Chapter 57 Good intentions gone wrong, almost getting caught by Funina...
"Meow!"
The big cat was no match for the kitten's agility; the skin on the back of its neck couldn't support its weight at all. Even if Clarind carried it very quickly, the cat goddess couldn't help but let out a cry of pain.
Amidst the scream of pain, for the first time, Funina saw the young guard's face clearly at such close range—
With sharp, piercing eyes and a calm expression, every gesture exudes the ruthlessness and murderous intent unique to Shadow Hunters.
So cool—no, wait!
"Wait! Wait!"
Funina's face turned pale with fright, and she jumped up to stop him:
He looks like the kind of guy who would casually give away, no, give away cats to "sleep peacefully" forever. Does he have to be so dedicated?
"Let go! I like it! I like it, okay?!"
"Huh? Didn't you just say you didn't like it..."
"I enjoy the feeling of channeling divine power into him, okay!"
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"Ah... so Lady Furina likes her... and the great gentleman seems to like her too..."
Out of reverence for the gods and respect for the independent, gentlemanly nature of the cat, Clarinde ultimately chose to let go.
"They even sent flowers! They're really in love... Haha, haha."
......
"I've never had that experience."
What a scary guy! He keeps saying weird things!
With a smile on her face but fear in her heart, Fu Ningna carried the cat in her arms and moved with lightning speed, as if fleeing a famine.
And those eyes look so resentful! You're still so unwilling to accept that you didn't manage to lure the Cat God into the Gray River and kill him!?
"Lady Funina, why are you walking so fast all of a sudden?"
Hey you hey you, don't come any closer!
Fu Ningna is usually anxious and neglects exercise, making her weak and powerless. But today, driven by fear, she managed to carry a 20-pound weight and walk several hundred meters at a brisk pace!
"......"
Friend, you look so tired, and your emotions are all messed up, bitter and astringent.
Mainkuhn, clinging to her trembling, thin arm, carefully shifted his body:
"Meow?" Should I go down and walk by myself?
Cat God, don't move! I'm saving your life!
You look so long and thin, why are you so heavy when I hug you?
Despite her good intentions, she lacked the strength to contain the nearly one-meter-long half-demon's body in her narrow embrace.
bass.
Two silver-gray hind legs squeezed out of the deity's embrace, dangling in mid-air, while the upper body remained firmly fixed in the embrace, like a frog that had been fixed in place.
"......"
The 'great gentleman' had never been so disheveled.
"Lady Funina."
Clarinde couldn't bear to watch:
"How about I help you carry it?"
"Ha...ha...no!"
Funina, panting heavily, desperately moved forward, holding the cat's two legs:
“I am—a god, perfectly capable of carrying—”
"......Feel sorry."
Claudia was still young and at an age where she was outspoken:
"In my personal experience, what you said doesn't seem very convincing."
"What...what did you say? Are you questioning me? I look tired only because I'm channeling divine power into him—"
Panic gripped her, fear surged within her, and she lost her balance, stumbling and tripping over a stone.
"grown ups!"
The wind howled in her ears, and panicked cries echoed behind her. In the instant the pain struck, Funina clutched her cat tightly; her first thought was:
Oops.
What reason should I come up with to explain this fall?
Mainkun stared blankly at the approaching ground, feeling the growing negativity around him.
"......"
Seriously.
You fragile human being.
How on earth do they manage to act out a story spanning five hundred years?! I can't watch anymore!
......
Consider my next actions as compensation for causing you to be questioned by your people.
Bang.
The demonic power twisted into a gentle, soft sound.
The white-haired girl fell onto the warm stone bricks.
"?"
No, it's not a stone brick.
How could a stone brick make a soft, humming sound and wriggle like a living thing?
This is clearly—
Furnessa sat up abruptly, only to find that the short-tailed Maine Coon she had been holding in her arms was gone, replaced by—
The large, silver-gray lion he was riding?
Is it a lion? No! How could there be a lion in Fontainebleau?!
"Protect, protect the Water God!"
Clarind drew her gun, yelled, and charged forward.
Just before she pulled the trigger, she saw...
The majestic feline beast lay prone on the ground, turned its head, twirled its lynx fur at her, and let out a familiar growl...
"Mmm~"
...cat meowing.
"......"
After a moment of silence, Clarind put away her gun, remained silent for a while, and then suddenly looked up at the deity seated above her:
"Don't just pet the cat, please pet me too."
Funina: "Huh?"
"I also want divine power to bless me, to make me taller and bigger."
"......"
What? What divine blessing?
With her legs wrapped around the cat's back and her hands clutching its thick fur, Funina was bewildered and panicked, too afraid to move. She could only look out of the corner of her eye for help from her cold-blooded guard.
I was just making that up to pet the cat! Help me!
"Touch me, touch me, after you've touched the great gentleman, it's my turn. I want to be as tall as Lady Vilette, Navia can never compare."
—It's over, I'm finished!
"Wow!"
Along both sides of the road, children who had witnessed the whole thing were already screaming:
"The gods used their divine power to turn the cat into a lion! The gods used their divine power to turn the cat into a lion!"
"Where? Where?! I really mean it!"
When magnified several times, the Maine Coon cat looks quite similar to the legendary lion, and the people of Fontainebleau immediately cheered wildly upon seeing it:
"A miracle! A miracle!"
"Lady Furina has finally deigned to display her divine power!"
Huh? Huh? Huh??
My palms were still sweating, but a smile had already instinctively appeared on my face.
