[Genshin Impact] The Great General Mahamatra Has Finally Caught On

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[The clingy little jackal who runs to Gandharva Ville whenever she has time x the Great Forest Watcher who's grown numb to being pestered by the little jackal]

Cyno, the Great General Mahamatra, is stern and imposing. He shows no mercy toward academic crimes and is someone many people fear.

Everyone respects and fears him, but his old friend Tighnari has always treated him the same.

Yet Cyno has never realized that his friendship with Tighnari has long since changed into something else.

At the time, Sumeru's rainforest was undergoing post-disaster repairs. The soil had been affected by the Withering, leading to the appearance of many new plant species.

While patrolling the forest, Tighnari found Cyno unconscious and rescued him. He took good care of him, only for Cyno to wake up and grab his tail, calling him his wife.

Tighnari: ???

Poisoned by a new kind of mushroom from the rainforest, the Great General Mahamatra forgot nothing at all, except that every memory involving Tighnari had become completely twisted.

Twisted, as in pursuing your bro like he's your wife.

Tighnari silently puts up with his good friend's harassment, until the day after Cyno once again tries to crawl into his bed, when he finally develops an antidote.

After being cured, Cyno flees to the Sumeru Desert in the middle of the night.

Question: After pursuing my bro like he's my wife, how do I face him?

Answer: Marry him.

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Tighnari thought everything would go back to normal once the mushroom poison was cured. He never expected Cyno to get even weirder!

In full view of everyone, the Great General Mahamatra raises his chin and gazes at the sky at a 45-degree angle, eyes filled with melancholy.

At the very center of the crowd, Tighnari senses trouble, pushes past his colleagues and friends, and tries to make a quick getaway.

Cyno, the brooding CEO, elegantly flicks his windswept hair. His voice trembles as he cries out hoarsely, brimming with emotion:

"Damn it! Are you trying to get my attention?!"

"Man, stop right there! Aren't you afraid I'll use the power to destroy 'Alhaitham' and hurt the people around you?"

His eyes turn blood-red as he cries out, his voice breaking. "Tighnari! Take one more step and I'll make all of Sumeru pay for your sake!"

Onlookers: ☉_☉

This legendary scene is captured on a Kamera and uploaded to the Akasha Terminal.

With the whole nation egging them on, Tighnari and Cyno become an overnight sensation.

The CEO style spreads from Sumeru to all seven nations.

#I Really Didn't Mean to Date a CEO

#Help, Cyno Really Isn't Like This

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When things finally return to normal, the Great General Mahamatra regrets what he did and decides to turn over a new leaf and pursue love all over again.

The people of Sumeru, having witnessed the romance between the Great Forest Watcher and the Great General Mahamatra, weep with joy.

#The Great General Mahamatra Finally Gets It

#The Couple I Ship Finally Got Together

[Important notes]

1. ■Lots of personal interpretations. If you need everything to be canon-compliant, this isn't for you. Please treat anything unreasonable as a personal interpretation.

[A goofy story, with some out-of-character behavior. I did it on purpose (scratches head)~ The characters will go back to normal later (meaning Mr. Cyno) (*?︶?*)]

[The author has an adolescent phase.]

2. Minor Haikaveh and Aether/Scaramouche content. Please beware.

3. Updates daily or every other day. An extra chapter for every 100 new favorites or Nutrient Solutions.

4. I revise obsessively. If a revision isn't marked as major, there's no need to reread.

5. Updates follow the rankings when the story is featured.

6. Beginner writing. If it's not to your taste, please don't be harsh. Let's leave each other in a good mood~

Concurrent story: [Genshin Impact] I Really Didn't Mean to Be a Villainess

Second-person reader-insert

[Everyone's favorite + sickly beauty + romantic rivalry + melodramatic tropes]

The heroine is frail, but becomes very strong later. More characters are involved than the blurb suggests, lol.

I love beautiful, powerful romantic rivalries. Please don't read if you dislike them.

1:

You're a Xiao fan who only ships him with himself. Your beloved finally returns home after a year away, on Lantern Rite, and you excitedly log in with your guaranteed five-star pull.

As a golden light flashes, something sucks you inside.

Good news: You're in Teyvat, the beloved adopted daughter of The Regrator, with your only problem being that you have too much money and nowhere to spend it.

Bad news: You're sickly, panting after every few steps, and whenever you get worked up, you cough up blood. Even Baizhu can only shake his head.

Worse news: You're bound to a bullying-with-power System. The more people hate you, the more rewards you get.

So...

At a roundtable meeting of the Fatui Harbingers, you push open the door with slow, sickly steps.

At the System's demand, your trembling hand picks Tartaglia from among the characters with a five-star danger rating.

No one knows how a frail, sick person managed to lift a huge bag of Mora and dump it onto the table.

Your pale, slender fingers dig into the Mora as you humiliate Tartaglia: "Is this enough for one night?"

Tartaglia stares into your eyes, gives a mysterious smile, then slowly nods under the gaze of the other Harbingers. "This is enough for three nights."

Your whole body stiffens instantly.

After failing the mission, you flee in the middle of the night.

#Help, This Isn't How It Was Supposed to Go

2:

You drag your sickly body to Mondstadt, where you not only sneak a drink of the most expensive wine at Dawn Winery, but also get blackout drunk in the orchard and crush a small patch of particularly precious grapes.

At last, you're dragged off by the winery's owner, Diluc, to discuss compensation.

Why would a villain pay compensation? You shake your head and refuse.

A glint of cold light flashes through the man's rose-colored eyes. You happily hear the System announce: Dislike +1 +1 +1.

Just then, that damned illness flares up. You cough up a huge mouthful of blood, staining your white clothes red...

Coughing up blood, you hear the dislike count go down: -1 -1 -1.

You stubbornly stay at the estate for several days, but instead of going up, the dislike count falls even faster!

#Richest Man in Mondstadt, Please Hate Me, Seriously

3:

You can't get any dislike points in Mondstadt, so you have no choice but to go to Liyue.

To your surprise, this time the System binds you to the person you've been longing for: Xiao!

Coughing up blood, you insult him: "...Let me see what color you're wearing today?"

Even though you're so sick you can't get out of bed, you still rasp from your pillow: "Mighty Adeptus Xiao, name your price. How much to buy one night with you?"

Xiao: "Shameless..."

You start coughing up blood again, nonstop. You struggle to ask Xiao what he was about to say, only to see the young adeptus press his lips together and say, "...Let's talk after you're well."

#He's So Good, I'm Crying

4:

In the end, of course, your begging for dislike points in Liyue fails.

To stay alive, you have no choice but to leave Liyue for Sumeru for a while.

You scribble all over the Forest Watcher's diary, add Sichuan peppercorns to the water Tighnari drinks, and touch Tighnari's tail in front of Cyno.

At last, at long last, you weep with joy.

The Great General Mahamatra, Cyno, is your dislike-generating machine!

You look forward to Cyno's return from his daily work trips, tears in your eyes. But instead of Cyno, the young adeptus from Liyue shows up.

He grabs you by the scruff of your neck, and in an instant you're back at Wangshu Inn, his expression displeased.

You: "...Actually, I left without saying goodbye because I was going on a spontaneous trip. Believe me?"

Xiao: ...

Theme: I'll wave the big flag for Cyno x Tighnari