Chapter 118

Then Violet: I can interpret your words... as a refusal to judge, right? Then, you will have a chance to defend your reputation through a duel.

At this time, Clorinde, the duel agent, also walked to the side of Funina.

Funina looked at Clorinde in front of her and some panic flashed in her eyes, but how could she, who had been acting for five hundred years, show it like this.

Funina hid the panic very well, and quickly prepared the next words.

Funina: Are you... sure you want to duel with the god?

In the eyes of the surrounding audience, it was as if Funina, the god, was worried that her powerful divine power would accidentally hurt Clorinde.

Knowing that Funina might be an ordinary person pretending to be a water god and unable to use elemental power, and as a duel agent, she could not retreat, so she had to raise her sword and point it at Funina, which meant to be sure.

Funina:... It seems that you have made up your mind.

But Funina's next move shocked everyone. Everyone thought that Funina, who slowly raised her hands, would use the power of the water god, but unexpectedly, she raised her hands to surrender.

[March Seven: Huh? Isn't she the god of your world? Why did she surrender? ]

[Sora: Hmm~ How can I explain it to you... Oh, by the way, you can look at it this way. Funina is just a part of the water god, but the water god did not give her divine power, and at the same time let me, who has no divine power, play the role of the water god and manage Fontaine for myself. ]

[March Seven: So that's how it is! ]

Paimon: Funina... surrendered, surrendered, surrendered?

Paimon also asked the travelers around him with a surprised look on his face, and some couldn't believe that Funina, the water god, would surrender.

Clorinde: ...

Clorinde, who saw Funina surrender, didn't know what to say like everyone else, but since Funina had surrendered, she had to put down the sword pointing at Funina.

Surprised audience: What's going on? The water god surrendered in a duel with a human?

Dissatisfied audience: This... is a bit too ugly, isn't it?

Confused audience: Lady Funina, what do you mean by this?

Funina looked at the surprised, dissatisfied, and confused audience.

Funina: Hush...

Although the sound made by Funina was not loud, the audience still saw the shape of her lips.

Funina: It seems that you have misunderstood me to some extent. Raising your hands sometimes does not mean surrender...

Paimon crossed his arms across his chest, obviously he was used to Funina's current state.

Paimon: Are you going to make an excuse again?

Funina ignored Paimon's words and took a step forward. I don't know if it was to make the audience hear more clearly or for some other reason.

Funina: This time I raised my hands to represent that I am ready to "face the trial directly" and there is no need for a duel. I admit that I have always been avoiding some things. I'm sorry, everyone. I failed to protect the people of Baisong Town... I deserve to be judged. Not only you, but I am also disappointed in myself. Phew... But now, as the God of Water, it's time to show courage and determination! I, Funina, will interpret the true "justice" in this trial!

Funina: (I will definitely... protect you.)

Funina: Cheer! Cheer! In this opera house, the wonderful things that people dare not even imagine unfold! On the stage of Fontaine, a rich and exciting stroke! The trial of the god Fukaros is about to begin!

Funina's speech directly infected the audience in the audience and made them forget what happened just now.

Excited audience: Wow——!

Excited audience: Witness the moment of history!

Now the audience basically all leaned towards Funina.

Navilete: Alas...

Navilete knew that the plan she had just prepared had failed. She had originally intended to let Funina use her divine power in the duel with Clorinde to get rid of their inference that Funina was not a water god.

But Navilete really didn't expect Funina to choose to surrender, and she even gave such a passionate speech, pulling all the residents of Fontaine to her side.

Paimon: Why does it seem like Funina has the initiative in her hands? She was obviously forced to accept the trial...

Paimon really doesn't understand. The current Funina is completely different from the Funina in the hut just now.

Paimon: Although her performance is still a bit exaggerated, Funina should be serious this time, right?

Before the traveler could say anything, Funina had already made the next move. Turning back to look at Navilete who was sitting in the judge's position behind.

Funina: Okay, then... who is my opponent?Navilet had no choice but to look at the traveler standing next to Funina.

Navilet: Please invite the accuser...

The traveler also noticed the look Navilet was giving him, and knew that the accuser was himself, so he stepped forward.

Kong: Me.

Funina was also surprised to see that the accuser was the traveler next to her.

Funina: Really... Well, he is both the accuser and the witness, and my destined opponent.

Kong: (Funina almost told the secret before, but it ended up like this... But it doesn't matter, as long as I defeat Funina in court, I still have a chance to figure everything out.)

The two looked at each other for a few seconds, then turned around and came to the seats where the two sides were facing each other.

Funina: Before the trial, let me ask you a question... How much preparation did you make to send me to this position?

Paimon, who was floating next to Kong, looked at Kong and found that Kong did not stop her, so he spoke slowly.

Paimon: Well... since the meeting that day, we have indeed made a lot of preparations for a long time...

After Paimon finished speaking, Navia, who was sitting at the front of the audience, began to supplement and answer Funina's questions just now.

Navia: Our mission of the Thorn Rose Society is the simplest, and there is not much to prepare, so let me speak first.

Funina did not expect that the Thorn Rose Society would help her to judge her.

Funina: Navia of the Thorn Rose Society...

Navia: Those who caused a commotion in the opera house this morning are basically the subordinates of the Thorn Rose Society. They disguised themselves and came to the scene as ordinary audiences, and took the opportunity to incite the people to denounce you. In the face of the "prophecy crisis", the people's dissatisfaction with the gods has been accumulated for a long time, and only a fuse is needed to detonate the whole scene. And according to our understanding and analysis of you, when this happens, your most likely choice is to escape alone and secretly go to Baisong Town.