Chapter 71

"In three years, His Holiness the Pope, did he not find any evidence to judge him?"

"No." Navia's beautiful eyes narrowed slightly: "In these three years, I have not heard a single word about Marcel. He is living quite well in Fontaine."

"Why?" Kaelis looked slightly confused.

He did not understand how, with Pope Su Bai's capabilities, he could not find evidence against Marcel?

Could it be that everything was his own speculation, and the culprit behind the serial disappearances of young girls back then was not Marcel?

Thinking it over and over again.

Kaelis sighed lightly: "After all, the Pope is not a god. For so many years, His Holiness the Pope has worked hard enough. If even such disappearance cases must rely on him, it would be too much to ask of the people of Fontaine."

Hearing this, Navia immediately perked up.

"Father is right. I remember His Holiness the Pope was not originally a person of Fontaine, yet he has made so many contributions to Fontaine."

"The people of Fontaine cannot always rely on His Holiness the Pope. Some things must be accomplished by us ourselves."

It is all because His Holiness the Hydro Archon did nothing. Sigh.

His Holiness the Pope has truly worked hard. I was shouting at him right in front of him. Thinking back now, I truly feel ashamed.

Clorinde: "Strange, why did Mr. Su Bai not arrest Marcel?"

Neuvillette: "Without concrete evidence, it is indeed very difficult to determine the other party's guilt."

Navia: "Marcel is indeed an old fox. Actually, back then, if it were not for Lumine pointing out that he was Vacher and stating that she heard someone calling Vacher's name at the Fountain of Lucine, leading to Vacher's dissolved beloved and causing Vacher's emotional collapse where he confessed the crime himself, the evidence for that judgment was actually insufficient to convict Vacher."

Kaeya: "So Vacher's confession was caused by you breaking his will, leading him to admit the crime himself, not because of the evidence you held in your hands."

Aether: "In the end, it is still that Su Bai's ability is insufficient. Sigh, my future brother-in-law, you are not up to it."

Yae Miko: "This big brother-in-law, whether Su Bai's ability is sufficient or not, you have to ask Lumine."

Aether: "What does this have to do with Lumine? If Su Bai cannot investigate it, then it is his problem."

Su Bai: "Ahem, ahem, ahem..."

Lumine: "Why are you coughing? Do you want to drink Primordial Water, my dear?"

Paimon: "I have a new perspective. I think Su Bai knows what Marcel did, and perhaps he deliberately let the other party go."

Navia: "What? What is the reason Mr. Su Bai let the other party go..."

Paimon: "Think about it. Su Bai heard about the Prophecy of Destruction from Lei Nei. Back then, Lei Nei and the others were conducting experiments, always thinking about how to save the people of Fontaine, yet they never thought about why the people of Fontaine would dissolve in the Primordial Water. Su Bai might be going against the grain, wanting to solve the root of the matter."

Lisa: "What you mean is that Mr. Su Bai wants to know why the people of Fontaine would dissolve. As long as the problem of the people of Fontaine dissolving is solved, then even if the great flood occurs, he will have a way to save Fontaine."

Paimon: "Yes, Su Bai must be thinking this way. Marcel was because his girlfriend was dissolved, so he was wholeheartedly researching this problem, so Su Bai turned a blind eye and did not actively arrest him."

Navia: "What! Then... then speaking like this..."

Everyone was stunned.

If it is truly as Paimon said, then did Su Bai sacrifice the lives of those young girls?

Paimon: "Sigh, just as Uncle Kaelis said, Su Bai is not a god. I think his quarrel with Furina might be related to this matter. He needed the most important intelligence, but unfortunately, no one helped him."

Todore: "Wanting to exchange a small sacrifice for the hope of turning the situation around, it seems the sacrifice is necessary."

Dvalin: "Sigh, there is actually a god even less reliable than Barbatos."

Furina: ".....".

