"After traveling through three nations and experiencing so much, you've gained a new understanding of eternity. You believe you're more resolute now than you were before. Is that right?"
The Shogun looked at Ei, her expression cold.
Ei now seemed to have found her direction amid the confusion, and her gaze was just as resolute.
She nodded. "Yes!"
"I see!"
The Shogun remained expressionless. "But as I said before, Sky-Clearing represents the wishes of Inazuma's people. Since she defeated me, that proves her will is firmer than mine, and she can go further than I can."
"I have already acknowledged the wishes and will she represents. I told you before: if the new eternity you conceive gains Sky-Clearing's approval, I will not prevent you from changing the laws."
Some might wonder why, in the game, Ei had to fight the Shogun for a full five hundred years before earning her recognition, defeating her countless times along the way.
Why had Ellin earned the Shogun's recognition after winning just once?
One reason was that Ellin had fought Ei and the Shogun on behalf of the people's wishes. It had been a wager, and Ellin had won.
The second reason was that Ellin was simply too powerful.
The terrifying power of the seven-element demon god core was enough to slay both the Shogun and Ei at once.
Of the two, the Shogun was eternity's guardian, while Ei was its seeker.
But neither was a match for Ellin. Ellin possessed the power to erase them both.
Could an eternity that could be erased still be called eternity?
That was precisely why the Shogun had granted Ellin her utmost respect and recognition.
And that was why she had said she would acknowledge Ei's new eternity as long as Ellin agreed to it.
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