Ch 212 : Impure World Reincarnation

"Since I can't lure the Traveler to Sumeru, I guess I'll just have to go find him myself..."

On the outskirts of Inazuma, a lone figure arrived on a small boat…

"The me right now—no homeland, no family, no destination... living and drifting like the wind itself..."

"But Inazuma… it was once my homeland too."

"The last time I came back here, it was as a Harbinger of the Fatui, wasn't it…?"

The figure muttered to himself.

Soon after, Nakano Sou, a patrol officer of the Kanjou Commission stationed on the island, stepped forward and said:

"Hey! No matter who you are, once you've entered Inazuma, you must abide by Inazuma's rules!"

"Prepare your entrance fee! Either a precious Eye—or one of your own eyes!"

"Otherwise, you're not allowed to operate within Inazuma!"

In response to Nakano's words, the figure burst into laughter:

"Hahaha… And who gave you permission to speak to me that way?"

"With someone like you? You dare to look me in the eyes? You think you're worthy of my Eye?"

"To defy the Raiden Shogun's decree is to become her enemy—an enemy of Eternity itself..."

But in the very next instant, something completely unexpected occurred—wind swirled violently around the figure as he suddenly appeared right in front of Nakano, and in a flash, pierced straight through Nakano's chest with his hand!

He leaned close to Nakano's ear and whispered, "I've long known you were already corrupted by Eerie force—just an ordinary human twisted into something strange. What right do you have to talk back to me?"

"As for that so-called 'Shogun' you people keep talking about? That's right—I am her enemy! That fool actually believed the words of that bastard Dottore!"

"I've come to understand something very clearly—true Eternity doesn't exist in this world. It's like a shattered mirror, like water that's already been spilled… what's done can never be undone."

"That's the conclusion I've reached… through my own lived experience."

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At the Kamisato Estate under the Yashiro Commission, Lyney and his group had reunited with Su Yuan.

"Su Yuan, Traveler, everyone—you're all safe, that's such a relief!" Lyney said.

"Yeah, it's lucky you had solid intel, Su Yuan. Otherwise, we could've been in real danger…" Freminet added.

"Su Yuan, did you know? My brother even broke ties with Father for your sake," Lynette said softly.

"Everything we've done here in Inazuma… it seems Father was aware of it all along."

"And honestly, we still can't figure out why Father's doing all this in the first place…"

But before the group could exchange more than a few words, a wave of energy swept over the Kamisato Estate's gates—both scorching hot and freezing cold—sending an overwhelming and contradictory sensation rushing through them…

And then, to everyone's shock, a figure who should not have been there appeared.

"The Fatui Harbinger, Eighth of the Eleven… 'La Signora'—Rosalyne."

Kamisato Ayato narrowed his eyes as he looked toward the entrance, then spoke in a low voice:

"I can feel… a familiar presence coming from you…"

"You must've come back from there as well, haven't you?"

However, Rosalyne ignored Ayato and instead turned toward Aether, speaking coldly:

"Traveler, I lost to you in our last duel before the Shogun in Tenshukaku…"

"But now that I've returned—do you have the courage to face me again?"

Though unsure of the situation, Aether wasn't foolish.

There was no way he'd agree to that so easily—after all, they were still wanted by the Raiden Shogun.

Returning to Tenshukaku would be walking straight into a trap.

Still, Aether had no intention of backing down.

He responded calmly:

"There's no need to go to Tenshukaku. Let's fight right here."

Aether summoned a one-handed sword in his hand.

Back then, even with only three elements at his command, he had still been able to defeat Rosalyne with relative ease.

Now, after his experiences in Sumeru and having returned from Fontaine, he had control over five elements.

Was he supposed to fear Rosalyne now?

Sure, he'd taken a hit while dealing with the Eerie recently—but that was only because he hadn't understood them yet, especially their immunity to elemental powers...

Suddenly, Rosalyne unleashed a torrent of intertwining Cryo and Pyro elemental energy, surging directly toward Aether!

Aether raised his sword to defend, barely withstanding the devastating assault…

But in the next instant—something completely unexpected happened.

Aether's sword shattered in his hands, and he was flung backward violently, crashing to the ground with a heavy thud.

He didn't get back up.

"Traveler!" Paimon cried out and quickly flew to Aether's side to check on his injuries…

Fortunately, despite appearing unconscious, Aether was still breathing.

Rosalyne looked at her own arm and flexed her wrist with a satisfied smirk.

"Not bad. Though it still feels a bit unfamiliar, a little hard to get used to... this body is far stronger than the one I had before."

"Hehehahaha... So this so-called legendary Traveler—wasn't much after all!"

Su Yuan immediately picked up on something in her words—"this body"?

Of course. Rosalyne's original body had already been reduced to nothing by the Raiden Shogun's thunderous blade.

Su Yuan turned his gaze toward Kamisato Ayato again.

Earlier, Ayato had said it himself—he sensed a familiar aura from Rosalyne.

And it sounded like they had both returned from the same place...

Which meant, the Ayato standing here—who now had no mole mark on the corner of his mouth—was probably not in his original body either.

Logically, both Rosalyne and Ayato should be dead by now…

And yet, here they were.

Could it be some form of possession?

A return from the dead?

An Impure World Reincarnation?

But even if that were the case, their strength should be weakened due to constraints… right?

Then how could Rosalyne now seem even stronger, defeating a Traveler who had mastered five elements in a single strike?

More importantly, how could something this absurd, this completely beyond reason—actually be possible?

If the dead can be brought back to life without paying any heavy price, wouldn't that throw the whole world into chaos?

Die today, resurrect tomorrow—wouldn't that basically mean they never died at all?

Wait a minute… Su Yuan suddenly thought of something…

In a way, doesn't this count as a form of "eternity"?

Could it be that what the Raiden Shogun now seeks as "eternity" isn't the same as before, where everything is frozen in time, but rather… this kind of eternity—where even the dead can be revived?

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