"As for the trigger… I believe it was the loss of his Vision."
"And having one's Vision taken away also means having one's ambition taken away."
Looking at Domon before her, Yae Miko continued her explanation.
"Ambition…"
"But Lady Yae, if losing his ambition was really the cause, then shouldn't Master have just become an ordinary person?"
"Why did he go insane instead?"
Hearing Yae Miko's words, the male disciple looked deeply confused.
[They're recycling dialogue from the PV like crazy]
"Your school is called the Bright Mirror Still Water Style, correct?"
Yae Miko asked.
The male disciple nodded.
"A fine name indeed. But in this world…"
"Where can one truly find a heart as still as clear water?"
"Even gods who have existed for thousands of years experience sorrow and grief."
"So how could ordinary mortals be any different?"
"Sometimes, it isn't about having no desires at all, nor about being detached from everything."
"Rather… it is precisely because one desires too much."
Yae Miko crossed her arms as thoughts of Ei and Guixu surfaced in her mind simultaneously.
"Is that last line referring to son-in-law?"
"And the part about gods feeling sorrow and grief feels like it's talking about the Electro Archon."
Listening to Yae Miko's dialogue, Xuehua couldn't help analyzing it.
[Probably, right? Didn't Kazuha also say before that Guixu seemed like someone who cared about nothing?]
[Honestly, even son-in-law probably can't truly be calm like still water. Or rather, his goals and worldview are just too vast]
[Just from Zhongli's evaluation of Guixu alone, you can tell his past absolutely wasn't simple]
[Way beyond "not simple" (covering face)]
[At this point the most mysterious character in Genshin is probably son-in-law]
[Not just him. Zhongli and Venti have tons of mysteries too]
[I'm still wondering what exactly Guixu and Venti talked about on Dragonspine]
[The more mysterious, powerful, and handsome he is, the more charming he becomes. Plus Guixu's temperament… when is he entering the banner already?! (crying)]
"A man who claims to be indifferent to fame and glory still storms away in anger after losing to his junior brother."
"An old swordsman still harbors resentment deep in his heart."
"He still wishes to compete once more against the disciple he personally raised."
"So when someone who appears free of worldly attachments defeats his own master and senior brother with his own hands…"
"Can he truly remain completely unaffected?"
Yae Miko lowered her arms and questioned the senior and junior disciples before her.
"Lady Yae means…"
The female disciple asked with a complicated expression.
Yae Miko sighed softly.
"The path of the sword contains endless transformations."
"To seize the title of number one under heaven in swordsmanship…"
"How easy could that possibly be for a mortal?"
"One must wield their blade and continuously shatter the dreams of others."
"And among those people…"
"Are also those closest and dearest to them."
"Therefore, only by obsessively clinging to his ambition of becoming the greatest swordsman…"
"Could he temporarily cast aside that pain and continue moving forward."
"And once that ambition disappeared…"
"He began doubting himself, struggling within fear, until he became what he is now…"
Yae Miko slowly raised her head and spoke calmly.
"Just like my hopeless friend."
At this point, Miko smiled helplessly and shook her head.
[I'm seriously starting to suspect the "friend" Yae Miko keeps mentioning is the Electro Archon]
[Be more confident. Remove the "suspect"]
[So the Electro Archon issued the Vision Hunt Decree and Sakoku Decree because of something that happened?]
[Obviously. You think she'd issue them for no reason? (covering face)]
"To put it simply, the Vision carried Mr. Domon's ambition of becoming the greatest swordsman in the world."
"And it was precisely that ambition that allowed him to continue advancing…"
"By personally crushing the dreams of others."
"But now, he has lost his Vision."
"And with it, he lost that ambition as well."
"That's why he became like this."
Looking at Domon crouched on the ground muttering incoherently to himself, Qiuqian calmly explained.
[Master summarizer son-in-law (grinning)]
"So Master has been suffering through all this pain…"
The female disciple said with a conflicted expression.
"I'm sorry… it's all my fault…"
"Father… Master… Senior Brother…"
Domon crouched there trembling in fear, clutching his head tightly.
As though only by doing so could he feel safe.
At that moment, an angry shout rang out.
Then Domon's senior brother stepped out from nearby.
He had secretly followed Lumine and the others here.
"Anxi… why are there two Anxis…"
"Are you human or a ghost?"
Domon stood up, staring at his senior brother with fear and shock.
"You came to take revenge on me, didn't you…"
"I know… back then, I shouldn't have…"
Looking apologetic, Domon tried to explain himself.
"I really didn't like you much."
"But I don't want your apology either."
"So many years have passed. I already figured it out long ago."
"You did nothing wrong back then."
"It was me… I was the one too prideful to stay and left the school."
Anxi looked at Domon with a complicated expression and explained.
"I believe most of the people you defeated never blamed you."
"On the contrary…"
"We entrusted our ambitions to you and hoped you would walk even farther."
Anxi looked at the now-deranged Domon and spoke earnestly.
Meanwhile, Lumine's expression gradually grew heavy as she silently listened to the conversation between the two martial brothers.
Seeing this scene, both Yae Miko and Qiuqian revealed faint smiles.
[Why did the camera specifically give close-ups to Lumine, Yae Miko, and son-in-law's expressions?]
[Am I imagining things? Because I smell some kind of conspiracy specifically targeting the protagonist (covering face)]
[You're definitely not the only one feeling that way]
"I know your ambition has already been taken away, so you can no longer answer our expectations."
"But you shouldn't take away their ambitions too!"
"Wasn't it you who taught them to constantly hone their swordsmanship and strive to become the greatest?!"
Anxi loudly questioned Domon.
"But perhaps one day…"
"They'll become just like me."
"Charging forward recklessly with nothing but passion, chasing the title of number one under heaven…"
"Maybe that was a mistake from the very beginning."
"If one day they end up like this too…"
"Then I'd rather they stop where they are now…"
"And never move forward again…"
Domon seemed to gradually regain some sanity.
Looking at his senior brother, he slowly explained his thoughts.
Hearing this, the faint smile on Yae Miko's face gradually disappeared.
Meanwhile, Qiuqian still wore that calm, faint smile as he quietly watched the two martial brothers.
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