The ultimate sorrow

[Amber: Watching this whole day was exhausting. There wasn't even a moment to rest.]

[Jean: She seemed haughty toward the people, putting on the air of a god, but looking closely, she was actually very approachable!]

[Ningguang: And as an ordinary person, Furina had to know the people's family circumstances inside out. That must have taken some effort.]

[Diluc: Only then would the people of Fontaine believe their god was omniscient and omnipotent. Only then could they feel at ease.]

[Arataki Itto: Aaaah, just watching this makes my head feel like it's going to explode.]

On the screen.

"Lady Furina, here is the report on the new case, and..."

Furina: "All right, all right, I understand, I understand..."

"Lady Furina! I finally get to see you. I really..."

Furina nodded with a smile. "Mm-hmm, I can feel your enthusiasm!"

"Lady Furina, this is what we've detected recently..."

Furina: "Mm, I understand. Let me know when there are any new developments!"

Furina sat on the edge of her bed with her head lowered, carefully recalling everything that had happened that day. I didn't make any mistakes, did I? I absolutely can't let the people think I'm unreliable. I'm so tired. I'd better get to sleep.

"Act 182375 · Opera house · Furina"

"Lady Furina, am I dreaming, getting to meet you face-to-face like this? The first person in our family to meet you was Lady Deotila!"

Furina still wore the smile she had rehearsed countless times. "Hahaha, seeing you all so devout and sincere truly delights me."

"Hehe, thank you, Lady Furina. Wait, Lady Furina..."

"Are you crying?"

Only after hearing those words did Furina belatedly register the cool wetness on her face. Yet her smile did not change at all, remaining just as it had been before. "Ah, I hadn't even noticed. Perhaps the Hydro energy within me is simply too abundant. After all, as you know, I am the god of water..."

"So that's why? To think I'd have the honor of witnessing a miracle, too. I must record this in my family genealogy."

Furina was still sitting on the edge of her bed, sobbing. "I'm so lonely... This is so hard to bear... How has it been so long..."

"It's already been hundreds of years, hasn't it? Maybe it'll take hundreds more..."

"I never imagined this process would be so painful..."

"This must be my limit. No, I must have already gone beyond my limit. Today, I couldn't even feel my own tears."

"If only I could talk to someone about it. Anyone... No, I can't. I absolutely can't do that. The plan must not fail!"

"Hundreds of years of effort, yet there's no hope in sight. Now I can only place all my hopes on playing the Hydro Archon. Me in the mirror, you have to keep going!"

[Amber: I want to cry so badly. I can't take it anymore. I've lost count of how many times I've cried watching this video. If I keep crying and ruin my eyes, I won't be able to be an Outrider anymore.]

[Ningguang: Furina is already on the verge of a mental breakdown. The fact that she can still keep playing her role is entirely down to her willpower!]

[Barbara: She couldn't even feel her own tears? Is this kind of suffering really something a mortal can endure?]

[Jean: Just as Focalors said before, from the moment Furina accepted her curse, from the moment she had to pretend to be the Hydro Archon, she could never again enjoy the happiness of being a real human!]

[Arataki Itto: I... I don't know what to say anymore...]

[Nilou: Thinking back now on how Furina looked when she pretended to be a god, on some of the opinions we had of her, and on her exaggerated laughter, they've all become sharp arrows aimed at ourselves...]

[Yae Miko: Even after reading so many light novels, I've never felt anything like this. It's truly beyond words...]

[Yoimiya: I'm so sad. Aaaah-I need to go set off fireworks. Fireworks will surely carry all my sorrow away!]

[Lisa: This is the ultimate sorrow. All the pain, all the sorrow, all the grievances can only be swallowed alone, with no one to share the burden.]

[Venti: Inspiration has struck. The best bard in the City of Mondstadt is going to compose a poem for her!]

[Zhongli: A human body may never reach the heights of a god, but this has shown me that perhaps the human spirit can rival or even surpass the gods.]

[Raiden Ei: Only willpower like this could deceive the Heavenly Principles and win a round against them!]

In the video, it was already Act 182376.

Furina was alone on the stage.

Lumine sat in the audience, still reeling from everything she had just seen, when she suddenly heard her own voice. She remembered that this was the last attempt she had made while carrying out the plan to capture Furina.

It suddenly occurred to Lumine that, since this scene could appear in Furina's inner world, perhaps she could try again.

Lumine walked up to Furina. "Even if I can't help shoulder your burden, you can still talk to me..."

Furina: "[Witness]... That's right, you don't belong to Teyvat. Perhaps..."

Furina was torn. Confiding in someone might ease her sorrow a little, but all her previous efforts would come to nothing because of it.

But she did not want to give up this chance. Perhaps this was her last chance in hundreds of years to tell someone else!

[Yoimiya: This is that conversation from before, right? Wasn't Furina already about to say it?]

[Ningguang: Confiding in someone once is a trivial thing for an ordinary person, but not for Furina. Faced with such a temptation, can she still hold firm within her inner world?]

[Hu Tao: Even if Furina says it here, I'd still think she's the most extraordinary person I've ever seen!]

[Jean: Right now, Furina is still caught up in being blamed and misunderstood. On top of what happened in Poisson, the grievances and guilt in her heart are probably about to overwhelm her!]

[Dainsleif: Furina, within your inner world, can you still stay true to yourself?]