——Reality
Huohuo's livestream room.
"Eh——" Huohuo exclaimed as she watched the dialogue on screen. "Kazuha's friend is actually fine?"
[So my tears were shed for nothing?]
[Same feeling!]
[Doesn't count. After all, according to the Young Highness, Chimatsuri really did die under the Raiden Shogun's blade.]
[Summary: Both Kazuha and Chimatsuri have already been cut. This segment of the plot is just showing us the ending.]
[Indeed. The story Kazuha told was already a knife. He just didn't finish telling it. Now the Young Highness is filling in the ending of that plot for us.]
"No matter the reason, as long as the person is still alive, it's good." Huohuo said optimistically.
"However, the Kamisato Clan wants to resist the Vision Hunt Decree. This doesn't seem to have anything to do with us! We came to see the Raiden Shogun!"
Huohuo protested.
Meanwhile, Paimon in the plot asked the same question as Huohuo——
Paimon: "The Kamisato Clan wants to resist the Vision Hunt Decree? This has nothing to do with us. We came to see the Raiden Shogun!"
Yiya: "Iyado!" (Paimon is right!)
Jun Mo Li: "So that's why Thoma set us up on Ritou ~"
Jun Mo Li: "Knowing that we wouldn't cooperate with the Yashiro Commission because of the Vision Hunt Decree, he used this method to make us stand on the same side as the Yashiro Commission?"
Aether: "The Yashiro Commission just believes that we would stand united with them because of this matter?"
[The protagonist makes a valid point. It's just one favor. As long as we shamelessly refuse to acknowledge it, it's useless.]
[Reject moral kidnapping. Start with you and me.]
[If a person has no shame, then they are invincible under heaven!]
Shiba Kaoru: "Guest, you do not have a Vision, so you may not understand this point."
Shiba Kaoru: "A Vision is the gaze cast down by a god. It is a crystal formed when the height of one's wish approaches the ideal that the god believes in."
Shiba Kaoru: "Therefore, possessing a Vision means that one's own traits are close to the ideal that the god believes in."
Shiba Kaoru: "The Anemo Archon believes in [Freedom], the Geo Archon believes in [Contracts], and..."
The camera focused on the Electro Vision on Shiba Kaoru's chest.
Shiba Kaoru: "The ideal the Shogun believes in is [Eternity]."
Amamiya Kotoya: "Young Highness, if you say it like this, the guests may not understand. Let this humble one explain instead."
Amamiya Kotoya: "Everyone, what the Young Highness means is that the traits possessed by Vision holders will not allow them to act in ways that violate their promises."
(After seriously recalling the plot, I discovered that all the people who clearly possess Visions so far have indeed never done anything like that, even if their ideals have changed.)
(So in this book, it is explained that Visions are related to a person's will and beliefs. Wishes are merely the wedge.)
(Therefore, it is not so much that Vision holders will not do such things, but rather that because they will not do such things, they are able to obtain a Vision.)
Paimon: "But..."
Yiya: "Midomido ~" (None of us in the group have a Vision ~)
Jun Mo Li: "Forget about the Yashiro Commission. I feel that no one would believe that the Traveler, who is famous throughout Mondstadt and Liyue, doesn't have a Vision and is just an ordinary person."
[Mondstadt might, but Liyue wouldn't.]
[Liyue has legends since ancient times of sword immortals who slew gods without using a Vision ~]
[Second Brother, next time you say something like this, I suggest removing Liyue. Liyue people's horizons are still quite good.]
Amamiya Kotoya: "Although a Vision is proof of strength and personal quality, one cannot judge a person based on whether they have a Vision or not."
Amamiya Kotoya: "Even if you guests do not have Visions, this humble one still feels that if you owe a favor, you will definitely repay it."
Paimon: "What Kotoya said makes sense."
Paimon: "If we accepted the Yashiro Commission's favor on Ritou and couldn't repay it, I would definitely feel uneasy."
Yiya: "Iya!" (Me too!)
Aether: "Owing favors isn't a good habit. Repaying them in time is good for everyone."
Huohuo looked at the option she chose and pondered: "Doesn't this line attack Venti?"
[It really does seem so. Venti and Mondstadt both owe Jun Bai a favor.]
[Venti fans, come out and clarify for Venti. Venti has always wanted to repay Jun Bai's favor, he just hasn't had the chance.]
[We really can't think of any place where Venti could help Jun Bai. This favor can only stay on the books forever.]
——Teyvat
After the group finished discussing, they finally decided that Shiba Kaoru would lead everyone to Komore Teahouse.
Amamiya Kotoya, because she was the housekeeper and had to handle various matters of the Shiba Clan, stayed behind at Shiba Residence.
Time arrived at the third day after the appointment with Thoma.
Shiba Kaoru walked in front. Chimatsuri followed behind him like a shadow, although with his height he couldn't hide at all.
Lumine and Jun Mo Li each followed Paimon, one of them holding Yiya's hand, walking behind Shiba Kaoru and Chimatsuri.
In the shadows, a large number of Heizi followed.
Amamiya Kotoya stood at the entrance of Shiba Residence, watching the group's departing backs and thinking: "Are they really going to keep the appointment, and not to attack the Kamisato Clan?"
[Wife thinking is so cute ~]
[I knew it, they're real sword users. Even when going out, they bring a whole group of Heizi.]
[Better than real sword users. At least Genshin's Heizi, when dealing with Vision holders and monsters, aren't like real sword users' Heizi who can only do grunt work.]
[So Kotoya wife's complaint is very correct. This doesn't look like they're going to discuss matters. It looks like they're going to wipe out the family.]
Following Shiba Kaoru, the group arrived at Komore Teahouse.
The receptionist at the door didn't even wait for Lumine to show the invitation letter Thoma gave before respectfully opening the door to welcome the guests.
Then Lumine noticed that the way the receptionist looked at Shiba Kaoru was a bit off.
Burning, reverent, respectful...
It didn't look like the flattery one would show when seeing an important person. It was more like——
The fanaticism when meeting an idol.
In the corridor, Lumine asked: "Kaoru, the way that receptionist looked at you wasn't like the way one looks at an important person. Can I ask why?"
"Most people in Inazuma look at me with this kind of gaze. I don't know the reason either." Shiba Kaoru shook his head.
"Because the Young Highness is the fifth-generation family head of the Shiba Clan." Chimatsuri beside him answered this question.
Paimon asked in confusion: "Just because of this?"
Jun Mo Li's focus was different from everyone else's: "Speaking of which, I've wanted to ask since we first met."
"Five hundred years ago, the Shiba Clan appeared. Yet from then until now, there have only been five generations of family heads."
"No matter how you calculate it, by now it should be more than just the fifth generation."
[Second Brother's question is also my question.]
[Hmm... I think it's still quite reasonable. After all, if you calculate based on one person living one hundred years, it's exactly five generations up to now.]
[There's only a 2000-year gap between you and Qin Shi Huang, but between you and Qin Shi Huang there are only twenty emperors?]
[A normal human couldn't possibly rule from a high position for a hundred years. A continuously declining physical condition makes it impossible to maintain high-intensity work for a long time.]
[So for a position like this, a person can at most do it for forty years before stepping down. Therefore it's impossible for there to only be five generations in five hundred years.]