The night passed quickly.
No one cared what the rats in the gutter were thinking, nor did anyone care how many people the head rat had schemed against.
Because they would never know... Yuto had already taken all precautions against them.
And they could never have imagined that the Northland Bank, which should have been in opposition to Palais Mermonia or in a neutral position, was now on Yuto's side.
Of course, Khaerts couldn't have dreamed of this, or rather... no one who had even a slight understanding of Fontaine's political landscape could have imagined this.
The Fatui's Third and Fourth Seat Executive Officers were actually siding with Palais Mermonia and choosing to help Yuto in this matter.
This was something that couldn't even be dreamed of.
But sometimes you have to admit that reality is often much more fantastical than dreams, and it often defies reason and logic.
After all, dreaming and writing stories require logical set off, but reality does not.
Over the next seven days, Yuto and Furina's lives gradually converged, and progress on both sides was remarkably fast, even to the point of being... almost too smooth.
First, let's talk about the Fontaine Opera training led by Furina. The performance level of Dirfi and the others was improving at a visible rate.
Perhaps Furina would give them suggestions for revision in the morning, and they would have corrected themselves by the afternoon.
Of course, Polo and Dirfi were also trying their best to understand Yuto and Furina's emotions at the time, and ultimately managed to interpret their emotions with great accuracy.
Although there were still some stiffness and flaws in the performance and action expressions during the repeated back-and-forth segments with Yuto and Furina, in a sense...
If they continued to train like this for another ten to fifteen days, it would mean that they could fully take over the lead that Yuto and Furina personally started for them.
After all... this is the most central story that has happened in Fontaine recently, and it is also a story that Yuto and Claude jointly decided to bring to the Teyvat stage along with "The Daughter of Water."
"The Prophecy" is a documentary-like Fontaine Opera, with Furina as the sole protagonist; even Yuto, who has a high-intensity appearance, will become a supporting character.
Because this is the true story of Fontaine's Former Hydro Archon saving her people, the protagonist is naturally Furina.
And Yuto, as a key assistant, naturally has to bear the corresponding responsibility.
Returning to the meaning of "The Prophecy," to put it plainly, it is similar to the most traditional Fontaine Opera documentary, proving that Fontaine's Fontaine Opera is connected to current events.
And "The Daughter of Water" is an Fontaine Opera similar to a fictional story; in essence... it is a fictional story that evokes emotions and conveys ideas.
Its expressive meaning will become relatively simpler.
Fictional stories also mean creativity; documentary Fontaine Opera alone is not enough, there also needs to be some Fontaine Opera that can make people feel excited and tell a good story.
Overall... these two different types of Fontaine Opera jointly demonstrate the vitality of the Fontaine Opera industry.
Therefore, these two plays have different meanings for the entire Fontaine and absolutely cannot have any errors.
However, there is no need to worry too much, because those who have been screened and trained by Miss Aurett... have quite good talent in Fontaine Opera.
Whether it's future tours or more performances they will face, under Furina's guidance, they will only go further than before.
...
Similar to Furina's side, Yuto's progress was also very smooth.
With the help of the Northland Bank, Wriothesley very smoothly found every member of the Noclan Family who wanted to take mora out of Fontaine.
To avoid alerting them, Wriothesley only had his subordinates keep a close eye on them, waiting to close the net with the Northland Bank's debt collectors.
Not only that, Arlecchino also very cooperatively filed a case with the Marechaussee Phantom; they planned to arrest them on the grounds of "Noclan Family members maliciously evading debt."
—After all, it was a foregone conclusion that these guys wanted to abscond with the money, and they were just finding a more appropriate reason to arrest them.
It was a case of shooting the arrow first and then drawing the target.
As for the experiment jointly planned by Yuto and Neuvillette... that went even more smoothly.
Since Yuto confirmed that the existence time of the consciousness body was positively correlated with the amount of Abyss power, he and Neuvillette used different mixed energies to explore the most cost-effective solution.
After seven days and nearly twenty experiments, Yuto, like a formulator, obtained the most cost-effective proportion of ingredients.
Pure water element power from Neuvillette accounted for 63%, while his Abyss power accounted for 37%.
In this situation, pure water element power can not only support the existence of the body but also help the consciousness body resist the Abyss's whispers.
It is worth mentioning that when the concentration of Abyss power is far greater than that of pure water element power, the corresponding consciousness body will not dissipate but will fall into complete madness.
Everything has a price, and the price of using Abyss power is the constant, maddening whispers lingering in one's ears.
Although he didn't know if it was because Yuto's true form was an Immortal Spirit, he didn't hear any strange whispers,
but those Oceanids forced to participate in the experiment did indeed mutate or go directly insane due to the Abyss power.
Of course, these experimental results also helped Yuto a lot.
After this experimental mutation, Yuto realized that it was sufficient to keep the concentration of Abyss power about fifteen percent lower than that of pure water element power.
After all... the purpose of Abyss power is to allow the consciousness body to exist for as long as possible, thereby achieving the goal of making up for some regrets.
People who fall into madness will not choose to make up for regrets; instead, they will cause secondary harm to the victims.
As for the time issue...
Although Yuto didn't think that half an hour of existence could make up for regrets such as weddings or independently completing studies—
—it was better than nothing.
At least they could formally say goodbye to their loved ones; at least... they could have a complete life, rather than vaguely losing their lives due to an experiment.
Thinking of this, Yuto slightly raised his head, looked at the theater members who were tidying their attire, and smiled faintly, then gently said:
"If you read yesterday morning's Steambird Newspaper... you should know what kind of day the day after tomorrow will be for the troupe."
"However... considering that everyone has been training hard these past few days, I'd better announce it here."
"Tomorrow, Furina and I will take you to Opera Epiclese for a rehearsal."
"And after the rehearsal... that is, the night after tomorrow, will be the first public performance of 'The Prophecy.'"
"Please keep your eyes peeled backstage, carefully observe Furina's and my movements and emotions, and try your best to make your performance even better."
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