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In the Sanctuary of Surasthana, where the God of Wisdom was imprisoned, the Grand Sage Azar fell to his knees. He might disrespect Lesser Lord Kusanali, Nahida, but the moment Greater Lord Rukkhadevata—the object of all of Sumeru's faith—appeared, he knelt without hesitation. The people of Sumeru were all blessed by Greater Lord Rukkhadevata. Compared to the Lesser Lord, her prestige was unshakable.

Kenji smiled. So this is the gap between the two generations of Dendro Archons. It made sense. The authority of the first-generation gods was deeply ingrained in people's hearts. If Rex Lapis or Barbatos were to choose a successor, it was unlikely their people would accept them from the bottom of their hearts. He even recalled how some fans online tried to whitewash Azar's actions.

"Greater Lord Rukkhadevata, you've returned! You are the true God of Wisdom," Azar proclaimed like a devout believer.

"Azar, regardless of the circumstances, for the crime of imprisoning a god, you and the others are ultimately culpable," Buer stated calmly. The leadership of the Akademiya was definitely due for a major reshuffle.

"Yes." Azar had no room to argue. For the crime of imprisoning a god, the fate awaiting him and the others was likely death.

"Imprisoning a god... that's a death sentence!" Furina was shocked to witness such a thing. Still, she couldn't understand how this Lesser Lord had allowed herself to be imprisoned in the first place.

"Kenji, do you have any good recommendations?" Buer asked.

"Of course, of course. There's the feeble scholar Alhaitham, the Cryo Archon of Sumeru, Cyno..." Kenji said with a chuckle.

Buer nodded.

Looking at Nahida in her cage, Buer's expression was complicated. This device was one she herself had used for seclusion in the past, yet it was now being used to imprison the new Dendro Archon.

Swoosh—

Buer waved her hand, and the external chains and cage vanished in an instant. No one understood this device better than she did.

Nahida landed on the ground, looking timidly at Greater Lord Rukkhadevata. Her eyes darted about, as if she were afraid of being blamed. "Greater Lord... is it really you? All these years, you've been..."

Buer gently stroked Nahida's head. To be honest, this was the first time she had ever touched her. "It was because of the Forbidden Knowledge..."

Buer briefly explained her experience and her original plan.

Nahida grabbed the hem of Buer's white dress with her small hands and shook her head. "No... that's not right..."

Nahida understood what the success of that plan would mean: Greater Lord Rukkhadevata would disappear completely. No living being in Teyvat would remember her, including Nahida herself. That price was far too heavy.

Kenji pondered this. After Irminsul is modified, is it really Greater Lord Rukkhadevata who is forgotten? Is the Lesser Lord truly still the Lesser Lord? She is her, she is not her, and yet she is her?

Azar's eyes widened. So this is Greater Lord Rukkhadevata. Only one phrase came to his mind: She holds the world in her heart. Compared to her, his and the others' actions were so absurdly laughable, so utterly foolish. Their so-called man-made god couldn't compare to a single strand of her hair.

"...Greater Lord Rukkhadevata?"

Cyno entered the Sanctuary and froze when he saw Buer. You're not going to believe who I'm seeing. Is Greater Lord Rukkhadevata still alive?

"You must be Cyno. Take Azar into custody, along with his co-conspirators. They will be sentenced to death at a later date." Buer had summoned Cyno via the Akasha, for which she held the highest authority. The Akasha Terminal was, for Teyvat, an incredibly advanced technology.

"Yes!" Cyno took Azar away. He had a premonition that the political climate of Sumeru was about to change drastically. But with Greater Lord Rukkhadevata here, he was sure it would be a change for the better.

"What is it, Nahida? Do you have a different opinion?" Buer asked softly.

"Can't we just exile them?" Nahida asked after a moment of hesitation.

