[The Knave: Neuvillette naturally cannot be human. Has he not served as Iudex for several hundred years?]
[Neuvillette: My identity is that of the Hydro Dragon Sovereign. Five hundred years ago, Focalors invited me to come to Fontaine and assume the position of Iudex.]
[The Knave: ?????]
[Lyney: ?????]
[Ningguang: ?????]
[Furina: ????? How could you just casually reveal that? Shouldn't that have been your greatest secret?]
[Neuvillette: Is that a secret? I saw that someone wished to ask, so I simply provided an answer.]
[The Knave: Indeed, Neuvillette has no reason to conceal his identity. It turns out I could have just asked directly. All that time I spent guessing...]
In the footage, Lumine and Paimon had also reached the deepest part of the ruin.
On the walls of the ruin, images were carved.
The first stone tablet was missing. Beneath it, a line of text was etched: This is a nation that ought to perish. I shall record here its future history.
Paimon, puzzled: "Record its future history? What does that mean?"
Navia: "It seems someone deliberately left this tablet and these words. Are they implying that Fontaine is destined to perish?"
[The Knave: Is Fontaine truly fated to be destroyed? Furina, I wonder what plan you have for the future?]
[Furina: I have my own preparations. You needn't worry. As long as I'm here, nothing will go wrong.]
[Zhongli: The divine love all mankind. I have faith in the god's words.]
[Venti: Indeed! Knave, though you have made many preparations for the apocalypse, you must still have faith in the gods!]
Neuvillette: "The images on the tablets correspond well with the accompanying text. For instance, in the second image, a figure leads many people in kneeling devoutly on the ground, worshiping toward Celestia. This may be connected to Fontaine's original sin."
Navia: "In the third image, the figure in the center of the crowd is Lady Furina. The Hydro Archon falling into the water? I cannot make sense of this one."
"The fourth image is identical to the prophecy that has long circulated in Fontaine..."
Neuvillette continued: "Everyone dissolves into the sea, and in the end, only the Hydro Archon remains, weeping upon her throne."
Neuvillette attempted to interpret them with elemental power but obtained no answers.
Paimon's hands and feet went cold. "This is so terrifying. So these things are future history... The prophecy really will come true, won't it?"
Navia sighed. "I truly don't want to face a future like this."
Paimon: "Do you two get the feeling that these pictures look a little strange somehow?"
After some discussion, the group arrived at a conclusion.
Namely, the third and fourth images were reversed. It should be the fourth image first, then the third.
As for the second image, it depicted the previous Hydro Archon, Egeria, kneeling toward the floating island in the sky, as if confessing her sins...
Navia, puzzled: "Could it be that the Hydro Archon committed a crime?"
"Why would such ancient tablets be here? Could this be the very origin of the prophecy?"
[Ningguang: The title of this video is "The Sinner's Finale." Could the sinner be the previous Hydro Archon? But the previous Hydro Archon has already fallen... (deep in thought)]
[Furina: Hahahahaha! The gods themselves are justice incarnate. How could they possibly be guilty?]
[Neuvillette: The gods are not the embodiment of justice.]
[Charlotte: This is huge news. If only a detective were here to decipher it.]
In the video, Paimon wondered aloud. "Just who is the one who left this prophecy?"
Neuvillette: "Furina is the only lead we have."
After leaving the ruin, the group parted ways.
Navia needed to attend to the Spina di Rosula's affairs. Having not personally overseen them recently, she was bound to feel a little uneasy.
Neuvillette prepared to return home, planning to seek out Furina the next day to ask about the issue of the tablets.
Lumine and Paimon headed to the Fleuve Cendre camp to rest. At the camp, Navia had already arranged for a fine meal to be prepared.
After a thoroughly satisfying meal, Lumine spotted Mona nearby!
[Mona: How did I end up in Fontaine?]
[Jean: Perhaps you were on a trip. I recall you once traveled across the nations with your master.]
[Mona: The feeling of suddenly being on camera is... a little strange.]
[Ningguang: I wonder if I'm qualified to appear on screen.]
[Ganyu: Lady Ningguang, you have contributed so much to Liyue. You will surely appear in a future broadcast.]
[Arataki Itto: Hahahaha! I want to be on a broadcast too! Hahahaha!]
In the footage, Paimon was equally shocked. "Mona? You actually showed up in Fontaine! Are you really from Fontaine after all?"
Mona: "I'm in Fontaine on business. It's nothing, just out for a stroll. I didn't expect to run into you two either. But why would Paimon assume I'm Fontainian? Is it because 'Megistus' doesn't sound like a Mondstadt surname?"
Paimon nodded. "Exactly!"
Mona: "Actually, I did have my own surname once. But after that old hag took me on as her apprentice, she told me that if I wanted to become a great astrologer, the first step was to change my surname to this one."
"I had no choice. You always have to listen to the old hag. What surprised me was that the name doesn't come from some ancient family line. Translated, the word means 'great.'"
Paimon: "To work boasting into your own surname... your master sure is something."
Mona nodded. "More or less. In the future, when I take on a disciple, I'll name them the same way."
Lumine, curious, asked about the name of Mona's master.
Mona: "Astramancer Barbeloth Trismegistus."
"Translated, it means 'the thrice-great astrologer.'"
Paimon: "Three times! How childish!"
[Paimon: Three times! How childish!]
[Mona: I admit, it is a bit childish. But that old hag is exactly that kind of person. Being seen by so many people... I feel like I've just been publicly humiliated.]
[Paimon: Don't worry. When you see their own humiliating moments later, it'll even out.]
[Lumine: Paimon, you really know how to comfort people.]
In the video, Mona also grew quite animated.
"Yes, yes! That old hag is exactly that childish! At first, she used just 'Megistus' as well. Once I had learned the basics, she upgraded it to 'Trismegistus'..."
Paimon: "So she super-sized it?"
Lumine: "Paimon, you could call yourself the Thrice-the-Freeloader Fairy!"
Paimon: "That name sounds awful!"
[Arataki Itto: The Thrice-the-Freeloader Fairy? That name really does sound awful.]
[Paimon: A brainless blockhead like you—what right do you have to laugh at me?]
[Arataki Itto: Aaahhh! You flying little lavender melon!]
...
In the video.
Paimon asked about Mona's origins, and Mona answered: "I was born in Mondstadt. My parents are currently living in a port in Mondstadt. For a time, I traveled and studied all over with my master, and eventually I settled down in Mondstadt."
Paimon stretched out a hand. "Well, that's good. At least you don't have to worry about being dissolved by Fontaine's water."
Mona clearly knew quite a bit as well and offered a warning: "Speaking of that, you've noticed that Fontaine's been dealing with a lot lately, right? I have a feeling those strange waters are very dangerous. Even if you're not locals, try to stay far away from them."