"Su... Yuan..."
"Don't... do it..."
Watching the Hydro Sli in front of him bouncing frantically, seemingly trying its best to stop his suicide, Su Yuan was stunned.
He turned to Neuvillette and asked, "Neuvillette, didn't you say that calling Focalors' na would make this Hydro Sli react, but only as a conditioned reflex?"
"Then why now... does it seem to have its own will, acting of its own accord like this?"
Neuvillette frowned slightly and looked toward the Hydro Sli, falling silent...
There was clearly no trace of Focalors' aura on this Hydro Sli...
But then why... was it exhibiting behavior so closely aligned with Focalors' personality?
And even speaking?
"Su Yuan, I did say earlier—all of that was rely my speculation..."
"But now, it seems I'll have to reassess this situation..."
Su Yuan stared at the Hydro Sli in front of him, unsure of what to feel or say...
Was it truly Focalors?
Or just a Hydro Sli carrying fragnts of her mories?
But if it was only mory... just reacting to her na on instinct... then why would it take action like this?
"Neuvillette, Su Yuan, what on earth are you two doing?" Furina walked over and scooped the Hydro Sli into her arms.
"No matter what anyone says, to —this is Focalors!"
"She responds to our voices, she's affectionate toward us, and just now, she even said your na. Isn't that enough proof?"
Looking at Furina's unwavering gaze, Su Yuan made a decision—to conduct one more test.
"Charlotte! Interview ," Su Yuan said. "Ask the questions exactly as I tell you!"
After a brief round of preparation, Charlotte began the interview with Su Yuan:
"Mr. Su Yuan, first question: Does sacrifice an permanent disappearance?"
"No..."
"Second question: Is this Hydro Sli... Focalors?"
"Yes..."
Everyone watched Su Yuan and Charlotte with intense anticipation.
The truth behind these two critical questions could determine whether Focalors' existence was still continuing in so form...
"Haha... hahaha... Su Yuan..."
But in the next mont, Charlotte suddenly let out a strange laugh.
"How unfortunate... you actually answered two false questions in a row..."
Everyone imdiately stepped back, putting distance between themselves and Charlotte, watching her with wary eyes...
Yet Su Yuan remained perfectly still, not moving an inch...
"So it really is like this? Then Charlotte, go ahead and kill ..."
Su Yuan slowly lifted his head and looked toward Charlotte—only to see her smiling brightly at him.
Her face hadn't turned crimson and twisted, nor did she show any signs of being overtaken by the Eerie.
"Haha, Su Yuan, don't be so gloomy! I was just ssing with you!"
As she spoke, Charlotte waved her arms around animatedly and continued:
"Look at , I'm not showing any signs of being controlled by the Eerie at all..."
"Which ans—the two questions you just answered were both true!"
"Sacrifice doesn't an complete annihilation, and that Hydro Sli is Focalors!"
"Is that really true? If it is... then that's wonderful..."
Su Yuan looked again at the Hydro Sli nestled in Furina's arms.
It seed to blink at him several tis, as if affirming what he had just said.
Yeah... Su Yuan finally ca to terms with it—souls are vague and intangible, unseen and untouchable...
But mories? mories are real, solid things.
This Hydro Sli possessed Focalors' mories.
It behaved like Focalors.
It even took the initiative to call out his na...
Even though its outward appearance was vastly different now, if it wasn't Focalors—then who else could it possibly be?
"Su Yuan, I've co to understand as well..."
At that mont, Neuvillette spoke.
"I didn't spend much ti with Focalors. What I sensed back then—rather than calling it the aura of Focalors, it was more like the presence of the 'Hydro Archon'..."
"And now that the Hydro Archon's divine seat has been destroyed, and the Seven Archons have beco Six, there is no Hydro Archon in this world anymore..."
"It's only natural that I can no longer sense that familiar aura..."
"Su Yuan, I didn't think things through before and said all those things to you. That was my mistake," Neuvillette said sincerely.
"...Forget it. It's alright."
At this mont, Su Yuan finally revealed a genuine, heartfelt smile.
"Even though things aren't perfect, we've done our best..."
"At the very least, there are no greater regrets left behind..."
"Yes, Su Yuan. You've already done more than enough..."
Neuvillette looked at Su Yuan and gave a deep bow. "Thank you for everything you've done—for Fontaine, and for Teyvat."
"Traveler, I feel like your spotlight's been stolen by Su Yuan," Paimon said teasingly to Aether as she watched the scene unfold.
"Before this, every ti we went to a new nation, didn't you always get caught up in the heart of the events and end up as the key figure?"
"Aww, Paimon, you know I didn't start this journey for the spotlight..."
Aether chuckled.
Now that Fontaine's prophetic crisis had been resolved, he was truly happy from the bottom of his heart.
"My goal has always been to find my family, my kin... my sister."
"And all those so-called accomplishnts... they were never mine alone."
Su Yuan knew that the prophecy crisis in Fontaine was finally over...
But the battle against the eerie still wasn't finished...
The real fight—was only just beginning!
He had already used three of his rewind chances today.
Barring any surprises, he should still have one stable rewind opportunity left—he had to make good use of it...
"Charlotte, tonight... co to my room," Su Yuan said instinctively.
"Eh?" Charlotte was instantly startled by his words.
Everyone else looked at Su Yuan with utterly confused expressions.
What kind of bold and wild words were those?
Su Yuan's face flushed slightly with embarrassnt, and he quickly realized that what he said sounded a bit inappropriate.
Ahem.
"What I ant was, I'd like Charlotte to co interview tonight. There are so things I want to confirm using the rules..."
Everyone understood—Su Yuan clearly wanted to use Charlotte's rule-based questioning ability to verify sothing important.
But... why did it have to be at night? Wouldn't broad daylight be more appropriate?
"But Su Yuan, wouldn't that be dangerous?" Furina said with concern.
"What if you answer incorrectly and Charlotte ends up falling into an Eerie state?"
Su Yuan didn't quite know how to explain it to everyone—after all, he still had one stable rewind chance today, but couldn't predict what unforeseen events might happen during the day.
If nothing happened during the day, then at night he could take advantage of that one rewind as a fail-safe to confirm so truths about the Eerie through Charlotte.
Even if he failed or accidentally died, he could rewind again—no real loss.
On the contrary, he'd gain even more intel...
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