The video shifted, and Lumine and Paimon had already appeared somewhere else.
Paimon: "Wow, the Palais Mermonia is pretty lively today..."
Sedene: "Stop right there. Hmm? It's you two. Sorry, Monsieur Neuvillette said you were welcome anytime..."
But before Sedene could finish, someone called her away to help.
[Jean: Melusines aren't just cute, they're kindhearted too!]
[Amber: Acting Grand Master, Acting Grand Master, why don't we invite a few Melusines to join our Knights too?]
[Fischl: Ahem, ahem, ahem. I am the Prinzessin der Verurteilung of the Immernachtreich. Melusines, would you join my divine realm?]
[Furina: What kind of god are you?]
[Sigewinne: I'll definitely come visit everyone when I have time!]
On the screen at that moment.
Lumine and Paimon had already entered Neuvillette's office.
A handsome man with blue-and-white hair, exuding nobility and elegance, sat upright in his chair, concentrating on the documents on his desk.
Even just sitting there, the aura surrounding him made him impossible to ignore. Even through the screen, it felt as though they could sense his imposing presence.
[Lyney: Monsieur Neuvillette looks so elegant no matter when you see him!]
[Childe: He looks strong. I'd love to spar with him. I'm sure I could gain plenty of experience from it!]
[Furina: Neuvillette truly deserves to be the face of my Fontaine!]
[Arataki Itto: Not bad, not bad. That hair color looks pretty good. If this king looked like that, I wonder...]
[Ningguang: It seems the "answer" will be revealed soon!]
[Clorinde: Indeed. Monsieur Neuvillette will surely know what caused the Fortress of Meropide to shake.]
Paimon waved happily. "Neuvillette!"
Neuvillette gave a slight nod in greeting, then apologetically explained that he might be rather busy for a while. An urgent document had just arrived that required his attention.
He asked Lumine and Paimon to wait nearby for a little while.
Paimon thought for a moment, then continued to show her true foodie nature. "Then we'll go out for a meal first and come back."
After receiving Neuvillette's approval, Paimon and Lumine sat down on a nearby sofa.
[Furina: Excellent. Neuvillette is always so dedicated to his duties, wherever he is!]
[Ningguang: I've always thought I was quite busy, but this Neuvillette seems to have even less free time than I do!]
[Arataki Itto: Excellent. Talent like that should be put to work for my Arataki Gang!]
[Kuki Shinobu: Boss, if you're still half-asleep, go wash your face!]
[Navia: Monsieur Neuvillette is always so busy. I'm really worried about his health!]
[Tighnari: If needed, I have some medicinal herbs here that might help!]
[Neuvillette: Thank you. I don't think I need them just yet!]
Some time passed.
Neuvillette put down the document in his hand, stood up, and walked over to Lumine and Paimon.
"My apologies!"
"From the looks of things, you seem to have been doing well in the Fortress of Meropide!"
Paimon: "Hehe!"
Neuvillette: "What brings you here?"
Lumine then told Neuvillette about the information she had gathered since the last Primordial Sea Water overflow incident. Then, seemingly after a moment's thought, she continued, "I dreamed about Childe..."
Neuvillette lowered his head in thought for a while. "A whale..."
Paimon: "Do you know what that was?"
Neuvillette: "If what you say is correct, the water Childe was submerged in was probably not ordinary water, and that fish was probably no ordinary fish either!"
"That water was likely Primordial Sea Water!"
Paimon: "Then wouldn't that mean he's..."
Lumine: "He's from Snezhnaya, not Fontaine!"
Neuvillette: "Though I don't know how he got in there, that possibility cannot be ruled out!"
[Tartaglia: So I have a part in this too? But what exactly is this Primordial Sea Water? What does it have to do with whether I'm from Fontaine?]
[Charlotte: Allow me, a master of the news, to tell you. Rumor has it that one day in the future, all of Fontaine will be submerged, with no survivors. In the end, only Lady Furina will remain.]
[Wriothesley: And people from Fontaine who come into contact with Primordial Sea Water will dissolve!]
[Barbara: Ah, that's terrifying. Dissolving is simply unimaginable. May the Anemo Archon and the Hydro Archon watch over you!]
[Venti: Ehe!]
[Paimon: Oh, come on, you actually believe a prophecy like that? Your god is still here! Furina will definitely protect you!]
[Furina: My friend, very well said! As your god, I will certainly protect you. Well? Aren't you moved? Come now, cheer for your god! Give me a round of applause!]
[Yelan: I'm curious. Is there something different about people from Fontaine compared to those of us from other nations? Why else can't they come into contact with Primordial Sea Water?]
[Alhaitham: An interesting subject. Worth researching!]
[Kaveh: What a twisted academic maniac!]
[Lyney: No idea. Hopefully this scholar from Sumeru can help us solve it!]
The scene continued.
Just then, Lumine suddenly said, "Oh, right. The Fortress of Meropide seemed to shake a little earlier. Something felt wrong!"
Paimon nodded in agreement.
Paimon: "We went to ask Wriothesley, and he said that, based on his experience, the tremors didn't come from the seabed, but from above the water. So we came to ask you!"
Neuvillette: "Perfect timing. I was just about to discuss this with you as well. The document I was holding was a report on the damage from this incident. I took a brief look, and the worst-hit location was Poisson!"
Seeing the expressions on Lumine's and Paimon's faces, Neuvillette paused before continuing, "However, this flood was not particularly severe, and it doesn't seem to have lasted long!"
"It's just that the dream you two mentioned does give me some cause for concern. If this disaster is connected to the Primordial Sea, I'm afraid the outlook is not promising!"
[Navia: Poisson will suffer a disaster in the future? I absolutely won't allow it. Now that we know, it seems we'll have to prepare early. Poisson must not be destroyed!]
[Silver: Demoiselle, I'll help too!]
[Melus: Me too.]
[Sigewinne: I'd like to help too!]
[Charlotte: While this is some explosive news, I still hope it doesn't happen in the future!]
[Beidou: The people of Fontaine really do stick together!]