Little Mermaid AU After saving the Khaenri'ahn prince Kaeya from drowning, Diluc gets punished by his father to live as a human. He can only return to the sea if he finishes his mission and kills the prince. Which is easier said than done.
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in ancient times, liyue was a land of misery, where the shadow of evil loomed large. as slain gods festered, their vengeful wrath cursed the world, manifesting in infernal forms. when demons stirred—miasmas, monsters, and mutations infested the land. then, rex lapis summoned the yakshas to vanquish the demons. they swore an oath:
“restore order through slaughter, purge evil through battle; to this, we dedicate our lives.”
eons of bloodshed later, karmic debt weighed upon them, phantom wrath seeping into their broken souls. they went mad with fear, turned on each other, or succumbed to the darkness. of the five foremost yakshas, death came to three, while the fourth vanished without a trace. in the millennia since, one conqueror of demons remains the sole surviving yaksha in the mortal realm. and only on moonlit nights, in the glow from guyun and in the sound of the dihua flute, is his memory preserved.
