Yes, Lady Funina!

Her stomach growled again, and Funina got out of bed to get some dessert to fill her stomach. However, before she reached the kitchen, she heard a knock on the door.

"Dong dong dong..."

Who would come to my house so late?

Funina was a little confused. Generally speaking, there were almost no people in Momang Palace after dinner time, and even if there were people, they would not come to her side.

Could it be Richard?

Finina's pretty face turned slightly red. Thinking of the scene when she pretended to sleep in front of Richard before, she still felt a little excited when she thought about it now.

At that time, Funina displayed the most exquisite acting skills of her life. Not only her breathing, but even her heartbeat was well controlled. Actually, it wasn't really control, after all, she was almost in a half-asleep and half-awake state at that time.

The consciousness is clear, but the person is almost asleep. To be more specific, it is similar to sleep paralysis.

Funina felt that the term 'sleep paralysis' was not appropriate for that state, and 'possessed by a ghost' was more appropriate. She herself could not believe that she would say such words to Richard.

"Kiss me" or something like that... Now just thinking about it, Furninna felt that she was too bold, and Richard actually kissed her...

Even though it's just the forehead.

Finina couldn't help but reach out and touch her forehead again, as if that scene happened just now.

"Dong dong dong..."

Another knock on the door interrupted Funina's memories.

"I'm here." Furninna shouted, walked to the door and opened it, and found Linnet and Clorinde standing at the door carrying a large lunch box.

"Good evening, Lady Funina." X2

"Good evening, what are you carrying in your hands..." Furninna looked at the lunch box in Clorinde's hand.

"We packed the food from the Debo Hotel. Lady Funina should not have had dinner yet, right?" Clorinde said.

"Yeah, I was just about to have some dessert to fill my stomach." Funina nodded.

"That's great, let's eat together!"

"it is good."

Furninna stepped aside and let Linette and Clorinde enter the house, but she kept looking outside the door from time to time.

"Lady Fernina, what are you looking at?" Clorinde asked in confusion.

"Well... nothing." Of course, it was impossible for Furninna to say that she was looking to see if Richard had come along.

After confirming that Richard was not with Linnet and the others, Finina felt relieved but also a little disappointed.

It was a good thing that Richard didn't come, because after pretending to sleep, Furninna didn't know how to face him. It would be bad if he found out something.

Thinking of this, Finina couldn't help but touch her forehead again, and this action was noticed by Linnet.

"Is Lady Furninna still dizzy?"

"I'm much better now." Fu Nina said, looking at the still warm food on the table and said, "Let's eat first."

After eating and drinking, the three of them were chatting and the topic turned to someone else.

"G? Linnet, are you also going on this business trip with us?" Funina was a little surprised.

She thought Richard was going to visit Inazuma alone this time, and didn't expect him to bring Linnet with him. But when she thought about it carefully, it made sense. After all, Linnet was Richard's secretary, so it made sense to bring Linnet with him.

Furninna was not jealous. On the contrary, she felt relieved. At least Richard didn't go to Inazuma alone, right?

Moreover, Linnet can be considered as one of "their own", and with her around, although she can't completely prevent the Eightfold Palace Master, she can at least play a certain restrictive role and prevent the Eightfold Son of God from doing whatever he wants.

Thinking of this, Furninna looked at Linnett seriously and said, "I'll leave Richard to you."

Linnet: ...?

But soon Linnet understood what Finina meant. In fact, even if Finina didn't say it, she would pay attention to the Yae Palace Master. As early as when the Yae God Son visited Fontaine, Linnet smelled the same scent from him.

"I will, Lady Furninna."

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"That guy, is he going to Inazuma?"

"Yes, my Lord."

"Very well, I plan to meet someone." The servant put down the teacup in his hand and spoke calmly.

"Do you need me to prepare?"

"No need, I'll do it."

"I need to meet the water goddess Fernina, not only because of the prophecy of the crisis, but also to see why she can win the favor of that guy." Alechino thought to himself.

[Servant] Although Arlecino has only been an executive officer for a short time, he joined the Fatui very early, so he has worked with Richard for a period of time.

The [Servant] has nothing good to say about that guy. Like himself, he joined the Fatui for a certain purpose, and chose to leave the Fatui after achieving his purpose.

Many people said that he was a traitor, but in the servant's opinion, that was not the case. That guy was different from all the Fatui, including himself. He had never accepted the "favor of the Queen of Winter" and had never said that he would be loyal to the Fatui or the Queen of Winter.

Rather than loyalty, [Servants] prefer to call it 'cooperation' or 'transaction'.

However, not everyone can make a "deal" with the Fatui, or even the Queen of Winter. As far as she knows, the last person who made a "deal" with the Queen of Winter was the retired God of Rock...

Of course, the reason why the [Servant] paid so much attention to Richard was not because of his strength, nor because he had snatched Linnet from her, but because Richard was once... also her 'family'.

