Chapter 65

["She doesn't have a Gnosis on her at all."]

["Even when I appeared, she just feinted, and she was so scared that her legs went soft and she sat on the ground begging for help. That disheveled appearance is not even as good as an ordinary person."]

["And, I sensed a certain curse power on her. Pope, with your level, it is impossible not to sense this strange power."]

[Seeing Su Bai silent, Arlecchino got up and walked straight to the desk.]

[Slap!]

[She gently patted her hands on the desktop.]

["Then can you give me a reason?"]

["What exactly is going on with Furina."]

["Without a Gnosis and carrying a curse, yet she became the surface Hydro Archon of Fontaine."]

["As the highest agent representing divine power, shouldn't you explain this problem?"]

["Or is it..."]

["This was your idea all along. Fontaine has long had no Hydro Archon. For the sake of divine power, you pushed Furina, your pet, to the people to act as the Hydro Archon."]

[Facing Arlecchino's questioning.]

[A fierce light appeared in Su Bai's eyes.]

[The next second, he grabbed Arlecchino by the neck and lifted her into the air.]

["Have your wings hardened after becoming a Harbinger?"]

["I originally thought of you helping other orphans in the House of the Hearth and having a dispute with the previous Knave, so I helped you."]

["You turned around and doubted the identity of the Hydro Archon?"]

["Arlecchino, who gave you the courage?"]

[Ugh!]

[Arlecchino struggled to break free from Su Bai's control.]

[The feeling of suffocation made her legs, which were off the ground, swing constantly.]

[Her heart was even more terrified.]

[She didn't expect Su Bai's reaction to be so intense.]

["You..."]

["You can't treat me like this."]

[Arlecchino managed to say: "If you kill me, the Tsaritsa of Snezhnaya..."]

["The Tsaritsa?" Su Bai sneered: "Just a Harbinger, I've killed more than just you."]

[That's right, the previous Knave was killed by Su Bai.]

[Arlecchino panicked completely.]

[Her face flushed red: "But, but Furina, she..."]

["All signs really don't look like a god..."]

[With a thud.]

[Arlecchino slumped on the floor, breathing heavily for fresh air.]

["Arlecchino, I understand your worry about Fontaine." Su Bai sighed.]

["But I hope you can also understand that the Hydro Archon is not what you imagine."]

["No matter how strong our abilities are, at best we are just ordinary people."]

["As the Pope, in these hundred years, I have not been able to glimpse the true meaning of a god."]

["Some things, gods naturally have their own arrangements."]

[Arlecchino slowly got up.]

[Adjusting her breathing.]

["You are really cruel, you almost choked me to death."]

["This kind of extreme behavior is like killing someone to silence them after their true face is exposed."]

3.3 [Su Bai rolled his eyes and smiled: "Do you mean I should have killed you instead of sparing your life?"]

[Arlecchino: "....."]

["Furthermore, as you said, even if I really did it for divine power, when the Fontaine prophecy truly arrives and Fontaine is destroyed, I should be more heartbroken than you."]

[Arlecchino was speechless.]

[Thinking about it this way, it seems to be the case. If Fontaine were really destroyed, the power Su Bai had accumulated for a hundred years would be destroyed in an instant.]

["Put away your presumption against the Hydro Archon."]

["You don't need to worry about the prophecy. I guarantee you in the name of the Pope of Fontaine."]

["Fontaine people will definitely not dissolve in the sea, and the prophecy will not happen."]

Arlecchino: "Pure revenge, Mr. Su Bai is really a wife-protecting maniac."

Tartaglia: "Is it because you scared Furina, so you found an excuse to almost choke you to death?"

Lyney: "You scared me. I thought Mr. Su Bai would kill Father."

Kujou Sara: "I had a premonition that Mr. Su Bai would not kill the Knave. Mr. Su Bai said it himself; he took a fancy to the Knave for helping other orphans against the previous Knave. He should think highly of the Knave."

Lumine: "Ahhhhh, suddenly I'm so envious of Furina."

Paimon: "Yeah, I remember when Arlecchino came to question Furina in this life, Furina was like a frightened child, knowing nothing when asked, sitting on the sofa like sitting on pins and needles. When asked about countermeasures, Furina was so cowardly that her shoulders drooped, and she didn't dare to look up at the Knave."

Amber: "Poor Lady Furina."

Yae Miko: "She was tough in the previous life. She just has a good life. So what if she's a fake Hydro Archon? Being loved is like having a backer."

Arlecchino: "I'm very puzzled. With Mr. Su Bai's strength, could he really not see that Furina was lying in the previous life?"

Lumine: "Hey, this time it's his turn to be love-brained."

Chapter 62: The prophecy stone tablet surfaces, Furina's trial arrives

[Su Bai came to the deepest part of the Fortress of Meropide.]

[This is where the most important secret of the Fortress of Meropide lies.]

[Below the huge gate is the location of the Primordial Sea Water.]

[The pointer testing the water pressure kept swinging.]

[Wriothesley saw this and said: "The recent water pressure has been unstable."]

[Su Bai didn't say anything and walked silently towards the gate.]

[He squatted down gently and placed his hand on the gate.]

[The whale's body had grown larger again.]

[And unlike before, the whale seemed to have woken up from its slumber.]

[The speed of absorbing the Primordial Sea Water was much faster than before.]

["I will stay here for a while to stabilize the Primordial Sea Water below."]

["Clorinde, before I leave the Fortress of Meropide, you must stay by the Hydro Archon's side to protect her."]

["Stay here?" Clorinde's beautiful eyes narrowed slightly.]

["Pope, the environment here is very poor. Why do you have to stay here?"]

[Su Bai didn't elaborate.]

[The reason he stayed here was to know the whale's movements at the first opportunity.]

[As soon as the Primordial Sea Water dried up, he would deal with this whale at the first opportunity, making the Primordial Sea Water disappear forever.]

["Don't ask for now, go to the Hydro Archon's side."]

["Also, send people to Poisson to issue an order, letting the people around leave temporarily. Through my observation of the water area, in the process of stabilizing the Primordial Sea Water, some of it will be squeezed to Poisson."]

["Wait until everything is stable and the seawater recedes, then let them go back."]

["Of course, in order not to let the public worry, don't expose my actions. Just say it's a conclusion drawn from geographical exploration and observation."]

[This...]

[Wriothesley and Clorinde looked at each other.]

[The two didn't quite understand what Su Bai wanted to do.]

[But they trusted the Pope's words deeply.]

Paimon: "Eh? Su Bai, as the Pope, wants to live at the very bottom of the Fortress of Meropide? The environment there is the worst."