Filming Honkai: My Wife is Elysia Chapter 136 136: The Entire Internet in Shock—Elysia Is Actu

"Later, I tried using Discipline to change humanity, thereby altering their paths. But I failed—human nature does not change."

"In the end, I wanted to make humans isolated individuals, unable to influence one another. Even if the outco was inevitable, they could at least live in happy self-sufficiency. But I failed—humans cannot bear solitude."

"At that ti… I had almost given up all hope. Like you, I could change nothing."

"But… Miss i, you too have passed between life and death, yet you did not realize… that when that mont arrives, humans will always… attain enlightennt through life and death."

i asked: "You… found a new direction?"

Aponia replied: "Correct. Before the shadow of death covered everything, I thought… there is still one direction I have never tried, only because it is utterly impossible."

"If in so world I beca the heavens and earth, becoming fate itself, would I still be so powerless?"

"Even if everything is already predestined, I will still pray for you…"

"This last chance… please withdraw now."

i instantly sensed the killing intent erupting from Aponia.

She swiftly placed her hand on her longblade, signaling her resolve.

Aponia let out a faint sigh: "Miss i, since you insist…"

"Then allow to sever this misguided path… completely."

This battle could not be avoided!

i activated the power of her Herrscher core, directly entering her full Herrscher of Thunder state.

"Tempest! Submit to !"

With a fierce shout, Kukikara appeared, carrying thunderous breath as it pressed fiercely toward Aponia.

Facing the Herrscher's full-powered strike.

Aponia maintained her praying posture. A golden barrier enveloped her, completely withstanding the overwhelming thunderous breath.

She slowly rose, and behind her appeared light shadows resembling butterfly wings.

i imdiately felt a heavy blow to her spirit. Her entire body grew dazed, and even her charged iaijutsu slash veered off course.

This was the power of a psychic-control-type MANTIS!

If this continued, she would surely be no match.

At that mont, Griseo's painting appeared, rendering the entire cathedral in entirely new colors. The flowing hues drifted and circulated, rapidly absorbing and weakening the ntal force in the area.

This gave i a chance to catch her breath.

Though her help was unexpected, it still wasn't enough…

Raven's voice suddenly rang out: "Then… you must have missed quite a bit?"

"Raven?"

i was sowhat surprised.

Raven said: "Sorry, I finally convinced Klein."

"…Mm… mm…"

Beside her, one could clearly hear Klein's muffled whimpers as she was bound and gagged.

Raven said: "Rember this, young lady—this ti… you owe another favor."

With her help, i clearly felt her body beco much lighter, while Aponia also seed to have suffered so kind of attack, her expression growing even more grave.

Seizing the opportunity, i unleashed a storm of ferocious attacks.

With Kukikara's coordination and the assistance of the two, they finally forced Aponia into a corner.

"You've lost, Aponia."

But the next mont, everything around them shattered…

Aponia, just as she had appeared at their first eting, knelt on the ground praying: "i, welco in person to the Deep."

i's heart jolted: "Everything just now… didn't actually happen?"

Aponia said: "I told you—I will not harm you."

i asked warily: "That anger just now… was also just your pretense?"

Aponia said: "How could I lose composure toward you like that?"

"But… that was not an illusion. It was the true future."

"Now draw your weapon and co toward —everything you just saw will replay. If you wish to experience it again, I won't stop you."

"…" i did not draw her weapon. She only said: "In other words, I still fell into a trap."

"With such a simple thod, you avoided all possible accidents… You win, Aponia."

Her expression was grave.

In the battle just now… she had indeed expended corresponding power.

Even if it was just an illusion, it had been far too real. If it happened again…

Aponia said: "Please don't say that, i… We did not co here for victory or defeat."

"Those arrangents truly exceeded my expectations."

i asked: "…What do you an?"

Aponia said: "That painting that appeared in the sky just now—it was Griseo's work, wasn't it? Using that thod to infuse part of yourself into the battle—was that your plan?"

"…"

i said: "That wasn't a plan. It was an accident. I… simply fulfilled a promise to her. I only realized what was happening when I saw it."

"It was just a series of coincidences. Missing any one link, the situation earlier would not have occurred—I am not soone capable of calculating to that extent."

