My Cringey Chuunibyou Past Was Exposed?

[So that was how Lady Anemo Archon was born?]

[A being born from the fusion of a wind spirit and a human, all so she could endure the long years and search for the Knight of Boreas's next life!]

[I'm crying my eyes out. The Knight of Boreas could have lived, but for Mondstadt and Lady Anemo Archon, he chose to sacrifice himself.]

[Is that why the Knight of Boreas has always held the highest position among Mondstadt's Four Winds?]

[Now we just have to see how Mondstadt reacts. I wonder what the Church of Favonius and the Knights of Favonius, who worship the Anemo Archon, will do after learning such a monumental secret...]

All sorts of discussions kept appearing in the video's comment section.

Countless people had complicated feelings about the story from a thousand years ago, and were also deeply moved.

Of course, some people were fascinated by the video itself and were eagerly waiting for the next update.

For example, our Miss Ronova.

"Damn it, that's all they showed us! Hurry up and update it! That wasn't nearly enough!"

In the few minutes she had spent watching the video, Ronova had been through quite an emotional roller coaster.

The story of the Knight of Boreas and the girl had moved and saddened even her, the former Ruler of Death.

To settle her emotions, she put down her smartphone and went outside, planning to change her mood.

Just then, a young woman in an unusual, skintight outfit happened to pass by the door and spoke in surprise.

"Oh, Miss Ronova, are you feeling down?"

Hearing the voice, Ronova looked up and saw that it was her neighbor.

Mona Megistus, who had only recently moved to Mondstadt.

She was said to be a certain witch's disciple and a top-notch astrologer. She had once traveled across the continent, eventually choosing to stay in Mondstadt to solve a problem her teacher had left her.

Ronova had always regarded witches as her subordinates.

Naturally, she regarded Mona, a witch's disciple, as her junior as well.

So she spoke with a rare friendly expression. "It's nothing. I just watched a video."

"A video?" Mona was quite interested. "Miss Ronova, you actually have enough money to buy a smartphone? I'm so jealous. I was thinking of using my monthly writing fees to buy one in Sumeru, but every time I get paid, I spend it all right away."

"Then how about we watch it together?"

Looking at Mona, Ronova couldn't help showing a mischievous expression.

After all, watching something heartbreaking alone was suffering, but sharing it with someone else meant she could savor their expression.

Ronova had to admit she was practically a genius!

"Huh? Can I?"

"Of course."

Mona was clearly interested in the smartphone too. She immediately accepted the invitation and went to Ronova's room.

After Ronova opened the video, the two soon watched "A Hundred Lifetimes of Reincarnation: The North Wind Chapter" again.

When she saw the Knight of Boreas sacrifice himself to save the Anemo Archon, and the Anemo Archon choose to fuse her soul with a wind spirit to follow in the North Wind's footsteps, Mona's eyes reddened at once.

Tears began to fall uncontrollably...

"It's just too tragic. Why couldn't two people who trusted and protected each other so much end up together?"

"Right? Right? That's exactly what I thought."

Ronova smiled as she comforted Mona, feeling a strange sort of pleasure.

She felt that she understood human emotions better and better, and now knew what the feeling of "pleasure" meant.

At the same time, Mo Fan was buying seasonings for dinner at a general store in Mondstadt.

For some reason, passersby nearby were excitedly discussing scenes on their smartphones, apparently talking about someone called the "Knight of Boreas."

Of course, Mo Fan knew the Knight of Boreas very well.

Around his fifty-third life, he had been the Knight of Boreas himself—the very first one, in fact.

Back then, driven by anger at the tyrant and sympathy for the people of Mondstadt, he had resolutely raised his sword, rescued an innocent girl trapped in the storm, and joined her in raising the banner of rebellion and defeating the God of Tornadoes, Decarabian...

Come to think of it, that had been two thousand years ago.

The girl from back then had probably risen to a high position in Mondstadt before dying of old age.

Mo Fan had experienced the regret of such partings countless times throughout his long cycle of reincarnation.

So he was hardly shaken and continued buying his ingredients.

But for some reason, the voices around him grew louder and louder.

"The first Knight of Boreas was so cool!"

"He appeared like the wind and rescued the girl, then, at the most desperate moment, rose up to fight and slew a god. He was the ideal knight!"

"Alas, it's a shame he disappeared in the end. He was just one step away from being with that girl..."

"I suppose it was inevitable in a way. If the Knight of Boreas hadn't disappeared, how would that girl have gone on to become Mondstadt's Anemo Archon?"

"Is Lady Anemo Archon still waiting for the North Wind to return?"

???

As the discussion continued around him, Mo Fan's expression could only be described as utterly bewildered.

What was all this?

What were they talking about?

The girl the first Knight of Boreas rescued became the Anemo Archon, and she was still waiting for the North Wind to return?

What kind of ridiculous plot was that?

And how did they know about the first Knight of Boreas? It had been two thousand years!

An ominous feeling suddenly arose in Mo Fan's heart.

He hurriedly borrowed a smartphone from someone nearby and opened the "A Hundred Lifetimes of Reincarnation" video.

The moment he saw the Knight of Boreas appear onscreen, he nearly fainted.

What the hell?

Who recorded my chuunibyou past?!

Yes, Mo Fan felt like someone with chuunibyou who had discovered that his chuunibyou days had been exposed.

After all, during his time as the Knight of Boreas, Mo Fan had been particularly drawn to roles like the savior, and had played the part of a perfect savior from the bottom of his heart...

Although he himself later rejected those childish ideas, during that time, at least, he had earnestly played the ridiculously chuunibyou role of a knight saving a princess.

Looking back on it, Mo Fan honestly wished he could bury himself in the ground.

"I am the embodiment of the North Wind, destined to become a gentle breeze that protects you"?

Did I come up with that bullshit line using my cerebellum or my brain?!

For a moment, Mo Fan wanted nothing more than to find the culprit who had posted the video and make them take down his cringey chuunibyou past immediately!