"Th-then I'll be going." Nicole straightened up, clutching the history book in her arms as she took half a step back, seemingly preparing to turn and leave.
"Wait, you can't leave yet." Chen Li called out to stop Nicole.
"What is it now?" Nicole turned back, a hint of confusion in her azure eyes.
"Didn't you say you wanted to save the entire angel race?" Chen Li asked in return.
"Huh? Now?" Nicole stared at Chen Li in surprise.
"Why wait for another day when today will do?" Chen Li's tone was casual, yet what he said was enough to change the fate of an entire race.
After the War of Burying Fire, Phanes punished the angels, making them offer up things of their own on the "scales" as payment. Only when the scales tipped to one side could they leave.
Because they offered up too much, all the angels had devolved into the seelies now scattered across Teyvat.
Yes, those little things that loved guiding travelers to treasure chests.
"I can return everything to them," Chen Li said.
Since the account &* number of Phanes, the Heavenly Principles, was now in Chen Li's hands, everything Phanes had taken was in Chen Li's inventory as well.
However, Phanes's inventory was a complete mess. Chen Li had spent half the day yesterday just looking for Nicole's voice.
"Thank you so very much!" Nicole's azure eyes instantly lit up, her voice brimming with barely contained excitement.
Though angels had devolved into seelies, seelies themselves were very difficult to kill. So if Chen Li truly returned everything to the seelies, the angel race might have a chance to rise again.
"However, they won't turn back into angels. I'll turn them into humans. After all, angels need to follow the tide of history too,"