Right after their Flying..."Gliding" class was over,
The children soon went up to him, the older ones in front,
As their expressions were either hopeful and/or nervous...
-Gliding...Was actually really enjoyable. I never expected it to be so fun. Or to not get punished afterwards. If it's really allowed, then...I wish to do it again.
-Same here. The experience was quite nice and...We can do it again, right...?
-Please, can we glide again...? Not today, but tomorrow or...?
-Every day! All day! It was so nice and fun and nice and...
-...We really...Not getting whipped anymore...?
-Looks like...Not...? Really confusing...
-Can play and have lots of fun?!
-...If so...Feel happy...Really...H-happy...
-H-hey, I...H-happy too...H-happy, too...S-so, why...?
-D-don't cry...D-don't...C-cry...! W-why is...?
-Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
-P-please, calm down! Don't cry! We are not going to get punished!
-...If we did, I would have already...Been whipped after...V-volunteering...
-Wait, are you also...Suddenly crying...? D-didn't you say you were...?
-A-a new Falcon...? Y-yes. I-I don't know why, but...F-for some reason...J-just like the younger kids, I...
-...This is so weird, everyone is suddenly...C-crying...W-why am I also...? I-is this some kind of...D-disease...?
...
-It's not a disease, but a normal reaction. After everything that you went through, the childhood you weren't able to experience because of the adults around you. -He couldn't help but soon say, upon sadly looking between the now crying children. Both the younger who were now literally wailing, and the older who just now started tearing up. -...The experience of fly...Gliding, it was truly nice, right...? It made you so happy you wanted to enjoy it longer. And when this realization came...-He soon added, upon crouching down to the level of the younger children and proceeding to reassuringly pat each one of them on the head in turn. -...All those emotions you had to hide until now as part of your "Falcon Training" burst out in the form of tears. -He explained, before turning to look towards the older children. -...This bittersweet feeling you must be experiencing now, steaming from both the joy of a happy experience and the sadness at the realization that you were denied this happiness for so long.
He couldn't help but look back at the crying younger children,
Before turning to look towards the older ones again...
*Not just by explaining about what was "wrong with them" and small pats on the head,
But providing them actual reassurance that from now on, it's going to be alright...
...
Sadly, he didn't have long enough hands to hug them all at once,
So instead of that...How can he possibly...?
...
...
"No matter how dark the sky and land may get, as long as your spirit emits warmth like a golden sun, there will always be hope."
...
Right, if it's that place, then...
*Perhaps, spending time with the Ararana will help...
"It should definitely help those poor children, Barbatos! The Aranara are a very interesting bunch that's fun to be around!", the Winds soon admitted, sounding very reassuring, "...That time when you and everyone else were at the Mahavanaranapna was really enjoyable, right...? The children will surely feel much better after playing at that place and spending time with the...!"
Not just the forest spirits, but the Winds, as well...
*They will make certain that the kids get better, right...?
...
...
-...Everyone, I have an idea that you will surely love. There's a nice looking place that has no adults in it and where you can play with cute looking forest spirits. -He soon decided to say, upon looking between the still crying children. Thankfully, it seems like their crying has subsided by now. -...I know where it is and will happily take you there. We can go right now, if you want!
-Thank you for contacting me about this matter, Samir. And thank you for the worry about the children, Big Brother. -Nahida said as soon as she teleported in a few minutes later, her voice and expression grateful, yet also a little guilt stricken. -...To tell you the truth, I...I knew what was going on with those poor children, how much they were mistreated, but with the aftermath of the recent Crisis and everything...-She deeply sighed, upon turning to look towards the quietly standing Tanit kids. -...What the Akademiya did to me was bad enough, but I am an immortal and should be able to fully heal soon enough. But all those children, on the other hand...-She continued upon looking between each one of them, before turning her gaze back to her fellow gods. -...Now that some time has passed since the crisis ended, I have enough free time to take care of all those children's wellbeing. I promise to do everything in my power to make certain they heal!
She soon added, both her voice determined and "eyes on fire",
As moments later her expression turned grateful again and went into a small bow before her fellow gods...
"Thank you once more for contacting me about this, even though you two are currently in the middle of your "Desert Sightseeing". I will take it from here, so please, continue enjoying your trip.",
Was what she soon telepathically told them, before proceeding to straighten up, turn around and go to speak with the still awaiting children...
...
