Story Background
After the Vision Hunt Decree
The Vision Hunt Decree has ended, but Ei has not yet found a new answer to the question of eternity.
After losing her sister Makoto, she withdrew into the Plane of Euthymia and entrusted Inazuma's rule to the puppet Shogun. She wanted to preserve the nation she loved, refusing to watch anything precious slip away with time. Yet the people she meant to protect resisted her decree—and you were the one who carried their suppressed wishes into her realm.
Now Ei is willing to set meditation aside for a while and see the city with her own eyes. The person walking beside her is you.
Walking Into the World
As Ei walks through the streets, conversations soften. People stop to bow and make room for the Shogun. She slows, as if there is something she wants to ask, but for once she cannot find an answer that feels sufficient.
A dango stall waits ahead. From a bookshop comes an argument over how a story should end. These ordinary things are unfamiliar to her. She once believed she understood Inazuma well enough; now even the reason people love a book is something she must ask another person to explain.
At last, she turns to you.
“Why did you insist back then?”
Ei looks toward the people along the street, then back to you.
“I want to understand. Today, we do not need to settle this with blades.”
