Chapter 18

With a small goal in mind, Liuhuo suddenly felt that living in a bottle was not so suffocating, and being dragged by Klee to "adventure" in the mirage was not so depressing - apart from other things, when riding the "whoosh car", he felt quite safe, as if he had returned to some happy hometown...

So while helping Idia repair the core of the mirage - the huge wheel hub, he asked Kong to help take a photo: Liuhuo originally wanted to come alone, but Kong was good at photography, and Klee also dragged Liuhuo to take a photo, so it became a travel photo of the loli group...

Kawi would probably be happy, after all, he didn't bring a camera when he entered the mirage before, and now he has a bunch of work records and commemorative photos of Liuhuo in one go...

Liuhuo, such a cute photography prop.

Of course, during the few days of playing, the puppets around Kawi would send him messages, so Kawi and Tinari were not too worried - it was like sending a cub to summer camp, not only safe, but they could also rest for a few days, so happy.

However, after this short vacation, Liuhuo once again went back to the daily routine of slacking off in the "Palace of Wisdom". He occasionally went to Huachengguo to find Tinarikolai, and unconsciously persecuted Elhaisen from time to time. He accidentally met Jizhao on the roadside and made him nervous. Nashida, on the other hand, would occasionally find Liuhuo to study the new materials that Liuhuo had made before...

Well, it was the divine amber. Liuhuo forgot the origin of this thing, so it was difficult to answer Nashida's question: But it doesn't matter. Liuhuo's subconscious told her that those who can really tap the power of amber will never focus on the value of amber itself.

"Digging... the foundation stone..." A fragment flashed through her mind, but was casually let go.

In this overly leisurely atmosphere, Kong asked Liuhuo through his puppet: "What is the difference between the people of Fontaine and other people of Teyvat?"

This question without a beginning or an end was something that even Liuhuo couldn't answer, because she had never been to Fontaine.

Sora also realized that he was impatient, and repeated a case he encountered these days, focusing on the Fontaine guard who turned into water in public and the decades-long unsolved case of the "serial disappearance of girls". Liuhuo was confused

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Of course she was confused, this was nonsense, she was not a famous detective, and she was not even an expert in human behavior research. She still had to figure it out for a long time before she could understand the cause and effect of the quarrel between Kavi and Elhaisen - so she was confused and asked Sora to wait.

Liuhuo took out Kavi's draft paper again, wrote a note to help Sora, and disappeared directly on the spot using the positioning of the puppet.

Sora and Paimon were prepared, so they were not very surprised, but the two who witnessed the transformation in the same place were not so calm.

A beautiful girl with blonde hair and blue eyes, she introduced herself as Navia, the owner of the "Thorny Rose Society", and standing farther away was a supreme judge named Navilette.

Liuhuo looked at Violet for a few times, and the confusion on his face became more obvious. But when he looked at Navia, he threw the question to Kong: "...Where are the people?"

Kong was also confused: What kind of people?

"...The Fontaine people?" Liuhuo asked, "They are the humans of Fontaine,

right? I have to see them to know what is the difference between them and other humans." Kong and Paimon looked at Navia, and even Violet looked at Navia - isn't this a living Fontaine person?

Liuhuo saw Paimon floating to the side of Navia and pointing at her with his finger, and his expression became more confused: "...She is not a human... Haven't you seen her? Just like Idia..."

- She is also a pure water elf!

At most, I don't know why she put on a disguised shell, but she is still not a human in essence.

Of course, Paimon and Sora didn't forget Idya so quickly. Paimon even spoke directly: "Navia is... a pure water elf? She doesn't have blue hair?!"

Liuhuo paused and reluctantly used a metaphor: "Paimon won't become Sora even if he wears Sora's clothes."

Paimon: "I can't wear his clothes either!"

Sora also thought for a few seconds before hesitantly telling the confused Navia his thoughts: The reason why the Fontaine people were dissolved by the "Original Fetal Sea Water" might be because the Fontaine people were originally pure water elves, so for outsiders they were just auxiliary tools to increase the perception of water elements, and became the poison for them to break away from the 'human' shell...

After that, Kong took Liuhuo to the window: "Are most of the people on the street pure water elves?"

Liuhuo glanced and nodded.

Without any awareness of revealing a big secret, Liuhuo took the snack handed to him by Villette and ate it bite by bite. Kong and the others discussed several speculations. In the end, they found that the problem was still unsolved: the murderer of the serial disappearance of girls was still unknown, and there was no relevant information from 'Vasher'. There was no clue about the unjust case of Mr. Cares, the father of Navia...

Paimon's head was buzzing: "Liuhuo... Liuhuo, do you have any ideas?"

