Just as Su Xuan told Nahida earlier—
once Greater Lord Rukkhadevata fully awakened, she too received a diary copy.
Even as the God of Wisdom, it still took her an entire night to digest all the recorded events.
Only after reading everything did she finally understand why Nahida suddenly called someone else "Father"…
and why this mysterious traveler named Su Xuan was treated as someone above the Seven.
When dawn arrived, Rukkhadevata originally intended to bring Nahida and personally thank Su Xuan—
but just as she stepped outside her room, she ran into Ying and Paimon.
Ying politely told her:
"If you want to meet Su Xuan, you can go alone."
Their task now was to escort Nahida back to Sumeru.
After last night's anomaly lighting up the sky,
after the Withering vanished without warning,
after the symptoms of Eleazar disappeared overnight—
the people of Sumeru needed answers.
Nahida was not only the rightful god of Sumeru—
this was the perfect moment to restore her name, reveal the truth,
and declare the return of Greater Lord Rukkhadevata.
So Ying and Paimon took Nahida with them toward Sumeru City.
Meanwhile, Rukkhadevata followed Ying's instructions and stepped through the spatial array connecting to the Serenitea Realm.
She walked down a quiet corridor and stopped before a door.
She pushed it open—
and froze.
Su Xuan sat comfortably against the headboard, one arm around Raiden Ei, the other resting lazily behind Raiden Makoto — as if this was the most natural posture in the world.
Rukkhadevata instinctively whispered:
"…The Thunder Twins…?"
She recognized them immediately.
One was Makoto — the former Electro Archon she once toasted beside at Seven-Nation banquets.
The other was Ei — the silent shadow who stood beside her.
But that wasn't the shocking part.
What was shocking…
was everything else.
Under the blankets, two suspiciously human-shaped bumps shifted—
and soon two fluffy heads popped out.
White ears twitched.
Pink ears twitched faster.
Yae Miko gasped dramatically:
"I almost suffocated— who shoved a pillow on top of me!?"
Then she turned her fox-bright eyes toward Rukkhadevata, smirked, and said:
"Oh? Our esteemed Greater Lord Rukkhadevata arrived.
Is that why someone panicked and shoved the rest of us under the blanket like contraband?"
Kitsune Saiguu added with a sweet, cruel smile:
"It's adorable. She walked in like someone caught cheating."
Rukkhadevata: "…"
She had mentally prepared herself after reading the diary.
She thought she understood.
She underestimated—
everything.
Raiden Makoto waved cheerfully:
"Come sit here. There's still a lot of space."
Rukkhadevata stiffened completely.
No.
Absolutely not.
She was not mentally stable enough for that.
But before she could politely decline, Su Xuan lifted a hand and made a casual beckoning motion.
Rukkhadevata's body moved on its own—
floating straight into his arms.
Ei blinked.
Kitsune Saiguu deadpanned:
"Ah. For a moment I thought you were going to crush her with telekinesis."
Su Xuan chuckled softly, fingers brushing one of Rukkhadevata's long pointed ears.
"Why would I destroy something so precious?"
Rukkhadevata wanted to disappear into dust.
Ei crossed her arms, eyes sharp but voice calm:
"As the God of Wisdom, you should already understand—
nothing in this world is gained without cost.
And no altered fate is truly free.
You, too, received a new destiny. You should accept it."
Su Xuan glanced sideways, amused.
Ei sounded serious—
philosophical even.
As if she were trying to gently persuade Rukkhadevata to stop resisting and accept becoming…
well—
another member of the "Su Xuan Energy Collection System."
Rukkhadevata silently stared at them.
This had to be a setup.
Ying leaving with Nahida suddenly made too much sense.
Su Xuan sighed lightly.
"All right. Before any more philosophy suffocates her, let me tell you something more interesting."
He opened the diary.
Glowing script unfolded.
[When Ei brought up "fate," it reminded me of the fate she and the others suffered.]
[Makoto, Saiguu, Rukkhadevata — all died during the Cataclysm five hundred years ago.]
[Their deaths chained together the tragedies of Inazuma and Sumeru.]
[But the truth is… none of it had to happen.]
[Someone from Celestia ensured they could not survive.]
Everyone in the room fell silent.
Even Yae Miko's playful expression vanished.
Makoto slowly narrowed her eyes.
"What… do you mean?"
Su Xuan wrote:
[You all know the Cataclysm happened because the Abyss overflowed from Khaenri'ah.]
[But doesn't it seem strange?]
[A nation beneath Sumeru, sitting right beside the Abyss and the roots of Irminsul…]
[Yet Celestia allowed it to exist unregulated.]
[Allowed it to study forbidden power.]
[Allowed the Abyss to grow in silence.]
[Almost as if someone wanted disaster.]
Rukkhadevata's breath trembled.
Ei's expression darkened.
Su Xuan continued:
[And even when the Abyss erupted — it didn't have to spread.]
[The Traveler (Aether) tried to stop it.]
[He could have — but Celestia intervened.]
[Specifically — the God of Time, Istaroth.]
Makoto's eyes widened.
"Istaroth…?"
She whispered:
"She's the one who gave me the seed to grow the Sacred Sakura…"
Su Xuan nodded.
[Istaroth possesses dominion over time.]
[To her, past, present, and future exist all at once.]
[She didn't act to help the world—]
[she intervened just enough to mock it.]
Silence fell.
Not even Paimon spoke.
Su Xuan finished writing:
[So understand this: the Cataclysm was not just misfortune.]
[It was engineered.]
[Not to save Teyvat— but to remind humanity:]
["Do not forget who rules this sky."]
[To Celestia—]
[outsiders, rebels, and independent civilizations are not welcome.]
The room felt colder than any winter storm.
Even Rukkhadevata, wise and composed, whispered:
"…So our deaths were never necessary."
Ei lowered her gaze.
Makoto clenched her fist.
Yae Miko bared fangs in a rare flash of anger.
Su Xuan finally closed the diary.
And softly, calmly—
as though declaring a verdict:
"Celestia didn't destroy Khaenri'ah because it was dangerous."
"Celestia destroyed it because it refused to kneel."
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