Title: The Child with Gold Blood
Character(s): Zhongli, Qiqi, Baizhu (Genshin Impact)
Summary: Cult au, Gold blood au; Zhongli never thought that he would hear the cries of a small child deep in forest mountains surrounded by slimes. You were very familiar to him yet he wasn’t sure if you were his creator. He didn’t know what to do when you pluck your finger in a rose thorn did he see gold.
Notes: Not gonna lie I thought that this would be a lot shorter… but it grew longer than I expect and I had a hard time drawing it to a close. The ending might seem a little rushed, but I am rather happy with it and cant wait to write more for this au!
Warnings/Tags: Fem!reader, child!reader, Purely platonic, cult themes, yandere / obession themes
Zhongli was taking a walk in the Liyue mountains when he heard the sounds of crying. He was surprised to hear the sounds of a child much less in the middle of nowhere he could feel no one around.
He found you hidden in the bushes and tall rocks, crying as if you have been there for a long time by now… Zhongli slowly walked over to you. You were around 7 or 8 years old, Zhongli suspected the closer he got to you.
He watched as slimes all looked at you worriedly as one of the hydro slime nudged as if to tell you not to cry, while a dendro slime used its leaves to play pick-a-boo in the hopes you would smile. But you did not.
Zhongli raised a brow at the scene.
A rock and pyro slime noticed Zhongli and started to panic, pushing other slimes to get their attention and when the other slimes all saw him they all started to panic too, jumping around you till they suddenly got their thoughts together and formed a wall around you all glaring hesitantly at Zhongli who could easily kill them.
It surprised Zhongli to find their behavior odd as they would always run away when they spot a vision bearer before coming back to deal a hit or two but instead of doing that they choose to protect a small child. “How odd..” He said under his breath, as he looked at you curiously if not a little cautious.
You opened your eyes a little wondering why the slimes were suddenly jumping even more than before till they suddenly stopped gathered on your side facing somewhere, and you looked at them tilting your head your eyes swollen when you slowly looked up to see a tall man walking over to you.
Zhongli watched your eye look at him in fear, every step made you flinch, stifling your tears he watched hold your breath thinking that maybe if you did that he would not notice you as you slowly tried to scoot away from him. But it was too late really, as he has already found you.
Zhongli’s eyes widen at your dirty clothes and the brushes in your arms and legs and on your face, he was concerned and worried really, where were your parents? Why would they leave their child in the middle of the mountains far from the city or villages?
He stopped in front of the slimes who stood their ground even though he could visibly see them shaking. He was about to move when a small voice stopped him, “Don’t hurt them…” Zhongli looked at you as you watched him almost protective of the slimes that surround you in a protective barrier. “Do not worry child, I will not hurt them.”
