A Gift From the Sea Spirits
Last updated 2026-05-11
A Gift From the Sea Spirits is a World Quest in Beryl Region, Fontaine.
Steps
- Take a walk by the water's edge
- Talk to the Melusine
- Find a way to get underwater
- Collect the shiniest and brightest Beryl Conches
- Check on Puca
- Wait until two days later (14:00 – 16:00)
- Go to the Palais Mermonia
- Talk to Puca and take the Melusines to see Neuvillette
- Take the Melusines to see Neuvillette
- Send the Melusines back
Gameplay Notes
- During step 4, the player only needs to collect three of the five Beryl Conches.
Dialogue
Quest DescriptionBy the gentle shores of Fontaine, you and Paimon meet a Melusine who needs your help...
- (Approach the quest area)
- Paimon: Look over there, it's a Melusine!
- Paimon: Huh? What is she doing? Could she be in trouble? Let's go see!
- (Approach the Melusine)
- Paimon: Hey there, Melusine friend! Need any help?
- (If the player has not met Puca yet, an introductory note appears on screen)
Puca
A Melusine who lives in Merusea Village. An avid collector of pretty stones.
At first, she had no idea how valuable the pieces of ore in her collection were, and she certainly didn't consider them as precious as the glittering gemstones in her older sister’s workshop.
It was only by chance, and with your help, that some pieces from her collection were shown to a gem merchant from the Court of Fontaine and later crafted into highly durable components — and only then did she realize that even the most ordinary-looking stones can be utterly unique and irreplaceable.
Maybe one day, just like her sister, she will be able to have a workshop of her very own.
- Puca: Oh! (Traveler), Paimon, it's you! Long time no see!
- Puca! Nice to see you again too.
- Looking for pretty rocks again?
- Puca: Hehe, right in one! You know me too well.
- Puca: Everyone in Merusea is preparing a surprise gift for Monsieur Neuvillette. We're working together to make him a new outfit! I was about to go find some gems and shells to decorate it with!
- Wow, a surprise present!
- Paimon: Wow, a surprise present!
- Paimon: Uh, is it really okay for you to tell us like that, though?
- Puca: Ahhh! Oh no...
- Puca: Sorry, it's my first time doing something like this, so it just slipped out...
- Puca: I'm not sure why, but seeing everyone working towards the same goal like this, my heart just won't stop racing...
- Paimon: Paimon totally gets it! The mood's just so infectious that you get swept up in the hype and you just can't stop, won't stop, right?
- It's like forming a band.
- Puca: Yeah, it is! We may be playing different instruments, but we're playing in harmony, making the same music!
- Like co-conspirators committing a crime together.
- Paimon: Definitely not!
- Paimon: Paimon's begging you, please don't say things like that in the Nation of Justice...
- Puca: Hmm... Everyone keeping a secret together, doing things quietly... There are some similarities, I guess?
- Paimon: Uh-oh... If you corrupt Puca, we'll never be able to look Neuvillette in the eye again...
- Paimon: Anyway, enough of the crime talk! Let's get back to the new clothes.
- Paimon: So, why'd everyone suddenly decide to give him a gift?
- Puca: Oh, that! Monsieur Neuvillette is always sending gifts to everyone in Merusea Village, so after discussing it, we decided to make something for him ourselves!
- Puca: Flo handled the blueprints, and then we all picked out the materials and sewed it together... And Serene was in charge of "emergency precautions" to prevent things from getting totally out of control.
- Paimon: Emergency precautions? Things getting out of control?
- Paimon: Uh, Paimon knows that making clothes with Melusine hands is hard, but how bad could it possibly get?
- Puca: That depends on your definition of bad.
- Puca: Does it count if we ask Mamere to make a huge painting, and then turn the canvas into pajamas?
- Paimon: Oh wow. About that...
- I think Neuvillette would love it.
- Puca: Hehe, me too!
- Puca: But like Serene said, it's better if we make a respectable outfit that he can proudly wear when he's out and about!
