Wounds don’t heal by time, nor words

by Nyx__000

Summary:

Venti was always the mysterious person, yet kept it hidden with his carefree and gentle attitude. Behind this personality there lie many secrets and a complex past

Or

(Sort of) god of time venti and istaroth stuff, fluff and angst :)

I wrote this very long ago in my notes app and probably won’t continue it, srry! I do have tons of chapters pre-made tho!

Notes:

Heyy, sorry about disrupting your read but i just wanted to say that English isn’t my first language so i apologize for any grammar mistakes. The Traveler is Aether (male traveler). I wish you a nice read. Thank you for reading!!!

(Btw i wrote this fic like a year ago in notes :/, no idea if it’s good bc, as i stated, i have no idea anymore)

Chapter 1

Venti, a bard and a drunkard of Mondstadt had multiple secrets, one of them being that he’s the god of freedom, Barbatos. He had helped saving Mondstadt with the traveler, and calming Dvalin down. In the process he had lost his gnosis to Signora, a fatui harbinger. Because of this he had told the traveler that he’d for sure be the weakest archon at this point.. but is that even true?

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*It was a pretty normal day in Mondstadt, Venti at this time was ordering some wine at this time.*

“Heyyyy Diluccccc~~~”

*Venti said, obviously drunk. Diluc sighed as he responded.*

“What do you need Venti? And no, i won’t be giving you any more wine. You’ve already stolen enough of it.”

*Venti chuckled as Diluc looked at him in annoyance.*

“Worth a shot!”

*Venti said with much glee. Diluc began speaking with an irritated tone*

“Venti, I know you don’t have enough money to but more wine. Just clean yourself up and leave. The traveler is coming soon”

*Venti’s ears perked up as he spoke*

“The traveler? Is she already done with visiting Natlan?”

“It seems so, she seemed to want to ask you a question about something. But since she doesn’t know your address she sent me the letter since… yeah. You basically come here every day.”

Diluc said in a calm tone of voice

“Ask me a question hmm…. I wonder what it’s about. Then i shall be goinggg then bye Dilucc!!”

“Goodbye Venti.”

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Venti went out of the bar and went to Windrise, sitting in the large tree waiting till dawn. Not too long later the traveler arrived at Windrise. No one was at Windrise
anymore, only Venti and the Traveler.

“Ah Traveler! I hope your journey went smoothly!”

*Venti spoke with much anticipation before Paimon came by and screamed in a high pitched voice*

“Hey don’t forget about Paimon you tone deaf bard!!”

*Venti chuckled as he spoke*

“Well you were just so small I couldn’t see you~”

*Paimon was ready to start an argument before the Traveler stepped in and continued the conversation before things escalated*

“Yes my journey went quite well, I just came back from Natlan. But that’s not the topic at hand, i wanted to ask you something.”

*Venti tilted his head as a small smile appeared on his face and spoke*

“That’s good, what did you want to ask about?”

*The Traveler hesitated, looking down at the ground and then back at Venti. The Traveler then spoke*

“Well i wanted to ask about your past.. You know and stuff…”

*Venti chuckled*

“Well what do you mean? I’ve already told you about my past and myself haven’t I? Old Mondstadt, the revolution-“

*Venti was interrupted by Paimons high-pitched voice*

“Paimon means before that! And what happened right after that! That part can’t be the only part of Mondstadts history! There aren’t any books about it in Lisa’s library and Zhongli won’t say anything either!!! Tell us already you tone deaf bard!”

*Venti chuckles akwardly*

“Haha.. I mean, there wasn’t anything interesting enough. I mean everything was quite peaceful. **Nothing happened to anyone** actually. It was realllyyy peaceful. Just like now.”

*Venti smiles as the Traveler and Paimon look at him suspiciously*

“Paimon thinks that can’t be true!!! There is no way Paimon will believe you! And the Traveler also won’t.”

*The Traveler and Paimon looks at an akward Venti*

“I-I swear, nothing happened. I mean it would be recorded in Mondstadts history if it was important right? I’m not as old as Morax and stuff so-“

*He gets interrupted as he speaks by the Traveler*

“Venti, stop lying, we might know about the revolution and Vanessa’s tale yet it’s all been told from a third perspective. Not yours. And you’re one of the oldest gods. Don’t lie to me. You know much more than you admit.”