After swallowing a bite of cake, the confusion in Liuhuo's eyes could almost penetrate the screen: "Why don't you let him check it out?"

Liuhuo didn't know what they were struggling with: "He can read the records of water veins."

"...Ah?"

Sora and Navia: "...Ah?"

Navilette, who suddenly became the party to the incident: "..."

Navilette was forced to prematurely admit that he was a water elemental dragon - and then explained that he could not read the complete records now, and could only feel the emotions in the water at most...

Liuhuo closed his mouth, feeling that he might have unconsciously equated Navilette with Nashida - in fact, Nashida had the authority to read the memory of the earth veins as a world tree, and the Water Dragon King was not even a complete dragon now. If he knew the truth, he would have thrown the murderer into Melo Petersburg long ago.

Feeling that he had come up with a bad idea, Liuhuo felt a little sorry for the two blond humans (Sora and Navia), so he decided to use his brain, which had not been working well.

She read the files of the serial disappearance of girls and the Cales case.

Liuhuo, who didn't know much about human emotions and action logic, tried to raise some doubts: "If Cares is not the murderer, then on the day of the incident, if it was raining, could a water-shaped phantom sneak away from the scene?" -

Maybe the water-shaped phantom was the murderer who ran away, and Cares was suspected because he was the only one present?

Paimon supported his chin and thought for a while: "Then Mr. Cares can just say that he saw the water-shaped phantom committing the crime, so there is no need to duel with Clorinde in the end?"

Kong nodded. He was a little confused about Cares' motives... Then a light bulb suddenly flashed in his head: "Water-shaped phantom... on a rainy day!"

Paimon: "Why... what did you think of?"

Kong: ""The water of the primordial fetal sea." "

Navia, who knew the files by heart: "...Yes...Yes...Someone who was present at the time...may have been dissolved on the spot! "

That's why they couldn't find this 'non-existent' murderer!

The information about the 'Original Fetal Sea Water' was unknown back then. On rainy days, the wet ground didn't mean anything at all. So they couldn't find any other clues and could only watch Cares go to his doom...

"Although Mr. Cares's insistence on the duel is still questionable..." Kong's brain worked well and he immediately thought of the person they should ask, "Mr. Myles, maybe they know the reason."

After saying goodbye to Navelette, who was in a certain mood, Kong and Navia immediately went to look for clues. Liuhuo was not very interested in the elemental dragon, so she did not stay here. She thought of Kawi's mother. Maybe she should help Kawi confirm the other party's status?

During this period of time, Liuhuo slowly realized that Kawi often said things that were not in line with her heart. She occasionally thought that even if he was a real human, he might not know what Kawi really wanted. Maybe El Haisen knew?

Humans have commonalities, but for each individual, it can be found that they have nothing in common except race. This problem still bothers Liuhuo.

So she really spent a lot of time thinking: Would Kawi be happy to know about Ms. Farana's situation through her?

Or... would he feel pain?

Sitting on the outdoor seat of the cafe, Liuhuo's distress was not over yet. Well, there was no jewelry store owner willing to accept handkerchiefs in exchange. In front of her was a cup of bitter liquid that Kawi would drink all night...

You can't call Kong even for such a small matter...

What's the difference between going out and asking the cat at home to buy canned food for stray cats?

It was the cat that saved her.

To be precise, it was the courier from Komagariya, Nekomata Kirara.

After the kind-hearted Nekomata passed by Liuhuo on three deliveries, she realized that at this age (in appearance), she shouldn't stay in a coffee shop alone for an entire afternoon - look at that coffee cup, the coffee inside was not even drunk!

Nekomata is not rich among humans, but she can at least afford a cup of coffee - that's why Liuhuo was passed around by many people and finally received a strange message at "Chiori-ya".

A "Fool" executive who may not be as old as the case was accused of being the murderer of the "serial disappearance of girls" and the opera house is going to hold another trial.

Ah, this...

Even Liuhuo, who has a superficial understanding of humans, feels that this matter is unreliable...

After all, this is a case that Kong and Navia are following. Liuhuo was handed over by Qianzhi to a special patrol captain named Xiawolei, and was taken to the Opikle Opera House by Meilushin, whom she knows...

Well, Liuhuo also mortgaged a doll to Qianzhi in exchange for the theater ticket Mora...

- Of course, she didn't know that Qianzhi was just kind enough to give Mora, who was worth far more than an ordinary doll, just as Qianzhi didn't know that the exquisite doll that looked like a lop-eared rabbit in her hand was made by "■■■■" himself, and was considered a priceless treasure in the eyes of some groups. Qianzhi

: It should be the child's favorite doll, I'll keep it for her for now.

Liuhuo: Wait for Kong to come back and let him pay the ransom first...

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