Ganyu: I Don't Ask You to Forgive Me, I Only Hope to See You Again!

Wangshu Inn.

After a night of deep sleep, Mo Fan felt that his energy and spirits had been greatly restored.

He climbed out of bed feeling refreshed and was about to take Ronova to the inn's dining hall for breakfast. But the next second, he discovered that the Ruler of Death beside him looked as though she was about to die.

"What's wrong with you?"

Mo Fan was startled when he saw the extremely dark circles under Ronova's eyes.

He felt that even back when she was the Ruler of Death and worked 24/7, she had never looked this close to dying on the spot.

"Nothing. I just stayed up all night watching videos and reading comments, that's all. Haaah~~~~"

Ronova yawned as she spoke.

She was just about to prove that she was fine, but after taking only two steps, she fainted and fell onto the bed like a dead fish.

"This..."

Seeing how absorbed she was in watching videos, Mo Fan really wanted to act like a parent from another world and forcibly confiscate her smartphone.

But he wasn't the kind of parent with a strong desire to control others, so he did nothing of the sort. He simply picked up the blanket on the bed and covered her with it.

Then he left the guest room alone and went to the inn's dining hall for breakfast.

But for some reason, when he reached the dining hall, he found that every guest there was extremely excited. They were either eagerly scrolling through their smartphones or engaged in heated conversations with their companions...

They were so loud that Mo Fan couldn't have avoided hearing them even if he'd wanted to. He soon learned what they were discussing.

"The story of Asura Yaksha is so moving."

"I never imagined that Liyue once had such a magnificent hero. It's such a shame that his story was buried for thousands of years!"

"Don't worry. I saw an announcement from the Liyue Qixing this morning. They're going to immediately revise all of Liyue's history books and records, even the textbooks. They're going to clear Asura Yaksha's name completely and right the wrong done to him as quickly as possible!"

"I saw that Miss Yun of the Yun-Han Opera Troupe has already announced that she's making an opera with Asura Yaksha as the protagonist for this year's Lantern Rite. She's even started writing the script!"

"Oh my, I can't wait!"

"If Asura Yaksha's spirit can hear us in the afterlife, perhaps he'll be comforted too..."

"..."

???

What the hell?

After the Knight of Boreas, has my identity as Asura Yaksha been completely exposed too?

Which bastard keeps digging up my dark history?

If I find out, I'll be sure to show that bastard some love!!

Mo Fan was nearly driven to the point of fainting with rage.

Unlike his past as the Knight of Boreas, his past as Asura Yaksha was something he had deliberately concealed, never wanting anyone to expose it.

Back then, as a Yaksha, he had followed Rex Lapis through the Archon War. But after the war ended, he discovered that a great mass of lingering resentment from dead gods was roaming Liyue, attacking innocent ordinary people.

Because of the complex nature of the gods' resentment, even the adepti were helpless against it, let alone Rex Lapis himself.

Only the Yakshas possessed the special ability to absorb karmic debt. They could draw the gods' resentment into their own bodies, thereby destroying the resentment roaming the land.

But this came with serious consequences: a Yaksha who absorbed too much karmic debt would gradually succumb to demonic influence and go mad.

After dealing with karmic debt for some time, the Hydro Yaksha Bonanus and the Geo Yaksha Menogias, whose cultivation was less advanced, had already begun to show signs of being consumed by karmic debt and falling into madness.

To protect his younger brother and sister, Mo Fan, as Asura Yaksha, made a decision without hesitation. He would absorb all the gods' resentment in Liyue and take that karmic debt with him when he died.

To keep his death from causing others pain, he deliberately disguised himself as a fiend bent on destroying Liyue. He intended to become the embodiment of evil and thereby lessen the guilt the others would feel.

It was precisely because of this chain of events that the story ultimately took such a tragic turn. Even he, as Asura, was utterly disgraced and became a villain who had sought to destroy Liyue.

By now, Mo Fan had long since made peace with Asura's life.

Although, looking back, there might have been a better way to reduce the sacrifices made, Mo Fan did not regret his decision. He had willingly given his life and reputation to save the people important to him.

But what's the point of this video exposing everything now?

Won't Ganyu and the Five Yaksha go completely mad when they learn the truth?

You piece of shit who made this video, if I catch you, I'll make you pay!

Mo Fan cursed the person who had posted the video over and over in his heart.

At the same time, he began thinking rapidly about how to deal with the consequences of Asura Yaksha's story being exposed.

First of all, Ganyu and the five Yakshas were directly involved, and they would surely be shaken the moment they saw the video.

Someone might be unable to bear the guilt and decide to prove their resolve through death, or something like that...

Mo Fan didn't want anyone to die because of him.

But if he wanted to stop them from doing anything foolish, he would have to reveal his identity himself.

Wouldn't that be even worse?

For a moment, Mo Fan was deeply shaken, and his emotions gradually grew somewhat unstable.

But in the end, he quickly calmed down.

He had remembered someone who could prevent the worst possible outcome by stepping in.

That person was none other than Liyue's Geo Archon, Rex Lapis.

Although Mo Fan rarely revealed his true identity to anyone and had hardly ever told anyone about his ability to reincarnate, during one of his reincarnations, he had accidentally told the Geo Archon the truth.

From then on, the Geo Archon had known that he was constantly reincarnating in Teyvat, caught in an unending cycle.

It had been the same during his time as Asura Yaksha. Mo Fan had specifically asked the Geo Archon to step in and stop Ganyu and the five Yakshas from doing anything rash if the truth ever came out by accident.

Now, even if Ganyu and the Five Yaksha were emotionally shaken, the Geo Archon would presumably step in to stop them.

But Mo Fan also knew that this would only treat the symptoms, not the cause.

He still had to find a way to deal with it himself to prevent an even greater tragedy.

While Mo Fan was lost in thought, a great commotion suddenly erupted in the inn's main hall.

The guests all hurriedly crowded in front of the large screen.

Mo Fan didn't know what had happened, but he followed them out of an instinctive desire to see what was going on.

Soon, as everyone watched, the Akasha Terminal's large screen slowly lit up, showing the Jade Chamber and the figures of Ganyu, secretary to the Liyue Qixing, and Ningguang and Keqing of the Liyue Qixing.

In front of everyone watching the video, Ganyu took a deep breath, stepped forward, and spoke.

"Master Asura, I know you're watching this livestream being broadcast to all of Teyvat..."

"I don't know who you are now, or what kind of life you're living..."

"Perhaps you're very happy now, or perhaps you've already forgotten everything about the past..."

"But I still want to tell you how I feel and express my regret to you..."

"I'm sorry!"

"But I also know that words alone can't make up for the mistakes I made."

"So I don't ask you to forgive me. I only hope you'll come find me, that you'll appear before me!"

"I swear, if you'll just give me one chance, I'll do everything I can to repay everything from the past. I'll give you everything I have, and I'll use everything I have to repay it all."

"Master Asura... I really miss you so much..."