- Puca: Laume's got tons of experience, so we had her get a whole bundle of fashion magazines, and asked Sigewinne what "respectable" meant, before we finally settled on "solemn relaxation" as the theme.
- Paimon: "Solemn relaxation"... Paimon can't help but picture Neuvillette swimming around with a serious look when she hears that...
- (The camera pans to a nearby Leisurely Otter playing in the water)
- Speaking of which, you've still got shells on you, yes?
- Paimon: Huh?
- Puca: Oh, right! Shells! I was so busy talking with you, I almost forgot my job...
- Puca: Sorry, I've gotta go! I can't hold everyone else up because I was enjoying myself too much...
- Puca: I need to find some shiny shells and rocks pronto, and grind them up into shiny powder! I'm not sure if I have enough Tidalga for the dye, either...
- In that case, I think it's time for our line...
- Paimon: "Leave it to us!"
- Paimon: When it comes to finding stuff, we're the best in the biz! As much as you need, on time, guaranteed!
- Puca: Really? You will? Thank you so much!
- Puca: Then... Could you please help me find some of the shiniest, brightest Beryl Conches? I remember there's a bunch in the waters around here, two or three should be enough.
- Paimon: Hehe, even 20 or 30 would be a piece of cake!
- Puca: Oh, that's way too many!
- Puca: I'll focus on finding gems over here! Good luck to us, see you soon!
- (Talk to Puca, optional)
- Puca: Thanks so much for your help, and stay safe!
- (Investigate the bush near Pahsiv's hiding spot, optional)
- (Observe): Tidalga left by the roadside. It's soaking wet, as though it had just been taken out of the water.
- (Obtain Tidalga ×1)
- (Obtain
- (Collect a Beryl Conch)
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- (Obtain The Shiniest and Brightest Beryl Conch ×1
- (Obtain
- Paimon: Locked on: The shiniest, brightest Beryl Conches!
- (Collect a second Beryl Conch)
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- (Obtain The Shiniest and Brightest Beryl Conch ×1
- (Obtain
- Paimon: Whoa, any shell that shiny even underwater has gotta be quality!
- (Collect a third Beryl Conch)
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- (Obtain The Shiniest and Brightest Beryl Conch ×1
- (Obtain
- Paimon: Nice, shells secured! Not a single hiccup!
- Puca: Aah!
- Vishap: —!
- Paimon: Ah! What was that? Puca might really be in trouble, let's go back and check on her!
- (Approach Puca)
- Paimon: Puca! Are you okay?
- Puca: *whimper*... I never imagined I'd dig up an Armored Crab digging for gems...
- (Traveler): (Armored Crab? Isn't that a vishap?)
- Puca: It's fine, fine, I'm not hurt... Sorry for making you worry...
- Puca: Good thing this vishap showed up! Gobbled that nasty crab right up!
- Paimon: Eh!? Vishaps eat giant crabs?
- That's what you're focused on?
- Puca: Maybe they don't actually like crab that much, it doesn't look too thrilled...
- That's what you're focused on?
- Paimon: Oh right! We should be focusing on... why is there a vishap here?
- Puca: No clue! Never seen one around these parts before.
- Puca: Monsieur Neuvillette warned us that while some vishaps are super friendly, others can be really dangerous, so we shouldn't get too close.
- Puca: Whew... Seems I'm pretty lucky, running into such a cute vishap like this!
- (Traveler): (Cute... vishap? ...Wait...)
- Paimon: Then be sure to give it a proper thank you the next time you run into it, okay?
- Puca: Yeah, for sure! And I'll treat it to something tasty too! Only thing is that I'm not sure what it likes... Definitely not giant crabs, though!
- Tidalga.
- (The camera focuses on a huge pile of Tidalga behind Puca)
- Puca: Tidalga? Wouldn't have thought such a big vishap would like something...
- Puca: Whoa! Tidalga! When did that get there!?
- Paimon: Huh? So this pile of Tidalga isn't yours?
- Puca: Nope! Haven't even had a chance to dive in yet... Did some kind soul overhear us and leave it here?
- Perhaps some nice fairy.
