Chapter 87

Wriothesley: "Mr. Su Bai should be staying directly in the control room, waiting until the Star-Eating Whale has completely absorbed the Primordial Sea."

Beidou: "That will take a very, very, very long time."

Clorinde: "No need. That great whale has a particularly huge appetite; it will absorb the Primordial Sea water clean very soon."

Navia: "Wuwuwu, did the Pope, my lord, save the people of Fontaine again? If that is the case..."

Lumine: "Silver and Miles from the previous life would not have died."

Charlotte: "Ah, Fontaine. After Mr. Su Bai suppresses the Primordial Sea water, he will flood Fontaine. In this way, the people who prepared in advance will be on guard, and perhaps they will not remain in Fontaine before everything ends."

Mona: "In that case, wouldn't the prophecy be unable to come true? Impossible. The prophecy cannot be stopped."

Scylla: "Perhaps because of the variable of Mr. Su Bai, this reincarnator, the prophecy has failed."

Kaeya: "I'm dying of envy. Even the Heavenly Principles does not care about Mr. Su Bai?"

Paimon: "Don't forget, this kid was once used as fodder for the Sky Island!"

Lumine: "Paimon, what do you mean by 'fodder'? You are not allowed to speak of Su Bai like that."

【House of the Hearth.】

【Lin Ni, Lynette, and Freminet, who came out of the Fortress of Meropide, stood respectfully behind Arlecchino.】

【"Regarding the great flood in Fontaine."】

【"Before the great flood occurred, Clorinde took people from the Court of Justice to Fontaine."】

【"Using the excuse of a terrain survey report, she ordered everyone to evacuate Fontaine."】

【"According to our observations, Clorinde took this matter very seriously. Anyone who refused would be arrested directly by the Court of Justice."】

【"This evacuation of Fontaine was quite efficient, taking less than an hour."】

【So urgent?】

【Arlecchino placed her hands under her chin, pondered for a moment, and smiled: "I understand."】

【"It must be an order issued by the Pope, my lord."】

【Mentioning the Pope Su Bai, Lin Ni's eyes were still full of admiration.】

【Even though the other party almost pinned a wrongful case on him last time, he believed that the heart of the Pope Su Bai always sided with the people of Fontaine.】

【"Is this the so-called method of the Pope, my lord?" Arlecchino finally shook her head.】

【"Relying solely on this method, how many times can it save Fontaine?"】

【"If the next great flood happens in Fontaine, what then?"】

【Hearing Arlecchino's muttering to herself.】

【Lin Ni spoke again: "Father, after the great flood in Fontaine, an ancient ruin seems to have emerged."】

【"And also..."】

【"And what else?" Arlecchino pressed.】

【"And I learned from rumors that this great flood has cast a shadow on many people's hearts."】

【"Judging by what they say, this flooding of Fontaine is precisely the beginning of the prophecy."】

Arataki Itto: "Hey, I say, do these people of Fontaine have a problem with their brains? We saved them, yet they act like this."

Thoma: "You can't say that. Mr. Su Bai did not explain it clearly to them."

Yae Miko: "How else should he say it? If he said he was governing the violent Primordial Sea water, wouldn't the people of Fontaine be even more terrified?"

Yae Miko: "Wuwuwu, my poor Su Bai, he is in a no-win situation."

Lumine: "Stop it. You are crying at the wrong grave."

Paimon: "The ancient ruin of the prophecy stele has appeared. I remember that in this life, it was at this time that everyone united to judge Furina."

Navia: "....."

Clorinde: "....."

Lin Ni: "Thinking about it now, I feel very sorry."

Dvalin: "Judging Furina?"

Kamisato Ayaka: "Is it because her identity as a false god was exposed?"

Yelan: "This is too crazy."

Lumine: "Uh! Ah, I was also wrong about this point."

Navia: "Partner, what's wrong?"

Charlotte: "Traveler, do you know something we don't?"

Lumine: "Ah, if it were up to me, I wouldn't want the judgment of the previous life to be stopped by Su Bai, because in that way..."

everyone could know the truth about Furina.

Venti: "There is something fishy. Please explain in detail."

Zhong Li: "And it is something that cannot be spoken, only waiting to be exposed? Then it must be a major matter."

Charlotte: "Lumine, can you really not say it?"

Lumine: "Let's talk about it later. If Furina cannot be judged in the end, I will explain it to you in detail then."

Su Bai's home.

Furina looked at Lumine in disbelief.

She said shyly: "Hey, why are you saying these things in the live stream? It's unnecessary. I feel quite good now."

Lumine snorted: "That won't do. After all, we are very likely to be one family in the future. Your hard work of five hundred years should be known to the people of Fontaine now."

Does the hard work of five hundred years need a reward?

The answer is no.

Furina had never considered what kind of response her suffering required.

But because Lumine could say that, she was still very happy.

【Several more days passed.】

【During these days, Su Bai sat quietly before the gate.】

【Using his powerful perception to probe the changes in the Primordial Amniotic Sea water and the Star-Swallowing Whale.】

【"My lord."】

【"Kloind has sent me to inform you: after the great flood in Baishong Town, an ancient ruin appeared."】

【"Nahida and the Traveler went to investigate."】

【"After investigation, they sealed the site due to the ruin being saturated with Primordial Amniotic Sea water, forbidding anyone from approaching."】

【Ancient ruin?】

【"What did they discover?"】

【"I don't know. After returning, Nahida only ordered the site sealed and said nothing further about the ruin's discoveries."】

【That must mean they found something.】

【Su Bai furrowed his brow slightly.】

【But at this moment, the most important thing was to end the prophecy.】

【Everything else could be set aside for now.】

【"It shouldn't be a problem."】

【Su Bai smiled: "He may be very rigid, but..."】

【"Nahida is Fontaine's highest judge; no one is more trustworthy."】

Paimon: "Oh no, Su Bai overlooked something—Furina is going to suffer."

Kaeya: "Why say that? Nahida looks every bit the image of justice—how could he do anything wrong?"

Lumine: "Um... can we even talk about this?"

Nahida: "At this point, there's nothing left unsayable."

Aether: "You're not the main villain, are you?"

Nahida: "I'll tell this myself—at least in this life, it was I who proposed sending Lumine and the others to judge Furina."

Venti: "Huh???"

Teyvat: "Unimaginable—you betrayed Lady Furina."

Nahida: "It's not betrayal. I mean in this life: as the prophecy neared, we discovered inscriptions on the stele concerning it, but one stele was missing. I went to question Furina, but she kept evading with strange excuses. In the end, I had no choice but to suggest to Lumine a way to force her to speak."

Nahida: "That was to judge Furina, using the pretext that she wasn't the true god, to force her to reveal the truth of the prophecy—but we never expected..."

Lyons: "We never expected it worked—she really isn't the Water God."

Nahida: "Sigh... it's a very unpleasant memory."