Chapter 59

[Su Bai finished speaking, but his finger pointed to the room where Vacher was.]

[As if asking Wriothesley and Clorinde his own question just now.]

[“Hmm.”]

[“After this Vacher was arrested, he insisted on seeing the Traveler and Navia.”]

[“It seems he was asking the Traveler where she learned the name Vacher.”]

[“Later, at his strong request, our people took him and the Traveler to the Fountain of Lucine, and after that, he seemed to have gone crazy.”]

[Wriothesley explained, then added: “I didn’t use any private torture on him.”]

[“Got it, open the door; I happen to have something to ask him too.”]

[“Lord Pope, you want to find Vacher?” Clorinde and Wriothesley looked at each other.]

[What does the Pope want with Vacher?]

[Besides, this guy’s mental state is not normal right now.]

[“No, Lord Pope, this is too dangerous.” Clorinde immediately stopped him.]

[“What do you want to ask him? I will go in and help you ask on your behalf.”]

[“Uh!” Su Bai looked troubled.]

[After all, he wanted to retrieve Vacher’s research results, and this kind of thing absolutely could not be known by outsiders.]

[“It’s okay, he can’t hurt me.”]

[Su Bai finished speaking and was about to step forward, but was blocked by Clorinde.]

[“At least let me accompany you, Lord, in case that guy does something dangerous, I...”]

[But before Clorinde could finish, Su Bai’s gentle palm had already rested on her shoulder.]

[“I understand your intentions, don’t worry, it’s fine.”]

[Seeing Clorinde blushing, Wriothesley immediately shifted his gaze elsewhere.]

[After Su Bai entered Vacher’s cell.]

[Wriothesley then smiled: “Sigh, are the Duelists so powerful now? They can actually handle dangers that even the Pope cannot handle.”]

[Clorinde’s body trembled, her eyes widened, and she “glared” at Wriothesley: “Mind your own business, just take care of yourself.”]

[In the cell.]

[“I’m sorry, I’m sorry...”]

[“Vigneul, everything I did was just to find a way to bring you back.”]

[“I didn’t want to kill you all, I really didn’t...”]

[Vacher squatted in the corner of the wall, holding his head and crying in pain.]

[Judging from the trembling of his body, he had indeed experienced some kind of terrifying thing.]

[“Vacher?”]

[Su Bai called out softly.]

[But Vacher had no reaction, as if he couldn’t see him at all.]

[“Has his mental state completely collapsed?”]

[“If this continues, I’m afraid he won’t live much longer.”]

[Su Bai looked at the shivering Vacher with an expressionless face.]

[“Fortunately, I came one step early.”]

[He walked toward Vacher.]

[Even though he had already reached Vacher’s side, Vacher was still muttering Vigneul’s name.]

[He didn’t notice at all that Su Bai had already come to his side.]

[Su Bai ignored Vacher and reached out, grabbing Vacher’s head.]

[In an instant.]

[All of Vacher’s memories poured into Su Bai’s mind.]

[His acquaintance and knowledge of Vigneul, all the adventures.]

[And all the memories began to pour into Su Bai’s mind.]

[Until Vigneul disappeared, the collapsed Vacher started the Lesi business, all the way to the start of the experiments.]

[The miserable state of the missing girls made Su Bai frown slightly.]

[All of Vacher’s experimental records were recorded in Su Bai’s mind, but unfortunately, none of them were useful.]

[Suddenly, the appearance of the Oceanid startled Su Bai.]

[“Is this the last scene Vacher saw?”]

[Strange.]

[Why would it be an Oceanid?]

[“We girls who were harmed, our consciousnesses have all followed the dissipation of our physical bodies and returned to the Primordial Sea.”]

[“Our consciousnesses are constantly flowing in the Primordial Sea, constantly dispersing, and finally converging into one like water.”]

[“Vigneul’s true consciousness does not want to see you, because she knows that as long as you come here, we cannot let you go.”]

[“Vacher!”]

[“¨ˇ Vacher!”]

[“Vacher!”]

[“.....”]

[The figures of the girls who had gone missing appeared in front of Vacher one after another.]

[Pairs of hair-raising eyes stared fixedly at Vacher, as if they wanted to swallow him alive.]

[“Vacher!”]

[“Go to hell...”]

[Thump!]

[Vacher fell heavily to the ground.]

[Su Bai was indifferent.]

[“Mental breakdown, was he scared to death?”]

