks. It's unbefitting."
Arlecchino coldly read the report from her agents. Why should a Fatui gave those unrelated parties a moment of respite? She truly despised him. Shouldn't a Fatui be ruthless and unforgivable?
"Peruere, a person should not be stringent. One should adopt an appropriate method to handle a corresponding task, for a method cannot be applicated to every circumstance. A single colour is not enough to observe the world. I already told you this."
Excuses. It's all just excuses. Arlecchino scoffed as she kept the old letter in her breast pocket, adjusting the position so it would not fold inappropriately.
AN: Rewrote succesfully. But it's not 10 years earlier, but 25!