Chapter 67

Yanshang: "This feeling is as helpless as if the Crown Prince had asked me to deal with Su Ye."

Yae Miko: "I never expected the noble circles of Fontaine to be so dark."

Neuvillette: "....."

Clorinde: "Don't talk nonsense, Fox. Was the Inazuma Shogunate any more innocent?"

Kamisato Ayaka: "Pure white, like milk."

Dainsleif: "The Knave actually did such a good deed?"

Arlecchino: "Keep a low profile. Fortunately, we acted in time back then; otherwise, Lynette would have been ruined just like those girls in the basement."

Lin Ni: "In any case, I will forever remember the great kindness of Father."

Lynette: "I will forever remember it."

Paimon: "So..."

Su Bai: "Huh?"

Nahida: "If things are so dark among the nobles, and Mr. Su Bai is the Pope of the Guiwei Sect, wouldn't that be..."

Kamisato Arataki: "Nobles at every level must curry favor."

Yoimiya: "Perhaps, in a past life, Lynette was intended as a gift for Mr. Su Bai, but the Knave saved her?"

Su Bai: "So the truth is exactly as Yoimiya said. Knave Arlecchino, I'll make a note of this score first. (Chuckles)"

Lynette: "How annoying, Mr. Su Bai only knows how to joke. (Shy)"

Arlecchino: "Ahem, Traveler, it's time for you to come out and take control."

Lumine: "I can't manage it. I can't manage it at all. (Helpless)"

【The night in Fontaine.】

【Bustling and lively.】

【The basement of the Opera House.】

【Su Bai arrived before the core of the Oratrice Mecanique d'Analyse Cardinale.】

【The deep blue crystal eased the stern expression on his face slightly.】

【Sensing the fluctuation of the core's energy within the Oratrice Mecanique d'Analyse Cardinale.】

【Su Bai seemed able to feel a certain heartbeat.】

547 【He raised his arm, and just as he was about to touch the core, a serious voice sounded from behind.】

【"Pope, it is late at night. What are you doing here?"】

【"Could it be that you are dissatisfied with today's judgment and wish to investigate the Oratrice Mecanique d'Analyse Cardinale?"】

【Su Bai stopped his movement.】

【A helpless, bitter smile appeared on his face.】

【He turned around and looked at Neuvillette standing behind him.】

【"Are you not also unable to sleep, Neuvillette, the highest judge of Fontaine?"】

【Before the core of the Oratrice Mecanique d'Analyse Cardinale.】

【The acrid smell of gunpowder in their confrontation grew increasingly severe.】

【One wrong word, and it seemed as though a fierce fight might break out.】

【"I came only to ask you one thing."】

【"Regarding today's trial, why did you want to send Lin Ni to the Fortress of Meropide?"】

【"Is it because it is easier for you to act there?"】

【"I have no idea what you are talking about." Su Bai did not respond directly to Neuvillette.】

【He slowly walked outward.】

【"I think if Lin Ni is sent to the Fortress of Meropide, his fate will be the same as Du Jiye's."】

【Neuvillette's words made Su Bai pause.】

【Seeing this, he continued: "Neither you nor I are Fontainians."】

【"But I still thank you for everything you have contributed to Fontaine over the past century."】

【"Whether it was the Oceanid Cross Society back then, or when you supported my reforms to eliminate the old nobility."】

【"Without your contribution, my role as the highest judge of Fontaine would not have been so smooth."】

【"However, you were present at today's trial; the fact that people are being dissolved has been confirmed."】

【"This means the prophecy spoken of by the people is highly likely to occur."】

【"I believe that at this moment, you should be able to recognize what you ought to do, and not waste excessive energy on meaningless matters."】

【"The Oceanid Cross Society?" Su Bai remembered it vividly.】

【As if everything from the past was appearing before his eyes one by one.】

【"If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten."】

【"Does my lord Neuvillette wish to remind me not to forget the friends I personally killed back then?"】

【Neuvillette frowned.】

【"No, you..."】

【"Never mind. I am in no mood to chat today. When I am in a better mood on that day, I will have a proper heart-to-heart with my lord the judge."】

【He interrupted Neuvillette's speech.】

【Su Bai paid no further attention to the highest judge behind him and left directly.】

Clorinde: "The Oceanid Cross Society?"

Navia: "I've never heard of it."

Wriothesley: "It must have been a hundred years ago. I recall that the Fortress of Meropide once imprisoned a former... um... I'm not sure how to describe that person."

He was a youth capable of transforming into a Hilichurl, a long-lived race.

Kamisato Ayaka: "Mr. Su Bai personally killed his own friend?"

Tianquan Ningguang: "Was it for power?"

Nahida: "Eh? No way..."

Chapter 53: Neuvillette's Deduction, the True Relationship Between Su Bai and Furina

【In the luxurious room at the very top of the Palace of the Fontaine.】

【Furina sat on the bed.】

【Silent, lost in a daze.】

【Her mind was a tangled mess.】

【The sudden incident with the Oratrice Mecanique d'Analyse Cardinale today gave her a particularly bad feeling.】

【But after waiting bitterly for a long time, Su Bai never came to question her.】

【"If such a thing had happened a hundred years ago."】

【"He would have been extremely surprised, then would have asked endless questions, I suppose."】

【"But now..."】

【Furina looked out the window; lights had turned on in another tower-like room.】

【"He must be completely disappointed by now."】

【She murmured nonsensical words in her heart.】

【Furina slowly lay down.】

【She closed her eyes.】

【I'm sorry, Su Bai...】

【You worked so hard to support me, yet I could do nothing.】

【....】

【Night had fallen.】

【In the luxurious room, Su Bai had fallen into a deep sleep.】

【In his dream.】

【He seemed to see two people waving at him.】

【"Yo! You're here, our genius researcher."】