-Since Nahida made a promise, she is going to fulfill it. Those children are in good hands. -Samir couldn't help but say as he watched her go, his expression grateful, yet also a little sad. -...But her earlier words about the Akademiya...I am sure she knows that I know of her trauma and the fact it's not something that would heal easily. And yet, she's still lying, even now...-He sadly mumbled, before signing. -...It's nothing for you to worry about, Venti. You have a home to return to and can't stay in Sumeru for years at a time. As this nation's fellow god, I will make certain Nahida heals. -He soon added, both his voice and expression serious, before there was a short pause. -...Since this matter has been resolved, we should decide where to go next. The City of Gurabad sounds like a good location, but...
"That place...Somehow seeing it's current state makes me feel deep sadness and regret...", was what he didn't add,
And yet he need not to, as it was clearly seen in his currently miserable expression, which Venti couldn't help but notice...
...
...
"...I soon gave the letter to the Traveler and decided to walk around the area. Gurabad, the once magnificent city...It felt...Sorrowful, seeing it reduced to such a pitiful state...I soon went back to the camp, on the way wondering wherever I should stay for the night, after all. I did stay in the end, but all those memories...All of those plans and ambitions...Turning to Forbidden Knowledge was truly a grave mistake..."
...
Right, to Samir, the City of Gurabad was...
*Same as Old Mondstadt was to himself...
...
...
"...Another building restored, around seven more to go and then the main square...", he couldn't help but say in some nostalgia, upon looking at the familiar house, "...Soon, this place...Just as I remember..."
He mumbled upon turning around and going to another spot,
Another place where the only thing was at most just rubble...
*It wouldn't stay this way for long, though,
With his Time Power, this place will...
...
J̸̛̗̗͓̥̰̮͙̎̃̃̊̊̆͂̆̆̑͠͝ͅư̷̢̡̨̡̧̥̮̳̦͈̫̥̥̹̯͚̫̣̱͈̝͉͈̲͍̝̱̰̂͐̾̈́̐̋̿̀̃̉͒̎̈́̃̾̀͆̇͛̂̃͊̇͆̐͘͘̕͝ͅͅs̶̨̡͍̗̻̖̝͙̩̣̣͓̯̩̰̟͎̮̼̜̫̪̩̹̯͔̹͕̃̒̌̓̑̀͑̋̕͜͜͝t̵̨̨̨̛̺̗̗͉̘͇̞̗̦͓͖̙͈̳̦̭͈̜͗̔̔̍͆̿͒̒̇̋̄̌͜͠ ̷̦͐͐̎́̇̀̊̈́̓̓̿̀̀̊̒̂̈́̃̈̕͘̕͝ḷ̶̢͙̖̥̬̯̤͕͖̙̬̞͋͛̕͜į̵̙̭͔̗̲̜͚̟͖̝͇͍͓̪̻̙̘̜̬̟̹̻͉̋͋̎̿͂͌͛̑͊̃̀̓͋̾̌͝͝͝ͅķ̵̛͇̝̺̗͔̯̼̿͊̂̒̕͠͝ͅȩ̸̟̞̣͙̩̪̤̻̯̼͖͕̰̥͉̭͎̲̙͍͇̤̞̙̩̈́̌͘͜ͅ ̷̧̛̞̣̪͍̼̰̠̓͒̎͋̂͛̑͒́́̄̂î̸̟͔͕̺̟̣͊̓̃͊̑͋͗͌̿̃̔̀̀́̐̓͑͆͆̄̈͐̐̿̕̚̚t̴̡͓͇̟̰͇̩̦͓̙̜̺̼̏͂ ̴̡̢̡̭͓̜͎̼̖̫̖̞̘̩͍̔̈́̅͛̑́͋̔ẅ̶̨̪͍̥̯̦̪̲͇̫̘͇͎͙́̂͋̽͋͑͋́̽̊͂̂́̌͋̑͒̔̚̕͝ͅą̸̨̨̤̹̦͉̬̦̤̳͙̦̙̦͎̼͍̯͔̹̟͕̭̳͈̣̑s̷̢̧̨̧̬̬͖̯̣̖̪̳̻͕͕͇̭̣̥̯͙̭̀ ̶̨̭͉̹͚̯̦̻͖̗̮̺̍́̂͐ͅ2̸͇͖̪̭͍͍͕̭̠̰̮͉̤͕͉͍̘̿͐͊̽̌̈̔̉̿́̑̈́̍͂̓̂̄͌̈̕͝͝ͅ6̶̛̻̟͚̻̮̟̲͓͔͕̻̣͈̮̭͒̈́̆̏͐͆̆̒̀̃͗̚0̶̢̯̤͉̞̝̘̟̫͔̦͓̮̹͓̜͚̼͔͈̱͍̮̺̜̪̻̤̐̈́͝0̵̪̥̩͎̝̪͖̠̯̐̈́̃́̑͆́͑̎̒́͝͠ ̴̢̧̧̱̭̝̻͕̖̭̙͙̠͎͙̜̯͉̉̍̇̆̈́̌̕̕͠͝y̷̡̧̹͖̹͖͕͙͕͍̒̀̌̓͗͗́͑͐͊̈́̈̐͊͛͊͌́̏͒̆͗̏̆̚͘͠͠͝é̴̢̖̯̝̮̟̣̳̱̣͍̲̩͎̉̊̉̄̐͝a̵̧̡̡̤͓̞͈̩̤̟̙̥̘͓͓̤̣͗ŗ̷͙̖̦̝̟̰̻͚̺̻̫̪͍̦̼̲͓̠̼̐͑̊͊͐̀̈̐̈́̆̊͋͐̓̔͌̆̍̔̚͠ͅͅş̸̼̜͔̹͚͖̹̞͍̗͕̟͙̞̦̗͙̜̣̞̯̙̹̩͎̐͛̀̔͒́̔͛̄̀̑̇̈͊̀͗͝ ̵̢̤̘̙̭͙͚͍̜̭̞̰̮̘͙͍͔̲̰͉̩̼͖̰̳̓͐̓̒̏̌̎͌̇̏̔̄̀̆̕͜à̸̡̢̖͕̥̫̲̠̣̮̱̯̤̮̩͈͉͕̼̗̭̯̠̹̪̄̍͂̍̓͐̀͜͜͜ͅg̵̩͂̈ò̵̧̢̝̱͖̘͉̬̥͕͍̬̩̫͈͔̟͍̠̫̲͙͈̫̖͓̈͊̀͒̈́̈́̋̾̑̉̀́̇̌̄̂͋͗̒̄͗̕̚͠,̵̼͉̻̱̣̺̍̽̀̍͑ ̵̛̦͚̜̟̖͕̟͇̗͇̈́̐̃̋̈́͝͝͝͝b̵̢̳̠̗̳͗̊̀͒̐e̴̜̙̠̩̳̥̗͚͚̙͐́̑̈͆̾͂̔̀̆̍̑̍͂̆͛̆̓͜͝f̵͚̣̫͗̈ö̵̡̡̡̢͍͖̹̟̦͉͂̄̓̚r̴̨̖͈̼̲͈̤͇̤̘̗̍͆̋̈̅̽̐͌̊̒̆̓̆́͛̋͋̾̿͋͗́̋̀͒͘͜͠͝ë̷̢̢̧̧̛͖̝̱̞̻̖̖̼͉̘̱͔̫̟̭̗̮̘̤̆͊̊̒̏̔̈́̋̎̋͂̓̽̓͆̊̎̒̽̎͂̍̚͘̚̕͜ͅ ̵̡̢̧̡̧̗̹̫͇̖̝̼̳̦̻̠̤̮̯͉̹̱͕̙̤̱̐̇͊̏͋̓̾̓̊̅͐̃̇̈̄̈́̆̔͒͐͒͐̅͊͆͌͘͜͜͝ͅt̵̡̢̛͕̖̥͚̦͚̰͚͗̔̏̆̉́̈́̈́̓́̈́̊͒̋̿̓̔͆̀̈́́̾̿͘͘͜͝h̶̤͎̕e̸̡̧̛̜͙̮̼̥̩̪̩̼̤̽̿͆͐̓̉͐̌̓̅̾͗̋̊̀͐̄͜ ̴̛̠̝̙̘̖͇̓̀̈́͗̑̈̊̂r̴̡̭̹͎̭̻͇̬͈̣̪̀͗͘͝e̴̛̛̻̔̊̌̅̐̆͛́́̅̽̂̓͐̃̚̚b̵̧̢̡͕̻̯̙͓̟̘͈̰̻̘͇͎̗̞̮̝͖̠̹̎͑̅̅̏̂͗̆̆̾͊͠͝͝ͅë̴̡̡̧̧̗̳̗̭̫̗̝̦̗̦͙̲̣̙͔͔͓̝͔͍͕́̌̌͗̊̎͒́́͗͌̿̓͘͘͝l̶̡̼̳̜͔̜͖̲̜̈̋̕l̷̢̧̨͖̼̟̻͈̮̞͔̜̈̑̋̽̎̈̑̒̅̈́̀͒͛̈́̕͝͝į̷͔͚̜̦̘͓̬̯̙̙̺̝̯͓̗̰͂̒̉̓̈́͌͘̕͜͠ǫ̵̨̤̻̣͈͕͍̠͙̟̥͈̼̠͉͍͖͕̔́͐̏̎̿̀̽͊͆́͆̆̐̋͊̽̄͗̓̊̈́͘͝n̸̢̧̛̦̘̖̻̣̪̱̪̩͎͕̹̠̅̑̐̌̀̈̓̏͐̒̎͋͑̃̔͠.̸̡̜̙̘̱̟͕̥͓̳̻͕̞̍.̸̨͖̥͔̪̳͓̣̳̼͔͈͔̰̠̣̞̫̝̼́̏͂͜.̸̧̙̺͈̜̬͇̥͚͖̙̥̳̩̣̠͔̱̗̗͓͌̃̉͒͒̆̊͒͆͋̀̓̈́͗̒͂̀͊̍̽̈́͐͊̈́͒̃̔́͝͠ͅͅͅ
...
...
Right, the way he restored the Poor District of Old Mondstadt,
Perhaps, the City of Gurabad, as well...
*Not even fully, but a part of it,
Since this place meant so much to Samir...
...
This amount of power used shouldn't draw Celestia's attention to himself...
...
...
"Don't worry too much about it, Lord Barbatos. Teyvat's fate can indeed be changed for the better.
No matter how many hardships are bound to occur, everything will be resolved in the end."
...
...
"... No matter how many hardships are bound to occur..."
This part of Nicole's words,
He didn't like it either...
*Just what was going to happen that...?!
...
"̴̧̢̨̛̛̱͎̗̙̫̳̺̥͎̠̟̯͖͖͙͇̮̰̙̖͑̿̂͑͆̾̓͂́̄͒͛̾̌̎̾͒̕̕͠.̴̛̜̰̏̾̌̎̐̊̆̇͘͠.̷̨̛̞͍̼̰͈͖̮̝̬̥͕̥̠͍̂́͆́̓̆͊̍͆̀̔̈͛̆̍̀̎̀̍̎͝.̷̡͓͍͇̜̱͎̯̯͍̮̬̭͈̠͈̃̑̍̇͗̆̓͊̓͌͐̅̉̑̈͜͜͝T̴̨̞̪͎͚̟̟̲̠͙͔͊̅͗̀͑̇̉͛́̉́̆̎̈́̆́̋̿̀̕̚̚ͅh̷͍͖̺͎͔͚͈̱͈̤̻̤͓̪̭̰̞͂̇͋͐̈́̔̈́̔̏́͋́͂̃̄̚͝ḯ̵̡̢̭͕̰̳͙͓̣̬͖̫̭́͆̏͜͝s̶̨͙͕͚͍̰̘̞͉̍̄̑́̑̀̆͋́͂͘ͅ ̷̥͓͖̦̫̰̱̜̥̩͌ͅį̵̡̢̣̖̠̫̟̤̰͎̝̠͔͙̦̙̏̔̈́̐͗͒̃̀̈̈͐̐̚̚̚š̴͇̺̣̞̗̣͔̼̙̯̮̦̰̜̣̬̬̔͜͜ ̶̛̮̗̱̈̓̿́̂́̂̎̓̉̔̀̈́̇͌͋̽̓́̽͆̑̋͑͂̾͋̕͠t̴̢̧͓̗̲̲͖̫̭̝͉̼͉̝̖̖̞̫̟͖̟̯̿̕̚͘͜h̷̫̳͚͕̥̘͉̥̯̺̻͙̩̠͔͍̫͖̰͓̳́͌̏͋̏͝ḙ̶̛̞̹̦̼̺̊͂͋̉̋̊͆̅̌̄̍̒́̉̃͊̚ ̴̧̧͍̱̗̱̺͔͍̯̘͚̗̻̭̖͉̝̑̓́̎̉̋ͅC̴̛̛̖̤͎̻͎̻̜͕̏̿̇̊͌͊͌̅͑̒̀̀̊̓̀̈́̍͘͝͝a̴̧̢̛͕̬̳̤̰͇̜̩͚̩̙̝͕͈͚̣͖̥̼͓̲͕̘̎̎̋̋͊̿̎̑͋͊͋̾̍̅͛̃̾͐͛̓̚̚͜l̵̡̞̞̥͗͒̈́͑̈́̾͌͝͝͝m̷̨̼͎̼̄̌̍̀̊̽͗̃̋͗̔̈̂̂́̄̑͑͑̑̇͌͠͠ ̷̧̧̘̠̗̖͙͍̞̠̻̮͖̫̘̙̫͉̙͖͕͓͕̳͎͓̩̘̅̿͂͂̍͜͝b̸̨̪͎̳͈̠̗͙̩̪̲̯̜̹̬̮̪̤͔̺́̈́͋͆̒͛̅̇̀͐̽́̿̃͆́̾̔͋̇̀͂̾̍̅̕̕͜͝ͅe̸͓̔̆̈́̐̓̾̄̄̆̌͆̋̍̏́̏̈̕̕f̸̧̧̢̮̜̭͖̞̱̭̱͊́̂͒̑͆͒͋̑̇̍͑̔̃͋̎̏̎̍̾̅̋̓̚͝͠͝ǫ̸͎̙͚̦͕̣̯̗̝̰̯̭̗̫͎̜̍̑͂́͗͂̾̒̎͌͒͐͑̍͑̐̽̉̾̾̑́̕̚͝r̸̢̢̛̖̠͈̜̲̞̪̣͔͉͕̳̙̳̗̗̈͆̑̃̄́̓̑̓͋͑̐͋̓̈͝ẹ̸̢̧̮̟̘͉̈͝ͅ ̸̧̛̦̲͔͈̱̭̐͗̀̓̊̍̄̌̈́̓̚̕͘͝ͅͅt̸̡̛̩̣͐̄̈́́̓̂̓́͑̃͑̒̕͘͠h̶̗̟͎̞̩̳̙̯͇̬̻̉̽̽͒̿ͅȩ̴̬̯̮͉̹̠̺̣̼̠̺̪̈́̍̈́͑͑́̀̑͒̈́͋́̃̋̆͌̓̕̚ ̷̡̨̨̨͇͎̯͓̘̘̙̪̟̖̻͉̙̱̳̻̱̜̤̌̀͠͝Ŝ̸̡̢̛͖̥̘̱̞̖͇̖̲͉͛͗̒͑͂̎̏͛͋̀͒̆̕t̷̨̥͎̰̹̼̹͉̤͗̇͜o̵̢̧̡̱̺̼͕͔͖̫̤̱̤̰̹̫͈̘̼̻̠͇̘͖̣̒̂͗̊̆͂̒̑̃̒̀̈́̔͊̃̃͜͝͝r̶̨̺̖̘̼̪̝̯͓̦̹̘̝̤̥̯̺̹̹̤͙̱̞̐̔͒́́̔̔͗͛̅̿͌̂̃̃̈̓͑̃́̒̂͑́͆̑͘m̶͚̘̜̗̜͈͙͇̰̟̘̹͓̐͑͒̈́̽̒̅̉̈͛̈́͛͐̌͛̃̈͌̋̓̃̕̕̕͝͠͠.̸̢̨̛̯̰̘̠̩̳̳͍̗̮̗̣͚̦͓̜͈͇̗̙̠̹̘͑̇́͋̽̃"̸̧̛̛̟̮̬̦̜̻̗̩̩͍̙̫̣̤̬̣̟̭̰͔̤̝̮̹͎͚̱͐̌̊͊́̃̎̈̂̍̓̒̇̀͑̂̑̐͋̆̾̀̈́̏͘ͅͅ
...
