Stellar Train: I Open a Small Shop on the Train-Chapter 138

Focalors took a look.

"Furina, didn't you say we could buy anything from this Mr. Ye Yun using star coins? How about we save some money and just buy that puppet version?"

Furina shook her head.

"No, no, the puppet is too ugly! You're as beautiful as I am, we can't settle for less.

Let's get the most expensive one! I want a custom design!"

Furina pulled out her little wallet and counted out 100,000 star coins to hand to Ye Yun.

"Ye Yun, make a custom one based on me!"

Ye Yun put away the star coins, ready to purchase the body.

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Ye Yun was surprised. "There's such a benefit now? Why wasn't there anything like this before?"

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Hearing that, Ye Yun turned to Furina.

"Furina, I'll throw in a little extra for free. You can choose one elemental spirit, and I'll enhance this body's natural elemental affinity for you."

Furina brightened.

"Ooh! A bonus? That's awesome! Wait—what's an elemental spirit?"

Ye Yun explained:

"Elemental spirits increase the affinity of their owner with a specific type of elemental magic.

For example, a water elemental spirit increases your affinity with water magic.

Combined with enhanced natural affinity, it'll be twice as effective with half the effort."

Furina nodded in understanding.

"I see. Let me ask real quick, hang on."

Furina consulted Fukalos in her mind.

"Focalors, did you hear that? Which element do you want?"

Focalors responded:

"I'll go with the water element. Oh, and the appearance should look exactly like me! Well, maybe a little different."

Once the element was confirmed, Ye Yun bought the body for Furina.

He selected a body based on his memory of Focalors's appearance.

Focalors looked exactly like Furina, with one key difference:

Furina had a blue right eye and a black left eye.

Focalors had a blue left eye and a black right eye.

Also, Focalors had long hair, while Furina had short hair.

Furina closely examined the body lying on the beach and was very satisfied after a moment.

"Mm-mm-mm~ I really am beautiful! Focalors, try it out!"

Focalors's spirit left Furina's mind.

From Ye Yun's perspective, a glowing orb emerged from Furina's head.

The orb floated over to the body, and before long, the body stood up—Focalors had returned to the physical world!

Focalors opened her eyes, looked around, and raised a hand to shield her eyes from the sun's rays.

She felt the sea breeze brush across her skin, a refreshing coolness washing over her.

Focalors then looked at Furina, who was staring blankly at her.

"Furina?"

Furina snapped out of it and ran over to Focalors, circling her while inspecting.

"Wow~ So pretty! Focalors, you're so beautiful!"

Standing in front of her, Furina compared their heights and noticed something off.

"Wait a minute! You're taller than me! That much taller!" Furina gestured with her fingers.

Ye Yun chuckled.

"Furina, you did say there should be some differences."

Furina replied,

"It's fine. This is perfect. Even though Focalors and I are the same person, she came into this world before me.

She's the older sister, I'm the younger sister. It's totally normal that she's taller.

Focalors, let's go buy clothes tonight—let's go to Chizuru's shop. They're really good at making clothes.

Oh, and tomorrow I'm performing in another world—let's go together, okay? Please?"

Furina held both of Focalors's hands and pouted sweetly.

Focalors looked at her dotingly.

"Sure~ I'll go with you tomorrow.

But for now, let's go swimming. I can't even remember the last time I swam in the sea."

Furina grinned and pulled Focalors toward the ocean.

The two ran hand-in-hand toward the blue sea under the bright morning sun.

They played and splashed in the waves.

Soon, Stelle and March 7th joined them.

Stelle pulled a sneak attack—diving under the water and leaping up near Furina and Focalors, sending a huge splash their way and soaking them.

Furina immediately retaliated.

"Hey! Stelle, how dare you ambush us! Focalors, let's team up on her!"

Focalors agreed cheerfully, and the two splashed water wildly at Stelle.

Stelle laughed and plunged her hands into the water, throwing up a massive splash.

"Hehe~ Furina, this is how you water fight!"

Furina fell back under the onslaught. Seeing this, Bailu jumped in.

"Don't worry, I'll help you!"

Bailu joined the battle, and Klee, Hook, and the other little ones also joined, helping Furina and Focalors against Stelle.

Seeing the tide turn, Stelle dove into the water and swam down.

Furina pointed and shouted,

"Go! Let's catch her!"

She dove in first, and the others followed.

The six little ones eagerly joined in, swimming into the deeper sea.

Seeing this, Ye Yun called on Lios and Dodoco to follow them and ensure their safety.

The group chased and played until they reached the deep sea without realizing it.

Stelle swam hard and slipped through a narrow crevice in the rocks—what she saw on the other side left her stunned.

Furina, Focalors, and the others followed, and once through, they too froze in place.

Above them, sunlight pierced through the rippling surface, casting rays down to illuminate the seafloor.

Below, vibrant coral reefs stretched in every direction, with unknown little fish swimming about, searching for food.

Seagrass swayed with the current like elegant dancers.

A few stingrays glided past, one small ray even stopping to curiously observe the group before rejoining the others.

The six little ones were enchanted by the scene.

Bailu swam over to a large turtle, grabbing onto its shell and letting it carry her.

Klee, Hook, and Yaoyao followed suit, latching onto other turtles and enjoying the ride.

This was a brand-new experience for the six of them—something they'd never done before.

Focalors looked around, a sense of familiarity washing over her as she took in the view.

***

Focalors looked around and spotted a giant clam under the sea.

