"In the past five hundred years... I endured too much pain and loneliness, as well as some criticism and misunderstanding from the public."
"Just like a spoutrail, once it deviates from its predetermined track, terrible things will happen, so... I could only quietly endure all of it."
At this point, Furina looked up slightly, gazing at Lord Yuto standing beside her, and softly said:
"I didn't want to see one life after another melt into water, and I didn't want to see the lives and memories that the residents of Fontaine cherished so much turn into bubbles."
"But... I still lost."
"The disaster came too quickly, so much so that Yuto, who was helping me carry out all of this, was also caught in it, his life unknown..."
"The people of Teyvat live under the protection of God. People firmly believe that before disaster strikes, a powerful existence will step forward."
"I once performed show after show to make them believe that it was true."
Furina lowered her head slightly and whispered:
"But when the water truly rose, the 'Water God' remained indifferent..."
"To protect the truth, I kept experiencing similar things, and the more I did, the more painful and lonely I became..."
"Although Yuto had already guessed my thoughts more than a hundred years ago, I couldn't tell him everything I was thinking."
"At that time, I had nothing but the truth, so I could only hide everything in my heart and wait for the final moment to arrive."
"Gradually, I began to fear that I would completely fail, just as the initial version of The Prophecy described, sitting alone on the divine throne, weeping bitterly."
At this point, Furina seemed to have thought of something, and a heartfelt smile appeared on her face.
She raised her head slightly again, looking at Lord Yuto, who was watching her with concern, and softly said:
"However... a variable appeared that none of us could have predicted."
"The Prophecy was finally rewritten, and everything came to a good end."
"Although I no longer have the power of God, the prophetic disaster that had threatened Fontaine for so long has been completely resolved, and I have gained true freedom."
"This is what I hoped for... a 'good ending'."
As if sensing the gazes of the three people beside her, Furina blinked her beautiful heterochromatic eyes and said in a somewhat flustered manner:
"W-what's wrong? Is there something on my face? Why are you all looking at me?"
Lumine gently shook her head, then softly said:
"Nothing, just happy for you."
"Freedom is your reward. At least... with 'freedom,' you no longer have to endure that loneliness and pain."
And Lord Yuto, at this moment, looked at Lumine approvingly, then continued:
"As a 'performer' who knows most of the inside story, I also think this ending is good."
"Although immediately after the prophetic disaster ended, Lady Furina asked me more than once about 'what to do in the future,' compared to before..."
"She now has the right to choose her future."
Hearing this, Furina's little face flushed slightly, then she stomped her small leather shoe heel, saying rather discontentedly:
"Hey (#`O′)! Didn't we agree not to expose my weaknesses?!"
...
Under Lord Yuto's sudden interruption, the overly serious atmosphere instantly lightened up a bit.
Of course, Lord Yuto didn't intentionally expose Furina's "shortcomings."
His original intention was to reduce the sense of distance between these ordinary people present and Furina, and to let them understand what kind of person she truly was.
After ending that inhuman responsibility, she was no longer the lofty, eccentric Water God.
Instead, she was just a gentle, inwardly strong, and intelligent ordinary girl, nothing more.
Thinking of this, Lord Yuto smiled slightly, then said:
"Of course, Lady Furina has also found her future direction. Now, she... is steadfastly walking on this path."
Furina nodded gently. Just as she was about to say something... a somewhat noisy sound came from afar.
"I told you, in your current state, you should eat less fried food, but why did you just eat so many fries and fish cakes?!"
"B-but the Spina di Rosula boss was so generous, anything you ate was free. If I didn't eat... wouldn't that be wasting their kindness...?"
The four people present looked in the direction of the sound and saw a scene completely opposite to that of the morning.
In the morning, by the dock, Lauvik was scolding Dirfi, blaming her for not resting properly.
Now, it was completely reversed; a pale-faced Dirfi was scolding Lauvik, as if she found him utterly unreasonable.
"Besides, I'm not like you; my role doesn't require me to worry about my figure."
"Who's talking about roles with you? Can't you take your health seriously?"
Paimon gently clicked her tongue, then grumbled:
"These two are arguing again..."
As if sensing the somewhat ambiguous and strange gazes of the four, Claude gently coughed twice, then said:
"Miss Deelfi, Lord Yuto and the others are watching you two. Please... try to rein it in a bit."
Hearing this, Lauvik and Dirfi instantly reined in their earlier intention to argue until they were red in the face.
Couples never want outsiders to see them argue; after all, to outsiders, a couple arguing is no different from flirting.
Claude, a bit embarrassed, smiled at them, then interjected:
"Apologies, I let you all see a somewhat overly relaxed side of the troupe. But speaking of which... hasn't Polo come out yet?"
Lord Yuto gently shook his head. Just as he was about to say something, a somewhat displeased voice, accompanied by the creaking of a door hinge, rang in everyone's ears.
"I heard your shouting and yelling from a long way off, Lauvik. When will you stop giving Dirfi so much to worry about?"
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