And just as everyone was lost in shock and disbelief,
on the screen—
Otto murmured softly.
Yet those words, intangible as they seemed,
answered the questions weighing on everyone's mind before the screen—
And the deepest question of all.
Otto's… true objective.
"Only the miracle created by the Herrscher of the Void—
that instant of [Imaginary Space Reconstitution] which forces all that was once [infinite] to come to a halt—"
"It allowed the wedge of that world, the origin point I so carefully selected,
to seize this opportunity and take root… to sprout… in new soil."
"This is something I could never have accomplished—
not even while holding authority in my hands, so long as I remained a slave."
[Keqing: Th-this… what does Otto mean by that…?]
[Ningguang: Otto wielded power, yet became a slave to the Imaginary Tree—but now, after being reconstituted by the Herrscher of the Void, another of his goals has been fulfilled?]
[March 7th: He had power… but lost freedom…]
[Tesla: This guy… can't he just explain things in plain language for once?!]
[Kiana: Th-this… is it because of my power?]
[Honkai · Himeko: "The wedge of that world," "a carefully chosen origin point"… what on earth is Otto talking about?!]
[Theresa: Grandpa…]
[Einstein: Otto took advantage of becoming the proxy of the Imaginary Authority… to achieve his true aim.]
[Einstein: But the consequences of doing so…]
[Tesla: Chicken-Head… do you already understand it?!]
[Einstein: Otto… is using his own life to exchange for—no, to realize that objective…]
[Tesla: His life?!]
[Ruan Mei: Otto's carefully chosen temporal origin… I think I already know what it is…]
[Sparkle: Tsk, how unbelievable. Such an interesting person, yet he's willing to sacrifice this much.]
[Durandal: Archbishop… this must also be why you chose Kolosten, wasn't it?]
[Kiana: What are you all talking about?! Why can't I understand any of this at all?!]
[Klee: Klee doesn't understand either! Hmph!]
As Otto's voice faded,
countless viewers sank into deep thought.
What… was Otto truly saying?!
Then, in the next instant—
Durandal voiced the conjecture she had long held.
Or rather, the conclusion she had drawn from Otto's actions.
"So… in order to reshape the world from five hundred years ago, you had to transcend reality itself—
to become part of Imaginary space, to become a [slave] of the Imaginary Tree…"
"And yet, to change that world—
to change her fate—"
"You then had to exile yourself from it."
"Even if the result of doing so was… your death."
"Even to the point that your very [existence] would be completely erased."
In that instant—
With Durandal's revelation,
countless viewers felt their bodies jolt.
Their eyes fixed on the girl's expression on the screen—
Serious. Calm, as always.
Yet faintly tinged with sorrow.
Durandal was not someone who joked lightly.
Which meant—
What she had just said…?!
Otto… had orchestrated all of this
in order to reshape the world from five hundred years ago?!
From beginning to end, up until this very stage,
Otto had been deliberately guiding Kiana and the others into opposition—
So that, in the end, Kiana would defeat him with the authority of the Herrscher of the Void!
To [shatter] him—
Or rather, to completely exile him, making him part of Imaginary space itself!
And this—
Was the end of Otto as a living being,
but also the precondition for achieving his ultimate goal!
Otto… intended to reshape the world from five hundred years ago?!
Why—was hardly a question at all.
Otto's one and only obsession
had always been the same—
The Saintess: Kallen.
To change the world of more than five hundred years ago,
to change the fate in which Kallen died—
Otto was even willing to embrace death?!
By Durandal's reasoning,
he was even prepared for his very existence to be erased!
[March 7th: W-wait… what Durandal said… that's not really Otto's true objective, is it?!]
[Tesla: That bastard… he really plans to go that far?!]
[Einstein: Only by using the Herrscher of the Void's power could this be accomplished…]
[Einstein: First linking himself to the Imaginary Tree… then paying the price of exile to reach and reshape the world from five hundred years ago…]
[Einstein: I have to say—Otto's actions are truly insane.]
[Herta: But… also genius.]
[Herta: To conceive such a method within just five centuries… and to actually carry it out successfully…]
[Sparkle: A terrifying man, isn't he?]
[Changguang: Terrifying… yet also worthy of respect.]
[Rita: So this was the Archbishop's true purpose…]
[Kiana: Um… could someone maybe explain it a bit more simply…]
[Durandal: The Archbishop intends to use his own life—even his very existence—to reshape the world from five hundred years ago, to rewrite the fate of Kallen's death.]
[Durandal: Such an idea… is truly extreme…]
[Otto: And yet—necessary, is it not?]
[Honkai · Himeko: But… changing the world from five hundred years ago—isn't that changing history itself?!]
[Honkai · Himeko: If history changes, would we even still exist?!]
[March 7th: Yeah…]
[Tesla: No… if it's done this way…]
[Tesla: Otto isn't overwriting history—he's opening up… a new branch.]
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