Seventeen Errors
{ Seventeen errors }
"On?" Zero Two tilted her head to the side, the girl's name sounded unusual.
On nodded and smiled slightly, her bright yellow eyes blinding Zero Two. "What's with the headband miss?" She asked.
Zero touched her horns and thought for a moment, this 'On' girl had ears and a tail like a cat. "Decor. What about yours?" She asked.
"Oh? These aren't decors" On replied
Zero Two watched as On got picked up and carried by a tall man. Zero Two was breath taken when she saw the man's face, the red hair with the matching brown eyes, he looked like an angel.
"I'm sorry miss. This young lady here doesn't know how to sit still." The guy said.
"Cale? What are you doing here?" On asked, looking up at her father figure who lifted her up like she was five.
"I followed you, of course. I was surprised to find myself on water." That explains why he was wet.
"You guys seemed to be not from here." Zero Two said, leaning against the tree.
"And so are you." Cale said, he was suspicious about this since the girl in front of him was slightly familiar.
Did he got teleported to another novel or what? He was confused but this surely doesn't look like their world. But this looked like the town of the novel he read, it was a nice novel since everything was descriptive. From the texture of the walls, the form of the roofs, the colour, the smell of the air. Everything was the same.
"Where even are we?" On asked Cale who only looked at her with a soft gentle smile.
"I'm not aware."
'Gods, I hope this isn't your doings.' Cale thought to himself, this was getting annoying, he only wanted rest!
"There's the town over there." Zero Two pointed at the lively and bustling town below the hill.
"How did you even get here?" Cale asked.
"I was just merely reading books. I didn't expect to wake up here suddenly." She said as she shifted her weight on one of her legs.
"I suppose... Your situation is the same as mine." He muttered the answer. Zero Two eyed him up and down and also On.
"You look like you're a citizen here." She said, weird. People don't usually wear these type of clothes as far as she remembers.
"Oh, these?" He looked down and scanned himself. "I just wear these." He said so casually, adjusting On in his arms.
***
Meanwhile, Amber was looking around town with Diluc as well with Lady Furina. The three recognized each other from the travelers story and decided to stay together to not get lost. Furina was relieved about the decision, especially when she didn't have protection, no Neuvillete, no nothing.
"A-Are you sure this is the right way?" Furina asked Amber, she trusts her, but for Diluc. He was mid for her since he was quite intimidating especially when he's just following them from behind.
"Yeah- I think I read this from a book!" Amber responded. She wasn't really sure and she didn't want to look overhead, but she didn't have a choice.
And the scenery felt familiar anyways, so she can't be wrong. Diluc cleared his throat before speaking his side.
"I think Amber is right... Keaya gave me a novel and said he wanted me to read it, I was surprised when I was suddenly awoken by the sound of a carriage." He groaned, he shouldn't have trusted Keaya, he knew he shouldn't have.
"Huh? Captain Keaya also gave me the novel! That guy..." Amber clenched her fist as she thought about it.
"C-Calm down everyone." Furina spoke up when she felt the intense atmosphere.
The two citizen of Mondstadt stopped and just looked away. Amber was embarrassed, she wasn't so used on displaying that kind of behavior. While Diluc just stayed silent as they continued to walk ahead and waited for wherever the flow takes them.
Amber yelped when she bumped into someone, her eyebrows scrunched when they collided. Furina quickly give her support with the two of her hands for Amber to avoid falling down her butt.
"Are you alright?" Furina asked, looking at Amber with a frantic expression. While Diluc watched in the sideline, eyeing the people who bumped into Amber.
"I'm fine, thank you." She smiled as she rubbed the back of her head awkwardly.
Then, the two looked back at the person who bumped into Amber.
"I'm sorry about that miss, I wasn't watching my steps." A guy bent his upper body with his hand clasped over his head as apology.
"E-eh- it's fine-" Amber was confused at the sudden gesture.
The other two noticed that they weren't so different now, they also wore clothes that you can't really see in this timeline.
"Wait, before you go. May we ask a question?" Diluc stepped in still with his arms crossed, he looked down the two guys, at least he was taller than them, they both looked like they were in their early twenties or something.
"Sure." A white haired answer, staring at Diluc's fiery gaze.
"Are you guys not from here?" He asked another, his gaze never changing that it almost made Furina think he'd kill them.
"Yes, we just got teleported here-" A black haired guy spoke, before his voice trailed off to muffles, the white man's hand was over his mouth, shutting it right.
Diluc's eyes narrowed when he saw the white guys mouth move and tried to read it as clearly as possible.
"We are not enemies. We are just like you guys! Lost!" Furina exclaimed, trying to explain their situation to the foreigners.
The white haired was still hesitant when he pulled away from the black haired boy and huffed.
"I am Lu Guang. This is Cheng Xiaoshi." He introduced with his arms crossed, matching Diluc's stern look. Looks like he wasn't the type of person that'll trust you right away.