"This matter is classified as top secret. Don't let Linnet know about it." The servant instructed.

"Yes."

The reason for keeping it a secret from Linnet was, on the one hand, to avoid making things difficult for her, and on the other hand, to keep it secret.

In any case, once Linnet knew about this, there was a possibility of leakage. The [servant] had never doubted Richard's charm. Obviously, compared with himself as a "father", Richard was more important to Linnet.

'A woman in love is always blind,' Alechino thought.

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Soon it was the day when Richard was going to visit Inazuma. Finina personally sent Richard and Linnet to the envoy ship. The water god looked at his capable general, hesitated for a long time, and finally couldn't help but speak:

"come back earlier."

"Don't be bewitched by that fox and never come back." Furniture added the second half of the sentence automatically in her mind.

Richard smiled slightly at this, raised the brim of his hat with his hand and replied, "Yes, Lady Funina."

However, when Richard raised the brim of his hat, he also made a small gesture, which was to touch the center of his forehead with his finger.

Because of the field of vision, this small movement could only be seen by Funina, and only Funina could understand it.

'He knows! ' This was the first thought in Furninna's mind, and then her heart was filled with shyness and secret joy, which even diluted the sadness of parting.

So much so that even after the ship had sailed away, Furninna was still standing blankly on the dock of Soft Light Port, staring blankly at the sea level in the distance. It was not until she heard Clorinde's reminder that she woke up from her dream.

"Lady Furninna, it's time to go back."

"Let's go."

On the other side of the boat, Linnet was briefly explaining Inazuma's current situation to Richard.

Ever since Yae Kamiko returned to Inazuma from Fontaine last time, she has started to implement a series of reform measures on the isolation order. However, since it is a reform, there will inevitably be some opposition voices.

These voices naturally came from the group of people who supported the implementation of the isolation order. Although Yae Kamiko, as a follower of Narukami, had an exclusive status in Inazuma, she had no way of ignoring the voices of these people.

Therefore, the current situation in Inazuma is roughly divided into the reformists headed by Yaegamiko and Shabuyuki, the conservatives headed by Tenryo Bugyo and Kanjo Bugyo, and the centrists headed by the Shogunate, showing an overall trend of a three-way balance of power.

However, when it is said that there are three forces in a tripartite confrontation, in reality it is only the first two forces that are competing secretly, and the Shogun's Office, as the absolute hub of the current Inazuma power structure, its transcendent position determines that it cannot easily end up on the field. Once it ends up on the field, it means that the first two forces have already decided the winner.

As of now, although the Eightfold Son of God has an absolute advantage, the Kanding Bugxing and Tianling Bugxing are obviously not pushovers. It is obviously impossible to deal with all the resistance in a short period of time.

Moreover, according to the existing intelligence, it seems that the Kanjo Bugyo and Tenryo Bugyo are not sitting still and waiting for death, but are planning something behind the scenes, and the shadow of the Fatui seems to be involved.

Linnet had no idea what it was specifically. Although they belonged to the same Fatui camp, there was basically no information exchange between the executives. Just like the "Young Master" did not know about the "Lady's" actions, Linnet also did not know what Inazuma's Fatui were planning.

But since it is a plan, there will definitely be a day when it will be launched. Perhaps when we meet Inazuma, we will know what the other party is going to do.

Yae Kamiko invited Richard to visit Inazuma, not only because she wanted to meet Richard, but also because she wanted to call for help.

Of course, the meaning of calling for reinforcements here does not mean that Yae Shen Zi cannot deal with Kande Bugxing and Tenryo Bugxing. No one knows better than Richard how many tricks that fox fairy has. Let alone Kande Bugxing and Tenryo Bugxing, even the three Bugxing together are not enough for her to deal with.

And even if we take a step back and say that with the strength and status of the Eightfold Son of God, if he is pushed to the limit, it would be fine even if he simply overturns the table and stops playing.

What really made Yae Shinto ask for help was naturally the matter concerning the current Naruto God - Baalzebub.

No matter how eloquent the Eightfold Son of God is, when faced with the shadow who has locked him up in the Pure Land of One Mind, our wise and beautiful Eightfold Son of God obviously has no better solution.

The only way that can be thought of is to use someone to fish Ying out of the Pure Land of One Mind. If the contradictions and conflicts that Inazuma is facing now are the bait, then Richard is the bait hanging on the hook, in order to fish out this big fish that likes to lock itself up.

As for the bait Richard himself, he actually knew what Yae Shinko was thinking and volunteered to be the bait, but only during his visit to Inazuma.

Once the time comes, he won't keep waiting at Inazuma.

The Fontaine ship soon sailed to the Inazuma Sea. After passing through a natural chasm formed by thunderstorms, Richard finally set foot on this land again after a hundred years.

However, Richard now did not come to this country as a ruler, but represented Fontaine and came to this country of thunder as a foreign envoy.