...
Well, that was definitely ominous...
...
"... everything will be resolved in the end."
...
He surely hoped that it would.
*Because if it won't...
...
He wasn't going to scare his people to death again, would he…?
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Ĥ̵̠̌̂̀̔͊̀̄̚͘̕͠e̶̞̳̦̠͉͈̥̠͋͑̒̀͝ ̴̹͎̌͐̈̍̏̈̈́̇͗̔̈̄̃͋̏̂͗͛̂́͗͆̉̔̕w̶̡͔̯̖̱͔̹̺̝̱͈͇̟̲̜͖̏̍́̑̌͋̀̋̅̄̇̃̚̕̚̕͝͝ŏ̷̢̝̞̹̦̫̗͊̇̆̕͝͠ũ̸̡̲̅̏̉̇̓̐̎̅̏̀̅͋͝l̵̢̢̛̼̗̮̫͉̠̘̻̲͎͕͚͙͈̲̘̺͖̭̝̥̑̂̀̍̀̓̊̈́̆͛̉͋͑̎̈͛́͂̏͒͒͒͛̽̆̋̍̋͜͝ḏ̸̡̡̛̙̳̫̤͉̥̟̠͓̞̯͕̮̌͐̋̃͛̈́̀͆̅̋̀̕͘͝͝͠ͅͅ,̷̰̹̖̥͚͈̙̘̼̩̀͊͋̃͆̑͆̃̉̏̍̓̽̎̿̋̀̑̉̉̍̈̔̕̚̚͜͝ ̸̨̛̫̤̘̜̹͉̣͂̍̒͆̓̽͗͊̌͛̒̆̾̏̉̈͐̊̐̌̅́̀̿̀͘͝b̴̛̛̛͎͓̳̥̭͈̙̝͍̞̰͓̟̟̹̥̺̲̠̟͉̫́̏̿́̒̔͂͋̀̐̈́̒͐̏̈́̏̕͜͠ų̶̨̨̢̨͓̫̻͓͔͔͕̙͖̜͍̭͈̣̯̟̗̼͔̋͋̑̿̆̓́̏͂́̈̌͌̉̐̏̉̈́̉̈͘͝͝ͅt̸̡̮͍̱̭͎̮̹̞̳̖̿̒̀̌́ ̷̲̏w̸̡̛̺̺̃́̆̓͗̐͆̓̊͐̏̀͐͌͐͊̄̋̓̀ĩ̶͇̜͆͒͂̄̆͂̋̋̒̓͂͛̕͝ţ̴̨̨̨̨̼͈̻̮͔̞͍͑͂͒͌͆͐́̈́̾̈͛̈́̑͒̔̾͋͛̆̈́̓̕̕͝͝͝ͅḩ̴̧̨̨̹̤̮̞͍̬̤̯̬̺̪̤̼̰̦̩̹͇̹͙͚̰͓̪̔̊̔͘ ̷̛͓̖̯̍̀̈̔̉͐̒̑̏̔́͂͛̃̾͂́́͑͌̕͠͠ñ̴̛͇͍̳͑́͆̓̾̏͆̕͠͝͝͠ǫ̸̢̨̛̜͓̳̝̱̳̱̥͎̮̟̪̼̮̞͈̩̭̖̝̦̒̽̉͋̄̋͌͊̒͋̏͗̑̔͗̉͂̕͘̕͘͜͠͠͝͝ ̵̧̛̙̞͉͉͙̔́̈́͑͗̽̈́̊̀̂͛͗̂͒͘̕̚͝͝f̷̧̢̡̤͚̜̟͚͎̮̜̭͓̤͙̹̜̩͈͖͉͎̖̲̠̟̩͉̺̑̀̓̑̓̍̈̐̚ą̶̢̘̙͉͙̮̱̫͚͎͉̤̻̪̣̯̼͍̭͓̝͎͙̓̓̌̃̽͑̏͑̋̏̂̑̏͐̍̍̄͒̑͐̅̚̕͜͝͝͠u̴̧̧̲̹̳͈͈̙̬̯̞̪͍̪͇̭͕͙̖̝̤̯͔̘̲̞̭͆͛̏͛̐̀͑͜͠ͅl̷̡̢͎̮̟͕̲̰̗͙̞̮͔͉̮̝͎͇͓̩͌̓͌̉̎̅̋̅͑͐͌̔̌́̏̾͋̈̍̕͜͜͠͝ͅt̷̨͉̣͔̫̽̑̽̀̔͊͒̽͂̕͘ ̵̨̰͓̝̳̠̗̫̱̲̦͓̠̟̭̤̩̺̟̘̠̬̫͇̈́̐̀̎̎͝ͅơ̸̡̻̮̙̬̲̰̫̼̜̱̩̬̗̂͐͐̓̑̒̾̋̇̀͘̚͠ḟ̷̼̦͎̝͎̮̱̙̱̎́͗̉ ̷̼͓̟̾̔̍͐̂̇͑̌̊̏h̷̛͈̫̫͆̔̿̊̄̈̓́̎̀͗̎̈́̎̄͆̈̇́͝͠͝ȉ̶̡͉̣̠̳̝̥͓̟̹̜̯̫͉͙̹̱̫͓͐̑̀́̓̆͌̒̿̂̒̓̈͆͊̈̏̈̑̅̚s̴̢̢̡͎͇͖͍̱̟̱͓̰̐̏̀̅͌͘ͅ ̴̧̢͔̥͔̮̣̯̞̼̠̝͓̩̮̝̓͌̂̍̿̇̏̓̾͌̓̈́̔͛̿̓͌͜͝ͅȍ̶̲̻͇͔͕̦̬̮̻̰̏͆̏̌̇͑̿̍̒̇͛͛̀͂̈́̓͑̐̚̚͜͝w̷̻̼̝͎̪̫̘̥̦͈̘͙̘̍̎̉̆̂̓͒͋͆̊͑̌̂̐̓͌̈́̀̓̊͋̃͂̚͘͠ͅn̴̡̧̧̢̨͎͕͖̺̥̼̲̰̗͍͈̖̬͎̪͓͔̥͔̫̈́͂̿̚͜ͅ
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Well, that sounded quite,
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C̵̥͕̣̬̏ȩ̷̭̜͔̝͇̬͍́̏̕͜ļ̶̛̛̩͇͍̫̻̫͓͈̭̘̲̫̯̪̦̹̪͙͉̫̣̬̣̖̪͇̌̿̈́͛̄͂̊̈͆̈́̓̈́̇̑͐̊͌ͅè̴̠̥̬̮́͌̆͂́̃̏͒̃̌͑̇̔̓̾͋̋̄̀̈͗͒̍̀̒̕͝͝͝s̷̢͇̺̠̠̻̅̈́̌́͝ṯ̶̨̡̲̻̘̞̲̝̝̹̩͈̯̬̹͙̪̮͉̠͎͌̽͆̓̒̒͝ͅȉ̵̮̓͛̅́̊̀̉̊̌͒̍̓̂̕͠͝͝͝͝a̸̪̟̣̞͙̝͔̳̘̞̩͕̻̮͎͈̟̖̦̝̿̈̍͑͌͗̈̕̚͠ ̵̨͔͙̩͎̙͌͆n̸̨̢̛͍̪̝͉̞̗͇̣̞̫̥̰̜̣͕̘͔̳̳̈͒̓̀̏͒̋̊̎͐͂̎̃͋̌̋͋͒̃̚͜͝͝o̶̱͉͕͐͐̏͛̽̎ţ̵̡̧͖̠̙̞͉̺̝̞̫͉̺̥̲̤͖̾̑̏̓̃̐̉̈̒̀̑̋̽͘͘͜͠͝í̵̟̪̟̒͋̅̍͒̀͋̂̿̕͝c̴̨̨̨̧̢̢̛̙̪̩̬͉̼͓̰̘̲̝̙̱̦̱̬͔̦̻̰͙͚͕̒̔̓̂̓͒̎̐͂̑e̵̬͈̤̙̱̗̱̜̭͐̈́͐̀͋̒͆̄͗̍̇̀̂̅͘͜͝s̷̡̧̢͍̘͙͇̩͕͍̤̞̼̼̺̩̦̼͔͎̙͕̩̯̘̭͙̣̟̲͋̎͋̔̎̅̐̈́̄͌̄̈̈́͂̾̎͐̀̑ ̶̛̬͈̭͔͈͂͊͊́̉̎͌̒̀̒͒͊̾͌̿̅̉̏̚̕a̸̺̩͉̜̤̳̰̟̜̹͇͔͍̻̭̹̘̋͆̂͌̋͊͑̓̽̓̉͊̈́͋̕͠ͅn̷̡̢̡̧̛̳͓͔͚̟̬̹̘̮̬̫͖̩͙̖̫̺̻͑͒́͌̎͛̾̿̐̄͂͜͝͝ͅd̴̛͔̅̊͑͒̀͛̋͑́̑̐̒̐͊̎͑̔̋͗̅͝ ̶̧͇̬̩̯̠̦̗̭͙͆̋̈̕ţ̵̡̧̙͓̮̯̮͓̺̩̤͖̘̙̩͉̫̜̖͙͚̥͓̯̈́̀́̃̐̄͒͐̎͆͗̽͝ͅh̴̢̨͈͍̺͕̫͇̩͇̠͔̥̺̳̯͓͔͍̓͊̈́̽͆͋̚̚͝e̷͙̮̪̱̲̺̣͚̪̲̯͐͛͒͊͝ͅ ̴̛̛͚̅̿̐̓͌̓́͑͊̌́͂͊̽̾̿̅̂̍͊̕͘̕͝Ș̸̨̡̢̡̨̖̳̺̫͙͕̘̹̤̘͎̹̮̅̽̆̌̓̓̉̓̈́̉̔̌͑͛͆̅̓̾̇̎́͋̇͝͝͝͝u̵̻̪̥̪̠͙̽̆͋̑̋̈̄̉͋̌͆̈̀̔͊̇̀̔̀͂̆̑͘͝͝ş̵̤̼̯̹̯̭̖̐̊̓̋̅͐͂͜t̶̢̛̛̟̖̫͇̣͕̩̣̩͈͎̜̭̹̹͎͙̀͊͒̍́̈́͊̂͊̓̏̿̋̂̐̌̀̄̆̚ͅạ̸͓͆̄̾̈̾̒̕͝i̶̲͓̺̓̀̌̇͗́̂̈́̀̉̀̃̆͌̚͘͝n̴̜̣̣̙̪̽͌̃̇͆̄̋̓͐̈́͗͌̎̓́̏̽̆͋̓̽̍͘̚̚ë̵̡̢̫̞͉̭̠͉̰̦̘̙͇̔͐͛̇͊̎̋̿̃̔͊̃̀̒̎̔͋̀̓̏́͐̓̇͘͘͘͠͠r̶̲͚͙̖̪̦̬͉̜͓͚͍̜͕͉͈̍̊̕ ̸̡̖͕͉̖́̎͆͛͂̔̕͘͝͠͝a̶̧̛̛̳̫͔͎͔̻̙̳͚͕̫̖̗͈͈̟̺̐͒̈͌̓̃̂́̏͂͆͆̒̅́̄͂̿̆̋̽͑͜͝r̵̨̨̘̩̯̻͚̖̯͕̮̥̝̹̣̮͙̙̣̾̊ͅŕ̷̡̖̲̗̣͚̳̼̳̼̹̘͉̫̖͖͒̀̍̑̃̋̆̈́͂͘͜͠ỉ̸̡̧̢̜̝͖̥̜͚͈̺̺͙̗̞͕̘̞̭̮̠̈̀̿̂͐͐̌͜͠ͅv̵̳̜̣̱̘͙̦̪͇̹̳̯͔͉̪̳̞͖̝͕̝́̌͋̔̕͜ͅͅë̴̗̪͖͉̻̬̘̪̙̜̯̦̥͔̪͕̩͚̘̲͕̮̺͈̺̮̘̦́̋͌̾̀̆̄̅̐̓̄̓͒͊̀̄͘͝s̴̨̨̢̫̩̖̭̦̦̪͚͕͓̙͉͙̰̼̭͖̖͇̹̘͙̻̩̲̓̀́̌́̓͛̏͐͜
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Huh...? But wasn't he being very careful now...?
