Chapter 115

Acheron: "Miss Furina, immersing yourself too much in me is not a good thing."

Acheron: "This will make you lean toward the direction of Nihility..."

Neuvillette: "Lean toward Nihility?!"

Neuvillette: "Miss Furina, since it's such a dangerous thing, I think it's better for you to be clear-headed!"

Neuvillette: "Otherwise, if you get tainted by the power of Nihility, that would be a big trouble!"

Furina: "Ahem... it's fine."

Furina: "I don't feel like I'm Nihilistic at all right now?"

Furina: "I just think Miss Acheron looked cool when she drew her blade, so I'm just a bit excited..."

Yae Miko: "It is indeed very cool, even I am a bit moved."

Yae Miko: "I say Ei, when can you learn to be like her?"

Ei: "Sorry, I can't learn that."

Paimon: "Then Miko will cry and make a scene at the Grand Narukami Shrine... woooo, how pitiful~"

Yae Miko: "???"

Ei: "Really? I don't think she would do such a thing..."

Yae Miko: "Ya, Ei understands me, of course I wouldn't do such a thing."

Yae Miko: "Because only Ei would do such a thing~"

Ei: "..."

March 7th: "Speaking of which, where is Aventurine's shadow?"

March 7th: "Was he directly slashed away by one blade?"

Stelle: "Wooooo... Aventurine!!!"

Stelle: "My good friend, good best friend, good brother!!"

Stelle: "You didn't even have ashes left!!!"

Stelle: "You died so miserably...!"

Stelle: "Thinking that no one will inherit your property makes me even sadder!! (Crying loudly.jpg)."

Silver Wolf: "Then if his property was inherited by you, would you not be sad anymore?"

Stelle: "Ahem, you can't say it like that."

Stelle: "I still have to be symbolically sad for a bit!"

Aventurine: "Heh, friend, then I really have to thank you!"

Miss Sushang: "Aventurine wouldn't really have been slashed to death, right?"

Miss Sushang: "With the power of Preservation, he didn't even withstand one slash."

Guinaifen: "That slash was so strong it leaves one speechless, it's normal not to be able to withstand it, right?"

Boothill: "Damn it, you woman is really freakishly strong."

Boothill: "The power of Nihility is truly not to be underestimated."

Boothill: "You should be much harder to deal with than that Lord Ravager who was killed by us Galaxy Rangers!"

Miss Qingque: "So, is Mr. Boothill backing down?"

Boothill: "Backing down?"

Boothill: "What a joke!"

Boothill: "I knew she was an Emanator of Nihility long ago!"

Boothill: "If I were truly afraid, I wouldn't have gone to find her in the first place!"

Welt: "No need to question the courage of the Galaxy Rangers."

Welt: "Even when facing an Aeon, they have the determination to face death without fear."

Xingqiu: "As expected of the Galaxy Rangers, this determination is truly worthy of respect!"

The video continues.

[...]

[Where... is this place?]

[A huge black hole, and the sea...]

[Did I... succeed...]

Aventurine wakes up with a start,

only to find himself in a strange space.

He is somewhat lost,

and begins to walk toward the black hole.

And some memories

begin to surface around him.

[...Welcome to this sad world, Kakavasha.]

[Your good luck is our, and all Avgin people's, most precious treasure...]

[—Two days, come out alive, and prove your skills are the real deal.]

[Wealth, status, power...]

[The IPC will give you everything you want and don't want.]

[And we will reunite under the next aurora of Kakav.]

Stelle: "Aventurine appeared?"

Stelle: "What's the situation, where is he now?"

Stelle: "And these memories..."

Stelle: "Starting to have a life review, right?"

March 7th: "Life review... Aventurine clearly looks like he's about to die!"

Furina: "No way..."

Furina: "Could it be that Aventurine still lost the bet?"

Furina: "He calculated everything, but the only thing he didn't calculate was that Miss Acheron is an Emanator of Nihility."

Furina: "So he was directly swallowed by that slash of Nihility?"

Zhongli: "Hmm... the dark sea, and that... deep, boundless black hole."

Zhongli: "The space Mr. Aventurine is in must be related to Nihility."

Zhongli: "If he continues to walk forward, there will really be no possibility of survival."

Venti: "But if he doesn't walk forward... he has no way to leave this space either!"

Yanfei: "It's over, it's over, this is clearly a case of one wrong move and the whole game is lost!"

Lumine: "Is this how Aventurine's story ends?"

Lumine: "It feels a bit... unsatisfying."

Ei: "Can a gambler who has never lost only be defeated by Nihility?"

Aventurine: "Nihility... perhaps this can also be considered a destination."

Acheron: "No, this is not your destination."

Acheron: "You will eventually return to the waking world."

Black Swan: "Ha, you still held back after all..."

The video continues.

[I'm sorry, this is not the place you were expecting.]

[...]

Acheron's figure

appears in front of Aventurine.

[Nihility... is that it?]

Aventurine at this moment

finally realizes Acheron's true identity.

Not the Destruction he previously guessed, nor the Finality.

But the unbelievable... Nihility!

[Perhaps in your eyes, I am an Emanator hiding my identity, but...]

[The one who sleeps in nothingness never glances at anyone, She is faceless and formless, and has no will to speak of...]

[Nihility envelops everyone equally.]

[It's just that some people have walked further in Her shadow and are tainted with more 'nothing'... that's all.]

Acheron explains a few things to Aventurine.

[That's all...]

[Friend, you really have left me speechless.]

Aventurine is silenced by Acheron's calm words.

[So... is this my end, the place after death?]

Aventurine asks back.

[This is just a fleeting dream, one of the thousands of manifestations of IX...]

[Under the witness of Nihility, we stay here briefly, and then head in our respective directions.]

Acheron replies.

[It seems my death is already destined.]

Aventurine shakes his head.

[Even if you wish it so... I cannot give you a promise.]

[Since the goal has been achieved, I think you can be more honest.]

Acheron says with an inexplicable tone.

[What do you mean?]

Aventurine is somewhat confused.

[Your performance in the paradise was very exciting, bluffing... a simple but practical technique that fooled almost everyone.]

[No one would have thought that you went to such great lengths, even risking your own life, just to re-confirm a fact that seemed to have been denied long ago...]

[There is no true death in the dream of Penacony.]

Acheron reveals Aventurine's true thoughts.

[...What reason would I have to do that?]

Aventurine is noncommittal.