"Hiding in the Plane of Euthymia, you might remain untouched by time."
"But time outside won't stop for you. What if, one day, I too wear away in the river of time and disappear?"
"When that happens, will you feel sorrow? Will you regret hiding in the Plane of Euthymia instead of spending my living days with me?"
"Do you really intend to keep hiding in the Plane of Euthymia until I, until everything you have left, has been worn away by time, and still refuse to come out?"
"I..."
Ei frowned, the tangled emotions on her face heartbreaking to behold.
"I don't know..."
Ei shook her head. Confusion lingered on her face, but her resolve had clearly begun to waver.
Both The Domineering Electro Archon Falls for Me! and Yae Miko's words had gradually made her realize that the Eternity she pursued, and the decisions she had made, seemed to be wrong.
But if her decisions were wrong, what were the right ones?
Besides, even now, one crucial question still lay before Ei.
Once a civilization reached the pinnacle of prosperity, it would head toward destruction. That was the truth of this continent.
She had witnessed with her own eyes a nation racing forward with all its might, only to be destroyed before the Heavenly Principles.
That nation had striven so hard to advance, yet in the end, it had still been unable to escape destruction at the hands of the Heavenly Principles.
Perhaps her Eternity was flawed, but did that mean it was entirely wrong?
Yes, preventing the people of Inazuma from moving forward and achieving prosperity was wrong.
But she also knew that one day, perhaps in a few years, perhaps in a few centuries, when Inazuma kept striving forward and reached the end of its path,