Yes, Lady Funina!

"Too ordinary."

"Are you talking about tea? You're asking too much of yourself. I think it tastes great and is very suitable for me. I won't get tired of drinking it every day."

Linnet thought Richard was playing dumb, but she had no evidence.

Seeing Linnet's jealous look, Richard couldn't help but want to laugh.

"I just chatted with Clorinde in the tea room for a while about Funina."

Linnet thought for a moment and asked, "Did Lady Funina make any bold decisions again?"

"not yet."

"So she's going to work hard?"

Richard thought about the absent-minded look on Furniture's face as she lay on the table. She didn't look like she was working hard at all.

"nor."

"...Could it be that she is planning to overthrow the Mo Mang Palace?!" Linnette's pupils suddenly shrank, and she looked extremely surprised.

"No, she's in a daze."

Linnet tilted her head cutely and said, "Isn't this a good thing?"

"is it?"

"Isn't it?"

For Richard and Linnet, there is nothing better than "Funina doing nothing", if there is anything better, it must be "Funina leaving all the daily work to them".

"Is it because of the ring?" Linnet guessed.

"How did you know? I also think it's because of the ring. When she was in a daze, she kept rubbing the ring I gave her." Li Jue felt that Linnett could go for fortune-telling.

"It seems she has discovered it." Linnet said to herself.

"Discovered? Discovered what?" Richard was confused. Logically speaking, the power crystal on the ring should have been purified by the Sword of Humus. It should be completely pure, pollution-free and without side effects.

Could it be that that power has some side effects that he and Albedo haven't discovered?

Uh, like, to trick people into staring at the ring or something...

"Sir Richard, I always thought you were a veteran in the love field and a scumbag. But now it seems that you are not. I'm sorry that I misunderstood you." Linnet sighed.

“???” Three question marks appeared above Richard’s head.

"Do you know what a ring given by the opposite sex means to a girl?" Linnet asked.

"Does it mean... that it is a ring given by the opposite sex?" Richard thought for a moment and answered.

“When a couple gets married in Fontaine, what do they do?”

"Pray at Lujing Spring?" What Richard said was right. Many couples would pass by Lujing Spring at their weddings and then pray beside the spring.

"That's a ceremony after the wedding. A newlywed couple will exchange wedding rings at their wedding." Linnet took off her black lace embroidered gloves, revealing a pair of flawless jade hands.

Then she pointed to her left ring finger with her right hand and said to Richard, "The rings that are exchanged are usually worn here, on the left ring finger, to announce to the outside world that 'I am married'."

Richard understood, but he still couldn't help but say, "But I only gave a ring to Funina unilaterally. There was no such thing as an exchange."

Linnet curled her lips. Of course she knew this, otherwise she wouldn't be as calm as she is now.

If you two really exchanged rings, then it would be none of my business.

"That's what you think. To outsiders, Funina's behavior of showing off everywhere is no different from that of a newlywed young woman, especially since she always says 'the ring was given by Richard'."

When Linnet mentioned this, her breathing became rapid and she felt very angry, and it felt like her chest was about to expand by two sizes.

Richard looked at Linnet's chest rising and falling without any ripples, and finally understood what caused Funina's abnormality today.

"Thank you, Linnet."

- If it weren't for you, I might still be kept in the dark.

Sure enough, compared to the silly Clorinde, my own cat-girl secretary is more reliable.

Clorinde, who was being indoctrinated with strange knowledge by Sedna, couldn't help but sneeze.

"Claurinde, do you now know the different meanings of wearing a ring in different ways?" Sedna was like a patient teacher, checking Clorinde's learning progress.

Clorinde on her part also nodded calmly and said, "I understand. I will be careful not to wear the ring in the future."

Sedna: ...

"Well, there's no need to go to this extent. Speaking of which, I still want to ask you about Lady Funina."

"What about Lady Furninna?"

"How is her relationship with Mr. Richard? Have they had any emotional discord since their marriage? If so, as Lady Fininna's secretary, you should help mediate. But don't go too deep into the mediation, as this may easily lead to misunderstandings..." Sedna chattered on and on about a lot of solutions to post-marital emotional problems.

