“The time I spent handling government affairs grew shorter and shorter, while the time I spent enjoying operas and performances at the Opera House grew longer and longer.
A mature government system has gradually taken over authority from my hands, and I am deeply gratified.”
“Really, it’s just like watching a group of children who were pulling at your apron strings and calling you mother not too long ago suddenly grow up, learn to live on their own, stop relying on their parents, and survive with their own two hands.”
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She glanced at the bewildered Furina beside her, her smile growing even more radiant.
“I am truly so gratified, but alongside that gratification, I also feel a touch of melancholy.”
“Having grown accustomed to five hundred years of diligent work, now that I’ve slowed down, I’ve discovered that I don’t actually know how to live.
I can’t even cook a proper meal; without a dedicated chef, I can only boil some macaroni to eat…”
“The children have grown up, and as a deity, I naturally must move forward as well.
Since taking on the position of Hydro Archon from my predecessor five hundred years ago, I have almost never spent a single day living a life that was truly my own!”
“I also want to see the pastoral idylls of Mondstadt, visit the bustling commercial ports of Liyue, explore the rainforests and deserts of Sumeru, and experience the struggles of warriors in Natlan…
In short, the world is so vast, and I want to see it.”
“But if I really had to let go of Fontaine, I couldn’t bear to.
That is why I created her!”
Eris reached out and pushed Furina in front of her, saying proudly, just like the Lion King holding up Simba: “As a part of me, as my eyes, go and see this world for me!”
At this point, a perfectly timed trace of melancholy flashed across her face.
“In that case, I, sitting alone on the throne, wouldn’t be quite so lonely, would I…”
“Click!”
Charlotte, true to her reputation as the ace reporter for The Steambird, instinctively snapped a photo of this scene.
“Lady Furina…
are you…
very lonely?” Only then did she realize what she’d done, but listening to Lady Furina’s words…
her eyes felt a bit sore.
Heavens, Lady Furina has done so much for us, yet we were unable to understand her loneliness!
“Even a deity needs to socialize,” Eris sighed just right.
“And in Fontaine…
whenever anyone sees me, they only offer a respectful, ‘Lady Hydro Archon.'”
“I cannot find a friend to confide in.
Neuvillette…
sigh, he is too rigid, and communicating with him is even more frustrating.”
“Fontaine, with its ruins waiting to be rebuilt five hundred years ago, was not like this.
Sigh, as a second-generation deity, I finally understand why the two oldest deities never show their true faces.”
“Perhaps they are in their respective nations, using ordinary names, working common jobs, with a few friends by their sides, living leisurely and comfortably.”
“And then look at me, sigh,” Eris shook her head, sighing with deep emotion: “I can’t compare.”
Furina, standing to the side, almost couldn’t hold it together.
Where was she that…
well, okay, maybe a little bit.
But she couldn’t say that in public!
And to a reporter, no less!
Her little sister was still too young.
She thought she had figured her out, but completely ignored the passion of the people of Fontaine.
Furina could already imagine what Fontaine would be like tomorrow, but she didn’t speak up to warn her.
Let me, your big sister, teach you a lesson!
Meanwhile, Charlotte before them was already teary-eyed.
“Lady Furina…”
“Alright, sigh, I shouldn’t have said so much; it’s just that these words have been bottled up inside me for a long time,” Eris reached out and patted her shoulder.
“Report it if you wish, but do not embellish.”
“Now, I must take her to tour Fontaine.
As my eyes, she can take me to see the vast mountains and rivers of Teyvat, and I can only introduce this homeland of mine to her bit by bit.
That is all I can do.”
“Alright, alright, everyone, please don’t follow us anymore,” Eris took Furina’s hand.
“Ei is very shy and doesn’t like crowded scenes.
Everyone, go back and busy yourselves with your own affairs.”
It must be said that the prestige of the Hydro Archon was still very effective; the surrounding crowd quickly dispersed.
Charlotte also clutched the camera and notebook in her arms, looking moved as she headed toward The Steambird office.
“Was it fun?” Once the crowd dispersed and she pulled her into the elevator, pressing the floor for the Navia Line, Furina pouted and asked.
“It was quite fun,” Eris looked at her with a smile.
“And you?
Was it fun?”
Furina wanted to laugh just thinking about what would happen tomorrow.
She understood the people of Fontaine too well, and while this bratty little sister knew many secrets, she couldn’t compare to her five hundred years of accumulation when it came to these details of daily life.
So she also smiled and said, “Of course it was fun!”
“It’s a deal.
From now on, I am Ei, and you are Furina,” she said with malicious intent.
“As for the duration, until the day of the trial.”
“I don’t recall agreeing to such a thing,” Eris shook her head.
“Alright, give the Vision back to me; stop messing around, Furina.”
“What, can’t I play with it for a bit?” Hearing this, Furina picked up the Vision at her waist and toyed with it in her hand.
“Honestly, I really envy you, having such a fun thing as a Vision.”
“Hey, how do you use this thing?
Teach me.”
“How do I explain this feeling to you?” Eris was also troubled hearing this.
“It’s just like your own arm; it’s all part of your body.
You don’t need to consciously control it to make it work.
If you ask me to describe it, I can’t really explain it.”
“Like this?” Hearing this, Furina gripped the azure Vision, her playfulness piqued.
Facing the waterway in front of her, she imagined the water rising and shouted, “Rise up for me…
come…
come…
eh!”
As if receiving an order, the water in the waterway surged up with a whoosh, transforming into streams of suspended water, quietly waiting for her next command.
“Th-th-th-this, what is going on!!!”
“Put it down, put it down quickly!” Seeing this, Eris panicked too and quickly grabbed her hand.
“The Aquabus is coming!
If you don’t put it down, it’s going to run aground!”
“Oh, oh, oh, how do I put it down…
huh?” Furina was flustered hearing this, but as soon as she thought of putting it down, the water docilely fell from the sky.
Bursts of exclamations came from the Aquabus on the opposite side.
“Go, go, go, let’s go quickly!” Seeing this, Furina grabbed Eris.
“If we don’t run, it’ll be too late!”
The two of them scrambled from the Navia Line dispatch platform back to the elevator, heading all the way down to the main station hall.
“Wait, why are we running?” Suddenly, Eris realized and pulled Furina to a stop.
“You are the Hydro Archon, what’s wrong with playing with water?
Why are we running?”
“Even the Hydro Archon cannot disrupt the waterway!
That is a law I established,” Furina said righteously.
“I only did that because I truly didn’t know I could use a Vision; otherwise, I wouldn’t have tested it there!”
“Wait, compared to that, the fact that I can use your Vision is clearly more bizarre, right?
Give me an explanation, you!”
“Look at me,” hearing this, Eris pointed at herself, then pointed at Furina.
“And look at you.”
Then she spread her hands.
“We look so much alike; perhaps the Vision mistook the person?”