Chapter 107

【Until reaching the Lujing Spring at the center of Fontaine.】

【Snap!】

【The Gentle Radiance of Still Flowing Water lightly prodded the ground.】

【The seawater that had flooded into Fontaine seemed to gain life at that moment, beginning to recede in all directions.】

【"I!"】

【"Fontaine's Water God, Furina de Fontaine."】

【"I command you—all of you—to leave Fontaine."】

【Boom!】

【From Furina's feet, a blue ripple instantly spread outward in all directions.】

【In an instant.】

【The churning seawater surged violently.】

【All of it began to rush outward from Fontaine.】

【"What! Impossible!"】

【At that moment, every Fontainian was utterly stunned.】

【They could not imagine such immense hydro-elemental power—capable of commanding the incoming seawater to retreat.】

【"Has the sea stopped rising?"】

【"No, not yet—they…"】

【"They're…"】

【The people of Fontaine looked toward the surrounding waters—the surface kept rising, encircling Fontaine completely.】

【The vast Fontaine Court appeared like a prison trapped within seawater.】

【People nervously swallowed saliva again and again.】

【The waves rose, and rose higher, again and again, within moments.】

【If this seawater from all sides came crashing down, it would surely swallow Fontaine Court whole.】

【But…】

【It was as if some force restrained them—never able to cross the final barrier and flood into Fontaine.】

【"This is… this is…"】

【"What did Furina just say? She said she's Fontaine's Water God."】

【"Fontaine's Water God, Furina de Fontaine."】

【"How is this possible? The Oracle's Judgment had just ruled her guilty—of impersonating the Water God."】

【"Has the Oracle's Judgment malfunctioned again?"】

【Seawater surrounded Fontaine, blotting out sky and sun.】

【Yet, not a single drop could cross into Fontaine.】

【This was the manifestation of the power Su Bai granted Furina.】

【Such immense power could overturn every person's understanding.】

【Even if not a god, she would be deemed one.】

【Xia Luodi: "So… so cool…"】

【Yuan Shang: "Huh! This is New Furina—truly terrifying."】

【Lei Dianying: "A petite frame, yet wielding power rivaling a god's."】

【Wendi: "To command hydro-elemental force like this—calling her Water God is almost an understatement."】

【Jean: "Is this the power Su Bai gave Furina?"】

【Yae Miko: "No, this is not the power Su Bai gave Furina."】

【Lisa: "This is the love given to Furina—like the surging seas around her, overflowing."】

【Lumine: "But my Mr. is so pitiful—he ended up with nothing, waiting quietly alone. What is he waiting for?"】

【Amber: "Lumine, isn't Su Bai beside you anymore? How sad."】

【Lumine: "He is. I'll just crawl into his arms and cry for a bit."】

【Su Bai: "…"】

【Su Bai: "Forgive me, forgive me—my wife has a low tear threshold, she's made a spectacle."】

【Yae Miko: "My tear threshold is low too—I've cried until my eyes swelled. Let me crawl into your arms and cry too."】

【Barbara: "Mr. Su Bai, you'll wait for Furina to return, won't you? Don't say you're using this moment—while Furina is saving Fontaine—to…"】

【Keqing: "Yes, Mr. Su Bai—is there something you're hiding? Did you deliberately send Furina away? What are you planning? You're not…"】

【Su Bai: "Uh… I… I don't know… I have no memory of that…"】

【"The Pope…"】

【"How could this happen?"】

【Arenochi froze.】

【Navia and Clopin likewise trembled in expression.】

【They could not believe what they saw.】

【They had no attention left for the outside—they simply stared, dumbfounded, at Su Bai's now snow-white hair.】

【The Pope was still the Pope.】

【Except his black hair had turned white, and his face bore a faint air of weariness.】

【"Your Holiness!"】

For a moment, Navia and Klorinde rushed onto the judgment dais first.

Faced with this situation, the two were at a loss, panicked and unsure what to do...

"What is going on..."

"My lord, what... what has happened to you?"

Are you ill?

What kind of illness could cause someone to suddenly become like this?

The cold and aloof Klorinde burst into tears with a cry.

But the next second, she felt herself shoved aside by someone.

Areneochi, as if gone mad, could not believe what she saw.

"No, what have you done?"

"You should not be like this."

Su Bai's once-majestic figure appeared in Areneochi's mind.

At that time, Su Bai had helped her end the oppression of the former servants toward their orphans.

Areneochi then realized that the person standing before her was their Fengdande Sect's Pope.

That upright body, handsome face, and exalted status struck Areneochi with great force.

She was proud and cold by nature; she believed only someone like Su Bai, omnipotent, deserved her respect.

Even though Areneochi was in the Fatui, if Su Bai wanted intelligence from Zhongzhou, she would never hesitate.

Yet this person, who possessed such power, never sought to elevate Fengdande, his eyes fixed only on that false Water God.

Areneochi she...

"Areneochi?"

"About the Zhongzhou Ice Emperor's desire for the Divine Core, ask Navia after everything is over."

"He should know."

These few brief words caused Areneochi's pupils to dilate in shock—just as she suspected, the Divine Core was not in Furina's hands.

"You..."

Areneochi's nose grew sharp with emotion: "Is all this worth it?"

Su Bai laughed: "Really, at a time like this, you still ask such a question? I am the Pope of Fengdande."

"I am the agent of Fengdande's Water God, Furina."

The opera house fell silent.

Finally, Navia, Lumine, and Paimon emerged from the extradimensional space of the Star-Eating Whale.