Hearing Yuto's explanation, Furina nodded her small head slightly, agreeing with his words.
"So that's how it is... Is there anything I can help with?"
Furina blinked slightly, her beautiful heterochromatic eyes staring intently at Yuto beside her, as if waiting for his instructions.
Looking at Furina, who resembled a small cat, Yuto subtly glanced at Neuvillette, who was sitting on the other side, then pursed his lips, resisting the urge to pat Fufu's adorable little head.
—No matter how close their relationship was... they couldn't completely disregard others, could they?!
With that thought, Yuto smiled slightly and gently replied to Furina beside him:
"Lady Furina, you have already done so much for Fontaine. These matters are within Mr. Neuvillette's and my scope of work, not yours."
"Moreover... you are currently burdened with the task of bringing Fontaine Opera to all of Teyvat, which is already very demanding."
"You only need to train Mr. Claude's troupe well, and guide and perform the upcoming realistic Fontaine Opera well."
Hearing this, Furina blinked slightly, then nodded obediently, as if she truly agreed with Yuto's words.
Neuvillette, however, looked at the two people before him with some shock, his brain temporarily freezing.
For Neuvillette, who never lied and was always serious, Furina's question was a difficult hurdle to overcome.
But why could Yuto so naturally talk nonsense with a straight face and even fool Furina?
However...
Thinking about it carefully, he didn't often deal with people, and all matters like diplomacy were handled by him, as Neuvillette himself was not good at it.
So... what he found difficult might not be difficult for Yuto, this seasoned fellow.
Thinking of this, Neuvillette nodded slightly, and his pupils, which had slightly contracted due to shock, gradually returned to normal.
(Neuvillette: I don't understand, but I am greatly shocked.)
However...
Did Furina truly accept Yuto's explanation as smoothly and quickly as Neuvillette perceived?
Of course not!
Given Furina's understanding of Yuto and her five hundred years of experience, she knew Yuto wasn't telling the truth from the moment he spoke his first sentence.
What's more...
If it was truly as Yuto said, and he and Neuvillette were discussing the handling of those nobles... why didn't he just say so?
Thinking of this, Furina nodded her small head slightly, already having a new plan for what would happen next.
"I'll ask him again when I go back tonight... If he's going to do something dangerous again..."
"No matter what, I have to stop you."
As Furina thought this, she raised her head to look at Yuto beside her, a hint of worry in her beautiful heterochromatic eyes.
"Mr. Neuvillette, let's stop here for today. To ensure fewer unforeseen events, please make sure to pack up those fellows and take them to the Opera House in time."
"Yes, I understand."
Seemingly sensing Furina's gaze, Yuto ended his conversation with Neuvillette and then left the reception room with Furina.
After the two left, Neuvillette did not leave immediately. Instead, he slowly leaned back on the sofa and took out the blue-gold envelope Sigewinne had given him from his pocket.
He gently opened the envelope, looking at the aqua-blue magic circle engraved on the back of the letter paper, remaining silent.
Although the tumultuous waves that had first appeared had long receded, the layers of ripples on the water's surface were still active.
"Yuto... what exactly do you want to do?"
"Make up for regrets? Do you really want to bring back those who merged with the Primordial Sea?"
Thinking of this, Neuvillette gently shook his head, put the letter back into his pocket, and then left the reception room.
Although he felt that this matter had no chance of success, Yuto had not yet fully articulated his complete thoughts, so... he still reserved his opinion on it.
"Regardless of whether it can succeed, if it can only allow those with regrets to meet those who were dissolved in Seawater... then it would still be a way to resolve their regrets..."
...
And just as the four people at the apex of Fontaine's power concluded their "Joint Hunt Preparation Meeting" for the Noclan Family...
The rats in the shadows also began to move again.
"Mr. Nelson, why is the troupe still operating normally? I hope you can give me an explanation."
"What explanation can there be? You said at the time to follow your plan, and I did, didn't I?"
Nelson shrugged helplessly, then casually grabbed a Sunset Fruit from his coffee table and began to munch on it as if no one else was there.
—As if he didn't care about Khaerts, who was on the verge of exploding.
Looking at Nelson, who looked like a scoundrel, Khaerts slowly closed his eyes and took a deep breath, as if forcing himself not to get angry.
"Calm down... I need to consider the bigger picture. A portion of the family's assets has not yet been sold, and now is not the time to fall out..."
Thinking of this, Khaerts took another deep breath and then said:
"Continue tomorrow, follow the second plan I gave you earlier. Remember! This time, wait until they announce the relevant news before making your move!"
As Khaerts spoke, he threw a small check onto the coffee table in front of him, then said:
"This is your payment for next time, just like this time... don't reveal any flaws, or both you and I will be finished, understand?"
Looking at the check that suddenly appeared before him, a brilliant smile instantly bloomed on Nelson's somewhat greasy face.
"No problem, no problem~ I'll help you do all of this~"
"We are grasshoppers tied to the same rope... I will definitely help you do all of this."
Hearing this, Khaerts slowly stood up, snorted coldly, and then left Nelson's apartment.
"Greedy fellow... however much money you've taken from me, I'll find a way to make you spit it all out!"
As Khaerts thought this, he slightly raised his head, looking at the gradually dimming sky, the corners of his mouth curving upwards into a cruel arc.
"It's time to contact those debt collectors. The Noclan Family's money... isn't that easy to take..."
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