After breakfast, Furina took Ellin around the Court of Fontaine again.
Generally speaking, once you made a schedule for a plan, you would end up straying from it.
Schedules for going to bed early or losing weight and getting fit, for instance, rarely lasted even three days.
Furina was no exception.
The itinerary she had drawn up by lamplight the night before was packed with plans.
But no matter how much longing those plans held, she could not overstep her bounds or step outside her identity as the Hydro Archon.
As long as she wore the Hydro Archon's face, she had to mind her image, however much she wanted to let loose.
But things were different now.
With the descent of a beam of white light, she had been able to temporarily shed her original appearance and all the burdens that came with her identity as the Hydro Archon.
At this moment, she was just an ordinary girl from Fontaine, so unremarkable that no one would notice her even in a crowd.
With nothing to hide and no image to worry about, she finally let loose and began running through the city.
She was like a child afraid of time slipping away, eager to do as many things she truly loved as possible before sunset.
Her laughter rang like silver bells through the streets.
"Ellin, come on!"
She took Ellin's hand and headed straight into a clothing store, picking out clothes without a care.
"Ellin, look! Is this pretty?"
She held a loose pink nightdress with a Blubberbeast print against herself, turning this way and that before the mirror.
This style of nightdress was loose and comfortable, with cute colors and patterns that brimmed with innocent, carefree charm.
It was clear that she really liked this kind of sleepwear.
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