“It was my fault for not destroying the puppet I deemed a failure, right?”
Raiden Shogun thought for a moment, then answered Lin Mo as Yae Miko had suggested.
“You still have some self-awareness.”
Lin Mo nodded slightly and said, “A failure should be disposed of harmlessly, not abandoned and left to wreak havoc on the world. The failure you carelessly discarded will bring great pain to the people of Inazuma.”
“As for what he has done, you’ll see for yourself.”
“Yes, Lin Mo-sama.”
Yae Miko was right.
No.
Or rather, Scaramouche was right.
Celestia believed that Raiden Shogun's mistake was not destroying the puppet, Scaramouche, after deeming him a failure.
Instead, she left him abandoned in the Court of the Whispering Pines.
Scaramouche: “As expected, it's just as I thought. Celestia thinks the same.”
Yae Miko: “According to Celestia, Scaramouche will bring great pain to the people of Inazuma in the future. Thinking about it, maybe I should have persuaded you to destroy him back then, Ei.”
Raiden Shogun: “Perhaps you did, but I did not listen to you.”
Kamisato Ayato: “So… what exactly did Scaramouche do to the people of Inazuma? Traveler, can you tell us?”
Lumine: “The Raiden Five… The decline of the Raiden Five was his doing.”
Kamisato Ayaka: “No wonder I don’t remember how the Raiden Five, once one of the five great swordsmithing families of Inazuma, fell. Apparently, he erased them from the World Tree.”
Kaedehara Kazuha: “Yeah… I can’t remember how our Kaedehara family fell either.”
Yae Miko: “It actually involves the Raiden Five. Did he harbor resentment towards Ei because she abandoned him, and then slaughter the Raiden Five in a fit of rage?”
Paimon: “If I remember correctly, it’s not quite like that. Anyway, it’s complicated. We’ll know soon enough.”
Doctor Dottore: “Hehe, I thought you were just a test subject for my Godhood Project. But you were a test subject from the very beginning. Quite a laugh, isn’t it?”
Wanderer: “Damn you, Dottore! You won’t end up any better than me!”
Faced with the doctor’s taunts.
Wanderer could only rage impotently at the entrance of the Sanctuary of the Cleansing Light.
Not to mention that Celestia’s judgment against him has already begun.
Even in terms of martial prowess, he wouldn’t be Dottore’s opponent.
Therefore, he could only rage impotently.
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【After an unknown amount of time.】
【The puppet, which should have been asleep, awoke from its slumber due to an unknown error.】
【The awakened puppet sat on the floor of the Court of the Whispering Pines, staring blankly at the empty scenery until it lost consciousness.】
【One day.】
【A warrior named Katsuragi arrived at the Court of the Whispering Pines.】
【“There’s such a large space behind the collapsed rocks… Could it be something left by the team mining for crystallized bones?”】
【Katsuragi walked inside, observing the environment of the Court of the Whispering Pines: “No, that’s not right… The interior is fully built and well preserved, it’s not something ordinary people can do.”】
【“Hmm? Why is there someone lying here…?”】
【Katsuragi quickly discovered the puppet lying on the ground as he walked inside.】
【“You… You are…?”】
【“You can talk?! What’s wrong with you? Are you injured and trapped here?”】
【While talking, Katsuragi caught sight of the golden feather that ordinary people wouldn’t wear on the puppet, and since the puppet didn’t want to mention its origins, Katsuragi guessed that he must have his reasons.】
【“I’ll take you out, our people are nearby, hold on.”】
【In this way, the warrior Katsuragi took the puppet out of the Court of the Whispering Pines and back to the village of the Tatarasuna smelting factory.】
【“Omiya-sama, I found this kid in a collapsed cave. He doesn’t remember his name.” He brought the puppet before Omiya Chozei.】
【Originally, Katsuragi concealed the fact that he found the puppet in the Court of the Whispering Pines, changing his story to say he discovered him while patrolling the Namachizuri Beach.】
【Later, Katsuragi confessed the truth to Omiya Chozei.】
【Omiya Chozei pondered: “He needs a name. I heard the workers outside call you Eccentric?”】
【“It’s fine, that’s good enough.” The puppet didn’t seem to resist the name Eccentric.】
【“Katsuragi, go report to Danba-sama, tell him we have a new companion.”】
【Afterwards.】
【Omiya Chozei took Eccentric to see Danba Hisahisa, the head of smelting operations in Tatarasuna.】
【Danba Hisahisa knew that Eccentric was a puppet, but he still said to Eccentric: “You’re not a puppet, you’re human. At most, you’re just missing a heart.”】
【Thus, Eccentric settled in the smelting village of Tatarasuna.】
【Danba Hisahisa, Omiya Chozei, Katsuragi, Miyazaki Kaneo, etc.】
【Many residents of Tatarasuna also taught Eccentric to read and write, light a fire, cook, and imparted the skills of forging to him, treating him as a friend.】
【With the help of such warm residents, Eccentric quickly integrated into the community, living a peaceful life like an ordinary person.】
Qiqi: “Up to this point, it all seems pretty normal. How did it turn out like that later?”
Amber: “I’ve encountered many criminals. Most of them have one thing in common: they’ve all suffered misfortune in their childhood. It was the accumulation of these experiences that gradually twisted their once pure and kind hearts, turning them dark.”
Amber: “But… based on these video clips so far, wasn’t Scaramouche’s childhood pretty good? No different from an ordinary person’s.”
Nahida: “Because of Dottore, Dottore ruined his childhood. That’s why you saw that Ah-Hatred harbors a deep hatred for Dottore.”
Nava: “Why is it the Fatui again?”
Yae Miko: “Heh, the Fatui’s claws have been reaching into Inazuma for hundreds of years?”
Kamisato Ayato: “That’s not right, is it? If Dottore ruined Scaramouche’s childhood, then how did he join the Fatui later?”
Kamisato Ayaka: “Yeah, why?”
Nahida: “It’s complicated to explain. Just watch Celestia’s answer.”
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