si-mexico Chapter 768 Did the Usurper Get His Way?
Chapter 768 Did the Usurper Get His Way?
"If I am not the water god, then where is the real water god? Has the water god not existed for the past five hundred years? You can't find any evidence of the real water god's existence, nor can you find any evidence that I am not the water god, right?"
Furnessa seemed to have completely lost the imposing presence she had when she entered the opera house, but she still quietly refuted the doubts of the crowd.
Kong took a deep breath. "Please have the guards bring up what we've prepared."
Two guards came up carrying a stand with a golden basin on it and placed it next to Funina.
"What...what is this?"
Kong Jiangchen picked up the teapot and poured a stream of water with an unusual color into the basin.
“We can’t find any evidence that you are not the water god, but we can prove your identity as a human being.”
Watching the basin slowly fill, Kong said gently, "Miss Funina, if you are human, you are most likely a Fontaine, right? It seems to be an indisputable fact that Fontaines can dissolve in water. If you are not human, but a god, touching this primordial water of the womb should have no effect on you, but if you dare not..."
If we're going to leave it at that, the subtext is clear to everyone: if Funina refuses the experiment, then her status as a goddess will naturally fall apart, and her five-hundred-year-old identity as the water goddess will be nothing more than a grand deception.
Looking at Fryna, who remained motionless, Navelette slowly said, "Ms. Fryna, this experiment is merely a one-sided claim by the accuser and does not fall under the regular trial process. You have the right to refuse."
As the trial below spiraled out of control, Xu Ning finally couldn't help but speak up again.
"Aren't you guys going a bit too far?"
Villette's face darkened, and he was about to issue a warning when Xu Ning interrupted him.
"You can issue any kind of warning or charge me as you please!"
Xu Ning's finger traced over Navelette, Kong, Clarinde, and Linnie in turn. "Do you really know what you're doing? Even if you bring Funina down from her pedestal, what will you gain? Will you get a way to save Fontaine? Or will you get instructions to break the prophecy?"
Navelette stared directly at Xu Ning's face. "What we want to know is the truth hidden behind the prophecy. Even if Fontaine is to be destroyed tomorrow, and everyone is destined to dissolve in the water, at least let us know the truth before we die..."
"Bullshit about us!"
Xu Ning couldn't help but swear, "You can't even dissolve anything, so who are you representing here?"
Xu Ning turned his gaze to the audience, "I'd like to ask you all sitting here, if my Liyue fleet were to stop right now in Hyrule Harbor, White Peak Town... waiting to save you guys who are prophesied to die when the flood comes, would you choose to board my ship, or would you choose to stay here and wait to die while seeking the truth? Come on, tell me if your desire for justice and the truth surpasses your lives!"
"Or is the so-called justice you pursue really just a farce that has nothing to do with your own interests and can incidentally satisfy your pleasure in arbitrarily judging others?"
The audience fell silent.
Many people silently weigh their own lives against what they perceive as justice, and find that their own lives seem to be more important.
"Kong, quickly open the spout so I can go in."
Paimon glanced guiltily at Xu Ning, whose face was grim. "I already told you that the big drunkard is the most protective of white-haired girls, but you insisted on provoking him. Let him beat you up for a bit to vent his anger, and I'll plead for you..."
Kong glared angrily at the ungrateful little white-haired creature and refused to open the seal on the spout.
Just as the little white-haired boy was about to reach for the empty arm, Funina, who had been silently watching the surface of the golden basin, suddenly raised her head.
"I can prove myself."
Then, Funina suddenly plunged her hand into the pool of water with its unusual color.
A thunderous roar erupted, and Xu Ning instantly appeared behind Fu Ningna, pulling her hand out of the water.
"You actually..."
Xu Ning was even prepared to cut off Fu Ningna's hand, as long as he could save her life.
However, despite Funina's rapid breathing and slight redness on her arms, there were no signs of dissolution.
"You...you see, I'm fine, I didn't dissolve...you believe me now, I'm not an ordinary human, I really am a god."
Xu Ning released Fu Ningna's hand, glanced at the water, then looked at Kong, who was standing not far away, wringing his hands apologetically, and immediately understood.
"What a clever scheme! Even I was tricked."
Villette's calm, almost cold voice rang out, "Please ask Miss Siegwen to come up here."
"Higwen? What do you want with her?"
Fu Ningna's heart, which had just settled down, was once again on edge.
Nurse Sigwen, who then came up on stage, diagnosed Funina's current physical condition.
The water poured out was just a diluted version of the original fetal sea water, almost the same as that of Lesi, and it couldn't dissolve a person at all.
However, one can determine a person's tolerance to the primordial sea of fetal water based on their physical condition.
According to Siegwen's assessment, Frynn was indeed affected by the Primal Sea of Origin water, and her physical reactions were no different from those of ordinary people who had come into contact with the same water.
In other words, Funina is just an ordinary Fontaine.
“Hey, but even gods can be affected by the waters of the Primordial Sea of Conception, right? You're not gods, how do you know it's impossible? And if I were human, how could I dare to put my hand in there? You have to believe me…”
Fu Ningna's eyes welled up with tears, but most of the people present had already made their own judgments.
The courts, the Shadow Chasing Court, the Rose Society, Mello Petersburg, Melrose, the people of Fontainebleau, and even outsiders—none of them believed I was the Water God.
"Xu Ning, do you believe me?"
Xu Ning looked down at Funina's tearful eyes and said earnestly, "As I said, as a knight, I will firmly guard Lord Water God until the curtain falls on the theater."
"Now, let's see if these usurpers get the result they wanted."
Navelette then spoke up, saying, "The trial has reached this point, and there should be no objections. Now we will proceed with the sentencing. In the name of the Supreme Judge, I find Funina guilty of impersonating a god as a human and deceiving the people... and the final decision shall be made by the Cardinal of Decree."
"The decree's ruling on the Cardinal's decision is... um?" Navelette was suddenly stunned.
Kong looked at the judge's bench in confusion. "What's wrong?"
Navelet steadied himself. "The oracle's result is: Water God, guilty... death penalty!"