角色故事•三（解锁条件：角色等级60）
「树庭诸贤人：

关于某些学者指控我『学术诽谤』、『败坏青年』、『不信神明』三大罪名，我无意奉陪这些拙劣的把戏，也不屑为自己辩护。不过，考虑到这能让诸位深入了解我的研究，我不妨简单说说。

学术诽谤之罪，据他们所言，是我在课堂上公开诋毁经典的泰坦学与灵魂学研究，称其为『学术界的黑潮』。请问：评价是否有错？一门研究泰坦能不能站在一根针尖上的学科，以及一门主张灵魂本质为水的学科，因某些权威的坚持存活至今，和精神黑潮何异？

我自小在树庭求学，深知只有批判和怀疑才能掀起思想的变革。我鼓励学生挑战我的权威，这就是他们称之为『毒害青年』的方式。以白厄和遐蝶为例，两人初入学时，对如何思考，何谓逻辑一无所知，看看他们现在，有时都能将我驳得哑口无言！如果说这是『毒害』青年，我难以想象他们所谓的『正确教育』指的是什么。

正因此，某些人指控我和参与逐火的黄金裔过从甚密，宣称我的理论为他们提供夺取火种的支持。是啊，我曾经向缇里西庇俄丝请教过失落的历史，我那两位最优秀的学生正巧也是黄金裔，这又如何？

我也是他们所谓的黄金裔，但我从不迷信神谕。如果神是超脱人世的至纯粹、至永恒之物，那么听好了，世上有且只有一个神，那就是无法毁灭的真理！
只有真理的信徒才会在这条道路上前仆后继，而以智者自诩的权威们如此恐惧神明的坍塌。

你们建议双方在瑟希斯见证下各退一步以缓和事态…抱歉，我毫无此意。相反，我想给指控我的诸位一句忠告——

未来的世界会了解我，而你们对我宣读指控，将比聆听判词的我还要恐惧！」

——那刻夏于一次贤人会上的即兴申辩  

Character Story: Part III

• Unlocked at Character Level 60

"Sages of the Grove:

Regarding how some scholars accuse me of the three great sins, 'academic defamation,' 'corrupting youths,' and 'religious heresy,' I don't intend to entertain their cheap tricks, nor will I bother defending myself. However, considering how this might allow everyone to better understand my research, I'll briefly explain it.

According to them, I committed the sin of academic defamation when I publicly disparaged the classic research of Titan studies and parapsychology, claiming them to be 'a black tide of the academic world.' Answer me this: Was my evaluation incorrect? A study about whether Titans can stand on the head of a pin, and a study that posits the nature of souls as water. They persist until this day because of certain authorities. How is that any different from a mental black tide?

I studied in the Grove since I was a child, and thoroughly understand that the revolution of ideas can only be achieved through criticism and suspicion. I encourage students to challenge my authority, and this is what they claim to be 'corrupting youths.' Take Phainon and Castorice for example, when they first began their studies, they were clueless about how to think and what logic is. Look at them now, they can render me speechless sometimes! If this is what it means to 'corrupt' youths, I cannot imagine what they regard as 'correct education.'

As such, some individuals accuse me of having excessively close ties with the Flame-Chasing Chrysos Heirs, claiming that my theories help them seize the Coreflames. Indeed, I once consulted Tribios about lost history, and both of my most brilliant students happen to be Chrysos Heirs as well. And what of it?

I am also what they call a Chrysos Heir, but I've never have blind faith in prophecies. If gods are truly the purest and most eternal beings that have ascended above the mortal world, then listen well, the world only has one god, and that is the indestructible truth!
Only disciples of truth can continue on this path, and the authorities who proclaim themselves to be sages fear the fall of god.

You suggested that both parties take a step back to deescalate the situation... My apologies, but I don't intend to do that. On the contrary, I would like to give a word of advice to those who wish to accuse me—

The future world will understand me, and all of you who raise accusations against me should be more afraid than me when I await my verdict!"

— An improvised speech by Anaxa, during a meeting of the sages

角色故事•四（解锁条件：角色等级80）
「时至今日，我也未曾认同那神神叨叨的逐火之旅。但唯有一句话令我印象深刻——逐火是不断失却的旅途。

我从来不信黄金裔拥有相同的宿命，但毫无疑问，我也同样走在失却的道路上。
只是我失去的还不够…和我追求的东西相比，远不够满足等价交换的法则。

从提出泰坦与人的灵魂本质无异，灵魂由智种构成的理论后，我一直在等待一个彻底证实它的机会…
现在，这个机会终于来了！来得有些猝不及防，却也恰如其分。
今天，我终于能弥补多年前一场相似的灾难留下的遗憾。

我从死亡中得到灵感，也该如此偿还
——我的身躯将作熔炼神明火种的容器，我的灵魂将成逼迫神明低头的枷锁，成就吾之理论的终极证明！

现在的我无比快乐。
第一次造出能飞上天空的机械鸟，我曾这样笑着。第一次孵化出新生命时，我的双手曾这样颤抖。

后来的学子，倘若你看到这番话语，证明我已功败垂成，倒在黎明之前。
尽情使用我的成果，把我当作研究的对象！踏过我的身体，接过我的火把，把我当作照亮真理的薪柴投入燃烧的火焰！
不要害怕亵渎——
跨越神明本是禁忌，成为神明那又如何！」

——树庭沦落后那刻夏记忆的回声之一，因无人发现而消散  

Character Story: Part IV

• Unlocked at Character Level 80

"Even up till today, I still disagree with that bizarre Flame-Chase Journey. However, there is one statement that left a deep impression — Losses are a constant on the Flame-Chase journey.

I never believed that the Chrysos Heirs shared the same destiny, but I am undoubtedly also on the path of losses.
Yet, I have not lost enough... In comparison to what I pursue, I have not lost enough to fulfill the law of equivalent exchange.

After I had proposed the theory that the nature of souls of Titans and humans are no different, and that souls are constructed from seeds of wisdom, I have been waiting for a chance to prove it once and for all...
Now, the opportunity has presented itself! It came rather unexpectedly, but also right on time.
Today, I can finally make up for the regret, akin to a calamity, from numerous years ago.

I gained inspiration from death, and should repay as such.
My body shall become the vessel to forge the Coreflames of gods, and my soul shall become the chains that force the gods to bow. That will become the ultimate evidence for my theory!

I am incredibly happy now.
I once smiled like this, when I first created a mechanical bird that could fly in the sky. My hands once trembled like this, when I developed a new life through incubation.

My future students, if you see these words, it proves that my endeavor has failed at the final step, falling just before the break of dawn.
Use my results to the fullest extent, and make me the subject of your research! Step over my body and take the torch from my hands. Use me as the firewood to ignite the flames that will bring light to the truth!
Do not fear blasphemy—
It is already a sin to transcend the gods, so what if you become a god!"

— One of the echoes in Anaxa's memories after the Grove had fallen, which vanished because nobody discovered it