Stellar Train: I Open a Small Shop on the Train-Chapter 139

Furina whistled when she saw the situation.

"Didn't I already send someone to compile the list? I just forgot to tell you."

Neuvillette sighed lightly.

"How far along are we?"

Upon hearing this, Furina had Lancelot call over the staff who had been assigned to compile the list.

When the relevant staff entered, Neuvillette began taking over the task. This was such an important matter that he decided to handle it personally, as he didn't trust anyone else to do it.

Furina saw that Neuvillette was in work mode and leaned close to Focalors' ear.

"You're really clever, inviting Neuvillette over to help us out with the work."

Focalors smiled.

"Let's go, we won't disturb Neuvillette. Let's go play with Star and the others."

Saying that, Focalors grabbed Furina's hand and was about to leave Neuvillette's office.

At that moment, Neuvillette's voice came from behind.

"Where do you think you're going?"

Neuvillette looked at the two of them with a resentful expression, one filled with the strong resentment of a worker.

Furina was fine, she didn't understand these things. Letting her handle these documents would only slow things down.

But Focalors was different. The fact that she had come up with this plan showed how sharp her mind was.

Neuvillette stood up and walked over to Focalors.

"You've had 500 years of rest. It's time to get to work. You're the Hydro Archon!"

Neuvillette grabbed Focalors and instantly teleported her to the desk, sitting her down on the chair.

Focalors was a bit dazed, and Neuvillette placed a file in front of her.

"Let's go, start working."

Focalors blinked, a question mark appearing above her head.

"Isn't this your job?"

Neuvillette said calmly, "No, this is your job. As the ruler of a nation, you should be the one to review and approve the various affairs.

Furina didn't understand these things before, so I handled them for her.

But now that you're back, I naturally have to return these responsibilities to you.

After all, my position is as the Chief Justice, and I only handle judicial matters!"

Focalors was stunned.

"No way! I just got back! Do I really have to work already?"

"Nooooo! I'm not ready yet!"

Neuvillette glanced at the door, then approached Furina.

"Lady Furina, you can go ahead and play with your friends for a while. Lady Focalors has some official duties to attend to."

After saying that, Neuvillette pushed Furina out of the office and closed the door behind her.

Furina stood outside, confused, looking at the closed door.

"Huh??"

A few hours later...

Focalors sat in front of the desk with a face full of despair. Her head hung low on the table, her arms weakly sprawled out on the desk.

This was insane—how did such a small place like Fontaine come with so many tasks?

After several hours, the pile of unfinished documents had only been reduced by a small portion.

Neuvillette had instructed that all the official documents from this period be brought over.

Neuvillette set up a new desk beside his own, with only the materials for the cases he was going to review the next day on his desk.

He even, for the first time, took out some red tea leaves that Furina had given him, brewing himself a cup of tea.

He leisurely sipped his tea while carefully reviewing the case details.

For the first time, Neuvillette thought that work wasn't so bad.

He thought back to the past, when he had to deal with documents as soon as he woke up.

Now, he could brew tea and carefully review cases at his own pace. There was plenty of time.

Fontaine people had strong legal awareness, so there were at most ten cases a day.

Focalors sighed and picked up the pen to continue reviewing documents.

It wasn't until 10 PM that Focalors finally returned to Furina's room.

The next morning...

Furina jumped out of bed, full of energy, and did a flip.

"Ta-da! The great Lady Furina is awake!"

Her noise woke Focalors, who groggily opened her eyes.

Furina sat beside Focalors and gently shook her shoulders.

"Focalors, wake up! Today I'm going to be a guest performer at Miss Robin's place!"

Focalors sat up, still a little groggy, and yawned, leaning on Furina's shoulder.

Furina shook her shoulder again to wake her up.

"Hey! Wake up! Wake up!"

Focalors rubbed her eyes and fully woke up.

The two of them went to the bathroom to wash up.

