Chapter 47

【Su Bai thought for a few seconds.】

【He rose and said, "Let's go. We'll bring back the Hydro Archon together."】

Lumine: "???"

Lisa: "Pfft! The lovey-dovevy couple from the last life, and in this life they've been branded as the worst of villains?"

Paimon: "Huh? A storm of blood and gore? Su Bai's evaluation of me and Lumine is exactly the same as what Furina said the first time she welcomed us."

Venti: "Oho, the guessing game begins. Let's boldly guess what emotional entanglement our Pope Su Bai has with that lucky girl."

Arataki Itto: "It has to be that Clorinde. She's really sturdy."

Clorinde: "Sturdy? Hey, don't talk nonsense."

Eula: "Guessing about feelings is boring. Why don't we be bolder and guess how Pope Su Bai will deal with Furina, the Hydro Archon."

Furina: "De... deal with? Why would you deal with me... Don't scare me, I'm very timid."

Jean: "Because Mr. Su Bai is worried that Lumine going to Fontaine will cause a major incident, so he wants to restrict your movements."

Furina: "What do you mean?"

Neuvillette: "It means your freedom is restricted by Su Bai. Only when he lets you out can you go out."

Furina: "Eh?"

Furina: "But he calls me the Hydro Archon, so Su Bai still respects me a great deal."

Paimon: "What you call someone doesn't matter at all. How does that saying go? Saying the kindest words while doing the cruelest things."

Lumine: "Um... I don't get it..."

Alhaitham: "I understand. Mr. Su Bai's respect for Ms. Furina is only on the surface. Because the Church represents divine authority, and a god absolutely cannot have any problems. Ms. Furina, this Hydro Archon, is nothing more than a mascot for Mr. Su Bai to display to the public."

Furina: "Huh? Really?"

Furina: "Wuwuwu, was I this miserable in my last life?"

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Chapter 40: Between Us, A Hundred Years Without A Single Word

【Fontaine.】

【West side of Autumn-Fall Mountain.】

【Su Bai rested both hands on the Splendor of Tranquil Waters before him.】

【"Your Holiness..."】

【Clorinde pointed toward the sandy beach in the distance.】

【"Ms. Furina..."】

【She only took one look.】

【Clorinde wordlessly raised a hand to her forehead.】

【"Last time she dove into the sea, she got smacked in the face by a Bubbly Seahorse's bubble."】

【"After that, she never went underwater again, and switched to playing on the beach."】

【"Then she got her arm pinched by a crab..."】

【Recalling the absurd scene.】

【Clorinde couldn't bring herself to laugh at all inside.】

【No matter how you put it, Furina was Fontaine's only Hydro Archon for nearly the past five hundred years.】

【"Now she can only laze around on the beach playing with Blubberbeasts."】

【Su Bai fell silent for a long time after hearing this.】

【Finally, he merely nodded slightly and said, "Is it because the Blubberbeasts sunbathing on the beach aren't aggressive..."】

Arataki Itto: "Hahaha, Fontaine's Hydro Archon is so dumb."

Neuvillette: "....."

Kuki Shinobu: "Boss, you have to take responsibility for saying things like that. Even though Furina resigned, she's still Fontaine's Hydro Archon."

Arataki Itto: "Isn't it though? She dives into the sea and gets smacked in the face by a seahorse, stays on land and gets her arm pinched by a crab, and in the end she sinks so low she can only bully sea lions."

Raiden Shogun: "Mm... So this is Fontaine's Hydro Archon. I think that girl called Clorinde looks quite helpless."

Yae Miko: "Sigh, when a nation's god cannot bear the fate of the country, of course the citizens would feel helpless."

Paimon: "Furina..."

Furina: "Wh... what is it..."

Paimon: "Have you noticed? The staff in Su Bai's hand looks very familiar. It seems to be exactly the same as the one you held during your performance."

Navia: "Indeed, I've seen Ms. Furina's performance. The staff in Mr. Su Bai's hand is exactly the same as the one Furina used during her performance."

Furina: "It's true. How did my Splendor of Tranquil Waters end up in Su Bai's hands?"

Alhaitham: "Just as I said before, this is equivalent to a transfer of authority."

Barbara: "Please don't be so suspicious of Mr. Su Bai. Our Church is absolutely devout toward the gods. The Anemo Archon Barbatos's Heaven's Lyre is also kept in the Church. This doesn't mean anything."

Tianquan Ningguang: "When real power is mostly held by certain groups, this group will inevitably arouse suspicion."

Zhong Li: "Indeed."

Cloud Retainer: "Ahem, is the Tianquan Star reminding this immortal of her past suspicions toward the Liyue Qixing?"

Tianquan Ningguang: "No, I'm simply stating facts."

Cloud Retainer: "Hmph, one after another like this, not a shred of respect for the adeptus."

"Hey!"

【Furina gripped a wooden stick in her hand, poking here and there.】

【The Pengpeng beast kept flipping over from the pokes, teary-eyed as it let out a "Woo woo woo" protest.】

【Then, it simply chose to lie flat on its back.】

【Seeing this, Furina let out a "Heh heh" laugh.】

【Continuing her "inhuman" harassment of the Pengpeng beast.】

【However, just as Furina was having the time of her life, she heard a commotion break out among the surrounding security guards.】

【"Your Holiness..."】

【"It's His Holiness the Pope."】

【"And Lady Clorinde."】

【"Your Holiness!"】

【"..."】

【The security guards spotted the two figures approaching from not far away and immediately straightened their posture.】

【The Pope?】

【Clorinde?】

【Furina froze.】

【Suddenly realizing something.】

【The Pope is here?】

【She looked toward the distance, eyes filled with shock.】

【Only then did she realize that, just as the security guards had shouted, Pope Su Bai and Duel Agent Clorinde were heading in her direction.】

【"Why has that guy Su Bai come looking for me?"】

【Furina's first reaction was to stand there in a daze.】

【Cast her mind back several hundred years.】

【Back then, Furina had only just become the Hydro Archon not long before.】

【Su Bai, that outsider, had come to Fontaine.】

【In Furina's memory, Su Bai was a very ambitious and handsome young man.】

【Not only did he have a powerful capacity for learning, his practical ability was even more so.】

【At first, Su Bai still held Furina in great respect and admiration.】

【He would not miss a single one of Furina's performances.】