*Why would they suddenly...?
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"̶̧͓̩̱̗̟̦̳̥̳̝̦̝̳̻̞̫̺̼̠͖͇͎̩͚͍̘̥̰̗́̓̔͌͐͛̒̉̄̄͑̈́͛̌͑̂̓̆̽͛̓̿̽͒̚͠͝͝͝.̵̧̡̤͙̘̦̜̜̹̟͚͔͈̞͍̗̰͎͔̺̭̯͍̼͕͕͙͚̩͆̈́̄̀ͅ.̸̧̮̫̜̫͈̰̳͎̬̻̩̰̤̩̚ͅ.̴̖̘̟̫̪̪͓̟͖͕̩̺͚̭͉̩̫̪̱̜̻̄ͅŸ̸̡̨͕̳͔̹̟̼̻̩̹̜͓̞͇͉͍̩̥͇̟͖̦̫̱͎́̏̂̓̌͋̋̐̉̓͒̅͊͑̄̈́̾̀̊̇o̷̦͕̍̈́̓̉̐̃̾̾̓͗̇͝ū̶̡̜̤̙̞͔͊͛͐͐̆̎̉̆̏̆̕͠ ̵̡̡̤͕̙̟̫͚̙͙͈̼̻͔̙̱̱̩͉̼̒̓̇ͅw̵̨̢̬͎̗̪̯̬̘̯͎̮̣̩̯̤͚͔̥͍̥̖̭͎̞̽̋̔̓͛͜ò̴̥̗̣̝͙̣̙̬̫̜̝͎̲̜̋̄̃̆͒́͋̓̃́̐̔̿͛̊͂̿̓͑͘̕̚͝͠͝ư̷̧̨̨̧̧̘̼̠̜̣̪͍͖͔̱͎̦̮͔͉̫̤͙̭̟̤̤̻̠̽̀̈̏̒͊̇̇͋͜͝͝l̸̛̫̟̺̦̻̦͖̙̮̩̥͋̊̾͐́̓͑̍̃̇͗͘͘͝d̷͓̰͙͉̬͔͈͖͕̙̞͓̻̖̩̞̮̹̮̩͖͚̥̳̈́͗̈́͐̆́̑̂͂̈̃̈́̀́̃̓͂͑̇̀̌͐̊͛͘͜͜͠ͅͅͅn̸̢̨̝͇͉̖̭̯͙̬̟̜̙̞̦̰̝̈̅̂̈́̀̑̈́̉̄̐͌͗͘͜͠͝'̷̳̹̤̾̊̔̋̉͌̇̒͋̈̌̂̑̇̍͆̔̍͘̕͜t̷̡͚͍̝̼̱̝͓͔̰̗̯̣͖̲͈̲̟̆ ̸̢̛̖͚͐̈́̉̄̍́͐̽̈̐̇͛͆̌̂͂̀͊̈́͒̓̀̕̕̚͠͝b̸̡̥̜͔̥̄͛̔̎́͌͌́̌̾̾̓̀͒̾̓̆͐͒̕͘̚͝͝͝ȩ̵̢̛̫͓͖̖̜̜̳̫̪̮̪̜̣̤̲͉̤̳̍͐͂̾̃̏̊̅̃̈́̂̍̊̇̌͛̒͛͝͝͠͝͠ ̵̧̢̗̟̳̜̼̯̣̫̙̖͍͕̝̟̪̗͙̫̱͍̻̦̮̟̥̙͇͆͋̑̋́͊̏́̚͜͠a̶̧̢̨̛̪̬̮̠̣̬͈͎̙̠̫̙͈͙̫͖͔̭̻͎̰͍̻͖͋̿͑̾̅̈͆͗̒́̾̑̈́͜͜b̷̧̙̽̐͑͘̕ļ̶̲̫͈̒̅̀͂̑̑̓͌̋́͂͘͠͝ḛ̴̡̟̘̙̻͓̪̰̭̲͉͙̪̼̺͈̘͚͕̬͈̳̞͉̪̘͇̐̔͐͋͆͆̊͊͗̀͛̈́̓͂͛̆̚̕̕͘͜͝͝ ̴̨̢̢̨̢͙͓̘̼̻͈͖̞͉͖̣̻̣̳̥̲͔̤͈͈̹͕͙̒̅́͐͜ͅt̷̨̡̞͙̘͓̗̫̪̜̻̣͍̜̣̗̰̥͉̯͊͋̋̌͂̏́͐́̒̈́̃͂̍͑̃͋͆̃͑͊̾́̍̀̚̕ŏ̴̟̤͈̳̯̈́͊͊̏̒̌̇͑̔̈́̍̔̕̕͝ ̵̧̡̡̲̦̼̫̝̼̰̫̳͎͍͕̯̻̤̠̳̳̒̒̆̔͂̾̓̒̉̽̚͘͜͜s̸͖̯̻̩͍̲͙͈̟̖̝̩̠̫̲̙̻͉̰̫̮̠̬̹͇͖̭͚͙̗̆̐̂͂͆̒̉̒̈́̍̿͛͒̐̈́̍̇̃̾̍̽̍̍͂͘̚͝͝t̴̡̛̙͓̙̝̺̰͕̤̪̳̰̮͈̝̥͉̔͛̏̏̃̏̎̈́͋̔̂̅̌̌̋̿̅̒̉̇͐̈̐͊͑̀̕͜͝͠ͅā̷̢̡̧̢̙̭͕̦͍̩̱̠͕̟͇̣̰̣͎̠͎̭̲̩͚̽́̎̀̒̈́͐͋̓̈̈̅͆͗̅̈̈́̔̌̂̃͋͘ͅy̸̛̘̣͔̤̪͙̝̬͓̣̤͍̝̑̀̈́̄̈̂̿̽́͊̓̔̽̓̑́͐̓̋̀͜͜͝͠͠ͅͅ ̴̧̧̹͈̦̥̟̜̫̪̩̪̻̖̲̪͙̝̯̭̺̖̮͓̑̈̈́͗͆̃̈́̈́̾͘͜͝͝ͅͅų̶̡̣̼̯̞̖̤̙̮̦̺̱̺̳̺͍̹͇̮̰͙̌̈́̂͐͌͆̄̂̎͗̾̾͒̋̋̉̾̊̄̔̀̌͂̋̕͝͝͝ņ̸̨͚̯͍̻̣͚̠̩̬̪͚͍̜̖͓̯̮̯̥͓̝̩̆i̷̢̛̘̩͇̞͙͔͖̺̪̣̹̠̭̿͂́̓̒͑͠ǹ̶̛̖̱͌̃̎̓̈́́͛̌̿̎͑͌̾̅̐̓̍̈́̈́̓̀͝͝͝v̸̢̫̳̮͍͚̣͉͙̳̩̟̗͓͎̩̰̯͚̣͕̜̈́̏̑͂̏̍̋̚͜o̴̢̤͚̼̝̮͒̿̍̈́̊͂̏͑͛̀͋̋́͗̂͊̇̔͋̀͋͜͝͝ļ̷̨̢̛̲̦̙̘̪̬̦̭̞̾̽̏͋̾́͑͗́̽͐̈́̀̒̍̔̈͊̂͌̊̌̚͘̕͝͝͝͠ͅv̴͍̯̦̓̌̂͌̌̏̚̚ͅę̴̨̲̥̹̮̠͇̥̗̭̝͇̫̰̜́̏̓̇̊̏͂͂̾͆̓̇̀͛̐͑̒̃̕͘̕̚͘̕̕ḋ̸͚͇̺̪͖̗,̵̛̪̈́̈́̃͑̎̀̓̌́̆̎̃͊̽̕͝͝ ̸̪̮̼̝͈̯̆͆̈́̒̀̎́͛́́̅̇̓͒̀͗̊̑̈́͒̚̕͝͝Ḇ̷͕̠̩̝͍̻̲͖͈̃͂̈́̔̈́͑̍ą̶̛̬̮̩̱͇͙̟̔͗́̉̋̾́̀͛̇̎̔̄̈́͛̅͑̅̆̌̍̑̾́̈́̂ŗ̸̡̡̨̨̦̟̮̩̳͈͍̖̥̮͎̫̺̠̲̠̜̬̞͕̬̭̿̽̌̐͊̅͑̅̕̕͘b̷̢͖̣͇̫̦̣̝̺̲̞̝̼͖̻̙͎̘̼͔̹̟̯͎̫̥̞̙͙͖̓͐̊̀̒̌̊̎́̓̂̈́͑̃̉̊̉́̇̀̾̓̿̀̕͝͝͠a̴̛̝͇̱̟̯̹̾͋̍̅̆̌̉̑͑̓̽̑͌͐̇̓̑̒́̚͝͝t̴̛̠̞͕͉͌̑̒͐̓̊̾̑̑͛̒̈̎̾̃̋̈̑̕͝ơ̵̢̫̇́̆̽͂͊͂́̀̊̿͌̒̓̂͋̓͑̓̏̀̄͠͝ś̶̡̨̡̡̙͇̻̯̪͚̯̲̪͎̙̮͍̺̞̝͉̥̟͎̓͊̅̓̑̂͛̋̃̾͋̋̓̈̽̌̇̉̓̽͆̾́̐͜͝͝͝ͅ.̸̧̧̹̟͕͙͍̗̠̙̙̓̉̆̀̓̎͒̓͂̒͒̏͋̂̀͛̏͑͐̎̈́͐͑̎͘͠͝͝͝"̶̡̧̧̲̫͕̪̘͖̗̝͎̲̠̩͓͙͓̺̩̩̥̭̝̂͛̿͆
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Just what was he going to do in the future that...?!
