Chapter 88

【I don't know what to do.】

【Furina awkwardly smoothed out her hair.】

【She let out a laugh: "Hehehe, well~..."】

【"It's not like I missed you or anything, I just came to- see you."】

【In the end, Furina gathered her courage and looked up at Su Bai.】

【But the moment she looked up, the sight of his white hair—just like her own—and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes deeply pierced Furina’s heart.】

【"What happened to your face, and your clothes..."】

【"Oh, that..." Furina pinched her nose, her voice low and soft: "I thought if I played the part of Focalors to see you, you might be a little happier."】

【"No, I mean why are you so disheveled, and your clothes—did you get them torn by tree branches?"】

【"Eh!" Furina quickly looked down, only then noticing that a corner of her dress was indeed torn.】

【"It, it’s not my fault, it’s that butler of yours, what was his name again?"】

【"Alverson?"】

【"That's the one! He wouldn't let us see you, he actually hit us."】

【Su Bai: "....."】

【No wonder it was so noisy in the distance; it turned out Alverson had gotten into a fight with Furina and the others.】

【Listening to the sounds fading in the distance, Su Bai looked toward the horizon...】

【"Oh, you don't need to worry."】

【"It was Navia, Clorinde, and Wriothesley..."】

【"They couldn't possibly actually hurt your butler."】

【"It's just that who would have thought that guy beside you was so strong? It took all three of them surrounding him for me to slip away and run over through the small path."】

【"I slipped by accident, and my butt still hurts from the fall." Furina said, rubbing her backside with a pitiful look on her face.】

【Su Bai: "....."】

【He rubbed his temples incessantly.】

【A bad thought suddenly rose in Su Bai's mind.】

【Given Furina's personality, combined with the power he had given her.】

【If Alverson dared to stop her, Furina would have beaten him to death.】

【Plus, seeing her in such a disheveled state.】

【What difference was there between the current Furina and the previous one?】

【"Where... where are your shoes..."】

【Su Bai suppressed the strange emotions rising in his heart and continued to press her.】

【"Don't worry about that, I only took them off when I saw you."】

【"I'm not stupid; on such a long road, my feet definitely couldn't have handled it if I hadn't worn shoes."】

【Huu...】

【Su Bai suddenly felt a wave of dizziness in his brain.】

【Furina came to see him?】

【She probably felt she only had a few days left to live, was unhappy about it, and came to kill him with a blade.】

【Su Bai reached out his hand...】

【Furina felt happy and placed her hand on his.】

【Su Bai immediately glared at her: "I was talking about the Vision I gave you."】

【"Why are you being so fierce?" Furina pouted and took out the pendant hanging around her neck.】

【The moment Su Bai saw the Vision, his pupils constricted.】

【Just as he had expected.】

【The Vision had already lost its once-vibrant brilliance.】

【Now, it had truly become a useless glass bead.】

【"I..."】

【"I gave the power inside to the Oratrice Mecanique d'Analyse Cardinale."】

【Seeing Su Bai's expression change drastically, Furina didn't give him a chance to speak, instead rambling on by herself.】

【"When Neuvillette told me about your situation back then, I was stunned."】

【"You didn't tell me sooner that this would happen. If I had known, I never would have agreed to be your so-called Archon protagonist."】

【"This..."】

【"This is all your fault, you... you can't blame me..."】

【Furina turned her back in anger.】

【It looked like she was sulking, but her panicked, lost expression had already betrayed her.】

【She was afraid of being scolded by Su Bai, which was why she didn't dare look him in the eye.】

【However, after waiting for a long time, Furina didn't hear Su Bai's lecture, only the sound of his footsteps as he walked away.】

【"Hey, wait..."】

【Furina rushed over and grabbed Su Bai's arm.】

【"I was just trying to give the power to the Oratrice, thinking I could take it back whenever I needed it."】

【"How was I supposed to know that once given, it couldn't be taken back?"】

【"That's why I came to find you to think of a way. This is your power, you must have a way, right?"】

【Just feeling Su Bai's trembling body.】

【Furina was stunned for a moment.】

【She immediately had the answer in her heart.】

【"Do you know why the little creatures in the sea attacked you when you played with them before?"】

【"It was because your personality was too casual and reckless, never considering the other party's feelings."】

【Su Bai lectured with a trembling voice.】

【"Just like the power I gave you."】

【"You thought it was just a casual item that you could throw away and pick back up."】

【"Moreover, this power had already formed a connection with your body and mind. Do you know the consequences of extracting it to another place?"】

【"You..."】

【However, facing Su Bai's reddened eyes.】

【Furina appeared unusually calm.】

【As if she completely failed to realize the severity of the situation.】

【But her gaze became increasingly firm.】

【She said sternly: "So you knew from the beginning what would happen if you gave me your power."】

【"You say my personality is casual and reckless."】

【"Then what about you?"】

【"You planned everything just to make the people of Fontaine treat me as the Hydro Archon again."】

【"But did you ever ask me if I needed them to recognize me?"】

【"You clearly knew that Neuvillette had already pardoned the sins of the Fontaine people, and even if the flood came, they wouldn't be dissolved."】

【"The worst result for me would be losing the curse of longevity because of Focalors' departure."】

【"But so what?"】

【"However, have you ever thought that even if I were recognized as an Archon by everyone with your power and became an immortal?"】

【"But, in the long river of time without you, how am I supposed to pass the days?"】

【"Every single day I will be tortured by pain. I have to endure such days for hundreds or even thousands of years..."】

【"I can't do it. My mind isn't as strong as those gods; I can't bear it..."】

【"The prophecy is over, and I don't want to live so painfully anymore."】

Paimon: "Is this still Furina? She actually dared to lecture Su Bai."

Enjou: "The identities of the two have been reversed. Ms. Furina, she..."

Jean: "It seems Ms. Furina had already made up her mind before coming to find Mr. Su Bai."