- Puca: Looks like I really am super lucky today! Can't believe that fashion magazine horoscope was actually accurate...
- Puca: Then may the stars watch over us, that our gift may arrive safe and sound!
- It will, certainly.
- Paimon: Oh yeah, here! These are the Beryl Conches we gathered. Are these enough?
- Puca: Plenty! Whoooa, so sparkly, I can barely open my eyes...
- Laying it on a bit thick, aren't we?
- Puca: Hehe, that's just how I like to express how grateful I am!
- Had to wear shades the whole time I was looking.
- Puca: Really? Then I'm buying a pair too, should help with gem-hunting...
- Paimon: Don't buy (his/
her) nonsense! Not a word of it's true!
- Puca: Well then, with my gems, your Beryl Conches, and the nice fairy's Tidalga, my mission here is complete!
- Puca: If everything goes this well, the clothes should be ready in a couple days!
- Puca: Hey, when we deliver the clothes to the Palais Mermonia, will you two come see what we made?
- Of course.
- Puca: Hehe, let's meet up at the Palais Mermonia then! A whole bunch of us Melusines will be there!
- Paimon: Sounds great! We'll be looking forward to hearing from you!
- (After passing time, approach the Palais Mermonia)
- Paimon: Wow, it's been a long time since Paimon's seen the Palais Mermonia this busy! Puca wasn't kidding, there are a ton of Melusines...
- Paimon: Huh? Something's off, though. Everyone feels kinda... tense?
- Iaune: Um, excuse me? Miss...
- Laume: Mr. Gestionnaire! Do you enjoy your work here in the Palais Mermonia?
- Iaune: Uh, are you... are you asking me?
- Iaune: Err, well, about that, I can't really say I'm happy, or particularly unhappy... Though I've been here for some time now, I still feel as though I only just started...
- Laume: Got it, so put another way... Work at the Palais Mermonia is so exciting that it feels as though you're always filled with energy — like you're in your prime, correct?
- Iaune: Exciting? Oh, no, no! More anxious, really...
- Granna: An exciting anxiety? Is being a Gestionnaire really that nerve-wracking? And here I thought only the Marechaussee Phantom was like that.
- Iaune: Oh, no, no! It musn't be exciting. If anything on the job excites your nerves, that means the process has already gone terribly wrong...
- Virda: Is that so? Sedile never mentioned anything like that.
- Iaune: Sedile... Ah, you mean Officer Sedile of the Marechaussee Phantom? Wait, are you her colleague?
- Granna: Of course not! If we're talking ability, I definitely would've passed the exam first!
- Flo: Granna, now's not the time to get competitive! Look at the poor man, he's so nervous he's sweating bullets.
- Laume: Really? I thought that if someone looks really nervous during an interview, that means you're asking the right questions.
- Laume: Ahem! Excuse me, Mr. Gestionnaire, are there any troubles in your work life that you find difficult to discuss?
- Iaune: Pardon me, but, interview? Am I being interviewed right now?
- Laume: Well, yeah!
- Iaune: Oh, no. Oh no no no no...
- Iaune: According to regulations, Gestionnaires are strictly forbidden from giving private interviews, especially to parties of unknown provenance...
- Iaune: Excuse me, Miss Melusine, but might I inquire your full name and the newspaper at which you are currently employed?
- Laume: Uh... Special Reporter Laume, for the "Buoyant Otter Gazette"!
- Puca: (You obviously just made that up...! Laume, what happened to truth in reporting!?)
- Iaune: Hmm... Does the Court of Fontaine really have a paper like that? I'll... I need to go check the files...
- Flo: My good sir, are you feeling alright? You certainly look as though your nerves have been excited right now...
- Iaune: ...Right, the process! Sorry, good ladies, could you please wait here for a moment? I need to go find a colleague from the publishing office...
- Puca: (Oh, for... We were just going to ask him how to get to Monsieur Neuvillette's office... Yet somehow, it turned into a practice interview for Laume...)
- Roialte: Mr. Iaune! There you are!
