Dandelion glides along the raging tides

The journey begins

Aether finished his talk with Deyha, it was just final goodbyes, but he couldn't shake the feeling that he was being watched, as if someone was searching for him. As soon as they said their last goodbyes, he noticed something or rather someone running at him. The little girl dressed in red wearing her signature hat, dress and her cute backpack, Klee. She runed, her arms outstretched, with a smile she stopped a few inches in front of Aether trying not to tip over on him.

"Mister honorary knight." With those words Aether picked her up and hugged her, she wasn't heavy, but the backpack was, he sometimes wondered how she could lift it up, maybe it was magical, but that doesn't matter now, there was a child in his arms that wanted hugs and she shall get them. To other it would look like reunion with his child, which to be honest he would not mind, he considered Klee as his own if they are together on adventure, she is the top priority, but that doesnt matter, Klee should not be alone, definitely not in Sumeru, soo where's her guardian? He looked around for familiar faces of someone from Monstad, and then he saw it. A blond tall woman, walking with her sword on her hip, dressed in her grandmasters uniform, gracefully running down the small hill down the
main street of 'Caravan Ribat'. When the said woman noticed Klee in Aethers arms she got relieved and she walked to the trio of Paimon, Aether and Klee.

"Aether, Paimon, greeting and thank you for catching Klee for me."
Jean spoke in her calm tone.
"Hello Jean, good to see you here." Floating fairy told the grandmaster.
"Hi Jean."Aether spoke calmly to Jean
"Hi" Jean quickly answered back.
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Well this looked awkward.
With a quick cough from Jean to break the silence she spoke to Aether.
"I got this letter a couple of days ago, do you know anything about it?"
Aether placed Klee down which earned a little sad aww from the Spark Knight, Jean then handed him the letter, as he quickly read it with Paimon overlooking his shoulder.

"Dear Knights of Favonius,

You have been called to my beautiful nation for discussions of a actions my associates did back in Monstad couple months ago, we want to apologize by giving you proper apology by face to face here in Fontaine,

Signed, Father of House of Hearts."

"Do you have any clue what it means Aether?" Jean asked the blond Traveler.
"Sadly I have no clue. I imagine you asked Lisa and Albedo?"
Jean simply nodded.
"Paimon sees it as reasonable why you went Jean, but why take Klee with you?" The floating fairy asked.

"I heard what you did in Sumeru and since you did not write that you are already in Fontaine, I thought that maybe we could all go as friends."
Aether messaged regularly to Jean and Klee, Klee because she like to hear stories of around the world and then wrote him back what's happening in monstand, and to Jean, it was something he didn't understood, he liked Jean, but he couldn't get attached, for everyone's safety, he tried to push these feeling back but he couldn't, it was beyond him, but not to his knowledge, Jean suffered the same problem.

"Soo, do we head out all on the journey?" Klee asked innocently.
"I think we will have to buy supplies to cross the desert."
Aether thinked of the idea to cross the desert faster.
"Actually I might have a faster solution."
Aether pulled out a map and pointed to, to Jean and Klee, totem. He knew how to operate them but Klee and Jean didn't.

"This is the spot we need to think about." Jean and Klee looked at the map where the aether pointed at the marked totem.
"Okay then what else?" Jean asked, completely trusting Aether.
"Klee, do you remember the envelope we used to travel here?" Aether asked Klee.
"Yeah! It was an awesome way of transportation."
"Well this is something similar but you have to hold my hand."
Klee instantly grabbed Aether's hand and then Jean's with her other hand.
"Okay, what next?" Klee, already full of enthusiasm, was waiting for the next order.
Aether grabbed Jean's hand, both of their gloves denied any initial contact, but for Jean it was flustering enough, she always wished for these types of things from a man, which last one was, underwhelming to say. Cold, blunt, not wanting any contact, Aether was polar opposite, which she enjoyed even if it was for couple of seconds.

"Just hold onto me."

Paimon packed their map, then she held his shoulder, and Aether looked at Jean.

"Realm of Farakhkert."

As soon as his words exited his mouth, a small black mist constructed of stars surrounded them, but to his surprise, it now contained dandelions and red cloverleafs, Aether imagined it had to do with the fact that Klee and Jean was with him.

This starts a new journey, where Aether hopes it will be with peace and quick success