Lyney's expression froze slightly when he heard Navia's words, then he gently shook his head.
"Miss, I might disappoint you. Creating such a miracle is not something a magician like me can do."
Navia, however, gently shook her head and continued to speak:
"Mr. Lin Ni, what magic is best at is confusing the senses, right?"
"The magic in people's eyes often hides the truth, bringing interesting illusions to people."
"But..."
Speaking of which, Navia paused, then turned her gaze to the stage.
Miles and Silver had, at some unknown point, placed Lyney's magic prop, the exchange box, back on the stage.
"But when everyone regards an illusion as the truth, perhaps magic can bring the real truth before people's eyes?"
"Only a magic trick that can bring the truth can be called the most wonderful and most fitting for today's 'Opera', right?"
"Come on, Lyney, Lynette, one more time! Don't worry, this time... Spina di Rosula has already arranged everything for your troubles!"
"You are the focal point of the stage, the creators of this magic. The final curtain call performance should still be left to you."
Hearing this, Lyney looked at the exchange box on the stage, then gently nodded and snapped his fingers.
Snap—
In the Opera House, where one could almost hear a pin drop, that snap of fingers sounded so clear.
And Lynette, as the magic assistant, at this moment let out that sound which could be called a timeless classic.
"Ta-da—"
Along with Lynette's voice, the two large lights by the Opera House stage lit up at this moment and focused on the exchange box in the center of the stage.
Under everyone's gaze, a figure that greatly shocked everyone present walked out of it.
"Heirsee?! She wasn't dissolved?! What on earth is going on?!"
"The fact that people dissolve should be false, right? Otherwise, why... would she appear here?"
"No, no... What act is this again? Why would—"
"Wait?! Could it be that you actually guessed it right? Heirsee successfully resisted and escaped, accidentally killing Cowell?!"
Listening to the audience's discussions, "Heirsee" became a little nervous for a moment, then uneasily squeezed the corner of her skirt, and then spoke:
"Uh... hmm... Sorry to interrupt."
"I... I'll make it clear first, that person told me that if I testified honestly, it would count as atonement and reduce my sentence... that's why I came."
"I've been hiding outside listening to this Judgment, because I was very scared, originally thinking this Judgment was to judge me..."
"So when I was still celebrating that I hadn't been noticed... I was already caught by her."
Hearing this, Navia's face showed a confident smile, and she said cheerfully:
"Hehe~ Don't underestimate the three of us, okay?"
Navia's words also clearly explained how this person came to be here. Although the capture was a bit... surprising, it did not hinder the final outcome.
"Heirsee" thought for a while, and after a long pause, she spoke:
"Where should I start... Uh, anyway, I'm sorry, I killed Cowell."
"I'm not some Heirsee, my name is Lilian, and I'm from Mondstadt."
"I heard that Lyney's performance was particularly amazing, but I missed the time to buy tickets, so I stole a ticket..."
"As a result, a few days ago in Poisson, I was targeted, and I barely managed to escape. Lyney was among the people chasing me at that time."
Paimon nodded knowingly upon hearing this.
"I wondered why you looked so familiar. So you were the thief back then. Lyney even praised your good skills."
Lilian nodded, then continued:
"I thought that matter was over, but when I came in to watch the performance... the number selector chose me again."
"At that time, Lyney said something about... Meropide. I thought that wasn't a prison, and I thought he had targeted me."
"So I planned to pretend to cooperate with the performance, preparing to seize an opportunity to escape, but then I was inexplicably drenched in water, and someone jumped into the tunnel to try and catch me..."
"I didn't want to be captured without a fight, so I knocked him out and stuffed him into the box..."
"But at that time, I had nowhere to run, so I could only change into different clothes and hide in the box where the performance costumes were kept."
"It wasn't until the first security guard arrived at the scene that I found an opportunity to slip out and hide in the Opera House."
Hearing this, Lumine's mouth couldn't help but twitch. She really didn't expect that someone could hide in that small box.
But thinking about it carefully, Lilian's skills were so good, and her figure was relatively petite, so hiding in there shouldn't be difficult.
Thinking of this, Lumine immediately felt relieved.
And Lilian, after a short silence, said somewhat flustered:
"Although I put Cowell in the water tank, I really didn't know the water tank would fall directly. Absolutely, absolutely not!"
"If I had known things would turn out this way, I would never have put him in the magic box! I... I only steal property, not lives!"
Hearing this, Lumine nodded slightly, and after a brief thought, filled in the missing details of the matter.
"Lilian was accidentally chosen, and due to the previous verbal misunderstanding... she was extremely flustered at this moment. Coupled with being suddenly drenched in cold water, Lilian went from flustered to panicked, and then kicked open the door, creating the muffled sound we heard."
"And at this moment, Cowell heard the unusual sound and jumped into the tunnel, discovering that Lilian had not been dissolved at all."
"Cowell didn't know that Lilian wasn't from Fontaine. He even thought that the original sea water would take time to take effect, so he desperately wanted to put Lilian back."
"And just as Lilian said just now, she fought with Cowell. During this process, they broke the vase, and the final result was Lilian knocking out Cowell and stuffing him into the magic box."
"There was no second exit in the tunnel, so she could only change her clothes and then hide in the box until the performance ended."
"This is how the case should have been."