Chapter 148

Stelle: "Sunday, you were a priest?!"

Stelle: "Tsk, the Family is really interesting, actually doing this kind of thing?"

Boothill: "Damn it, it’s just a means of brainwashing."

Boothill: "Seeing this makes me feel sick."

Paimon: "Uh... how is this... a bit like what the Knights of Favonius Cathedral would do?"

Rosaria: "Not a bit like it, it’s basically exactly the same."

Rosaria: "Honestly, I hate this kind of thing too."

Barbara: "But isn't that the duty of the Knights of Favonius Cathedral?"

Barbara: "To praise the grace of the Anemo Archon and bring the Anemo Archon’s beautiful blessings to everyone in Mondstadt..."

Venti: "Ehe... is there a possibility..."

Venti: "That the Anemo Archon might not like these empty rituals?"

Lumine: "I think it’s possible."

Diluc: "Mm, I believe in this possibility too."

Jean: "Uh..."

Barbara: "But... this has been a tradition for so many years."

Barbara: "~Besides, isn't praising Lord Barbatos the right thing to do?"

Paimon: "Hey, there’s no need to praise him every day."

Paimon: "Just keep it in your heart!"

Venti: "That’s right, that’s right, the intention is what matters most; the form is actually unimportant!"

Zhongli: "Heh, regarding this point, our Liyue is more open-minded."

Zhongli: "Rex Lapis only needs to exist in the hearts of our Liyue people as a spiritual role model."

Venti: "Sigh, if I’d known, I would have learned more from you."

Venti: "It really has to be you..."

The video continues.

【...Please, the next one come forward.】

Sunday called out to the next person.

【I, I confess to you with all my heart... please forgive me!】

This person seemed very panicked.

【Please be at ease, I have beseeched Him to be with us.】

【As long as your heart is honest and kind, you will surely be forgiven.】

Sunday used a gentle tone

to comfort this person.

【Oh!】

【Oh, okay... actually, I smuggled into Penacony.】

【To buy the ticket, I sold everything I could at home, the house, the land...】

【And, my two children...】

This person confessed his smuggling identity to Sunday.

【Mm... please continue.】

Hearing this person’s words,

Sunday’s expression changed slightly.

【If they stayed by my side, they would definitely starve to death. At least as slaves, they can have a full meal.】

【If, if I make it big here, I will immediately redeem them and raise them well...】

【Re-result, I was discovered by the Bloodhound Family, and they are catching me everywhere...】

【I still want to bring the children over!】

【It’s all my fault, it’s all my fault...】

This person’s tone gradually began to break down.

【The Family is willing to embrace everyone.】

【I will convey to the Bloodhound Family to stop the search.】

【From now on, you don't need to live in fear anymore.】

Sunday said lightly.

【Thank you, thank you!】

【I will work hard and strive to redeem the children as soon as possible and join the Family... Praise, praise Harmony!】

Stelle: "Holy crap!"

Stelle: "What kind of heavy-duty scum is this?"

Stelle: "Sold his children into slavery?!"

March 7th: "Hmph, simply... simply beastly behavior!"

Boothill: "Damn it, is this also called a man?"

Boothill: "He’s really a coward!"

Furina: "Selling land, selling houses, selling property, that’s understandable."

Furina: "But selling children... that really has no bottom line."

Hu Tao: "Such a person deserves to be caught, and he has the nerve to come and repent."

Paimon: "Bu... but didn't he say the children would starve to death if they followed him?"

Lumine: "I think it sounds like a lie."

Lumine: "He had land and a house, could he really not afford to raise two children?"

Miss Qingque: "It sounds more like he heard Penacony was a place to make big money, and then went all-in, wanting to speculate."

Aventurine: "Heh, a bastard who can even abandon his family."

Aventurine: "No matter what his excuse is, it cannot be forgiven."

Silver Wolf: "The problem is, Sunday actually let a person like this off the hook."

Dr. Ratio: "This is the confession room of Harmony, a place to demonstrate the concept of Harmony’s tolerance."

Dr. Ratio: "Clearly, anyone who comes here will be forgiven by him."

Dr. Ratio: "Even if he himself might not be willing."

Boothill: "Tsk, the Family is hypocritical enough."

Stelle: "The Hunt is pure enough!"

Stelle: "Everything else is just clouds in the end!"

Boothill: "Heh, I like hearing that."

Boothill: "But if you ask me, you Trailblazers are no less impressive than us Galaxy Rangers!"

Stelle: "Hehehe, likewise."

Silver Wolf: "What a commercial mutual-praise..."

The video continues.

【...】

【Please, the next one come forward.】

After a moment of silence,

Sunday began to call people forward again.

【Long time no see, the most eye-catching man in Penacony, the next Family Head of the Oak Family... Mr. Sunday?】

This time, a Pepeshi businessman came.

As soon as he saw Sunday,

he greeted him quite frivolously.

【...I have beseeched Him to be with us, we can begin.】

Sunday’s expression remained unchanged,

and he said indifferently.

【Fine. Let’s follow the prescribed procedure...】

【Cough, cough! I have committed a fault, please forgive my sins: I wasted half a pizza at breakfast... and a bottle of SoulGlad.】

【That’s all, nothing else.】

【Do you still have words to recite?】

【Hurry up, I’m in a rush to watch the Hanu Wars game.】

This Pepeshi businessman clearly had no intention of repenting at all.

