Chapter 224

"There's a trial at the Opry Theatre today - do you want to go?"

Even though the members of Animusphia lived in another world, they still maintained their original living habits to a certain extent and did not often participate in various non-essential social activities. So when the few members who stayed behind and were not sent back to Chaldea early heard Lansermello say this, they understood that the time for them to leave Teyvat had finally come.

Everyone boarded the Navia Line's cruise ship to the Opiklet Opera House. In front of the Dew Spring, they saw Edmund, who had just arrived in a hurry after handing over the ship to the Rose of the Thorn Society. The other Maple Danes who entered the Opiklet Opera House one after another were completely unaware that today was different from the past, just like there was no sea level rise in Baisong Town before.

——It seems that people have forgotten the existence of prophecy.

"The more afraid you are, the less you will talk about it - this is a common trait among humans." The seats they bought were still the corner seats they had watched the magic show last time. Lansermello ignored the common cases that were used as appetizers to paralyze ordinary people, and covered the last few members who were still in Teyvat with hint magic to hide their existence. "The Maple Danes are now the Frightened Birds. All they need is a little abnormality to appear..."

"It's enough to scare the hell out of them."

——Maple Dan’s model is not suitable for Xumi, but there is one thing he must learn.

——That is, they even dare to judge God.

This is what Lancermello said to Nashida earlier when he wrote a formal letter to Sumi to resign.

"The laws of Maple Dan may be equivalent to the teachings of Sumi - but Sumi may need to sort out some laws that are more suitable for the current Sumi. Your acting sage is very suitable for this sorting work. After all, he also serves as the original secretary, not those scholars who have been stupid by the void terminal."

As he was about to leave Teyvat, he wrote another resignation letter. What Lanser-Mero wrote was even more casual than what he had said to Nashida in his dreams in the past. He talked about everything from the ancient history of Sumi to the current seven kingdoms, and it was as eloquent as a travelogue. Although he had a disagreement with Azaar in the past, he would only say things to Nashida that were not suitable to be said in front of others. Now he was just letting himself go in the letter.

"Scholars who have been driven stupid by the void" - this statement is quite common. After all, none of the temporary sages who were forced to join the team at that time actually relied much on the void. So during the busiest period at the beginning, they followed the new great sage to scold those scholars who were almost brainless without the void.

——Even the current acting Great Sage, El Haisen, was led astray.

"When I mentioned that they can even judge gods, I didn't mean that you should follow their example and turn the trial into an entertainment activity that all citizens can participate in. Nashida, the trial and the law should be serious things, and they must not be turned into entertainment. Perhaps in order to allow ordinary people to have a deeper understanding of these contents that are closely related to their lives, we can use entertainment methods when explaining them to them... but formal execution is absolutely not allowed."

"Listen carefully, the essence of "even gods can judge" is that everyone is equal before the law - no matter whether the criminal is rich or poor, powerful or powerless - the result must be judged according to the law itself, not any other factors. Maybe you will find it a bit inhumane, but the world I live in does not care about this - so I suggest you learn this from Fengdan."

"Fufufu, yes, speaking of this, let me briefly tell you - although there are not many people in Teyvat who possess the Eye of God, cases caused by special powers are much more troublesome than ordinary cases. Maybe something as big as what happened in my family will happen someday - like a dog eating up a person and then disguising itself as the original person."

"Don't understand? It doesn't matter if you don't understand, Narcida. You have mastered so much knowledge, and one day you will understand what I say - just like you solved the fairy tales you left behind. The only thing to remember is that people will change - even the current group of six wise men who can all be trusted, their relatives or descendants in the future... whether those people can be trusted or not depends on your own judgment."

"...Although I told the Grass God of Sumi that the Maple people dared to judge the gods, they didn't actually do such a thing." Lansemello looked at a huge metal box being moved to the stage of the opera house and said to Kirshtalia who was sitting next to him, "It's better to say that today is the first time."

"They will judge their own gods."

The magician performed a curtain call, and the huge metal box disintegrated synchronously, revealing the Goddess of Water who was caught in a trap as a prey. The Goddess of Water suppressed the panic and astonishment on her face, and showed her usual proud attitude in front of people, as if she was not suddenly dragged to the opera house for trial, but was already prepared.

