Chapter 421: Ch 421 : The great vengeance has been avenged
"Eula, what are you doing?! Didn’t we just tell you earlier not to randomly hold grudges against people anymore?"
Aether and Su Yuan immediately looked tense.
They grabbed Paimon and moved away from Eula, maintaining a safe distance as if preparing for a dangerous situation...
"Hey, hey, hey—what’s the meaning of this?!"
Eula was startled by Aether and Paimon’s reaction and hurriedly spoke:
"Okay, yes, you did tell me that... but old habits die hard! A personality forged over so many years can’t be changed overnight!"
"Besides, I was just saying it in passing! It’s not like I actually meant I was going to hold a grudge and seek revenge!"
"That’s different!!"
Aether shouted, then immediately turned to the nearby diners at Good Hunter and declared loudly:
"You all probably know me! I’m the Honorary Knight of the Knights of Favonius—the Traveler, Aether!"
"There’s a potential terror threat near Good Hunter! Please evacuate immediately!!"
Hearing Aether’s urgent voice, both the staff and customers at Good Hunter realized something serious was going on.
They dropped their food and fled the area in a panic!
In no time, the area was deserted, with only a few bold onlookers watching from afar...
"Traveler... what exactly are you doing?"
Eula stared at Aether in utter confusion and asked, unable to make sense of the situation:
"Terror threat? Then why, as the captain of the Knights of Favonius Reconnaissance Company, do I know nothing about this?!"
"Foul eerie creature! You’ve already polluted and taken control of Eula—and now you’re trying to keep up the act?!"
Aether stared at Eula nervously, shielding Paimon behind him as he declared solemnly:
"I will protect Paimon no matter what. If you want to hurt her... you’ll have to step over my dead body first!!"
"Traveler..."
Paimon, protected behind Aether, was deeply touched and wore a moved expression on her face.
"Wait—Traveler, Su Yuan, can you two please explain to me what the heck is going on here?!"
Eula looked completely bewildered, her tone full of confusion:
"I mean, I did say I was holding a grudge against Paimon—but surely you both know that was just a joke, right?"
"Sure, Paimon did eat a ton of food and made me spend quite a bit that day, but how could I possibly actually hold a grudge against her?"
"And from the way you’re acting—why are you so convinced I want to hurt her?!"
"Hmph! Eerie creature, are you still pretending?" Aether glared at Eula, breathing heavily, still on high alert.
"Is it because there are still people around, so you’re biding your time and don’t want to reveal your true form yet?"
"Wait, Aether... hold on. Something’s not right..."
Su Yuan, in fact, had been quietly observing Eula this whole time.
It was true that she seemed to meet the conditions for becoming Eerie state... but there wasn’t the slightest sign of eerie energy emanating from her.
No strange aura.
No signs of transformation...
It was still possible, of course, that this was a fully-transformed Eula maintaining a flawless disguise.
But from Su Yuan’s point of view—if it were someone like Kaeya, that might be believable.
But Eula, with her personality?
There’s no way she could pull off such a perfect act.
Could it be... that Eula really hadn’t entered an Eerie state after all?
"Damn it... What will it take for you two to finally believe me?" Eula muttered, visibly frustrated and at a loss for what to say.
"It’s simple, Aether," Su Yuan spoke calmly.
"Just attack Eula with your elemental power. That’ll be enough to confirm whether or not she’s been contaminated or taken over by Eerie energy."
"But... if it turns out Eula hasn’t been taken over, won’t that mean the intel you got was wrong?" Aether asked with concern.
That was exactly the part Su Yuan was unsure about too...
The intel about Eula’s conditions for Eerie transformation had come from the palm of his right hand.
And ever since arriving in Teyvat, the intel provided by the system in his right palm had never been wrong...
So why, when Eula had clearly said she was holding a grudge, did she still not fall into an Eerie state?
After briefly thinking it over again, Su Yuan continued:
"No matter what... if it means Eula won’t fall under eerie corruption and end up hurting Paimon, then I’d rather the intel I received be wrong."
"Eula—you heard that, didn’t you..."
Su Yuan turned to Eula and said:
"As long as you don’t defend yourself and let Aether hit you once with his elemental power, that will be enough to prove your innocence..."
"Then go ahead. I don’t want to explain anything anymore..."
Eula spread her hands, looking a little helpless.
"If that’s what it takes for you to trust me again, then so be it!"
Immediately, Aether gathered a small amount of Anemo power in his hand, forming a blade of wind that shot straight toward Eula’s shoulder.
Eula didn’t try to defend herself at all.
She let the small wind blade cut into her skin and flesh, and a spray of blood splattered into the air...
Seeing this, Aether finally let out a sigh of relief.
He glanced at Paimon, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said:
"That’s a relief—Eula isn’t immune to elemental attacks right now..."
"Looks like your intel was wrong, Su Yuan... and Paimon’s life isn’t in danger anymore either."
"So... what was all this about?"
As a seasoned Wave Knight and captain of the Recon Squad who often traveled, Eula naturally knew how to deal with injuries.
After quickly tending to her wound, she approached Su Yuan and Aether.
"It’s all because of those Eerie things..."
Aether spread his hands, speaking with some frustration:
"If we’d been clearer from the start, maybe this misunderstanding wouldn’t have happened."
"At first, based on Su Yuan’s intel, we thought your condition for becoming Eerie was holding a grudge against someone. And once you did, the Eerie version of you would seek revenge on that person..."
"But now it seems it was a false alarm—Su Yuan’s intel must have been wrong..."
Before Aether could finish his sentence, Eula suddenly pulled out the greatsword strapped to her back—and without any warning, slashed Paimon cleanly in half while she was still unguarded after letting her guard down!
Right after, "Eula’s" face began to twist and distort.
Her features turned crimson, foul-smelling, and contorted into a grotesque grin.
A sinister, eerie aura began to radiate from her body...
"Eula" gritted her teeth and let out a strange, chilling laugh:
"Heh-ha-la-li-lu... My vengeance is complete..."
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