Sigh, this little guy... Once he's finished with what he needs to do, he should hurry up and leave...
Cid's judgment was not wrong.
At this moment, Lady Yae Miko was hiding behind one of the shrine buildings, looking extremely troubled.
Actually, the situation was quite simple.
From the very first moment Cid and little Eula set foot on the shore, they had already been spotted by one of Yae Miko's little fox statues.
However, Cid's Vision had dispelled any desire Yae Miko might have had to make contact.
This little guy was special enough, but he was still far too short of being able to pull my good best friend—who's hiding in that corner—out of that eternal prison.
Yet Cid's subsequent actions completely exceeded Miko's expectations.
Despite carrying an aura that was incredibly gentle, when facing wandering samurai, he could act with extreme decisiveness.
Afterward, she became aware of the Kamisato Clan Head's plan to create and advise a new god.
Miko was still aware of Inazuma's overall situation, but the things she could actually do were limited.
Great youkai and gods were not permitted to interfere in human affairs without good reason, because their power was too immense—the destructive consequences would be difficult for the people of Inazuma to bear.
This was a clause deliberately set by Ei's older sister. After all, when Inazuma's great youkai truly unleashed their power, it was no different from a small nuclear bomb.
Then the Raiden Shogun AI took this rule and enforced it to the extreme...
As a result, the Guuji Yae could only build Yae Publishing House as a hobby...
So in this regard, Miko chose to turn a blind eye to the so-called plan of creating and paying respects to a new god.
But there was one very important matter.
In the original Genshin Impact storyline, Miko had used the Traveler—working in cooperation with the Inazuma people's wishes for a better future—to successfully shake Ei-sensei's mental defenses.
So if one were to entertain a slightly different line of thought here... in all of this, which was more important: a special Descender, or the people's hopes and expectations for a beautiful future?
Naturally, the wishes that the people could convey to Raiden Ei-sensei were far more important.
A special Descender was something rare and unpredictable. Having one was a great opportunity, but if there wasn't one...
Then, disrupting eternity and conveying the people's wishes to Ei-sensei—perhaps Yae Miko herself could manage that, couldn't she?
If her methods were a bit more radical, Ei-sensei might appear, and then the people's wishes could be used to change Ei-sensei's beliefs.
Don't forget: the technique of anchoring consciousness to an object was something Yae Miko had personally taught to Ei-sensei.
And now, what Cid was doing was actually reducing the strength of the people's wishes.
When people were already living in a beautiful future and feeling satisfied, could their wishes still influence Raiden Ei's beliefs?
If Ei-sensei discovered that the people were living very well, she would probably just keep herself locked away in that so-called eternity forever, right?
What the people of Inazuma wanted was a god who could help them live in peace and comfort. Whether that god was Ei or the Raiden Shogun didn't really matter to them.
But for Miko, it did matter.
Yae Miko could not accept her closest friend Ei continuing to lock herself away in the eternity of the past.
So when faced with this Shura Anyakonsen-shou—who was greatly lowering the chances of getting Ei-sensei out of her little dark room—Miko really didn't want to see him.
If she could just let this Shura Anyakonsen-shou proceed smoothly without interference, and if she—as a little fox youkai—could restrain her own nature and not cause trouble, that was already good enough. Did anyone really expect her to help even more?
Although she had helped the people of Inazuma, that was public business. On private matters, she simply disliked this little guy.
Even though she had lived for 500 years, she still had her little temper tantrums.
So it was better to let the other shrine maidens handle welcoming this little guy and performing the reception ceremony.
She still needed to find a way to save her dearest friend who had locked herself in that little dark room...