Oh, right—wasn't this the place where she once pondered how to resolve the prophecy?

She swam over to the giant clam and gently embraced it, her thoughts drifting back to when she had just taken over the position of Hydro Archon.

Back then, she was constantly annoyed, racking her brain every day trying to figure out how to deal with the prophecy.

It was here that she found the solution.

Furina and the others also swam over.

Star looked at the giant clam.

"Wow~ this clam is huge! There's definitely a pearl inside. Let me feel around~"

Saying that, she reached her hand into the gap of the giant clam and started feeling around.

Suddenly, it seemed like Stelle touched something. Her expression lit up with excitement, and she gave it a hard tug.

The clam, feeling pain, snapped shut and clamped down on Stelle's hand.

Stelle let out a shriek and began shaking the clam violently.

"Ow ow ow! Let go!"

The clam refused to open. Seeing this, Focalors gently patted the shell and said:

"Let her go, big clam."

As soon as she spoke, the giant clam calmed down, opened its shell, and let Star retrieve her hand.

Steller rolled up her sleeve to see a bright red mark on her arm.

Despite that, she was still tightly clutching a large pearl.

She opened her hand to reveal a pearl the size of her palm.

March 7th gasped.

"Wow! That pearl is huge!"

Stelle said, "There are tons more inside. I felt a bunch just now, but they were kind of out of reach and hard to pull out."

March 7th looked a little disappointed.

A pearl that big would look amazing at home.

Seeing her expression, Focalors patted the shell of the clam.

"Can I have a few pearls?"

The clam seemed to understand her words and opened its shell wide, allowing Focalors to easily take the pearls.

Focalors carefully picked some out—since they were formed naturally, taking them gently wouldn't hurt the clam.

She handed the pearls to March 7th, Firefly, and Furina.

March 7th's joy was written all over her face as she held the large pearl in both hands.

"Thank you, Focalors!"

Focalors smiled.

"You're welcome. Let's go explore some other places."

Focalors led Furina and the others to catch up with the six little ones, swimming through the sea alongside the big sea turtle.

Slowly, more and more fish began gathering around Focalors.

When they reached an open area of the sea, a few large sea turtles separated from the group and headed deeper toward the seafloor.

Focalors and the others paused, only to realize that a huge number of fish had followed them.

The fish swam around Focalors as if they were escorting their queen.

Furina was curious.

"What's going on?"

Ye Yun said, "It's probably due to Focalors' physique. Her body has a very strong natural affinity, so these fish are likely attracted to that."

Surrounded by the fish, Focalors slowly floated upward.

A few Bubbly Seahorse gathered around her, patting their bellies and making "pom-pom" sounds.

Focalors reached out to stroke one of them, and the little creature nuzzled its head into her palm.

Looking at Furina and the others, Focalors waved her hand. The fish instantly split into a team and swam toward Ye Yun and the others, lifting them up and guiding them to Focalors.

The school of fish carried the group through the ocean, eventually arriving near Fontaine's court.

Everyone came ashore at a nearby beach, chatting and laughing as they headed toward Fontaine.

Inside Fontaine:

Upon hearing that Furina had returned, Neuvillette asked his secretary Melusine to invite her over.

Melusine found Furina and Focalors in the guest room, eating little cakes.

When the secretary saw Focalors, she froze for a few seconds.

Two Lady Furinas!?

"Lady Furina, Lord Neuvillette has asked to see you."

Furina was confused. Why was Neuvillette looking for her? Was it for official duties?

Oh no, just thinking about that stuff gives her a headache.

"Did he say what it's about?"

The secretary shook her head.

"I'm not sure. He only said he wanted you to come."

Furina thought for a moment and decided to go anyway.

She brought Focalors along and followed the secretary toward Neuvillette's office.

With a wave of his hand, Lancelot summoned six knights to escort Furina and Focalors for their protection.

Furina had already given an order: from now on, the knights of the Lancelot Order were to treat Focalors as they would her.

Furina and Focalors arrived at Neuvillette's office.

Furina kicked open the door.

"Neuvillette, what do you want? I'm in the middle of entertaining my friend."

Neuvillette was just about to invite her to sit when he spotted Focalors behind her.

His expression turned to confusion. What was going on? Two Furinas? Was he seeing things?

He was only 500 years old—still a young dragon—not old enough to be going senile.

Focalors found his expression amusing and covered her mouth with a giggle.

"Hehe~ Neuvillette, I still like that look on your face. It's so entertaining."

Neuvillette looked at Furina.

"What's going on?"

Furina explained everything about Focalors to him.

After processing the information, Neuvillette looked up at Focalors.

"So... it was you who invited me to Fontaine all those years ago?"

Focalors smiled and nodded.

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Neuvillette nodded slightly and didn't dwell too much on the matter.

"So all these years, you've been hiding within the Oratrice, gathering energy, waiting for the day you could kill yourself to return the authority to me—so I could resolve the prophecy?"

Focalors nodded gently.

"Yes~ But now it seems that won't be necessary anymore. With Teyvat's migration underway, we don't need to worry about the prophecy."

Neuvillette raised an eyebrow.

"What do you mean?"

Furina raised her hand.

"Let me explain. Lady Calestia had me attend a meeting earlier.

They talked about the upcoming migration. The entire Teyvat population is going to move to Stelle and March 7th's world.

The new habitat has already been fully renovated. The other nations are now organizing their people and resources for the move."

Neuvillette asked:

"Why didn't you tell me something this important?"