Eternal Vow, Cheer to Your Heart's Content!

Just then, a ding suddenly rang out in Wu Wanghai's mind. His phone appeared out of thin air, floating before him as though waiting to be picked up.

When Wu Wanghai took the phone, its lit screen instantly shone with a brilliant blue glow.

The next moment, a large blue-and-white loudspeaker appeared in Wu Wanghai's hand.

???

Wu Wanghai was initially dumbfounded. What did this mean? After thinking for only a moment, he roughly figured it out.

He had probably touched the statue, and being given a loudspeaker made it easier to fulfill the condition of loudly shouting about a Vision.

Now, inside the Opera Epiclese.

"Yes, and this too! Hmph~ Touching and hugging Fontaine's Hydro Archon statue without permission. I think Fontaine's laws need another addition—Article 1,314. I think he can be directly sentenced to death. Let's settle it like that, Neuvillette!" Furina planted her left hand on her hip and pointed at Neuvillette with her right.

This guy was truly outrageous. He would not even spare a statue. I'm so mad! Furina's fists clenched in her heart. She really wanted to give him two good punches.

Neuvillette remained silent. He was used to it, truly used to it. Whenever Furina was present for a trial, there would be a new law every day, and she always started by demanding the death penalty.

"Proposal rejected. No law will be established where no damage was done to the statue... As for hugging a Statue of The Seven, we neither advocate nor support such behavior."

"Fine." Furina wilted. Everything Neuvillette said was right.

After that brief interlude, Wu Wanghai continued, "Yes, the loudspeaker appeared out of thin air beneath the statue. I thought it must have been guidance from a god, asking me to say it through the loudspeaker!"

"So???" Furina, seated at the plaintiff's stand in the opera house, drew her arms close against her chest and clenched her fists. "So you said Focalors—said that I was... your wife?!"

Smack! Furina's black-and-white gloved hands slapped down onto the wooden desk before her.

"You really are... outrageously bold!"

Furina's face was still slightly red. It was impossible to tell whether it was from anger or embarrassment.

Even the large ahoge atop her head swayed several times. This was a sight one would never see in the game's storyline.

Seeing his wife Furina looking so adorable, Wu Wanghai could barely suppress his racing heart. This was way too unfair, wasn't it? Was this the bonus of a real-life anime world? Ah, I'm dead!

Still, come to think of it, he had truly been screwed over. Who would have thought he would get arrested and dragged into an opera house trial right at the start?

If he could go back, he really wanted to give his past self two punches. Why had he thought to say something like that?

And that loudspeaker was cursed. Right after he said, "Focalors is my wife!!!" and "I'm Focalors's dog!!!"

Before any reward could arrive, his own words echoed across the entire sky around him—not just once, but three whole times! Three times!

Anyone unaware of the situation would have thought he had gotten the first clear in a virtual game and triggered a server-wide announcement.

Then, before Wu Wanghai could hide, and before he had even run very far, he ran into the girl involved returning from the opera with a very, very, very tall big sister.

So there was no way he could admit it now! He could only stubbornly deny it and see whether he could bluff his way through.

"The first thing I said was, 'Focalors is my wife.' As far as I know, this adorable lady is called Furina. So what does my saying Focalors have to do with Lady Furina?" Wu Wanghai said with an expression of righteous solemnity.

Indeed, it was like arresting Zhou someone when he, Zhou Shuren, had nothing to do with it.

"At most, I shouted in Fontaine. Fontaine's laws surely do not say that people cannot make announcements across the whole country, do they?"

That was indeed Wu Wanghai's confidence. After all, who in Teyvat could say a few words and make their voice drift through the sky across all of Fontaine? Even if the Geo Archon came, Wu Wanghai did not think he could necessarily pull that off. How could that possibly be a crime?

"Whoa~~" The audience erupted.

Everyone began discussing it with the people beside them, and the whole venue grew noisy.

It made sense, it really made sense. In the end, everyone in the audience agreed that it made sense. Though there was no second person named Focalors in Teyvat, it had already been established that the man in the defendant's seat was not from Teyvat. Beyond this world, that might not necessarily be the case.

"Silence! Silence!" Only after two otter-like calls sounded out did the crowd finally quiet down.