- Roialte: The tea Miss Cornelia so kindly made for us is nearly cold, just what have you... Oh my word! What happened here? Why are there so many Melusines?
- Iaune: Ah! Mr. Roialte, please, give me a hand. I can't possibly take care of all these Melusines myself, much less give an interview while I'm at it...
- Roialte: Interview? I never saw any such thing on the schedule. Which newspaper?
- Iaune: The "Buoyant Otter Gazette."
- Laume: The "Buoyant Otter Gazette."
- Roialte: Ah? Really? Yet what you're holding certainly doesn't look like an otter.
- Puca: Of course not! This happens to be the one we're looking for this time.
- (Puca holds up a signboard)
- Iaune: Eh? This blue creature can't be me, can it? Looks nothing like me...
- Granna: HEY! Watch what you're calling a blue creature. This is none other than the eminent Monsieur Neuvillette!
- Iaune: Eh!?
- Roialte: I see...
- Roialte: Mr. Iaune, please refrain from undue alarm. I understand that your heavy workload and lack of sleep might have left you rather tightly wound, but you must remain calm.
- Roialte: As you well know, the world looks profoundly different through Melusine eyes. Thus, it is entirely possible that to them, the Iudex appears... well, like that.
- Granna: Mmm, pretty much! Monsieur Neuvillette actually looks a bit different to every Melusine, so we split the difference.
- Roialte: Ah, you split the difference? I see, a most judicious approach.
- Roialte: In that case, might I inquire what matter you wish to see Monsieur Neuvillette about?
- Virda: We're here to give him a g...
- Puca: ...Gun salute! A 21-gun salute for Monsieur Neuvillette, hehe...
- Puca: (Phew! That was a close call, we almost told someone else about the secret gift again!)
- Roialte: ...A—A gun salute? Inside the Palais Mermonia? Inside the Iudex's office?
- Iaune: Mr. Roialte, please calm down, you're also becoming unduly alarmed...
- Paimon: Um, err, can you say something? Paimon's getting scared...
- Sorry. I'm naturally the silent type.
- Paimon: Please don't make Paimon beg! Stop rubbernecking!
- It feels like I'm watching a play unfold in real time.
- Sorry, lost myself for a second.
- Paimon: It's not that Paimon can't sympathize, but it looks like Roialte's really about to call the Gardes...
- Paimon: And if he really calls Neuvillette over, then the surprise they worked so hard to prepare will be for nothing, and things'll get waaay more awkward...
- Fine, you've convinced me.
- Let's do this!
- Paimon: What do you mean "this"? Do what exactly!?
- Heya, Puca, everyone, so great to see you all here!
- Puca: (Traveler), Paimon!
- (Condition missing)
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- Roialte: Huh?
- Iaune: ...Mr. Roialte?
- Roialte: Pardon me, but are you with them?
- We are. We agreed to visit Neuvillette together.
- We are. We agreed to visit a certain blue creature together.
- Roialte: Hahaha... So, you were listening.
- Roialte: Everything should be in order, then. Monsieur Neuvillette is currently in his office, and should not be receiving any other guests at this time. You may proceed.
- Iaune: What, we don't need to confirm their identities and so on?
- Roialte: There's no need.
- Roialte: Would you look at that? Mr. Iaune keeps his nose so firmly to the grindstone that he seldom has a chance to look up and register all the Palais Mermonia's esteemed visitors...
- It's fine, we're the ones imposing...
- Roialte: You're too gracious. We shan't delay you or your Melusine friends any longer, save for one minor thing...
- Paimon: Eh? Wazzat?
- Roialte: While inside the Palais Mermonia, particularly in the offices, please ensure that any items you're holding remain below head level.
- Roialte: Otherwise, our most enthusiastic colleagues will doubtlessly assume you have a special request you plan to seek assistance with.
- Flo: Got it! We were only holding it because everyone was scared of getting lost in the Court of Fontaine, but now that we've reached our destination... Puca, if you would...
- Puca: Sure, Flo! Putting it away...
- Paimon: Ohhh! So that's what it was for!
