Genshin Impact: I, the first water follower, makes players excited

Chapter 245: A Country Claiming to Be Righteous

At this point, there was a hint of anger in Xines' words.

"I remember my first camera was given to me by a little boy, probably about seven or eight years old. Now it seems that camera was probably a product of forbidden knowledge. I saved him in a battle, and he gave it to me as a gift..."

"Later, the ancient country's guards arrived near the camp, but unfortunately I was not there at the time. Ilie wanted to lead the troops to eliminate the threat, but the council rejected it because the guards' target was not the camp, but the ordinary people around the camp. So she had to go to the rescue alone..."

When Xines said this, everyone understood that the child should be around the camp. Ying bit her lip.

"That child..."

"He's dead..."

These words of Chines were particularly heavy. He sighed and continued,

"I had already experienced many wars at that time, but the death of this child still made me very sad. Later, I asked Ilie about what happened..."

"This is the first time I'm truly disappointed in humans. Honestly, if Ilie hadn't stopped them, those idle bastards would have gone to see that kid long ago."

Ying felt a tightness in her chest. A child who should have had a wonderful childhood, lost everything because of a wrong instruction...

Hey...

Hines' words did not stop.

"Actually, if that were all, I wouldn't be completely disgusted with the nobles as a whole. I would only want to kill those beasts who gave the orders. What really made me disappointed with the nobles was later..."

Egolia adjusted her stance. She had understood what Hines had said before, but what Hines was going to say next was probably something she didn't understand.

Elhaisen on the side listened with great interest. The feeling of hearing history told by people around him was different from reading, because it was very relaxing now.

Seno said nothing. He was even more curious about the identity of Chines. Fontaine was an ancient kingdom that existed on land, but it had never been established.

These words all indicate that Xines is not a human being, and is most likely an immortal species.

Ying held Paimon and listened silently...

Hines cleared his throat and continued.

"That was after Egolia's death..."

Seno nodded slightly. "Hmm, after Egolia's death, a pretty accurate time point..."

Wait? Who died!?

Seno turned around in shock, his eyes constantly scanning Egolia and Hines.

Huh? Did I hear it wrong?

"El Haisen, who did Hines just say died?"

"Egolia..."

"???"

Looking at Seno with a puzzled look on his face, Elhaisen said nothing, but a meaningful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Egolia noticed the change in Seno and looked at him with a gentle smile.

Senor leaned against the stone pillar in the hall and slowly sat down. It turned out that Egolia was dead. Now she was a dead person, which was not difficult to accept...

What a ghost!

Sines naturally heard the question that Seno asked Elhaisen, but he had no intention of telling Seno about the process of his resurrection of Egolia.

"After I dealt with Erinus, I returned to the ruined Fontaine. Erinus's invasion had destroyed almost all of Fontaine's navy. I approached some nobles, hoping they would allocate funds for the soldiers' burial expenses and compensation for their families, but unfortunately, no one agreed. Egolia's departure and the lack of power reminded them that another gamble had begun..."

Ying felt a little bit unbelievable.

"Didn't they ever suspect that Egolia intended to let you succeed her? Weren't they worried about refusing the Water God's request?"

Seno's already furrowed brows became even more tense after hearing Ying's words.

What did I hear? Water God? Succession?

That’s what I mean!

Seno looked up at Sines and Egolia in a daze, then turned to look at Elhaisen in disbelief.

"Ai..."

"Yes, you heard it right..."

Elhaisen was also a little bit unbelievable. How could the usually smart and serious Seno be like a stupid dog today? Well, a stupid dog with poor hearing.

Egolia smiled helplessly.

"At the time, almost everyone knew that this guy was not familiar with government affairs. When he encountered problems, he only thought about whether he could solve the problem for the person who caused the problem."

Hines shrugged. Even without saying a word, Ying could tell what he wanted to say: Is it my fault?

Then Chines told his story:

"So they're not worried that Egolia will choose me as the heir, unless Egolia wants Fontaine to be destroyed in my hands."

"Without Egolia's conciliatory policies, they have achieved unprecedented control over the city. As nobles with access to numerous valuable resources, they actually feel that the common people are unworthy of living under the same sky with them and want to drive them into the sewers. I naturally disagree with their actions, but my opposition has no effect..."

"Everything went very naturally. Every time I showed up, they would smile and leave. But when I left, they would send people to drive them away again, and they would maliciously beat up the civilians..."

"This also led to the fact that every time the common people saw me, they were often more terrified than when they saw the guards of the nobles..."

"I have tried to restrain their behavior by the laws of Fontaine, but no one is willing to bear witness against their atrocities..."

"The power of class crushed the common people of Fontaine, and I could only watch them being driven into the sewers..."

"That was the first time I realized that the laws of Fontaine were not perfect. However, I did not have the ability to make laws. All I could do was to use force to judge the crimes they had committed..."

"So, during one of our encounters, I contaminated him with the Abyss, driving him mad and causing him to attack me. I thought that this time, with the witnesses and evidence, he would receive the punishment he deserved..."

Speaking of this, Ying was a little surprised. She didn't expect that Xines was still very well-behaved at that time. Although there was a suspicion of fishing, judging from the situation, the nobleman would definitely go to jail.

But, will things really go so smoothly?

As expected, the word "but" appeared in Xines' mouth.

"However, I still underestimated them. They bribed every possible connection. During that trial, although everyone treated me with immense respect, the end result was that he was only detained for three days..."

"That's right. Because the victim is me, a follower of the former water god and a founding father of Fontaine, that's why he was detained for three days. But what if the victim wasn't me?"

"What if it's just a civilian, just a little kid?"

"Then can they still keep the prisoner in custody for three days?"

"No, it's impossible. They don't even have the chance to go to court!"

"And Fontaine claims to be a country of justice!"