A firm hand gently stroked Funina's back.

"What are you talking about?"

"What deception?"

"I..." Furina said tremulously, "Just as they said, I am not the real water goddess, I am just a fake Fucarus."

"I know, you're Funina," Su Bai said with a smile.

[“Eh?”]

This stark contrast in the plot caused Furnessa to momentarily freeze in shock.

[Su Bai actually knows my identity?]

Did she already know?

"But...but I know you love Fukaros, and that's the person you want to protect."

[Furina pouted, her eyes lowered.]

"So you think you used her name to deceive me and betray my care and love?"

Su Bai smiled.

"Ah, how did you know what I was thinking?"

"Of course, after all, I am the Pope you appointed, aren't I?"

Both of them fell silent.

The space of consciousness also became quiet.

Finally, Funina couldn't hold back any longer and asked in a tearful voice, "Aren't you angry with me?"

Su Bai shook his head.

"You won't lock me up in the deepest part of Mello Petersburg and feed me to the dogs, will you?"

Su Bai smiled.

He gently tapped Funina on the head.

"Has your brain gotten so muddled from watching too much opera?"

"Even in a novel, they wouldn't just throw such a cute girl to the dogs, would they?"

"Wouldn't it be such a waste to do that?"

[Furina touched her head and finally burst out laughing.]

[“Pfft…”]

"Don't tease me."

Then, she wrinkled her little nose.

[Something suddenly occurred to me.]

"By the way, I'm going to be sentenced to death."

"What should I do? It doesn't matter if I die, but I promised Fucaros that once my identity is revealed, the prophecy cannot be saved."

"Oh no!"

[The anxious Furina's mind seemed to be still in a state of confusion.]

After a long period of bewilderment, she suddenly looked up: "I remember now, you told me you could deal with that whale and prevent the prophecy, right?"

However, to Fryna's surprise...

At this moment, Su Bai shook his head and said, "I can't do it anymore."

【"What!"】

【"How is this going?"】

"What should we do then?"

"If you can't resolve the prophecy of Fontaine, the people of Fontaine will execute you along with me for deceiving them."

"It's over, it's all over, everything's ruined."

Paimon: "It seems that Furnessa is really worried about Su Bai. Her first thought is that Su Bai will be implicated because of her."

Ying: "Hmm... I've allowed her selfishness..."

Navia: "Yes, that's enough."

Yae no Miko: "Sigh, things are so sad, but Su Bai is still acting like he's joking. Waaaa, this jerk is doing it on purpose."

Amber: "But Frynn finally has a chance to speak her mind, doesn't she?"

Cole: "Yes! She can finally let out everything that's been weighing on her mind."

Ningguang: "That's for the best. They've already sacrificed too much for Fontaine's prophecy."

Araki Ichito: "I understand. Su Bai had the butler pack his things, planning to run away with Funina."

Hisaki Shinobu: "..."

Hisaki Shinobu: "Boss, I really hope things turn out the way you say they do."

"What should we do? What should we do now?"

[A bewildered and disoriented woman, Fryna paced back and forth.]

[She had already stopped crying, but tears started streaming down her face again.]

Through her tireless efforts, she finally came up with a solution and immediately took Su Bai's hand, saying:

"You're not from Fontainebleau, you'd better run."

"Teyvat is so big, there's bound to be a place for you to hide."

"And what about you?" Su Bai countered.

【"I?"】

[Funinga paused for a moment.]

[A bitter expression crossed his face: "My identity has been exposed; the prophecy can no longer be stopped."]

"I would have been sentenced to death, and if the prophecy had come true, the people of Fontainebleau might really have dissolved into the sea, just as the prophecy foretold."

"I am, after all, a Fontaineble, you don't need to worry about me."

[After a long pause.]

Su Bai burst into laughter.

"Haha, I never expected that you, who were so scared by Arenoch's feint that you were begging for mercy on the ground, would actually show such courage at this moment."

"I underestimated you, Funina..."

【"You!" Faced with Su Bai's loud laughter, Funina had absolutely no interest in arguing with him.】

Instead, he became even more impatient and said, "What kind of time is this? You're still joking."

"Yes, Furina, don't you especially love watching opera?"

"And the more dramatic it is, the more tense and exciting you feel, and the more you enjoy watching it."

Su Bai's mockery subsided, and his gaze softened further.

"Fukaros also loves opera; you two really do share the same interests."

"I remember she promised you that the final outcome would be a dramatic trial, didn't she?"

Upon hearing this, Fu Ningna realized that everything Su Bai had just done was a joke on her.

In a moment of excitement, she lightly slapped Su Bai: "You..."

"You're still making fun of me at a time like this."

【"I..."】

I'm so sad.

[Funinga looked at Su Bai with a pitiful expression.]

"Hasn't the trial already begun?"

"The water god of the past five hundred years was a false water god—isn't this a dramatic judgment?"

"Yes," Su Bai nodded, "It is indeed very dramatic."

"But I think it's not dramatic enough; the plot should have some more twists."

"Add a twist?" Funina blinked, her face revealing a naive "foolishness."

She didn't understand what Su Bai was talking about.

"That is..."

Su Bai gently wiped away the tears on Funina's face.

In an instant, a colorful sphere of light enveloped her tears.

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