Just like a real marriage expert, Clorinde felt her head swelling after listening to him.

"By the way, Clorinde, do you have someone you like? Hey, where is that person?" Sedna was about to turn the topic to the lovely duel agent, but found that the person had disappeared long ago.

However, Sedna did not feel lost or offended. She just sighed that human emotions were really interesting. It was a pity that she was not human and could not directly experience the emotion called "love". She could only vaguely perceive this emotion through the words recorded in the book.

But even so, she could still feel the sweetness like honey.

"I hope Miss Clorinde can find her other half soon~"

Clorinde came to Richard's office with a lot of information. Just as she was about to raise her hand to knock on the door, she found that the door opened by itself.

"Claude, you've arrived just in time..."

"Sir Richard, I know the reason..."

The two spoke almost at the same time, and then Linnet, who was following Richard, read expressionlessly, "You two really have a tacit understanding."

The scene changed, and Richard, Linnet, and Clorinde sat around a desk and began to report their respective gains.

"Sir Richard, do you know the ten ways to wear a ring?" Clorinde opened the conversation with a thunderous roar.

"I know. After all, people have ten fingers. I also know how many different ways to wear two rings." Richard joked.

“45 kinds,” Linnette answered immediately.

"You've learned math well, Linnet." Richard praised her and said that she did a good job of calculating and shouldn't do it again next time.

"One ring is troublesome enough, and I have to wear two." Clorinde felt a little overwhelmed just thinking about it.

Suppose a person wears a ring on the middle finger of his left hand and another ring on the index finger of his right hand.

The former means 'being in love', while the latter means 'being single and longing for a relationship'.

What a mess!

"I know what you mean. In fact, I just learned from Linnet that there are so many tricks hidden in such a small ring." Richard said.

"So you and Lady Fininna really..." Clorinde clenched her fists and put them together, then put her thumbs together and pressed them towards the middle.

Linnet was furious.

If it weren't for the lady's etiquette, she would probably have angrily scolded a duel agent on the spot as "big-breasted and brainless"!

All the nutrients in the brain flow into the useless fat pile!

"What do you think, Clorinde?" Richard smiled kindly.

"I...I think we should discuss how to clarify this matter." Clorinde sensed the danger and said with her head down.

"There's no need to clarify this specifically. On the contrary, if we deliberately come out to clarify it, it might even have the opposite effect. We just need to ask Lady Funina to pay a little attention to the impact." Linnet took a sip of tea and gave her opinion.

"I know that. The more the government denies something, the more likely it is to be true," Clorinde answered quickly.

Then she saw Richard and Linnet staring at her with deathly gazes. This cold and aloof lady couldn't help but shrink her head and asked uncertainly:

"Is not it?"

Volume 68: Chapter 3 That guy really deserves to die! (K)

Now that we know the crux of the problem, things will be easier to deal with. Richard looked at Clorinde.

This familiar scene couldn't help but make Clorinde feel a little uneasy.

As expected, Richard said: "Claulinde, you..."

"I'll go explain the situation to Lady Funina," Linnet volunteered.

She had finally realized that this matter had to be handled by her personally, and that neither Richard nor Clorinde was suitable.

The former was because Richard, as the person involved, was in an awkward position and it was not appropriate for him to talk about this matter with Funina. Moreover, the risk factor was too high. What if the falsehood became true?

The latter was because Clorinde was not good at talking, and Fernina was obviously not sober now. What if she misled Fernina with her nonsense and then made her lies come true?

In any case, in Linnet's opinion, it would be best for her to explain the situation to Lady Funina in person.

After all, there's no reason for Linnet to make the game more difficult for herself, right?

When Clorinde saw that Linnet took the initiative to take on this task which she thought was quite troublesome, this cold and aloof lady couldn't help but be very moved.

Richard didn't expect Linnet to take the initiative to take charge of this matter, and was a little surprised, but after thinking about it carefully, he found that she was indeed the most suitable candidate.

Even more suitable than Clorinde, but for some reason, Richard instinctively didn't want Linnet to interfere in this matter...

