{PS: Thanks for all your gifts and support. After thinking it over, I decided to post two updates today too to repay everyone's support.}
"Do you know, Neuvillette? Back when I first received the Hydro Archon's authority Egeria passed on to me, I kept thinking about how to break out of this predicament."
"But before Egeria faded away, she told me that the morning stars in the sky were constellations established by the Heavenly Principles, fixing everyone's fate in place."
"In other words, even if I wanted to change the prophecy of Fontaine's flooding, it would be incredibly difficult. All of this had essentially already been anchored."
"So I hid beneath the sea and thought for a very, very long time before coming up with a way that offered the slightest chance of breaking Fontaine's prophecy..."
"Only by deceiving the Heavenly Principles would there be even the slightest chance of breaking that anchored fate. Only then could I save everyone."
"Sigh... when I took on her authority, I took on all these troubles too."
"Neuvillette, do you still remember what Fontaine's prophecy said?"
Focalors wanted to hear whether Fontaine's current prophecy had been drastically altered, and whether it matched the version she knew.
"Yes. According to the prophecy: legend has it that the people of Fontaine have been accompanied by sin from the moment of their birth. No matter how the nation of justice passes judgment, it cannot be absolved, and this sin will accompany the people of Fontaine throughout their lives. Until one day, the sea level begins to rise, and all the people of Fontaine who bear sin will be submerged and dissolved in the sea. Only then can their sins be thoroughly washed away, leaving only the Hydro Archon weeping alone upon her throne."
Focalors nodded