"What do you mean you're reluctant! It's just that Fontaine's life is too peaceful, and I have no need to perform miracles... Ah!"
Before the words were even finished, the furry body beneath it began to sway, and the giant beast slowly rose from the ground.
"!"
In a panic, Funina's body rose high, and by slightly lowering her head, she could clearly see the tops of all the crowd's heads and scrutinize every fanatical face.
They've been completely treated like gods.
I feel so relieved.
Completely confused about the current situation.
How terrifying!
"Mmm~"
Amidst this strange mix of relief and terror, the beast took a step, its heavy, thick paws slamming onto the streets of Fontainebleau.
Snap, snap, snap.
"My Lord God! My Lord God! Long live the Gods! Long live the Gods!"
The voices and footsteps of the people echoed each other, weaving together into a strange hymn that forcefully surged into Funina's ears.
"!!"
As the fear receded, an unprecedentedly strong sense of security took hold in the heart of the false god!
"...Hahaha!"
On the back of the behemoth, the girl slowly burst into laughter, removing her top hat and tossing it to the waves of sinners:
Praise me! Sing my praises! Never stop for a moment!
"Furina! Furina! Furina!"
Amidst the cheers of the crowd, the top hat was fought over by many hands.
The silk and brocade were torn to shreds and scattered in the air, leaving no trace of the corpses.
"Hahaha! What fervent admiration! It's alright, vent it all on me!"
Funinna raised her hands high, offering her chest to the crowd, beneath which a red heart beat and flowed with blood as clear as water.
"Because I am your God!"
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hiss.
The smell is off.
It seems that what she wants most is not just this.
The half-demon carried her on his back, walking around the city again and again. On the last lap, he crouched down on all fours and sprang up.
"Hey! What are you doing—"
Furnessa immediately bent down and wrapped her arms tightly around the giant cat's neck.
"The divine being has taken off..."
The exclamations of surprise and admiration grew fainter, replaced by the frantic howling of the wind, the startled cries of birds, and the sharp, powerful cracking of claws against the walls.
Funina glanced down and saw that the people who had been surrounding her were now so small that they were no longer visible.
Meanwhile, the short-tailed behemoth beneath him was still rushing vertically upwards along the wall of the tall building.
Wow.
They have absolutely no sense of safety.
If I let go, I'll die.
Blood gradually flowed back to the heart, and the girl's mind returned to clarity.
What exactly is going on?
An assassination in a peculiar form?
...There's no need to drag the victim out for a spin first.
call--
As the last gust of wind subsided and after one last large leap, the beast finally stopped and lay down again.
"you--"
Furnessa immediately jumped off it, staggering backward, "What exactly is your purpose—!"
The questioning abruptly stopped.
Funina realized where she was.
null.
The surrounding area was completely empty.
Apart from the green tiles beneath my feet, all I could see in all directions was the towering peaks of Liyue, shrouded in mist and clouds.
"This...this is!"
"Mmm~"
A little Maine Coon came running over, licking the fur on its mouth a little nervously.
This is the highest rooftop in Fontainebleau.
It was extremely quiet, a corner where absolutely no human being would be present.
"Cat God!"
Funina grabbed him and pulled him up, staring at him with wide eyes and rambling incoherently:
"How can it really be you! You're not, no, you are—what are you?!"
"Mmm~"
The cat has round, golden eyes and meows softly.
"You're faking innocence! You're absolutely faking innocence!"
Funina's face was contorted with rage as she yanked the cat's ears, pinched its cheeks, and tugged at its lynx fur, seemingly venting all her fear and insecurity on the guilty little beast.
You scared me to death!
"Meow..." The cat dared not move.
"Does Violet know you're like this?"
The girl asked while kneading:
"...Didn't he say you were an intelligent being? So this is the kind of intelligent being you!?"
"Mmm~"
"Do you know?"
The topic shifted very quickly, or perhaps this was precisely the issue that Funina was most concerned about?
Mainkun felt a sudden tightness around his neck as a pair of human hands gripped it.
"Do you... know?"
Anger, fear, fervor, and resentment vanished from Funina's face like mist, leaving only a mechanical smile.
"!?"
"Do you know that?"
I am not a god.
The girl lowered her head and asked the cat that she had completely pinned down.
"......"
"They must know."
Mainkuhn could feel the hand tightening around his neck, and his trachea becoming narrow and thin.
"Otherwise, why would they have followed my excuse and performed a miracle for me?"
ah.
His cat-like mind was slow to develop.
So this explains Furina's reactions after she got to the rooftop.
It was all an act.
Their purpose was to put their hands on my neck.
"Do you think I don't know whether the water god has divine power or not?"
Well......
The human exerted force again, and Mainkun's mouth opened uncontrollably, revealing two rows of sharp fangs.
"For the future of Fontaine, so that my city will not be dissolved into the sea."
The girl was facing away from the sun, her face completely in shadow. The half-demon, lying on the ground, looked at her strange heterochromatic eyes and for a moment felt that she was not human.
"You must die."
"......"
So beautiful.
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The author's note: The highest rooftop in Fontainebleau is also a great place to enjoy a panoramic view of the surrounding mountains, and you can also see Mount Mondstadt (I think it should be a snow mountain, I'm not good at Teyvat geography).
Mainkuhn felt that, apart from himself, the cat, there was absolutely no human being so idle as to climb that high.
However, he couldn't see that at the highest point of Fontaine, there was actually a Water God's Eye.
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