"Hurry! Write this down!"
"Following the young lady means we'll eat well!"
"Mom, is it too late for me to go cling to her now?"
"I wanna be a freeloader!!"
In the real world, someone immediately started shouting.
It was like yelling into the void. All purely instinctive reactions.
But unfortunately, neither Jyahnar nor Elysia directly addressed any of it in the video.
Even though we still don't know exactly what an Aeon is, it sure sounds impressive.
Maybe it really is connected to Kiana.
But until it's actually confirmed… there's still some suspense left.
Up on the screen.
The V-tuber lady wasn't discouraged.
She waved her hand, and the character illustrations of the Sakura and Rin sisters vanished, replaced by other images.
Some were photos of ancient texts.
Others were carvings, murals, even documents dug out of graves—seemed like a bit of everything.
All of it had been tracked down.
She began narrating, speaking softly.
[In the Previous Era.]
[According to official historical records.]
[Lady Sakura had always been the young lady's shadow warrior, active in the darkness.]
[She was the young lady's blade, eliminating any and all threats for her.]
[It's said the young lady's encounter with the Sakura and Rin sisters was also a chance occurrence.]
Yuzu spoke, then glanced toward Elysia and Jyahnar.
On screen, Jyahnar seemed completely uninterested, for reasons she'd already explained.
By the time she found the young lady Herrscher of Finality, it was already the Current Era for humanity.
Ask me, and you might as well be asking no one.
Behind her, a translucent screen displayed each relevant record one by one.
Elysia, though, tilted her head as if thinking it over.
[Was that how it happened? I don't remember that at all.]
"Holy crap!"
"So fabricating history is confirmed now, right?!"
Someone laughed.
In the projection, Elysia thought for another moment, then spoke again, this time more speculatively.
[Little Yuzu, as I recall, Sakura was always working as Kiana's bodyguard, protecting her.]
[Shadow warrior… that's a bit too dramatic, don't you think?]
[Besides, it was only after the young lady promised to keep her sister Rin safe that she agreed to pledge her loyalty.]
[Before me, she should've been an assassin with Cocoon. She tried to assassinate Kiana once, but ended up being won over by her instead.]
"Whose subordinate is this? So daring?"
"Attempting to assassinate the Herrscher of Finality?!"
Many were shocked and horrified.
Over in the MOTH headquarters, everyone instinctively glanced at a certain someone—Cocoon, huh~ wasn't that the covert ops unit you were secretly setting up?
"Well, yes, but… my Cocoon is still in the planning stages," he muttered, voice muffled as he tried to defend himself.
What, once it's fully established, are you planning to go assassinate the Herrscher of Finality?
Dream on!
"That name, Cocoon… sounds a bit vicious. How about… we change it, okay?" Kiana's Aunt held back a laugh as she looked at him.
His expression grew even more complicated.
[As they say, when fiction is treated as truth, even truth becomes fiction.]
[It's not surprising that official history was revised and polished to protect the dignity of the Aeon of the Moment.]
Miss Yuzu clicked her tongue in amazement.
But Jyahnar interjected.
[You should be grateful that my Kiana pays special attention to our home planet. Not even History Fictionologists, or even the followers of Aeon of Elation, would dare run wild here. Otherwise, the history you'd see wouldn't be this version.]
Elysia held up a finger.
[True, but… even without proper History Fictionologists around, you should still be careful. For example, I know Miss Nuwa loves tinkering with this sort of thing…]
She immediately pulled up two images.
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Now the contrast was even clearer.
"History Fictionologist? What's that?"
"Just from the name, it's pretty obvious, right?"
"Wow, so their whole deal is fabricating history?"
"Now we can't even trust history anymore."
"A real travesty…"
Carole struggled to hold back her laughter as she looked at Hua.
"It's okay, Hua…"
Hua fell silent, her fists clenching.
Some scientists, scholars, and think-tank members were also in low spirits.
They had been counting on these projected videos to reverse-engineer their own future, after all.
Copying homework—especially your future self's homework—sounded pretty great, right?
But now, even that couldn't be done with peace of mind.
Otherwise, you might copy a 'Z' as a '2,' and end up looking like a total fool.
How ridiculous is that?!
And it wasn't just them; many had realized the same thing.
Never mind that knowing the future had already changed it.
Even if it hadn't, the future they thought they knew might not even be real.
Truth mixed with fiction, fiction masking truth.
They'd have to rely on their own judgment from now on.
Thankfully though, as Elysia mentioned in the video.
The history they were seeing now was largely unaltered.
Even if there were occasional errors, they were within acceptable margins.
Not so outrageous as to be unbelievable.
So, it still held some credibility.
And that was a relief.
"Nuwa, that's talking about you, right?" Fuxi glanced at her younger sister.
"Seems like it… was I really that amazing?" Nuwa perked up, oddly proud of herself.
But then, back in the video.
Miss Yuzu brought up a few more points.
And each time, Elysia corrected her.
To the point where Yuzu started losing confidence.
So, she decided to start over from the beginning.
[Sakura and Rin's birth year and month are unknown, their place of birth is unknown, and their family background is unknown.]
[They were born into a family of shrine maidens, responsible for managing a shrine.]
The Elysia avatar thought for a moment, then slowly added.
[Big sister Sakura possessed swordsmanship so stunning it was said she could freeze space-time with a single strike, hence her title, "Aeon of the Moment."]
The V-tuber continued.
Elysia nodded vigorously, adding more.
[Her freezing space-time with a single strike wasn't just that simple. Back then, she could use her sword art to carve out isolated pocket dimensions. If she hid inside one, no one could find her.]
"Big sis, you were really that incredible?" Rin's eyes sparkled as she gazed admiringly at her sister.
Miss Sakura looked troubled. "I had no idea… my sword could do that?"
"Holy crap, that's insane! Freezing space-time and everything!"
"Is that even swordsmanship at that point?"
Viewers around the world couldn't help but roast the claims.
Those in power were equally stunned.
In an age of firearms, blades had become more like art pieces, decorations—swordsmanship was for fitness or self-defense, but hardly practical.
But if you're talking about swordsmanship that can freeze space-time… well, now I'm wide awake.
Recruit her!
We have to recruit her!
[You know, I've always wondered about this too.]
[Between the young lady and the Sakura-Rin sisters, who made the first move?]
The streamer girl giggled as she spoke.
Suddenly, without waiting for Elysia or Jyahnar to answer, she switched the screen's display again.
This time, it showed other historical documents.
All original, photographed directly—looked pretty authentic.
[According to unofficial histories.]
[Back then, the young lady pointed at Lady Rin and said to Lady Sakura, uttering those legendary words that would be passed down through the ages.]
[Translated, it goes something like… "Your sister is lovely. Now, she's mine."]
[Did anything like that really happen?]
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