"Mr. Yuto, I think… I can now fulfill the promise I made earlier."
Mr. Yuto raised an eyebrow upon hearing this, and asked, somewhat confused:
"What promise?"
"Your essence."
Lord Neuvillette replied with utmost calm.
"The original prophecy that 'everyone will dissolve in water, leaving only the Water God weeping on her throne'… has now been rewritten to 'the God of the ruined nation responded to the Immortal Spirit and her own wish, relinquishing her authority'."
"Isn't that… the small print behind the first stone tablet?!"
Paimon exclaimed in surprise, but she immediately realized something was wrong.
"Wait?! Lord Neuvillette, do you mean… Yuto is actually an Immortal Spirit?!"
Hearing this, everyone present turned their gaze to Yuto, their expressions just like when they had heard their own origins as Oceanids.
Only surprise… still surprise.
Yuto himself was first stunned, then shrugged indifferently.
"So I'm an Immortal Spirit… that really surprises me. I thought I was some sort of Whopperflower spirit."
"Uh… that doesn't look like it at all?!"
Paimon retorted, looking at Yuto.
Yuto, however, shrugged noncommittally, as if he had no intention of discussing this topic with Paimon.
Of course, no one likes to discuss their race in public, so Yuto abruptly steered the conversation back to the original question.
"So… what's the origin of that whale? What's the crux of The Prophecy? Or rather… is your Judgment of whether Lady Furina is the Water God meaningful at all?"
Hearing Yuto's string of questions, Lord Neuvillette looked at the spatial rift not far away.
"That 'Whale' does not belong to Teyvat; it is a monster that constantly weeps and travels between planets."
"It is greedily devouring the energy of the planet's Primordial Sea, growing larger and larger, and is the main reason for the rising sea level."
"And the Primordial Sea energy will eventually run dry, and its next step is—"
Before Lord Neuvillette could finish speaking, the ground beneath them began to tremble violently, as if something was about to erupt from within.
"Waaaahhh!!! What's going on now?! Did that Big Grey Wolf pop out somewhere else??"
Paimon looked at everyone struggling to maintain their balance on the stage, a little panicked for a moment.
Yuto, while trying to keep himself steady, looked at the Oratrice Mecanique D'analyse Cardinale, which had been silent since he entered.
He knew very well that this was a sign that the final disaster was about to arrive, because according to the process on The Prophecy stone tablets… they had now reached the last step.
Although Yuto did not know why there was such a large discrepancy in the fourth stone tablet, even revealing that he was an Immortal Spirit, the key issue was not that at the moment.
Under the increasingly intense tremors, the Opera House floor began to crack abnormally.
Everyone on the stage could see the primordial sea water shimmering with an unusual glow through the cracks.
Watching the Seawater rise visibly, Lady Furina slowly closed her eyes, praying continuously in her heart.
"'Me in the mirror'… why haven't you appeared yet… why haven't you come to save everyone?"
"Could it be… that everything I've done has been meaningless?"
Not only Lady Furina, but Yuto's heart was also tinged with anxiety.
"Focalors! Even now, are you still going to stand by?!"
Just as Yuto was about to shout, the previously silent Oratrice Mecanique D'analyse Cardinale began to operate frantically, and luxurious envelopes kept popping out from the exit of the Judgment seat, falling like rain onto the Opera House stage.
Perhaps because they were falling from the sky, or perhaps guided by fate, those fluttering envelopes opened one after another as they descended.
On the luxurious stationery that should have contained various reasons for Judgment… there was nothing at all, only a single line of text.
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