*Venti seems really uncomfortable as he tried to deny the allegations*

“I-I swear, and even so I am the weakest god so-“

“Stop the crap Venti, don’t lie to me. You let Signora take your gnosis, right? Why would you… And don’t lie to me about being the weakest archon. You’re not.”

*The Traveler looks at venti as Paimon speaks*

“Venti just tell us it already, Paimons getting tired and Paimon wants to go to good hunter to eatt!!”

*Venti looked agitated as he spoke*

“There is nothing wrong, nothing happened Traveler. You shouldn’t worry. There is **Nothing** wrong. You should just enjoy your stay in Mondstadt and rest up, It is a long Travel to come to Mondstadt and after this you have to go to Snezhnaya soon.”

*Traveler tries to speak but Venti interrupts him*

“Ah ah ah, Traveler, just go to good hunter and get a good nights sleep after. You should trust the me, i mean, i’m the god of freedom. So go on and rest up.”

*Traveler hesitates but speaks before he goes*

“Just… *sigh* we’ll come back tomorrow..”

Chapter 2: Chapter 2, where two souls reunite

Notes:

:)

The night passes, Venti quickly managed to get a bottle of wine by convincing a tourist with a song. As he was drunk, sitting in an apple tree, he was thinking about the chaos that has been going on throughout Teyvat. The Traveler mustn’t know about what happened back then or… **that secret**

*The Traveler came to the ginormous tree at Windrise, only to keep coming there for the next few days leaving with more questions than answers than before, this continued for awhile until Traveler had to go to Snezhnaya.*

“Ah, Traveler, I wish you a pleasant and easy trip! May the winds bless your travels!”

*Venti spoke, it was the day before the Traveler left.*

“Ah yes goodbye Venti! I will visit you after I come back! See you then!”

*As the conversation ended Traveler left to Snezhnaya. They left on good terms, what no one expected was that the Traveler would find his twin sister, Lumine on the way back after managing to go to the abyss.*

-Aether-

“L-Lumine? Please don’t leave this time… I don’t get why the Tsaritsa acted that way… Is what she said really true…. Have the archons been lying to me about something…?… Please, tell me the truth…”

“Ah, brother. I must apologize for leaving you, but yes. It is true, the archons have secrets. I’ll stay with you this time. I’ll explain..”

*She continued explaining tons about the archons, the innocent they massacred without remorse, casting a curse on the survivors. Although Aether knew most he wasn’t prepared to hear the next few things such as, **The older archons are keeping many things from everyone .***

“So brother.. Now that you know the truth, I have a request.. please come with me to defeat the archons and make Teyvat ours and make it better! Stop the Khaenri’ans suffering. Please brother… I know you are befriended with them but please… It’s also better for the archons… We don’t have to kill all of them.. just capture them….”

*Aether was silent, hesitating till he eventually spoke.*

“I don’t want you to leave me and the truth is… I do quite think the destruction of Khaenri’ah was unnecessary… So yes… I’ll join you….”

“Aether… Paimon will be fine… she was an outcast from Celestia… She might be nearing death but I, as the princess of the abyss will try and help her to the best of my abilities…”

*The Traveler took a deep breath and spoke*

Yes, we should do it… Thank you Lumine…
And… I’m happy to see you again sister..

So am I

*Lumine said with a soft tone*

Notes:

Sorry for the spelling errors! I didn’t check this work hehe~ anyways, sorry for the short chapter

Chapter 3: Chapter 3, a godless dawn

*Snezhnaya had already joined the abyss and forced the Fatui to join aswell. First the nation of Fontaine, the prophecy came true, then Sumeru, Nahida gave up her wisdom as chaos ensued in the country. Her people leaving her once again as she went into Irminsul. The traveler visiting her often as Nahida, hesitantly agreed to join their cause as long as it didn’t destroy Teyvat or make people suffer. Next was Liyue, Zhongli, wanting to keep his country safe eventually cast a barrier around it, yet he couldn’t keep the barrier up. So he signed a contract to join them. Then Inazuma, chaos erupted in Inazuma once again. Consumed by fear the Shogun destroyed the country that she once loved so dearly. Before moving on to Mondstadt they went to Natlan, getting Mavuika, who’s reign had already been ended by the fatui on their side for her country back. And allas, Mondstadt. The four winds fought hard to keep them out, yet Dvalin got corruputed and the other winds gave up. So eventually Venti was confronted.*

“Ah Traveler, I had already thought you would visit me after your journey had ended. Just didn’t expect it to be to take me down.”

