Chapter 028 [Inverted V] 28
"…No matter how strong a castle is, its foundation remains unchanged. The newer the world is, the older its foundation is. So without anyone knowing, it will collapse like this—" A familiar voice appeared in Yedidiah's dream, "A tiny insect will bite it lightly, and it will collapse."
The scene of the fairy kingdom of Britain being swept by disaster appeared in his dream, waking up the sleeping Jedidiah from his dream.
The silvery moonlight shone through the gaps between the leaves, passed through the windows of the Pure Palace and fell in front of Jedidiah.
"Is anyone listening?" Yedidia answered the call from Chaldea, turned his head and looked at the quiet forest outside the window, "Didn't that bastard protect Ritsuka's dream? No... How long has it been since Merlin opened the Clairvoyance chat room 'Avalon' in the gap between dreams? Oh, right——"
"Five hundred years have passed since the fall of the Red King, and a dark disaster is about to sweep across the entire continent of Teyvat."
The person on duty in the control room tonight was Marisbury, the monarch of Animusphia. He was holding a freshly brewed Darjeeling tea, sitting in the director's seat and listening calmly to the words of Jedidiah who came over to call. Only after he finished speaking did he take over the conversation.
"This mission will soon be over." Marisbury put down his teacup, added sugar to his tea, and asked why Yedidia called him late at night. "Did you have a nightmare, Caster? No, it seems someone's past has haunted you in your dream. Then I really need to ask Merlin if he has neglected to protect Ritsuka's dream recently."
——Ritsuka Fujimaru is the only protector of all the servants of Phoenix Gallagher*.
But after they entered the gap between worlds and began to drift, some insignificant problems appeared in the connection between the contracts - in the past, only the Lord would dream of the past of the Servant; but now, the pasts of the Servants will be mixed in each other's dreams, and occasionally some memories belonging to Fujimaru Ritsuka will be mixed in.
This chaotic situation ended after Merlin provided protection for Fujimaru Ritsuka's dream - there were far more than one permanent staff member in Fujimaru Ritsuka's dream, but at present, only Merlin has given an effective way to deal with the chaotic dream situation.
After that, most of the Servants who saw the others passing by kept silent.
Of course there are exceptions - Roman thought that as a "human" he would not be involved in this chaos, but he saw the past of the fairy knight Bedivere in his dream.
So the next day, the observatory on the top floor of Chaldea became the place where Lancermello and Roman had a private conversation.
After the conversation, Lancermello seemed unaffected, but Roman became even more worried - however, in Chaldea, at least most people had guessed some of the content of the two people's dreams during that time because of their private conversation that day.
"You dreamed about Britain, the fairy kingdom, again?" Marinesberry looked at the worried expression on the screen of Ededia and frowned slightly. "Is it about what happened in Camelot?"
"...It was earlier." The effect of the rejuvenating elixir began to wear off, and the Grass God's body began to lengthen, becoming the size of an adult man. "Probably at the very beginning of the Fairy Kingdom - the curse left by the witch. But Oberon probably wasn't so kind as not to protect himself and make it easier for others to see his past."
"So it's the fairy knight Bedivere - no, it's the Lord?" Marisbilly realized something and called up the surveillance system left by the Law and Politics Department to find Lansermello's location. "Is that what she saw with her clairvoyance? But what does this have to do with Teyvat?"
"Because Teyvat will soon face such a disaster." Solomon sighed, thinking of the prophecies left in the Eternal Oasis in the past, and the prophetic poems he told to Moreno and Wendy, "The horn of war will sound when the savior is burned by fire, and the warmongers will die on the battlefield..."
"And in the end, a dark catastrophe will engulf the earth."
On this day, the Heavenly Principle ordered the Seven Gods to destroy Kanria.
The first to arrive at the godless kingdom underground were Etna and Raiden Shin. Flames and lightning illuminated the dark underground, and the curtain of war was lifted.
However, what happened before the two of them arrived in Kanria was the Winter's Changes - the Ice Kingdom was engulfed in flames, and deep in the flames, countless Winter's people enthusiastically threw an endless supply of torches at their god who was tied to the stake, making the fire burn even more vigorously.
——The reason that drove them to do so was simply that they felt that the current Ice God was not to their liking.
The raging fire destroyed the entire winter - in the afterglow of the fire, the dead Ice God abandoned his past and was reborn, just like the queen of the fairy kingdom, who brought a completely different identity with a completely different name, and walked calmly to the throne that was not destroyed by the fire. On the throne, he planned a grim future for the people of the North.
"...She is a god who will never love again." Solomon drank the elixir of rejuvenation and transformed into the appearance of Yedidiah. He walked out of the Pure Palace and prepared Sumi to fight against the disaster. He left the Heart of God to build the void. "I will go to Huanalana to find Lanmuhukunda. At this time, all the forces guarding the forest should be prepared to welcome the war."
