Chapter 638: Nilou’s Role

Nahida's reference was Greater Lord Rukkhadevata. She knew Greater Lord Rukkhadevata's achievements, but she knew nothing about her personally—even the Irminsul provided no insight.

So Nahida didn't understand what gods were like normally. Do gods have inner voices? Should gods have "personal desires"? Can gods… cry?

She wasn't sure, because she never considered herself a qualified god. So when she felt wronged and wanted to cry, she only doubted herself.

This feeling was something Furina deeply related to—these were questions she had doubted about herself too.

Hiding in a dim corner and crying secretly was also something she would do, because only dim, cramped spaces gave her a sliver of security.

The two goddesses were very similar—even in having someone accompany them.

It's just that they themselves didn't know someone was with them. So when an unfamiliar woman's voice sounded in the movie, Nahida was slightly surprised.

[???: "Since you are the 'God of Wisdom'… you've known the answers to those questions from the very beginning, right?"]

An unknown female voice rang out. In the animation, no new character appeared—only through the voice could one tell it was a woman.

Though unsure who it was, her voice was so gentle—it felt perfect for reading bedtime stories.

Nahida didn't know who she was either, but she was right. Nahida had known the answers long ago—she just hadn't faced her own heart.

She had thought about resisting, but those were her own people—her doting love stopped her.

[Nahida: "I don't want… to ignore my own voice anymore."]

At this moment, the Traveler's "calls" finally worked. Lumine's "energy" broke through the barrier.

It was perfectly timed with Nahida wanting to face her heart herself, making it so smooth. Now Nahida wanted a bit more "personal desire."

Nahida opened her eyes. The perspective was of her little feet—small and soft.

This really perked up the audience. Beautiful! Love to see it!

In their hearts, they secretly regretted—why wasn't Guizhong's story an animated movie back then?

But that wasn't the point. The point was what Nahida said after seeing the Traveler—her true feelings.

["Thinking about many things that happened to me, now I always feel like I'm really angry."]

To this, the Traveler's response was a slight smile, then:

["...You should have been angry long ago."]

Yes, you should have been angry long ago. Everyone who had seen the Sumeru story strongly agreed with this line.

Five hundred years—merely watching the recent events made them furious enough to have cerebral congestion.

The desert people were truly patient too—only starting to plot rebellion after rumors of the "Scarlet King's revival."

Look at Enkanomiya—they acted decisively, no patience at all.

Orobashi couldn't revive, and the Shogun wasn't imprisoned—but so what? Rebel anyway!

When watching past stories, people thought Inazuma folks were already very "hardworking and enduring"—didn't expect there were masters.

So yeah, comparison is key—without comparing, you don't know how well you have it.

Anyway, Nahida's consciousness was awakened—though the one who truly awakened her wasn't actually the Traveler.

But that wasn't important—the goal was achieved anyway.

The camera in the story also changed—this time to Nilou's perspective. It was Alhaitham's turn again, summoning the spell card "Nilou's Dance"!

Unfortunately, when the camera switched to Nilou this time, she was wearing shoes.

No—Nilou's perspective was actually her talking with everyone. Sheikh Zubayr still wanted to persuade her—this action was too dangerous—but Nilou was determined.

Because this was a performance—a performance of great significance!

As a dancer, as an artist, as a believer in the Dendro Archon—no matter the identity, she didn't want to miss it.

What Nilou was about to do was very dangerous, but she had no fear at all—only nervousness. The nervousness wasn't about the danger, but whether she might make a mistake.

The Flower Knight Vihar helped Nilou divert unrelated crowds. Hushang and Farhad would briefly hold off the guards. Everything was ready.

As for thanks—it was food handmade by Nilou. Very delicious—definitely much better than the food Ei cooks anyway.

The audience found this very reasonable. For food handmade by Miss Nilou, we'd help too—perfectly logical.

But seeing this, the audience still had some other doubts. It was clear what Nilou was about to do—she planned to dance at the Akademiya's entrance.

What puzzled the audience was the meaning of doing this—attract the guards out?

But with just Nilou dancing alone, it didn't seem to require many guards to stop her, right? Was distracting a few guards meaningful?

Nilou was about to show everyone the meaning. At this moment, both the Nilou on stage and off were very nervous.

The off-stage Nilou clasped her hands, watching the screen. The "on-stage" Nilou stepped forward and took a deep breath.

Music played, dance steps emerged—streams of light flowed from Nilou's fingers. This was beautiful Hydro element.

The dance steps differed from the Sabzeruz Festival yet drew even more eyes, because this time it was real animation.

Nilou's movements were so fluid and beautiful, captivating everyone—whether people in the story or outside it were all entranced.

Beautiful! Truly too beautiful! The audience's Hydro element was about to overflow from their mouths.

All the scholars near the Akademiya were completely absorbed. Public art performances were banned by the Akademiya—seeing this now, they were like Zhu Bajie first seeing ginseng fruit.

The crowd grew larger and larger, gradually blocking the Akademiya's entrance completely.

This was the herd effect—so many people gathered here; others seeing it would also want to come see what was happening, eventually making the crowd bigger and bigger.

At this point, someone might ask: Security, where's security? With things like this, don't the guards care?

A glance at the camera gave the answer—oh, turns out security loves watching too.

[Guard A: "Hey, shouldn't we at least try to stop it a bit?"]

[Guard B stopped him—but stopped him from acting: "Just… watch a little longer."]

Now this was truly Shenhe and Chongyun—no intention to prohibit at all.

At this moment, the Grand Sage couldn't sit still. This kind of farce was exactly what he hated most.

It just so happened that the latest decree had decided to launch the "art ban"—let's just announce it directly through the Akasha.

It was the Grand Sage's turn—he activated the spell card "Art Ban"!

How dangerous this ban was—the Grand Sage didn't understand at all.

Not referring to the danger from Alhaitham tampering with it, but the danger of banning art itself.

You see, artists aren't easy to mess with—because you can't tell if their mental state is still normal.

The last artist who failed in art created "Legalist thought."