I'm in the Teyvat running group

Navia led the two directly into the room. There were no crooked passages here; it was a fairly normal small building. But that was normal, since the Godfather of Fontaine, Miss Navia Casapa, naturally didn't need to hide her business or do anything in secret. She even had a seat when meetings were held at the Moman Palace.

Upon reaching the second floor, we entered a rather cozy room where a doll-like girl was sitting by the window, carefully repairing her legs.

Although the scene looks somewhat gruesome, it doesn't seem so strange for a doll...

"Sandonne, are you alright?" Yunxiu looked at the girl's worried face, yet she was forcing herself to stay alert. He finally understood that the involvement of the Fools was not unfounded. He asked, "In this situation, has something very serious happened?"

"Yunxiu! You came so fast..." Sandone was initially surprised, but then overjoyed. She leaned towards Yunxiu and asked, "Did you come to save us?"

“Of course, of course, I came to Fontaine to find out everything. What exactly happened?” Yunxiu thought for a moment and decided to ask the most important question first: “Why are the Fools all gathered here? Is Funina’s disappearance related to you?”

"I don't really know what happened."

"what?"

"No, this matter is not as complicated as you think, but it is not simple either."

The puppet then recounted everything she had seen and heard along the way to Yunxiu.

Yunxiu finally learned at least part of what the Fools had gathered and what they were supposed to do.

Strictly speaking, this matter is indeed related to Yunxiu, because Yunxiu wiped out a large number of abyssal demons near the Dark Sea of ​​Daoqi, killing a bunch of legendary peak-level demons, including a true god-level demon.

Although Lei Yingdian personally intervened, without Yunxiu's final blow, Bushgalo's demise would have been unlikely. Perhaps he would have needed to pollute at least one or two islands of Inazuma to achieve that.

The abyss surrounding Teyvat thinned considerably at this moment, which directly resulted in a significant reduction in the pressure of the Sumeru Dead Domain—a drastic reduction. To what extent?

Alice went on a trip with her daughter, Claire!

Moreover, they played for two months straight, which shows that even the work of maintaining the border has become much easier recently.

The direct consequence of this is that the moon is harder to perceive because the false sky is 'thicker'. Therefore, the "girl" Columbia is eager to return to the winter solstice before going to Nordkalley, as this would be better for her.

Therefore, Zhi Dong sent "Captain" Capitano to take over the girl's work. He recently advanced to the eighth ring. "Young Master" Tartaglia, who was seeking experience, also went to the Dead Zone. Although he couldn't deal with large monsters, he could clear out the mobs without much trouble.

Coincidentally, Alegino and Sandone were arranging the expansion of the Hearth House in Fontaine, a plan that had been completed long before Yunxiu's final battle against Inazuma.

So far, there are actually no problems.

Since the group happened to be near Fontaine, they agreed to have a tea party at a restaurant near Harbourview. They also invited Funina, with whom they had recently gotten along quite well.

However, that very evening, Furina invited Arecino and Columbia to explore a peculiar underground ruin, Cabdisburg, and together they entered the ruin, disappearing for three or four days.

On the third day after their disappearance, the group still hadn't returned, so Capitano rushed from Mount Sumeru to search for them. He also entered the underground ruins and vanished as well.

Until four days ago, Sandone and D'Artagnan, unable to contain themselves any longer, finally sought the Queen's help. The Queen quickly decided to rescue them, but needed a day or two to prepare.

Then, while waiting, D'Artagnan and Sandone went to Gestalt and Cabotsburg to investigate, but were inexplicably ambushed and both disappeared.

Next came the fall of Ergolia.

Without any warning or omen, according to Sandone, after seeking the Queen's help, they also met with the water god through diplomatic channels and found nothing unusual.

At present, Fontaine is not only leaderless, but almost chaotic. Grand Inquisitor Navelette had to send a large number of troops and Melusin to directly control all the main roads and close the Spirit Realm. Only by implementing a number of measures could the chaos in Fontaine be brought under control.

"Where is Her Majesty the Empress?" Yunxiu asked. "Didn't you say you would find a way to save them quickly?"

“I don’t know. Her Majesty the Queen didn’t contact us before the communication was cut off,” Sandonne said bitterly. “As for now, under the control of the Grand Inquisitor, even Her Majesty the Queen would have a hard time entering Fontaine.”

