"The Fontinalia Festival?" The thing Neuvillette mentioned touched upon a blind spot in Furina's knowledge. She hadn't specifically learned about Fontaine's culture, so she stood there stunned for a moment.
Seeing Furina not responding, Neuvillette asked with some confusion: "What's wrong, Lady Furina? You wouldn't happen to not know about the Fontinalia Festival, would you?"
Furina truly didn't know, so she maintained an awkward silence.
At this moment, Rina in the Inner Space saw this scene and felt wildly gleeful inside.
'Hehehe, as expected, you still need me!'
Rina's voice echoed in Furina's mind. 'The Fontinalia Festival is a festival established to commemorate the Lochknights who searched for the Oceanids and recovery of the previous Hydro Archon, Egeria. This date is closely related to the founding of Fontaine'
Rina's words were like dew in a dry field for the current Furina, helping her out of the awkward situation in time.
After Furina briefly thanked Rina, she repeated Rina's words to Neuvillette.
Neuvillette then returned to his normal expression.
"Lady Furina, being able to recite the contents of the book word-for-word, it seems you are quite attentive to this matter."
Hearing Neuvillette's praise, Furina's mouth curled up to the sky.
"Of course, I am the Hydro Archon, Focalors!"
Rina: Could she be any more shameless...
"Then, Lady Furina, could I ask you to be responsible for preparing this year's Fontinalia Festival? As this is the Fontinalia Festival since the new Hydro Archon took office, it would naturally be best if you were in charge."
Well, isn't this just sharing some pressure for Neuvillette? But this was also a novel experience for Furina. She happened to be quite free recently, so after a moment of thought, Furina agreed.
Seeing Furina agree to this request, Neuvillette was quite happy.
Since he had accepted this task, Furina would naturally treat it seriously.
Furina sat on a chair in the Inner Space, carefully looking at the materials related to the Fontinalia Festival that she had ordered people to collect. She read word by word, staring intently at the content on the paper. The ahoge on her head swayed left and right following her gaze.
She didn't know much about the Fontinalia Festival, so she had to read the materials first before starting to plan the festival. This was not very easy for Furina.
Rina was initially a bit unhappy because Furina had taken on this task, which would reduce the time she spent with her. But watching the very serious and cute Furina reading the materials, Rina chuckled.
'Since you are so serious, I will come and help you.'
With that, Rina walked over to Furina's side.
'Furina?' Rina patted Furina's jellyfish hair.
"What's wrong, Other Me?"
Furina lifted her head, which was about to be buried in the paper and turned her face toward Rina.
Looking at Furina like this, Rina couldn't help but think. 'My Furina is truly too cute!'
But her face still maintained her usual calm and serious expression.
'Furina, let me explain the history and meaning of the Fontinalia Festival to you in detail.'
Furina, who was being hard-controlled by the numerous documents, immediately became happy upon hearing Rina's words.
"Other Me is going to explain it to me? Yay! Finally, I don't have to look at these boring materials."
Rina explained the history and meaning of the Fontinalia Festival to Furina. Her explanation was much more interesting than what was on the paper. Furina listened with great interest, becoming absorbed in it. Unknowingly, the sun had already slanted westward and the golden sunlight shone through the window into Furina's room.
'Phew—finally finished. Is there anything else you don't understand?'
Rina had spent almost the entire day introducing the Fontinalia Festival to Furina, with almost no time to stop and rest, which left her with a dry throat, standing with a somewhat exhausted body.
Furina, who had been immersed in Rina's words, finally came back to her senses. Seeing Rina so tired, a trace of guilt arose in her heart. "How could I not have let Other Me rest?"
Furina quickly helped Rina sit on the sofa to rest and handed her a glass of water. Rina didn't stand on ceremony and immediately picked up the cup and drank it all in one gulp.
Taking advantage of the gap while Rina was drinking water, Furina returned to the outside world, took the meal that the staff had sent into the Inner Space and gave it to Rina.
"Other Me, it's my fault today for making you talk for so long. As an apology, my dinner is yours."
'Eh, Furina, what are you doing?'
Seeing Furina's action, Rina pushed Furina's hand away with a slightly angry face.
'I am much stronger than you. I'm actually not tired or hungry at all. It's you, Furina, you are just an ordinary human; if you don't eat a meal, you'll starve. I accept your apology, but you should eat this food yourself.'
The dinner prepared by the Palais Mermonia for Furina was the best in all of Fontaine, with both meat and vegetables, golden and tempting, steaming hot, and fragrant.
Even Rina unconsciously swallowed her saliva the first time she saw this food, thinking. 'Want to eat... must be delicious!'
Furina estimated that if she just kept insisting on giving it to Rina, she wouldn't accept it, so after a few seconds of thought, Furina made a decision.
"Other Me, then let's eat together!"
'No... hmm... hmm!?' Rina, who was just about to refuse directly, heard Furina's words and was stunned on the spot for a moment.
We... eat together? Did I hear that right? That's great!
'Since you've said so, then... alright.' Rina suppressed her wild joy and pretended to reluctantly agree to Furina's suggestion.
So the twins sat close together. Rina used Hydro to generate two sets of cutlery and the two tasted the delicious food in front of them together. The setting sun fell, and the remaining sunlight illuminated the beautiful faces of the girls; they spent a pleasant time together.
The next day, after receiving the public as per custom, Furina immediately threw herself into the planning of the event.
Furina had already found several officials in Fontaine responsible for culture and entertainment planning and formed a preparatory group for the Fontinalia Festival, with Furina serving as the team leader.
At this moment, the first meeting of the preparatory group was taking place and Furina presided over the meeting.
"The Fontinalia Festival is the first Fontinalia Festival since I took office. It should be held more enthusiastically, right?"
The several officials attending the meeting all expressed their agreement.
"Then, regarding the theme of this Fontinalia Festival, do you have any opinions?"
Furina sat in the main seat and asked the officials.
The officials thought for a moment, and one of them stood up. "Lady Furina, you recently performed in a play for the first time as an actor. The story behind this is widely circulated in Fontaine society and is talked about by people. So this time, we can use Drama as the theme of the Fontinalia Festival. The name of the Fontinalia Festival can be called, Festival of a Thousand Dramas."
The person who spoke was the head of Fontaine's culture and entertainment sector. After she finished speaking, the officials below all expressed their agreement.
Furina also asked for Rina's opinion, and after receiving her affirmation, Furina finally nodded.
"Your idea is good. Then our Fontinalia Festival this time will be called; Festival of a Thousand Dramas!"