Yes, Lady Funina!

Occasionally, some cream stuck to the corners of her lips, but the girl could still lick them clean with her clever little pink tongue.

Then she put her fork down again, picked up the Dudu gift that Kelly had given her, and started playing with it in front of Richard as if nothing had happened.

Richard looked at the Duduko in Furninna's hand and understood what his Lord Water God wanted to express.

"Funina, speaking of the gift I promised to give you at Dragon Ridge Snow Mountain, Albedo also handed the finished product to me before we set off."

"Oh? I forgot about this."

Even though she had been thinking about it since she came down from Dragon Ridge Snow Mountain, Finina still acted as if she had just remembered it, so that she could appear to be indifferent and avoid an awkward situation for both of them if Richard really forgot.

Sometimes a girl’s little thoughts are really cute.

Well...a girl who is nearly five hundred years old is still considered a girl. Anyway, Richard feels that he can only be considered a young man.

"It's just a small gift, a token of our appreciation to Albedo and me. I hope you like it." Richard slowly took out a beautifully packaged box from his arms.

The box was sealed at the back. Albedo didn't have so many tricks, he simply handed the finished product to Richard.

But gift-giving is not only about the value of the gift itself, but also about its outer packaging. The exquisiteness of the outer packaging can also reflect the degree of care the gift giver puts into the gift.

Anyway, judging from Furninna's reaction, she really likes this.

And what Richard said just now to Fu Nina was: "This is a gift from me, and it contains my thoughts."

What a small gift, what Albedo or Albeshao, it’s irrelevant.

"Yeah, thank you." Furninna took the gift reservedly but eagerly.

"Can I open it now?" asked Furninha.

"Of course." Richard affirmed. Unlike the etiquette of Liyue, opening the gift given by the other party in person in Fontaine and expressing appreciation is the greatest respect for the gift giver.

Funina was carefully unpacking the package. She planned to take out the gifts inside and then put the package back together and keep it at home.

This should be considered as a gift she received from a friend in the true sense, and Funina cherishes it very much.

While Funina was unpacking, Richard was not idle either, introducing her:

"The gemstone above was borrowed from Albedo using a special weapon called the 'Sword of Humus'. I extracted the power of monsters and condensed it. I used this as the main material to forge a comprehensive treasure that has both offensive and defensive capabilities."

When Richard finished speaking, Furninna was only one step away from opening the box.

As Funina listened to Richard's words, her expectations for the gift had already reached their limit. Finally, under her expectant gaze, she slowly opened the gift box.

There is an exquisite ring in the middle of the box. According to designer Albedo, this design was chosen after fully considering portability and aesthetics.

This ring uses gold as the main material. The ring part is designed into an interwoven vine pattern and is forged with high-quality condensed crystal. It is both beautiful and has a strong energy-conducting effect.

So that the magic crystal inlaid in the center of the ring can transmit power to the outside. This magic crystal with a pure and flawless appearance and shining like a sapphire is the power crystal extracted from the Sword of Humus.

In short, this is a ring that is both beautiful and practical. Even if it is put in the Fontaine auction house, it can be sold at an extremely astonishing price. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a work of art.

In short, Richard's gift won the heart of Furninna, and she was very satisfied with this beautiful gift.

Especially the self-defense effect that Richard mentioned, it perfectly hit the pain points of Funina's needs.

Finina couldn't wait to take off the white glove on her left hand and put the ring on her ring finger. She kept turning her palm over to look at it carefully, and put her hand in front of Richard to ask him to comment.

Finina's hands were beautiful, her skin was as white and smooth as a freshly peeled egg, without a single flaw. Her fingers were slender and each knuckle looked like a carefully carved work of art, making one want to play with them carefully.

Especially after putting on the ring, the metallic luster of the ring and the girl's white and tender fingers complement each other. This hand alone is enough to fascinate countless hand-control patients.

I really can’t imagine which lucky guy will hold these hands in the future.

"It's simply a work of art." Richard commented.

"It's not that exaggerated..." Finina blushed. Even someone as graceful and elegant as her would feel embarrassed when she was praised by Richard.

"I'm talking about the ring." Richard had a smile on his face.

Then he was hit by Furninna's punch, but the force of the punch was very light, and it was like a tickle when it hit Richard, with more symbolic meaning than practical significance.

