Through Tlazolli's account, Xilonen learned the full story.
"Auntie, you actually..."
Xilonen wanted to rebuke her aunt's actions, but the words caught in her throat and she couldn't say them.
If it were her who had lost her daughter, could she guarantee she wouldn't do the same thing her aunt had?
"Pyro Archon, please bring divine punishment upon me."
Tlazolli lowered her head: "Without being able to revive Nechca, my life has no meaning left—death is the best choice for me."
Perhaps, for this lady, she had long wanted to reunite with her daughter through death.
It was only because there existed this method of forcibly "reviving" Nechca through memories that she had persisted until now.
But now that the plan was exposed—and caught red-handed by the Pyro Archon—it was impossible to carry out.
Since that was the case, it would be better to be executed on the spot by the Pyro Archon; perhaps then she could see Nechca in the afterlife.
"What if I said I could let you see Nechca?" Rios asked.
"?!"
Tlazolli looked up in shock, her eyes wide as she stared over: "Pyro Archon, do you mean you approve of my plan?"
"Of course that's impossible." Rios said, crossing his arms, "But I can project the concept of Nechca from the Night Kingdom into reality."
In short, Rios could use a method similar to how he had found Kachina in the Night Kingdom in the original work, allowing Tlazolli to see her daughter.
"This..." Tlazolli's eyes widened, "Is that really possible?"
"Don't you want to think about who it was that, after the Night Warden Wars ended, pulled the fallen heroes back from the Night Kingdom?" Rios countered.
That person was, naturally, Natlan's Pyro Archon.
Of course, an ordinary Pyro Archon couldn't do this—only Rios, with his popularity system, could.
"Pyro Archon!"
Tlazolli, still kneeling, grabbed Rios's hand excitedly: "As long as I can see Nechca, I'll do anything!"
"Please summon Nechca here!"
Since Tlazolli had said that much, it wouldn't be right for Rios not to give her some task in return.
"Then from now on, you'll serve as Xilonen's assistant and share her workload." Rios said, "You'll work when Xilonen works, and you'll work when Xilonen slacks off and goofs around—can you accept that?"
Xilonen, standing nearby, twitched her lips awkwardly at that.
Was she slacking off and goofing around? She was just resting properly to work more efficiently afterward, that's all.
But at this moment, she couldn't correct Rios's words—after all, according to Natlan's laws, Tlazolli's actions were undoubtedly a grave crime.
Assigning Tlazolli as an assistant was already the Pyro Archon showing mercy.
"I accept, I accept!" Tlazolli nodded frantically, afraid that if she nodded too slowly, the Pyro Archon might change his mind.
"Then I'll bring your daughter here right now." Rios shook off Tlazolli's hand, then reached into the void before him, clenching his hand into a claw as if grasping something.
In the next moment, a girl with ethereal blue hair appeared before everyone. She was about the same height as the earlier little girl, with her hair tied into a ponytail at the back.
"Uma musume, horse girl."
Seeing the real Nechca, Rios subconsciously thought of Tokai Teio from Uma Musume—the resemblance was uncanny at first glance.
"Nechca!"
Seeing her daughter truly appear before her, Tlazolli rushed forward in agitation and embraced her.
"Mom..."
Nechca reached out and patted her mother's back, a faint smile on her face.
Rios couldn't stand touching reunion scenes like this. After saying that Nechca would return to the Night Kingdom in 10 minutes, he left the house with Xilonen and Tlazolli's adopted daughter.
"Kid, what's your name?" Rios asked the little girl who had nearly been possessed.
"I... think I'm called Nepecha." The little girl said uncertainly.
At that, Xilonen furrowed her brows slightly: "Auntie Tlazolli said earlier that her daughter lost her memories in the Abyss attack, but in reality, her daughter lost her life in that attack."
"So, you're the one who lost her memories?"
Nepecha nodded: "Besides my own name, I can't remember anything else."
Nepecha's parents had both died in the battle against the Abyss monsters, and with Nepecha having been locked away by Tlazolli for so long, it would be hard to find anyone in the tribe to confirm her identity.
Fortunately, Xilonen happened to have the elixir that could eliminate the Abyss's influence.
She had originally intended it for treating Nechca, but Nepecha was the one who had truly lost her memories.
After taking the elixir, Nepecha immediately recalled everything.
"The Pyro Archon's elixir really works!"
Though Xilonen had already prepared herself mentally, seeing Nepecha, who had lost her memories, recover them still sent a shock through her heart.
If even memories could be restored, then the other effects of the Abyss monsters could naturally be healed as well.
Those injured veteran warriors who could no longer fight could pick up their weapons again and shine for Natlan.
[Emotion value from Xilonen +50]
[Emotion value from Tlazolli +50]
Rios wasn't surprised by the emotion value from Xilonen, but the one from Tlazolli, who was following behind, caught his attention a bit.
The same emotion provided much higher values from those who possessed a Vision compared to those who didn't.
Conversely, for the same emotion value, the emotions from ordinary people were even more intense.
"Is it because she saw her long-deceased daughter?" Rios stroked his chin.
To pull Nechca back into the present world, he had spent nearly 10 emotion points, but in the end, it returned 50 emotion points.
So, if he used this method to help others, wouldn't he be able to earn emotion points as well?
After all, in Natlan, which had suffered so much from Abyss monster invasions, there were no shortage of people like Tlazolli who had lost loved ones and comrades.
And there was also Mavuika, the former Pyro Archon from 500 years ago.
In the official Genshin Impact videos about Mavuika, it was almost impossible to avoid mentions of Mavuika and her sister.
Even in the final battle, the familiar face Mavuika saw was her sister—though it was just a manifestation of memories.
It was clear that Mavuika was a massive siscon. If he let her see her sister again, perhaps just one person could provide over a thousand emotion points.
"The people of Natlan are in for a treat."
The people of Natlan could reunite with their deceased loved ones and comrades, Rios could gain emotion points, and Natlan's combat strength would rise as well.
It was a win-win-win situation.