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Aether was always the observer of the two twins, while Lumine would drive to make a place for herself in worlds. Aether would make places for worlds in himself, If a world had a special ability aether had yet to see. He would study and learn until it was as natural as breathing. Although Aether would always made time to show Lumine these tricks, she would prefer the reliability of her own sword.

The two have traveled to thousands of worlds, And never have they ever been interfered by a god or divine. To fight them was like asking your world to be destroyed. The two made sure to display that fact.

So when the lady in white struck, they where totally unprepared…..

Swords clashing, Wings flashing it was like a dangerous dance of the divine, Striking dodging flying over and over.
The lady on white never showed sights of stress, If anything she appeared almost bored of the two travelers.
Well one now…..
This women took his sister and as fucking if Aether wasn’t about to get her back for it. His sword of stars was going through this lady’s chest and Aether
Was going to make her feel real pain.
His sister,
Sister
Sister
Sister
Sister
Sister
Sister

‘Give Lumine back!’ He screamed as his world cowered in white, Aether felt those black inky cubes slink its way through his shield, Like snakes trying to chock its prey. His magic was weakened but he keeps shoving it out. He was not getting captured he need’s his sister.

Through the struggle Aether didn’t notice the seals burning away from his back, His magic while weakened.
Was never sealed….

And while the black from his vision clouded his eyes and the snake snagged its prey. The prey was never really killed just playing dead, Waiting for a opportunity of escape.

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Fire
Screams
Blood
Red
Black
Pain
Lumine…..
Where’s Lumine????

When Aether opened his eyes he was lying in a hole burned in the ground. No sister in sight.
But a massacred city all around.
Next to Aether was a book, labeled alchemy for beginners with a small child next to it, It appeared to have been dropped in a hurry. while charred it was readable.
Aether was always the opportunist of the two.
So he read, And read for 500years
In hope of finding his sister. With this new trick.

☯︎︎꧁꧂꧁꧂꧁꧂꧁꧂꧁꧂꧁꧂꧁꧂꧁꧂꧁꧂꧁꧂꧁꧂꧁꧂꧁꧂꧁꧂꧁꧂꧁꧂꧁꧂꧁꧂꧁꧂꧁꧂꧁꧂꧁꧂ ꧁꧂꧁꧂☯︎︎

‘Paimon gets it!’ The fairy shrinks twirling exciting loops in the air. Aether sure would hope so, He is nearly 100% certain repeating his trauma three times in a row isn’t healthy. ‘That’s why you want to go to mondstat right? To ask if anyone has seen your sister? Paimon thinks that is very smart of you!’ Paimon laughs while laughing at Aether. Who is currently wondering why he didn’t cook and eat her when he had the chance.

Turning solem Paimon asks a bit quieter this time, as if spilling a secret. ‘ Paimon was just wondering, but when you fished Paimon out of the river
You had a weird glow around your arms. Do travelers have alchemy in your world?’

Taken aback by the sudden onslaught of questions Aether just smiles bashfully. ‘No sadly, i learned it while in those ruins. I think it was called alchemy as well so lets go with that.’

‘Hey Paimon was just wondering but does that mean you can make food out of like thin air?’

‘Not really paimon, but i can do this’ as if to flourish a point Aether picks a apple seed out of his pocket. And with a weird glow it turns into a fresh apple.
After handing it to the drooling paimon, Who gobbles it down as if its her last meal. He winks as he keeps walking.

‘Pretty cool right paimon?’

‘Paimon thinks if you can do things like this, aether and paimon are going to get along very well!’ Paimon declarers laughing.
And honestly Aether agrees, he has been lonely for a very long time after all.

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'Paimon thinks you should introduce yourself as a traveling Alchemist, When people ask where you came from'

'Why would i do that Paimon?'

'Paimon thinks people will trust you better, Plus being made to help people make stupid things is easier.'

'Then what?'

'Telling people you came from another world?'

'Good point Paimon!'

Paimon had, At this point dubed herself ' best traveling guide in tyrant' and had been showing Aether around the land she calls 'Mondstat' ruled by a archon barbatos. One of the 7 who rule tyrant.

'Mondstat is ruled by the god of wind and song, And not to mention wine!'

'Isn't he also the god of freedom, Paimon?'

'Paimon thinks so! How do you know that Aether'

'One of the scrolls mentioned that Barbatos was a absent drunkard so i made a educated guess'

'Well ok! Hey look this cliff shows you the whole of mondstat. Paimon thinks you should see Aether, come on!'

Standing on what was a large cliff Paimon was showing Aether the castle looking city that was the capital of mondstat. The trees rustled un-easly as the wind howled around the massive forests.
Could have passed as a kingdom from a fairytale. it even had a dragon.

Wait a minute.
is that a dragon?
Aether, who news flash out of all the worlds he has traveled is yet to meet a non-evil dragon. Was curious to see if it was also the case here.

'Hey Paimon, look at this!' Aether yells slapping the fairy on her shoulder to get her attention away from her food fantasy's.

'Aether dont hit Paimon unless it envolves foo-'
'Aether Paimon thinks Paimons on drugs right now from that apple you gave Paimon' jestering wildely she shricks ' Because there is no way in tyrant Paimon is seeing a whole ass dragon right now'
she shricks hiding behind her human sacra- no bad Paimon its friend not food.

'geez Paimon good to know you love me' Aether laughs good naturely. grabbing Paimon's hand he smirks ' But......we're going to the dragon not away from it!'

