1 hour later, random lake in Mondstadt
Elohim spent another hour helping Klee control her explosions, at first it was difficult since Klee's own nature told her to always create a big explosion. So he used a different technique, he told Klee to always imagine that the explosion was towards a human being, Klee would love explosions but she was a good girl and would never harm another human being consciously.
And although Klee was reluctant to imagine something like that, she did it with some encouragement on his part, and it worked, the explosions became smaller until they became harmless as long as it was not made directly on a person, the fish weren't so lucky though.
And although Elohim would have liked to spend more time with Klee, he noticed that it was already getting dark and he didn't want her to be short of sleep.
When Klee heard that her time with her 'dad' was ending she became very sad and was about to cry, which made Elohim react very fast and made him make it clear that he would return in 3 days to see her again.
So they both left the lake towards Mondstadt...lake that was full of holes and with dead fish floating on the surface and outside the lake itself.
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Mondstadt
Elohim accompanied Klee to the Knights of Favonius base, because she 'forgot' to mention that she was grounded for a week for almost using the bomb that her mom gave her the last time she visited when she met him on the street.
That made him sweat while he thought, 'Did she really wanted to vaporize the lake..?'
He didn't scold her for that, not this time, it wasn't a good start to their relationship for him to judge her for doing the only thing she liked.
So he crouched down to her level and said with a calm smile, "Okay, Klee, if you behave, I promise I'll have a surprise for you next time we meet, okay?"
"And don't try to fool me, you won't be able to" he added with a smile
"A surprise?! Oh, yes, yes, yes, I'll behave, I promise dad" Klee responded with enthusiasm and gave him a hug before running towards the building
"Sigh, that child will be the death of me...or would be" he added before being surrounded by a golden aura and teleporting from there.
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Jean's Office, Mondstadt
Jean was nervous, noscratch that, she was scared.
An hour ago she had been told that Klee, who was grounded for a week and was already two days into it, had escaped. That normally wouldn't be a problem, she made fish explode and sometimes one of her bombs would explode in the streets of Mondstadt but there had never been a major problem before.
Now that could change, since Klee had taken the bomb that her mother, Alice, had given her the last time she was in Mondstadt (how the hell did she open the safe?).
So, yes, they were in trouble, the lakes and fish of Mondstadt at best and the people at worst, she meant.
When Jean found out, she wasted no time dispatching all available knights around the city and to the lakes near Mondstadt, all of whom returned with nothing, well, almost nothing.
Kaeya told her that some people saw her around the shopping district chasing Alice's bomb, not very good news.
Since then, nothing, Klee was not on any street in Mondstadt, nor in it's surroundings and now her fear was more for Klee's safety.
Meanwhile she continued with her paperwork, even though she was worried about Klee she couldn't abandon her obligations, besides ¿what was she going to do? she was but one person and the majority of the Knights of Favonius was already looking, she wouldn't make much of a difference.
She was about to finish her paperwork when the door to her office opened and she heard a voice, and when Jean looked up...she froze
"..huh, miss Jean..klee's sorry for esca-"
Klee started but couldn't finish because
Jean had just envolved her in a crushing hug while saying "o lord Barbatos, Klee!?!!! you don't know how worried I was about you!! Wait, where is ms Alice bomb?!?! Did you explode the lake?!?" She asked in succesion without letting Klee respond.
Klee didn't get most of it, but she did understand the first one and her eyes started to water "ahhh, I'm sorry miss Jean, I didn't mean to worry anyone..." and she continued crying, with this Jean stopped focusing on the bomb and began to tell Klee that everything was fine and that she hadn't done anything wrong (a lie, but no one could blame her, seeing Klee cry was very painful for her).
It took a while but Klee eventually calmed down, when she did Jean sighed with relief and continued with her not an interrogation-interrogation.
"So, where is miss Alice bomb?" she asked, afraid of the answer.
"Ah, dad took it from me, he said he would give it back to me when I was older" She said cheerfully and Jean sighed in relief upon hearing that.
"Sigh, that's a relief then, I must be grateful that you..r?" She froze, thinking she heard wrong she asked again
"Who did you say took your bomb..?" klee looked at her confused
"I already told you, my dad" she said again
At this Jean closed her eyes and nodded many times quietly "Ah, yes, of course, your...what now!?!!"
She screamed.
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Earlier that day, Tenshukaku
Ei was meditating in her chambers in Tenshukaku, doing so to focus her mind and think better about how to approach the annexation plan.
Her eyes opened as she felt a familiar presence in her chamber.
"Something must be really bothering you if you couldn't hear me coming in" the voice said and Ei frowned at the mocking voice.
"Maybe..., I need advice Miko" Ei responded to the fox lady, who put on a serious face when she heard that, before she was just playing, now she was worried.
"I don't like to admit it but you know Inazuma better than I do" Ei continued and moved to gaze Yae Miko directly
"Tell me everything" She said, and so she did
After Ei told her about Celestia's plan
Yae Miko was sweating buckets, she had only come to Tenshukaku because she saw (and felt) Ei fly out of Inazuma and was worried. So when she felt that Ei had returned, Miko decided to see if everything was okay and entered her chambers without asking permission.
But now she just found out that Ei had not only gone to Celestia but now Inazuma and the other nations had the mission of invading other worlds and annexing them to Teyvat.
Did that scare her? Quick answer: Yes, but it also excited her because if they did it right it would mean that Inazuma could be freed from the corruption that has been destroying it for so long.
It would mean she wouldn't lose anyone else...
Focusing her mind, Yae Miko decided that it was not time to think about the past and began to think about who should go on this mission. Ei gave her time to think.
"If you need someone to go I would like to volunteer" Miko responded after pondering for some time
"Yo can't go alone" was her immediate response
Yae Miko smiled at that and said
"I have a few more people in mind"