Aponia said: "Is that so? Then that's good."

"Defeating … even killing , would be no issue. But if you were deliberately using that child…"

"Even if it goes against my own heart, or her expectations… I would have no choice but to eliminate another Herrscher for the sake of future generations."

"You see—now that you've told the truth, doesn't stopping you beco much simpler?"

i's heart jolted: "You?!"

Aponia said: "Just a joke. Please rest assured. You should understand—we have never been enemies from beginning to end."

"I know you still have doubts, but… I do indeed possess that extraordinary gift. However, as you thought, the prophecy about you was rely a test."

"The end is near, i. Can you tell —why are you so determined to step into it?"

i said: "…At least when I set out, I still doubted the authenticity of the prophecy."

"But at the sa ti, I also confird one other thing—when Elysia told about your past experiences."

"—Even if you can see the predetermined outco… the process can still be changed."

Aponia asked: "In your view… the result is not important?"

i replied: "I believe it can be changed."

"Even if it cannot… then I will decide for myself the process that leads to that result."

"My companions and I… for a very long ti, we were caught in certain sches, manipulated in the shadows by others."

"Being arranged by others… is no different from being arranged by fate, in my eyes."

"There are too many outcos we cannot change, but before that, there are just as many things I can still do."

"And because of that, the outco will take on an entirely different aning."

Aponia smiled: "i, do you know? Once… soone said exactly the sa words to ."

"At that ti… she too rushed toward a predetermined end without hesitation."

"From beginning to end, I could not see her fate."

"So I thought there had been a turning point—that she had achieved what I could not, in a way I did not know."

"But as you see, the outco did not change. That once-glorious civilization cannot even find its ashes now."

i asked: "So… you chose to continue seeking answers in this Elysian Realm?"

Aponia shook her head: "No. I chose to engrave every mont of that person's life that intertwined with mine, using the gift heaven bestowed upon ."

"I recorded every instant of her life that crossed with mine, and in the long passage of ti, I carefully leafed through them—"

"I saw how she lived, how she fought, how she walked through mud, how she crowned herself with thorns… attending her final banquet in new attire."

"In her life, I discovered things I had once overlooked."

i asked: "What were they?"

Aponia recalled the scene: "Just like you and I now—that day, she stood before and told of her fate that would dissipate ten days later."

"And fourteen days later, the new clothes Eden prepared for her would be finished—she still had genuine joy and anticipation in her eyes. Sixteen days later, Kevin's birthday would arrive, and she would softly sing a lullaby, leaving him her final gift."

"Then, she said those words."

"You understand now, i. You… all of you… ultimately made the sa choice."

"Even if the future cannot be changed, I will decide for myself the process that leads to that result… How admirable."

"But when that true helplessness descends upon you, will you still be able to say it so calmly?"

"I don't know… but before that, please continue forward. Rather than discussing these unconfirmable things with , you should… go et your own kind."

As her words fell.

A staircase forged of light gradually appeared, extending to the door at the center of the cathedral.

i glanced at the door.

And continued asking: "My own kind…"

"That person… is your companion during these ten days—the one who guided onward at every perfectly tid mont in this trial."

Aponia nodded and said: "Mm, just as she said—i will not disappoint anyone."

"All that you have sought along the way, the aning of the Elysian Realm's existence here, the secret guarded by the true Deep… the location of the Thirteenth Herrscher—you now have the qualification to go there."

i was shocked: "The Thirteenth Herrscher…"

"…"

"Qualification… everything you did before—was to help her test ?"

Aponia said: "I have my own selfish motives, but that is all. I have been waiting for soone like you to arrive, and now I have gotten my wish."

"Go. She is waiting for you."

"…"

i turned around but did not imdiately take a step.

"May I ask one more question, Aponia?"

"Please do."

"When we fought earlier… the words you spoke—were they truly from your heart?"

"That kind of… hatred."

"…" Aponia fell silent.

After a long ti, she spoke: "If I give you an affirmative answer… it might make you lose trust in the Fla-Chasers."

"But… consider it thanks on behalf of Griseo."

