The story of Act II is nearing its end.
Afterward, the Traveler reclaims the skyward harp from the Fatui and collects the Dragon Tears.
Venti uses the purified Dragon Tears to replenish the skyward harp, instantly making the skyward harp, which had been silent for hundreds of years, once again filled with Anemo element power.
This is good news; Mondstadt's most precious treasure has found its second spring.
If before the skyward harp was a treasure simply because the Anemo God played it, then now the skyward harp at least has one more quality: a top-tier Anemo Catalyst.
With everything ready, everyone arrives at Starsnatch Cliff to summon Dvalin.
Even here, Diluc doesn't forget to mock the Knights of Favonius.
"In the end, it was the Traveler and a singer who solved the problem."
"Heh, the Knights of Favonius can barely be considered to have done some hard work."
Venti shifts the topic at the right time.
"Alright, alright, the best Roving Bard in the mortal realm is about to pluck his strings."
If Venti's self-introduction used to sound like false advertising, bordering on violating advertising laws, now that everyone knows his identity, no one would refute him.
No matter how great a Roving Bard you are, can you be greater than the Anemo God?
Putting everything else aside, how many years have you lived? How many stories can you know?
Don't look down on the Anemo God just because he's short.
But he is a character who has truly lived for thousands of years, and his abilities are top-notch.
In the past, he was someone who could directly withstand a strike of Planet Befall from the Geo God, Morax.
Venti plucks the strings, and strong winds rage.
Dvalin spreads his wings and appears before everyone in an instant; he has been waiting for this sound for too long.
"At this point, there's nothing left to discuss."
Dvalin clearly arrived very quickly, but he refused to admit that he missed this sound.
"Is that so? Did I see wrong? Your eyes look like they're reminiscing about this song," Venti said.
As the saying goes, directness conquers tsundere, and Dvalin didn't refute, merely letting out a 'hmph'.
At this moment, Jean, who was beside them, finally confirmed Venti's identity as the Anemo God; before, she had only speculated.
Just as everyone thought it was time for the 'talk therapy' segment, an unexpected ice arrow shot towards Venti.
The skyward harp was hit and fell to the ground, clearly broken.
"Lord Barbatos!" Barbara was even more anxious than Venti, who was attacked.
She even temporarily ignored the damage to the skyward harp.
An attack of this level naturally couldn't do anything to Venti; he is a God who can withstand Planet Befall.
Even if he gave up his rule over Mondstadt and became weaker, he is not someone an Abyss Mage can break through.
Moreover, although Venti gave up ruling Mondstadt, this does not affect the Mondstadters' faith in him, so whether he became weaker is debatable.
But Venti still feigned an injured state, clutching his shoulder.
Jean, Diluc, and the Traveler quickly came to Venti's side, shielding him behind them.
"Are these people here with you to hunt me down?!"
Under the Abyss Mage's brainwashing, Dvalin's anger was uncontrollable.
"That's not it!"
Venti wanted to explain, but Dvalin gave him no chance to explain, flapping his wings and leaving.
"Ba... Sir Venti, please be careful and protect yourself." Jean worried about Venti getting hurt.
"Haha, actually, you didn't just guess that identity now, Jean, did you?" Venti said with a smile.
"But, thank you for continuing to call me by this name."
In reality, Venti nodded in satisfaction.
He didn't expect that besides Master Lu, the Knights of Favonius could also calmly view his identity.
After he woke up, he observed Mondstadt for some days and realized that what Mondstadt needed now was not a God.
The Mondstadters could govern their own country and enjoy the freedom of having no God.
So now he just wants to be a Roving Bard named Venti, not the Anemo GodBarbatos.
Barbara also fell into thought after seeing this part.
She realized that Lord Barbatos now prefers his identity as a Roving Bard.
So should they, the Sisters, respectfully welcome Lord Barbatos back to his divine position and serve him, or should they fulfill the Anemo God's wishes?
The answer is obvious: it's the latter.
Sisters serve God; welcoming Barbatos back would fulfill the Sisters' wishes.
The latter is the God's own wish; all they need to do is fulfill the God's desire.
"Ba... Sir Venti, you must be alright." Barbara and Sister Gothlynde prayed together.
It was somewhat abstract for the two women to pray to a God to protect the God himself from harm.
After Dvalin left, Jean said she would send Outriders to track Dvalin and the Abyss Mage, but Diluc said it wasn't necessary.
He has his own intelligence network, which is more efficient than the Knights of Favonius.
He still couldn't forget to mock the Knights of Favonius.
At the end of the story, the camera focuses on the Abyss Mage's side.
Two furry Abyss Mages knelt behind a person.
Dvalin flew across the sky, and the Abyss Mage who had just brainwashed Dvalin teleported behind that person.
"Your Highness, your servant has brought you another victory."
"When your kingdom returns to the mortal realm, we shall share its glory."
The golden-haired figure slowly turned around; it was Aether.
"Brother!" Lumine exclaimed.
What's going on? How did her brother become the villain of the story?
Oh my goodness, haven't I fallen deep into enemy territory? Damn you, brother, you're really screwing your sister over!
No, no, how does it look like my brother's side is the bad guy now? He's the one who's fallen deep into enemy territory, what's going on? Was he brainwashed?
The Abyss must be crazy, why brainwash that little blonde guy instead of me, the cute sister?
He became the Abyss Prince, while I'm here working my butt off to support Paimon? And in the end, I have to search the whole world for him?
But the problem is, if my brother became the Abyss Prince, wouldn't I be unwelcome everywhere I go?
Lumine pouted, very angry; Aether, that guy, was clearly in Mondstadt, yet he didn't even come to see her.
Although she was very displeased, she still had to find her brother; she had to figure out what happened while she was unconscious.
Aether actually became the Abyss Prince?
The Knights of Favonius once again looked at the Traveler.
No wonder you can purify Abyss corruption? So your brother is the Abyss Prince?
"Lumine..." Paimon felt the atmosphere was a bit off.
"Lumine, your brother actually..." Amber began.
Lumine also thought the other party was going to suspect her identity and wondered how to explain.
"Your brother was actually corrupted by the Abyss; we need to find a way to save him," Amber continued.
"Huh?" Lumine was stunned.
I suspect my brother was brainwashed because I understand him and know he's not a bad person, but why do you trust him so much too?
In fact, Amber didn't trust Aether; she trusted Lumine.
Everyone in the Knights of Favonius largely agreed with this view.
After all, the Traveler had never done anything bad, diligently serving as a tool in Mondstadt every day.
Besides being a tool, she just searched everywhere for her brother.
It was clear that she hadn't seen her brother for a long time; she would even ask every dog she met if they had seen a little blonde person about her height.
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