novelraw Chapter 232 - 231: That Night, Raiden Makoto Grew Up
Chapter 232 - 231: That Night, Raiden Makoto Grew Up
"I never expected that having a Vision taken away would have such serious consequences."
At Kamisato Ayaka’s request, Lumine and her companions went to see those who had lost their Visions. Seeing their painful expressions due to losing their Visions, Lumine felt a pang of pity.
The pain of those people was not due to losing power, but due to losing their wishes and ideals.
The person in Konda Village forgot the person he had been waiting for because he lost his Vision. The samurai from the Vision Hunt Decree forgot the "righteousness" she followed after losing her Vision. The swordsman who lost his Vision fell into a state of extreme self-reproach because he lost his ideals.
All of these were brought about by the Vision Hunt Decree. This decree only brought pain, with no benefits whatsoever.
The people who had previously received the samurai’s favor also had a profound impact on Lumine. On the surface, they were a group of parasites who received the samurai’s favor but did not know how to be grateful, but that was because they could not afford food due to Inazuma’s current situation and had to do so to survive themselves and their families.
Were they fools? Obviously not. Some of them also understood that the "relief food" the samurai spoke of actually did not exist, and that all of it was food the samurai provided out of her own pocket.
But... they also had no choice. If it weren’t for the samurai’s favor, their families would not be able to eat. They had worked very hard to earn money, but... there really was no other way.
In just one day, Lumine saw many people harmed by the current decree. Their plight made Lumine feel pity; if she could, she wanted to help them.
But... even if she helped this one time, what good would it do? This problem was different from the commissions she had handled before; this was a matter at the national level.
Lumine really didn’t want to get involved in this mess, but with her personality, she couldn’t just stand by and watch. The urge to do something kept growing in her heart.
[That Egret Princess, she made me observe those who lost their Visions precisely to make me feel this way, didn’t she?]
She never expected to fall into the trap. She should have realized earlier that the other party had such intentions... No, even if she had known the other party’s intentions earlier, she would still have had to do it.
She still needed the other party to introduce her to the Raiden Shogun. To meet the Raiden Shogun, she had to complete these tasks she had given her.
[I’ve really been seen through completely. What should I do?]
Lumine looked at the moon in the sky. She was a bit lost, not knowing how to move forward. She needed... she needed someone to guide her.
With this confusion, Lumine arrived at the inn she had agreed upon with Durandal and found Durandal in the inn’s lobby.
At this moment, Durandal was quietly sitting there reading a book, just like a Demoiselle, every movement was very elegant... if one ignored that the book in her hand was a light novel, but no one stipulated that a Demoiselle couldn’t read light novels.
"Hmm? You’re back. The time difference from my calculation isn’t much. You must be tired, right? Fill your stomachs first, then tell me about what you experienced today."
Before they returned, Durandal had already ordered dinner so they could enjoy it upon their arrival.
Seeing the food on the table, except for the carefree Paimon, Lumine and Shenhe were not in the mood. If it weren’t for being a little hungry, they wouldn’t have wanted to eat anything.
"Hmm? What light novel are you reading, Durandal?"
Lumine, whose mind wasn’t on the food, noticed the light novel in Durandal’s hand and asked curiously.
""Reborn as the divine doctor of mondstadt," that’s the name of this light novel."
"...Eh?"
The three people who were eating froze for a moment, taking a few seconds to ponder the title, then reacted, their eyes widening.
"Wait... wait a minute, the divine doctor of mondstadt isn’t..."
"Hmm, it’s me. The protagonist of this book is me, reborn. It’s quite interesting content, and they even gave "me" so many strange abilities. That author is quite interesting."
Ah, this... The others looked at each other. Did this author never consider that the character she wrote about might one day buy the novel she wrote?
This was like the Raiden Shogun buying a light novel about being reborn as herself. Wasn’t that person afraid that the Raiden Shogun would come with a sword to have a good chat with her?
"You... you don’t seem very angry, Durandal."
"Angry? Why should I be angry? He just used some of my information as a gimmick to write a story. Except for the name, most of the other things aren’t correct at all. It’s not about me at all, so why should I care?"
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