1 Work by quris
Listing Works
-
Lacrimae (To All The Dreams I Vowed to Make Come True) by quris
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
14 Mar 2025
Tags
Summary
Childe only wanted, and expected two things out of his mission in Liyue, the Gnosis of the Geo Archon, and maybe an epic battle on the side. He couldn't have foreseen what a highly complicated and delicate situation his failed(?) attempt at retrieving Rex Lapis's gnosis would pull him into; and how close he would end up getting to the very Geo Archon he was trying to defeat.
The only thing Zhongli wanted after many millennia of governance and conflict was to retire quietly and discretely. It was anything but quiet and discrete, rather a nationwide catastrophe that Zhongli felt guilty of (indirectly) unleashing over his people for the selfish desire to retire. Due to the failed test, and a Liyue Harbor left in ruins, the last thing he would do is give up his Gnosis to the Tsaritsa. However, he knew this refusal would cause a very delicate balance to crumble.
(Or, the “test” Childe was supposed to conduct to see if Liyue would survive without Rex Lapis severely backfires, resulting in a tired Zhongli and a betrayed, confused Childe trying to fix the mess it has caused and fighting to keep the Geo Gnosis— which is an object of interest to many— in Liyue.