Chapter 353: A Reasonable Verdict
"But, is this really good, whether it's Funnina or Fucarus—" Ying hesitated for a moment and said softly.
Tassel said flatly, "You empathize with what happened to them?"
"Hmm." Ying nodded.
"It's normal for you to have such thoughts." Tassel explains, "People worship heroes, and normal people have similar emotions to people who sacrifice themselves to redeem the community."
"But God and man see things differently."
"To Ei, Nahida, and Lotia, Fucarus's behavior is just a very normal thing."
"God loves the world, but the expression of their love is not the same, and there are some loves that human beings cannot bear."
"For example, the Lone King of the Tower, where Old Mondstadt built the Storm Barrier, may have simply intended to keep his people from harm, but he never thought about what his actions would bring to his people."
"For example, the Raiden Shogun who issued the Lockdown Decree and the Eye Hunting Order before, as well as the Heavenly Principles that interfered with the Teyvat Continent to a certain extent."
"Didn't I give you an analogy before, you behave just like them, after all, you are under your subjectivity, you are not a wolf or a sheep."
"In the same way, because I gave them the confidence to know that neither Fucarus nor Funinga would go on according to their original fate, how could they resonate with them at such an extent?"
Ying: "......"
Ying was silent, she felt that what Tassel said made sense, if Fucarus would not die, Funnina would be fine, and all crises would be resolved.
Tassel looked at Nahida and Lotia, who were arguing with Funina on stage.
It wasn't so much a debate as it was a matter of what Funina said, and Nahida should do whatever she was accused of.
Seeing this, Tassel shook his head, and then took out a small crystal clear ball and played with it in Ying's surprised gaze.
The main body of the ball is the color of the starry sky, and in the center is a golden giant tree that is still extending outward, and below the golden giant tree is a golden ocean that is constantly expanding outward.
"What is this?" Ying An couldn't resist her curiosity and asked.
"Projections of this world." Tassel replied, "I had such an idea before, and I just finished it."
"The projection of the world? Teyvat?"
"No, it's a projection of the whole world, including the world we've been to or haven't been, as long as the golden trees and the sea stretch to the place will be under my rule."
"The Tree of Imaginary Numbers and the Sea of Quantum?" Ying suddenly thought of something and said.
"It's pretty much the same, but unlike the Quantum Sea, the Tree of Imaginary Numbers, the golden tree and the sea are mutually reinforcing, and every fallen leaf on the tree is equivalent to the death of a world, and they enter the sea to be swallowed up by the ocean and the remnants of the power, and then return to the branch through the foundation of the tree to become a new leaf."
"Cycle after cycle, constantly carrying out an eternal cycle between the tree and the sea."
Ying: "......"
I don't quite understand what you're talking about, but I feel like I'm pretty powerful.
"So, Lady Nahida confessed to her crimes?" On the stage, Velette spoke.
Nahida smiled and nodded, "yes, that's right."
"Then let me tell you how it happened." Nevillette nodded, "It happened a few months ago, when Nacida, Lodia, and Klee, who came to Fontaine from out of town to fry fish, happened to meet the goddess of water, Lady Funina, who was outside."
"And Lady Funina, the goddess of water, who was about to talk to the three of them amicably, was attacked by the three of them with force, and not only that, but also fled from Fontaine."
"I won't describe too much about what happened in between." At this point, the corners of Navillette's mouth twitched visibly.
Shame, shame, how can Fontaine have such a shameful water god? And even if you are beaten, you still say it so grandly
Come out, you don't want to lose face, but I want it.
"The accused party has frankly admitted his guilt." Navillette took a deep breath and calmed down the mood that had not had such a big fluctuation in a long time.
"The charges against Lady Nahida and Lady Lotia, then, are now left to the [Signal] for final decision!"
As soon as Navillette's words fell, a red document was fed into the [Signal Machine] underneath it.
A dazzling blue light burst out from the [Signal Machine], and the audience closed their eyes involuntarily.
"What's the matter, how can the light from the [Signaling Machine] be so dazzling this time?!"
"No, I don't know, did they really attack the water god?"
The dazzling blue light lasted for nearly a minute before slowly extinguishing, and a new document appeared at Navillette's feet.
Navillette picked up the file and opened it slowly, but the contents made his pupils shrink, and he jerked his head up to look at Funina, who was looking at him with excitement on the other side.
"What, what's wrong?" Suddenly overwhelmed by Velette's complicated eyes, Funina asked timidly.
"According to the result of the judgment given by the Cardinal, I pronounce the verdict—"
When Velette said this, the following words were obviously only a few words, but they were so heavy in his mouth that he couldn't open this mouth for a long time.
"What happened to Lord Villette?"
The audience in the audience wondered when they saw that Villette's voice stopped.
"Could it be that the result of the [attack on the water god] is innocence?"
