A basin of Primordial Sea Water was brought onto the stage before everyone.
Navia's meaning was clear: if you really are the Hydro Archon, then test yourself with this Primordial Sea Water.
Some time ago, after the Primordial Sea Water disaster in Poisson, Furina had visited the town.
There, Furina had met Ellin, who gave her an umbrella and warned her to beware of the Primordial Sea Water. Navia happened to witness Furina holding the umbrella and carefully avoiding the puddles.
That was precisely how Navia had noticed something unusual about Furina and come up with this method.
However, this method did not conform to trial procedure. Neuvillette reminded Furina that even if she refused the test, the court could not use that as evidence that she was not the Hydro Archon.
Even so, Furina knew that if she truly refused, then after today, doubts about her would spread throughout Fontaine, even if she was never proven to have impersonated the Hydro Archon.
[You must make everyone believe you are the Hydro Archon without arousing any suspicion. Otherwise, Fontaine cannot be saved.]
This was the task her reflection had given her. What she had to do was not preserve her title as the Hydro Archon, but ensure that no one doubted her.
In Furina's eyes, being doubted meant Fontaine's destruction.
She was not afraid of doubt itself, but of Fontaine perishing because of it.
After only a few seconds of hesitation, doubtful gazes were already closing in from every direction.
Those gazes had sealed off every path of retreat, making her tremble in body and mind.
She had no way out anymore. If she refused, the prophecy would come true, and Fontaine would be destroyed.
She knew she was only an ordinary human. Touching Primordial Sea Water meant certain