- Paimon: It's fine! With the two of us here, there's no way you're getting lost! Come on, Neuvillette's office is right over there...
- Iaune: Mr. Roialte...
- Roialte: No need for the long face! That's (Traveler), a good friend of the Iudex. No trouble will come of it.
- Roialte: And even if something does happen, it will have had nothing to do with you or me. We were both drinking Miss Cornelia's tea.
- (Condition missing)
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- Roialte: Ah, it's you.
- Iaune: (Traveler)! Feels like ages since I last saw you. How've you been?
- All's well, things've been going great.
- Iaune: Haa, that's great to hear! As you can see, this place hasn't changed a bit...
- Roialte: Heh.... Pardon me, but are you with the Melusines?
- We are. We agreed to visit Neuvillette together.
- We are. We agreed to visit a certain blue creature together.
- Roialte: Hahaha, so you heard everything. Merely a slip of the tongue, I assure you. You wouldn't dream of telling anyone, yes?
- Roialte: Point is... Wonderful! The problem has suddenly solved itself.
- Roialte: Monsieur Neuvillette is currently in his office, and should not be receiving any other guests at this time. You may proceed.
- Sorry to impose...
- Roialte: You're too gracious. We shan't delay you or your Melusine friends any longer, save for one minor thing...
- Paimon: Eh? Wazzat?
- Roialte: While inside the Palais Mermonia, particularly in the offices, please ensure that any items you're holding remain below head level.
- Roialte: Otherwise, our most enthusiastic colleagues will doubtlessly assume you have a special request you plan to seek assistance with.
- Flo: Got it! We were only holding it because everyone was scared of getting lost in the Court of Fontaine, but now that we've reached our destination... Puca, if you would...
- Puca: Sure, Flo! Putting it away...
- Paimon: Ohhh! So that's what it was for!
- Paimon: It's fine! With the two of us here, there's no way you're getting lost! Come on, Neuvillette's office is right over there...
- Roialte: Please, take care, everyone.
- (Talk to Iaune or Roialte, optional)
- Roialte: Communicating with Melusines always requires a bit more effort. The usual methods simply aren't very effective...
- Iaune: There's something else I've been wondering... Can't seem to wrap my head around it.
- Roialte: And what's that?
- Iaune: Think about it! Melusines are all so kind and clever, and they live practically forever! They're perfectly suited for our line of work, aren't they?
- Roialte: Iaune, my dear boy...
- Roialte: You just listed every reason they'd make disastrous Gestionnaires.
- (Talk to Puca)
- Puca: Okay then, please lead the way to Monsieur Neuvillette's office!
- Follow me, and stay close to the group, no wandering, thank you...
- (Continues below)
- Just a moment.
- Puca: Sure, we'll wait!
- (Dialogue ends)
- (While walking to Neuvillette's office)
- Cornelia: Where could Roialte and Iaune possibly have gone off too... Eh? What are all these Melusines doing here?
- Eunomia: Is today Melusine family visitation day?
- Imena: Quite the hubbub. Almost as busy as the end-of-quarter reimbursement period.
- Puca: Sedene!
- Sedene: Hey, everyone! Come on in, Monsieur Neuvillette's just inside.
- (Enter Neuvillette's office)
- Neuvillette: Ah, I thought it might be you.
- (If the player has not met Neuvillette yet, an introductory note appears on screen)
- Neuvillette — Ordainer of Inexorable Judgment
The Iudex of Fontaine, renowned for his unassailable impartiality.
To become the symbol of absolute justice, he has always maintained a gentle and polite attitude, maintaining an appropriate distance from others, while also having a very strong sense of empathy.
Though he considers himself an "outsider," having spent several hundred years in the opera house as a witness to the great drama of humanity, perhaps he has long since become a member of the human audience.
- Neuvillette: I had heard Melusine voices, and went to the window for a look... Only to find the angle was wrong, and I couldn't see a thing.
- Neuvillette: ...I trust you encountered no difficulties on your way?
- Paimon: No, not at all! Uh, well, not exactly...
- You briefly fill Neuvillette in on what happened...
