Chapter 244

So...

"This was also 'split in two'?"

Focalors in the mirror smiled: "Bingo~, you guessed it. Although it's not quite the same as your Inazuma's Raiden Shogun, it can be considered 'split in two'."

She naturally didn't know.

Furina told her.

Only then did she realize, so gods are all the same?

Lu Shu even said she was the culmination of the "strengths" of the four gods.

This almost made her laugh.

God-tier culmination of strengths.

That's absurd.

"So, you, you, what exactly is going on with you two?!"

Navia seemed to have recovered, rubbing her little head, and sat up straight on the sofa.

Even so, she was still very confused.

Her boss was actually two people?

It sounded like she was split in two?

One hiding, one outside.

And what was that "Sustainer" she feared?

"Can you tell us now?"

Lu Shu asked.

"Hmm."

Focalors nodded; since she had appeared here, she was prepared to accept a new method of salvation.

Or rather, two-handed preparation.

"You all know about the prophecy, right?"

Navia and Xia Luodi looked at each other and nodded.

"For hundreds of years, a prophecy has been circulating in Fontaine: 'Everyone will dissolve in the sea, leaving only the Hydro Archon weeping on the throne...'"

As she spoke, she looked at the two Hydro Archons.

"Ah?"

Kamisato Ayaka was dumbfounded; it was that scary?

Navia frowned slightly in thought: "I once took a commission from an old sailor who said that the ancestors of the people of Fontaine came from the sea. Is that the reason?"

"For 500 years, I have been investigating this prophecy, but unfortunately, there has been no progress until recently."

Furina said, looking at Lu Shu, and then at the other "self."

Only after returning from the Goblin world did she learn the truth from Focalors.

The other side nodded, and Furina then explained in detail.

"The people of Fontaine did indeed come from the sea."

"In the original Fontaine, the first Hydro Archon Egeria felt the longing of her familiars, the Oceanids, to live on land."

"Oceanids envied humans; the beauty and romance of humans fascinated them, and becoming human became the wish of the Oceanids."

Wait?!

As Furina spoke, Navia, Xia Luodi, and even Kamisato Ayaka inexplicably felt a tingling sensation down their spines.

It couldn't be...

"Although water is closely related to life, as just one of the Seven Archons, the first Hydro Archon Egeria did not have the power to create humans."

"However, she thought of a way, using the power of the 'Primordial Seawater' to transform those Oceanids into human form."

"And using their blood vessels to wrap the Primordial Seawater into their bodies, thereby creating mimetic humans."

The three of them instantly felt cold.

Holy crap.

Especially Navia and Xia Luodi!

I thought I was human; could it be that I'm actually an 'Oceanid'?!

No way?

"And when the 'people of Fontaine' come into contact with the Primordial Seawater again, the power in their bodies will break free from its shackles and return to the Primordial Sea, manifesting as the dissolution of their form, turning back into Oceanids."

Huh?!

The two were dumbfounded again.

Navia: "So... this is the truth behind the prophecy of 'the people of Fontaine dissolving'?"

Xia Luodi: "That's too scary, I'm actually an Oceanid?"

How can this report still be written?

If I write it, I'll probably be beaten to death, right?

The whole of Fontaine will go crazy.

Who would believe that they are actually a "lump of water"?

This news can't be written.

Ah ah ah ah!

And I clearly caught a big scoop.

"Of course, the first Hydro Archon Egeria's unauthorized 'creation of humans' was not permitted by the Heavenly Principles."

"Therefore, the Hydro Archon and the people of Fontaine have long carried original sin."

"This is the origin of the people of Fontaine."

As the words fell.

The three women were all shaken.

Navia, Xia Luodi, and even Kamisato Ayaka were a bit dazed.

Although they had realized it when the topic started.

But having it confirmed by the Hydro Archon herself was still terrifying.

"You mean... we... we are actually humans turned from Oceanids? This is a bit too much information for me."

Navia was dazed.

Rubbing her forehead, she felt dizzy again.

"Wait! Since we are all Oceanids, how do the people of Fontaine have children? Can Oceanids also do that, that, between men and women, and then give birth to children?"

Xia Luodi was also confused, but soon her imagination as a reporter "whooshed" open.

Focalors smiled and shook her head: "Naturally, not like humans, but do you remember the Fountain of Lucine?"

There was one thing she didn't say.

Although they couldn't give birth to children like humans by doing that, they could also "do that."

"The Fountain of Lucine, isn't that a ritual?"

"Wait! It seems that if people in Fontaine want children, they all go to the Fountain of Lucine to pray for them; is this engraved in their memory?"

Navia was stunned.

"That's right."

Focalors said.

It was engraved in the memories of the "people of Fontaine" by the Hydro Archon.

Strictly speaking, it's called "self-suggestion"; the moment they become human, they no longer remember their past as "Oceanids."

They become completely human.

It's just that they can't reproduce offspring like humans.

Therefore, a rule was engraved in the memory of every Oceanid that became human.

If you want a child, go to the Fountain of Lucine and make a wish.

"But... for hundreds of years, there have been people of Fontaine who married outside, could it be... they couldn't give birth to mixed-bloods?"

Xia Luodi was puzzled.

"No, you have to go back to the Fountain of Lucine to make a wish."

Focalors shook her head.