He came here,

it seems, just to amuse himself at Sunday’s expense.

【Are you... willing to perform good works to atone for the sins you should have suffered?】

Sunday frowned,

and began to recite the eulogy.

【Sin and punishment?】

【Starting to act like a saint, huh?】

【Let me tell you, the Family has no right to judge me, and you even less so.】

【Who doesn't know about the Family’s little affairs?】

【Forgotten the Watchmaker?】

【Screw you, chicken-wing head, I don't buy your act.】

【Just fool those dream-chasers, don't fool yourself too.】

【In the future, before reciting those scriptures, think carefully...】

【What exactly does the Oak Family rely on to have today’s status, for you to sit here, worry-free, high and mighty, looking down on everyone.】

【Is today’s confession time enough for me to enter the Charmony Garden?】

【Then I’m leaving.】

【Hope you get elected, hmph... don't make me lose money.】

Stelle: "Holy crap, so arrogant?!"

Stelle: "Sunday, you are really patient!"

Stelle: "If it were me, I would have smashed him away with a bat long ago!"

Stelle: "Still daring to act in front of me?"

Stelle: "You act your..."

March 7th: "Cough, cough... civilized! Be civilized!"

Stelle: "Oh, oh, couldn't help it, almost said words that would damage my image."

Stelle: "In short, this guy’s face is really disgusting, my bat can't even stand it."

March 7th: "Typical capitalist villain face, full of profit."

Furina: "This kind of person isn't here to confess sincerely at all, right?"

Furina: "He’s just using the confession to achieve his conditions."

Hu Tao: "So what is the use of the Family’s confession ceremony?"

Hu Tao: "Isn't this a typical vanity project?"

Aventurine: "The role of a vanity project is naturally to show it to outsiders."

Aventurine: "The Family wouldn't care about anything else."

Welt: "Humans are not saints, after all. Even in the Family that believes in Harmony, human greed can be seen everywhere."

Welt: "And this runs counter to the concept of Harmony itself."

Boothill: "Damn it, Harmony is completely unreliable."

Boothill: "If this silly treasure in the video met our Galaxy Rangers, do you think he could still be so arrogant?"

Boothill: "He would have been begging for mercy on his knees long ago, still daring to act like this?"

Sunday: "I have to admit, for this kind of person, the Galaxy Rangers’ way of using strength against strength and violence against violence is more applicable."

Sunday: "As for Harmony... it simply cannot restrain this kind of person."

Nahida: "In the confession room, Mr. Sunday must encounter many such people every day, right?"

Nahida: "Will this cast a shadow over your heart?"

Dr. Ratio: "Unless he has no human emotions, he definitely will."

Dr. Ratio: "Contacting such complex negative emotions every day, the fact that he hasn't gone completely crazy yet is already considered mentally strong."

Dr. Ratio: "But I still suggest you see a psychiatrist more often to resolve some of the paranoid thoughts in your heart."

Sunday: "No need, I have already figured some things out."

Sunday: "But... without seeing the final outcome with my own eyes, I am still unwilling to give up."

Dr. Ratio: "Heh, enough said, then I wish you good luck."

Miss Sushang: "Here we go again!"

Miss Sushang: "This feeling of words within words!"

Miss Sushang: "What exactly did you see?"

Miss Sushang: "Why are you all persuading Mr. Sunday openly and secretly?"

Dr. Ratio: "Nothing, just persuading someone who is stuck in a dead end to think more openly."

Lumine: "Think more openly...?"

Lumine: "Does it refer to the kind of things encountered in the video?"

Lumine: "Hmm... this phenomenon cannot be stopped, so one should think more openly."

Ei: "Whether it can be stopped or not, one must try. I think... Mr. Sunday might be thinking that way, right?"

Ei: "It’s just that the cost... might be very high."

Sunday: "As long as I can achieve the wish in my heart, the cost is insignificant."

Robin: "Brother... you..."

Robin: "Is it my illusion?"

Robin: "I always feel like you’ve changed..."

Sunday: "Don't worry, Robin, no matter what I’ve become, you are still my best sister."

Robin: "But..."

Sunday: "There are no buts."

Sunday: "In this world, there always need to be some people to do something, regardless of whether the ending is good or bad."

Acheron: "It seems you also have your own firm path in your heart and have given it meaning."

Acheron: "Then no matter what others say, it cannot be shaken."

Acheron: "Then I can only wish you... good luck!"

Welt: "..."

Welt: "Although our positions are not consistent, your determination to seek the Path makes me admire you..."

The video continues.

【O soul of the triple aspect, please listen to my question...】

【If the power and wealth of the strong can cover up crimes, who can judge them?】

【If the weak must pay any price to continue their survival, who can guarantee them?】

【If even the purest souls can commit faults, who can comfort them?】

【If helping the weak with the strong is truly the foundation of paradise...】

【Then who left them wailing in the miserable world?】

Furina: "Is Mr. Sunday... lost?"

Furina: "The Harmony he believes in is actually like this..."

Furina: "This must be a big blow to him, right?"

Stelle: "He should have been lost long ago."