That evening, as dusk settled, Alex, having used his skill card, knocked on Furina's door.
Although he still had enough Primogems for one ten-pull, Alex pondered. He had received a super-value figurine and such an invincible, unique skill card; perhaps he had already exhausted all his luck.
Perhaps he needed to find Furina to leech off some of her luck, to make his pulls more useful.
He definitely needed to save a few hundred pulls to play with Klee when he had the chance.
After a moment, Furina's voice came through: "Who is it?"
"It's me, Fufu!" Alex called from outside the door.
There was a pause, then Furina spoke again: "Is there something you need me for?"
"Come out first, there's something I want to tell you," Alex said.
"Creak~" Furina pushed open her room door, rubbing her eyes as if she was about to sleep. She said, "I'm going to bed, so hurry up and say what you need to say!"
Alex saw Furina come out, then grabbed her arm and instantly teleported to the Opera Epiclese.
"Ah!" Furina exclaimed in surprise, looking at the desolate road in the darkness. She instinctively crossed her arms over her chest.
The outside temperature made Furina feel a slight chill.
"So, what is it? Why did you suddenly drag me here?" Furina asked, looking up.
"Actually... I'm very sorry! I came too hastily; if I had been even a moment later..." Alex clasped his hands together. For the real-time updated storylines of an operating game, what one knows and understands differs at each stage of the game.
"Regarding the prophecy of Fontaine, I've also learned more details from Neuvillette," Alex said, then added with certainty, "Although I still don't know why the people of Fontaine will dissolve into the sea, but..."
Alex's voice became impassioned: "Oh, great Hydro Archon, your path will no longer be solitary from this day forth. Your loyal knight will always accompany you... You and I both have deeply held goals. Prophecies can be changed! Let me help you search for a way to break the prophecy."
All he could do was use his meager foreknowledge of the plot to change the outcome.
"You..." Furina's heart trembled slightly, then her expression shifted. She put her hands on her hips, striking a proud pose: "Hmm, very good, very good. Your loyalty to me is very satisfying~ So, you learned this from Neuvillette, didn't you? In that case, do you wish to investigate this method of breaking the prophecy with me?"
"It would be my honor, my Lady Hydro Archon," Alex said, placing his right hand over his chest in a somewhat unpolished gentleman's bow.
Furina accepted, her eyes narrowing in delight, then she opened them and asked, "And then, do you have any leads on how to break the prophecy?"
"Hmm..." Alex pondered, trying to recall all the fragments of information he knew. Suddenly, a figure appeared in Alex's mind.
"Da Da Ya!"
"What's that? What duck?" Furina suddenly became confused.
"Ah, that's the Fatui Harbinger, Childe. Tartaglia," Alex explained.
"Is there... any necessary connection between them?" Furina furrowed her cute brows. She really couldn't see what the prophecy of Fontaine had to do with the Fatui.
Alex suddenly smiled as if he had discovered something crucial: "Childe saw a big whale in the sea when he was a child!"
Furina put her hand to her chin in thought: "A big whale??? If I'm not mistaken, such creatures haven't been found in the waters of Fontaine."
"That might have been in the Primordial Sea! Neuvillette said that this planet once had a special sea, which was the Primordial Sea that nurtured life," Alex said, lowering his hand.
Furina adjusted her hair with both hands, still completely clueless; her mind was even more muddled.
Alex understood too much, shaking his head: "This matter isn't urgent; there will always be a way! And our strength alone is still too little!"
Furina remained silent, but she had already spread her informants throughout Teyvat and still hadn't found any good solutions.
"Just wait~" Alex said, thinking of that blonde, mischievous woman.
Waiting again...? When will it ever end! Furina worried about this every day.
Perhaps it was also due to her own insufficient power, after all, there was a saying: Only the Heavenly Principles cannot be opposed.
Alex's demeanor suddenly changed: "So, come on, come on! Let's do a pull first!"
He made Furina the center, dancing around her in a bonfire-like circle twice.
"Pfft~ What are you doing now?" Furina was amused by Alex's actions.
"..." Alex was speechless. This ten-pull, surprisingly, was another guaranteed four-star purple item.
And the items he received left Alex somewhat at a loss for words.
Obtained a four-star item: One Mu of Spirit Field (Plants grown on it will automatically fully mature after 72 hours, and their quality will be excellent or above.)
Obtained a three-star item: Perfect-grade Strawberry Seeds.
Good heavens, two items from one ten-pull were related to farming. The classic farming mode was here for him!
But he didn't even play much in the Serenitea Pot. Was this... telling him to get rich by farming? Well, he only had a fixed amount of Mora right now; what would he do to earn Mora after spending it all?
"Emmm, Fufu, I'd like to buy a villa with a large plot of empty land around Fontaine. Do you have any recommendations?"
Furina's expression became serious at Alex's question.
Indeed, it wasn't good to always have him stay in the small room usually used to entertain guests.
Although the Palais Mermonia didn't lack that one small room.
Furina thought carefully, then looked at the stars in the sky, and sleepiness suddenly overwhelmed her: "Hmm, it's getting late! Come find me tomorrow, and I'll help you sort out the house."
"Alright, good night!"
"Hmm, good night to you too."
The next day, Furina began taking Alex around Fontaine, visiting several real estate agents. Furina shook her head, not quite satisfied.
Just as they were busy until midday, a piece of news that shocked all of Fontaine was published in The Steambird.
This news completely overshadowed Vacher's verdict, which should have been on the front page.
"Shocking! The Raiden Shogun of Inazuma has issued a Sakoku Decree, and the sea is covered in lightning!"
"Too terrifying! The Raiden Shogun ruthlessly issued the Vision Hunt Decree; those who do not surrender their Visions will be beheaded!"
"Bloodshed in Ritou! Large numbers of refugees are fleeing Inazuma!"
"Did you hear?" Citizen One.
"The Raiden Shogun..." Citizen Two.
"Vision Hunt Decree..." Citizen Three.
"Never-ending thunderstorms!" Citizen Four.
A flood of after-dinner chatter constantly entered Alex's mind.
Alex, who was having lunch with Furina, simply let out a... "Huh?"