After washing up, they stood in front of the mirror. Furina was picking out clothes for her performance that day.

After choosing, she decided to wear a dress and take her elegant little cane.

Just then, there was a knock at the door.

Furina opened the door to see Neuvillette walk in.

Yesterday, Focalors had told Neuvillette that she would be taking a day off to attend Furina's concert.

Neuvillette decided to go as well, curious to see what the other world was like.

Furina saw that Neuvillette had arrived.

"Let's go! Everyone's here, let's head out!"

At Penacony, backstage at the Grand Theater...

Robin was chatting with Stelle, March 7th, Firefly, and the others.

Hutao snuck over to peek at the scene and was shocked by the huge crowd.

"Robin, you have so many fans! You wouldn't believe it, I just went up to the front, and it's packed!"

March 7th said, "Of course, Robin is the best star!"

At that moment, Furina walked in with Focalors and Neuvillette.

Furina waved happily to Robin.

"Robin! I'm here!"

Furina jogged up to Robin and grabbed her hand.

Robin smiled and said, "Furina, you're finally here. You're fourth in line, the first three are my songs."

Furina waved her hand. "You handle the schedule. Oh, by the way, let me introduce you. This is Focalors, also me—but from my divine side."

Focalors smiled and waved at Robin.

Robin returned the smile.

She looked around at everyone present.

"I'm so happy that everyone could attend my concert today. Not only do I have Furina and Barbara as my guest performers, but we also have six cute little ones who will sing along with me later!"

That's right—when Amber heard about the concert, she mentioned it to Jean and the others.

Jean thought about it and decided to bring Barbara along to watch. Surprisingly, after Barbara interacted with Robin, Robin immediately invited her to be a guest performer.

And the six little ones—after hearing they would be part of the concert, they couldn't sleep, excited to sing on stage too.

In the end, Ye Yun went to ask Robin for permission.

Robin readily agreed.

So, Ye Yun gave the six little ones a song, "Let the Wind Tell You."

***

The six little ones stood in a row, holding hands and practicing their song.

They sang while gently swaying their bodies.

This scene attracted the attention of the surrounding staff.

Especially a few female makeup artists, who kept exclaiming in surprise.

"Oh!!! Oh My Aeons, that little girl in the middle is just too cute!!! What's her name again? Klee? Klee! Mommy loves you!"

"Bailu, our little dragon girl, go for it! Big sis is cheering for you!"

"Qiqi! Come on! You have to keep up with the rhythm!"

"Hook, smile even more! Yes! Just like that!"

Barbara was nervously practicing her song too, with Jean by her side offering encouragement.

Kaeya, Diluc, Lisa, and others all came over when they heard Barbara would be performing, giving her their support.

Soon, Robin led the performers to the dressing room for makeup and costume changes.

Neuvillette stood there, unsure where to go.

There were no empty seats outside, and he couldn't very well sit in the aisle, could he?

Welt noticed Neuvillette and walked over.

"Sir, I saw you arrived earlier with Furina, correct?"

Neuvillette turned around when someone spoke to him.

"Yes, I came with Furina."

Welt gave a slight nod.

"Hello, let me introduce myself—I'm Welt, a Nameless on the Astral Express."

"I'm Neuvillette. A pleasure to meet you, sir," he replied.

"Mr. Neuvillette, come with us. We have a designated viewing area."

Neuvillette responded, "It would be my honor. Thank you."

Welt led Neuvillette and followed Welt to their private viewing room.

The room was about 100 square meters in size.

Zhongli, Jing Yuan, Jingliu, Natasha, and Serval had already been there for a while.

They were all there to cheer for the six little ones.

People like Jing Yuan, Jingliu, Blade, and Dan Heng came specifically to watch Bailu's performance.

Natasha and Serval were there for Hook—Hook's dad was also brought along, sitting on the couch eagerly waiting for his beloved daughter's appearance.

Jean and the others soon arrived as well, with Kaeya marveling at the luxury of Penacony along the way.