After hearing the lengthy account of how everything had begun and unfolded, the defendant's argument had come to an end.

At that moment, the Oratrice Mecanique d'Analyse Cardinale began operating. Its completely tipped state abruptly returned to normal balance.

This meant that if the plaintiff had no rebuttal, the debate could be declared over and a verdict reached.

Furina's expression did not change, but inwardly, she was starting to lose confidence.

Ah, what should I do? Even I think that makes so much sense. Aside from what he said, if it can't be considered slander, then at most he can only be charged with disturbing public order. He might even be released after paying a fine without needing to go to prison.

That would not do. Absolutely not!

"Ha, don't you know? I, Furina, am Fontaine's Hydro Archon, with the demon god name Focalors! The God of Justice, beloved and revered by all!" As Furina spoke, she naturally grew smug by the end. Her entire body radiated an aura of I'm amazing, only lacking a glow behind her.

Wu Wanghai found those words somewhat familiar. What a coincidence—he had seen this scene not long ago. Looking at Furina in her smug state, he liked her more and more. Once the heart was moved, it would keep on being moved.

Then Wu Wanghai instinctively replied, "I know! My wife!"

He said it with complete confidence! None of you were allowed to fight me for her!

The Oratrice Mecanique d'Analyse Cardinale instantly broke its balance and tipped completely to one side again.

Only when the silent courtroom broke into uproar once more did Wu Wanghai realize what he had done.

Oh no!

Wu Wanghai froze completely. He had been too absorbed in looking at his wife and accidentally blurted out the truth. How was he supposed to save this? Give me a cheat that lets me rewind and start over! Save this child!

Furina raised her chin and flicked her ahoge twice. "Since you don't know..." Furina paused, the two differently shaded blue irises in her eyes trembling faintly.

What is going on? What is going on? This person actually dared to say he knew!

If he had pretended not to know, she could still explain it away as a shared name, then show the magnanimity of a god. She could find a way to let him stay in a luxurious single room in the Fortress of Meropide for free.

She had not expected that, at this final stage, he would still dare to openly admit that he knew! Did that not mean... that in his heart, he truly meant that she was his wife?

Ah, ahhh!

Furina was panicking inside. This was the first time she had encountered such a huge pervert who called her his wife despite never having even met her.

Though she truly was Fontaine's great star and everyone liked her, she had never seen anyone directly call her their wife.

All she could say was that, as expected of an outsider.

She had no idea how to deal with this at all. Furina's body even turned slightly, and she was becoming so embarrassed that she wanted to flee.

A play with herself as the protagonist really was not fun at all. She had even become someone else's entertainment. Everything had suddenly become boring.

She was unhappy. It would be better to end this quickly.

"Since you knew and still dared to say that, what is the point of continuing the debate? Let's directly announce the verdict!" Furina put both hands on her hips and looked toward Neuvillette.

Rather than speaking, Neuvillette looked at Wu Wanghai, the defendant. "Then, Mr. Wu Wanghai, do you have anything else you wish to say?"

Wu Wanghai took a deep breath and replied, "Yes!"

Since he had already admitted it, why not be even bolder? Prison was not as frightening as he had imagined, and Sigewinne was in there too, hehehe.

"What I want to say is..."

The entire venue fell silent. Furina also tilted her head and pricked up her ears, wanting to hear what Wu Wanghai would say last.

"I will always! Always love Focalors, and I will always love Furina!

I love them more than anyone in Teyvat. Even when the world perishes, my feelings will not waver in the slightest!

I will spend my entire life protecting Fufu. I will protect Fufu and make sure she never cries!"

At the end, Wu Wanghai pressed a hand to his chest in oath and spread his arms toward the sky.

"This is the value and meaning of my coming to Teyvat. This is the supreme justice I uphold in my heart!!!"

"Huh???" Furina's little head went completely blank.

"Now, you can all cheer to your heart's content!!!" That was right, Wu Wanghai even ended it in Furina's style.

Honestly, saying those things in an opera house packed to the brim, with even the aisles and open spaces crammed full of people, felt incredible!

Wu Wanghai was completely pumped! He was not socially anxious at all~ As long as I'm not embarrassed, they're the embarrassed ones.