Ever since resolving the incident involving Tlazolli, Rios had become Teyvat's version of a dream fulfillment master, resolving the regrets of Natlan's people who could no longer see their deceased loved ones.
Just as he had anticipated earlier, the joy of reuniting with loved ones provided emotion values far greater than the emotion values Rios expended to bring people back from the Night Kingdom. Each time he helped someone fulfill their dream, the total amount of Rios's emotion values actually increased instead.
And this was only in the case of ordinary people. When facing Vision holders, the emotion values they provided were a hundred times that of ordinary people.
Ordinary people provided around 30 in emotion values, while Vision holders provided at least around 3000.
Kinich had once burst out with 3500 emotion values when he saw his mother.
But this was far from the limit of Natlan's people.
[Emotion value from Mavuika +5000]
The assembly hall.
"Hine..."
Upon seeing the little girl appear before her, even someone as strong as Mavuika had a complex expression on her face.
She knew full well in her heart that the person before her was not her true sister, but merely a manifestation condensed from memories.
The real Hine—her soul might have already reincarnated multiple times.
Yet even so, when the familiar figure of her sister reappeared before her eyes, the turmoil in her heart surged just as fiercely as the emotion value displayed by the system.
"Sister, I'm so happy to see you again." The orange-haired little girl smiled as she greeted her, "Did you receive the gift I left for you?"
"Mm..."
Gazing at the touching scene of the sisters reuniting, the secretary of the assembly hall couldn't help but express surprise: "I never imagined that even Mavuika would show such an expression."
During this time, she had accompanied Rios in witnessing too many scenes of Natlan warriors reuniting with their deceased loved ones. No matter how strong the warriors were, they couldn't help but shed tears when their family and friends reappeared before them.
She never expected that even Mavuika, who seemed fearless and as if she would never shed a tear, would be like this upon seeing her sister.
"Everyone is human; no matter how strong they appear on the outside, there's still a soft spot hidden in their hearts." Rios was very happy to be able to help Mavuika.
In the original plot, Mavuika had also met with the existence carrying Hine's memories.
But at that time, she urgently needed to subjugate the Abyss, so she only exchanged a few brief words of greeting before parting with her sister.
Now, she could finally have ample time to converse with her sister.
Don't be fooled by Hine's current childlike appearance; in essence, she was condensed from all the memories of Hine from 500 years ago, from toddler to elder.
If they wanted to chat about family matters, it probably wouldn't finish even after several days.
For Mavuika, this was probably a happy kind of worry.
To allow the living and the deceased to converse properly, Rios had specially opened up a room in the assembly hall just for them to talk heart-to-heart.
The room's name was simple and straightforward: the chat room.
Mavuika brought her sister into the chat room.
Once Hine's time of existence in the present world ended, Mavuika finally walked out of the room.
"Rios, thank you for all the contributions you've made to Natlan up to now." After parting with her sister once more, there was no sadness on Mavuika's face; she remained as resolute as ever.
No—strictly speaking, there was now a greater sense of relief between Mavuika's brows, making her appear even more radiant than before.
"I thought you'd criticize me for disturbing the peace of the deceased." Rios said with a smile.
Mavuika gently shook her head: "Rios, I don't know why you have such a misunderstanding about me, but I actually fully support what you're doing."
"Many people have been able to make up for past regrets because of your help, allowing them to better step toward the future."
"You don't need to feel worried; we should be the ones thanking you."
There were quite a few people in Natlan who had become despondent due to regrets in their hearts, even affecting their will to survive.
But after communicating with the deceased, their mental states were completely renewed, becoming much more proactive than before.
Just as Mavuika said, having made up for their regrets, they could finally embrace a new future.
"However, I'm very curious about how exactly you're doing it?" Mavuika crossed her arms, her gaze probing as she looked at Rios.
She had been the Pyro Archon before, but all she could do was bring back sacrificed warriors through the Sacred Flame.
Mavuika, with her experience as a former Pyro Archon, couldn't comprehend at all—let alone be so shocked by—Rios's method of directly pulling people from the Night Kingdom without going through the Ancient Names.
"You can just think of it as a talent that only I can use."
Rios indicated that this kind of thing was something those who understood would get without explanation, and those who didn't wouldn't get it no matter how much it was explained.
"I really wish I had a talent like yours too, then I could call Hine out to chat every day."
Perhaps because it had been so many years since she last saw her sister, Mavuika was in a great mood and even cracked a joke.
Oh, no—this big sister had always been the type who was a bit mischievous, but usually, she gave off such a dignified and righteous impression that everyone felt her jokes weren't funny.
"You should probably go to Mondstadt for some training." Rios suggested.
For example, learn from Venti how to be a god of fun or something like that.
"Mondstadt?" Mavuika was puzzled by the implication, simply saying, "I've heard the Grand Master of the Knights of Favonius say that there's a bartender named Diona in Mondstadt who's quite skilled; the drinks she mixes taste like delicacies."
"If there's a chance to go to Mondstadt, I'd really like to give it a try."
However, the people of Natlan currently found it very difficult to leave Natlan. If they rashly left Natlan's domain, they'd end up living like Bennett, with bad luck following them everywhere.
If she wanted to go to Mondstadt for a drink, she'd probably have to wait until the Abyss was cleared out.
"Speaking of which, it seems like I haven't had a drink with the Pyro Archon yet." Mavuika looked over with a smile, "Pyro Archon, how about giving me the honor of sharing a cup?"
"I'm not of age yet." Rios raised his palm in refusal.
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As the saying goes, some are happy while others are worried.
While many people were stepping out of the past and toward a new future because they had seen their deceased loved ones, a certain little girl from the People of the Springs was feeling somewhat melancholic.
"You've all seen Rios?!"
Mualani stared in surprise, her eyes wide.
"Yeah."
"We've all seen him."
There were also many people in the People of the Springs who wanted to meet their deceased loved ones, so they had all gone to the Stadium of the Sacred Flame to request Rios's help, and naturally, they had met him.
"Rios gives off the same feeling as before; he's not like the rumors say, with a drastic change in personality."
"I think suspending the Pilgrimage of the Return of the Sacred Flame must be due to some unspeakable hardship on his part."
The companions from the People of the Springs discussed.
Then, they thought of a problem.
"Mualani, don't tell me you still haven't seen Rios even now?" The people from the People of the Springs found it hard to believe when they said this, "It's been quite a long time since Rios became the Pyro Archon."
"Th-this..." Mualani felt embarrassed.
Clearly, at the very beginning, she was the only one insisting on going to see Rios.
After learning that his personality hadn't changed, she had been waiting for Rios to come find her on his own.
But how had it turned out that, in the blink of an eye, she was the only one in the entire tribe who hadn't met Rios yet?