"Did they really go to Cappedisburg?"

"I don't know, but according to what was said at the time, we should have gone to 'Gestalt' again, because Arecino took a lot of Gestalt data from me."

This is really a big problem...

The root of everything now lies with Funina, but in Yunxiu's understanding, Funina shouldn't have any interest in exploring these matters.

Besides, even if it really existed, she should have already explored all the ruins of Fontaine. Why wait until now? As for why she called Arecino and Columbia along, her intention was quite obvious.

Both of these are key figures in "March". Apart from the Shattered Moon, this is basically the most luxurious lineup that Teyvat can put together.

As for Kabdisburg, it was probably not the actual destination, or more likely, it was the way to get to Gestalt from Kabdisburg underwater. These two ruins are indeed closely related.

Could it be related to Rene...?

But Master René probably wouldn't do such a thing.

"The problem now is, is that Funina really Funina?" Yunxiu asked. "If she's not Funina, then where did Funina go?"

“I don’t know either… but nothing seemed out of the ordinary during the tea party.” Sandoni pondered for a moment. “If there was anything amiss, it was probably that we were a little more lively, but that’s perfectly understandable, isn’t it?”

Yunxiu began to doubt whether this Funina was really Funina...

There is precedent for this. In the story of Nordkal, the protagonist encountered an incident where a rebel joined him in stealing the Moon Essence. However, judging from the subsequent events, this rebel was not a true rebel, but a fake one.

If even the protagonist of the Descendants couldn't see it, then it's not surprising that the girl and Arecino, whose strength is actually only around Legendary level, couldn't either.

But if that's a fake Fryna, then where did the real Fryna go?

Finding Funina might be the key to breaking this deadlock!

Whatever the reason, it now seems that the root of everything is Funina.

If it's a fake Furna, then where did the real Furna go?

If it really is Funina, then why would Funina go to Gestalt? And why was she constantly sending messages in the Spirit Realm yesterday?

Frynn is a legendary peak-level powerhouse, and there are only a handful of people in all of Teyvat stronger than her. So who could have put her in this situation?

In terms of pure strength and cultivation, Yueji is actually inferior to Funina. If Funina is in danger, then apart from the True Lord of the Moon-Shaving Sun, who might be safe, everyone else will be in danger...

“Now, we need to find Funina first.” Yunxiu looked at the puppet and Yueji: “In any case, since everything started with her, whether it’s true or false, we have to find the ‘real’ Funina now.”

"What about clues?" Tsukihime asked. "The only clue left is the photos that Funina posted on the Spirit Realm..."

Did you save it?

“I’ve saved them.” Tsukihime took out several printed photos. “I even printed these out.”

Yunxiu took the photos. In reality, there wasn't much to see in these photos. Apart from a few photos where you could barely make out some details, most of the photos were taken in very ordinary scenes.

“Wait a minute…” Navia flipped through one of the photos. It was a picture of Funina drinking coffee, with a cake stand opposite her with several very pretty little cakes on it.

The young lady's face showed an expression of "I knew it," and she pointed to the photo and said to Yunxiu, "This should be a high-class private room at the Debo Hotel."

"Given Funina's wealth and preferences, it's not surprising that she ate at the Debord Hotel, is it?" Yunxiu asked curiously. "Could there have been poison in the cake that made her faint or something?"

“No… the hand sitting opposite her should be the hand of Aikofi, the head chef of the Debord Grand Hotel.” Navia pointed to a hand at the edge of the photo and said, “Only she would wear such a strange accessory.”

Navia looked at the photo again more closely: "And this strap hanging on this table should be Charlotte's camera bag strap."

"Oh?" Yunxiu became serious. "Let me check the sending and creation times of the photos."

The Spirit Realm Terminal doesn't have the function to query this, but Yunxiu himself does, as he is a Grand Mage with the ability to verify this.

"The photo was taken... at 5:30 PM nine days ago!"

When the detection time arrived, Yunxiu hadn't found anything unusual yet, but the puppet's face showed a very horrified expression!

"what happened?"

"Miss Funina, weren't you at our tea party from 5 to 7 pm nine days ago?"

