Regarding Azar's actions, Miyashiro could only feel a headache.
Did the reason for not letting Nilou perform the Dance of the Goddess of Flowers this time become me?
Miyashiro said, "I'm not taking the blame for this." "I can understand why you old fogeys from the Akademiya don't like watching young ladies dance; your hardware must be old, and you no longer have those physiological needs."
But I am still young and bear the heavy responsibility of revitalizing the Uchiha Clan, so watching young ladies dance to cultivate my character is not too much to ask, is it?
Miyashiro quickly said, "Grand Sage, there's no need for this. Theater performances are, after all, one of the entertainment options available to the common people of Sumeru. There's no need to quibble with the public about this."
Moreover, if the people of Sumeru knew that the theater's closure for rectification was due to an issue with our Inazuma Delegation, it would also damage the reputation of our Inazuma Delegation."
Regarding Miyashiro's explanation, Azar merely waved his hand and said, "Regent, what you're saying is incorrect.
In this land of wisdom and reason, pursuing such frivolous and illusory things is in itself a disgrace to Sumeru."
For all scholars who pursue truth, facts, and wisdom, the divine created Sumeru City as a paradise, but they actually want to defile it with something like art!
I will never allow it!
My decision is final!
Since the Regent is concerned about his delegation suffering an unwarranted disaster because of this, then our Akademiya will step forward."
"Alhaitham, make a note: before the next [Knowledge Day], draft a law prohibiting public artistic performances, and then, through Akasha, announce it to the public in the name of the Akademiya."
Alhaitham, who was engrossed in his notes, did not express any opinions or views on this, nor did he even reply; he merely nodded faintly to indicate he understood.
After Azar finished instructing Alhaitham, he turned to Miyashiro's direction and smiled, "Regent, with this arrangement, you can rest assured, right?"
Seeing Azar's resolute, self-destructive demeanor, Miyashiro let him do as he pleased. At least for now, Sumeru was still under his control. As for how long he could remain in power, that depended on the extent of his self-destructive actions.
After this topic concluded, the three sages from the Akademiya also did not wish to repeat what had just been said.
After all, due to Miyashiro's previous statements, the nature of this meeting had turned into a bickering session between the two sides. Since that was the case, Kokomi and Ayaka, following Miyashiro's lead, also put forward many demands that the Akademiya could never possibly agree to.
Things like the large-scale introduction of Sumeru scholars to Inazuma, the wholesale transfer of treasured books from the House of Daena back to Inazuma, and the establishment of new Akasha devices in Inazuma, and so on.
In short, it was one phrase: Fight fire with fire!
If Miyashiro hadn't been worried about Azar directly breaking down and throwing a tantrum, he even would have wanted to say something like selling the Lesser Lord Kusanali to Inazuma, since they didn't even need the Lesser Lord Kusanali to show up anyway.
It seemed that the Raiden Shogun, Geo Archon, and God of Anemo were all staying in Inazuma for various reasons. If this newborn Dendro Archon were brought over, Inazuma would witness a rare gathering of four Archons. It might be quite interesting to let the youngest Lesser Lord Kusanali meet her senior Archons.
Upon hearing the various absurd demands from the Inazuma Delegation, the three sages from the Akademiya inevitably burned with anger, each clenching their fists.
However, all three of them were old, frail ordinary old men, and trying to go head-to-head with the three formidable young people on the other side was simply unrealistic.
Azar suppressed the anger in his heart, and at the same time, he couldn't help but look at the seemingly casual Inazuma Regent in a new light.
He hadn't expected that this warrior, whom he had looked down upon, also possessed some wisdom of his own, easily resolving the Inazuma Delegation's awkward situation through such an unconventional and unorthodox method, instead putting his own side, which had held all the advantages, into a stalemate.
It seemed that this young man was able to reach his current position not merely by brute force; he had underestimated him.
After a heated debate where one side presented their arguments after the other, this diplomatic negotiation concluded almost like a farce.
The absurd level of chaos in this diplomatic negotiation led Alhaitham, as the Scribe, to eventually give up and stop taking notes, as he also didn't want the meeting minutes to be filled with unrealistic and absurd demands.
So, he instead pulled out a rare paper book from behind him and began to read it immersively, as if the intense arguments beside him didn't bother him at all.
After the diplomatic negotiations concluded, Miyashiro's side and Azar's side prepared to pack up and leave.
Just as both parties were about to depart, Miyashiro seemed to suddenly remember something and called out to Azar, who was about to leave.
Miyashiro: "Sirs, please wait!"
Azar and his group stopped, turned around, and asked with a weary and puzzled expression, "Does the Regent still have something to say? If it's meaningless demands like those during the negotiation, then there's no need to bring them up again."
Miyashiro waved his hand and said, "No, no, Grand Sage, you've misunderstood.
I just remembered something.
Inazuma and Sumeru are two of the few nations in Teyvat with clear divine residences.
We in Inazuma have the Tenshukaku, where the Raiden Shogun resides, and you in Sumeru have the Sanctuary of Surasthana, where the Lesser Lord Kusanali resides."
Therefore, before I left Inazuma, our Shogun learned that the Lesser Lord Kusanali's birthday was approaching, and so she specially prepared a birthday gift for this new divine being of Sumeru.
However, I heard that the Lesser Lord Kusanali lives a secluded life in the Sanctuary of Surasthana and rarely appears, so it wouldn't be appropriate for me to present the gift in person.
Therefore, I would like to entrust this birthday gift to you, hoping that you can deliver it on our behalf."
Upon hearing this, Azar and the two others involuntarily showed a hint of surprise on their faces.
Azar cautiously asked, "Regent, do you mean that your Raiden Shogun prepared a birthday gift for the Lesser Lord Kusanali? And you want us to help deliver it?"
Miyashiro nodded, "That's right. What? Don't tell me that you, as the rulers of Sumeru City, don't even have the qualifications to meet the Lesser Lord Kusanali."
Azar quickly denied, "It's not that serious. Where is the Raiden Shogun's gift?"
Miyashiro smiled faintly, pulling out a square gift box from his embrace.
The gift box was engraved with exquisite and intricate patterns; on the deep purple lines, one could even faintly discern the dancing electric arcs.
It was just a gift box, but Azar and the others felt a sense of nobility and oppression emanating from it.
Azar looked at the gift box with the constantly dancing electric arcs in Miyashiro's hand and asked with some hesitation, "Regent, this is..."
Miyashiro merely smiled faintly and said, "Please forgive me, Grand Sage, but this is, after all, a gift personally prepared by our Shogun.
It would be troublesome if it were lost or obtained by someone else."
Our Shogun usually enjoys studying various mechanisms, so she set up some simple small mechanisms in this gift box as a security measure.
However, I imagine that since the Lesser Lord Kusanali is the God of Wisdom, deciphering this gift box would be an easy task for her."
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