[Su Bai silently closed his eyes.]

[If he had stopped Vacher in advance, perhaps those girls...]

[But soon, Su Bai’s eyes became firm again.]

[The scene Vacher saw last was very progressive.]

[The consciousness of the girls dissolved by Primordial Seawater actually fused into an Oceanid.]

[This is not quite the same as the death Su Bai understood.]

[Unless the consciousness of these girls dissolved by Primordial Seawater was stripped away by Vacher in advance and deliberately fused, just like the experiments of Jakob and Rene.]

[It’s just that there is a big gap between the two, the consciousness of this group of girls...]

[“Return to Primordial Seawater?” Su Bai was stunned: “Why did the consciousness of this group of girls after death all return to Primordial Seawater and form an Oceanid....”]

[He muttered a few words.]

[Su Bai’s face changed suddenly.]

“Looks like you’ve already guessed it.”

Neuvillette sighed.]

After working so hard for so long, he finally found that he was powerless to change it.]

This feeling must be very desperate.]

Tartaglia: “Uh, what did Mr. Su Bai do, he...”

Paimon: “He seems to have retrieved all of Vacher’s past memories, wanting to recover the other party’s experimental results to find a way to solve the problem of Fontaine people being dissolved.”

Arataki Itto: “Retrieving memories? What kind of terrifying technique is this?”

Skirk: “This should also be one of Mr. Su Bai’s abilities; in front of him, as long as he wants, no one can hide secrets.”

Navia: “In that case...”

Yae Miko: “He cares so much about Furina, do you think he could bear to use this method to obtain the truth he wants?”

Alhaitham: “What happened to Mr. Su Bai’s sudden change of face at the end?”

Navia: “Sigh, I think it’s better for Lord Neuvillette to say this kind of thing.”

Neuvillette (Li Li’s) : “.....”

Dvalin: “Don’t be a riddle-maker; things have already reached this point, just explain it.”

Neuvillette: “Sigh, alright.”

Neuvillette explained the prophecy of the previous Hydro Archon, Egeria, in detail.]

Arataki Itto: “What, you Fontaine people are not human?”

Navia: “Really too much, how are we not human?”

Jean: “So it was because Egeria used the power of Primordial Seawater to turn Oceanids into mimetic humans, which is why Fontaine people would dissolve when they encounter Primordial Seawater?”

Nahida: “Was it because the previous Hydro Archon did not have the authority to create humans, so she was punished by the Heavenly Principles with a prophecy?”

Kamisato Ayaka: “If this is the truth, wouldn’t all the years Mr. Su Bai worked so hard be in vain?”

Clorinde: “Sigh, I don’t know, but we Fontaine people are still alive after that great flood, and people all think the prophecy is fake.”

Sangonomiya Kokomi: “If the prophecy is fake, then Mr. Su Bai working hard for the prophecy, wouldn’t all of this become a joke?”

Tianquan Ningguang: “But Fontaine people really will dissolve when they encounter Primordial Seawater, unless that great flood of yours wasn’t Primordial Seawater, or another reason...”

Venti: “Fontaine people got rid of their Oceanid identity.”

Yoimiya: “In other words, if Mr. Su Bai in the past life wanted to save Fontaine, he would have to help Fontaine people get rid of their Oceanid identity.”

Paimon: “He shouldn’t be able to do it. Although Su Bai is outrageously strong, he hasn’t reached the strength that exceeds the order of Teyvat. In other words, solving the problem of order requires corresponding methods, not just relying on powerful strength.”

Arataki Itto: “Then it’s over, wouldn’t Brother Su Bai have been busy for nothing?”

Aether: “Sigh, I’m afraid he’s really going to be stumped this time, my big brother-in-law.”

Dainsleif: “Busy for so long, bearing the crime of betraying friends, leading to the sacrifice of twenty-four girls in vain. If he could succeed, all of this would be worth it, but in the end, it was all for nothing.”

Lumine: “Hmph! I unconditionally believe in my Mr., his efforts will definitely not be wasted.”

Chapter 59: A beautiful misunderstanding, Furina is attacked

[The truth turned out to be like this.]

[Su Bai was stunned.]

[Fontaine people were actually Oceanids born from Primordial Seawater.]

[“Hoo!”]

[Su Bai smiled bitterly and kept shaking his head.]

[What is this?]

[The truth obtained after working hard for a long time is an irreversible result.]

[Su Bai sat quietly on the chair in the room.]

