Chapter 107: Aventurine is also a person who values loyalty and has his own bottom line!

[...]

[Then I shall grant your wish.]

["They" have always been in the most suitable place, never having left...]

[...right here in this pile of cheap~ jewelry.]

Aventurine opens the bag,

revealing the Aventurine Stone fragments inside!

[You smashed the Aventurine Stone before you set off...]

[...looking at it, tsk tsk, how much it resembles your shattered life.]

[No matter how you drape it in a glamorous exterior, inside it remains a lowly little stone...]

[This thing is far more important than your life.]

[You know full well the consequences of doing this; do you think the IPC will let you off for desecrating the body of Qlipoth?]

After the Harmony-Aventurine mocks him,

he begins to question Aventurine's methods.

[Diamond has always valued results.]

[As long as the value I can create far exceeds the cost...]

[The process and means are not an issue.]

[If I don't pay a price, how can I deceive the Family?]

[It doesn't matter; even if the Keystone of Preservation is cracked into pieces, it can still function. Although its efficacy is greatly diminished, for me... it is enough.]

Aventurine does not feel there is a problem with his approach.

[I am truly a bit curious.]

[Why is every step you take a gamble, and why are the options you prepare for yourself always accompanied by a strong impulse for self-destruction?]

[Do you truly believe that the higher the risk, the higher the return?]

[I can't tell that you are so loyal to the IPC.]

The Harmony-Aventurine asks curiously.

[Hmph, there are many things you can't tell...]

[So you also can't tell how I am going to win everything.]

Aventurine snorts coldly.

[That is, provided you can actually do it.]

The Harmony-Aventurine corrects him.

[...We shall wait and see.]

Stelle: "Friend, isn't that a bit too ruthless?!"

Stelle: "You smashed the Keystone and brought it in mixed with a pile of jewelry?"

Stelle: "I have to ask, what were you thinking?"

Stelle: "Is Penacony really that important, many times more important than the Keystone?"

Furina: "It's too outrageous."

Furina: "When Aventurine opened the bag, I was stunned."

Furina: "I didn't react at all that those fragments were the Keystone!"

Furina: "Aventurine, your plan is truly too crazy!"

Furina: "Using two Keystones as cover wasn't enough, you even had to smash your own Keystone and disguise it as ordinary jewelry..."

Furina: "To have such courage, it seems only natural that you could win the bet!"

Hu Tao: "The question is, is all of this really worth it?"

Hu Tao: "And, what if you lose the bet this time?"

Hu Tao: "Aventurine's life would really be gone, right?"

Hu Tao: "By then, all the wealth and status he currently possesses will vanish like smoke!"

Miss Ningguang: "I think Mr. Aventurine doesn't care about any of that at all..."

Miss Ningguang: "Everything, or nothing at all!"

Miss Ningguang: "Every bet Mr. Aventurine makes must be staking his entire existence!"

Miss Ningguang: "To be honest, I truly admire him for this."

March 7th: "I suddenly feel, is Aventurine doing this on purpose too?"

March 7th: "The Harmony-Aventurine said that every choice Aventurine makes carries a strong tendency toward self-destruction!"

March 7th: "In other words, every time Aventurine gambles, he carries the mindset that if he loses, he might as well not live?"

March 7th: "That's why when he gambles, he stakes everything, stakes his own life."

March 7th: "Because he doesn't care much about anything in this world, and is therefore somewhat self-abandoning?"

Amber: "I think so too."

Amber: "Otherwise, why would Mr. Aventurine self-destruct?"

Paimon: "Couldn't it be because Aventurine is just very loyal to the IPC?"

Lumine: "Uh... I feel Aventurine shouldn't be that kind of person."

Lumine: "The only people he cares about in his heart are his family."

Lumine: "He wouldn't go this far for the IPC, would he?"

Lumine: "Of course, it's hard to say."

Lumine: "Maybe Mr. Aventurine is also a person who values loyalty?"

Miss Sushang: "Uh... at least for now, apart from his family, he hasn't shown much loyalty to others."

The video continues.

[The Keystone has disappeared... another hallucination of the Harmony.]

[...Huh?]

Aventurine suddenly discovers the figure of Kakavasha.

He can't help but let out a soft exclamation.

[Hello, we meet again, Mr. with the beautiful eyes.]

Aventurine walks in front of Kakavasha,

and Kakavasha immediately greets him.

[...Yes. We meet again.]

[Have you found Mom and Dad?]

Aventurine asks with a gentle tone.

[Of course, Sister is here too; the four of us just played hide-and-seek.]

[I'm so happy. On the way here, Dad even showed me a "banana-peel movie".]

Kakavasha says happily.

[You mean a film movie, right?]

Aventurine smiles and corrects him.

[Yes, that's it.]

[Putting many, many cardboard drawings together makes a moving mural.]

[Putting me, Dad, Mom, and Sister together makes a family.]

[You should try it too, Sir!]

[You look so gloomy all the time; you should be happier in the amusement park.]

Kakavasha invites Aventurine to play with the film movie.

[...Okay.]

Aventurine is dazed for a moment,

then nods.

Afterwards, he follows Kakavasha to the side of the film movie prop,

and begins to play with him.

[How about it, this score isn't low, right?]

[...]

[...Boring.]

Aventurine gets a very high score in the film movie game,

wanting to share it with Kakavasha.

However, when he comes to his senses, he realizes

that Kakavasha's figure,

has disappeared at some point.

Collei: "Little Kakavasha is really so cute."

Collei: "Especially those big eyes of his, like gemstones..."

Collei: "I seem to see light in those eyes!"

Collei: "But Mr. Aventurine now, there is no light in his eyes anymore."

Tighnari: "Having experienced so many hardships and tribulations, the final glimmer of light in his eyes has probably been worn away..."

Furina: "Kakavasha has so many, many scars on his body."

Furina: "His clothes are also tattered..."

Furina: "You can tell he lived a truly bitter life."

Furina: "But on his face, there is still an expression of happiness and satisfaction."

Furina: "Is it because Mom, Dad, and Sister are with him?"

Nahida: "I think so."

Nahida: "For Kakavasha, as long as Mom, Dad, and Sister are there, that is enough."

Nahida: "Everything else, to him, is not important."

March 7th: "Sigh... it's a pity this is all a hallucination created by the Harmony."

March 7th: "But I really wish this scene had actually happened!"

March 7th: "Because this Kakavasha, he has a mom, a sister, and even a dad!"

March 7th: "The original Kakavasha never even met his own dad..."

Stelle: "This power of the Harmony, is it just here to keep beating people down?"

Stelle: "This is more or less a bit despicable!"

Stelle: "I hope Aventurine can hold up under these blows; don't do anything desperate!"

The video continues.

[...]

The Harmony-Aventurine appears again,

but this time he is somewhat silent.

[Why aren't you talking?]

Aventurine watches this scene,

and asks back.

[You have indeed piqued my interest...]

[I admit there are still things about you I don't fully understand.]

The words spoken by the Harmony-Aventurine

are uncharacteristically different.

[You are quite sincere this time.]

Aventurine says with a faint smile.

[Sincerity is one of my few precious qualities; no need to emphasize it.]

[See that maze?]

[Before you walk out of there, I will be able to understand you completely.]

[Our tour of the film city has not ended, and your revolving lantern is continuing...]

[And I don't mind dragging this process out for a very, very long time.]

After the Harmony-Aventurine finishes these words,