But before arriving at Huanalana, Yedidia met Tenri first. Tenri had never spoken to him since they first landed on Sky Island. Even the magic he cast for the gods Wind and Rock to preserve their memories did not attract Tenri's attention. However, Tenri appeared in front of Yedidia at this moment.
"Go to the World Tree." Tianli stood in front of Yedidia and gave a concise order, "Families know better than the people what to do and when - there is no need to go out of your way to find them."
"...Okay." Yedidia changed his destination and opened the way to the World Tree. "I thought you would just stay in the sky. Is there something wrong with the World Tree? Logically speaking, even if Merlin released too much pollution, it wouldn't be able to affect the World Tree through the ground before the time came."
"Ahead of schedule." Tenri glanced at Solomon who had taken the initiative to break through the drug's constraints. "Do you think the sky curtain opened by the holy sword can be repaired so easily? After that, the sky curtain became more fragile - so Kanreya pierced the sky curtain in advance. They probably didn't expect that the sky curtain could be pierced to this extent."
"...I'll tell Merlin." Solomon sighed and pushed open the invisible door in front of him. "So, the pollution has invaded the World Tree ahead of time?"
"No, didn't you see it?" Tianli followed Solomon through the gate leading to the World Tree, "The dark beast tide appeared ahead of time. The God of Thunder and the God of Fire have died in Kanreya, and the God of Water has been exiled by Maple Dan - haha, both Winter Solstice and Maple Dan are very interesting. Humans killed their gods with their own hands..."
A huge white tree appeared in front of the two people. Solomon walked up to the tree branch first and began to look for the only remaining pure branch on the World Tree; while Tenri stood in place, watching Solomon circling on the treetop calmly.
"Although our original world is a world where mystery gradually fades, we have to admit that the current state of Teyvat is the most suitable." Solomon broke off the purest branch of the world tree and returned to Tianli's side. "Only mystery can fight against the pollution from the other side of the star sea - and you are almost completely immersed in this pollution."
"I heard that my Gaia consciousness came to you for help." Tianli changed the subject and looked at Solomon adding protective magic to the branches of the World Tree. "Why did you accept its call for help? The destruction of our world will not affect your survival."
"But it will give us the magic power we need most—" Solomon threw the branch out the door and then began to deal with the pollution that had already penetrated deep into the World Tree. "Wait a minute, how do you know it is Gaia's consciousness!?"
"Ah, that's what you said—" Tenri stretched lazily, "But, as the 'sky' that wraps the entire Teyvat, how could I not know that my 'earth' has consciousness? The world tree is naturally the consciousness of 'people'. Since I wrap the entire Teyvat inside of me, how could I not know their existence?"
"What do you want to say?" Solomon sighed, leaving a magic seal on a corner of the World Tree. "Ah, no wonder they always say I'm a coward - in the end, only such an approach can guarantee the survival of the entire world."
"I just want to say that your world looks very interesting." Tenri spread his hands, "Because I feel a similar atmosphere to Teyvat - I mean, the same combination of 'heaven', 'earth' and 'man'. The 'earth' and 'man' in your world are called Gaiai and Alaya... Then, what is 'heaven'?"
——The "sky" is the sea of stars, the "earth" is the foundation, and "man" is just man.
"That depends on how he wants us to call him." Solomon realized something, smiled helplessly, and activated the last magic left on the World Tree, "Because 'Heaven', 'Earth', and 'Man' are our most important companions - let's take a look at the World Tree. I set up a magic that will allow the future God of Grass to see herself here."
Solomon had never been the Grass God of Teyvat, and he did not think that he, who was temporarily taking over this position, could give an appearance to a Grass God that had never existed - but the pure branch broken off from the World Tree gave him inspiration.
Just as the prototype of all the fairies in Paradise is Grand Saber Avalon Le Fay, even though they may become Morgan Le Fay, Artoria Custer, Alice Lansemello, or the fairy knight Bedivere who only exists in the fairy kingdom - there is no doubt that at the very beginning, they all have the same appearance.
——Just like different new shoots growing on the same tree.
"She will only see herself." Solomon informed Chaldea to carry out the process of soul transfer and return, and described the future in a gentle tone, "Then the illusory grass god will be forgotten by the whole world along with the pollution - I think the magic I left for the rock god and the wind god should not affect the stability of Teyvat and let the pollution spread again?"
"As long as the people of Teyvat forget all this, that will be enough." Tianli looked at Solomon's body turning into a golden spirit and gave the final answer, "Thank you for your help to Teyvat during this period of time."