Focalors, the God of Water

First, let me apologize here. I read all your comments, and there really were a lot of typos. I'll be more careful from now on.

Also, about how long this storyline will take: some people said in the comments that I left out a lot of the plot, while others said I was taking too long. I'll try to finish this storyline within fifty chapters.

I'm not an armchair player. I'm not an armchair player. I'm not an armchair player. Important things need to be said three times. I was probably among the second wave of players after Genshin Impact launched. My account number starts with 17, and I quit during Sumeru, in version 3.7. Later, I came across short videos of Furina and started playing again. I've written so much because I really do like Furina.

After I post today's two chapters, if you think Furina's inner performance was written too hastily or rushed through too quickly, let me know. If you think this pacing is fine, let me know that too.

I won't say much else, lest you say I'm padding the word count again.

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Neuvillette: "I think... the [Oratrice Mecanique d'Analyse Cardinale] is about to carry out the death sentence!"

As soon as he finished, Paimon, Navia, and the others all turned their gazes toward Furina. Furina still sat there blankly, quietly waiting for death.

Lumine: "Oh no, there are still things I haven't cleared up!"

"Furina!!!"

Shouting, Lumine ran toward Furina with all her might. She leaped up and landed a few steps away from Furina. Just as she was about to grab Furina's hand-

A tear spilled from the corner of Furina's eye, slid down her cheek, and fell onto Lumine's hand. The next moment, Lumine's vision went black...

Immediately afterward, the Oratrice Mecanique d'Analyse Cardinale emitted a dazzling light, like the sun, so bright that no one could keep their eyes open. For a moment, neither those outside the video nor those inside it could see clearly.

When Neuvillette's vision returned, the sight before him made his pupils contract. Only Neuvillette and a girl remained in the video. Apart from her clothes and her bare feet, she looked exactly like Furina.

But a giant sword floated above the girl's head, as though it might fall at any moment.

[Paimon: What's going on? Is that Furina? Or does Furina actually have a twin sister? After all, if she's human, that would be possible, right?]

[Kaeya: Why do I feel like this is the real Hydro Archon?]

[Arataki Itto: They must be twins. How could a god look the same as a human? That's Furina. Hey, you guys aren't face-blind, are you? You can't recognize her just because she changed clothes?]

[Kuki Shinobu: ...]

[Kujou Sara: ...]

[Ningguang: This certainly isn't a case of twins or anything like that. She should be the real Hydro Archon. Furina's ability to live so long in a human body must have something to do with the Hydro Archon, so it isn't strange that they look identical.]

[Hu Tao: Is that sword a tool for executing gods?]

[Alhaitham: That would also align with the verdict just delivered: sentencing the Hydro Archon to death.]

[Azhdaha: Morax, you deserve to be executed too!]

[Ganyu: Is there really something that can kill a god?]

[Barbara: I can't imagine it. If the Hydro Archon is killed and all of Fontaine loses her protection, what will they do if some ill-intentioned nation invades and war breaks out?]

[Tartaglia: I think you... you might as well just name us outright!]

[Venti: If war really breaks out, couldn't Fontaine just surrender? Just kidding, just kidding!]

[Diluc: I really need to get you to drink less.]

In the video.

Neuvillette and "Furina" stood there like that, neither saying a word. All was silent.

"You..." Unable to hold back his curiosity any longer, Neuvillette spoke with a trace of puzzlement.

"Hahaha... hahaha, that look on your face is so funny!"

"Furina" said with a laugh, "Sorry, that slightly uncertain look on your face really is rather funny!"

Neuvillette ignored the girl's laughter and continued, "Who exactly are you, and why do you look identical to Furina?"

"Good, good. It seems my plan was quite a success! Even you didn't see through it. I am the god Focalors!"

Neuvillette: "Focalors, the God of Water... Then why did you do this?"

Focalors: "My reason for doing this wasn't to keep you all in the dark, but to deal with the Heavenly Principles..."

Neuvillette was somewhat puzzled. "Deal with the Heavenly Principles..."

Focalors: "Don't you all know already? That prophecy about Fontaine being destroyed and all Fontainians dissolving and whatnot. Such a headache..."

"When the previous Hydro Archon, Egeria, told me about this prophecy, just listening to it gave me an enormous headache."

As she walked, Focalors said, "As one of the Seven, she understood very well how difficult it was to defeat the Heavenly Principles."

Focalors sighed. "So this was simply a problem with no solution!"

"After hearing it, I lay in the sea for a very, very long time, until I'd almost forgotten the passage of time. Only when the clams around me began blowing bubbles did I finally come up with an answer!"

"If I couldn't defeat the Heavenly Principles, why not deceive her instead? That way, I could save all of Fontaine without changing the prophecy!"

"I'm so clever, hehe. I suspect Egeria chose me as her successor precisely because she saw that quality in me!"

"Thinking back on it now, she really did dump everything on me all at once. Saving Fontaine, the responsibilities the Hydro Archon should bear, the sin of creating humans, and all that..."

Focalors spread her hands helplessly. "But what could I do? I was her familiar, after all. Perhaps even the cleverest of them!"

Neuvillette: "In that case, were you also an Oceanid whom Egeria transformed into a human using her divine power?"

Focalors: "That's right. Becoming human has always been the dream of every Oceanid, and I was no exception. Even after taking on this form, I still feel that human existence itself is a wondrous opera..."

"After succeeding to the position of Hydro Archon, I extracted my divinity from my body and spirit, leaving behind only a version of myself like a newly created human."

"What stands before you now is merely a divinity, while Furina is my human self..."