Chapter 213: Talking After Fontainebleau

"Linny! Linny... I have something to report to my father." Femini nervously wandered around the Bufadi Mansion, and only when she turned around did she notice Linny's figure.

"Femini? What happened? Don't worry, come with me. Father has returned from the winter." Linny thought for a moment, "On the way, you can talk to me slowly."

"Okay." Femini nodded and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Well... Linnie, this is what happened..." He pondered for a moment, his voice full of obvious hesitation, "Because of something about my father... I don't know whether I should tell him, but time is too tight. I'm worried I won't make it in time..."

Linnie listened carefully, without interrupting or urging him because of Femini's hesitation.

"Well, that um..." Femini prepared herself several times to speak, "It's about Impas. He mentioned it after attending Lesco's charity art exhibition a few days ago—"

"Little Lesco?" Linnie pinched her chin and repeated the name. "I remember Linnet mentioned that it was a child with a similar situation to yours, right?"

"Uh-huh! Yes, Linnie."

"He seems to have been jealous of you? You mentioned his name specifically. Could something have happened that I'm not aware of?"

Femini's eyes lit up, but she quickly recalled the present events and explained briefly, "After that, we became friends because of the relationship between Telkisi and Pei."

"Anyway, a few days ago, I was also invited to Little Lescaut's exhibition..." At this point, Femini's cheerful mood darkened. "Little Lescaut had the courage to invite all the autistic children in Fontaine to participate. This is actually a very good thing."

Linny was keenly aware of Femini's emotions. "That's a good thing! Femini, is it because you see your beloved brother growing up that you feel a little empty inside?"

"No, that's not it!" Femini denied embarrassedly, "It's Impas, he plans to leave Fontaine——"

"So you're just reluctant to let your good friend go on a long trip!" Linny smiled knowingly. "Didn't little Impas want to go somewhere else a few years ago to show off his current form? Come to think of it, I still remember his Melusine form! So tiny and adorable!"

Femini was also somewhat moved, but it was obvious that these words did not have the effect that Linnie expected.

"No, he's not just leaving Fontaine." Femini's crystal-violet eyes misted with tears. "He wants to leave Teyvat and travel further afield."

“…”

At this moment, Linny really wanted to cover his useless mouth.

"A few days ago, after seeing little Lesko, he just said that he felt a little relieved and wanted to go somewhere else... Today he suddenly told me -"

"Everyone's busy, I need to find something to do." "I can't suppress the evil thoughts in my heart anymore." "I have to do this thing." ... If I had spent more time with him, maybe Impas wouldn't have had these thoughts... Linny, this is what I thought at the time."

Now, everything is clear. No wonder Femini is so nervous... Lini holds his chin with one hand.

If you think about it, ever since Impas transformed into a human and grew dragon horns and a tail, his researcher friend [Burton] has been forced to live in Melo Petersburg. Although he is not imprisoned, he is not as free as before.

As for Lesco, Linnie knew something about autism, but certainly not as much as Femini. Before this, Impas hadn't done anything out of the ordinary, except for making some noise about growing taller.

Linny thought he was worrying too much. To be honest, he felt guilty for a long time for his own presumption against the other party...

but--

"Femini, if it's just Impas's idea, I don't think there's anything to worry about. After all, I haven't heard of anyone leaving Teyvat."

"...But he's Impas." Femini lowered his head in silence for a moment, then spoke in a muffled voice, "Impas can do it."

Linnie was stunned for a moment, then chuckled, "You make sense. It suddenly occurred to me that before Impas, there was no Melusin to grow up."

——

——

By the bright window, a woman with black and white hair sat on a chair holding an open book, her other hand holding the pages motionless. She tilted her head slightly, as if listening to the children talking beside her.

After a while, she finally spoke:

"I understand, kids, you guys go out first."

"Yes, Father." ×2

She didn't seem to notice Femini's hesitation when the door was closed.

But Peluviri wasn't completely unaware; she simply ignored it. Two years ago, after she had completely sent her young friend Krevy away for the second time, Femini had often revealed some unnecessary emotions.

That child...his emotions are naturally sensitive and delicate.

This is also the reason why Peruvili erased his memory of Krevi and Pepe.

Unfortunately, Impas, who was unaware of the situation, recovered it.

Peruvili admitted that she had indeed underestimated her importance in Impas's heart at that time, and she was nervous and alert for a long time.

But, but——

Just as she never understood the meaning of the "freedom" that Krevy pursued, she also never understood how similar individuals with different memories could receive the same preference...

Impas was like this, and the second seat... was also like this.

