I'm a male god in Liyue

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The next moment, he found himself standing in a familiar room.

The familiar bed, the familiar wardrobe, the familiar mirror, the familiar bathroom...

It was exactly the same bedroom as the one he had dreamed of in the previous two dreams, the one where Furnessa was.

He saw Funina standing alone in front of the mirror.

She was completely unaware that a stranger had suddenly appeared behind her.

His reflection was not visible in the mirror at all.

"It seems I'm only observing Funina's entire fate from an outsider's perspective..."

Xia Zhi seemed to be deep in thought.

But if it's about her entire destiny, why not start watching from the moment Frynn was born, instead of from this very moment?

Is it because this moment is the most special?

Or is it that... this very moment is actually the moment when Funina was born?

As Xia Zhi was pondering this, a mysterious voice suddenly called out to her from the mirror in front of Fu Ningna.

"Furina...Furina...?"

Upon hearing the voice, Funina's expression clearly showed a hint of panic as she looked around for its source: "Huh? Who? Who's calling me? Where are you?"

"Don't be nervous, don't be afraid, I'm right in front of you."

Funina looked in the mirror: "No, no, no, that's not right, what's going on? You...you're me in the mirror?"

The other Funina in the mirror smiled slightly.

"Hmm, that's a good name. Then I'll be 'You in the Mirror'."

Looking at herself in the mirror, Funina asked timidly in a low voice, "[The image in the mirror]...you, what do you want from me?"

"[The Prophecy]...Have you heard of it?"

"What prophecy... Ah, wait, I think I know it, though I don't know why, but it seems to be in my head... [Everyone will dissolve into the sea, leaving only the water god weeping on his throne. Only then will the sins of the Fontaines be washed away.]?"

The person in the mirror nodded: "Yes, that's right, you know very well."

Funina covered her head with both hands, looking as if she was in some discomfort: "What's going on? My memories are all blurry, but I remember this prophecy very clearly... Will what's in the prophecy really come true?"

"Yes, that's why I came to find you. The calamity of Fontaine will come sooner or later, and everything will develop as prophesied. There's no escaping it."

Funina froze, then became anxious: "Isn't that very serious? Will everyone die? As a Fontaineian, will I also dissolve?"

"Hehehe, don't worry. The rest of the world exists to bring hope to humanity, just as you have met me today. I will tell you the way to save everyone, but... you may have to endure some suffering..."

Furina breathed a sigh of relief: "So there's still hope for salvation! You scared me to death, you were so confident before... As for the pain... well... although my first thought was indeed why I have to suffer... but, if the prophecy really comes true, I'll die anyway, right? Besides, the [Adventure] has already found me. If there were a scale, with the lives of all the people of Fontaine on one side and my own pain on the other, it's obvious which way it would tip, isn't it?"

"Heh... You really are the most perfect human being, my 'ideal'. Perhaps this is your 'justice'?"

Because the other person's voice was too soft, Funina didn't hear what they said clearly: "Hmm?"

"It's nothing. Listen carefully, Fontaine has just lost its water god, and I need you to play the role of the new water god."

Funina was startled: "Playing...a god?"

"Yes, you have to keep...keep acting, and don't let anyone doubt your identity. If you can do that, I have a way to fight the prophecy...but once your identity is exposed...the last hope will disappear."

Funina was somewhat apprehensive: "But how can I do this, to play the role of a god while being human, and without being exposed..."

"Don't worry, what you need to do is not to become a real god, but simply to play the role of a god as imagined by humans. You are also human, so you should know what that is like. Remember, the challenge before you will not be how to explore [divinity], but how to fight against [humanity]."

Funina was silent for a moment: "I might not understand it yet, but I'll try. So, when will my role as the water god finally end?"

"To complete this task, you may go through a long period of time, and you will not grow old until the day it ends. And I promise you, it will all end in a grand, dramatic trial, and everyone will be saved."

Funina widened her eyes slightly: "A trial... How exciting and anticipated!"

The sound in the mirror disappeared.

Funina lay in bed, feeling both excited and terrified, and soon fell into a deep sleep.

Xia Zhi stood by the bed, his expression thoughtful.

Who is that voice in the mirror?

Why did it choose Funina?

How did it know the content of the prophecy, and why did it firmly believe that the prophecy would come true?

Why would playing the role of a water god as a mortal avert the crisis of this prophecy?

Too many clues were missing, and Xia Zhi was unable to get a definitive answer.

He looked at the table.

There was a calendar on the table.

The date above is 500 years ago.

Xia Zhi recalled a sentence spoken by the voice in the mirror: "Fontaine has just lost the Water God."

Judging from the timeline, this should have been after the events of Kanria and shortly after the fall of the former water goddess Ergolia.

Her retinue—the pure water spirit Fucarus—succeeded her as a goddess.

Xia Zhi looked at Funina's slightly childish face as she slept soundly.

He now possesses the [Tears of the Goddess], making him a water god, yet he couldn't sense even a trace of water-based divine power from Funina.

He couldn't sense any divine power, nor even any water elemental power.

She was just an ordinary, mortal girl.

So, where did the real Fucarus go?

Xia Zhi looked at the mirror, and a guess had already formed in his mind.

Chapter 408 I hope she didn't become a yandere (4K)

Xia Zhi walked slowly through the corridor of fate in Funina.

He saw her standing on the stage of the Grand Theatre for the first time, facing the people of Fontainebleau, and the scene before that where she had rehearsed countless times alone in her room, practicing with the air.

He witnessed her clumsily yet earnestly handling a case report for the first time, and her first meeting with the people who believed in the water god.

He witnessed her panic when she first sent people to investigate and collect hydrological data and saw the water level rise, as well as her feigned composure in front of others and her worry and fear as she talked to herself in front of the mirror alone in her room.

……

Time passed day by day.

He watched her go from being clumsy at first to adapting.

People are born and die generation after generation.

He watched her go from initial joy and sorrow to numbness.

The water level has been rising year after year.

He watched her go from being anxious at the beginning to breaking down.

She was, after all, just a mortal.

The mental strength of mortals has its limits.

Xia Zhi felt this deeply.

When he was making incense, if he ran out of mental energy, he would need to wait until he had rested before continuing.

But not Funina.

She stood in what appeared to be the highest position, but in reality, she treaded on the edge of the most treacherous cliff, trembling with fear, as if walking on thin ice. Every moment, she was on edge, afraid that she might say the wrong thing or express the wrong emotion, inadvertently revealing her true nature and causing irreparable consequences.

The fate of Fontaine was thus weighed heavily on her small shoulders, making her afraid to even take a nap outside, lest she say something inappropriate in her sleep.

She didn't have a moment to catch her breath or relax.

She lived each day like a bowstring stretched to its limit.

It felt like it was about to break apart at any moment.

But she stubbornly persisted for five hundred years.

Xia Zhi accompanied her the whole way.

My initial interest gradually turned into silence.

Five hundred years—a long period of imprisonment, much like Sun Wukong's imprisonment under the Five Fingers Mountain.

During this period, regardless of wind or rain, Funina did not miss a single trial.

Regardless of whether the trial is large or small.

Just because the voice in the mirror had told her that everything would end in a grand, theatrical trial, and only then would everyone be saved.

Many Fontaines couldn't understand Furnessa because of this, and there were even some bad rumors about her in private.

Funina remained silent on this.

But Xia Zhi knew that she was actually feeling very sad inside.