Chapter 226: The Origin of Scaramouche

Lumine clenched her fists, reciting the names La Signora and Il Dottore.

"Hmm..."

"We should go to Yae Miko now, she might be looking for us as well."

Qiu Bai said to Lumine and Paimon.

"Yae Miko?"

"Is that the Grand Shrine Maiden of the Grand Narukami Shrine, Lady Guuji Yae?"

Paimon asked Qiu Bai with surprise.

"Yes, that's right."

"Let's go. She is the Electro Archon familiar and also opposes the Raiden Shogun eternity."

Qiu Bai explained to Lumine and Paimon.

"The Electro Archon familiar?"

"Like Dvalin? I really couldn't tell."

Paimon said strangely, surprised that Yae Miko was actually the Electro Archon familiar.

Subsequently, Qiu Bai, Lumine, and Paimon walked confidently out of the Delusion Factory.

"Lumine, relying solely on the resistance power..."

"There's no way to abolish the Vision Hunt Decree anymore, do you understand?"

Qiu Bai said to Lumine beside him.

"Is that why..."

"We need to find Yae Miko?"

Lumine asked Qiu Bai with some confusion.

"That's right, she might be able to help you."

"You should go ahead, I still have some matters to attend to. I'll see you later."

Qiu Bai smiled and nodded to Lumine.

"Alright, we'll go first then, Qiu Bai."

Paimon waved at Qiu Bai, then followed Lumine toward Narukami Island.

"Hehe~"

After Lumine and Paimon had gone far, a familiar voice sounded.

It was Yae Miko.

"My my, when I was being threatened earlier..."

"How come I didn't see the great deity coming to save me?"

Yae Miko said with a light chuckle, looking at Qiu Bai beside her.

"You gave Ei Gnosis to Scaramouche?"

Qiu Bai asked Yae Miko with some confusion.

"Scaramouche is now the Sixth of the Fatui Harbingers, and in terms of strength, he's even above La Signora."

"Earlier, when he threatened me to hand over the Gnosis, the great deity didn't come to save me, how saddening."

Yae Miko sighed and spoke somewhat sorrowfully to Qiu Bai.

"Hehe, your appearance just now..."

"Didn't look like someone being threatened at all. Rather, Scaramouche seemed to have a sense of fear when he saw you."

Qiu Bai smiled and said to Yae Miko.

"Anyway, that thing was useless to me, and Ei no longer needs the Gnosis."

"Since that's the case, the Gnosis is nothing but a useless item that invites conflict."

Yae Miko explained with a light laugh.

"Scaramouche, as a prototype puppet, can be considered a test product. According to the original plan, Ei should have discarded him directly."

"But Ei thought that would be too cruel, so she chose to only seal the power within him."

Yae Miko said with a smile, looking at the giant god's remains before her.

"Later, he wandered the land of Inazuma like an ordinary person, guided by his own consciousness."

"And that prototype puppet, after being adjusted by certain remarkable individuals in the Fatui, had his power unsealed, perhaps becoming even stronger than before the sealing."

Yae Miko turned around and explained to Qiu Bai.

"Stronger?"

"By stronger, do you mean not even reaching the level of a god?"

Qiu Bai frowned upon hearing the word "stronger."

Because he felt that this so-called prototype puppet Scaramouche was not as strong as the Raiden Shogun.

The Raiden Shogun, as the perfect puppet, had reached the level of a higher god even without her Gnosis.

But Scaramouche power had not reached the level of a god; it could only be said to be very close.

"Indeed, otherwise why would Ei discard him?"

"Without great power, how could one protect the people of Inazuma?"

Yae Miko said with a smile.

"There's another reason."

"That is, unlike the Raiden Shogun, he developed consciousness, but Ei needed a puppet without emotions."

Yae Miko murmured, stroking her chin.

"I see..."

Qiu Bai nodded, looking at Orobashi remains before him.

"There's one more thing."

"You've met Ei, haven't you? And you even entered the Plane of Euthymia."

Yae Miko frowned as she spoke to Qiu Bai.

"I did go in."

"She did indeed have a familiar feeling about me."

Qiu Bai said to Yae Miko.

"No, that's not what I meant."

"The Plane of Euthymia generally only permits one own existence. You and that traveler were both able to enter..."

Yae Miko said with some surprise.

"Placing consciousness within objects is something I taught Ei."

"And this was taught to me by Lady Saiguu. Logically, only I and the late Lady Saiguu should be able to enter the Plane of Euthymia."

Yae Miko stroked her chin, puzzled.

"The fact that you and that traveler could appear there proves..."

"...she has sufficient interest in you both. Perhaps she has never seen people so unstable towards eternity."

Yae Miko said with a smile to Qiu Bai.

"To escape erosion and achieve eternity, Ei placed her consciousness within her sword."

"Using meditation to avoid certain disturbances."

"But her approach is like a child who throws a tantrum and locks herself in a room."

Yae Miko covered her mouth and chuckled.

"Erosion?"

"I've already repaired the erosion of both Morax and Barbatos."

Qiu Bai said with a hint of a smile.

"Repair erosion?"

"You can actually repair erosion? This is the first time I've heard that erosion can be repaired."

Yae Miko looked at Qiu Bai with surprise.

If this was true, then completely changing Ei mindset wouldn't be so difficult.

"As the God of Yin and Yang, I can do more than just repair erosion."

"I can even resurrect the dead."

Qiu Bai said with a light laugh to the surprised Yae Miko.

"The so-called erosion no longer exists for me."

"Yin and Yang continuously complement each other; I am no longer affected by erosion. Perhaps I embody the eternity that Ei seeks..."

Qiu Bai turned his head to look at the cherry blossom tree before him, crossing his arms and speaking slowly with his eyes slightly closed.

"Only eternity comes closest to the heavenly principles..."

"That's what Ei often says. Has your power already approached the heavenly principles?"

Yae Miko asked Qiu Bai with surprise.

"And the eternity she seeks has long since become what she believes eternity to be."

"In the end... she's just afraid of loss..."

Yae Miko said helplessly as she watched the sun gradually setting over the mountains.

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