*He wouldn't need to restore...
.̸̨̼̼̦̣̯͇̲͇͔̦̟̻̳̭̜͋͑̉̋̅̾̌͗̉̕ͅ.̷͚͓̟͓̊̾̌͐̓̈́̐.̵̢̛̻̜̲͓̭͇̲̬̺̼̬̬͓͕͎̯͉̥͙̜̫̀̈́̅̓̈́̅̽̒͌̍̅̓̍͌͐̕͜͠Ã̸̩͙̯̭̜̩̯̬̯̲̤͚̳͔̞͔̦̙͚̟́͆̾̂̀͊̔̆̂͒̐̓͐̈́̃̔͘̕͘͜͝ ̴̛͍̟͍͉͙̮̭͔̱̙̯̗̬̖̦̙̳̫͈̭̰̯͙̣̞̈́̃̌̄͑͑̈́́̉͊̿͋̕̚͝w̷̧̰̱̯͓̣̗̹͓̝̥̝̖̜̝̤̏̊͒͜͠ḣ̷̢̰͎̗̪̜̙̯͙̗͍̭͙̻̟̺̈̍́̅́̽̈́̈́̑͝ơ̴̞͍͔̦̜͉͈͎̤͔̻̱̤̱͙̱̩̣͚͍̯̬̤̟̞̗̍́͗̌͋̋͋͛͂̌͝͠͝ͅl̶̨̨͔̙̫̰̲̲̳̠̫͖̥̦͇̩̥͈̂͋̎́͌͜ḝ̷̛͉̰̟̻̠̣̙̱̪̗̼̪̜͙̙̲̫̦͎͙͇̻̭́͌̂́͌͒̆̒̈́̈̄͋̏̉̐͛̈́̕͘͜ ̷̢̨͉̦͓̟̹̯̜̺̟̥̣̼̺̤̝̣̘̼̥͕͓̹͉̌̾̊̑̇̊͝n̷͔̼͊͑́͋̕͝a̷̰͙̮͓͈̬̱͖̤̭̣͙̲͛̄̃̓̉̏́͛̎͋̈̐̎͑͆́̔͊͗͐́̿̐̆͌̌͘̕͝͝t̴͔͕̦̔̉i̵̛̱̎̀͛̅͠͝ő̴̯̭̘͕̠̟̬͔̣̰͗̆̂̔̿̐̍̔̄̑͂͐̿̀͗̈́̐̚͘͝͝ͅn̶̨̛͈̮̟̙̈́͒͊̃͗͌̒̈́́͛̊͌̈́̒̂̑̌̀̃̿̆͌̊͌̿́̕͠͝ ̸̢̨͈̮͙̦̩͚̪̤̪͖̺͍̯̖̘̐̀̄̄̐͗̿͂̄̾̀̈̌̌̿̆̓̾́͗̾̋̌̓͘̕̚͜ͅw̷̛̜̪͉̞̗͓̦̗̞͖̟̙͇͛̇̎͆̀͆̓̀̅̅̆̇̈́̆͊͗̈́̓̎̆̾̀̑͌͂͘͠͠ͅī̷̢̟̯̻̖̏̌͂̓̑́̽̒̂̒̓̑̀̾̈́̌̿̌͑͛̊̀̏͗͘̕͠͝ͅt̴̢̡̨̨͚̞͙̯̣͍̠͍͕̤͈̱̺͙́̈́̓h̸̳̦̏̓̔̈̊̂̍̃̿̈̐̈́̏̀̋͆̕͘͘͝͠ ̸̧̨̨̛̛̛͔̻̥̜͕̪͇͈̯͕͍̭́̎̐̌̂̽̄̏́̉̿́́͗̃͆̆͠͝͝h̵̜̞̠̺̰͚͖͙͕̠̜̍͐͛̍̍̒̍̿͊̑̎͋̂͒̅̇̓͗͂̕͘̕̚i̵̧̦̫͈̫̫̲̣͎̯̮͔̥̻͉̲̙̫̖͚̻̺̼̦̖̙͓̖̻̅̎̇̆̋͐̍̒͋̋͌̀́͂̿͋̌̓͂́͝ͅs̵̢̛̻̫̗̠̬̟̲̳̻̎́̀̿́̍̽̓̔̀̔̇̅̐̅͗̀̔͐͘̚̚̕͝͝͝͝ ̴̢̯̖͕͖̗̹̜̣̻̳̟̩͖̱̬̠̯͎͆̌͊͜Ṯ̵̱̖͎͎͇̰͍̈́̇̀̇́́̾͌̌̿̃̇̑̎̈̐̿̂̕i̴̫̻̬̬̙̬͓̩͈͎̜̭͙̖͂̇̌̓̅͗͑̈́͊̈́͒̂̿͆́̚͘ḿ̶̗͙͙̯̱̈́̆̈̋̓͑̆e̷̡̡̡͍͈̘͓͍̯̬͎͓͍̙̼̫̬̼̦͇̮̬̐̽̾̑͂̐̈́̿̈̔̃̀̊͊̋̂̈̌͌͛͂̇͊̒͂̚͘ ̸̧̗̗̫͕͚̘̻̝͍̪̲̠̗͓̠̳̪̟̯̮̌̏͌̓̄̀͊͗̌̎̈́̈́̆̈́̅͋́̓̂̋̈͘̕̚͘͘͝P̶̧̝̼̦̣͈͍̖̱̙̭͉͕͔͇̲͍̔̅͒͒̔͑̚ͅơ̵̠̦͉̘̯̱̩̄̾̓́͐͌̓͝w̵̡̡̼̩̥̩̺̱͇̰̩̺̳͍̹͎̩̯̳͈̺̻̺͎͎̾̈́̈́͒̒̑̃̽́̈́͂̒̓̈́̎̽͒̆̄̃̊̄̈͘͝ͅe̴̬̦͎̟̣̗̫̙̲͓̳̖͕̳͊̉͗͂̀͑͘ͅr̵̡͇͕̲͚͇̹̙͖͙͈̍͗̃̄̓͆̈͜.̵̨̨̧̛̛̘̜͉̣̹̥̳̦͉͈̥͎̱̞͔̮͎̦̮̮̩̱̱͕̆͂̈́́́́͌̎.̸̢̨͓̳̬͇̙̠̮͇̘̟̣̭͍̬͈̖͇̬̗̯͚̅́͐̎̍̆̆̏̊͆͘͜͜͝͝.̴̢̛̪̗͓͖̭͓͈̟̪̞̪̗̻̹̩̱̺͚̼̺̤͕͕͖͙̥̌̾̿͜͠ͅ
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He should focus on the task at hand.
A few minutes later, he was busy restoring part of the City of Gurabad,
With Samir standing nearby, looking both hopeful and...Very tense...
*Barbatos knew why his fellow god was reacting like this, but...
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Seeing him like this somehow felt very weird...
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-...Using this much Time Power is probably starting to get waxing on you, right...? Especially since the City of Gurabad was pretty big, so restoring even a part of it...-Samir told him a minute or so later, looking and sounding quite worried, before he paused in thought. -...Even after getting reincarnated by HER, I still have quite a nice Power Reserve. Want me to share some of it with you...? It should be easier to master than the Power of Time...Probably. -He added, before deeply sighing. Why was he acting like this...? Oh, right...-...Just imagining even a part of the city restored, I...And yet I am not certain what to give you as thanks...-He sadly mumbled, before his expression turned thoughtful again. -...Instead of sharing my energy...Perhaps creating some crazy tech for Mondstadt...? But it should be something that is not considered as Forbidden Knowledge...
-...Just promising to take my people in a time of a great crisis should be enough for me. -Barbatos said a moment later, as he remembered asking for a similar thing of Ei and Zhongli. And after hearing Nicole's words and the realization he had afterwards. -...Seems like it's going to happen either way, in either the distant or not so distant future...
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"... No matter how many hardships are bound to occur..."
This part of Nicole's words,
He didn't like it either...
*Just what was going to happen that...?!
