The General and Ei

"Let me explain that."

Before Yae Miko could speak this time, Dimiurge, still in the form of an Abyssal Apostle, walked over to Lumine's side.

"Lady Lumine, I happened to witness the moment you were ambushed by Scaramouche in the Evil Eye factory. Unfortunately, there were too many Fatui soldiers around me wielding the power of Evil Eyes, so I could not spare myself to save you at the time."

"And then, a voice appeared in my mind." (??ω??)?

As he said this, Dimiurge slightly turned his head toward Yae Miko.

"That voice said she could save you, but in exchange, I would need to help her with something afterward."

"And the result is obvious. For your safety, I agreed to her request." (???ω???)

"So that voice was Miko, and your injuries were also because you agreed to help her do something—namely, obtain that sword?" (′?ω?)?

By this point, Lumine had more or less understood what had happened.

The reason Dimiurge and the kind Scaramouche from before—henceforth called Black Scara and White Scara—had suffered such severe injuries was because of Miko's request.

And the target was probably that sword.

Miko nodded in confirmation.

"That's right. After saving you, you were still unconscious, so I asked them to help me obtain this sword from someone."

"And as for who that person was, I believe you've probably guessed."

"Mm, this sword... was that Raiden Shogun's personal weapon, wasn't it?" (?ì_í?)

Lumine finally remembered.

When she was about to be embedded in the statue, she had indeed seen that General draw a sword from her chest that looked rather similar to this one.

However, the blade she had seen then was almost entirely shrouded in lightning, making its true form nearly impossible to discern.

And the situation had been far too critical at