I believe that most people should have heard of this story.
It goes like this: in ancient times, two women were fighting over a baby, each claiming that she was the child's biological mother while accusing the other of being a child trafficker.
Eventually, the dispute was taken to the court, asking the righteous judge to determine the truth and distinguish right from wrong.
But in those days, technology was limited—there was no DNA testing, and the baby was still too young to resemble anyone clearly.
Everyone was troubled, not knowing how to identify who the real mother was.
At that moment, the judge did something that no one could understand at first.
He told the two women to each hold one of the baby's hands and use the child as a rope in a tug-of-war.
Whichever woman won and pulled the child over would be recognized as the mother.
During the tug-of-war, one of the women, seeing the child cry out in pain, couldn't bear it any longer and released her grip, letting the baby fall into the arms of the other woman.
Just when the second woman thought she had won, the judge suddenly shouted angrily at her:
"Guards, seize this trafficker and return the child to his true mother!"
Only then did everyone realize—the true mother was the one who couldn't bear to hurt her child and therefore chose to let go.
And now, the situation is the same.
Once the two Albedos fight over Klee, the one who lets go out of love and unwillingness to hurt her will be the real Albedo!
Although no one present really understood why Su Yuan was doing this, out of trust in him, they still followed his instructions.
The two Albedos each grabbed one of Klee's hands, and at Su Yuan's command, he shouted:
"Begin!!!"
As the two Albedos pulled harder and harder, Klee's face twisted in pain…
"Big brother Albedo… it hurts…"
"Su Yuan, what on earth are you doing!" Eula, unable to stand watching anymore, was ready to rush forward to rescue Klee.
But at that moment, the Albedo who had first met Su Yuan and the others let go with a regretful expression, allowing Klee to fall into the arms of the other, and said softly:
"No… I can't stand to see Klee get hurt…"
Meanwhile, the other Albedo showed a faint smile and said:
"Wonderful, Klee! I've finally proven that I am the real Albedo, and now I can continue protecting you!"
But just then, Su Yuan suddenly shouted loudly:
"Klee, get away from that Albedo next to you! He's fake—he's the bad Albetwo impostor in disguise!!!"
Although Klee hadn't yet fully understood what was happening, she still listened to Su Yuan's warning and quickly left the Albetwo's side.
Albetwo looked at Su Yuan in utter confusion and asked with doubt:
"Su Yuan, I followed your instructions. I won the tug-of-war and pulled Klee to my side. Why are you saying I'm not Albedo???"
"The real Albedo would never be willing to hurt Klee," Su Yuan declared firmly and with confidence.
"Klee clearly cried out in pain just now, yet you still refused to let go. Doesn't that explain everything?"
"You evil impostor Albetwo—you don't care about Klee's feelings at all. You just wanted to win the tug-of-war to prove you're Albedo!"
Hearing Su Yuan's reasoning, everyone around suddenly realized the truth.
It made perfect sense.
Su Yuan truly lived up to his title as a genius!
"No… that's not right… this can't be judged so simply!!!" Albetwo desperately tried to explain.
"The other one is the dangerous impostor Albetwo! If I let go and allowed Klee to fall into his hands, that would be truly irresponsible for her safety!"
"Compared to that, a little pain in her arms from being pulled is nothing at all!"
"You impostor Albetwo, still trying to argue???" Albedo pressed his advantage.
"Clearly you don't care about Klee's feelings, yet you dare spout nonsense here."
As the watchful eyes of the crowd fell on him with suspicion, Albetwo realized there was no way he could explain himself anymore…
The next moment, he suddenly burst out laughing:
"Hahaha! To think I went to such lengths to disguise myself, and yet I was still exposed… all because of such a tiny detail???"
"That's right! He can't keep up the disguise any longer—he admitted it himself! He's the impostor Albetwo!!!" Albedo declared and immediately charged at him with his one-handed sword!
Aether didn't hesitate either—he rushed forward as well!
"Albetwo, how dare you disguise yourself as Albedo, deceiving Klee and all of us? I'll remember this grudge!" Eula didn't hesitate at all—she immediately added Albetwo to her list of grudges!
But the very next moment, Albetwo suddenly pulled something from his pocket, something like a smoke bomb, and hurled it hard to the ground.
Instantly, smoke billowed up all around, obscuring everyone's vision!
"Oh no, Albetwo wants to escape!!!" Albedo shouted, and without hesitation, he rushed straight into the smoke, determined to catch Albetwo!
"A mere smoke screen? Watch this!!!" Aether yelled loudly, then summoned the power of Anemo, whipping up a strong wind to blow the smoke away!
Soon, the fierce gusts scattered all the smoke completely…
But once the smoke cleared, only Albedo was left standing in the middle of the field…
"What a pity… Albetwo still managed to escape…" Albedo said with a sigh.
"Now we're out in the open while he hides in the shadows. Everyone, be careful…"
Su Yuan, however, glanced toward Eula.
So much time had already passed—why hadn't she entered her "Eerie" state yet?
Although entering that state could sometimes be delayed, wasn't this delay a bit too long?
Eula seemed to notice it too.
With some confusion, she spoke up:
"Strange… I clearly already held a grudge against that Albetwo, so why haven't I entered my Eerie state yet?"
"At first, I was hoping that once I turned Eerie, I could track Albetwo's whereabouts…"
"Could it be that since Albetwo disappeared from my line of sight before I could transform, the process was interrupted?"
"Does the target of my grudge need to stay within my vision in order to trigger my eerie state?"
"No matter what, Albedo, you can't leave our sight again…" Aether said firmly to Albedo.
"That Albetwo's disguise was way too convincing. We only just managed to confirm your real identity—there's no way we can let him exploit another opening!"
"You're right. I won't leave your side again. From now on, let's act together." Albedo nodded as he spoke.
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