Yes, Lady Funina!

Inazuma's God of Thunder is not like himself, the God of Water who is only in appearance. He is a real earthly ruler who holds the power over thunder and lightning. Even a few of himself combined are not enough to defeat him.

"Yes, Lady Funina. It was indeed Inazuma who invited me to go there by Yae Kamiko. She had mentioned it several times before, and it was really hard to refuse this time."

If you refuse again, people will go straight to Fontaine. Richard knows that fox girl. When you follow her wishes, you are a fox fairy, but if you don't, you become a fox demon. Since you are a fox demon, you are naturally very charming.

Even Richard didn't want to face the evil-turned Eightfold Son of God. Although he would tease Richard from time to time in the fox fairy form, he was generally still in a relatively reserved and dignified stage.

But once you piss this fox girl off and force her into the second stage, she will no longer be reserved and dignified. She will use all the means you can think of to tease you, including but not limited to role-playing, special costumes, superimposed states, in short, whatever means to make you hot.

If it were just that, it would be fine, but the other party is only responsible for lighting the fire, but not for putting it out. After setting you on fire, she will just pat her butt and run away, without giving you any chance to catch her.

It's just like the saying goes, she's very coquettish, but she doesn't want to be fucked.

At that time, Richard was still very young and did not have the top-level gun-controlling ability he has now. Naturally, he was played around by the Eightfold God's Son at that time. Speaking of Richard's current concentration, the Eightfold God's Son has made great contributions.

It is hard not to think that when the Eightfold Son of God "tortured" Richard in this way, he might have wanted to strengthen Richard's resistance and prevent him from being stolen by the coquettish bitch outside.

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Of course, there are definitely more reasons why Richard is still a pure yang body, but the Eightfold Son of God must bear at least 50% of the responsibility for this matter.

It was precisely because of this that Richard felt particularly troubled by the words in Yae Shen Zi's letter, "If you don't come, I will go find you myself."

If the Eightfold God Son really came to Fontaine, things would become troublesome. Not to mention whether the Eightfold God Son would harm innocent people, if Funina and the others also learned bad things from the Eightfold God Son, Li Ze felt that he would not be able to survive like this.

No matter how good his gun control skills are, he can't withstand the double-teaming.

Which cadre can withstand such a test?

Richard was just self-disciplined, not castration.

"Then I want to go too!" Funina felt that if she didn't confirm her guess, she might not be able to sleep well at night.

"Then what about the Opikle Opera House? Lady Finina wouldn't want to miss any trial at the opera house, right?" Richard asked.

"Hmm..." Finina lowered her head and thought for a moment, and soon came up with a solution with her clever little head.

"Then inspect it!"

"It was only overhauled a few months ago. I'm afraid your explanation will be hard to convince others, and the Ministry of Finance will not agree to it either."

"I pay for it at my own expense!"

Funina took out her wallet. As a big star in Fontaine, she had some wealth.

However, Richard only reported a rough number, which immediately made Funina give up.

Her family wealth was not enough to cover the cost of renovating a national-level building. In addition, she had previously invested in Ningguang's business in Fontaine. Although Funina used endorsements as an offset, she still spent a lot of Mora, and it would take some time to get her money back.

Under such circumstances, it is obviously unrealistic to bear the cost of closing the Oprykle Opera House for renovation.

"Lady Finina, why are you so persistent in following me to Inazuma?" Richard asked.

Of course, it's because I want to prevent you from being seduced by that vixen Inazuma, but there is no way that Funina could say this in front of Richard.

"I, I just haven't been to Inazuma, and I was thinking of going there..." Funina answered insincerely with a wandering look in her eyes.

"That's right...but I'm afraid it won't work this time. We can only see if there will be another chance in the future." Richard said regretfully.

Of course, there are ways to get Funina to go to Inazuma. For Richard, there are many ways to shut down the Oprykle Opera House. Last time it was a fire inspection, and this time it will be an environmental quality inspection.

In short, there are many reasons, it’s just a matter of wanting or not wanting.

However, this time is different from Mond. Even Richard personally does not want Funina to go to Inazuma with him.

It's not that he was worried about a conflict between Funina and Yae Shinko, or that he was worried about Funina letting Lei Dianying try his hand at swordsmanship, but that this time he was not only making a diplomatic visit, he also planned to revisit the old place.

The intelligence he obtained in Yuanxia Palace in his early years made Richard change his future plans again and again. Now, hundreds of years have passed, and he is no longer the young man in his forties who was just starting out.

As his experience grew, Richard felt that he should be able to see things that he had overlooked in the past when he revisited the place, including whether the truth of that year was really as recorded in the book, which actually still needs to be verified.

At least Richard has already discovered some things that are actually different from what is recorded in the book.

Even Richard couldn't make a conclusion as to which one was true and which one was false.

Anyway...let's see.

Since we are going to Yuanxia Palace, it is obviously not appropriate to bring Funina with us. The people of Fontaine already bear original sin. If we bring Funina there, wouldn't it be adding to the sin?

Although Tianli is not likely to wake up in his current state, who knows, maybe he is sleepwalking?

