Antun died, the threat in the secret realm was finally completely eliminated, and everyone went home.

After leaving the secret realm, most people left, only Ying and Saphir stayed where they were, silently watching the entrance to the secret realm gradually closing.

"Saphir..." Ying looked at Saphir with some concern.

Saphir shook his head slowly: "I'm fine, but there are some things I can't figure out."

She found a stone and sat on it, thinking about her problems with lifeless eyes. Ying sat beside her, keeping her company quietly.

The two of them sat from dusk until the lights came on, and then until the sky was full of stars. Saphir just sat there without saying a word.

It was not until the moon was setting that she suddenly spoke: "Actually, I should have accepted this a long time ago. Or rather, this is the reality. I just couldn't get over it after hearing some of the inside story."

Saphir stretched out his right hand and stared at his palm: "I destroyed Tartan's last hope and also killed my former self.

But I don’t regret it, because if I didn’t do it, many, many people would die…”

"As a beneficiary, I have no right to judge whether what you did was right or wrong, but I think that no matter what choice you make, I should have no objection." Ying tapped her chin, "Didn't you tell me before? People are afraid of death, and it's not shameful to be afraid of death, so I think I can still accept the other choice."

"Will you die even if that happens?" Saphir tilted his head and looked at Ying, somewhat puzzled.

Ying frowned and thought for a while, then nodded: "Yes, because the choice is yours, and the rest of us have no right to choose. You are the knife and we are the fish. That's it."

"It's not that serious. I've never had such an idea." Saphir rubbed Ying's head and sighed again.

There was one thing she didn't tell Ying, which was that in that world, after she died, many people would also die.

She just chose to sacrifice the part she couldn't see and save what was in front of her, that's all.

She would not tell anyone about this, because she didn't want anyone to feel guilty because their life was built on the corpses of a large number of strangers.

After a while, An, the pure water elf who was the element to open the secret realm, finally broke away from the entrance of the secret realm. When he saw Ying who was in a very embarrassed state, An rushed to Ying anxiously, looked at her body carefully, trying to find any wounds on her.

But Ying was not injured at all, her body was covered with Antun's blood.

After realizing that Ying was indeed not injured, An finally breathed a sigh of relief. Then she noticed Saphir standing there in a daze: "What happened to her?"

"Something happened and she's in a bad mood. Don't mess with her." Ying quickly reminded her.

An nodded immediately. She knew that Safir was not a easy guy to deal with.

An didn't speak, but Saphir noticed his presence: "An? You came out, how was it, did you see the person you wanted to see?"

An nodded immediately: "Well, after entering the light curtain, I met Vice President Besser. She was wearing a navy uniform and looked heroic and cool."

"You should have gone through the test as well, right? Bethel's past has not been smooth sailing." Saphir knew Bethel Elton's identity, so he naturally knew what An would go through.

This secret realm was originally supposed to be where those who entered it would assist Besser in repelling Erinus, but because of Xuan Ji's manipulations, the secret realm was divided up, and the original test became an insignificant addition, and the main secret realm became a battlefield for the fight with Antun.

Because Besser did repel Erinaceus in the beginning, even without An, if he was allowed to develop freely, he would still be able to win in the end. Therefore, Saphir was not worried that An would encounter any danger.

Ann's tone became a little depressed: "I tried to save Vice President Besser, but failed. She died."

"These are all memories in the earth veins. Even if they are changed, it will be of no use. So, what you should really do is not try to save her." Saphir rubbed his eyebrows. If An really did nothing, this rare opportunity to meet would be wasted.

An shook his head: "No, it was indeed a luxury for me to try to save her, but I still said goodbye to her properly.

I told her that we all lived well after she left.

My brother founded the Academy of Sciences, René and Jacob grew up to be great researchers, and I joined the Shadow Chasing Court. We all lived happily and missed her very much..."

This was a lie. In reality, Marianne died, Alain broke up with René Jacob, and they did not have a bright future.

But...it doesn't matter anymore. What matters is that they really miss her, and it is enough to convey this longing.

The three of them chatted for a long time under the starry sky until the sun rose in the east and they watched the sunrise together.

Safir then stood up and patted the dust off his butt: "I'm very tired, go back and rest."

"I've been so sleepy that I can't even open my eyes." Ying rubbed her eyes, her face covered with dried blood.

