Makoto's light and cheerful voice rang out. "Hello to you all, Ei, and the witnesses here."
"I am Makoto, the previous Electro Archon who failed in her duties and left you countless troubles."
Ei was visibly moved.
[Paimon: Makoto... is she still alive? It seems she can see the world around her...]
[Yae Miko: That wretched Lady Saiguu left nothing behind for me.]
[Ei: Saiguu...]
[Lumine: Makoto's voice is so gentle.]
[Yae Miko: Yes. She was a very gentle person. Her embrace was also very comfortable.]
[Paimon: Embrace? It sounds like I just heard something remarkable.]
[Ei: Back then, Miko was still a little fox. She loved to curl up in Makoto's arms.]
[Lumine: Petting a cat?]
[Paimon: Petting a little fox.]
[Yae Miko: If you keep talking like this, I might get angry.]
Makoto's voice remained light and cheerful. "I am very happy. I knew that if it were you, you would surely reach this point."
"I left a faint trace of my will within the Musou Isshin. The moment you unleashed all of its power, I was also released."
"As for why I used such a complicated method... because back then, you were so convinced in your own beliefs that you would not listen to anything. But I did not have time to wait for you to change your mind. Please forgive me. I could only wait for your return in this way."
[Ningguang: What a brilliant calculation. She preserved her last bit of strength for the most critical moment. Without the same will, this consciousness would have been wasted. In business, seizing the most critical juncture and throwing all your energy into it is true shrewdness.]
[Yae Miko: You underestimate Makoto's wisdom. Without the power of the Musou Isshin, Ei could not have defeated the Shogun like this. Makoto clearly calculated everything about the future.]
[Ningguang: Plan and then act. Prepare in advance based on the other party's personality.]
[Ei: In the end, it was Makoto who saved Inazuma, while I brought Inazuma five hundred years of shackles.]
[Yae Miko: My deity, do not belittle yourself. Without your protection, Inazuma would have no peaceful land. Both Makoto and you are equally important.]
[Paimon: Yes, yes! Ei, you have protected Inazuma more than once.]
Ei said, "But you never mentioned any of this to me."
Makoto's voice was full of guilt. "Everything happened too suddenly. I have always felt guilty for suddenly entrusting Inazuma to you."
"These truths should have been passed on to you gradually, so that you would no longer be fixated on the Musou."
Ei asked, "Back then, did you already perceive what was about to happen in Khaenri'ah?"
Makoto's voice affirmed, "Yes, to some extent. For every archon, that place could not be ignored."
[Furina: Five hundred years ago, there was such a nation. The elder sister ruled, while the younger sister fought in her place as a shadow to protect Inazuma. Then one day, the disaster of Khaenri'ah erupted. Makoto sensed the great danger. This time, she did not tell her sister. She went to Khaenri'ah alone... even though she was the one who was not good at fighting.]
[Lumine: When danger comes, I will also stand before my brother.]
[Ei: Makoto always wanted to teach me these things. But back then, I was obsessed with martial arts and refused to learn... If only...]
"Now, I can no longer perceive time. I do not know how long it has been since we parted, nor what happened to Inazuma during that time..."
"But I know that you must have walked an extremely difficult path. There must have been many times you wanted to cry... am I right?"
Ei said, "Do not underestimate me..."
Makoto said, "See? You admitted it. Considering that possibility, I specifically left you a gift to ease Inazuma's pain."
"Come. Before my final consciousness fades, take it."