Within the Oratrice Mecanique d'Analyse Cardinale, Rina transformed into a water stream and departed.
Focalors watched Rina leave, and after ensuring that Rina couldn't see her reaction, she finally lost control of her emotions, her body slumping as tears streamed from her eyes.
Drip... drip... drip... drip...
Tears fell to the ground, one by one.
Does the Hydro Archon also cry? Why does the Hydro Archon cry?
Perhaps it was excitement at seeing Furina not living such a painful life; perhaps it was feeling the long-lost power from Egeria within Rina; perhaps it was the conversation with Rina that released her long-accumulated emotions.
Or perhaps... for other reasons... The moment Furina's performance ended, Rina promptly returned to the inner space.
Everything seemed as usual; no abnormalities occurred.
However, Neuvillette, sitting in the audience, sensed an energy fluctuation from Rina.
"Strange, why is there such a Hydro fluctuation within Lady Furina's body?"
Neuvillette grew slightly suspicious, but fortunately, Rina acted quickly and the fluctuation disappeared within seconds. Neuvillette couldn't sense anything else, so he could only attribute it to his incomplete Dragon Authority leading to insufficient perception.
Furina, however, did not sense that Rina had left and returned.
This scene of her performance was the final act of the entire play. As her last movement concluded, the stage lights suddenly brightened.
After finishing all her performance content, Furina bowed deeply towards the front of the stage.
Almost all the audience members stood up simultaneously, and a thunderous applause for Furina erupted instantly, its sound echoing through the Opera Epiclese for a long time as everyone showed their respect to Furina.
At this moment, there was no Hydro Archon and her people, only a new actress and her audience.
Even Neuvillette, who was usually serious, offered his applause.
After this incident, he gained new insights into Furina and humanity.
Watching this scene, Furina's eyes were a little moist. Her efforts had paid off, earning the love of the people of Fontaine and she felt it was all worth it.
From this moment on, the high and mighty Hydro Archon integrated into the people, and Furina's image as a superstar began to be etched into the minds of the people of Fontaine.
Rina watched this scene, her heart filled with uncontrollable relief.
If Furina were to return to the inner space at this moment, she would probably be startled.
Now, Rina's face was beaming with a doting aunt-like smile, a stark contrast to her usual stern expression.
Outside the Opera Epiclese, Furina also rarely accepted interviews from reporters.
A reporter asked. "We haven't seen you train, yet as a deity, why do you possess such high artistic achievement in performance?"
Furina's answer was exceptionally concise and quite proud: "Because I am a god! Next question."
This interview lasted for a long time, with reporters asking about why Furina chose to become an actress, her emotional journey and her feelings.
Furina answered almost all of them truthfully, each answer constantly touching her inner emotions, but she tried her best to manage her feelings and not reveal them to others.
At the end of the interview, Furina finally couldn't suppress her excitement and a line of hot tears fell from her eyes.
These were tears of joy, tears of excitement, tears of being recognized by the people of Fontaine.
The reporters now had something to write about.
The next morning, almost all mainstream newspapers in Fontaine used an entire page to report on what happened today.
Among them, The Steambird's printed newspaper featured the seven large characters "Lady Furina Cried" as its front-page headline, which was particularly eye-catching.
The report below detailed the story Furina revealed yesterday.
Whether present or not yesterday, everyone who read this report was deeply moved.
'See, I told you it would definitely be fine.'
In the inner space, Rina looked at Furina with her arms crossed, saying confidently.
As Rina said, Furina's genuine emotional display in public this time not only did not make people doubt her identity as the Hydro Archon but instead deepened the public's faith in her.
Furina, still uneasy, found Cecily and asked her to arrange for people to survey all of Fontaine. Only after receiving the same result did she completely relax.
Looking at Furina holding the survey report, Rina's face showed an unpleasant expression again. 'Furina, you don't trust me at all!?'
Furina quickly tried to explain. "I was just confirming… After all, this matter concerns the safety of Fontaine and it's better to be safe than sorry."
Well, Furina had brought up Fontaine, so Rina had nothing more to say. Her displeased expression towards Furina was Rina's last stubbornness.
Furina was flipping through the newspaper when she suddenly saw these two explosive news reports:
"Disturbance at the Ticket Gate of Lady Furina's Debut Opera"
"Someone Dug a Tunnel to Evade Tickets for Lady Furina's Debut Opera"
[T/L: Reference to the Humorous Ticket Snatching and Scalpers chapter]
She carefully read the full text and found that although these two news stories were funny, they reflected real problems with Fontaine's ticket selling mechanism.
Furina wasn't very sure about her deduction, so she went to Rina to ask.
Rina, seeing that she finally had a chance to win a round, immediately seized the opportunity.
She looked at Furina with cold eyes. 'Why are you asking me about this? Go ask that Dragon, isn't he the Iudex?'
Furina: Oh, right.
So she went to Neuvillette.
Rina:???
She had originally intended to shift the topic to Neuvillette, thinking that mentioning him might make Furina back down and then come to her. Then she would pretend to disagree to scare Furina, thus winning a round. Unexpectedly, Furina ran directly to Neuvillette's office.
Rina: (╥﹏╥)
Neuvillette's Office
Hydro Dragon finished reading the newspaper Furina handed him, then looked at several similar case reports submitted by the Gardes. After closing his eyes and pondering for a moment, he offered his thoughts.
Neuvillette said with a serious expression. "This problem indeed exists and is very serious; we need to address it promptly."
"Then what should we do?" Furina asked.
"I have a few ideas,
Implement real-name registration for tickets, making each ticket valid for only one person. Limit the number of tickets an individual can purchase, tentatively set at a maximum of 4 tickets per person. For popular theatrical performances, implement phased ticket sales."
The suggestions Neuvillette put forward were quite useful, but ultimately, they only treated the symptoms, not the root cause.
Furina added. "The expansion project of the Opera Epiclese is also drawing to a close. Increasing the number of tickets sold is the most fundamental solution to the problem, isn't it?"
Neuvillette nodded in agreement. Solving the ticket problem was actually not difficult; he would just write a formal legal document, submit it to the council and the matter would be resolved.
At this moment, Neuvillette seemed to suddenly remember something and said to Furina. "Let's end this topic here, Lady Furina. The Fontinalia Festival is approaching; shouldn't this year's preparations also be put on the agenda?"