But since Linnet said so, and Clorinde has no objection, then so be it.

After all, Richard couldn't force the task into Clorinde's hands. Even a rabbit will bite when it's cornered!

The task of explaining was left to Linnet, and the next step was to control public opinion.

Apparently, thanks to Tovnina's 'showing off her ring to everyone', there are probably only a handful of people in the entire Momang Palace who don't know about this ring.

However, in the eyes of many people, it is extremely normal for a big star like Funina to have more jewelry on her body, and it is impossible for Funina herself to tell everyone that this ring was given by Richard. Many of them do not know Richard, and there is no point in saying this, and it will not have the effect of showing off.

Therefore, Funina would only talk about this matter with people who knew Richard and had a good relationship with him.

Colleagues who have a good relationship with Richard naturally know that it is impossible for Funina and Richard to go to Mond and suddenly become a married couple.

But it cannot withstand the information bias caused by the spread of information from one person to ten people and from ten to a hundred people.

Especially since Sedna knew about this, as the secretary and assistant of the Supreme Inquisitor Navillatte, Miss Melusine came into contact with countless people of all kinds every day.

From ministers and secretaries-general of various departments to citizens of Fontainebleau who came to the Momang Palace to handle business, and since the other party was a well-known emotional expert, the topic would inevitably turn to this aspect when they started chatting.

In addition, the big star Funina herself is very popular, so once they start talking about her, it will be a big deal!

Even though there are many people in Mo Mang Palace, this kind of explosive gossip, whether true or not, spreads very quickly.

Moreover, as the power center of Fontaine, Mo Mang Palace is the place with the most intensive information exchange in the entire Fontaine. Any slight disturbance may cause a sensation outside.

If this matter is left unchecked, I'm afraid that in a few days all the people in Fontaine will know that their Lady Funina has become Lady Funina.

At that time, Richard will inevitably be exposed to the public, and this is exactly the scene he least wants to see.

However, sometimes the less you want something to happen, the more likely it is to happen.

The next day, the topic of "the ring on Funina's hand" directly became a hot search in Fontaine and became the focus of discussion among the people of Fontaine.

However, this news did not spread from the Momang Palace. It was the day before yesterday when Funina was watching a musical at the Opikle Opera House. She suddenly had the urge to perform on stage and was photographed by reporters in the audience.

After the photo was published in the newspaper the next day, someone discovered that Funina was wearing a sapphire ring on the ring finger of her left hand.

This matter spread like wildfire, and with the "inside intelligence" of the Mo Mang Palace staff, soon everyone in Fontaine knew about it.

As a result, the sales of the newspaper with the photo of Funina's ring increased steadily, and it is now hard to get a copy.

Inside the Momang Palace, Richard put down the newspaper in his hand that said "It's Hard to Get a Report", with no expression on his face.

Now there is good news and bad news.

The good news is that although the people of Fontaine are currently arguing about the ring on Funina's left ring finger, there is still no clear voice pointing out that the ring was given by him.

The bad news is that although it has not been said yet, if nothing unexpected happens, the people will soon know that the ring on their Lord Water God's hand was given by him.

Mo Mang Palace may not be very good at keeping secrets, but when it comes to leaking secrets, these civil servants can be considered experts!

What is there to say?

When messages are transmitted between various departments in Fontaine, the first to know the news is definitely the Hearth House of the Fools, followed by reporters from the Steambird Newspaper, and finally the government department that should have received the news.

Furninna was also worried. After Linnet's explanation yesterday, she found out that the ring Richard gave her was put back on her right little finger, which meant "I don't have time for love and I enjoy my single life."

However, this was of no use, because during a performance the day before yesterday, the ring was completely left on the ring finger of her left hand.

Even though it has now been moved to the little finger of the right hand, it still gives people a feeling of trying to cover up something that is only making it more obvious.

Who knows, some unscrupulous newspapers might even use such headlines as "Water God Fukalos returns to being single a week after a flash marriage, suspected to have been dumped", "Water God Fu Nina abandoned her after having an affair, the victim Mr. Li tells his story", "Shocking! The Water God got married, and the one he married was him"...