"Neuvillette? Neuvillette! What exactly are you doing? Why aren't you coming to save me...?"
Gradually, Furina lost the strength to struggle and instead began to sob...
Feeling her trembling in his arms, Su Yuan couldn't help but feel a pang of guilt.
His right palm could already feel the hot tears rolling down Furina's cheeks...
His first somewhat intimate contact with a girl, and he had ended up making her cry—this was hardly the behavior of a gentleman...
"Lady Furina, please listen to Su Yuan. There's a reason behind all this..." Neuvillette spoke again, trying to persuade her.
He had already tried several times before, but Furina simply refused to listen.
"Even you, Neuvillette... You're siding with him..." Furina murmured in disappointment.
"Lady Furina, if you promise to keep your eyes closed and not open them, I'll let go..." Su Yuan said with a heavy heart.
Putting himself in her shoes, being blindfolded and held in the arms of an unfamiliar man while a long-trusted companion refused to help—just how hopeless must that feel?
"Su Yuan! Neuvillette! Are you both alright?"
Wriothesley hurriedly arrived at the hospital room, only to be met with this bizarre scene...
"Su Yuan... Did I come at a bad time?"
"Alright, this should do it, Lady Furina!"
Sigewinne carefully wrapped a soft bandage around Furina's eyes, securing it gently with cloth and gauze.
She even decorated the front with some cute and pretty stickers and tied a little bow at the back.
"Alright, Neuvillette, I did everything as you asked. Now, can you finally explain to me what's going on?" Furina asked.
"No rush. There's still one more person who hasn't arrived yet," Neuvillette replied.
"We'll explain everything together once she's here."
"Sorry, I'm late!" Before long, Chevreuse arrived.
Neuvillette nodded, then turned to Su Yuan and asked, "Would you like to explain, or should I?"
"I'll do it," Su Yuan said.
"After all, I want to clear up the misunderstanding myself... I can't let Lady Furina keep thinking I'm some kind of pervert, can I?"
And so, Su Yuan began telling his story—from the moment he had crossed into Teyvat and found himself in Furina's bed.
The others chimed in whenever necessary, adding their perspectives and filling in any missing details, ensuring Furina understood the full picture.
After some time, Furina finally grasped the truth of everything...
"Su Yuan, I'm sorry, I wrongly accused you..." Furina stood up, wanting to bow deeply to Su Yuan in a sincere apology.
However, since her eyes were still blindfolded, and her sense of direction was less than reliable, she ended up bowing...
To a packet of tea leaves belonging to Wriothesley.
"It's fine, it's fine... I never took it to heart. As long as the misunderstanding is cleared up, that's all that matters." Su Yuan smiled, though inwardly, he let out a huge sigh of relief.
Finally, the misunderstanding was resolved, and he would no longer be called "Mr. Pervert."
"Neuvillette... why didn't you tell me all of this sooner? Do you really see me as that fragile?"
"Lady Furina, it's me, Sigewinne. Neuvillette is in the other direction," Sigewinne gently reminded her, taking Furina's hand and leading her toward Neuvillette.
"But in my opinion, Lady Furina is not fragile at all!"
"Furina, I'm sorry. It was all my fault..." Neuvillette took hold of Furina's hand, speaking with sincerity.
"I'm not blaming you, Neuvillette. I just feel sorry for you..." Furina murmured.
Even with the bandages covering her eyes, tears had already started to seep through.
"We all feel sadness, grief, and injustice sometimes, and it's okay to cry..."
"Maybe we can't always act on our emotions freely, but when the night is deep and quiet, at least we can release those feelings."
"And yet, you... for the people of Fontaine, for all of Teyvat, you've had to suppress your own pain."
"If you could share your troubles and sorrows with me, wouldn't that ease your heart just a little?"
"I am willing... to always be the one you confide in."
"Mm, I understand now, Fufu."
"Eh!!!!!!" Furina exclaimed in utter shock.
"Neuvillette, what did you just call me???"
"Fufu," Neuvillette replied with a smile.
"I learned it from Su Yuan. I think it's a very affectionate nickname."
"From now on, in private, I'll try my best to call you that. What do you think?"
"Then what should I call you? Neuvy? Lette? Neu? Vivi? Lailai? Tete?"
As she spoke, Furina, her eyes brimming with joyful tears, threw her arms around Neuvillette and hugged him tightly.
"Neuvillette, I know you've always treated me well, but you've always called me 'Lady Furina'—it made me feel like there was always this unreachable distance between us..."
"But now, for the first time, I feel like that distance has finally closed."
"I'm really, truly so happy..."
Watching this touching scene, everyone's eyes turned slightly misty.
"Heh... Well, I'd say Neuvillette has finally blossomed, in his own way," Wriothesley chuckled, commenting with amusement.
"Getting him to learn something ... not an easy feat at all."
"I'm different! I absolutely adore my dear Head Nurse Sigewinne!"
Su Yuan chuckled as well.
Only he knew that the reason Neuvillette had always maintained a certain distance from Furina was probably due to the matter of the Sovereign of Water's authority...
But Furina was never truly the Hydro Archon in the strictest sense—Focalors, the one within the Oratrice Mecanique d'Analyse Cardinale, was the real one.
He wondered... Now that he had traveled to this world, would he have the chance to save Focalors and change her fate?
Somewhere in the Court of Fontaine, Erin returned home.
To be honest, he had been utterly terrified at the Opera Epiclese's courtroom that morning...
He wasn't exactly a good person—he had deceived many women, both emotionally and financially...
He had always known that walking along the riverbank, he would eventually get his shoes wet.
Erin had long expected that one day, his crimes would be exposed and he would be dragged before the court.
But at most, he thought he would be sent to Meropide for a period of forced labor—he never imagined he would be sentenced to death...
"Looks like the 'Oratrice Mecanique d'Analyse Cardinale' created by Lady Furina isn't all that impressive after all..."
"I didn't even commit any truly heinous, unforgivable crimes, yet they sentenced me to death..."
"I just hope that Lord Neuvillette returns tomorrow to re-evaluate my case and clear my name..."
Suddenly, Erin noticed a figure standing in his home...
He switched on the light and looked over, only to see a woman with long, light blue hair.
She was barefoot, wearing a flowing blue dress...
"Huh? A woman in my house? Is this supposed to be a romantic encounter?"
Erin chuckled to himself, then stepped forward.
"Hey, beauty? Who are you, and what are you doing in my house?"
The woman slowly turned to face him, and Erin was instantly startled.
His voice trembled as he spoke.
"Lady Furina, why are you here in my house? Is this a new outfit of yours? It looks wonderful! I don't think I've ever seen you wear something before..."
"You're Erin, correct?" The figure spoke.
"Yes, that's me, Lady Furina! We met earlier today at the Opera Epiclese's courtroom..."
Although Erin responded as usual, something about this Furina felt... off.
"Did you come here because there's been a turn of events in my case?
Or... is it true that the 'Oratrice Mecanique d'Analyse Cardinale' has malfunctioned?"
His voice carried unease—he wasn't sure what was happening.
"I made myself very clear in the courtroom today."
"Erin... Death penalty. Effective immediately."
In the next moment, as Erin's eyes widened in absolute terror, the figure's expression twisted into something horrifying.
Dark, blood-red liquid began oozing from her entire body...
"If the people of Fontaine refuse to carry out my judgment... then I shall personally enforce the execution myself."
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