Ei: So my bad cooking was actually the water's fault!
Inside the chat group, people joked, argued, and theorized wildly — meanwhile, the light curtain continued playing.
[Video – Light Curtain]
Neuvillette picked up the next cup of water.
Gulp~ Gulp~
A moment later, his expression suddenly changed — and he spat the water straight out.
Cough!! Cough!!
Choked and irritated, Neuvillette glared at the Traveler.
"You gave me water from the Fountain of Lucine?!"
Traveler Lumine blinked innocently.
"Why? Isn't that water extremely pure? It should be great!"
Neuvillette's face darkened:
"That is the purified body of the PREVIOUS Hydro Archon!"
"In other words— YOU JUST MADE ME DRINK THE PREVIOUS WATER GOD!!!"
Traveler: (⊙_⊙)
After a stunned pause…
Her eyes lit up like a hungry beast.
"Gimme more."
She instantly pulled out several more glasses of Lucine water
and began chugging them like a madwoman, cackling as she drank.
Neuvillette was utterly dumbfounded.
Wanmin Restaurant
Lumine IRL watched the scene… and froze.
"????
Why am I always the one getting bullied??
This was SUPPOSED to be Neuvillette's joke chapter!"
Paimon was still recovering from vomiting earlier.
But when she saw the video, she suddenly had a spark of genius:
"Hahahaha!
I understand it now!
I'm a GENIUS!!"
Lumine stared.
Xiangling stared.
"…What exactly did you 'understand'?"
Paimon posed proudly:
"The truth behind saving Fontaine!"
She pointed dramatically at :
"It wasn't me who drank away the Primordial Sea — it was YOU!"
Lumine: "?"
Xiangling: "?????"
Paimon explained with courtroom-level confidence:
1️⃣ The Light Curtain already stated that the Traveler saves Fontaine.
2️⃣ The Traveler LOVES chugging god-water (as just demonstrated).
3️⃣ Therefore—
Traveler = Primordial Sea Vacuum Cleaner
Case closed!
Xiangling: Actually… that logic kind of checks out??
Traveler:
"THIS IS SLANDER!!"
Meanwhile — in Fontaine Palace
Neuvillette silently watched himself get humiliated in the video.
Water Dragon King… killed by various waters…
This is a disgrace to all dragons…
Suddenly, Furina rushed in — excited and horrified:
"NEUVILLETTE!
Never drink from the Fountain of Lucine again!
You'll drink our predecessor!!"
He stared blankly.
Of all things, he did not need that reminder.
Furina continued excitedly:
"Also, why did Inazuma water kill you? Weren't you praising it earlier?
Did you drink fake Inazuma water before?!
And didn't you say handling me is harder than water tasting…
Well well WELL~???"
Neuvillette: I am simply… tired.
She kept talking—
He had only one escape plan:
"I want to drink Inazuma water again."
Furina: "?????"
[Light Curtain – continues]
To make up for the "previous Hydro Archon incident,"
Traveler offered Neuvillette a new water:
"Here, rinse your mouth with this one—
Genuine Inazuma water from the Musou no Hitotachi Gorge!"
Neuvillette nodded, took a sip—
Gulp… gulp—
🎵 Detective Conan "shock" theme starts playing 🎵
His face turned pale.
Hands trembled.
The glass fell and shattered.
"I… I see…
The warm ocean… before my birth…
The tides… keep calling me back…
I must… return… to the sea…"
THUD.
The Hydro Dragon King dropped dead.
Video ends.
Chat Group Explosion
Everyone: "??????"
"Inazuma's water… actually kills a dragon?!"
[Public Chat]
Hoffman: What kinda toxic liquid did he drink??
Mo Oni: Did the Traveler poison him??
Alva: No substance should be able to kill a dragon king!
Azar: …I must find a way to import this water.
Inazuma citizens: panicking
Sakura Shop Owner: SLANDER! Our water is perfectly fine!!
Someone in Sumeru: Actually… this sounds plausible…
Inazuma — Tenshukaku
Ei and Yae Miko stared at the screen.
Ei:
"…my water killed a dragon?"
Miko:
"Or… perhaps something ELSE you made has done that before?"
She narrowed her eyes slyly.
"For example…
the time your bad cooking poisoned Kujou Sara unconscious?"
Ei froze.
Her credibility cracked.
"…So it wasn't my cooking skills…
It's the WATER'S fault??!!"
Miko, grinning like a fox:
"Yes yes, keep telling yourself that, dear."
Back to Fontaine
Neuvillette stared at the screen…
Dies from Sumeru water.
Dies from Inazuma water.
Almost cannibalized by eating his predecessor…
His dignity was on the verge of extinction.
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