Who Is Selling Les?

"Do we have dessert? I think we should put some pastries, like cakes, on the table." Furina, seated beside them, said, "That way, it'll be easier for us to talk."

Navia nodded and looked to her side. "All right, Mylès, go bring out the macarons I just made for Lady Furina and the others to try."

Before long, Mylès had covered the table with macarons and poured everyone a full cup of black tea.

Furina's eyes sparkled. The pastries before her looked so pretty. She had never eaten them before, but just looking at them made her mouth water.

Furina nodded with narrowed eyes, very pleased with Navia. "Not bad, not bad. I can tell these cakes were made with great care."

Furina picked up a macaron and popped it into her mouth, nodding continuously as she ate.

"Very delicious. Thank you for your hospitality."

This was Furina's first formal encounter with Navia, the boss of the Spina di Rosula. Before this, she had only heard that the Spina di Rosula had a young female boss.

Now, thanks to the macarons before her, Furina's favorability toward Navia went up, up.

"So, I'll continue!" Wu Wanghai looked at the macarons before him but had no appetite for them. After all, he and Furina had just eaten lunch.

"Ding~" Furina's spoon tapped against her teacup, and she slowly began sipping her tea.

Wu Wanghai asked, "Navia, do you know what Les is made of?"

"Well..." Navia paused before saying, "I only know that it contains water from some strange place. Why do you ask? Do you know something?"

Mylès and Silver both leaned back slightly. Their master had once known something about it and told them.

The two exchanged glances, then stared motionlessly at Wu Wanghai to see whether he really knew.

"Primordial Sea Water." Wu Wanghai spoke slowly, one word at a time.

Mylès and Silver were both shocked. This young man had actually said the name their master had mentioned before.

"???" Navia, on the other hand, was confused. "Primordial Sea Water?"

Wu Wanghai nodded. "Yeah. A special kind of water that glimmers with a strange light. For some reason, when people from Fontaine touch it, they melt directly into water and disappear."

Navia frowned and sank into thought. If such water truly existed...

Navia thought of her father, and the scene from several years ago.

"Do you know the name Vacher?" Wu Wanghai asked.

"I've never heard that name. I can say for certain that no one in Poisson has that name." Navia replied instantly. Navia knew the name of everyone in Poisson.

"What about you two?" Wu Wanghai looked at the two men behind Navia.

"We don't know either." Mylès spoke first, answering for them both.

"Then something's wrong. It feels like I'm missing something important." Wu Wanghai scratched his head. This was too hard. Why had he skipped the main quest when it had just come out? Now he couldn't remember any of it.

Wu Wanghai clearly remembered the main quests from Mondstadt and Liyue all the way to Inazuma.

But after Sumeru came out, he had started playing casually.

"Let's leave it at that for now. I need to look for some clues." Wu Wanghai tapped his forehead, then stood up.

That was right, the Fountain of Lucine was the key to getting involved in the main quest. Perhaps he needed to go take a look there.

"I need to go to the Fountain of Lucine first. Do you have a boat that can take us there?" Wu Wanghai asked Navia.

"Our boss has a private boat docked by the shore in Poisson right now," Silver said.

Navia nodded as well. "You can use it."

"Is there a captain? We don't know how to sail." Wu Wanghai asked awkwardly.

"Then have Mylès take you. Silver and I need to return to the Spina di Rosula to handle some matters." Navia called to Silver afterward.

She should go back and look through some records. About the Primordial Sea Water he had mentioned, and about what happened in the past.

"Then we'll part ways here for now. If you need me next time, Mylès will tell you how to contact me. And don't use a loudspeaker to call for me again!" Navia looked at Wu Wanghai, not forgetting to glare at him at the end.

"Hehe~" Wu Wanghai tried to muddle through with a Venti-style response.

"Then let's get moving already. It's urgent!" Wu Wanghai urged Mylès.

After leaving the cabin, Furina put her black witch costume robe back on. At the very least, while a few people could still recognize her at a glance, it was enough if ninety percent could not.

After climbing the stairs, the glaring yet warm sunlight shone down on the group of three.

Wu Wanghai immediately sensed and spotted the Hydro Hilichurl Ranger still crouching in the bushes.

Looks like it was doing pretty well. Wu Wanghai nodded, and the Hydro Hilichurl Ranger ran over.

"Ah!" Wu Wanghai's action startled Mylès, who instinctively prepared to attack.

"Relax, it's one of us!" Wu Wanghai grabbed Mylès's right hand. Then the Hydro Hilichurl Ranger silently stood behind Wu Wanghai.

Wu Wanghai pointed ahead and said, "This is our bodyguard... Come on! Let's get on the boat."

Once they were on the boat, Wu Wanghai, lost in thought, suddenly asked Mylès, who was steering ahead of them, "By the way, what was your name again?"

"Mylès." Mylès was speechless.

"Sorry, I have a bad memory," Wu Wanghai said weakly.

The atmosphere became awkward again.

"Mylès... sell Les." Wu Wanghai suddenly jolted. "My god! Were you the one selling Les all along?!"

After saying that, Wu Wanghai began muttering under his breath, "Makes sense. That explains everything. Otherwise, what were you two even doing in the main quest?"

Mylès was baffled by his sudden claim. "The Les you mentioned wasn't sold by me. It was the Ka—"

Just as Mylès was about to say the name of the crucial merchant association, Furina caught on and burst into laughter, interrupting him.

"Hahaha, what kind of terrible joke is that? That's way too funny." Please forgive Furina for having such a low bar for humor, but Mylès and "sell Les" sounded alike. The pun was too amusing.

"Mylès, sell Les," Furina repeated.

This made Mylès himself realize the pun. For a moment, he felt utterly embarrassed. He pushed up the sunglasses on his nose, no longer wanting to pay Wu Wanghai any attention, and silently continued steering the boat.

They were already halfway across the water, yet Wu Wanghai still had no clue. His mood began to grow restless.

There had once been a simple truth right in front of him, but he had failed to cherish it. He truly regretted it terribly. If only he had paid proper attention to the main quest back then.

Now, he could only start with the Fountain of Lucine and find a way forward. He would have to investigate it step by step himself.