What should have been a normal dinner ended up in utter chaos.
After Furina had eaten her fill, she skillfully lay down on the sofa.
She kicked off her shoes, placing one foot on the sofa and dangling the other.
"Xavier, what are you doing? Give me your phone quickly, I want to play allogene!"
Furina saw Xavier clutching his phone and issued an order.
Xavier sat beside her and said irritably, "All you know is playing allogene all day. Wait until I finish editing this video!"
"What video? My video?"
Furina immediately became interested and sat up.
However, when she leaned forward to look, she realized it wasn't her video, but a cute little girl she had never seen before.
"What a cute child…"
Furina couldn't help but praise Klee, but then she remembered her own matters.
"No, where's my video?!"
Xavier replied without turning his head, "Of course, it was uploaded long ago. It already has over a million likes."
"A million?!" Furina said, somewhat incredulously, "You must be kidding, how could I possibly have that many followers?"
Xavier suddenly thought of the significant difference in population between Teyvat and Blue Star.
Although the officials hadn't stated it, a conservative estimate would be that Teyvat has about ten times fewer people than Blue Star.
"If I told you the total population of Blue Star is around 7 billion, how would you react?" Xavier said with an expression like a city person looking at a country bumpkin.
"S-7 billion?"
Furina was indeed shocked, her mouth agape, and she had already started counting on her fingers.
"Oh my goodness, how many zeros is that? That's too terrifying!"
"Wait, wait, I almost got sidetracked by you again. Quickly show me the video!"
Soon, Furina realized she had gone off-topic.
There was nothing Xavier could do; after finishing Klee's video, he opened Furina's video.
By then, the video had already reached 7 million views, and his follower count had reached 220,000.
The increase in popularity was clearly much less than yesterday, but it was still quite frightening.
"Furina (screaming and roaring)!!!"
"I am Lord Furina's dog!"
"Me too, woof woof!"
"Woof woof woof…"
Watching the constant stream of bullet comments, Furina was somewhat silent.
Although she didn't understand how she could read the words of another world, what was with all these dog barks?
Furina took a deep breath, then looked at Xavier with vigilance.
Regarding Furina's strange behavior, Xavier couldn't help but ask, "What do you mean by looking at me like that?"
"Xavier, you're not part of some evil organization, are you?"
The reason Furina asked this, of course, was because her hundreds-of-years-old innocent heart had suffered a huge shock.
"Nonsense, do I look like it?!"
Xavier was furious.
"I thought so from the beginning, and now it looks even more so."
"…"
"After all, no matter how much you like someone, you wouldn't say you're their dog, right? And when we first met, you said something like that too!"
Furina seemed to have found the truth of this world, pointing her finger at Xavier.
Xavier was filled with regret; why did he say that when he first met her?
Now, look, it had caused such a big misunderstanding.
"Cough cough, um, listen to me explain…"
"I won't listen, I won't listen!"
"Then forget it, I won't explain."
"Alright, I'll reluctantly give you a chance to explain."
"?"
Xavier was truly puzzled; was she deliberately trying to provoke him?
With Xavier's explanation and corroborating online information, Furina finally believed Xavier's words.
"You Blue Star people are too strange. No wonder I heard someone barking like a dog when I was buying groceries today."
"Forget it, I won't argue with you. I'm not that petty. Quickly give me that thing you call a mobile phone."
Furina extended her hand, righteous.
Xavier handed over the phone and said faintly, "I forgot to tell you, when logging into allogene, it's best to shout 'allogene, activate!'"
Furina actually believed him: "Why?"
"Because all of us who play allogene shout it. It's about the sense of ritual, you know?"
"Oh…"
Furina, of course, didn't know that Xavier was tricking her.
When clicking on the login interface, Furina loudly shouted, "allogene, activate!"
Xavier turned his head, suppressing his laughter, afraid that Furina would notice.
He felt a secret satisfaction thinking that Furina would shout "allogene, activate!" every time she played allogene from now on.
It was a quiet but unusual night.
Furina sat cross-legged on the sofa, engrossed in playing allogene.
Xavier sat beside her, acting as a game consultant.
A faint fragrance emanated from Furina, occasionally wafting into Xavier's nose.
It was somewhat intoxicating.
Just as Xavier was immersed in this dreamlike atmosphere, a message from WeChat interrupted him.
"Stop playing, I need to reply to a message."
Xavier took the phone, curious, and opened WeChat.
Normally, no one ever contacted him, so he wondered who it could be.
Clicking it open, it turned out to be Liu Zhe, his mischievous friend from college.
"Xavier, I saw on your Moments a few days ago that you resigned. Are you interested in joining my team?"
Seeing this message, Xavier laughed, laughed heartily.
Liu Zhe was a seasoned otaku, dabbling in various anime and ACG games.
After graduation, he didn't find a proper job. The last time Xavier contacted him to ask what he was doing.
And guess what?
Hey, that kid was actually making a living by reselling eroge. Xavier was speechless.
However, this guy had a local hukou in Jiangcheng, and his parents ran a thriving breakfast shop.
In short, he could lie flat; he wouldn't starve to death.
Unlike himself, not working for the exploitative capitalists before was truly life-threatening.
It had only been a few days, and Liu Zhe was actually inviting him to join some team.
Xavier didn't believe he could join any legitimate team; it was probably a pyramid scheme!
Xavier was about to type a reply when his phone rang.
"Hmm? It's ringing. Can phones communicate wirelessly?"
Although Furina was called 'Silly Furina', she was sometimes quite clever.
Xavier pushed her aside and warned, "I'm telling you, you're not allowed to make a sound when I'm on the phone, otherwise I'll make you eat macaroni every day!"
Although Furina was unhappy, she still sat sullenly to the side, no longer speaking.
As soon as the call connected, Liu Zhe's excited voice came through: "Xuanzi, quickly join our team! The benefits are great!"
"You haven't gone into a pyramid scheme, have you? Or joined some 'Sunshine Project'?"
"Bah! How could a smart brother like me be fooled by a pyramid scheme? This job is something many people dream of…"
Through Liu Zhe's explanation, Xavier finally learned that he had joined an anime convention organizing team.
According to his one-sided account, this team had some strength and had successfully organized several anime conventions.
Although the scale wasn't large, it was relatively stable.
"Xuanzi, think about it, joining this team not only gives you a salary, but you can also immerse yourself in the world of ACG. How wonderful is that?"
"And, most, most, MOST importantly, every convention the boss invites a beautiful Damselette internet celebrity as a guest. Doesn't that tempt you?"
Xavier could tell that Liu Zhe's words were absolutely from the heart, even more so than a pyramid scheme.
"What's an internet celebrity, Xavier? Is it those people who are very famous on… um, the website you just showed me?"
Furina had completely forgotten Xavier's warning and asked the question.
At this moment, both ends of the phone line fell silent.
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