"Compared to this place, Mondstadt is nothing at all."

Diluc glanced at Kaeya.

"You've been going on and on about it—can you be quiet for a bit? When did the Cavalry Captain turn into a nagging aunt?"

Still, even Diluc had to admit, Penacony was far more advanced than Mondstadt.

Ye Yun chuckled and said to Kaeya, "Of course. Penacony is one of the top destinations in this universe."

Lisa looked at Jean.

"Looks like we'll be quite busy after relocating here~ There goes my lady-like afternoon tea time."

Jean, who had just come from the port, was also overwhelmed by Penacony's extravagance.

Even someone as wealthy as Ningguang was stunned.

If it could be summed up in one phrase: opulent decadence, gold everywhere.

Yae Miko had dragged Ei along. Ei didn't care much about these things—she just sat and quietly ate her donuts.

Since she sat down, the waiter had already brought her three plates of donuts.

Then Hutao and the others came in.

Kiana was super excited—it was her first time attending a concert of this scale.

With 500,000 people in the audience, just imagine how overwhelming that is—a tidal wave of cheers.

Kiana dragged Mei over to the sofa, eager to watch the show.

As Ye Yun looked at the stage, a thought suddenly popped into his head:

Should I form a Teyvat girl group?

Bring in Furina, Barbara, Ayaka, and Nilou.

Let them develop their careers here in this universe.

It would give them exposure and also help their respective nations, which are about to relocate here, gain a large sum of credits for development.

The more Ye Yun thought about it, the more promising the idea seemed. He decided to talk to them about it afterward and get their opinions.

More than half an hour passed.

Suddenly, all the lights went out—including the ones in Ye Yun's VIP room.

Kiana sat on the sofa, hugging a bucket of popcorn, excitedly kicking her feet.

"Yay yay! It's starting! It's starting! Finally!!"

After about ten seconds of silence, a lively piece of music blasted out.

"Mend your pace sway to the beat!

Hands up Embrace who you wanna be!"

The stage lit up instantly, with a powerful spotlight shining on Robin.

Flames burst from the edges of the stage, instantly igniting the entire venue's excitement.

The roar of the audience came in wave after wave.

Inside the VIP room—

March 7th, Stelle, Kiana, and Hutao were bouncing to the beat of the music.

"Woo! Woo! Go Robin!!!"

Robin, known across the galaxy as a famous singer, had a beautiful voice. Even Ei put down her donut and quietly listened.

Backstage—

Furina, Barbara, and the others were dumbfounded.

They had expected a big crowd, but not this big.

Half a million people cheering for Robin was just too intense.

To be honest, they'd probably never seen this many people in their entire lives.

Barbara whispered to herself, trying to muster up courage.

"Barbara! You can do it! You've got this!"

Focalors also comforted Furina, chatting to calm her nerves.

"Furina, go for it! This is your first step on the interstellar stage! Someday, you'll be a superstar like Robin!"

Furina clenched her tiny fists and stomped the ground.

"Let's go! Let's go! I want to be a cosmic superstar!"

On stage, Robin continued to sing naturally, occasionally dancing along to the rhythm and matching the beat.

Ye Yun suddenly noticed something interesting.

In the third row closest to the stage, he spotted Sunday.

Even though Sunday was wearing a mask and sunglasses, Ye Yun recognized him instantly.

Sunday was holding a colorful glowstick, waving it wildly in support of Robin.

Ye Yun couldn't help but laugh.

Has Sunday completely let loose now that he's stepped down?

Ye Yun nudged Welt with his elbow.

"Hey, look over there. See who that is."

Welt looked in the direction Ye Yun pointed. Once he saw clearly, he was also a little surprised.

"It's him. I didn't expect to see him again."

Ye Yun smiled.

"It's his little sister's concert—of course he'd be here."

But that wasn't important. For now, it was time to enjoy the show.

Soon, Robin began her second song: "To Mend a Broken Heart."