Just like when you are soundly asleep and hear a mosquito buzzing around your ear, you will unconsciously reach out to drive it away or slap it away. At that time, justice will unintentionally give them the same blow.

Richard didn't care, but he didn't know if Funina could withstand him.

Richard looked up and down at Furninna's thin and skinny body. It should hurt for a long time to be hit by Tianli, right?

So for the sake of Funina's safety, it is better to let her stay in Fontaine and wait for him to come back.

"Why... is this happening?" After hearing Richard's words, Fu Nina's mood suddenly became depressed.

She sat back in her chair somewhat dejectedly and asked in a listless tone, "When are you planning to leave?"

"Just finish the work in the next two days and leave. The specific schedule will depend on Inazuma's arrangements."

After hearing this, Funina curled her lips. "Inazuma has made the arrangements, and they must be eager for you to go there earlier. Now everyone knows that the entire Inazuma situation is under the control of that Yae Palace priest."

After returning from Fontaine, he changed his previous careless attitude towards the situation in Inazuma and began to rectify the various chaos in Inazuma in recent years, divide the powerful and the wealthy, weaken the power of the Three Magistrates, and also reformed the isolation order issued by the shogunate in previous years.

Of course, for Inazuma, which has been closed off for many years, it is impossible to completely relax it all at once, so Yae Kamiko also gave a corresponding solution, namely regional pilot.

However, unlike setting up a pilot area, the pilot proposed by Yae Kamiko refers to first lifting the isolation order for one country, and then gradually opening it up to other countries.

As for the pilot country...it is naturally Fontainebleau.

People who don't know the inside story might think that Lord Palace Master was far-sighted and did not choose the neighboring country Mondstadt and Liyue, but chose Fontainebleau, which was neither too far nor too close. This could not only ensure that the other party would not interfere in Inazuma's internal affairs, but also produce good economic benefits.

People like Funina who knew the inside story only felt that she could hear the sound of Yae Shen Zi playing with the abacus beads in Fontaine.

And who said that Fontaine would not interfere in Inazuma's internal affairs? If Richard went there, wouldn't it be pure harem meddling in politics?

Seeing that Funina was not in a good mood, Richard did not say anything else and started to deal with the work at hand. Before going to Inazuma, things must be arranged properly at the City Hall, otherwise if something went wrong, Funina alone would most likely not be able to handle it.

In order to deal with this situation, Richard left a great plan for Funina - when in doubt, look for Villette.

As a worker carefully selected by the God of Fontainebleau, Villette has proved his reliability with his century-long working career. You can always go to him if you have any problems!

With Villette around, as long as Funina doesn't tear up the Cardinal's Decree, there won't be any big trouble. And with Funina's personality, it's unlikely that she'll cause any big trouble.

Although Finina may look dull in front of Richard, you have to know that she has been playing the role of a god for five hundred years. How could she be as simple as she looks on the surface? Being cautious and maintaining her image has become her instinct and has been integrated into her blood over the past five hundred years.

Besides, doesn’t Furninna have Clorinde by her side?

Did Richard really assign so much work to Clorinde in retaliation for her mistake in submitting her photo to the photography competition?

Yes, but not entirely. Richard also wanted to hone Clorinde and improve her abilities.

Now, after Richard's training for a period of time, Clorinde has been able to fully adapt to the current version environment.

In the high-intensity working environment, Clorinde's abilities in all aspects have made great progress, and her ability to respond to and deal with emergencies has been enhanced to an epic level.

In the face of Clorinde's growth today, Linnet gave a very appropriate evaluation, Clorinde has become an excellent civil servant.

Excellent civil servants may seem ordinary, but in fact most of them cannot live up to such evaluation.

Although civil servants can be seen everywhere in Momang Palace, looking at the entire Fontaine, the civil servants who can work in Momang Palace are undoubtedly elites. Even if some of them come in through personal connections, they will not be able to stay for long if they do not have real abilities.

It's like a sheep wearing wolf skin and trying to blend in with a wolf pack. There is no clue in the short term, but it will be discovered after a long time. There is no other possibility except being eaten up and squeezed dry of all its value.

An excellent civil servant is equivalent to the alpha wolf in a wolf pack. He is the elite among the elites and has the ability to be solely responsible for a large government department.

Generally speaking, civil servants who receive this evaluation will be able to reach the level of Permanent Secretary General in the future without any unexpected circumstances.

Clorinde was able to develop her abilities to this level in a short period of time, which was not only due to Richard's careful training, but also closely related to her own talent.

To put it simply, she is the chosen worker, no, a civil servant.

Generally speaking, the promotion system for civil servants in the Mo Mang Palace from bottom to top is: cardiotonic assistant, cardiotonic worker, cardiotonic director, cardiotonic officer, administrative officer, administrative supervisor, senior administrative supervisor, assistant secretary, secretary, secretary general, executive secretary general, and chief secretary general.

Linnet, who is also a member of Richard's team, is naturally an excellent civil servant. If Clorinde is at the level of permanent secretary general, then Linnet's ability is at the level of half-step chief secretary general.

In a sense, it was a waste of talent for Linnet to be Richard's secretary. Of course, she didn't think so and even enjoyed it.

