About the ending of the Archon quest (Deal with Ronova)

Okey so, my non-genshin friends wanted me to explain what happened to Capitano and when I was trying to explain it it seemed a bit... weird?

Like, we all know the main point of his story was to present a paradox to Ronova, thus forcing her hand to abandon one of her rules (either immortality or Pyro Archon's death)

However.. how does that exactly work? Ronova could've just refused to acknowleage him and demand Mauvika's life still, especially that from what I remember it was specifically the Archon's death that was required?

And even if it didn't have to necessarily be her life, just a life of "more than enough value" (as the Lord of the Night describes it), Ronova could've just said no still as she was under no obligation to grant death to Capitano.

I thought it could've been the matter of the deal with the Lord of the Night, but it was pretty clear that connecting with her isn't actually death and one only dies once their life-force is depleated (which in Capitano's case would never happen, since like, he is immortal).

And so like.. am I missing something? I feel like an idiot, but this wouldn't be the first time Genshin made weird laps in logic in their storytelling. Still, I want to make sure if maybe there is any logical explanation for this?

Because as of now, the only logical reasoning I can think of is that Ronova just doesn't give a shit and she just wants to get this over with ASAP, which like, kind of makes the whole "great plan to trick the God of Death" a bit of a bust