"No, the result of the [Signal] is also guilty." Navillette replied.
"Isn't that okay?" Hearing this, the audience was even more puzzled.
"It's just that this isn't a verdict on Lady Nahida and Lady Lotia." Navillette shook her head and said,
"It's—[Water God], guilty..."
「... Death penalty."
Audience: "???"
Not only was the audience stunned, but even Nahida, who was planning to watch the excitement above, was stunned.
"Huh? What the hell is going on?" Ying scratched her head and said, "Isn't it Nahida who is being judged, and in such a case of conclusive evidence, the result is that the water god is guilty?"
"Could it be that this water god is talking about Lotia? Shouldn't it?"
"Sure enough, as long as I cut myself early enough, you won't be able to beat my mind." Tassel listened with interest to Navillette's sentence.
"You know the tassel?"
"This [water god] is not referring to Lotia, of course, but to herself, the demon god of water, Fukalos."
"How so? Could it be that he really Lord [Water God], but how could he be sentenced to death?"
The audience had already exploded at this point, and they all stood up and looked in the direction of Lotia with an incredible gaze.
"Lord Villette, is the result of the [Decree of the Cardinal] wrong?"
"Yes, how could the [Cardinal of the Decree Judgment] created by Lord Water God sentence himself to death?"
"W-what?" Funina couldn't accept this result either, and she sat up sharply to look at Navillette on the stage.
"How can it be a death sentence? No, it doesn't have to be."
"The other me, what do I do now?"
"This verdict is for myself."
At this time, a figure appeared next to Funingna, which was invisible to ordinary people.
She has the exact same appearance as Funina, except that she wears a white slim dress, which is a little more divine than Funina.
She is the mastermind behind the previous instruction of Funinga to accuse Nahida and the two, the water demon god - Fukalos.
"Why, why did you sentence yourself to death?"
"Because
That's the only way to save Fontaine." "So that the curse of the people of Fontaine can be lifted."
"Because of their arrival, my purpose has been accomplished, so that things don't happen again, and I need to finish my thing as soon as possible."
"It's been a hard time for you, Funina, and you can choose the life you like in the future."
Funina looked at the departed figure, she slumped in her chair, tears streaming down her eyes.
"This result is indeed a bit strange... According to Fontaine's definition of justice and the standard of judgment so far..."
Navillette touched her chin and pondered, "Is the [Water God's] crime really commensurate with a sentence of this level as the death penalty..."
"There is also a little doubt, does the god of water in the book refer to Funina or Lotia, it seems to me that Lotia has complete authority over water, but..."
While Navillette was still thinking, suddenly the Cardinal of the Decree was once again in operation.
"Cardinal's Decree What is?" The audience asked puzzled.
Navillette jumped onto the stage, looked at the [Cardinal of the Decree] and said, "Maybe it's about to start the execution, right?"
Tassel looked at the energy that was constantly being mobilized from the [Cardinal of the Decree] and whispered, "Are you ready to give it a go?"
"It's decisive, but do you think you'll be able to escape?"
"Forget it, let Nahida solve this matter, she must have her own ideas, but Nahida's current thinking is not quite right, let's fix her when she finishes this matter."
Tassel, who sensed Nahida's thoughts on the stage, couldn't help but shake his head and said, "It's not a small courage, but it's a pity that the ability hasn't increased much."
"Whose problem do you think this is?" It was difficult for the Great Cishu King to speak.
Tassel immediately responded, "It must be your problem, Nahida was born because of you."
"But I didn't teach her behavior?"
"Oh? Since you want to teach, give it to me!"
"Wait, that's not what I meant, no!"
The tassel transformation naturally did not escape Ying's eyes, and she was surprised to see that the original tassel's golden pupils and golden hair tips turned into the same leaf green as Nahida.
The King of the Great Cishu rubbed his eyebrows with a painful face, he knew that he would not be silent, it was not good to be an audience honestly, and now he was dragged into the main body again.
"The Great Tree King?" Ying asked with some uncertainty.
"Yes, because a little [change] happened" When he said the change, the tone of the Great Mercy Tree King gritted his teeth a little.
"Still, you better call me tassels, the forgotten name of the Great Mercy Tree King is not suitable for me anymore."
"Hmm." Ying nodded.
"Who is the Great Tree King?" Fu Xuan was puzzled, "Aren't you tassels?"
"Of course I'm tasseled, you can understand who I am now, switching personalities."
Fu Xuan: "?"
"Villette is gone." Ying reminded.
"He should have been pulled into another dimension by Fucarus, in order to carry out her plan." "Naturally, her final plan will not be carried out in such a state of plain sight."
"And she's on guard against us to a certain extent."
"Can't you go to that space?" Ying asked curiously.
"Of course not, look at the shadow over there, she has already torn open the space, just waiting for a suitable time to enter, there are some things for her to explain to this water dragon king."
