Genshin Impact: Reincarnation as a Hilichurl

"Ah, Lu Jingquan, whom I haven't seen for a long time~" Funina said with emotion.

"Oh, I haven't seen the Opikle Opera House for a long time~" Funina sighed.

"Eh? If I can't stay in my usual seat to watch the show, do we have to buy tickets and sit in the audience?" Funina suddenly asked.

"you guess?"

"I... I guess I should. If you enter without a ticket, you will definitely be asked to leave by the security team..."

"Congratulations, you guessed it right."

"In fact, I occasionally want to sit in the audience and watch the performances of the opera house, but the opportunity is rare. It is the first time for me to buy a ticket to enter like this... After all, the entire opera house was nominally founded by me."

Looking at the crowd that usually seemed so lively, Funina sighed in distress: "So we have to queue up to buy tickets again. There are so many people just waiting to enter."

"If you don't make a reservation in advance, you have to queue up to buy tickets. If you make a reservation, you may also have to queue up to pick up your tickets. Are you tired of this?"

"No, I think it's quite real... This is the life you should live after you take off your identity as the God of Water. But I'm definitely not the only one who hates queuing."

"That's true, so I think we have to get in line quickly, or there will be two more people in front of us."

"Ah, hurry up!"

After hurriedly joining the ticket-buying line, the newspaper seller who was walking around the line came over very actively, shouting out headlines that were more shocking than the last.

"Shock! Prophecy and turning point, Lady Funina has issued these measures, which will turn the tide!"

"In-depth interpretation of the water goddess Funina, issue 161: Facing the prophecy, no need to say more - our god has stood up! Everything is in 'New Fontaine'!"

"Shock! The prophecy is about to come true. What can we ordinary people do? Master this knowledge and your family will be safe!"

"Shock! When will the prophecy come true? The famous astrologer 'Astergis Moran Maggie Eats Toast' in the horoscope column of 'Steam Dog' newspaper will explain it to you in detail!"

"Breaking news! The registration for the 'Summoning King Grand Prix' jointly organized by 'Seven Summonings' and the Adventurers' Association is about to come to an end. Play cards to win big prizes. Have you signed up?"

"When the prophecy is about to come true, auspicious signs suddenly appear?! Ten thousand mother trees that have been dormant in the desert for many years suddenly come to life overnight. What does its existence have to do with us? Regarding the historical research on the former water goddess Egolia, Steambird Newspaper has a special report for you!"

Although a newspaper seller and a reporter have different jobs, just in case, Funina turned up her collar to cover herself tightly.

After the newspaper vendors left, she muttered quietly, "Even I don't know how these guys could know when the prophecy would happen... But the impact of the prophecy is indeed quite large. It's been several days, and almost all newspapers are still reporting on it."

Wang Chen was also a little troubled by those fanatical reporters. He said, "I don't know how long this storm will last."

"You don't even know?"

“…I’m not omnipotent.”

"That's it..."

Wang Chen tried to speculate: "To be honest, after the novelty wears off, there will definitely be fewer people paying attention. For most people, the things that can be seen and touched in life are the most important. Besides, the Water God has already come forward to deal with the prophecy, so we just need to not let them get too suspicious."

"Should I show up more often to explain things?"

"No, it's more likely that the Water God will immediately make a law that 'those who chase the Water God to ask about the prophecy will be sent directly to Melo Petersburg' than patiently explaining it to those reporters over and over again. Just follow your usual habits, otherwise your character will collapse and it will lose its authenticity."

Am I such a person?

Finina wanted to refute, but she found that this seemed to be something that the water god could do, so she nodded blankly: "Oh..."

Glancing at the performance notice board next to the team that was getting closer and closer, Wang Chen said, "There are two performances this afternoon. The first is the concert 'Haimo Village Night' hosted by the Melusin Philharmonic Orchestra, and the second is... the stage play 'Romeo and Juliet'. One ticket for each performance. If you are going to stay here all afternoon, it would be better to buy tickets for both performances."

"Then buy them all. We won't go anywhere this afternoon."

……

"Romeo and Juliet, this was the first play you wrote, right? The second was The Merchant of Fontaine. A play in which the outcome is decided in a court of law is truly unique and perfectly suited to the Oprykle Opera House. That year, I wrote to you to ask for the adaptation and performance rights of The Merchant of Fontaine."

"That was a long time ago."

"Yes, that was three years ago. Then came Hamlet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Sherlock Holmes in the second year, and The Miser and King Lear in the third year. I found that as long as I wrote to you, you would hand in new works. At that time, I thought it was because of your reputation as the water god, or that you were greedy for fame and fortune. Now it seems that is not the case at all..."

"What do you want to express by bringing this up suddenly?"

Furninna stuttered, "No... I just can't figure it out. Why do you write these books?"

Wang Chen recalled carefully that he first wrote Romeo and Juliet for Lisa, then he wrote The Butterfly Lovers and gave it to Hu Tao, and later because of some hateful rumors, he wrote The Merchant of Fontaine to apologize to Lisa...

At that time, I did consider the compatibility of The Merchant of Fontaine with the Opéracle Opera House. And since it was a comedy, maybe it would make Bofu laugh...

Can all these things be said?

No!

The following books were written simply because Funina urged me to write more...

So Wang Chen also stumbled and said, "Just... just write it for fun?"

"Hmm?" Furninna gave him a puzzled look.

Wang Chen changed his statement to a more general one: "Of course I write books for people to read. If someone wants to read it, I will write it."

Furninna's expression became increasingly strange.

The matter of writing a book has little to do with the prophecy... or has nothing to do with it at all. It's just because Chen wanted a new book, so he wrote it?

Moreover, he grasped the personality of the water god he played very well. When he was waiting in line in front of me, he answered the question immediately, completely casually, as if he had been secretly paying attention to me for a long time...

Not for fame, not for profit, and the book has nothing to do with prophecy, so what is the purpose of writing?

Someone wants to read it, so you write it?

I can't help but think about it...

"Hello...Hello?"

"Ah! What's wrong?"

"You're distracted. I'm saying, where are we going next? Are we going back to Mo Mang Palace?"

"Let's go back to Fontaine first. I want to experience 'shopping' which is very popular among ordinary people... I have to bring some gifts back to Clorinde, and see if there is a sequel to 'The Queen's Crown', and if there are any new peripheral products for 'Sherlock Holmes'. And you have worked hard too. Is there any gift you want? I will give it to you too! Not only for today, but also for the books you wrote before!"

"Me?" Wang Chen thought for two seconds, pointed at the headband that replaced the mask and said, "Why don't you just give this thing to me?"

……

That night, when another group of reporters sneaked to the roof of Mo Mang Palace, they found that there was an extra recliner here, and on the chair was a stranger lying with his eyes closed and resting.

Noticing the arrival of the guests, there was a soft bang from behind the recliner, followed by a helpless sigh from the person on the recliner.

"Stop, no walking ahead."