"I'm beginning to look forward to the Water God's plan." Edmund, who was sitting in the corner, changed his previous opera-watching posture to a more formal one. He watched the Water God walk up to the accused's seat and began to recount the preparations made by the travelers to drag him into the trial. "Ah... I also had a hand in the Thorn Rose Society. I used my past experience to teach them how to behave as avengers..."

"Although the residents of Baisong Town were undoubtedly rescued, as the first disaster-stricken area in all of Maplestar, they are qualified to become avengers who vent their anger on the God of Water."

"You are the one who is closest to the main storyline among us." Kirshtalia raised her eyebrows and watched the changes in the Oracle Judgment Cardinal in the center of the stage. "But didn't we already conclude that the 'Water God' is planning a plan to deceive fate and subvert fate?"

"So, in this trial, no matter how Fenina struggles, the final result will be guilty." Lansemero sighed, watching Navia propose to use seawater mixed with the original fetal sea water to verify whether Fenina is a Maple Dan. "It's amazing. Even if it means death, I have to hide this secret that has been hidden for five hundred years..."

"Ah, it must be the nature of magicians, right? Otherwise, how can others remember their true goals after living for 500 years... and also bear the important core of the whole plan to deceive fate." Lansermello sighed, recalling some things that happened in the past. "However, hiding your true identity from everyone is really not something that ordinary people would do."

"But it is true that only at the last step can such people be forced out."

The few people who obviously heard who Lancermello was talking about quickly pretended that they didn't understand - Taigongwang, who was sitting on the right of Holmes and also had the qualifications of Grand Caster, smiled with narrowed eyes, while memorizing these words firmly, preparing to laugh at the person mentioned by Lancermello when he returned to Chaldea.

After an inspection by the head nurse of Melopenerburg, Finnina's identity was finally confirmed. Even after being exposed as not being a god, she still struggled hard, almost begging for support from the Maple Stage people in the audience.

"...But they are only angry that the water god who seemed to be omnipotent in the past was actually a liar who had been sitting on the throne for five hundred years and told a lie." Edmund looked at the audience in the front row calmly, listening to Finna begging her people in a tearful voice in the accused seat, "But no one has ever thought about..."

"The Fairy of the Lake, Vivian, is also the Witch Morgan - just like no one expected that the savior, Ash, is Morgan, the Queen of Winter who ravaged and destroyed the entire fairy kingdom." Lancer Melo closed his eyes and watched the trial on the stage enter its final stage. "The tragedy of Oedipus Rex will be repeated again and again. After people know the prophecy, they will definitely fight to escape it."

"But the reason why prophecy is equivalent to fate is that everyone's reaction after learning their fate is traceable - people will definitely take such actions to change their fate, so this action itself is part of the prophecy. Just like the Fairy Kingdom overthrew the Queen of Winter, and all King Arthurs would choose to kill the child born on the same day as Mordred..."

"It is also the scene now where people are judging the water god."

The Cardinal of the Oracle pronounced the death penalty on the "Water God" - and to the astonishment of the people, the children of the Hearth House brought back a mural with a prophecy.

"That's what you guessed, isn't it?" Edmund asked Lansemello.

"Strictly speaking, it's not what I guessed." Lansemello looked away and looked at Kirshtalia. "We have been to many places in Maple Stage to collect materials. We once saw a complete record of Maple Stage's past, present, and future in a ruin. This mural is one of them. It is the missing part of the original ruins."

"The Lord can see the original contents, so even if the tablet is lost, it will not affect her." Kirshtalia Edmund added the details, "We use this approximate time to determine - for example, today's trial. According to the order of the prophecy, after the trial of the water god..."

"A flood, no, the primordial fetal sea will burst out of the surface and engulf the entire Maple Dan."

The original water god used the water of the original fetal sea to transform the pure water elves into the original Maple Dan people, so the entire Maple Dan had original sin - this is also the reason why they were dissolved by the water of the original fetal sea.

"After all, those who come from dust will eventually return to dust - so will those who come from water." Lansemello closed his eyes and stood up from his seat, "Unless they become people who come from dust instead of people who come from water - as for who will declare them not guilty after sentencing the 'Water God' to death?"

"That is the only supreme judge - the real water god is the Cardinal of Oracle Judgment. The accumulation of these five hundred years is to plan her own death... She is a person worthy of respect. Well, we should prepare to leave here."

At the same time, a huge whale tore through space and appeared in front of everyone.