Chapter 55: Skirk: Dainsleif, how old are you this year

The Pope of the Fengdan Sect knew that Marcel was using young girls for Primordial Water experiments.

Yet he let it go unchecked.

If such a matter were exposed, it would inevitably cause a huge uproar in the Fengdanting Sect.

Fontaine is a country based on judgment; in their hearts, the fairness of the matter is placed first.

Plus the upright and incorruptible Chief Justice Neuvillette.

If the matter were exposed, even if Su Bai is the Pope, he would surely suffer a tremendous shock.

Su Bai's home.

Furina, who had not spoken for a long time, finally experienced a medical miracle.

Using a slightly trembling voice, she asked: "I~ understand."

"After Navia learned the truth, she attributed Su Bai's failure to capture Marcel to insufficient evidence."

"Plus the guilt from her previous impolite attitude, and the hatred for Marcel framing her father."

"With Navia's personality, she would absolutely find a way to convict Marcel, just like in this life."

"If something slips out at that time, Su Bai..."

Furina glanced lightly at Su Bai with her small eyes, and suddenly felt a bit embarrassed.

Her performance in the previous life was actually no different from this life; she must have been playing the role of a god in both.

But because Su Bai was always helping to clean up the mess in the previous life, there were far fewer forced awkward situations.

Not only was her face not affected, but she was even applauded by the people.

In all of Fontaine, the only person who worked hard but got no credit seemed to be the highly esteemed His Holiness the Pope.

The entire Fontaine is a daily opera house; only the Pope has been diligently pondering how to change the prophecy since hundreds of years ago.

Even Neuvillette, who witnessed Su Bai killing Lei Nei and Jacob, did not seem to take Lei Nei and the others' words to heart.

Perhaps he merely thought they were a group of science maniacs, using groundless mad words to cover up their frantic and restless pursuit of scientific knowledge.

"How is that possible."

Paimon shook her head and waved her small hand, pointing as if lecturing.

"Who is Su Bai? That is His Majesty the Pope of the Fengdanting Sect."

"Even if he really let Marcel conduct experiments, it was merely expecting the other party to provide him with useful experimental results and intelligence."

"I guess Su Bai is definitely observing every move Marcel makes."

"Once the other party makes a major research discovery, he will definitely arrest them at once."

"Even if Marcelle is captured, this matter cannot possibly be linked to Su Bai."

Yinghe suddenly understood.

She looked at Su Bai with deep pity.

"You surely couldn't bear to see those girls suffer, but you had no way to stop it."

"In your past life, Furina deceived you, and you had no one to help you, yet you refused to hurt Fontaine's citizens like Jacob did for your experiments."

"After struggling for a hundred years, you finally met Marcelle, so you hoped he would take a risk and lend you a hand."

Su Bai froze.

Damn! That's some wild imagination.

If the system gave your character profile eight levels of beauty filter, Ying would hit level ten.

"Hmm."

"If I'd realized Furina wasn't the true Water God, I shouldn't have purged Lei Nei and Jacob—maybe I could've negotiated with them properly."

"A shift in mindset would yield better results."

"But there's no help for it—compared to my suffering, Furina's five-hundred-year perseverance was the truest pain."

Su Bai's words fell silent.

Furina's heart suddenly quickened.

A warmth spread rapidly through her body.

Though viewers in the livestream still held low opinions of her, with Su Bai's words, she didn't feel as humiliated as she'd imagined.

"Hehehe..."

Ying and Paimon both snorted coldly.

"You've got guts, kid—before your past life even ended, you've already started warming up Furina."

Paimon smirked slightly.

"Oh no, Ying..."

"You're going to lose favor."

"Y-you y-you..." Furina flustered, clenching her pink fists in protest: "You little flying brat, don't talk nonsense!"

"Huh?" Paimon froze on the spot.

She was always the one giving others nicknames—no one had ever dared to slap one on her first.

"This is infuriating—I'll think up a nasty nickname for you, Furina..."

Paimon stomped her foot in midair, furious.