*Aether spoke with a reluctant tone.*

“Venti, tell us the truth.. We know you’re hiding something from us..”

*Venti chuckled as he spoke*

“Haha, jumping to conclusions are we-“

*Lumine interrupted him*

“Venti, for the sake of Mondstadt, give up. We don’t want to hurt you. We have nearly all the of the seven on our side.. Just join us”

*Venti stopped smiling for a second. Looking down. He didn’t want to give up the freedom he held so dear yet… Will he give up on Mondstadt for his freedom… The country he has saved on multiple occasions… The one that he’s been scared of losing…. He was contemplating between two choices, his or Mondstadts freedom….*

*A small smile struck his face as he spoke like he was happy with a saddened undertone*

“Alright then Traveler, before I play your game. How about we play mine first.”

*The wind started picking up slowly but surely, the winds started to blow extremely hard. Smaller black holes forming and seemingly the concept of time being distorted. The sky started looking strange as if it was day and night at the same time. A golden light shined for a second. He didn’t want Mondstadt to be ruled… He wanted it to be free.. So he’s going to fight for it. Just like he did all those years ago.*

*Aether and Lumine stepped back as they summoned their wings and blades. Lumine flew toward him, slicing through the winds, the sky was fake anyways. She got closer but then was pushed back. Like time had reversed. The troops of the abyss were tired from the other wars and it seemed like Venti didn’t want to give up, no matter what the cost was. As if he was in his own delusion. Then what was left of the seven came along, Zhongli, Mavuika, the Tsaritsa, Nahida and Raiden seemed to come later on. Looking saddened, emotionless almost. Probably because her eternity had ended once again. And all of it was her fault… again. Zhongli spoke out loud.*

“Barbatos, stop. It isn’t worth it. Just join us, Mondstadt will be fine.”

*It seemed like it was no use. And so the battle continued, but with the archons help it was much easier. Only reason they hadn’t won yet is because of Venti’s agility and them not wanting to hurt Venti, Eventually Venti did almost get defeated, he felt down to the ground and..-! ‘Huh? Wait what? Venti wasn’t defeated, we’d never defeated him’, zhongli thought, ‘whatever i probably imagined that’ he was sure they defeated Venti but it looks just the same as before. Like a samsara loop, whatever… let’s just continue the battle. Zhongli then spoke up, his gaze unwavering and his voice spoke with authority:

“Barbatos, stop resorting to violence, you’re destroying Mondstadt. Please, let’s step down and discuss this calmly…”

*Venti hesitated but stood on the ground, seemingly ready to talk.*

*Zhongli sighed in reassurance. As the archons and the twins also went to the ground as they started to discuss. Venti at this time was glaring at them, menacingly. Lumine spoke in a calm manner.*

“Barbatos, if you join us and our cause Mondstadt will be fine. It’ll be safe. You just need to surrender, maybe secrets of yours will be revealed, but all will be fine.”

*Venti, masking his emotions as usual looked extremely normal as he smiled and chuckled.*

“Haha, sure, I understand…”

“Venti…..”

*Aether spoke worriedly*

“No don’t worry Aether-… Traveler.”

*The Archons looked confused as they didn’t expect Venti to know the Travelers true name without joining the Abyss.*

“How did you..”

“Aether, we should just continue this battle against Barbatos and finish this fight for once and for all. I know you care about him, but this is for a bigger cause than just Barbatos.”

*Aether slightly looked down at the ground, not saying anything untill he softly spoke up.*

“Barbatos, you have a choice, either join our cause to fight against celestia or lose this fight and maybe even die in the process, i really..- really don’t want to make you choose, but it is your choice to make.”

Notes:

I’m so sorry but this is all the things i wrote for this fic back then, I’ll probably not continue it! I’d truly love to but i just randomly found it in my notes haha

Notes:

Thank you for reading, hope you enjoyed :)