Genshin Impact, all those behind-the-scenes big shots are me

Fortunately, Su Chen was prepared.

"Actually, I should have come to see you sooner, but I was delayed by picking out a gift on the way." As he spoke, Su Chen took out the string of beautiful seashells.

wow~

The clear, melodious voice, upon hearing the word "gift," caused Ying's eyes to flicker slightly, and she finally turned around.

"Seashell...bracelet?"

Su Chen chuckled: "Yes, do you like it? I spent a long time choosing it."

Torachiyo said, "Didn't you buy this as soon as you entered Inazuma Castle? You just picked one randomly, it hasn't been that long."

"..."

Su Chen's lips twitched: "Chiyo, go practice drawing your sword slash 10,000 times. You won't get any sleep today if you don't finish it."

"Teacher, I was wrong!!"

Torachiyo was punished to draw her sword, but what she said made Su Chen a little embarrassed. Just as he was thinking of taking it back, Ying suddenly reached out and snatched the bracelet away.

"like?"

"do not like."

"Then you still want it."

"Why can't I accept an apology?"

Looking at Ying's self-righteous attitude, Su Chen could only shrug helplessly.

Ying put on the bracelet and then said, "It's really ugly."

Duplicity.

Su Chen chuckled lightly, but did not expose him.

"It's not that I don't want to tell you, but these five hundred years are but a fleeting moment for me, and there's nothing I can do about it." Su Chen sat down, poured two cups of tea, and pushed one of them to the opposite side.

Ying also sat down, but pretended to sit casually next to Su Chen, and then naturally moved the tea in front of her.

Su Chen smiled and said, "Do you remember what I said back then?"

Ying lowered her eyes: "We will meet again."

"Yes, I broke my promise once, so I won't break my promise a second time."

The shadow remained silent.

He said he would come back with Zhen, but he never did. Later he said they would meet again. She thought it was just a comforting remark, but she still hoped in her heart that a miracle would happen.

"Ying, thank you for your hard work," Su Chen suddenly said.

In the past, outside of the game, Su Chen would have thought it was inappropriate for Ying, as a Thor, to manage Inazuma like this. But having experienced the simulation, Su Chen knew Ying's personality very well. She didn't understand governance at all, nor did she want to; she was simply forced into the position of Thor by circumstances.

This forced arrangement, which happened to coincide with Inazuma suffering from disaster and the death of his loved ones, and the fact that a puppet general was eventually brought out to manage Inazuma, already demonstrates the shadow's desire to protect Inazuma.

Although the puppet general was eventually used by the Fools, Inazuma remained in a relatively stable state for at least the first five hundred years.

No one is perfect, and neither are gods.

Not everyone can do everything perfectly like Grandpa Zhong.

"I...I didn't." Shadow suddenly panicked. Remembering Inazuma's current situation, she bit her lip. "I didn't do a good job. I didn't manage Inazuma well. I didn't handle either the internal problems of Inazuma or the problems of the Dragon Lizard clan. Compared to my sister, I can't do anything, whether it's governing the country or saving you..."

"No, that's not it." Su Chen said gently, "You've already tried your best, better than anyone else. It's wrong of us to suddenly leave you. Zhen and I are the ones who should apologize."

"Well..."

Ying's heart skipped a beat.

Feeling wronged, or moved, she just wanted to cry. It was the first time she had shed tears in five hundred years, and this time it was still a continuation of that unfinished accident. Cardodia had returned, and she was happy, but also sad, because she was truly gone.

"My sister really has..."

Shadow hung her head. The Thunder General, who was supreme in the eyes of outsiders, looked like a wounded kitten at this moment. She wanted to cry, but there was no one to comfort her. On the battlefield of Kanria, she could not cry, nor dared to cry.

Back in Inazuma, everyone was watching her; with the calamity weighing on her, she couldn't cry even more.

And now, someone I can rely on has returned.

Her fingers gripped the hem of her clothes tightly, her head lowered as she slowly moved closer, her forehead resting on Su Chen's shoulder.

"film?"

