"Neuvillette, don't you trust me?"
Furina was both flustered and dejected. She had made so many preparations over the years to thwart the prophecy.
But she had none of the Hydro Archon's authority. With only an ordinary mortal's physique, she could say she had been treading on thin ice every moment since succeeding Focalors as the Hydro Archon...
Yet the current situation made her realize that Neuvillette really seemed determined to make her reveal everything this time.
"What's going on? Why are you being so serious, Neuvillette?"
Paimon and Lumine were still rather bewildered. They could not understand why Neuvillette suddenly seemed to have turned against Furina...
"Perhaps you're all still confused about why I am questioning Furina at a time like this. It is because I have suspected her for a long time."
"Why has she never displayed the Hydro Archon's authority despite being the Hydro Archon? Even a negligible display of Hydro would have dispelled our suspicions."
"Our feelings toward her began with trust, gradually turned to confusion over her inaction, and have now become dissatisfaction and suspicion."
"Moreover, the abilities Theresa displayed during the Missing Young Women Case made me even more suspicious of you."
"Furina, if you truly were the Hydro Archon, making an Oceanid appear to testify would have been effortless."
"The consciousnesses of those young women gathered in the Primordial Sea after they dissolved. Simply summoning an Oceanid would have brought the whole truth to light, yet what did you do?"
"You were as surprised by that Oceanid's appearance as any ordinary citizen. Do you not know that Oceanids can also be considered your familiars?"
"In addition, the verdict delivered by the Oratrice Mecanique d'Analyse Cardinale just now also raised my suspicions."
"Please tell me why Mr. Tartaglia, who had yet to do anything