Kamisato Estate.
Raiden Makoto handed the Shogunate Soldiers outside the Kamisato Estate over to Kujou Sara. Since Kujou Sara was already the General of the Tenryou Commission, the Shogunate Soldiers followed her orders diligently and left with her.
"Z-Zhen, do you really not want me to come with you?" Kamisato Ayaka actually really wanted to accompany Raiden Makoto to Tenshukaku, but Raiden Makoto had not asked her to follow.
"Yes."
"I'll just take Lumine with me. Didn't you all agree to introduce Lumine to the Raiden Shogun back then?" Raiden Makoto smiled. She also really wanted to see the Raiden Shogun now—the other puppet her sister had created.
She glanced at the silent Scaramouche. She felt that since the Raiden Shogun was a puppet created after her sister's technology had matured, her level of intelligence should be higher, right?
But her sister might have completely restricted the Raiden Shogun's consciousness, causing the Raiden Shogun to only act according to her programming.
"Scaramouche, do you want me to take you to see her now?" However, when Raiden Makoto interrupted Scaramouche's deep thought, he hurriedly shook his head. He didn't dare see Ei right now. If they really confronted each other face-to-face, wouldn't he really be scrapped by Ei?
He had to think about how to escape from Raiden Makoto's grasp. The moment Raiden Makoto went to see the Raiden Shogun seemed like a perfect opportunity.
"Aunt... don't you have things to deal with? Now isn't the right time, is it?" Scaramouche gave a "well-behaved" smile. "You solve those matters first, and then I'll see her with you."
"Alright."
"Ayaka, keep an eye on him. He is the Fatui Harbinger, the Scaramouche." Before leaving, Raiden Makoto entrusted Kamisato Ayaka with the task. "Don't let him run away."
She had already completely sealed the Electro power within Scaramouche's body. With Kamisato Ayaka's strength, she should be able to suppress Scaramouche.
"Okay, I will!"
"You should be careful too." At this moment, Kamisato Ayaka looked like a little housewife waiting for her husband to return early from a trip, her icy blue eyes filled with tenderness like water.
Raiden Makoto was the person she had been waiting for; of course, she didn't want anything to happen to Raiden Makoto.
But she was probably overthinking it. As the original Electro Archon, how could anything happen to Raiden Makoto?
It was just that... if Zhen reunited with her sister, would she still remember her?
"Mhm."
After Raiden Makoto and Lumine disappeared at the end of the road outside the Kamisato Estate, Kamisato Ayaka couldn't help but smile.
Being able to pick up Raiden Makoto under the cherry blossom tree by the shore must be the luckiest thing to happen to her in this life, right?
"You're finally going to see your sister, Zhen." Kamisato Ayaka was sincerely happy for Raiden Makoto. When she listened to Raiden Makoto's stories, she could hear how deep the affection was between Raiden Makoto and her sister.
He was a "human" who surpassed all others; even Gods were wary of interfering with his fate. Neither humans, Gods, nor fate had the right to judge him. How he spent the rest of his life should be his freedom as well.
Because of this, although he acted "well-behaved" in front of Raiden Makoto, he would never let himself wallow in despair.
He had to escape Raiden Makoto's control as soon as possible.
"She is a God. Do you think a God will treat us like normal friends?" Scaramouche's words rang in Kamisato Ayaka's ears, causing her to look over, even though she had been longing for a future with Raiden Makoto.
Kamisato Ayaka was slightly angry. "Whether a God treats us as friends or not, what does that have to do with you? I know all about what you've done in Inazuma."
"The Electro Archon created me, but then she abandoned me... Do you really think a God has the same emotions as a human? They don't. She's just using you. The words of a God cannot be trusted."
"In the eyes of a God, you and I are nothing more than pawns to be discarded at will. She and Ei are sisters. If you think Ei could abandon me, do you think she won't abandon you?" Scaramouche spoke those words with a "convinced" tone, attempting to drive a wedge between them.
"We should also take complete control of our own fate instead of being used by others." Scaramouche's words entered Kamisato Ayaka's ears one by one, and the smile on her face gradually vanished.
"Scaramouche, not everyone is as devoid of humanity as you Fatui!" Kamisato Ayaka was quite annoyed that Scaramouche was actually speaking ill of Raiden Makoto to her.
"Hahahaha."
"Ridiculous!"
..."Little Snakey." Because she was about to see her sister, Raiden Makoto's mood had improved significantly. On the way, she began to tease Orobashi, who was constantly coiled around her arm.
Orobashi flicked his cute snake tongue in response to Raiden Makoto. Her cheerful mood even influenced Lumine and Paimon beside her.
"He really doesn't look like a God at all..." Paimon still felt that Orobashi didn't seem like a God, but more like a pet snake.
"Sister Zhen, are you going to see her now?" Just as Raiden Makoto was teasing the Little White Snake, Yae Miko's voice came from nearby.
When Raiden Makoto stopped, she saw Yae Miko looking at her with a smile.
However, when Yae Miko discovered Orobashi on Raiden Makoto's arm, a flash of surprise crossed her somewhat seductive eyes.
"Sister Zhen, that snake..."
"My new pet, Little Fox." Raiden Makoto smiled. Now that the Little White Snake had completely lost his former memories, she had to raise him like a pet.
The Little White Snake even raised his small head and flicked his bright red tongue at Yae Miko, as if showing off to her.
In the past, Raiden Makoto used to tease her just like she was teasing the Little White Snake, didn't she? She used to be in Raiden Makoto's arms.
So Yae Miko was a bit dazed for a moment; she even had the illusion that a position that should have been hers had been stolen by someone else.
Yae Miko gently shook her head to completely dispel those thoughts from her mind, then she looked at Raiden Makoto seriously again.
"Sister Zhen, let me go with you."
Five hundred years ago, Ei entered the Plane of Euthymia directly, and she hadn't seen Ei since. Ever since Raiden Makoto recovered her true self last time, Ei had appeared again, but she hadn't had time to say much to Ei before Ei went straight back into the Plane of Euthymia.
She also wanted to see what it would be like when Ei saw Raiden Makoto; that was a scene she was looking forward to.
"Mhm."
"That's fine too. You are her familiar, and probably her only friend, right?" Since Sasayuri, Mishiro Chiyo, and Kitsune Saiguu had passed away, Ei had no friends left at all.
And after her own passing, Ei had completely closed herself off. To be honest, Raiden Makoto felt a bit sorry for her sister.
Staying in the Plane of Euthymia for five hundred years... she must have been very lonely, right?
"Yes."
"But she, you know, just hid directly in the Plane of Euthymia and didn't say anything to me." Yae Miko said with some resentment, "Sister Zhen, you have no idea what she..."
"Good girl..." In front of Paimon and Lumine, Raiden Makoto directly rubbed Yae Miko's head. Because there were outsiders present, Yae Miko felt a bit embarrassed, but in front of Raiden Makoto, she didn't dare resist.
Instead, Yae Miko began to enjoy it. How long had it been since she had been petted by Raiden Makoto? It must have been five hundred years... though back then, she was just a Little Fox.
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