Under the guidance of the off-island staff, the delegation quickly completed a series of formalities. Although this was on the territory of the Kanding Commission, Richard and his team did not encounter any difficulties.

On the contrary, the staff here were very polite to them, met their requests as much as possible, and even arranged separate accommodation for each member of the delegation.

"So we can't go directly to Narukami Island today?" Linnet asked the diplomatic official responsible for negotiating with the Inazuma officials.

"Yes, Lady Linnet. They said that we need to send the documents to the Shogun's Mansion and receive permission before the ship can enter the waters near Ming Shen Island. However, this time is not long, and we will receive news around tomorrow."

Linnet looked at Richard and saw him nod slightly. Then she said to the diplomat, "If that's the case, then we'll rest on the island for a day, which will be a good opportunity to replenish some food and water for the ship."

After the diplomats left, Linnet immediately said to Richard, "They did it on purpose."

As a diplomatic visit that was scheduled several days ago, the formalities should have been prepared long ago. There was no reason to let the guests wait for one more day.

The Kanjo Bugyo couldn't have been unaware of this, but he still told them that they needed to stay on the outlying island for a day.

Linnet didn't know why she had to wait one more day. Could something big happen during this day?

However, the next day Richard and Linette received news that at 8 o'clock this morning, the 'Eye Hunting Order' signed by General Inazuma Raiden himself officially came into effect, and the 'Tenryo Bugyo' was dispatched to start the work of collecting the Eyes of God from the people of Inazuma.

As soon as the news came out, the entire Inazuma was in an uproar. What was interesting was that compared to the public's excitement, the remote island survey commissioner seemed particularly "calm", as if he had known this would happen.

Combined with yesterday's action of asking them to stay for a day, Richard almost understood what the Kanjo Bugyo wanted to express.

That is, they welcome the arrival of the Fontaine delegation, but do not want the Fontaine delegation to interfere or to stand on the side of the Eightfold Son of God so quickly.

Although it was true that Yae Shinto and his men had the upper hand before, the situation was instantly reversed after the "Eye Hunting Order".

It is unknown how the Kanjo Bugyo and Tenryo Bugyo persuaded General Raiden, who is now in charge of Inazuma, to issue the 'Eye Hunting Order'. This move is also sending a signal to the outside world that they have not 'fallen out of favor' in front of the general, but on the contrary are still trusted and entrusted with important tasks.

As a result, the forces that had previously leaned towards the Eightfold Son of God had to reconsider their sides, and the situation that had been gradually becoming clear began to become confusing again.

"It's a turbulent time." Richard sighed.

From Richard's perspective, the "Eye Hunting Order" is undoubtedly an even more outrageous order than the "Locking the Country Order".

It was only these guys who came up with the idea of ​​confiscating all of Inazuma's God's Eyes and forging them into a statue called "Eternity".

Richard can be sure that this decree will not only fail to bring about the so-called stability, but will even lead to civil unrest or even rebellion.

"Should we also make some preparations?" Linnet asked. There were also several owners of the Eye of God in the Fontaine delegation.

Now that Inazuma has issued a hunting order, although it is aimed at the local residents of Inazuma, who knows whether it will be used against them.

After all, all rights of interpretation belong to General Lei Dian in the General's Mansion. If the other party really wants to confiscate the Eye of God from the Fontaine Mission, they really have no better way.

"Don't worry." Richard shook his head. No matter how hard Inazuma swung his sword, it would never hit their heads.

Instead of worrying about whether his own Eye of God will be confiscated, it is better to meet the Eightfold Son of God and listen to his plans.

After leaving the outlying island, the delegation's subsequent itinerary went exceptionally smoothly. Within half a day, everyone had settled down in the Fontaine Embassy. The staff in charge of the investigation and research also successfully met with the technical consultant who had come to Inazuma before.

What surprised Linnet was that she did not see Yaeko in the queue of people Inazuma went to welcome the delegation.

Just as Linnet was wondering what Yae Shinko was doing, a girl dressed as a shrine maiden came up to Richard.

"Mr. Richard, Lord Yaeji wants to see you."

Linnett remembered the girl who was speaking in front of her. She was the personal shrine maiden who followed Yae Kamiko back then. If she remembered correctly, her name should be... Inashiro Hotaru, right?

While Linnette was observing Inagi Hotaru, Inagi Hotaru was also observing Richard.

Inashiro Hotaru was deeply impressed by the tall and handsome man in front of her. He was the best-looking man Inashiro Hotaru had ever seen, and the only man who could make Lord Yaemitsu reveal his true emotions.

In addition, today, Lord Yae-no-miya was dressed particularly solemnly, even wearing the ritual robes that he usually wore when praying to the Thunder God...

Various factors indicate that Lord Yae Miyaji obviously dressed up like this specifically for the man in front of him, but I don't know why it was a ceremonial dress.