Seeing her in such a state of disarray, Saphir couldn't help but laugh: "I'm sorry for making you worry."

"No, we are good friends!" Ying patted her chest, and a blood scab fell off.

Chen Ge Hu, hot spring area.

There were very few people who had the time to soak in the hot springs early in the morning, so when Ying and Saphir arrived with a change of clothes, the hot spring was empty.

Fluorescent tested the water temperature with his toes, then slowly sat in, groaning happily: "Master Ying, who has been working hard all day, finally has a rare rest time. It's so comfortable..."

Saphir also entered the hot spring and scooped up the hot spring water to wash his hair: "Ah... It was the right decision to build a hot spring here. I feel happy when I think about having a good sleep in the room later."

An looked at the hot spring curiously. Ever since he came to Chen Ge Hu, he has been curious about everything.

"An, do you want to take a bath with us? By the way, can the pure water elves also take a hot spring bath?" Ying asked curiously when she saw that An was hesitant and didn't dare to come down.

An tentatively descended to a certain height and touched the rippling water surface: "No problem, no problem, but... this is the first time I've seen a real hot spring. Is this what it looks like?"

"It is built like this." Ying corrected An's words. Although she didn't know how the hot spring worked, she just wanted to show it off.

Saphir listened to their voices, put some perfume on his head, and washed his body quietly.

She closed her eyes, leaned against the pool, felt the water temperature, and gradually fell asleep.

A few days passed in a flash. Ying and Paimon took An to deal with matters related to the Narcissus Cross. After all, it involved Rene and Jacob, so Saphir felt it was necessary to have someone investigate it thoroughly.

It just so happened that An and Ying had a good impression of each other, so this task was assigned to her. For this reason, he also promised this yellow-haired girl to make a weapon similar to Shuanghua's Su Qiujinbi in the future.

Speaking of Suqiu Jinbimai, Saphir remembered the agreement he made with Shuanghua. It was agreed at that time that Shuanghua would take away the forging drawings, but Zhenda did not mention the ownership issue.

Saphir thought that since Shuanghua couldn't use all the weapons forged later, it would be great to have a few for his subordinates.

Anyway, for Ying, the drawings are the most important. As for the problem with the drawings, Saphir doesn't need to worry about it. Fushe will naturally figure it out.

After a few days of doing nothing in Fontaine, Saphir finally decided to go to the appointment and meet Aurelie.

Aurelie was a very ordinary person from Fontaine. She did not make any particularly outstanding contributions in her life. If anything, the most special thing about her was that she was one of the victims of a serial disappearance of young girls.

It was just because of the cooperation between Saphir and Funina that she was rescued, that's all.

Aurelie was very grateful to Saphir, and she also liked the great magic she had released that covered the entire Fontaineland: Prayer and Angel's Hymn.

Ordinary people could not understand what happened that day. They only knew that it was Fernina and Aurora who did something together. Because they did not understand, they thought it was a grand magic trick.

Safire was too lazy to explain, so he just took it as it was.

Compared to others, Aurelie seemed to have a social stunt disorder. She even tried to invite Safire to appreciate the opera she wrote. Safire originally didn't want to pay attention to it because it was meaningless.

But Villette didn't think so. After reading the script carefully, he came up with an idea, an idea related to Furninda.

Standing in front of this slightly cramped single-family house, Safire was a little hesitant. It was quite embarrassing to meet someone he had never met before.

Especially this time she wasn't asking for anything or negotiating with the other party, but simply... keeping an appointment? Saphir was not used to it.

But she walked up and knocked on the door anyway.

Soon, a woman's voice came from inside the door: "Here they come!"

Safir took a step back, straightened his clothes, and waited for the other party to open the door.

After a while, a woman wearing a hat and with naturally curly hair opened the door.

The moment the woman saw Saphir, her eyes lit up: "Is it Lady Aurora?"

"Uh... Sir? Are you from the Fatui?" Saphir scratched his head.

Aurelie quickly shook her head: "I'm not, I just heard others call you that, so I followed suit.

Hey, look at me, I'm so excited, let's go in first!"

As she spoke, she made way and led Saphir into the house.

The room is not big, but it is very clean. Because there is plenty of light, the whole room is not dark, and it is quite comfortable to stay in it.

Saphir followed Aurelie into the separated living room and sat down on a sofa.