[His mood was a mess.]

[“In the end, you were right.”]

[“You are the Hydro Archon of Fontaine, everything is under control.”]

[“As the Pope, I am the agent of the gods, some things are not something I can understand.”]

[Su Bai remembered the night he quarreled with Furina a hundred years ago.]

[He wanted to ask her about Fontaine people being dissolved in the prophecy.]

[Furina refused to answer this question on the grounds that her power had not recovered and she didn’t know.]

[Su Bai asked Furina to temporarily extract some power, as long as the problem of Fontaine people being dissolved could be solved, Su Bai had the confidence to fight the prophecy.]

[Unfortunately, Furina told him that he was only an agent of divine power, and some things did not need to be considered.]

[At this moment, Su Bai finally understood Furina’s painstaking efforts.]

[The reason she stored her power in the Oratrice must be to fight the prophecy.]

[“Sigh...”]

[Su Bai let out a long sigh.]

Sangonomiya Kokomi: “Oh my, suddenly I feel so sorry for Mr. Su Bai.”

Jean: “That’s right, Mr. Su Bai clearly had good intentions, worked hard for Fontaine, and in the end...”

Alhaitham: “Usurping divine power, Mr. Su Bai is very powerful, but unfortunately, what stopped him was the authority of the gods.”

Mona: “According to Mr. Neuvillette’s statement, and Mr. Su Bai’s current loss, the identity of Fontaine people as Oceanids is confirmed, but Fontaine people say the prophecy is fake. The prophecy cannot be fake, it was just changed by someone. I think the person who changed all this should be the Hydro Archon Furina.”

Furina: “Eh, I...”

The lonely figure of Su Bai in the light curtain made Furina feel extremely distressed.]

The current Furina finally understood.]

The prophecy might not be fake, it’s just that the self in the mirror really changed everything.]

The one who changed everything was not herself, but Focalors in the mirror.]

As for Su Bai.]

Furina could feel his care for her in his past life.]

Su Bai wanted to urgently change Fontaine’s prophecy, the most reliable reason might be for that seemingly unreliable self.]

Furina was born in Fontaine, created by Focalors in the mirror.]

Protecting Fontaine is her duty, but it is not Su Bai’s duty.]

Furina: “No, I actually...”

Neuvillette: “Who it is doesn’t matter, what matters is that the viewing hasn’t ended yet, and the story of the past life hasn’t ended, let’s watch quietly.”

[Bang!]

[The door was suddenly kicked open by brute force.]

[Clorinde and Wriothesley rushed in in a panic.]

[“Are you okay, Lord Pope.”]

[Clorinde came to Su Bai with eyes full of worry.]

[Wriothesley looked at Vacher who had fallen to the ground.]

[“Lord Pope, did he hurt you?”]

[“Ah?” Su Bai put away his bad mood and smiled: “Vacher seems to have had a mental breakdown and was scared to death.”]

[“How could he hurt me.”]

[“This...” Clorinde glanced at Vacher who had fallen to the ground and said embarrassedly: “It’s mainly because you stayed in there for too long.”]

[“I...”]

[Su Bai dotingly touched Clorinde’s head.]

[This action instantly made Clorinde feel like a spring breeze.]

[Clorinde, Wriothesley, Avelson...]

[These people cared about him from the bottom of their hearts.]

[Not just them.]

[All the people of Fontaine believed in their Lord Pope.]

[Since he now knows that Furina is the key to saving Fontaine, then, as the Pope, he only needs to assist her for the rest of his time.]

[Thinking about it this way, Su Bai felt much more relaxed.]

[“By the way, Lord Pope.”]

[“The Fatui Harbinger from the House of the Hearth, Arlecchino, has returned to Fontaine.”]

[“The Knave? Is it Arlecchino?”]

[“Yes! And just now, Lyney and Lynette from the House of the Hearth were sent to the Fortress of Meropide.”]

[“I think they must have come to investigate Tartaglia’s matter.”]

[Mentioning Lyney and Lynette.]

[A layer of frost flashed across Clorinde’s pretty face.]

[“These two guys...”]

[“If it weren’t for the deal you made with Arlecchino back then, Lord Pope, asking her to solve that noble who took in Lyney and Lynette.”]

[“Lynette would have been ruined by that noble long ago, but now they have turned around to help Arlecchino stand on the opposite side of us.”]

[“Is that the noble who often uses young girls to exchange for benefits?” Wriothesley was thoughtful.]