"By the way, how did you think of giving me this?" After admiring the ring on her hand, Funina couldn't help but ask.

"Because I think you need to have the power to protect yourself." Richard said truthfully.

"I am the god of water, how could I not have the power to protect myself?" Finina retorted guiltily.

Richard smiled. He looked at Furninna meaningfully and said, "So you really have it?"

It's okay to deceive others, but don't deceive yourself.

Furninna was a little hesitant to look Richard in the eye. Her family knew her own business, and she knew best whether she had the power to protect herself.

"me……"

Just when Finina was hesitating and unable to speak, Richard suddenly changed the subject.

"In fact, sometimes people have a lot of misunderstandings about gods, thinking that gods should have powers that ordinary people cannot match."

"Isn't it?" Furninna couldn't help but ask.

"Of course not. Take the wind god Barbatos that we met this time as an example. Do you think he is powerful?" Richard said to Finnina.

"Uh..." Finina was speechless. It was obvious that she did not think that Venti was that strong, otherwise she would not have played only a supporting role in this dragon disaster and was criticized by the ladies of the Fatui as a stupid and weak god.

But no matter what, Funina still felt that Wendy should at least be stronger than her.

"In fact, Barbatos is not as weak as we have seen before. Back then, K was able to use divine wind to blow away ice and snow and split mountains. How can such a powerful wind god be considered weak?"

"Then why does K look a little..."

"fragile?"

"Yes, frail and like a drunken bard."

"That's because K used his divine power to maintain Mondstadt's climate and shield the people of Mondstadt from the wind and snow on the plateau. You have to know that Mondstadt was once an ice field," Richard explained.

So that's how it is... Finina rarely pays attention to the history of other countries, so she doesn't know about the experience of Barbatos, the god of wind.

Not to mention Fininna, in fact, most of the people of Mond are not aware of this matter. The long period of time is enough to bury many things, and many things in the past can only be glimpsed from some ancient books and materials today.

"So I think the reason why you look so weak, Finnina, is that you are just like the wind god Barbatos, dispersing your divine power across the Fontaine continent to maintain a certain balance, right?" Richard smiled and gave Finnina a perfect opportunity.

"Ah? Oh, yes! That's right! That's it. Oh, I didn't expect you to find out. Richard, you are such a smart guy."

She was able to help me come up with such a reason. She deserves to be her best executive secretary general.

Finina was a little confused at first, but then she gradually understood and finally admitted it readily. During this process, her expression changed as smoothly as silk, showing the composure of a veteran artist.

"Thank you for your praise, Lady Finina." Richard nodded at the right time and continued to patch Finina's wound. "Can you tell me where your divine power has been used?"

"This, this..." Furninna was speechless.

Richard pretended not to notice and continued, "I think it should be related to Fontaine's main energy source, 'Law Taste Mixed Energy', right?"

"Right...right?" Funina said uncertainly herself.

"Right...right? Did I guess wrong?" Richard frowned.

Seeing this, Funina said hurriedly: "You are not wrong, but I can't say more, and you don't need to keep asking. Just understand it in your heart, just understand it in your heart..."

After Richard's suggestion, Finina obviously knew what excuses she could use to cover up when someone questioned her ability in the future.

"I see. Then I won't ask any more questions." Richard gave Furninna a look that said, "I understand you."

Finina could only smile awkwardly at this, but she was wondering in her heart whether Richard really thought so, or if he really saw something and was deliberately covering it up for her.

Richard certainly belongs to the latter. He has long known that Finina's weakness is not due to the dispersion of divine power.

Because she had no divine power at all. Even if the wind god Barbatos was so weak, there was still a strong wind elemental divine power in his body.

On the other hand, Finina was just an ordinary human girl who couldn't be more ordinary. Richard could not sense any divine power or authority from her.

The emergence of this situation obviously cannot be explained by dispersing the divine power.

And Wendy had previously acknowledged Fernina's identity as the water god, which made Richard have other guesses.

The inspiration for this conjecture was inspired by the strange things they encountered in the Dragon Ridge Snow Mountain...

Volume 66: Chapter : The Newly Married Lady Funina

There are two water gods in Fontainebleau. One is in the open air and is responsible for acting as a facade to let the world know of the existence of the water god.