Originally, Linnet came to Momang Palace for someone, and she didn't care about the level of the position.

Logically speaking, even if Richard wanted to go to Inazuma, with Linnet's assistance, there was no need to rush to raise Clorinde's ability level.

But this time Richard is not going to Inazuma alone, but will bring Linnet with him.

After all, I promised Linnet last time that I would definitely take her with me on the next overseas trip at public expense.

Richard is not the kind of man who breaks his promises. If he says "next time for sure", he really means next time.

And last time I brought Furninna to Mondstadt, so this time it’s Maomao’s turn. We can’t favor one over the other, right?

This water must be kept level and not spilled.

——Love will not disappear, but it may shift.

Take turns on business trips!

CLOURINDE: I have no problem with that.

After telling Linnet about this, the cat just nodded without much reaction. However, judging from its joyful steps and its tail that kept shaking irregularly, the girl was in a good mood.

When she turned her back to Richard to pour tea for him, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but rise. When she finished pouring the tea and turned around, the corners of her mouth returned to their normal state.

——We cats still care a lot about our personal image.

Even though Linnet knew that Richard knew she was happy, as a little tsundere she still had to control her expression and not show too much happiness.

When Richard saw the cat in this state, he couldn't help but smile and shook his head.

However, compared to Linnet's good mood, Funina's mood was not so good.

After finishing a day's work, Funina returned to her residence on the top floor of Momang Palace. She took off her dark blue hat and gloves and placed them on the dressing table beside her.

Then he loosened his collar, removed the teardrop-shaped sapphire ornament on his collar and placed it next to his hat. Finally, he took off his coat and hung it on a hanger beside him, revealing the black tight-fitting shirt underneath.

Funina sat in front of the dressing table and began to clear her mind in front of the mirror. After being in a daze for a while, she looked at the time and found that half an hour had passed!

"I have to hurry up and wash up, otherwise I won't be able to get up tomorrow." Thinking this, Funina bent down to untie her high-heeled boots and take off her socks.

Funina pinched the socks with her fingers and threw them into the clothes basket. Later, someone would take them away for cleaning. After throwing the socks away, Funina couldn't help but put her fingers on the tip of her nose and smelled them.

As if she felt that this action was too indecent, even though there was only one person around, Funina blushed and quickly moved her fingers away from her nose, turned on the faucet and washed them with water.

Fortunately there is no strange smell, Funina thought.

After carefully unbuttoning the holes on the tight black shirt from high to low, the snow-white skin buried under the shirt was finally able to come out and breathe as the shirt naturally opened.

Although the girl is thin, she actually still has some flesh on her body, and you can see her abs near her abdomen. Finina has done a pretty good job of managing her figure. Even though she doesn't have as much wealth as Clorinde, she can still show Finina's unique body beauty.

But Funina didn't seem to think so. She stood in front of the mirror on the sink, clasped her hands in front of her chest twice, and the expression on her face became visibly sad.

"I was born with a deficiency, alas, what can I do?" Furninna cried out in her heart.

In fact, Furninna was quite envious of Clorinde's figure. Even as a woman, she felt that Clorinde's plump body would be very comfortable to touch, let alone a man like Richard.

In comparison, she seemed a little stretched. Finina twisted her slender waist and decided not to think about these sad topics.

After taking off the ring on her hand and placing it on the sink within sight, she quickly stripped herself naked, turned on the shower head and rinsed her body briefly, then applied some foam and rinsed her body again.

Just as Funina reached out to press the shampoo spout, she didn't find the right direction for the force, and her hand slipped and knocked the shampoo bottle over, making a dull sound in the empty bathroom.

However, it would have been fine if it had just been knocked over, but the fallen bottle happened to hit the ring that Funina had placed on the sink. The ring was moved a distance by the fallen bottle and landed on the edge of the sink, precariously.

Seeing this, Funina quickly turned off the shower head and reached out to grab the ring. After all, it would be troublesome if the ring fell into the water outlet in the sink.

However, because the foam had just been washed off the body and had not yet been flushed into the sewer, the already slippery ground became even more slippery.

Just when Funina was rushing to reach the ring, as expected, an accident occurred. Her feet slipped and Funina started to dance street dance on the spot. In the brief and useless struggle with friction, Funina was defeated.

As the price of failure, her round and tight buttocks first touched the smooth tiles, followed by a whimper like a wounded cub.

"Hiss...it hurts."

Finina felt the pain in her buttocks, so much so that tears came out of her eyes. However, she still cried out in pain, holding on to the sink beside her, and barely stood up. After putting the ring by the sink back on, she finally felt completely relieved.

But maybe she fell too hard just now. After turning on the shower head, the hot water flowed to the wound and she felt waves of pain. She couldn't help but gasp.

"Could it be broken?" Furninna couldn't see behind her, so she could only feel it with her hand.

It is smooth indeed, but...it seems like one side is bigger than the other.

I got a swelling from the fall.

Funina felt like crying but had no tears. Although she wanted to grow bigger, it definitely wasn't the way to do it. And what was the point of having one side grow bigger while the other grow smaller?