All Hail Rex Lapis Lord

The whole affair begins on what one would describe as a very normal day, in the late afternoon when Zhongli is drowsing at Heyu Tea House, content after having listened to Tea Master Liu Su’s partially finished epic (Zhongli’s memory is both long and incredibly precise, which may be why he appears to be the only individual to have realised that the good Tea Master has repeated this particular story segment around 7 times, abruptly switched over to another story around 4 times, and never seems to finish telling any particular story. Intriguing, Zhongli thinks, the charming idiosyncrasies of humanity.) At a small table to his right, a pair of young ladies giggle to themselves over a sheet of paper, pausing every once in a while to duck behind folded hands to blush.“Please, forgive my imposition,” Zhongli inclines his head deferentially, “but I could not help but be curious about what has brought you two such joy. Would you be willing to indulge me?”Thus starts Zhongli’s journey as the most renowned “fanfiction” author in Tevyat.[Put in other words, the fanfiction author!Zhongli fic where the lord of our fandom truly becomes the lord of a fandom]