"Oh? It seems someone is finally going to slip up..." Yunxiu felt much more relaxed in an instant. This at least proved one thing: since two Funinas could appear at the same time, it must be a trick involving the real and fake Funinas, rather than Funina being controlled.

At least for now, the only question left is—where did Funina go?

"Perhaps the best way to answer this question is to ask Aikofi and Charlotte, since if I'm not mistaken, they are probably the last people to have seen Funina."

“Aikofi and Charlotte? No problem.” Navia nodded. “Please rest here for now. I will arrange for someone to bring you two ladies from Fontainebleau.”

"Alright, I'll help Sandone repair his body first." Yunxiu didn't refuse. At this point, whether it was a plea or a kidnapping was no longer important, and besides, Navia probably wouldn't do anything wrong...

Navia summoned a maid, gave her a few instructions, and the maid nodded and left.

Yunxiu also began to help Sandone examine the various broken parts. Although she had never repaired dolls before, she should be able to…

No problem?

Chapter 204 The Real and Fake Funina (Second update on Thursday!)

The bad news is that Yunxiu underestimated the difficulty of repairing Sandon.

The good news is that, as a mage, he can solve problems using wish spells and various other spells.

Although the little devil made a few complaints, she was clearly quite satisfied with Yunxiu's help in repairing it, especially since the repair speed was faster than Sandone had expected, as the resources were forcibly consumed and key materials were replaced by the Prayer spell.

By the first night, most of the accessories and the body had been repaired. Although it consumed a legendary material, it also significantly improved Sandone's physical strength.

By the afternoon of the second day, the repairs were finally complete, and her strength was officially raised to the ninth level. As for how to reach the legendary level, that was not so easy to do.

We'll have to talk about it later.

Navia was also quite efficient. By dinner time the next day, Charlotte and Echofe were already at the table. It was obvious that they hadn't been kidnapped, because Yunxiu could see that their expressions were perfectly normal.

Aikofi didn't wear her familiar outfit, but instead wore a modified version of a traditional Fontaine style short skirt. The only regret was that she didn't wear traditional Fontaine stockings, instead showing off her healthy, white legs.

Charlotte's attire was not much different from her usual style. The only difference was that, in addition to her camera, she was carrying a bunch of strange equipment. As far as Yunxiu could see, she had brought two small tripods alone...

Seemingly already knowing something, the two were not surprised by Yunxiu's arrival, but greeted her quite seriously.

“Mr. Yunxiu, I already know the current situation…” Charlotte spoke first: “Our meeting with Funina that day was just a normal girls’ gathering. Funina said it was rare to get together, so we took some photos to celebrate, and that’s why we each took some photos.”

She handed a stack of photos to Yunxiu. Most of the photos were of normal people having afternoon tea together, and at least they didn't seem to have any major problems.

Aikefei looked at Yunxiu seriously, then took out a menu and related receipts and handed them to Yunxi: "Just in case, I also brought the order slip and menu for the day's meal."

"Okay... let me see." Yunxiu took the recipe, which was indeed a rather "terrifying" recipe.

The menu was quite extensive, with over thirty different flavors of small cakes alone, more than twenty types of macarons, over ten kinds of candies, and even Funina ordered a plate of macaroni at the end...

There were hundreds of different kinds of snacks, and the final bill came to a whopping 22 moats!

“Fufu really can eat a lot…” Yunxiu chuckled. “It seems this must be the real Funingna.”

"You've focused on the wrong thing, haven't you?" Navia slapped the table in exasperation. "Isn't the main point that we spent a lot of money?"

“She doesn’t lack that. If she can return safely, I wouldn’t even mind buying the De Bo Grand Hotel for her.” Yunxiu pulled out a photo and handed it to Aikefei: “Where is the restaurant in this photo? Judging from the time, this should be where you had a second meal that day?”

“Ah! Yes, we’re outside.” After thinking for a moment, Aikofi said, “This should be on the shore near ‘Melo Petersburg,’ closer to the Fontaine Academy!”

Fontaine Scientific Institute...

As mentioned before, in this life, Alan did not leave the Fontaine Academy, but instead combined the Fontaine Academy with the Narcissus Cross Academy.

Because those accidents didn't happen, the Fontaine Academy of Sciences remains on its original site. Of course, there are still strange water element blocks in the sky, but they are not caused by accidents, but by experiments.