Cerberus sighed as he covered his face as Venti, drunk as fuck, started to tease him. The former Geo Archon, now in the place as the Archon Round table, sighed as he finally got enough and formed a dust shell around the Anemo Archon.
Venti just smiled as he flashed away and beside Zhongli.
"So, Nahida?" Cerberus asked, looking at the youngest of the Archon Round tables. The young man smiled as he gently wiped some crumbs away from Nahida's cheeks like an older brother to his little sister.
"Yes, mister Cerberus?" Nahida asked, reminding the former archon of his Aunt, Theresa.
"I'm happy that you're out of your prison now,"
"If it was him, the entirety of Sumeru would be drowned in silence and Blood," Venti popped in with a smile, until-
"Is there something wrong?" Cerberus asked, lowering his cup of tea in contrast to Ei and Zhongli's cups of tea, Venti's glass of wine, and Nahida's cup of apple juice, The former archon asked as he looked at the leader of Liyue, Ningguang.
"Yes, I want to clarify something," Ningguang said as she looked at both him and Zhongli. "You are Rex Lapis' successor?"
Guizhong, who just arrived while holding a lot of snacks smiled as she sat beside Zhongli.
"Former Successor, I gave up my powers and rights as an Archon," the former archon said with a shrug. "Not really the most useful as I had to lock most of my emotions and keep myself in check all the time or I might cause an earthquake or sandstorm,"
"You gave up your Godhood?!" Paimon asked in shock as she looked at the young man.
"Please, it's more like a curse. Do you know how many times I had to not show my emotions and have her try and fillet me especially when she thought I was ignoring her?" Cerberus said as he looked at Kiana, who was talking with his friends from the express and Belobog. As if sensing this, Kiana looked at him and gave him a wink. "A lot. Besides, I'm a far better warrior than a leader,"
"I see," Ningguang said.
"Well, I do agree with letting humans rule themselves," Cerberus said as he finished his cup of coffee.
"I do have a question," Nahida said. "How did your counterpart reach the Irminsul?"
"Oh, You mean my Anemo Archon Counterpart?" Cerberus asked, catching the attention of those near him. "Well, I guess my counterpart followed our great grandfather's footsteps and managed to cut a way into the Imaginary tree." The young man said with a shrug.
"Your great grandfather?"
"Otto Apocalypse," The young man replied.
"Everyone! The newest viewing is ready, please go back to the theater,"
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Cerberus, sitting with the Astral Express, found himself in a pinch as he had both Bronya, one from Earth and the other from Belobog, with their Seeles sitting beside him. Behind them, Kiana smirked.
"Look, Mei-senpai. A cheating womanizer," Kiana teased her best friend while Mei shook her head. Suddenly the theater screen opened to reveal the next viewing.
The underground, a bastion of Civilization on the planet Jarilo-VI, was teeming with life as a lot of people went on their way.
"The underground!" Seele from Belobog said with a smile, happy to see her home.
A pair of black pants danced along the underground as a young man wearing a black suit with a white sleeve on the right arm, and several silver accessories walked across the streets. White shoes tracked the underground roads as the young man opened his eyes to reveal a pair of Melancholic dark eyes.
"Tch! It's one of those, huh?" Cerberus whispered, only to calm down when he felt Bronya, from Earth, squeeze his hand with a kind smile.
"So, what do you have for me, masked fool?" The Rex on the screen asked as he leaned on an alley's wall. "Or do I have to get it out of you?" Rex asked as his eyes glowed a haunting shade of blue.
Bronya felt a pulse and she knew what it was.
"Bronya," Cerberus whispered and she nodded.
"Now, now. You know that Sampo Koski always takes care of his friends," Sampo said with a grin as he entered the alley with a smile.
"Sampo!" Seele from Belobog growled out.
"Speaking of him, where is Mr. Sampo?" Belobog Bronya asked.
"..." Rex said nothing as he opened his hand and caught something. Looking at it, the young man nodded and handed him a geode locator. After all, what he had in his hand was one of the most important things in the world for him.
"See you soon, Outlander" Sampo said with a grin as the screen faded to black. Rex smiled as he took a look at the item in his hand. It was a mask, a clown mask that he wore to signify his rebellion and the start of his path to...
Saying nothing, the young man smiled as he put on the mask.
"Sampo is way too suspicious," Cerberus said as he looked at the screen, a hand on his chin as his dark eyes analyzed the man that helped them.
"He did help us," Belobog Bronya said as she looked at Cerberus.
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"So, who do you like the most between us three?!" the screen changed to show a younger Rex alongside a younger Kiana, Bronya, and Mei. The young man drank a cup of coffee as he looked at his friends.
"Bronya, I like Bronya the most out of the three of you," Rex replied as he finished his cup of coffee. Raising his brow, the young man noticed how Mei wilted a bit.
"Hmph! Lolicon!" Kiana said with a playful glare as she hugged Mei. "So that's why you spend more time with her?"
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The screen then changed to show Rex looking lonely as he looked at the moon of the planet.
"I can't go back..." The young man whispered as a lone tear fell from his eye. "Not anymore..."
Seeing this, Bronya and his friends felt bad.
Kiana knew how lonely Rex could easily get and sealing himself on his throne took a toll on him. She saw Bronya gently hold Rex's hand and smiled while nodding at her.
"Ah!" A portal opened from the middle of nowhere, only to spit out a pair of people. A young man with a scar over his eye, dressed in a black suit, that looked a lot like Rex, recovered and stood proudly as he caught something, a girl.
The girl had ice-blue hair and was dressed rather lightly.
"Damn it! Ziegfried must have done this!" The girl shouted while the young man tiredly shook his head.
"Kira... not everything is Ziggy's fault," the young man said while the woman pouted.
"Nope! Listen to me, Jack. Everything is Ziggy's fault." Shigure Kira said with a grin. "Oh, a theater? Well, look at me, all of you, I am the world's no. 1 idol, Shigure Kira!"
"..." Jack said nothing.
"The Crimson Blade of House Crozzo..." Cerberus whispered in awe at the legend of the second eruption, his uncle.
Jack said nothing as he nodded at Cerberus. Cerberus suddenly froze as he saw the girl, Shigure Kira, glare at him coldly as she stood beside Jack.
Kiana, who was familiar with this, instantly knew the message and giggled.
One explanation later
Shigure smiled as she talked with the daughter of her idol, Cecilia, while Jack talked with Cerberus and Reese. The three Crozzos bonded happily until.
"Jack..." Shigure whined as she hugged him from behind. "don't ignore me..." she whined to him.
Jack said nothing as he talked with his family while Shigure pouted as she hugged him even more. Kiana smirked as she did the same to Rex, holding close to him. Sadly for Shigure, Rex hummed and immediately focused on Kiana. The childhood friends looked into each other's eyes.
"Uncle Jack..." Reese said with a smile. "Is she your girlfriend?"
Shigure blushed at this and looked at her friend who raised his brow at the question.
"Well, she is a girl and my friend..." Sadly, Jack was not well-versed in the manner of the heart. Jack only raised his brow when he felt Shigure unwrap her arms around him and look up at him with a pout. "What?"
"dummy," Shigure said with a pout while Guizhong giggled at this sight, reminding her of both her and Zhongli. "Hmph!"
"Fine," Jack said as he raised his hand and rubbed the idol's head who smiled and leaned in for more.
"So, about your harem," Kiana asked Cerberus said with a smile as he looked at her. "Not bad, but your ass is mine first."
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