Chapter 386

Only then does Raiden Ei put away her sister's sword.

She picks up her sister's remains, takes one last deep look at the land of Khaenri'ah, and begins her journey back to Inazuma.

Carrying her sister's remains all the way back to Inazuma.

Raiden Ei discovers that all of Inazuma seems to have fallen into grief.

Her gaze sweeps across Narukami Island.

Raiden Ei sees great demons rampaging in the forest, and a sense of sorrow spreading through the woods.

Raiden Ei sees that stretch of wilderness, once the home of the foxes, now barren and desolate.

Raiden Ei does not know what has happened.

She brings her sister's remains to the Grand Narukami Shrine.

The Grand Narukami Shrine is filled with a sense of sadness.

Raiden Ei sees many shrine maidens covering their faces and weeping.

Raiden Ei realizes something and walks quickly into the Grand Narukami Shrine.

Soon, Raiden Ei sees Gu Chen, his face deathly pale, coughing incessantly, and the little fox Yae Miko holding tattered clothes and wailing loudly.

"Cough, cough—"

Gu Chen coughs, several strands of his black hair having turned silver, as if dyed.

The aura about him gives one a feeling of extreme weakness.

Upon looking up and seeing Raiden Ei and the Raiden Makoto in her arms, Gu Chen's already heavy expression sinks even further.

"You've returned."

"What happened?" Raiden Ei asks urgently.

After a moment of silence, Gu Chen replies: "Kitsune Saiguu... has fallen."

"What?!"

Kitsune Saiguu has also fallen?!

Like a bolt from the blue, Raiden Ei stands frozen in place, lost in a daze.

"It's my fault for not realizing her plan was like this..." Gu Chen sighs, his expression tinged with sadness.

Raiden Ei looks at Gu Chen for a long time without a word.

Gu Chen's condition is very poor; how could Raiden Ei have the heart to blame him?

She can tell that Gu Chen himself is suffering from the backlash of power, as if he had used that cursed power too excessively before.

"Makoto, she..."

Raiden Ei does not know how to begin.

Gu Chen looks at Makoto's remains for a long while without speaking, finally sighing: "Alas."

"Waaah, Sister Makoto!"

The little fox Yae Miko wails loudly.

Enduring the grief.

Gu Chen and Raiden Ei bury Raiden Makoto within the Grand Narukami Shrine.

The Grand Narukami Shrine is located on high ground.

Raiden Makoto loved this place while she was alive, and loved gazing at the scenery in the distance even more.

Now that she has fallen, she naturally cannot go wandering anymore; one can only hope she can watch over all of Inazuma from here.

Kitsune Saiguu left no remains.

She had been swallowed by the disaster, leaving behind only half a piece of tattered clothing.

Gu Chen could only bury that piece of clothing together with Raiden Makoto.

Gu Chen sits in the shrine, Raiden Ei is also here, and the little fox Yae Miko, tired from crying, is resting to the side.

Gu Chen, who can feel the extreme sorrow in Raiden Ei's heart, has no mood to comfort her.

Like Raiden Ei, Gu Chen is also feeling terrible, but everything is beyond help.

【Nilou】: Ahhhhh!!! After G-Lily, it's Miss Makoto, and then Kitsune Saiguu!! Miss Ei has already lost three close friends!! (Heart-aching)

【Kamisato Ayaka】: I can understand more and more everything the Shogun has done; although it is wrong, this feeling is truly too heavy. (Heart-aching)

【Zhongli】: From a general rational perspective, the passing of three close friends in such a short time is truly difficult to accept. (Sighing)

【Venti】: Indeed, one is already enough to make one sad, let alone... alas, I fear Mikoshi Chiyo is also... (Tartaglia? Sighing)

【Yae Miko】: Looking at Brother-in-law's state, he also seems very unwell. Although the part where Kitsune Saiguu sacrificed her life wasn't shown, Brother-in-law must have used his power excessively; several strands of his hair have turned white! (Worried)

Inazuma cannot go a day without a god.

Raiden Ei ascends to the position of Shogun in a rush.

Regarding state affairs, Raiden Ei knows nothing; she can only grope her way forward.

"Fortunately, you are here, otherwise I wouldn't be able to handle it at all." Raiden Ei looks at Gu Chen and sighs with emotion.

"Hurry up and learn." Gu Chen shakes his head.

He coughs twice more.

"Are you really alright?" Raiden Ei looks at Gu Chen with a worried expression.

"I'm fine, I'll be better after resting for a while." Gu Chen shakes his head.

"You... take care of your health." Raiden Ei's eyes flicker, and she says softly.

"I know."

Gu Chen nods.

Every day, he must travel back and forth between the Grand Narukami Shrine and the Tenshukaku.

Teaching Raiden Ei how to govern, and teaching the little fox Yae Miko how to be the Guuji of the shrine.

Day after day.

The three of them seem to have all walked out of their grief.

But occasionally, when they gather, they still feel very sad.

Raiden Ei sheds tears several times.

In front of her subjects, Raiden Ei is still the Raiden Shogun, and there seems to be no great difference from before, because they cannot come into contact with this secret.

Only in private does Raiden Ei appear very fragile.

What use is great martial strength?

The passing of close friends has dealt a huge blow to Raiden Ei.

How can she avoid losing them again?

Raiden Ei closes her eyes in contemplation.

【Sangonomiya Kokomi】: It was from this moment that the Shogun began to move toward a paranoid eternity, right?

【Gorou】: It seems so. I can't imagine to what extent she will become paranoid when Mr. Gu Chen also passes away.

【Raiden Makoto】: A-Chen is already Ei's last reliance; she is slowly depending on A-Chen. If one day A-Chen also leaves her, I fear she will go mad.

【Collei】: No, please don't! Mr. Gu Chen, please live a long life! (Collei? No response)

【Nilou】: Mr. Gu Chen, I beg you, use your invincible power to think of a way! (Klee? Please)

【Gu Chen】: What way can I think of? (Qiqi? Falling)

The mission has a script.

He is playing the role in the script, moving forward according to the script's arrangements.

Destroying the script would lower the rating and rewards, or even be judged as a direct failure.

As a hardcore gamer, he would not allow such a situation to happen.

But what Gu Chen did not expect was that the world he once considered a 【Dungeon】 would actually bring such an impact to Teyvat.

Regrettably, that was already a distant past.

Several years have passed since the disaster.

Inazuma has also recovered.

In Inazuma City.

The little fox Yae Miko pesters Gu Chen to buy fried tofu to eat, and Gu Chen naturally agrees.