“Lord Furina, I remember you said you would bring me to stay in the Palais Mermonia, right?
As the Hydro Archon and the Archon of justice of Fontaine, you will definitely keep your word.
I believe Lord Furina won’t let a beautiful maiden down, right ♪” Elysia said to Furina word by word.
“However, Elysia, you heard it just now as well—there are no more rooms left in the Palais Mermonia.” Furina lacked confidence, seeing which Elysia decided to press her advantage.
“I can stay together with Lord Furina, it’s fine!
Elysia won’t have any objections to staying with a beautiful girl like you ♪” “You might not mind, but I do…” But Furina ultimately didn’t say these words out loud, nor did she nod in agreement.
Seeing that Furina still hadn’t agreed, Elysia decided to add fuel to the fire, so she leaned close to Furina and whispered in her ear: “I suppose Lord Furina wouldn’t want the citizens of Fontaine to know that you are a scum deity who goes back on her word and ignores her closest kin, right ♪” This was a fatal blow; what Furina cared about the most right now was her divine image in front of her citizens.
Furina widened her eyes, looking at Elysia in front of her in disbelief, and hearing the maiden’s words and breathing by her ear, she was overwhelmed with shame and anger for a moment.
She had been threatened—actually threatened by her own kin!
In an instant, the brilliant and perfect image of Elysia, who had previously descended forcefully by her side, shattered completely.
In fact, this was also intentional on Elysia’s part.
Acting perfectly in front of strangers could indeed easily win their goodwill, but it made it very difficult to advance relationships with those close to you.
After all, someone who was too perfect would unconsciously create a sense of distance, and might even make people feel inferior.
It was a very simple logic: if one developed feelings for a demure and graceful girl next door, they might muster the courage to confess their feelings to her; but what about a campus belle who was wealthy and beautiful?
I’m afraid most people would feel a sense of inferiority just by getting close to her.
Although Furina wasn’t an ordinary maiden, Elysia still felt that acting a bit more ordinary was better.
Her goal wasn’t just to be ordinary good sisters with Furina; she was very greedy, after all.
Perhaps the true Elysia of the past could have managed it, but after all, she was not that Flame-Chasers bearing the name of True Self; she was an eternal monument and the one and only!
The current Elysia had merely fused with that person’s memories, and in essence, she was still that youth from the Blue Star.
As for why she acted so much like Elysia, it mainly stemmed from the youth’s Yearning for that person.
“You!” Furina glanced at Sedene, who was peeking over here out of curiosity, and took a deep breath.
“That goes without saying.
As a deity, the promise I made to you naturally counts.
I bestow upon you the grace of staying with me for one night, so accept it with gratitude, ah haha…” Furina said, putting on a generous act with her head held high, as if waiting for Elysia to express gratitude for her bestowal.
Elysia understood well and didn’t care about the one night Furina mentioned.
‘Once I get in, how long I stay is up to me.’ She immediately pretended as if she had received a monumental blessing, holding her hands in front of her chest and looking at Furina with her big, blinking eyes as she said: “As expected of the deity admired by everyone in Fontaine, truly true to her word, willing to share a bed with a mere mortal for the sake of a promise ♪” Hearing this, Furina nodded smugly.
“Mhm, not bad, you still have a bit of grat— Wait…
What do you mean by sha—” Before Furina could finish speaking, she was pulled into the arms of the excitedly rushing Elysia and spun around a few times.
Furina struggled to break free from Elysia’s embrace, stamped her feet, and said angrily: “You fellow, don’t just hug me out of nowhere!
You have zero etiquette for conversing with a great deity.
It seems I need to train you properly!” Seeing this, Elysia immediately put on a wronged look, a layer of mist reflecting in her bright, big eyes.
*Baby is wronged, but baby doesn’t say.* “You fellow…
Whatever.
Lord Furina is magnanimous, so I won’t hold it against you this time.
Remember to be more mindful next time.
I’ll take you to your room.” Seeing Elysia’s expression, Furina didn’t scold her further.
After finishing, she went ahead to lead the way.
(Spreads hands, who can withstand an Elysia like this?
Anyway, I can’t ╮(╯_╰)╭) Seeing Furina walk ahead to lead the way, Elysia instantly restored her usual radiant smile, as if the person who looked so wronged just now that she was about to drop little pearls wasn’t her at all.
What a cunning woman!
Elysia turned back and waved at Sedene, who was watching this side with a dumbfounded expression from behind the counter.
“Goodbye, cute maiden, looking forward to our next meeting ♪” “Hurry up, do you still want to stay or not…” Furina urged when she saw Elysia hadn’t followed yet.
“Of course I do.
How could Elysia possibly refuse a beautiful girl’s invitation ♪” “Clearly you’re shameless, who invited you…” Sedene watched with a dazed expression as Elysia and Furina walked side by side toward the exclusive passageway, giggling and bantering, until they disappeared from her line of sight.
Only then did she reach out and pinch her own little face.
“How is this possible?
I’m actually not dreaming!
Lord Furina actually agreed to let someone else live with her…
What’s the background of that beautiful pink-haired maiden?” You must know that in the past, Furina attached extreme importance to her room; without Furina’s permission, even entering to clean wasn’t allowed.
Previously, a fanatical fan chose to jump down from the top floor just to see Furina.
Fortunately, their luck was decent, and now that person was already working hard in the Fortress of Meropide.
Speaking of Elysia’s side, When Elysia and Furina walked to the room’s corridor, they found a beautiful woman dressed in blue uniform standing at the entrance of Furina’s room, even her hair was blue.
A pair of purple eyes stared sharply at Elysia beside Furina, and her temperament appeared exceptionally icy.
This woman was none other than Clorinde.
Clorinde’s identity as a Champion Duelist can be referenced to the trial-by-combat champions in A Song of Ice and Fire.
That is, when the judged person is dissatisfied with the verdict, they can request a trial by combat—meaning they themselves or a hired Champion Duelist will duel against Clorinde, the Chief justice Neuvillette’s personal Champion Duelist.
Life or death is left to fate; winning grants an acquittal.
This was a reflection of Focalors upholding the justice of the strong, meaning the strong could override the law.
However, it was said that no one had ever beaten Clorinde, and she was also the opponent that Fatui Harbinger “Childe” had always wanted to challenge.
Clorinde was Neuvillette’s personal Champion Duelist during trials, but in ordinary times she always stayed by Furina’s side as her bodyguard, responsible for protecting Furina’s safety, and sometimes went to intercept those crazy fans who attempted to get close.
Back when Elysia was still a Traveler, she was once given a massive surprise orchestrated by Furina together with Clorinde.
Because Furina had secretly gone to the Lucine Fountain to vent her emotions this time, she didn’t bring her along, which allowed Elysia to easily make contact with Furina.
“Lord Furina, who is this young lady by your side?”