'Stupid suicidal' are two of the more child friendly vertions of Paimon's screaming as Aether eagerly drags her towards the scary ass dragon. 'Paimon wants to know where your common sense is!'
' I lost it after spending 500 years trapped in a blown up city Paimon.......'
'500 YEARS!!! what the actual fuc-'

Paimon is sadly unable to finish that sentence.
Why?
Because Aether's sweaty ass old man hands are covering her mouth, While shoving them both behing a tree. As Aether is now watching a green clocked boy? Who seems to be a dragon whisper
because he's trying to talk to the dragon.

'Paimon thinks Paimon needs a raise' Paimon murmers after shacking Aether's hand off.

unfortuantly for her and Aether.

The Bard hears all. And the bard happen's to also be missing some braincells because he turns around and shouts.

'Who's there?!'
Scaring the giant ass dragon,

Aether mentaly add's one more reason to punch white dress lady in the tits ; reason 1: She locked him away from his sister in a dead city. reason 2: She socked a evil dragon on him.
When Aether came to this world, He didnt expect to be spat on a dragon.

'honestly' Aether yells when Paimon yanks his braid while he's trying to make a shield by soildfying the air around him. He deserves the RAISE!
he's to old for this bullshit.

After about 15 minutes of confusion, That involves the thieft of a purple crystal Aether want's to know had any alchemy base's to it he could abuse. (He wants to know if it would help him find that green ass punk, He's got a bomb with that kid's name on it). Aether continues towards mondstat with more determination to find his sister, Unless she was trapped with the dragon. Because if she was........................................

Who needs sister's right?

Paimon could replace her.

He isn't fighting that dragon.

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'Paimon no im not going to walk directly through mondstat'.
Aether sighs for the 10th time in the past 30minutes. Ever since the two of them had spotted the giant dragon and Aethers green future bomb tester. Paimon has been extremly forward in her opinion to take shelter in mondstat, Incase the dragon returns to make paimon 'into a snack' in her own words. Aether as the experienced world traveler he is, and having read a emergency dragon attack contingency plan from some dead soilders handbook in kahandriah. says if the dragon was going to attack any where it would be mondsat. Thus Aethers plan to get as far away from mondstat as he could.

'Paimon thinks your being stupid aether, also why are paimon and you taking shelter under a giant tree?'.

'Because paimon, it has a collection of windwheel flowers.' aether huffs picking up two more flowers and shoving them in his inventory

'Paimon assumes its to make more of your bombs?'.

'Paimons guess is correct'.

'Hello? are you two travelers?' stats a honestly surprised tone, young voice.

(If anyone asks no, aether did not in fact scream like a little girl when a literel little girl summoned herself like the devil. out of frankly no where just to talk, nothing happened if you were a lier. and aether it seems is a lier).

A small girl with a frankly stuffed backpack, and where aether assumes a pryo vision sways on a chain. Staring at him and Paimon as if they were standing on a podium made of crystals and mora.
'Yes and no, im a alchemist i just happened to have lost a sibling on the trip here and am currently looking for them.' Aether replys hoping to deter the child from further converstaion, it frankly does the opposite.

'Wow my big brother Albedo,he's a alchemist two! huh you two are coming with me! the spark knight klee of the knights of favonious. Brother albedo needs some friends and maybe you can help him with some of his work'.

Shooting a puzzled expression at paimon, aether sighs in defeat and lets the young girl pull him away in the direction of mondsat. Paimon who is now all to happy to whisper in aethers ear about how he might aswell have gone to mondstat earlier. And klee who is admiring his alchemy made bombs and showing of her's in what aethers assumes is not a normal thing for a child to have. but he isn't a responsible adult so he ignores those warning signs. They walk for a good 30minutes before aether spies the bridge entrance to mondsats, from there it was maybe another 15 before aether was inside mondsat and its walls.

'Ok big brother aether this is mondstat!' klee exclaims widening her arms as if she is showing of a magical treasure. when in reality to aether it looks like 3 tornadoes ran all over the place.

'klee, paimon wants to know why so many things are broken?' paimon murmers gestering to the fountain area, 'Paimon dosen't think fountains are meant to look like they are falling apart?.'

'oh' klee looks around and then stares at aether with saddened eyes ' its just stormterror, he used to be a realy nice dragon, but recently he has been attacking mondstat'.
Aether looks around at the un-natural emptyness of the city and feels a pull right at his heart that screams to help this small girl. He decides impulsivly that he's going to make sure this girl stays smiling.

'Well' aether says 'im pretty good at alchemy and fighting things, would you like my help with this dragon problem klee?' He glances at the small girls happy eyes and a tiny smile apears on his face. 'I will just need the amazing spark knight klees help at finding my sister later in exchange.'
'Deal! oh im so happy your going to help big brother aether! follow me i will take you to miss jean!'. klee runs forward dragging aether into a large building after they both run up a large amound of stairs.
'Paimon knew you had a big heart aether' paimon whispers into his ear proudly. 'But you better make paimon alot of food for helping you later' paimon snickers as she dodges aethers swipping hand.

'We are here!' klee exclaims slamming open the large doors and marching right in to the knights headquaters, dropping aethers hand in the process. looking around aethers spies a office looking door that he hears faint whispers coming from to the left of him. of course a child wouldn't get hear those whispers as a sign of no entry due to important conversations, klee is such a child. Slamming open the door klee runs inside as aether and paimon follow.

they walk into what looks like a room preparing for war, there is a blue and red haired male glaring at eachother, yet to notice aether it seems. A blond haired women chewing out a adament klee and sending aether apologetic looks. there also seems to be a purple witch in the corner, looking at aether in scary interest. looking to the desk aether sees a picture of the dragon he saw in the forest, with what looks like detailed information packets scattered around. feeling the urge to again curse the bitch in the white dress, who aether adamently adds another reason to punch in the tits when he fights her again.

Aether huffs under his breath looks paimon in the eye and says loudly,

'Looks like we are fighting that fuckin dragon, god damn it'.