In fact, Peruvili had always believed that the trust she had shown when they first met was already overwhelming. But she never expected that she was the one who was keeping it secret?

That's crazy.

It got to the point where Peruvili couldn't understand.

She had once captured a trace of memory, and glimpsed the news about Krevy that Impas knew, and knew of a future with Krevy...

But that kind of future is not in her world.

...and in a future even more distant from her.

Peruvili looked out the window through the glass where light and shadow flowed. Her unclear, cold-blooded and ruthless eyes watched silently in the reflection, just like her lucky future self who rejected her prying eyes in ignorance.

The water goddess Furninna, the young duke, the assistance of the Undecayed Rose Society, the strongest duel agent lady... and, and... Krevy with sparkling eyes.

——What a greedy child! He has already obtained the reality, but he still wants the "beauty" that is not a bubble.

The fleeting silhouette sometimes makes Peluvili fall into deep thought. Unlike Krevya, she does not have a mother with whom she has an unhappy relationship but whose image is vivid. When she sees those memories, she will also think and wonder whether [Pepe] will call the mysterious and shrewd Duke of Melo Petersburg "brother"?

Pelewilli doesn't often reminisce about the past, especially useless and outdated news about her own bloodline.

...Because that is the future, the distant future.

"The past, present, and future all exist simultaneously." If Peruvian were not very sensitive to memory, she could indeed say this calmly and confidently.

——But, but now, you all want to leave me in the past and let me live alone in a false world of memories?

…

…

"Little mushroom, you look like a wronged mushroom now!" Impas suddenly knocked on the glass window, wagging his tail from side to side and smiling brightly.

"...You're leaving?" she said in a flat tone.

Hearing this, Impas rubbed his chin suspiciously, narrowed his eyes, and studied her expression carefully. "Are you going to cry?"

"That doesn't make sense."

"Why not?!" Impas cleared his throat, "I can't make a woman cry!"

Peruvian looked away. "Since we're here to say goodbye, we should be more formal. The children are all at home."

"But I came here to find you. Right now, Pepe is the child I'm most worried about." Impas said, then paused for a moment before laughing for some reason. "No matter what the world becomes, you'll always be the child I'm most worried about."

"Let me remind you, Impas." She curled her fingers and tapped the desk with her knuckles. "The child you're referring to is the Fourth Officer of the Fatui. This year, he's... 27 years old."

Impas blinked, his eyes moving across her face until they finally stopped at her eyes, his brows curved, "Yes!"

"...It's a very novel experience." Peruvili nodded slightly, "So, can you tell the difference?" Can you tell the difference between me and her?

The tone was a bit harsh, but she saw Impas's eyes suddenly widen and become round, and she only heard him sigh with joy, "So that's it! I understand, little mushroom, you can't bear to leave me, and you are jealous of yourself!"

“…”

"What are you worried about? I'm not from that future, Pepe." Without any jokes or teasing, Impas's expression became calm instead, and he stopped calling her by that nickname.

"I won't go back there. Don't worry, I will stay here and accompany you, who unfortunately has regained your memory, until the world turns around."

Peruvili remained silent for a long time, then thought that leaving Teyvat could also mean traveling to other worlds, but when she opened her mouth, she had—

"Why?"

"Are you asking me why I left the future?" Impas smiled at her, his large white teeth catching her eyes. "I told you, I'm not from that future."

"Hmm... maybe I should put it this way, Pepe. The future you know, the little mushroom, the little soft lantern... belongs to another Impas's mission, and my mission is this world, it is you, Pepe!"

Peruvian stared at him expressionlessly, and he met her gaze calmly. In the end, it was Peruvian who first looked away, lowering her eyes.

She remembered that Krevy once asked her a question -

What is a true "home"?

At that time, Peruvian was unable to answer. She lived in the "Heatway House", which was originally built by a group of homeless children.

Now……

This is a false world. What is false is not reality, but time, fate, and the truth of reincarnation.

"Where do you plan to go after leaving the continent of Teyvat?" Peruvili's voice was as calm and oppressive as ever.

Impas's tail was raised and wagged proudly, and his face was as high-spirited as the expression on his face. "You know, Pepe, I'm going to a friend who has no memories to complete my mission for her."

"Well... maybe I can find her, maybe I can't. This is just an experiment," he added.

"Okay, I don't have any other questions."

She nodded.

“…Come back soon.”

Having said this, the Executor [Servant] returned to her work without paying attention to Impas's strange cry.

The world is fake, but emotions are real.

Perhaps, when the world is reincarnated, or when her life comes to an end, she will burn herself to ashes, and send the ashes of her memories to the next reincarnation?