Ever since you joined the Fatui as one of their Harbingers, it’s been hard trying to keep your child a secret. Your daughter, Valentina, was special to you, a prized possession that could never be replaced. You didn’t want her knowing about your new work, and you didn’t want your subordinates and fellow Harbingers learning about her. While Arlecchino had three children of her own, Lyney, Lynette, and Freminet; they’re all adopted, and the Fourth runs a whole orphanage.

Valentina was your biological child. She was irreplaceable. While she was reasonably well behaved, she had her moments of mischief; therefore she almost never left your sight whenever you took her on outings.

You held Valentina’s hand as you walked through Liyue to go to the Northland Bank. The little girl skipping to match the rhythm of your footsteps. Pantalone requested a meeting from you, and you couldn’t find anyone to babysit. Your family had no contact with you ever since you joined the Fatui, and anyone on the Fatui was out of the question. You didn’t trust them alone with your daughter.

As you entered the bank, your daughter looked around at everything in awe as Fatui guards stopped in their tracks upon seeing a Harbinger… holding the hand of a small child. Almost immediately, whispers started.

“Is that..?”

“Does that kid belong to the Eighth..?”

“How long has the Harbinger had that kid..?”

You ignored the whispering however, you just wanted to get the meeting with Pantalone over with before any of the lower-ranked Fatui got any ideas. Otherwise the Bank’s lobby would become a bloodbath.