"It'll be over in a minute, just a minute..."

Shadow spoke in a low voice.

She was taking advantage of the fact that there were only the two of them present. If Chiyo and Miko were here, she would never be able to do this.

After all, she is now the Thunder General, the Thunder Goddess of Inazuma. She should maintain the dignity befitting a Thunder Goddess in front of everyone; that is a sign of growth.

However, right in front of Cardodia.

"Don't tell them, or else..." Ying threatened in a low voice.

Just then, the whispering of two dogs broke the silence.

"She passed the exam and even cried."

"Puhaha~ I knew it... Ying would definitely start crying her eyes out."

"Shh, keep your voice down, it'll be bad if we get caught."

"She's practically glued to Lord Cardodia right now, she doesn't care about us at all."

"That's true. Ying looks just like a child."

"You're pretty much the same."

"Shinko, quickly call Chiyo Auntie."

"..."

film:"..."

The attic was quiet for a while.

Shadow looked up, expressionless, and said, "Cardodia, wait a minute, I have something to take care of."

"Hey! Divine Child, you've been discovered!"

"? As if you weren't discovered?"

Two voices could be heard coming from one side of the main hall.

Su Chen chuckled, about to speak, when suddenly his expression turned strange.

"what happened?"

The figure, who had already stood up and drawn his sword, paused.

Su Chen sighed: "If you're going to chop someone up, you might have to chop one more up."

"Ok?"

The shadow remained unconvinced.

Then, Su Chen released his power, and the image of the God of the Imperial City appeared in the void.

"This is..." Shadow was stunned. "Sister?! Cardodia, what's going on?!"

Su Chen picked up his teacup: "You should ask yourself that question."

Ying was taken aback: "What...does that mean?"

"What I mean is... well, how long are you going to keep pretending? You've already given yourself away. Did you already wake up at Narukami Shrine? I knew it. I knew my guess was right. How could you, who absorbed the authority within the Heart of God and condensed the power of faith and soul, still be in a dormant state?"

The words fell.

The statue of Takenori slowly opened its eyes.

Feeling the gazes of everyone, Raiden blinked, his expression completely innocent.

"I... I originally just wanted to scare Kage. I really didn't mean to peek at what happened just now, so Kage... why don't you just chop down Miko and Chiyo?"

film:"..."

The sky suddenly became dark and gloomy.

At this moment, everyone in Inazuma City who was enjoying the Dragon King Festival looked up at the terrifying lightning dancing in the sky, and they were all puzzled—strange, why is there so much thunder during this year's Dragon King Festival? Oh right, it must be the Dragon King manifesting his power!

...

...

The return of Raiden Shin and Cardodia made Kage feel like he was dreaming.

However, she really wanted to smash her head against the castle tower and die!

I planned to spend some time alone with my partner to relieve some stress, but why did you all end up here?

Then Shadow suddenly realized that he was the last to know about Cardodia's return?!

"Don't worry, Kage," the divine child 'kindly' comforted her. "At least Lord Kitsune-no-miya doesn't know yet, so you're the second to last... Pfft, hahaha!!" She laughed as she spoke.

Then a bolt of lightning struck down from the sky, and the people of the rice paddy knelt down and cried out, "The Dragon King has appeared!"

After Yae no Miko was killed, Torachiyo hurriedly clung to Su Chen and shouted, "Teacher, save me!" Meanwhile, Raiden Shin wisely chose to remain silent.

After a while of commotion, everyone was finally able to sit down and have a cup of tea.

Ying held the tea alone, turned her back to the others, and turned her back to them.

Raiden laughed and said, "Alright, alright, Shadow, nobody did it on purpose, right?"

The divine child remained silent.

Torachiyo didn't say anything either.

We're sorry, we did it on purpose.

His face seemed to say those words... Su Chen chuckled and said, "It's just a small matter. Now that Ying is the God of Thunder, why would he care?"

Zhen also laughed and said, "That's right, Ying has grown up, so my worries were unnecessary."

The two of them, speaking in unison, made Ying feel much better. She slowly turned around and asked about the real situation.