Chapter 148

"Should I go see Nahida?"

Dottore: "Oh? Is that guy named Scaramouche really the test subject this time?"

Scaramouche: "Hmph!"

Yae Miko: "He is the puppet that Raiden Shogun abandoned? I recall that before Shogun created the Raiden Shogun, she indeed created a prototype in advance. It actually became part of the Fatui. I have no impression of him at all."

Raiden Ei: "Is that so? I had forgotten."

Scaramouche: "Haughty Baal, it is all because of your mistake that I..."

"Nahida!"

Nahida curled up her petite body.

Her facial expression was slightly twisted.

It seemed she was having some kind of dream again.

A girl with short golden hair, wearing a white and blue long dress, accompanied by a strange small thing floating in mid-air.

The two were constantly striving to save themselves who were trapped.

"I..."

"From the very moment of my birth."

"Just like wanting to become a qualified deity, wanting to become an existence needed by the people, wanting to catch up with that figure..."

"Wanting to be able to catch up with the figure of Greater Lord Rukkkhadevata."

"....."

"I..."

Nahida's voice kept echoing in the dream.

In the dream, Dottore of the Fatui controlled the consciousness of the Sumeru people to obtain experimental data.

The Akademiya, in order to create a god, trapped the people of Sumeru in dreams for a full one hundred and sixty-eight cycles.

Fortunately, the traveler who called herself Lumine, along with Paimon and everyone in Sumeru, saved her.

And the Akademiya and the Fatui succeeded in creating a god...

"I was betrayed three times..."

"Thus knowing that everything in the world is merely a veil of deception."

"The first was a god, my creator, my mother."

"The second was a human, my family, my friend."

"The third was my own kind..."

"Humans are absolutely untrustworthy, and even gods make me feel hatred..."

The massive Shouki no Kami descended upon Sumeru in the guise of a deity.

Scaramouche arrogantly shouted:

"Baal, I have ascended to godhood!"

"Your era has already ended."

Raiden Ei: "Ah???"

"....."

Facing Scaramouche, who controlled the Shouki no Kami and transformed into the new Raiden Shogun, Nahida led her first Sage, Lumine, and after experiencing one hundred and sixty-eight dream battles, drew on the experience of fighting the Shouki no Kami, and finally successfully defeated Scaramouche who controlled the Shouki no Kami.

"Ugh!"

The dream became blurry and unclear from this point.

Until Nahida used Scaramouche's last bit of power to make him enter the Irminsul to help her investigate the situation, the dream became clear again.

However, during the exploration of the Irminsul, Scaramouche discovered the truth of his experiences.

The friend he claimed betrayed him was actually killed by Dottore and framed for fleeing out of guilt.

The one of his own kind he claimed betrayed him, the boy who gave him his last hope, actually suddenly fell ill and died at home.

Scaramouche, in a breakdown, chose to try to erase his own existence to bring back the people who died due to the mistakes he once committed.

Unfortunately, he failed.

People only lost their memories of Scaramouche; everything else remained unchanged.

Finally, with Nahida's help, Scaramouche, who became the Wanderer, regained his memories and was reborn with a Vision given by Nahida.

"Ugh!"

Nahida felt a headache. After waking up, she realized it was that figure from last time again, sitting not far away and quietly watching her.

"You..."

"I remember you are Su Bai."

"The one who can visit my dreams."

Nahida covered her small head, still feeling dizzy now.

"Yes, my name is Su Bai."

Su Bai's expression was calm, and he continued: "Your dream will be the continuation of the future."

"It is something that will definitely happen."

"Someone will come to save you, and the Akademiya's plan will also succeed."

"I am not sure if you properly understood the question last time, but now there is a new question waiting for you."

"In the case where the future is known to happen."

"After experiencing this kind of thing again, what actions will you take."

Su Bai looked at Nahida, who had a blank expression.

He smiled and said, "No need to answer right away; I can give you time to consider it properly."

"When I return next time, I will have ample time here to discuss so-called wisdom with you."

His words fell.

Su Bai's figure slowly became faint and ethereal.

In the realm of consciousness, only Nahida sat dazed on the ground, all alone.

Yae Miko: "So that's how it is. That brat Scaramouche's mind snapped; he wanted to reverse history by committing suicide within the Irminsul, but all he changed was people's memories of him. No wonder I still don't remember to whom I gave Raiden Shogun's Gnosis in this life; I suppose it was you, you little rascal."

Scaramouche: "....."

Dottore: "So the reason he hates me so much is that I killed his friend. He didn't believe his friend but believed his enemy. Blame me, do you?"

Yae Miko: "I was betrayed three times... This... I must say, it's too far-fetched, especially the last time. The little boy died of illness at home, yet you still claim he betrayed you; he clearly died right before your eyes..."

Chapter 90: Villains need their past-life lovers to temper them; it has to be you, Furina.

Inazuma.

Raiden Ei, Baalzebu, tilted her head slightly.

No, my brain feels itchy.

The more she looked at the content in the light curtain, the more confused she became.

Now, she probably wouldn't have time to grow a brain big enough to understand what exactly happened.

That one called Scaramouche was actually a puppet she had created in advance when she first forged the Raiden Shogun.

So many years have passed; she had long forgotten it completely.

"Oh my, Ei, you say the puppets you create are all so single-minded."

"Scaramouche's mind snapped over such a small setback; truly worrying."

"It seems his desire to become a god was all because of your provocation."

Yae Miko recalled the content of Nahida's dream and worriedly kept pressing her forehead.

At the moment Nahida extracted Scaramouche's Gnosis, the panic on that fellow's face was like the despair of a child losing a precious toy.

However, committing a series of brutal acts just because of some inexplicable so-called three betrayals is very hard to accept or forgive.

Just like Su Bai in the past life now.

No one knows what ultimate goal he finally had to become a man who killed as if mowing down grass.

Moreover, he seemed to have become a puppet in his own deduction.

His actions were constantly following the content of the deduction, as if he had also lost his own soul.

"Sigh, I just hope that stinky man doesn't end up like Scaramouche in the end."

"It would be best if, as he said himself, he is thoroughly bad."