It can be seen that Aurelie's financial situation is not particularly good, which is normal. Young people pursuing their dreams are always poor.

After sitting on the sofa for a while, Aurelie trotted over with a tea tray, with an embarrassed smile on her face: "Sorry, sorry, Lady Aurora, I didn't know you would come today. If I had known, I would have booked a private room outside."

As she spoke, she placed the teacup on the tray in front of Saphir and poured her a cup of tea.

"No, this one is good too." Saphir picked up the teacup and sniffed it. It was just ordinary tea leaves. She took a small sip and put it down.

After Aurelie sat opposite her with the script she had written, she spoke, "Aurelie, the title of sir was given by my men. Since you are not a Fatui, you don't have to be so respectful. It makes me uncomfortable."

"Hahahaha... I just think it's a better way to show respect. Since you don't want to, then I won't call you that." Aurelie nodded quickly.

Looking at Aurelie who looked like a good girl, Saphir felt helpless. She didn't know why Villette had so strongly suggested that she come and take a look.

But now that we are here, we must see what we should see.

Taking the script from Aurelie, Saphir took a quick look at it and found it to be a very common story.

The story depicts a pure water elf named Collio, who, because she longed to live like a human, transformed into a human form and integrated into human society.

In the process of getting along with humans, she gained love and friendship, and on the surface, this seemed to be a perfect ending.

But one day, the residents of the town discovered that the fresh water was disappearing, which caused panic.

After investigation, Collio found that all this was caused by human waste and pollution. Just when she was racking her brains to save the town, her identity was exposed.

The ignorant humans thought that the disappearance of fresh water was caused by her, the pure water spirit, and wanted to kill her. Collio, who noticed all this, ran away.

However, she escaped and her lover was held hostage by the townspeople as a threat to her to show up.

In the end, due to her feelings for her lover, Collio showed up and sacrificed herself to restore fresh water and a peaceful daily life to the town.

That's where the story ends.

After reading the entire script, Saphir frowned. She looked up at Aurelie, who was looking at her expectantly, and after considering her words, she asked, "So, in the end, Collio sacrificed herself in exchange for peace?"

"Well, what do you think of this story?" Aurelie nodded.

Safire wanted to say that this was not very good.

Because the main contradiction of the story is obviously the problem of coexistence between humans and nature, but the way to solve the problem is to sacrifice a pure water elf that has nothing to do with it. The real villain was not brought to justice, and the innocent Collio and her lover could only be separated by life and death.

To be honest, it's very frustrating and makes people angry.

Safire sighed and put the script on the table: "I don't like this ending."

"But... this world is just like this. There is no such thing as a perfect ending. I hope this can serve as a warning to others, so that they can reflect on whether they have done the same thing as the residents of the small town in the story..." Aurelie argued.

But Saphir still shook his head: “Since you invited me here, I definitely need to give some of my own opinions.

In my opinion, the evildoers should get their retribution, even if the town is destroyed in the end, those people should not live in peace like the ending you wrote.

If I were Collio, I would kill them all."

This was what she really thought. Saphir would not stand for this. This was the mentality that had driven her to the point of destroying the entire divine realm and perishing together with those traitors.

She has never been a kind person. Even if many innocent people die, those who deserve to be killed must be killed.

Her opinion made Aurelie fall into thought. In fact, the reason why Aurelie invited Safir was because Safir and Funina saved many people. She felt that Safir should be able to understand the core idea she wanted to express.

But now it seems that there are indeed some unreasonable aspects in her script.

"Well, could you please help me make the revisions?" Aurelie weighed the options in her mind and made the request. She didn't know whether Safire would accept it. If he did, that would be the best. Even if he didn't, it didn't matter. Anyway, she understood Safire's views and could make the revisions herself later.

After hearing what Aurelie said, Saphir thought about it seriously: "If you want me to help you, it's not impossible. Although I have never written a script, I have written something similar.

But I have a condition here, and I hope you can agree to it."

"Just tell me what the conditions are! I will definitely meet them." Aurelie wanted to swear.

Saphir picked up the script again and turned to the page that needed to be revised: "In a while, I would like to invite your team to Liyue for a performance. Of course, I hope to use someone I can arrange to play the role of Collio."

She plans to have Funina perform the opera, which should be very interesting.

"no problem!"