After a brief moment of tenderness and rest, Yuto began to help Furina move.
Although it was called moving, to a large extent... it was just helping Furina bring her few personal belongings to that three-bedroom, one-living-room apartment.
After all this was done, night had fallen, and the once bustling streets were now deserted.
Yuto and Furina casually sat down on a bench near the apartment, both looking up at the vast starry sky, seemingly lost in thought.
Perhaps he was tired of stargazing, or perhaps for Yuto, the stars were far less attractive than the young woman beside him, so he turned his gaze to her.
Yuto looked at Furina's profile, and a smile unconsciously appeared on his face.
"Furina, how did it feel walking on the street today?"
He asked softly.
"Hmm... it's much better than the hollow feeling of walking on the street before."
Furina still kept her gaze on the starry sky, seemingly searching for a star chart that could outline Yuto's silhouette.
Of course, she might also be looking for a star chart of a small cake.
However... even if it was a star chart of a small cake, it would be the star chart corresponding to the small cake made by Yuto; she wouldn't even look at other cakes.
"Although I was the Water God for five hundred years, I never truly felt respect."
"But today, when I walked on the road... I truly felt their gaze."
"In the past, what they respected was the 'Hydro Archon Furina.' I knew very well that respect didn't belong to me, so... I didn't feel anything at all.
But now it's different; what they respect is everything I've done, they respect 'Furina,' so I naturally accepted all of this."
As Furina spoke, she turned her gaze to Yuto beside her, then gently smiled.
"All of this... is all thanks to you, Assistant Officer."
Yuto shook his head, as if he completely disagreed with Furina's statement.
"This is not my credit, but something that should have belonged to you, Furina; you inherently deserve all of this."
Furina didn't speak, but just looked around, and after making sure there were no strange figures nearby, she leaned her small head on Yuto's shoulder.
"Yuto... have you ever regretted it?"
Furina asked softly, looking at the distant starry sky.
"Regretted what?"
"Regretted... not telling me everything at the beginning, regretting agreeing to let me join Palais Mermonia, and enduring so much high-intensity work."
"I don't regret it, Furina, I've never regretted it."
"These four hundred and eighty-nine years of memories have left the deepest mark in my mind. Whenever I feel tired or exhausted, I just gently close my eyes and recall those beautiful days.
For me... those memories are not only a good medicine to resist the erosion of time but also a bridge for us to have deeper communication."
"Like you, I'm also looking forward to the day The Prophecy ends."
As Yuto spoke, he turned his head to look at Furina. Her delicate, doll-like face rested naturally on his shoulder, only three centimeters away. He could have...
But he always felt that being intimate in such a place was not quite right. In the end, he somewhat reluctantly moved his gaze from the young woman's soft, cherry lips, and then reached out, gently holding her boneless hand.
"Because after that day, neither of us will have such heavy burdens, right?"
Hearing this, Furina paused slightly, then gently nodded.
Feeling the warmth from her palm, she instinctively used a little force, tightly gripping Yuto's hand, as if she didn't want him to leave her for a moment.
Yuto also didn't speak. The two leaned against each other under the dim streetlights for a while, then reluctantly parted like a couple still in the honeymoon phase.
Yuto had to return to Palais Mermonia, after all, he still had to handle those documents himself.
Of course, Furina also gave Yuto another key, then disappeared into the shadows of the corridor.
Although she was very reluctant, she knew very well that they would see each other again tomorrow, and in the future... they would have plenty of time to lean on each other.
The old story belonged to the Water God and her Assistant Officer, and now... it was the story of 'Furina' and 'Yuto.'
Her story existed because of him, and his story came because of her.
And their true story had just begun.
...
After returning to Palais Mermonia, Yuto did not rest. Instead, he once again summoned the light screen and unhesitatingly purchased his own Story Quest.
He knew very well that the Story Quests of other Fontaine characters would more or less take two or three days, and given his current state of both working and planning to recruit people...
Let alone two or three days, even half a day would be too much for him.
So... he had to create his own Story Quest to rationalize his appearance in other characters' Story Quests.
After all, an Assistant Administrator who was constantly bogged down with official duties and never left the house suddenly running around all over Fontaine... didn't seem to fit his character.
Yuto sighed slightly, then began to edit his own Story Quest.
For him, his Story Quest didn't need to be thrilling; it just needed to solve his problem.
As everyone knows, a character's Story Quest is used to shape their persona. So... in this Story Quest, Yuto wanted to shape his image in the eyes of the public.
After all, the role he played in the main quest was always that of an ordinary civil servant, and the fact that he was beloved by the people of Fontaine was not really highlighted.
So... he planned to use his Story Quest to emphasize this point.
Thinking of this, Yuto began to edit the corresponding content on the light screen in front of him, only finishing around morning.
Looking at the light screen in front of him, Yuto nodded with satisfaction, his mouth slightly curved upwards, and he subconsciously snapped his fingers.
"Let me give the players a little shock with the labor law~"
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