"Yes, I have always been pessimistic toward humanity. In my view, so people being erased from the world is their rightful end."

i said: "But you have never committed any subjective evil."

Aponia said: "I am different from you, Miss i."

"Her departure… indeed made realize the significance of the process, but as I once proved—humanity cannot be changed."

"Even now, I still place greater importance on the outco."

"However… this does not conflict with the protection I have given to everyone."

"To embrace while harboring denial… is still an embrace. I am no exception—I simply do not hide it."

"In my eyes, what are heroes? Noble ones who must sacrifice their lives for the survival of the vile."

"Even knowing that among those they protect exist beings they despise—and who despise them—they must still step forward."

i understood her words: "You seem very dissatisfied with this?"

Aponia said: "Because I am no hero. I simply… occasionally believe that everyone deserves to be saved."

"Alright, please depart soon."

"Do you rember the possibility I ntioned earlier? Since the monts I preserved… the only thing in this place worth passing down is about to see the light again…"

"Then this Elysian Realm… must also et its final fate."

"Let us… part for now."

"Before , no creation existed in the world. If there is anything eternal and undying, it is sinking within my body. Open that final door… noble and pure soul."

i stepped onto the staircase and crossed the threshold.

As the light faded, the scene before her cleared, and that familiar voice rang out: "You've finally made it here. Then, allow to reintroduce myself."

"Second of the Fla-Chasers, Elysia inscribed with Ego—and my other identity, you must have already guessed it, right?"

"But…"

"Hi."

"How does it feel?"

Elysia's figure appeared before all the viewers watching the TV.

In this mont.

Viewers across the country were all stunned.

In the chat groups.

"Herrscher? Did I see that right? Elysia is actually a Herrscher?"

"No way… what the hell is going on with this plot? Fu Hua said before that there were no Herrschers fighting for humanity in the Previous Era."

"Thirteenth Herrscher! It's the thirteenth! Haven't they always said during the livestreams that there are only twelve Herrschers?"

"What's happening? Did I miss sothing earlier? Or skip an episode?"

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! How could Elysia be a Herrscher? How could Fire Moth possibly let a Herrscher join?"

"Sothing's off. This is all information I've never heard before. Did the dog director swallow the book?"

"Swallowing the book is impossible. Didn't you see? They said this is Fire Moth's dark side—the secrets they hid?"

"Then what's going on? Elysia can't be an artificial Herrscher, right?"

"This is explosive. I told you Elysia didn't seem like a good person."

"It does feel strange. This plot seems a bit disjointed? Feels like there's hidden context."

"Have you all forgotten what Mobius said? Elysia is a betrayer. She must have done sothing outrageous after becoming a Herrscher."

"No way—if the plot were that simple, the dog director wouldn't be the dog director."

"This just got interesting. Now nothing can be said for sure. Keep watching."

"…"

The chat was exceptionally lively. Almost all viewers were shocked by this revelation.

Even inside the company…

Those actors who had already read the script were deeply shaken.

The feeling conveyed by the TV was sothing the script could never provide.

But now, no one spoke.

They all knew these people would die. What they cared about most now was… whether everyone's deaths were related to Elysia.

They all glared fiercely at Hessian, aning: if the plot has Elysia killing them, they'd chop him up directly.

Hessian paid it no mind.

Pretending not to notice, he continued watching the TV.

On the TV.

Elysia said to i: "Welco to the deepest secret of the Elysian Realm preserved within the Deep—the world of Elysia's mind, composed entirely of Elysia's mories, fully recreating everything Elysia ever loved in her life."

"As you can see, it is like the condensation of all beautiful things—a peaceful and eternal dreamlike paradise, the flawless utopia standing at the end of all ideals."

"I wonder if the na 'Eternal Paradise'… sparks any curiosity in you?"

i asked: "Eternal Paradise… this is your mory space?"

Elysia smiled: "Aren't you excited? Among the successors, you are the first to co here—and the first to behold the entirety of Elysia's true heart."

"i, it's okay to look even happier…"

i said: "To be honest, I don't feel much reality to it. Coming here to learn the truth—with my understanding of you, I'm afraid it won't be that simple, right?"

"Oh my!" Elysia said: "How could you think that? Who turned you into such a person?"