"Sigewinne! Quickly! Treat Arlecchino now!"
As Wriothesley spoke, Sigewinne grabbed a medical kit and swiftly approached Arlecchino.
However, Arlecchino refused her treatment.
"This is the fate I must face—I don't need your interference!"
Arlecchino wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and spoke firmly.
"But… you're seriously injured, and you've lost a lot of blood… As a doctor, I can't just stand by and do nothing…"
"Head Nurse Sigewinne, if she wants to be ungrateful, let her be," Chiori said mercilessly.
"I've long heard that the Fatui Harbingers are all a bunch of freaks, and now it seems that's true."
"Chiori, that's a bit harsh…" Navia said helplessly.
Meanwhile, Neuvillette slowly approached Focalors and Furina.
Focalors looked up at him and spoke:
"Neuvillette, you actually cried for Furina…"
"Does crying make you feel any better?"
"But Furina is already dead. The Oratrice Mecanique d'Analyse Cardinale's Indemnitium energy will completely go out of control by tomorrow, and Fontaine will be destroyed in a massive explosion…"
"These are facts that cannot be changed…"
"No." Neuvillette spoke firmly.
"Since Su Yuan said he can save Furina, then he will do it!"
"I said I would trust him unconditionally!"
"Now then." Su Yuan turned to Focalors and Arlecchino.
"Allow me to give you a brief introduction—about what exactly the Eerie is."
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After listening to Su Yuan's explanation, Focalors nodded.
"I understand now. I was indeed contaminated by the power of the Eerie, but it wasn't an internal corruption—it was external."
"The trial against Erin two days ago—the case files submitted to the Oratrice Mecanique d'Analyse Cardinale were tainted with Eerie energy…"
"At the time, I didn't understand what kind of power it was, but I had a bad premonition. If this Eerie energy came into contact with the Indemnitium energy inside the Oratrice, something terrible would happen…"
"So, to protect the Oratrice, I absorbed the Eerie energy myself… but some of it still slipped through and merged with the vast pool of Indemnitium energy inside…"
"After that, I lost control over my body, and a voice echoed in my mind, telling me that I had to carry out at least one execution every day. If I didn't, the Oratrice's Indemnitium energy would spiral completely out of control…"
Focalors' words sent shockwaves through everyone present.
External Eerie corruption—how was that even possible?
Could someone have actually mastered the power of the Eerie?
"This has to be Dottore's doing," Arlecchino said from the side.
"Yesterday, I found traces of him in Fontaine. He seems particularly interested in the Oratrice—he brainwashed and manipulated many Fontaine citizens, inciting riots…"
"After that, I sent my two children to monitor his actions…"
"But today, he discovered them."
"He knocked them unconscious and threw them into Fontaine's sewers…"
"I cannot tolerate such actions, so I did everything I could to track him down."
"Although I never fought him directly, I didn't think I would lose to him."
"But at his fingertips, I saw a power I had never encountered before."
"The very power you call the Eerie."
"My elemental energy was completely ineffective against it. The moment that power entered my body, it seized control of me—but my consciousness remained clear…"
"He told me to go to the Opera Epiclese and cause chaos, and my body started moving on its own…"
"You all know what happened after that."
Su Yuan felt a headache coming on.
They hadn't even figured out the true nature of the Eerie yet, and Dottore had already begun to wield it…
So the person hinted at in that clue… was really him?
"But, Focalors, Arlecchino—how exactly did you break free from the Eerie's control?" Su Yuan asked in confusion.
Focalors gently stroked Furina's hair and face before speaking slowly:
"When I saw Furina die, an overwhelming grief filled my entire being… It was as if that sorrow washed away all of the Eerie energy from my body. That's how it felt…"
"At that time, I was fighting Neuvillette, who was under the Eerie's control. The Eerie energy in my body was constantly being consumed, and once it was completely depleted, I returned to normal," Arlecchino added.
Su Yuan fell into deep thought.
So, for breaking free from this external and incomplete Eerie corruption, there were currently two methods?
One was a surge of intense emotions.
The other was completely depleting the Eerie energy.
Turning to Focalors, Su Yuan asked, "Focalors, is there really no way to stop the Oratrice's Indemnitium energy from spiraling out of control?"
"The Indemnitium energy is originally an extremely stable energy, which also makes it incredibly easy to control."
"That's why, according to my original plan, I was able to concentrate all of it into a single point—powerful enough to destroy the Hydro Archon's throne, yet without harming anything else…"
"But after being influenced by the Eerie, the Indemnitium energy became extremely unstable…"
"And that's after I absorbed the majority of the Eerie's power myself."
"If I hadn't chosen to absorb that Eerie energy back then and had let all of it come into direct contact with the Indemnitium energy instead… the explosion would have happened on the spot."
"So, if we want to calm the restless Indemnitium energy, we need to carefully extract all the Eerie energy from it!" Focalors said.
"But who will do this?" Wriothesley asked.
"According to your descriptions, once you come into contact with this external Eerie energy, you'll fall into incomplete Eerie and still won't be able to control your actions…"
"I'll do it!" Su Yuan said without hesitation.
"I'm someone from outside this world. I'm definitely not going to be controlled by the Eerie!"
Chevreuse also nodded and said, "If it's Su Yuan, maybe it really will work!"
"But Su Yuan, you haven't told me how to save Furina. I can't let you take this risk," Neuvillette said.
Su Yuan looked at everyone, thought for a moment, and felt that no one present seemed to be under the Eerie's control.
"No matter what I do next, don't come any closer," Su Yuan said.
For safety, Su Yuan moved away from the group, then took out the small knife he carried with him and pressed it against his chest.
If anything went wrong, he would immediately take his own life.
"Su Yuan, what are you trying to do!"
Neuvillette exclaimed, stepping forward to try and take the knife from Su Yuan.
With everyone staring in shock, Su Yuan smiled at them and said:
"It's simple. As long as I die, I can carry some information with me, rewind time to the past, and start everything over again…"
Wriothesley had a sudden realization and said, "Oh... no wonder your intelligence is so sharp. It turns out it's all gained through countless failures and sacrifices... You've really been through a lot, Su Yuan…"
Neuvillette stopped in front of Su Yuan, murmuring, "Su Yuan…"
"So, don't worry," Su Yuan said confidently.
"Not only will I save Furina, but I will also save Fontaine!"
With that, Su Yuan followed Focalors into the Oratrice, while the others watched from the sidelines.
Su Yuan gazed at the blue energy sphere in front of him.
Although its size wasn't large, he could clearly feel the immense energy contained within it…
So this is the Indemnitium energy Fontaine has accumulated over the past five hundred years?
Su Yuan also noticed that inside the energy sphere, there were numerous fine, thread-like forms—resembling parasitic worms or wireworms—intertwining in crimson and pitch-black, floating and wriggling inside.
This must be the Eerie energy.
"So, what should I do?" Su Yuan asked Focalors, standing nearby.
"If you really can't be controlled by the Eerie, just grab the Eerie energy out, like you would catch bugs," Focalors replied.
Su Yuan hadn't expected the method to be so simple and straightforward.
So, he slowly extended his hand toward the Indemnitium energy sphere…
But the moment Su Yuan's hand made contact with the energy sphere, the Indemnitium energy erupted in chaos.
A blinding flash of light and heat burst forth, and in an instant, it exploded!
Everyone felt no pain whatsoever and completely vanished from this world, leaving not a trace behind...
And atop the throne on the Celestia, a slumbering existence slowly opened its eyes...
It looked down, and the entire Water Nation of Fontaine, along with the Hydro Archon throne, had ceased to exist...
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