"No, Nahida. You are the Dendro Archon of Sumeru. A benevolent ruler cannot command an army. Mere exile will not be enough to convince the masses," Buer said in a grave and heartfelt tone. "Mercy is indeed important, but you must also possess an iron fist. There is nothing wrong with being ruthless when the situation calls for it."

Nahida thought to herself, Is that so?

"Greater Lord, who are they?" Nahida asked, looking at Kenji's group.

"Nahida, call me Dad," Kenji said, a prankster's smile on his face.

Buer couldn't help but blush, recalling what had happened earlier.

"Huh?" A look of pure wisdom appeared on Nahida's face. She, a 500-year-old child, suddenly had a dad? Then who is my mom? Don't tell me he means Greater Lord Rukkhadevata? Although, in a certain sense, it wasn't wrong for her to call the Greater Lord "Mom."

"Cute Nahida, you can call me Mommy Ellie too ♪!" Elysia also joined in on the fun.

Nahida shook her head. Her wisdom was insufficient to explain this situation. Kenji looked even younger than her. To call him "Dad" was simply too embarrassing.

Gasp, no!!

"Ahem, alright, stop teasing Nahida," Buer said with a helpless laugh.

"I'm serious," Kenji said with a straight face. "Nahida has lacked fatherly and motherly love since she was young. So, Buer, we must make up for it."

Buer broke into a sweat. As far as she knew, Archons didn't have parents.

"So... Greater Lord, is he your..." Nahida was convinced. She believed it.

"Forget it, think whatever you want," Buer said, exhausted. She couldn't believe it had come to this. Is this the price for being allowed to live?

"However..." Buer blinked. "I am also quite curious about matters between men and women. King Deshret was once captivated by the charm and tenderness of the Goddess of Flowers, Nabu, which led to him contacting the Forbidden Knowledge..." The Goddess of Flowers had pursued a glorious death as her end. King Deshret, not understanding her reasoning, stubbornly chased her memory and fell into ruin, though even that was within the Flower Goddess's calculations. And she was the one who had to clean up the mess they made. Knowing them was exhausting.

"But... wouldn't Miss Elysia mind?" Buer tilted her head and asked.

"I don't mind, not at all," Elysia said with the magnanimous air of a main wife. If Ellie was in Kenji's harem, then Kenji's harem and he himself...

"What a player," Nahida muttered.

Kenji: "I'm not a player. I just want to give every girl a home."

Nahida: You still say you're not a player after saying that?

Furina: Is that skin thicker than my shield?

The Amber King: Request received. Building wall.

Kenji, Elysia, and Furina left Sumeru without staying for too long. The hidden problems that had accumulated in Sumeru over hundreds of years would take even Greater Lord Rukkhadevata some time to resolve. Nahida followed Buer around like a little apprentice, absorbing knowledge. After this, Nahida would be sent to the world of Honkai: Star Rail as an "exchange student."

"Ellie, what do you think of Buer?"

"I like her a lot ♪... wait, what are you asking?" Elysia blurted out her true feelings before she could stop herself, immediately glaring at Kenji. Buer was so beautiful, how could she not like her? And what Kenji liked, wasn't that what she liked?

Kenji wasn't surprised. This was very Elysia, the lesbian of the Elysian Realm.

"Fufu, didn't you say you were going to judge all the gods of the world? Is Buer guilty of any crime?" Kenji asked.

"Well... no, I don't think so," Furina said after some serious thought. Buer had committed no crime against Teyvat; on the contrary, she had made great contributions.

"Come out! Or don't blame us for being impolite!" Elysia suddenly called out, turning around. She raised her hand and fired a crystal arrow as a sign of respect.

BOOM!

The crystal arrow exploded like a "Little Boy" nuclear warhead, blasting a massive crater in the ground.

My goodness, a nuke-lugging archer.

"A segment of the Doctor?" Kenji recognized the person who had been blasted out of hiding. It was one of the many segments of the Fatui Harbinger, Dottore. The Fatui must be eating well, he thought. This segment's face is a little chubby.

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