“...... I heard that you have passed through the rift and come back safely," Mondstadt looked at Ed, "maybe you can tell us, 'that side'...... What is it like?"

Ed tensed his nerves and unconsciously curled up his fingers. He wasn't unprepared, but the question that suddenly fell on him still made him a little nervous, and the lifeless gray swelled over him, once again taking over his mind, as if he had never detached himself from it.

"I'm not sure if I actually went through that crack. He froze, and replied cautiously, "though I seem to have disappeared with it." But I must have been unconscious for a while...... Or I lost that part of my memory, and when I woke up, I was in another world, or rather, a ...... Fragments left behind by a dead world. ”

He described the suffocating gray to everyone, only concealing what it really looked like and making it sound like a completely foreign world. It's not just a panic that can't be erased...... He always remembered Keller Brian's warning that "time" is more inaccessible than space.

He can only vaguely remind everyone that it is also a "possibility".

"Sometimes I feel ...... If the situation continues to deteriorate, maybe our world will also become like that, turning into a debris floating in a sea of nothingness, swallowed and melted away little by little, leaving only a little gray shadow...... "He said.

"This may be some kind of warning. The old priest of the god of business travel sat up straight, slightly excited, "Maybe from some god...... Maybe it's Ni'o. ”

Mondstadt's eyebrows moved subtly, trying not to make his disapproval too obvious.

"And how did you get out of that place?" he asked Ed, with genuine curiosity...... And a little less obvious suspicion.

Ed pulled back his robe, revealing the silver bird brooch on his chest.

"The magic attached to it connects me to the world. He said, "Find a point ......."

"I found my way home. Mondstadt, staring at the brooch with a look of envy, "Charla's wayfinder is with you. I've heard that its power can penetrate any barrier, defying time and space...... Is that true?"

Ed nodded, secretly relieved. Even if he can't use magic to probe, none of these people in front of him are easily deceived, and he must give something absolutely true in order to obfuscate the past, now it seems ...... He shouldn't have been exposed?

"Okay. Mondstadt patted the armrest, turning his gaze to another target, "Maybe we can consider another possibility...... He...... Can I call you that, Christus?"

Isis raised an eyebrow. No one had ever called him that, but it was much better than the overly affectionate Is, and Mondstadt's tone and expression didn't make him hate him and still see him as an anomaly, but at least he didn't see him as a monster who couldn't communicate as equals.

"Yes. He replied cheerfully, "You want to ask me how to make those cracks disappear completely?"

"Yes. Mondstadt admitted, "You did it once, in the Branti Library. It only took a simple spell and it took a very short time......"

"It's not easy. Isis said.

Of course, it wasn't easy for Ed to nod vigorously!The only material for that spell was dragon blood, and there was only one dragon left in this world. He had been worried that these people would hit Is's head with their ideas from the way he had come, but it was almost inevitable.

"I don't think you're in favor of 'just closing those cracks.'" He said.

"So you're actually on our side?" said Mondstadt, looking at him, smiling meaningfully.

Ed stubbornly refuses to look at Sean, although he thinks Sean's opposition is not very strong.

"I just don't think that's going to solve the problem. He said, "Look, I know both ways to close the cracks." If you use the barrier of this world as an embankment to stop the flood, using Shadow Silver Tin is probably like throwing huge stones at the place where the embankment has already begun to break, temporarily plugging the gap, and then slowly repairing it, and Is's spell ...... It's more like moving the dirt from the rest of the embankment, and it looks like it's being repaired perfectly, but in fact, the embankment isn't as strong as it used to be, and if there are few gaps, it may be fine, but if there are too many places to be filled in a short period of time, the whole embankment will get thinner and thinner...... On the contrary, it will be more dangerous. ”

“...... Very vivid metaphor. Mondstadt touched his chin with a smile. The middle-aged mage has brown hair and blue eyes, has good facial features, and looks mature and reliable when the corners of his mouth sinks, but when he smiles, he seems to have changed into a different person, becoming ...... It's not very serious.

"Uh...... Thank you. Ed replied, somewhat confused.

"So," Mondstadt accentuated, smiling a little malice, "are you actually on our side?"

Ed's face turned slowly, uncontrollably. What he sensed was not malice, not mockery, but ...... Tease?

It seems to be treated as an ignorant child...... But he's in his twenties! And did he just say something that sounded particularly naïve?...... I don't think so!

He had no choice but to ignore it and seriously state his attitude.

"Sort of. "Floods are dangerous, and there are probably some monsters hidden in the water...... But water is indispensable, especially when the other side of the embankment is in the midst of a drought. It's just that if the gap is dug up in order to get water, the gain outweighs the loss. ”

"So, do you have a better way?" asked Mondstadt, looking a little more serious, but with some kind of disgusting smile in his eyes, but also an uncomfortable smile in Ed's eyes.

“...... Not yet. He replied dejectedly.

He's been thinking about it since he discovered that crack in the sewer. At that time, he was already vaguely aware that this thing would only increase...... It's like a sealed iron box full of treasures, no matter how strong it is, it can't help but be slashed and slashed by someone. Even if they can find the enemies inside the "iron box", how can they also be locked in the box, and what can they do with the stronger opponents outside?

He gradually understands why Scott insists on pulling Blazing Wing back into this world, which may really be the only way to end the crisis once and for all. He even suspected that the appearance of these cracks had something to do with Scott. If that's the case......

What the hell is he going to do?