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"̴̧̢̨̛̛̱͎̗̙̫̳̺̥͎̠̟̯͖͖͙͇̮̰̙̖͑̿̂͑͆̾̓͂́̄͒͛̾̌̎̾͒̕̕͠.̴̛̜̰̏̾̌̎̐̊̆̇͘͠.̷̨̛̞͍̼̰͈͖̮̝̬̥͕̥̠͍̂́͆́̓̆͊̍͆̀̔̈͛̆̍̀̎̀̍̎͝.̷̡͓͍͇̜̱͎̯̯͍̮̬̭͈̠͈̃̑̍̇͗̆̓͊̓͌͐̅̉̑̈͜͜͝T̴̨̞̪͎͚̟̟̲̠͙͔͊̅͗̀͑̇̉͛́̉́̆̎̈́̆́̋̿̀̕̚̚ͅh̷͍͖̺͎͔͚͈̱͈̤̻̤͓̪̭̰̞͂̇͋͐̈́̔̈́̔̏́͋́͂̃̄̚͝ḯ̵̡̢̭͕̰̳͙͓̣̬͖̫̭́͆̏͜͝s̶̨͙͕͚͍̰̘̞͉̍̄̑́̑̀̆͋́͂͘ͅ ̷̥͓͖̦̫̰̱̜̥̩͌ͅį̵̡̢̣̖̠̫̟̤̰͎̝̠͔͙̦̙̏̔̈́̐͗͒̃̀̈̈͐̐̚̚̚š̴͇̺̣̞̗̣͔̼̙̯̮̦̰̜̣̬̬̔͜͜ ̶̛̮̗̱̈̓̿́̂́̂̎̓̉̔̀̈́̇͌͋̽̓́̽͆̑̋͑͂̾͋̕͠t̴̢̧͓̗̲̲͖̫̭̝͉̼͉̝̖̖̞̫̟͖̟̯̿̕̚͘͜h̷̫̳͚͕̥̘͉̥̯̺̻͙̩̠͔͍̫͖̰͓̳́͌̏͋̏͝ḙ̶̛̞̹̦̼̺̊͂͋̉̋̊͆̅̌̄̍̒́̉̃͊̚ ̴̧̧͍̱̗̱̺͔͍̯̘͚̗̻̭̖͉̝̑̓́̎̉̋ͅC̴̛̛̖̤͎̻͎̻̜͕̏̿̇̊͌͊͌̅͑̒̀̀̊̓̀̈́̍͘͝͝a̴̧̢̛͕̬̳̤̰͇̜̩͚̩̙̝͕͈͚̣͖̥̼͓̲͕̘̎̎̋̋͊̿̎̑͋͊͋̾̍̅͛̃̾͐͛̓̚̚͜l̵̡̞̞̥͗͒̈́͑̈́̾͌͝͝͝m̷̨̼͎̼̄̌̍̀̊̽͗̃̋͗̔̈̂̂́̄̑͑͑̑̇͌͠͠ ̷̧̧̘̠̗̖͙͍̞̠̻̮͖̫̘̙̫͉̙͖͕͓͕̳͎͓̩̘̅̿͂͂̍͜͝b̸̨̪͎̳͈̠̗͙̩̪̲̯̜̹̬̮̪̤͔̺́̈́͋͆̒͛̅̇̀͐̽́̿̃͆́̾̔͋̇̀͂̾̍̅̕̕͜͝ͅe̸͓̔̆̈́̐̓̾̄̄̆̌͆̋̍̏́̏̈̕̕f̸̧̧̢̮̜̭͖̞̱̭̱͊́̂͒̑͆͒͋̑̇̍͑̔̃͋̎̏̎̍̾̅̋̓̚͝͠͝ǫ̸͎̙͚̦͕̣̯̗̝̰̯̭̗̫͎̜̍̑͂́͗͂̾̒̎͌͒͐͑̍͑̐̽̉̾̾̑́̕̚͝r̸̢̢̛̖̠͈̜̲̞̪̣͔͉͕̳̙̳̗̗̈͆̑̃̄́̓̑̓͋͑̐͋̓̈͝ẹ̸̢̧̮̟̘͉̈͝ͅ ̸̧̛̦̲͔͈̱̭̐͗̀̓̊̍̄̌̈́̓̚̕͘͝ͅͅt̸̡̛̩̣͐̄̈́́̓̂̓́͑̃͑̒̕͘͠h̶̗̟͎̞̩̳̙̯͇̬̻̉̽̽͒̿ͅȩ̴̬̯̮͉̹̠̺̣̼̠̺̪̈́̍̈́͑͑́̀̑͒̈́͋́̃̋̆͌̓̕̚ ̷̡̨̨̨͇͎̯͓̘̘̙̪̟̖̻͉̙̱̳̻̱̜̤̌̀͠͝Ŝ̸̡̢̛͖̥̘̱̞̖͇̖̲͉͛͗̒͑͂̎̏͛͋̀͒̆̕t̷̨̥͎̰̹̼̹͉̤͗̇͜o̵̢̧̡̱̺̼͕͔͖̫̤̱̤̰̹̫͈̘̼̻̠͇̘͖̣̒̂͗̊̆͂̒̑̃̒̀̈́̔͊̃̃͜͝͝r̶̨̺̖̘̼̪̝̯͓̦̹̘̝̤̥̯̺̹̹̤͙̱̞̐̔͒́́̔̔͗͛̅̿͌̂̃̃̈̓͑̃́̒̂͑́͆̑͘m̶͚̘̜̗̜͈͙͇̰̟̘̹͓̐͑͒̈́̽̒̅̉̈͛̈́͛͐̌͛̃̈͌̋̓̃̕̕̕͝͠͠.̸̢̨̛̯̰̘̠̩̳̳͍̗̮̗̣͚̦͓̜͈͇̗̙̠̹̘͑̇́͋̽̃"̸̧̛̛̟̮̬̦̜̻̗̩̩͍̙̫̣̤̬̣̟̭̰͔̤̝̮̹͎͚̱͐̌̊͊́̃̎̈̂̍̓̒̇̀͑̂̑̐͋̆̾̀̈́̏͘ͅͅ
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Well, that was definitely ominous...
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"... everything will be resolved in the end."
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He surely hoped that it would.
*Because if it won't...
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He wasn't going to scare his people to death again, would he…?
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Ĥ̵̠̌̂̀̔͊̀̄̚͘̕͠e̶̞̳̦̠͉͈̥̠͋͑̒̀͝ ̴̹͎̌͐̈̍̏̈̈́̇͗̔̈̄̃͋̏̂͗͛̂́͗͆̉̔̕w̶̡͔̯̖̱͔̹̺̝̱͈͇̟̲̜͖̏̍́̑̌͋̀̋̅̄̇̃̚̕̚̕͝͝ŏ̷̢̝̞̹̦̫̗͊̇̆̕͝͠ũ̸̡̲̅̏̉̇̓̐̎̅̏̀̅͋͝l̵̢̢̛̼̗̮̫͉̠̘̻̲͎͕͚͙͈̲̘̺͖̭̝̥̑̂̀̍̀̓̊̈́̆͛̉͋͑̎̈͛́͂̏͒͒͒͛̽̆̋̍̋͜͝ḏ̸̡̡̛̙̳̫̤͉̥̟̠͓̞̯͕̮̌͐̋̃͛̈́̀͆̅̋̀̕͘͝͝͠ͅͅ,̷̰̹̖̥͚͈̙̘̼̩̀͊͋̃͆̑͆̃̉̏̍̓̽̎̿̋̀̑̉̉̍̈̔̕̚̚͜͝ ̸̨̛̫̤̘̜̹͉̣͂̍̒͆̓̽͗͊̌͛̒̆̾̏̉̈͐̊̐̌̅́̀̿̀͘͝b̴̛̛̛͎͓̳̥̭͈̙̝͍̞̰͓̟̟̹̥̺̲̠̟͉̫́̏̿́̒̔͂͋̀̐̈́̒͐̏̈́̏̕͜͠ų̶̨̨̢̨͓̫̻͓͔͔͕̙͖̜͍̭͈̣̯̟̗̼͔̋͋̑̿̆̓́̏͂́̈̌͌̉̐̏̉̈́̉̈͘͝͝ͅt̸̡̮͍̱̭͎̮̹̞̳̖̿̒̀̌́ ̷̲̏w̸̡̛̺̺̃́̆̓͗̐͆̓̊͐̏̀͐͌͐͊̄̋̓̀ĩ̶͇̜͆͒͂̄̆͂̋̋̒̓͂͛̕͝ţ̴̨̨̨̨̼͈̻̮͔̞͍͑͂͒͌͆͐́̈́̾̈͛̈́̑͒̔̾͋͛̆̈́̓̕̕͝͝͝ͅḩ̴̧̨̨̹̤̮̞͍̬̤̯̬̺̪̤̼̰̦̩̹͇̹͙͚̰͓̪̔̊̔͘ ̷̛͓̖̯̍̀̈̔̉͐̒̑̏̔́͂͛̃̾͂́́͑͌̕͠͠ñ̴̛͇͍̳͑́͆̓̾̏͆̕͠͝͝͠ǫ̸̢̨̛̜͓̳̝̱̳̱̥͎̮̟̪̼̮̞͈̩̭̖̝̦̒̽̉͋̄̋͌͊̒͋̏͗̑̔͗̉͂̕͘̕͘͜͠͠͝͝ ̵̧̛̙̞͉͉͙̔́̈́͑͗̽̈́̊̀̂͛͗̂͒͘̕̚͝͝f̷̧̢̡̤͚̜̟͚͎̮̜̭͓̤͙̹̜̩͈͖͉͎̖̲̠̟̩͉̺̑̀̓̑̓̍̈̐̚ą̶̢̘̙͉͙̮̱̫͚͎͉̤̻̪̣̯̼͍̭͓̝͎͙̓̓̌̃̽͑̏͑̋̏̂̑̏͐̍̍̄͒̑͐̅̚̕͜͝͝͠u̴̧̧̲̹̳͈͈̙̬̯̞̪͍̪͇̭͕͙̖̝̤̯͔̘̲̞̭͆͛̏͛̐̀͑͜͠ͅl̷̡̢͎̮̟͕̲̰̗͙̞̮͔͉̮̝͎͇͓̩͌̓͌̉̎̅̋̅͑͐͌̔̌́̏̾͋̈̍̕͜͜͠͝ͅt̷̨͉̣͔̫̽̑̽̀̔͊͒̽͂̕͘ ̵̨̰͓̝̳̠̗̫̱̲̦͓̠̟̭̤̩̺̟̘̠̬̫͇̈́̐̀̎̎͝ͅơ̸̡̻̮̙̬̲̰̫̼̜̱̩̬̗̂͐͐̓̑̒̾̋̇̀͘̚͠ḟ̷̼̦͎̝͎̮̱̙̱̎́͗̉ ̷̼͓̟̾̔̍͐̂̇͑̌̊̏h̷̛͈̫̫͆̔̿̊̄̈̓́̎̀͗̎̈́̎̄͆̈̇́͝͠͝ȉ̶̡͉̣̠̳̝̥͓̟̹̜̯̫͉͙̹̱̫͓͐̑̀́̓̆͌̒̿̂̒̓̈͆͊̈̏̈̑̅̚s̴̢̢̡͎͇͖͍̱̟̱͓̰̐̏̀̅͌͘ͅ ̴̧̢͔̥͔̮̣̯̞̼̠̝͓̩̮̝̓͌̂̍̿̇̏̓̾͌̓̈́̔͛̿̓͌͜͝ͅȍ̶̲̻͇͔͕̦̬̮̻̰̏͆̏̌̇͑̿̍̒̇͛͛̀͂̈́̓͑̐̚̚͜͝w̷̻̼̝͎̪̫̘̥̦͈̘͙̘̍̎̉̆̂̓͒͋͆̊͑̌̂̐̓͌̈́̀̓̊͋̃͂̚͘͠ͅn̴̡̧̧̢̨͎͕͖̺̥̼̲̰̗͍͈̖̬͎̪͓͔̥͔̫̈́͂̿̚͜ͅ
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Well, that sounded quite,
And after he promised...
