Chapter 361

The third stone slab was very similar to Navia's situation of falling into the sea, but the order was reversed with the fourth stone slab. It should be that the fourth stone slab is the prophecy, and finally, it is the appearance of the Hydro Archon in the third stone slab also sinking into the sea.

Neuvillette personally extracted the information from the stone slabs, proving that all the guesses were correct.

Therefore, the meaning of everyone surrounding Furina on the third stone slab is: people will hold a trial for the Hydro Archon in the courtroom!

And the fourth stone slab about the Fontaine prophecy, the root cause of the disaster, Neuvillette said Lumine had already seen it.

And just at this time.

A strong earthquake occurred suddenly, and the audience began to flee toward the exit.

A huge space hole appeared in the center of the Opera House, and a large whale leaped out.

Neuvillette tried to suppress the whale but failed. The whale changed direction, preparing to attack the people fleeing toward the exit.

The situation was urgent. Tartaglia in his Foul Legacy state appeared from the hole and launched a fierce attack on the whale.

Neuvillette took this opportunity to join forces with Tartaglia to repel the whale.

Tartaglia in his Foul Legacy state turned to look at Neuvillette, snorted coldly, raised his hand and gave a thumbs down, then lost consciousness and fell into the hole.

After the Opera House calmed down, everyone talked and realized that everything seemed to be too late.

Lumine suddenly thought of Witch N's hint.

What exactly is Furina's secret?

The energy of the Oratrice Mecanique d'Analyse Cardinale suddenly went out of control, and the death penalty began to be executed.

In a hurry, Lumine ran toward Furina with all her might.

She reached out her hand, and the tears sliding down Furina's cheeks dripped onto Lumine's hand, and she entered a certain space.

At this time, Neuvillette was also swallowed by the light of the Oratrice Mecanique d'Analyse Cardinale, and he entered another space.

In front of Neuvillette stood a strangely dressed 'Furina', and above her head, an energy body shaped like a giant sword was rotating.

Neuvillette looked at the 'Furina' in front of him in shock: "You..."

"Pfft... Hahaha... Sorry, I just really like the surprised expression you have now, and I laughed out loud without realizing it."

"You are not Furina... who exactly are you?" Neuvillette frowned.

"Hmm, seeing you so surprised means I successfully deceived you all. Very obviously, I am the Archon Focalors." Focalors chuckled.

"Archon Focalors... why deceive us?" Neuvillette was puzzled.

"Oh, of course, my purpose is certainly not to deceive you all. What I truly want to deceive... is Celestia."

"Deceiving Celestia..."

Neuvillette was thoughtful.

[The Sustainer of Heavenly Principles]: ?

――Everyone rest early, I won't sleep tonight, I'll eat first, and then I'll pull an all-nighter to finish this plot.

"It's that prophecy, right? Very troublesome, right?"

"Everyone will dissolve, Fontaine will be flooded by water... When the previous Hydro Archon, Egeria, entrusted this prophecy to me, I also felt... this is too tricky, right?"

"She clearly knew that the scene in the prophecy would definitely happen."

"As one of the Seven Archons, she also understood very well that Celestia... cannot be made an enemy."

"This is completely an unsolvable matter, you say, right?"

"I dived into the seabed alone and thought quietly for a long time, until the shells around me started bubbling, before I thought of that only answer."

"Only by deceiving Celestia can we... save everyone at the same time as the prophecy happens."

"Hmm, I really am a genius, and it is precisely because of this that Egeria chose me as her successor."

"Speaking of which, she inherited the task of saving this country, the duty as the Hydro Archon, and even the original sin of 'creating humans' all to me."

"Sigh... there's really no way, who told me that I was also one of her many Oceanid familiars?"

[Supernatural Chat Group]

Everyone was silent.

No one had said anything since they were preparing to judge Furina in the video, all quietly waiting for the truth.

Now that the truth was gradually surfacing, it was a development that no one had expected.

The Hydro Archon Focalors was one of the many familiars of the previous Hydro Archon Egeria, and also the successor to Egeria's Hydro Archon position.

From Focalors' playful expression and cheerful and relaxed words, everyone learned these secrets and felt even more worried about the truth to follow.

Focalors stated her plan.

After she became an Archon, she separated her divinity from her body and spirit, leaving only herself, who was like a human just created.

Standing in front of Neuvillette now is the divinity Focalors, and the one Neuvillette knew before was the human Furina.

In order to complete the plan to deceive Celestia, Focalors cursed Furina.

In order to make the prophecy seem to come true, she invited Furina, this actress, to play the Hydro Archon in the prophecy.

Under her curse, as long as she, as the divinity, still exists, Furina will never die, but she will also never enjoy the happiness that humans should have.

She will be forced to use this Opera House as a stage, become the true heroine of the Opera House, and forever play the role of the Archon in order to make the prophecy crisis seem to come true.

"Now, do you understand why your courtroom is called the Opera Epiclese?"

Neuvillette was silent for a moment and said: "However, that Furina is ultimately a human, right?"

"Even with a long life, her mental strength is only at the human level. For her... this is what kind of painful torture."

"Yes, although Furina is the human me, if there is still a chance, I must apologize to 'myself' properly."

"These five hundred years for her... are an incomparably long, incomparably lonely, incomparably painful... 'opera'."

And in another space.

That is Furina's mental space.

Furina sat alone on the stage, and only Lumine sat in the audience below.

After understanding that this was Furina's inner space, Lumine decided to try to talk to Furina.

"Oh? Who allowed you to come onto this stage? As the Archon Focalors, I understand your admiration for me, but please don't break the rules."

"It's me, Furina?"

"Alright, I don't mean to punish you, you don't need to report your name. Go, don't delay my performance."

Furina's expression was calm, but her inner voice was conveyed.

(Don't look at me anymore, don't look at me anymore...)

"However, there doesn't seem to be an audience here?" Lumine spoke.

"Hmph, don't joke, can't you feel it?" Furina hummed lightly.

(Even for a moment, let the stage go dark, let the spotlight stop...)

"I am the Archon Focalors, countless eyes in Fontaine are staring at me, I must always show the most elegant and noble demeanor."

(Then I can... change back to 'myself'...)

Lumine discovered something wrong.

Even in the depths of her heart, Furina was still performing as the 'Hydro Archon', completely unable to communicate.

She didn't understand what kind of determination it took for Furina to build such a defense line in her heart and subconscious.

Lumine observed the surroundings and turned off all the spotlights.

Presumably in Furina's heart, these spotlights represented the gazes of people watching her.

Lumine suddenly discovered a ticket. Perhaps, the performance was about to begin?

Act 1: In front of the mirror: Furina

"Furina... Furina...?"

Someone was calling in the empty surroundings, and Furina was a bit dazed.

"Don't be nervous, don't be afraid, I am right in front of you."

In front of Furina was a full-length mirror, reflecting Furina's appearance, but it was speaking.

Furina called her the self in the mirror.

The person in the mirror told her about the prophecy, and Furina was startled.

She was also afraid of being dissolved.

But the person in the mirror told her not to worry, the wonder of the world exists to bring turning points to the world.

The person in the mirror said: "I will tell you the way to save everyone, it's just... you might have to endure some pain..."

"So there is still hope for salvation, you scared me to death, look at how full of yourself you were before."