The other is in the dark, responsible for accumulating strength to deal with the [Prophecy] engraved in the World Tree.

The two complement each other and seem to be two different people, but in essence they are one person. Therefore, Finina can also be regarded as the water god.

The above is the general situation deduced by Richard. Whether this is the case or not still requires more information to prove it, but Richard has an inexplicable intuition that his inference should be correct.

If he's wrong, just pretend he didn't say it.

After all, the last time he had this feeling was when he was certain that Funina was not the water god.

Alas, sometimes it is like this, the more certain you are about something, the more likely it is that it will turn around.

It has been a week since I returned from Mond.

Furninna sat in the office chair of the Minister of Administration, constantly pinching and kneading the cheeks of the Dudu doll, while her own cheeks still had a lingering blush.

The story began on her way to work today. However, when she said on the way to work, she was actually walking down from her residence on the top floor of the Momang Palace. On the way, she met Navilette and his secretary, Melusencedna.

It was just an ordinary encounter, and they just said hello and passed it by, but Melusendena noticed the ring on the ring finger of Fernina's left hand.

You should know that before, Funina usually wore two different colored gloves, black and white, on her hands, but now only her right hand wore black gloves, while her left hand did not wear any, and instead wore a very beautiful ring.

So Melusen Sedna couldn't help but ask curiously:

"Lady Furninna, are you wearing a ring?"

"Oh, this is a gift from Richard. Isn't it pretty?"

"It is indeed very pretty," agreed Navilette.

However, Melusincedena showed a surprised look, and she said, "Lady Fininna, are you sure this ring was given to you by Lord Richard?"

"Of course, he gave it to me personally." Funina confirmed.

But in Sedna's ears it became 'he put it on me with his own hands'.

In this case, the meaning is very different.

"Then I would like to congratulate Lady Funina here first."

Funina was stunned, not understanding what the other party meant. Where did this joy... come from?

Not only was Furninna bewildered, but even Villette looked at his secretary in confusion.

"Why do you say that?" Villette always spoke his mind and asked questions directly if he didn't understand something.

"Then Master Villette, you may not know that the Fontaine ring has special meanings when worn on different fingers."

"For example, if it is worn on the index finger of the right hand, it means that the owner of the ring is single, and if it is worn on the index finger of the left hand, it means that the owner of the ring is unmarried..."

"Like Lady Finina, wearing the ring given by Mr. Richard on the ring finger of her left hand, it means that Lady Finina has accepted Mr. Richard's proposal and has become a newlywed couple. I think Lady Finina and Mr. Richard went to Mondstadt as an envoy, on the one hand for the sake of friendship between Maple and Mondstadt, and on the other hand for a honeymoon, right?" Sedna explained seriously.

He didn't notice at all that Funina beside him had a blush all over her face, even the roots of her ears were red.

After hearing what Sedna said, Villette also revealed a look of realization, and immediately congratulated Funina solemnly: "If that's the case, then congratulations are indeed due, Funina... Madam?"

Villette looked at Furninha, who fled in panic without even saying hello, with a puzzled look on her face.

Did he say something wrong?

In response, the military advisor Sedna comforted her, "No, Lord Vilette, Lady Fininna is just a little shy. It seems that she has not yet adapted to the transition from a girl to a newlywed wife. She will be fine after a while."

"So that's how it is. Thank you for clearing up the confusion, Sedna."

……

The above is the whole story of this incident. It was this little episode that made Funina feel uneasy after she fled to the office.

I kept wondering whether Richard knew about this, whether he was laughing at me behind my back, and then thinking deeper... whether he really had that kind of thought about me.

Otherwise, why didn't he remind himself?

With Richard's knowledge, he should know the meaning of wearing a ring on the ring finger of the left hand, right?

No, maybe he doesn’t know. This is just a little-known common sense, so it’s normal that he doesn’t know it.

If Sedna hadn't told me, I probably wouldn't know about this, right?

Just as Funina was daydreaming, there was a knock on the office door.

The knock on the door startled Funina. She hurriedly put the Dudu doll in her hand aside, hid her left hand under the table, held her right hand in front of her mouth, coughed lightly and said, "Come in."

The person who came in was Clorinde. Since taking over the position of Fininna's chief personal secretary, this duel agent lady has become more capable and less aggressive than before, and seems to be easier to get along with.