*Just what was going to...?
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C̵̥͕̣̬̏ȩ̷̭̜͔̝͇̬͍́̏̕͜ļ̶̛̛̩͇͍̫̻̫͓͈̭̘̲̫̯̪̦̹̪͙͉̫̣̬̣̖̪͇̌̿̈́͛̄͂̊̈͆̈́̓̈́̇̑͐̊͌ͅè̴̠̥̬̮́͌̆͂́̃̏͒̃̌͑̇̔̓̾͋̋̄̀̈͗͒̍̀̒̕͝͝͝s̷̢͇̺̠̠̻̅̈́̌́͝ṯ̶̨̡̲̻̘̞̲̝̝̹̩͈̯̬̹͙̪̮͉̠͎͌̽͆̓̒̒͝ͅȉ̵̮̓͛̅́̊̀̉̊̌͒̍̓̂̕͠͝͝͝͝a̸̪̟̣̞͙̝͔̳̘̞̩͕̻̮͎͈̟̖̦̝̿̈̍͑͌͗̈̕̚͠ ̵̨͔͙̩͎̙͌͆n̸̨̢̛͍̪̝͉̞̗͇̣̞̫̥̰̜̣͕̘͔̳̳̈͒̓̀̏͒̋̊̎͐͂̎̃͋̌̋͋͒̃̚͜͝͝o̶̱͉͕͐͐̏͛̽̎ţ̵̡̧͖̠̙̞͉̺̝̞̫͉̺̥̲̤͖̾̑̏̓̃̐̉̈̒̀̑̋̽͘͘͜͠͝í̵̟̪̟̒͋̅̍͒̀͋̂̿̕͝c̴̨̨̨̧̢̢̛̙̪̩̬͉̼͓̰̘̲̝̙̱̦̱̬͔̦̻̰͙͚͕̒̔̓̂̓͒̎̐͂̑e̵̬͈̤̙̱̗̱̜̭͐̈́͐̀͋̒͆̄͗̍̇̀̂̅͘͜͝s̷̡̧̢͍̘͙͇̩͕͍̤̞̼̼̺̩̦̼͔͎̙͕̩̯̘̭͙̣̟̲͋̎͋̔̎̅̐̈́̄͌̄̈̈́͂̾̎͐̀̑ ̶̛̬͈̭͔͈͂͊͊́̉̎͌̒̀̒͒͊̾͌̿̅̉̏̚̕a̸̺̩͉̜̤̳̰̟̜̹͇͔͍̻̭̹̘̋͆̂͌̋͊͑̓̽̓̉͊̈́͋̕͠ͅn̷̡̢̡̧̛̳͓͔͚̟̬̹̘̮̬̫͖̩͙̖̫̺̻͑͒́͌̎͛̾̿̐̄͂͜͝͝ͅd̴̛͔̅̊͑͒̀͛̋͑́̑̐̒̐͊̎͑̔̋͗̅͝ ̶̧͇̬̩̯̠̦̗̭͙͆̋̈̕ţ̵̡̧̙͓̮̯̮͓̺̩̤͖̘̙̩͉̫̜̖͙͚̥͓̯̈́̀́̃̐̄͒͐̎͆͗̽͝ͅh̴̢̨͈͍̺͕̫͇̩͇̠͔̥̺̳̯͓͔͍̓͊̈́̽͆͋̚̚͝e̷͙̮̪̱̲̺̣͚̪̲̯͐͛͒͊͝ͅ ̴̛̛͚̅̿̐̓͌̓́͑͊̌́͂͊̽̾̿̅̂̍͊̕͘̕͝Ș̸̨̡̢̡̨̖̳̺̫͙͕̘̹̤̘͎̹̮̅̽̆̌̓̓̉̓̈́̉̔̌͑͛͆̅̓̾̇̎́͋̇͝͝͝͝u̵̻̪̥̪̠͙̽̆͋̑̋̈̄̉͋̌͆̈̀̔͊̇̀̔̀͂̆̑͘͝͝ş̵̤̼̯̹̯̭̖̐̊̓̋̅͐͂͜t̶̢̛̛̟̖̫͇̣͕̩̣̩͈͎̜̭̹̹͎͙̀͊͒̍́̈́͊̂͊̓̏̿̋̂̐̌̀̄̆̚ͅạ̸͓͆̄̾̈̾̒̕͝i̶̲͓̺̓̀̌̇͗́̂̈́̀̉̀̃̆͌̚͘͝n̴̜̣̣̙̪̽͌̃̇͆̄̋̓͐̈́͗͌̎̓́̏̽̆͋̓̽̍͘̚̚ë̵̡̢̫̞͉̭̠͉̰̦̘̙͇̔͐͛̇͊̎̋̿̃̔͊̃̀̒̎̔͋̀̓̏́͐̓̇͘͘͘͠͠r̶̲͚͙̖̪̦̬͉̜͓͚͍̜͕͉͈̍̊̕ ̸̡̖͕͉̖́̎͆͛͂̔̕͘͝͠͝a̶̧̛̛̳̫͔͎͔̻̙̳͚͕̫̖̗͈͈̟̺̐͒̈͌̓̃̂́̏͂͆͆̒̅́̄͂̿̆̋̽͑͜͝r̵̨̨̘̩̯̻͚̖̯͕̮̥̝̹̣̮͙̙̣̾̊ͅŕ̷̡̖̲̗̣͚̳̼̳̼̹̘͉̫̖͖͒̀̍̑̃̋̆̈́͂͘͜͠ỉ̸̡̧̢̜̝͖̥̜͚͈̺̺͙̗̞͕̘̞̭̮̠̈̀̿̂͐͐̌͜͠ͅv̵̳̜̣̱̘͙̦̪͇̹̳̯͔͉̪̳̞͖̝͕̝́̌͋̔̕͜ͅͅë̴̗̪͖͉̻̬̘̪̙̜̯̦̥͔̪͕̩͚̘̲͕̮̺͈̺̮̘̦́̋͌̾̀̆̄̅̐̓̄̓͒͊̀̄͘͝s̴̨̨̢̫̩̖̭̦̦̪͚͕͓̙͉͙̰̼̭͖̖͇̹̘͙̻̩̲̓̀́̌́̓͛̏͐͜
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Huh...? But wasn't he being very careful now...?
*Why would they suddenly...?
