{PS: A reminder for readers: the original plot in the game was even worse. Because she couldn't act to prove she was the real Hydro Archon, many people in Fontaine pointed fingers at Furina and cursed her...}
The sight of Furina sitting on the ground in terror, doing nothing in the face of Judgment Day, had left Neuvillette and the people of Fontaine utterly disappointed in their Hydro Archon.
Neuvillette, in particular, was full of questions. He couldn't understand how Furina, Fontaine's Hydro Archon, could possibly have been frightened into sitting on the ground and trembling.
He didn't expect Furina to do any damage to that gigantic god, but surely she should at least have done her part to prove herself?
Instead, everyone had seen Furina crouching with her hands over her head, rather than the counterattack they had hoped for.
It was after this incident that her prestige among Fontaine's people plummeted, leaving many of them puzzled and disappointed in their Hydro Archon.
Naturally, Furina knew that her actions back then had left everyone confused and disappointed, but what could she do? She wasn't the real Hydro Archon. She had merely promised Focalors that she would play the part, and she had none of the true Authority of Water!
To break the prophecy, she could only stubbornly insist that she had a plan and couldn't act rashly, that all her power was being used to keep the Oratrice Mecanique d'Analyse Cardinale running for the people of Fontaine, so she couldn't readily take action.
But many people didn't believe her. While hosting Sunday and Ms. Nightingale, Furina didn't dare face the angry, bewildered stares of Fontaine's people.
It reached the point where she could only steel herself and ask whether she could sleep with Ms. Nightingale. Naturally, Sunday had also