Chapter 104

A forceful palm gently stroked Furina's back.

"What are you talking about?"

"Deception or no deception."

"I..." Furina stammered, "Just as they say, I am not the true Hydro Archon; I am merely the fake Focalors."

"I know, you are Furina," Su Bai laughed.

"Eh?"

This contrasting plot point left Furina's eyes vacant for a moment.

Su Bai actually knows my identity?

Could it be that she knew all along?

"But, but I know you like Focalors, and the one you want to protect is her."

Furina pouted, her gaze dropping low.

"And so you thought you were deceiving my care and love by borrowing her name?"

Su Bai laughed.

"Ah, how do you know what I'm thinking?"

"Of course, after all, I am the Pope you appointed, right?"

Both fell silent at the same time.

The consciousness space also grew quiet.

Finally, Furina couldn't hold back and asked with a crying voice, "Don't you blame me?"

Su Bai shook his head.

"Won't you lock me in the deepest part of the Fortress of Meropide and then feed me to dogs?"

Su Bai, however, smiled.

He gently tapped Furina on the head.

"Is your brain often watching operas until it's confused?"

"Even in novel plots, no one would just feed such a lovely girl to dogs."

"Doing that would be a pity, wouldn't it?"

Furina touched her head and finally burst out laughing.

"Pfft..."

"Don't tease me."

Then, she wrinkled her small nose.

Suddenly, she thought of something.

"Right, I am sentenced to death."

"What to do? It doesn't matter if I die, but I promised Focalors that once my identity is exposed, the prophecy cannot be saved."

"Oh no."

An anxious Furina's mind seemed still in chaos.

After being stunned for a long time, she suddenly raised her head: "I remember, you told me you could solve that whale and prevent the prophecy, right?"

However, what Furina did not expect was...

At this moment, Su Bai shook his head and said, "I can no longer do it."

"What!"

"What is going on?"

"Then what should be done?"

"If you cannot solve Fontaine's prophecy, the people of Fontaine will execute you along with me for deceiving them."

"It's over, it's over, now everything is over."

Paimon: "Furina's heart seems to truly worry about Su Bai; her first thought is actually worrying that Su Bai will be implicated because of her."

Lumine: "Hmm... I allow her selfishness..."

Navia: "Yes, it is enough already."

Yae Miko: "Sigh, the matter is clearly so sad, yet Su Bai still acts as if joking. Boo hoo, this stinky man is doing it on purpose."

Amber: "But Furina finally has the chance to speak her heart, isn't she?"

Klee: "Hmm! She can finally pour out everything suppressed in her heart."

Tianquan Ningguang: "This is good too; they have sacrificed too much for Fontaine's prophecy."

Arataki Itto: "I understand. Su Bai told the butler to pack things, planning to run away with Furina."

Kujou Sara: "..."

Kujou Sara: "Boss, I very much hope things are as you say."

"What to do? What to do now?"

Furina, at a loss, paced back and forth.

She, who had originally stopped crying, began to shed tears again, splashing down.

Through her unremitting effort, she finally thought of a solution and immediately grabbed Su Bai's hand, saying:

"You are not from Fontaine; you should run away quickly."

"Teyvat is so vast; there must be a place for you to hide."

"Then what about you?" Su Bai asked in return.

"Me?"

Furina paused for a moment.

A bitter expression crossed her face: "My identity has been exposed; the prophecy can no longer be stopped."

"By rights, I should be sentenced to death, and if the prophecy truly comes to pass, the people of Fontaine might indeed dissolve into the sea just as the prophecy foretold."

"After all, I am a Fontainian; you need not concern yourself with me."

After a long silence.

Su Bai burst into laughter, clutching his belly.

"Hahaha, I never thought that you, who once cowered on the ground begging for mercy after Arlecchino's feint, would show such courage at this moment."

"I still underestimated you, Furina..."

"You!" Facing Su Bai's laughter, Furina could not summon even a shred of interest to argue with him.

Instead, she grew more impatient: "What kind of time is this for you to make jokes?"

"Exactly, Furina, don't you especially love watching operas?"

"And the more dramatic it is, the more tense and thrilling you find it, and the more you enjoy watching."

Su Bai dropped his "mockery," his gaze growing gentler.

"Focalors also loved opera; your two hobbies are truly the same."

"I recall she even promised you that the final outcome would surely be a trial full of drama, didn't she?"

Hearing this, Furina finally realized that everything just now was Su Bai teasing her.

Overcome with emotion, she lightly struck Su Bai: "You..."

"At a time like this, you are still making fun of me."

"I..."

I'm about to cry to death.

Furina looked at Su Bai with a grievance-filled expression.

"Hasn't the trial already happened?"

"The Hydro Archon of the past five hundred years was a fake Hydro Archon; isn't that a trial full of drama?"

"Mm." Su Bai nodded: "Indeed, it is very dramatic."

"But I think it is not dramatic enough; the plot should include some more twists."

"Twists?" Furina blinked her eyes lightly, a touch of youthful "foolishness" showing on her face.

She did not understand what Su Bai was saying.

"That is..."

Su Bai gently wiped the tears from Furina's face.

In an instant, a colorful orb of light enveloped her tears.