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"̶̧͓̩̱̗̟̦̳̥̳̝̦̝̳̻̞̫̺̼̠͖͇͎̩͚͍̘̥̰̗́̓̔͌͐͛̒̉̄̄͑̈́͛̌͑̂̓̆̽͛̓̿̽͒̚͠͝͝͝.̵̧̡̤͙̘̦̜̜̹̟͚͔͈̞͍̗̰͎͔̺̭̯͍̼͕͕͙͚̩͆̈́̄̀ͅ.̸̧̮̫̜̫͈̰̳͎̬̻̩̰̤̩̚ͅ.̴̖̘̟̫̪̪͓̟͖͕̩̺͚̭͉̩̫̪̱̜̻̄ͅŸ̸̡̨͕̳͔̹̟̼̻̩̹̜͓̞͇͉͍̩̥͇̟͖̦̫̱͎́̏̂̓̌͋̋̐̉̓͒̅͊͑̄̈́̾̀̊̇o̷̦͕̍̈́̓̉̐̃̾̾̓͗̇͝ū̶̡̜̤̙̞͔͊͛͐͐̆̎̉̆̏̆̕͠ ̵̡̡̤͕̙̟̫͚̙͙͈̼̻͔̙̱̱̩͉̼̒̓̇ͅw̵̨̢̬͎̗̪̯̬̘̯͎̮̣̩̯̤͚͔̥͍̥̖̭͎̞̽̋̔̓͛͜ò̴̥̗̣̝͙̣̙̬̫̜̝͎̲̜̋̄̃̆͒́͋̓̃́̐̔̿͛̊͂̿̓͑͘̕̚͝͠͝ư̷̧̨̨̧̧̘̼̠̜̣̪͍͖͔̱͎̦̮͔͉̫̤͙̭̟̤̤̻̠̽̀̈̏̒͊̇̇͋͜͝͝l̸̛̫̟̺̦̻̦͖̙̮̩̥͋̊̾͐́̓͑̍̃̇͗͘͘͝d̷͓̰͙͉̬͔͈͖͕̙̞͓̻̖̩̞̮̹̮̩͖͚̥̳̈́͗̈́͐̆́̑̂͂̈̃̈́̀́̃̓͂͑̇̀̌͐̊͛͘͜͜͠ͅͅͅn̸̢̨̝͇͉̖̭̯͙̬̟̜̙̞̦̰̝̈̅̂̈́̀̑̈́̉̄̐͌͗͘͜͠͝'̷̳̹̤̾̊̔̋̉͌̇̒͋̈̌̂̑̇̍͆̔̍͘̕͜t̷̡͚͍̝̼̱̝͓͔̰̗̯̣͖̲͈̲̟̆ ̸̢̛̖͚͐̈́̉̄̍́͐̽̈̐̇͛͆̌̂͂̀͊̈́͒̓̀̕̕̚͠͝b̸̡̥̜͔̥̄͛̔̎́͌͌́̌̾̾̓̀͒̾̓̆͐͒̕͘̚͝͝͝ȩ̵̢̛̫͓͖̖̜̜̳̫̪̮̪̜̣̤̲͉̤̳̍͐͂̾̃̏̊̅̃̈́̂̍̊̇̌͛̒͛͝͝͠͝͠ ̵̧̢̗̟̳̜̼̯̣̫̙̖͍͕̝̟̪̗͙̫̱͍̻̦̮̟̥̙͇͆͋̑̋́͊̏́̚͜͠a̶̧̢̨̛̪̬̮̠̣̬͈͎̙̠̫̙͈͙̫͖͔̭̻͎̰͍̻͖͋̿͑̾̅̈͆͗̒́̾̑̈́͜͜b̷̧̙̽̐͑͘̕ļ̶̲̫͈̒̅̀͂̑̑̓͌̋́͂͘͠͝ḛ̴̡̟̘̙̻͓̪̰̭̲͉͙̪̼̺͈̘͚͕̬͈̳̞͉̪̘͇̐̔͐͋͆͆̊͊͗̀͛̈́̓͂͛̆̚̕̕͘͜͝͝ ̴̨̢̢̨̢͙͓̘̼̻͈͖̞͉͖̣̻̣̳̥̲͔̤͈͈̹͕͙̒̅́͐͜ͅt̷̨̡̞͙̘͓̗̫̪̜̻̣͍̜̣̗̰̥͉̯͊͋̋̌͂̏́͐́̒̈́̃͂̍͑̃͋͆̃͑͊̾́̍̀̚̕ŏ̴̟̤͈̳̯̈́͊͊̏̒̌̇͑̔̈́̍̔̕̕͝ ̵̧̡̡̲̦̼̫̝̼̰̫̳͎͍͕̯̻̤̠̳̳̒̒̆̔͂̾̓̒̉̽̚͘͜͜s̸͖̯̻̩͍̲͙͈̟̖̝̩̠̫̲̙̻͉̰̫̮̠̬̹͇͖̭͚͙̗̆̐̂͂͆̒̉̒̈́̍̿͛͒̐̈́̍̇̃̾̍̽̍̍͂͘̚͝͝t̴̡̛̙͓̙̝̺̰͕̤̪̳̰̮͈̝̥͉̔͛̏̏̃̏̎̈́͋̔̂̅̌̌̋̿̅̒̉̇͐̈̐͊͑̀̕͜͝͠ͅā̷̢̡̧̢̙̭͕̦͍̩̱̠͕̟͇̣̰̣͎̠͎̭̲̩͚̽́̎̀̒̈́͐͋̓̈̈̅͆͗̅̈̈́̔̌̂̃͋͘ͅy̸̛̘̣͔̤̪͙̝̬͓̣̤͍̝̑̀̈́̄̈̂̿̽́͊̓̔̽̓̑́͐̓̋̀͜͜͝͠͠ͅͅ ̴̧̧̹͈̦̥̟̜̫̪̩̪̻̖̲̪͙̝̯̭̺̖̮͓̑̈̈́͗͆̃̈́̈́̾͘͜͝͝ͅͅų̶̡̣̼̯̞̖̤̙̮̦̺̱̺̳̺͍̹͇̮̰͙̌̈́̂͐͌͆̄̂̎͗̾̾͒̋̋̉̾̊̄̔̀̌͂̋̕͝͝͝ņ̸̨͚̯͍̻̣͚̠̩̬̪͚͍̜̖͓̯̮̯̥͓̝̩̆i̷̢̛̘̩͇̞͙͔͖̺̪̣̹̠̭̿͂́̓̒͑͠ǹ̶̛̖̱͌̃̎̓̈́́͛̌̿̎͑͌̾̅̐̓̍̈́̈́̓̀͝͝͝v̸̢̫̳̮͍͚̣͉͙̳̩̟̗͓͎̩̰̯͚̣͕̜̈́̏̑͂̏̍̋̚͜o̴̢̤͚̼̝̮͒̿̍̈́̊͂̏͑͛̀͋̋́͗̂͊̇̔͋̀͋͜͝͝ļ̷̨̢̛̲̦̙̘̪̬̦̭̞̾̽̏͋̾́͑͗́̽͐̈́̀̒̍̔̈͊̂͌̊̌̚͘̕͝͝͝͠ͅv̴͍̯̦̓̌̂͌̌̏̚̚ͅę̴̨̲̥̹̮̠͇̥̗̭̝͇̫̰̜́̏̓̇̊̏͂͂̾͆̓̇̀͛̐͑̒̃̕͘̕̚͘̕̕ḋ̸͚͇̺̪͖̗,̵̛̪̈́̈́̃͑̎̀̓̌́̆̎̃͊̽̕͝͝ ̸̪̮̼̝͈̯̆͆̈́̒̀̎́͛́́̅̇̓͒̀͗̊̑̈́͒̚̕͝͝Ḇ̷͕̠̩̝͍̻̲͖͈̃͂̈́̔̈́͑̍ą̶̛̬̮̩̱͇͙̟̔͗́̉̋̾́̀͛̇̎̔̄̈́͛̅͑̅̆̌̍̑̾́̈́̂ŗ̸̡̡̨̨̦̟̮̩̳͈͍̖̥̮͎̫̺̠̲̠̜̬̞͕̬̭̿̽̌̐͊̅͑̅̕̕͘b̷̢͖̣͇̫̦̣̝̺̲̞̝̼͖̻̙͎̘̼͔̹̟̯͎̫̥̞̙͙͖̓͐̊̀̒̌̊̎́̓̂̈́͑̃̉̊̉́̇̀̾̓̿̀̕͝͝͠a̴̛̝͇̱̟̯̹̾͋̍̅̆̌̉̑͑̓̽̑͌͐̇̓̑̒́̚͝͝t̴̛̠̞͕͉͌̑̒͐̓̊̾̑̑͛̒̈̎̾̃̋̈̑̕͝ơ̵̢̫̇́̆̽͂͊͂́̀̊̿͌̒̓̂͋̓͑̓̏̀̄͠͝ś̶̡̨̡̡̙͇̻̯̪͚̯̲̪͎̙̮͍̺̞̝͉̥̟͎̓͊̅̓̑̂͛̋̃̾͋̋̓̈̽̌̇̉̓̽͆̾́̐͜͝͝͝ͅ.̸̧̧̹̟͕͙͍̗̠̙̙̓̉̆̀̓̎͒̓͂̒͒̏͋̂̀͛̏͑͐̎̈́͐͑̎͘͠͝͝͝"̶̡̧̧̲̫͕̪̘͖̗̝͎̲̠̩͓͙͓̺̩̩̥̭̝̂͛̿͆
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And he truly couldn't stop thinking about this...
*Even now, when he should be focusing on...
-Sure. I will discuss this with Nahida and we will take all of Mondstadt people in, if the need arises. -His thoughts were interrupted by his fellow god, as Samir looked quite serious now, before he paused in thought again. Speaking of Mondstadt and a great future crisis...-...That Amnesia Potion you asked for before. What exactly do you plan to use it for...?
The sudden question took Barbatos off guard,
As he couldn't help but soon be reminded of...
...
He was going to ask about his "Curse" and about reincarnation,
As well as for a memory erasing potion of sorts...
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For a way to erase people's memories of a specific person.
"To think that I will need something like that...
...But, it's a double edged sword, isn't...?"
...
...
Right, that's what happened...
*And later on, he got both the letter and the ITEM...
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-...I hope that I wouldn't need to use it, but if something happens and there is no other choice...-He started in seriousness and thought, soon realizing that the chance of this was actually quite high. Especially after Nicole's words...And if so, then...-...To spare everyone from emotional suffering, I will gladly use it on the whole of Mondstadt and perhaps even...
"What are you saying, Barbatos?! Are you actually planning to...?! And to "spare everyone from emotional suffering"...?!", the Winds interrupted him, sounding very shocked and also afraid, before there was a short pause, "...Barbatos, do you truly plan to do this...? On everyone that knows...?"
-If there is no other choice. Yes, I will. -He admitted right away, looking and sounding determined now. He didn't want his family and friends to suffer because of him. -...I plan it to be a Last Resort decision, if anything else fails...-He couldn't help but soon added, knowing well that he didn't truly want this either.
But if there is no other choice, then...
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"Nahida...Uh, Little Sister.
...You remember about Liloupar, right...?"
...
"...It's the first time I am hearing that name.
...Is there a reason for me to know her...?"
"Not exactly, no.
There's a reason you don't know and it's best to leave it this way.
...I will tell you what happened later, Venti."
...
This memory...
*That's right...
-...Samir, did Liloupar also...? -He couldn't help but ask moments later, looking and sounding thoughtful now, as well as a little sad. To think she might have already made this choice...-...Is that why neither Nahida nor other people seem to remember her...?
In reply to his words, Samir looked thoughtful for a few moments,
Before he deeply sighed, his expression turning unreadable...
-...She did, yes. She asked HER for it during the recent "Reset". The Traveler must have also realized what happened since they are a Descender...-The god finally answered, his voice mostly calm, yet there was a tint of sadness in it as well. -...I wanted her to repent, yet didn't expect her to choose THIS of all things...