Chapter 456: The Easily Fooled Furina

Chapter 456: Chapter 456: The Easily Fooled Furina

Inside the Palais Mermonia, Furina kept flipping through the file on the Genius, trying to find something new.

She had read it so many times she could practically recite it from memory.

The more she learned about him, the more terrified she became.

Ever since obtaining the Authority of Water, she believed she was among the strongest people in Fontaine.

And yet this "Genius," whom 85 claimed was on the same level as himself, still kept her awake at night.

The dream catastrophe in Inazuma.

The godly disaster in Liyue.

He was like a walking natural disaster, bringing calamity wherever he went.

"Furina~"

The window to her room opened once again.

She didn’t even need to think to know who it was.

"Next time, use the front door, okay? It’s not like I wouldn’t let you in."

Furina shot him a resentful look.

What if he came in at a bad time?

Like when she was changing clothes.

"No way. Climbing through the window is what makes our relationship special. If we lose even that little bit of romance, it’ll be so boring."

"...Do whatever you want."

Furina sighed deeply and gave up resisting.

Fine. The window it was.

At least there was a process to him entering.

It was much better than last time, when he’d simply teleported into her room and nearly scared her to death.

"So, what’s Furina looking at?"

Su Ran leaned over for a look and discovered she was still reading those reports.

"You’re awfully interested in the Genius. Didn’t you ever collect any newer information?"

"There isn’t any! That guy hasn’t done anything lately."

Furina flopped onto the floor without any dignity whatsoever.

Wasn’t everything already written in there?

"I did hear he caused quite a commotion in Sumeru."

Furina’s eyes immediately widened.

"Tell me! He went to Sumeru?"

"No, but he did trick one of his fellow Harbingers. The Little Grass God of Sumeru and Greater Lord Rukkhadevata spent a long time defeating another Harbinger that he’d modified."

"But... didn’t Greater Lord Rukkhadevata die?"

Everyone knew Sumeru’s god was the Little Grass God.

So where had Greater Lord Rukkhadevata come from?

Had Sumeru’s god also created a split personality like Focalors?

"She wasn’t completely dead. More like... not dead enough. I brought her back."

As long as her consciousness still existed, Su Ran didn’t consider her truly dead.

He always had ways of bringing the dead back.

"You’re that amazing? You can even revive dead people?"

This completely exceeded Furina’s understanding.

To her, death meant disappearing forever.

Even if traces remained, the person was gone.

The fact that 85 could resurrect someone sounded more unbelievable than a fantasy novel.

"You need some real skills if you’re going to flirt with Fontaine’s Hydro Archon."

Su Ran rolled onto his side and looked straight at Furina.

"You!"

What a jerk!

Furina decided not to dwell on it.

He teased her constantly, but he’d never done anything she truly considered crossing the line.

"So... what happened next?"

Whether Rukkhadevata was alive or dead didn’t matter much to her.

The gods of Sumeru weren’t about to interfere in Fontaine.

"The two Dendro Archons, with the help of a certain Traveler, defeated Dottore and protected Sumeru."

To make Lumine sound a little more impressive, Su Ran generously credited her with some extra contribution.

He conveniently omitted the Sustainer’s appearance.

"A certain Traveler... the blonde girl with that floating emergency food beside her?"

Furina had investigated the Traveler before.

She seemed to appear wherever the Genius did, always playing an important role.

If someone didn’t know better, they’d think she was his accomplice.

"I heard she was the one who cut apart the dream in Inazuma. She sounds incredible."

Since the dream had been created by the Genius, then the Traveler had effectively stopped one of his evil schemes.

That was Furina’s interpretation.

And now she’d helped defeat Dottore too.

Wasn’t that another victory against the Genius’s sinister plans?

"She is pretty special. She’s someone who dared to draw her sword against the Raiden Shogun."

"She even broke the Raiden Shogun."

"She only broke through her defenses?"

That wasn’t quite as impressive as Furina had imagined.

Her opinion of the Traveler dropped slightly.

"No. I mean she broke her emotionally."

"She completely shattered her heart. She nearly lost control."

"She was that amazing?!"

With Su Ran’s explanation, Furina completely reevaluated Lumine.

The Raiden Shogun was famous for her martial prowess.

If even someone like that could be broken...

What chance did Furina have?

"Furina, you need to be careful."

"Never let that girl get close to your heart."

"I’ve heard she’s the real walking disaster. Every nation she’s visited has fallen into chaos."

Su Ran warned her with utmost seriousness.

Getting close to the Traveler only brought misfortune.

Furina nodded solemnly.

Anyone capable of repeatedly foiling the Genius’s evil plans couldn’t possibly be a good person.

She had to be incredibly dangerous.

Watching Furina believe every word so earnestly, Su Ran couldn’t help reaching over and pinching her soft, round cheeks.

"Furina really is cuter."

"Focalors isn’t nearly as cute as you."

"...Then why do you want to keep her as a pet?"

Furina slapped his hand away.

"Because you won’t let yourself become my pet."

The room fell quiet.

After a long pause, Furina finally spoke.

"85... I don’t want to live in the Palais Mermonia anymore."

She was finally voicing what she’d buried deep inside.

This place held too many terrible memories.

Too much pain.

Even knowing she was genuinely part of the Hydro Archon didn’t erase the psychological scars.

If meeting the Genius represented a quick death...

Then living here was like dying slowly.

A drawn-out torture.

In some ways, staying here felt even scarier than facing the Genius.

"Then... how about moving out?"

"I want to."

"But at the very least, I have to wait until the prophecy happens and everything is resolved."

She could already lift the curse that caused Fontainians to dissolve in primordial seawater.

But the rising sea itself?

She still had no solution.

She could force the water back down.

It would simply rise again later.

The real problem clearly lay elsewhere.

"My place is always happy to welcome a second Furina~"

"I said I’m not becoming your pet!"

Furina punched him squarely in the chest.

Yet somehow...

When she was with him, she wasn’t nearly as afraid of the Genius anymore.

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