Hearing Lord Yuto's words, Neuvillette fell silent, seemingly pondering the feasibility of the suggestion he had just made.
Lord Yuto nodded slightly as he watched Neuvillette, who was deep in thought with his head bowed, then quietly left Neuvillette's office.
He couldn't teach Neuvillette this matter; in fact, it could be said... no one could.
Neuvillette had to judge what he should and shouldn't do based on the voice in his heart, otherwise he would forever be in such a state of confusion.
In Lord Yuto's view, Neuvillette was not someone who was slow to perceive emotions; on the contrary, he was very sensitive to them.
—Otherwise, Fontaine wouldn't rain at the drop of a hat.
Neuvillette's current problem was not knowing how to express himself, or to put it bluntly, just as Navia had once described him: insensitive.
This was why Lord Yuto suggested he go for a walk on the streets and truly experience how the people of Fontaine expressed their emotions.
"This is what you must continue to learn from now on, Neuvillette..."
Lord Yuto couldn't help but murmur to himself.
...
After leaving Neuvillette's office, Lord Yuto first returned to his own office, reviewing the day's documents and beginning to search for his successors.
That's right, it was "successors".
As everyone knew, Lord Yuto's workload was terrifying, so to ensure Fontaine's operations ran smoothly... he had to quickly distribute this pressure.
Although there had been
"reckless" young people who wanted to find a job with him in the past, almost none of them could persevere.
The paperwork was too tedious, and Lord Yuto's tasks were extremely heavy and trivial; it was within his expectations that they couldn't endure.
And now, what Lord Yuto had to do was distribute the tasks at hand, ensuring everyone did a bit more work, but not to the point of exhaustion.
Of course, the premise was that it wasn't illegal.
Thinking of this, Lord Yuto sighed slightly, then looked at the talent reserve files that Sedna had specifically brought for him, flipping through them page by page.
He selected a few resumes he deemed acceptable and set them aside, planning to have Sedna notify them later to try out these jobs.
"Ah... if only I had a subordinate who was exceptionally talented, always slacking off, but could definitely complete tasks before the deadline as long as I assigned them..."
Lord Yuto wearily rubbed his somewhat swollen temples, then shifted his gaze to the documents before him.
Until he selected a sufficient number of talents and ensured they had the ability to handle these tasks, he truly couldn't relax at all.
...
After Lord Yuto had been reviewing documents for a while, a blue figure suddenly appeared at the door of his office.
"Yuto? Are you busy?"
Furina looked at Lord Yuto, who was reviewing documents, and asked softly.
Hearing the voice of his "God", Lord Yuto subconsciously looked up at her, then smiled and shook his head, saying:
"Not really busy, just going to Iliyas Island later to send them off as planned yesterday."
As Furina listened to Lord Yuto speak, she naturally closed the door to Lord Yuto's office, then sat down opposite Lord Yuto.
—The incident when Sedna suddenly walked in last time... was still vivid in her memory.
To be safe, she still closed the door first to prevent her divine majesty from being diminished.
"So... Lady Furina, is there something you need me for? Is it work? Or a personal matter?"
Lord Yuto put down his quill and looked at Furina with a smile, saying.
"I'm just curious, what 'crimes' do you and Neuvillette plan to use to send those two law-abiding citizens into Meropide?"
Almost the moment Furina said this, she saw a never-before-seen slyness appear on Lord Yuto's face.
His slender index finger lightly tapped the table, then he slowly spoke one astonishing... fact after another.
"These two are really trouble wherever they go."
"Speaking ill of the Wind God in Mondstadt, being identified as a suspect in the assassination of the Rock God in Ritou, fighting the Raiden Shogun in Inazuma, tearing down the little God's home in Sumeru..."
"I imagine they wouldn't mind adding the crimes of stealing the Water God's cake or embezzling the Water God's Assistant Administrator's private stash."
Hearing Lord Yuto's "list of crimes" that sounded like an incantation, Furina's eyes widened involuntarily, her cherry lips slightly parted, and she fell into a brief state of stunned silence.
Looking at the shocked Furina, Lord Yuto suddenly thought of something, then added mischievously:
"Oh, right, right, and 'because the above two actions occurred simultaneously, causing Fontaine's political core to enter a brief period of silence', how do you like that crime?"
After a brief moment of stunned silence, Furina shook her head vigorously, looking at the Assistant Administrator with a faint smile on his face, momentarily shocked.
She really hadn't seen this dark side of Lord Yuto.
"Hmm... but how are you going to make these crimes reasonable?"
Furina tilted her head, asking with some confusion.
Lord Yuto smiled slightly, and just as he was about to say something, there was a knock on his office door.
"Lord Yuto! Miss Isa Do said she knows, and it will come out of your account, and I've also handled the plate of desserts you gave me as you arranged~"
Sedna's voice drifted in from outside the door, seemingly hinting at something.
Lord Yuto nodded repeatedly upon hearing this, thanked Sedna, then looked at the dumbfounded Furina with a smile.
"This is my plan, how is it? My God?"
Furina didn't speak; she just felt that... it was absolutely right for her to have pulled Lord Yuto out of that cake shop back then.
—Otherwise, with this guy's cunning and meticulous thinking, who knew what earth-shattering deeds he could accomplish.
She gave the smiling Lord Yuto a deep look, saying nothing more.
After all, Lord Yuto's crime rulings were based on factual evidence, and according to what Sedna had just said, they had indeed committed actions consistent with the aforementioned crimes.
Even if those with ulterior motives wanted to cause trouble for Lord Yuto... they probably wouldn't find any problems even if they dug three feet deep.
Thinking of this, Furina shook her head, then changed the subject.
"By the way, this afternoon's afternoon tea...?"
"Coming, of course coming. It's just sending them to Meropide, it's not like I have to personally investigate these matters."
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