"Then again, this Water Dragon King is not as interesting as Apep at all, and I still like Apepe's tsundere."
"When the time comes, return her authority to the grass, her expression will definitely be interesting."
Ying: "......"
On the other side, waiting for Naviette to come back to her senses
At this time, he was in another space.
This space is still the same as the Opéra Picolai, except that the Cardinal of the Decree in the middle has disappeared, and the surrounding objects are floating as if they were not affected by gravity.
The original position of the Cardinal was replaced by a Funina in a black and white dress.
Above her head was a huge blade of blue energy, like a guillotine about to execute a prisoner.
She was barefoot, with one hand on her waist, looking at Navillette with a completely different expression from Funina.
"You..."
Navillette looked at Funina in front of her.
"Poof... Hahahaha..."Fcarus didn't wait for Velette to ask anything, and was the first to laugh uncontrollably.
「... I'm sorry, I just love the look of surprise on your face right now, and before you know it, you're laughing."
"You're not Funina... Who are you?" Navillette looked at the sharp blade above her head that seemed to fall at any moment,
"It turns out that you were the target of the execution."
"Well, seeing you so surprised, it means that I have successfully deceived you. Obviously, I'm the demon god Fcarros."
"Demon God Fcalos? And that Lotia out there?" Navillette wondered.
"She is a pure water spirit of my time, but the previous water goddess Egolia chose me to succeed her as the water god, and she fled to another realm because of the few things she had left."
Fukalus replied, "However, what I didn't expect was that she would gain the power of the water elemental authority and become a real person."
"I really envy me, I've done so much for all this, and she's..."
At this point, Fkalos paused, causing Navillette to frown, "What do you mean?"
"Nothing." Fukalus shook his head and said, "Morax, the god of rocks, Barbatos, Barbatos, Balzebu, the god of thunder, Buyer, the god of grass, and several other gods I don't know have come to my realm today."
"Are they the Seven Archons of the World?" Navillette was surprised.
"This is nature, the authority is all in them, and it has not been concealed, and as the same earthly Seven Rulers, I can naturally feel their presence." Foccarus replied.
"What happened to you with Nahida and Lotia?" Navillette said suddenly.
"Oh, why don't you open the pot, if it weren't for the fulfillment of my last wish, I really wouldn't tell you about it."
Navillette: "......"
"So you sent them to the Inquisition for your purpose? And it is you who will judge?"
"Of course, what's the use of judging them? I'm not as strong as any of them, and even if I give a result, it won't help." Fcalus spread his hands and said,
"I just didn't expect them to cooperate with me so much, or that everything about me is within their calculations."
"She is worthy of being the god of wisdom, although she went through a similar experience to the previous water god five hundred years ago, she has come back to life and regained her power."
"Why are you lying to us?" Navillette asked after a moment of silence.
"Of course, my purpose is certainly not to deceive you, I really want to deceive..."
"It's heavenly reason."
"Deceive the Heavenly Principles..."
"That's the prophecy, it's troublesome, isn't it? All will dissolve, and Fontaine will be flooded..."
Fucarus said a little helplessly,
"When the god of water before me, Egria, entrusted me with this prophecy, I also felt... That's tricky, isn't it?"
"She knew very well that the prophesied scene would happen."
"As the Seven Rulers of the Earthly World, she also understands that the Heavenly Principles... Thou shalt not be an enemy of them."
"It's total
It's a no-brainer, right?"
"No, Lotia can solve the current situation." Navillette shook her head and said, "She has full authority over water, and I can understand it, a power that doesn't belong to Teyvat."
"Isn't it under Teyvat's authority?" Listening to Navillette's words, Fucarus touched his chin thoughtfully,
"Where did I think she got it, and sure enough, she stole power from outside the world?"
"A power outside the world?"
"Something like an abyss? Or is it forbidden knowledge? It's not Teyvat's power anyway." Fcalus said uncertainly.
"And with Lotia's nature, how could she help Fontaine? You know, I went after the water elves who escaped with the shards of Egolia in order to help destroy the forbidden knowledge."
"Fragments?"
"It's almost like the previous generation of water gods were also polluted by forbidden knowledge, and the creatures polluted by forbidden knowledge can't be classified into the leylines even after death, which sounds like a particularly terrifying thing, right?"
"You've hunted Lotia before?"
"Of course not, it's just what she thought. I've been working hard for today, it's just what she thinks, so I don't have a good relationship with Lotia, let her help, so to speak." Fcalus shook his head and said:
"Besides, I didn't know she would have such an ability before, things have already come to this point, you can't give up halfway, right?"
Navillette: "......"
"Wouldn't it be nice to ask her to help? You're also a water elf." Navillette persuaded.
"It's too late." Fukalus shook his head and looked at the blue giant sword above his head, "You see, the judgment of the [Water God] is ready, and it will fall later."