- Neuvillette: I see...
- Neuvillette: *ahem* ...Laume, you were indeed the first at fault here. You must secure the consent of others before making requests, and mustn't impede their duties or daily lives.
- Neuvillette: Extra caution should be exercised with matters such as interviews.
- Laume: I see... I'm sorry...
- And the "Buoyant Otter Gazette" desperately needs rebranding.
- Neuvillette: The what Gazette?
- Laume: It's nothing! I—I'll go find them both and apologize right now!
- Flo: Hey, remember to greet them politely first, even when you're apologizing!
- Neuvillette: (Yes, that should suffice... Lecturing's never been my strong suit...)
- Neuvillette: Now, back to the matter at hand. How might I help you all today?
- Paimon: Hehe... It's probably best if the Melusines tell you themselves!
- Puca: Um...
- Puca: (Oh, zounds! We were all so busy making the gift, we never stopped to plan how to actually give it to Monsieur Neuvillette so it feels like a surprise!)
- Granna: (It'd be perfect if we could actually give a gun salute right about now! KA-BOOM BOOM, it'd be totally... wait, no! No gun salutes allowed in offices, right?)
- Virda: (If only Laume was here, she's so carefree... Laume, come on, it's our hour of need!)
- Laume: I'm baack! Those two gentlemen are both great people! They not only didn't scold me, but they even served me tea, too!
- Laume: Huh? Why haven't you given him the clothes yet? I already finished two whole cups!
- Flo: (AAH! She just said it like it was nothing!)
- Neuvillette: Clothes?
- Paimon: Uh, uhm... That's, um...
- You've come this far.
- Just give it to him!
- Puca: Yeah, you're right...
- The Melusines practically fall over themselves as they cheerfully clamor to explain the "surprise gift" and how it all came about...
- Yet for reasons unknown, both givers and recipient remained a touch awkward.
- Neuvillette: My thanks. You must have gone through quite a bit of trouble to make this.
- Neuvillette: (Was that too curt? Might it seem cold? Is just a smile enough?)
- Neuvillette: (They clearly invested great effort into this surprise for me, and I am truly delighted. My reaction ought to match that level of happiness...)
- Neuvillette: (How would human parents express their joy when they receive a gift their children painstakingly prepared?)
- Neuvillette: (*sigh* If only Sigewinne were here. She understands many techniques for human interaction, and would understand this matter far better...)
- Flo: It was no trouble at all, really...
- Laume: Yeah, that's right! With everyone pitching in, we finished in no time flat!
- Puca: Mhm! (Traveler) and Paimon helped too, you know!
- It was a breeze. When it comes to finding stuff, there's none better.
- Neuvillette: (Perhaps I should consider this from another perspective...)
- Neuvillette: (Seeing others use gifts I've given them gives me a feeling of contentment. Thus, it can be inferred that the reverse is also true.)
- Neuvillette: Might I ask you all to wait for a moment? I'd like to try it on.
- Granna: Of course you can!
- Paimon: Oh! Oh! Is it happening? Even (Traveler) and Paimon haven't seen the finished product yet! Finally, we get to witness Melusine handiwork!
- (Neuvillette exits the room, then returns in his new outfit)
- Neuvillette: *cough* ...Well?
- It's a perfect fit.
- Neuvillette: Splendid. Both the Melusines and I are delighted to hear that.
- Paimon: Oh, it looks gorgeous! Plus, now Paimon gets what "solemn relaxation" is.
- Neuvillette: Ah... Indeed, it is aptly suited for non-official occasions.
- Neuvillette: Moreover, if I'm not mistaken, this outfit seems to have a certain... exotic feel?
- Laume: Keen eye! That's our Monsieur Neuvillette!
- Flo: We heard Sigewinne mention you'd gone to Chenyu Vale in Liyue, and really enjoyed yourself there!
- Flo: So, we thought that if we could make an outfit that matches their local styles, you could wear it on future vacations there!
- Neuvillette: That was very thoughtful of you.
- Neuvillette: (They really went out of their way for me... To do their gift justice, I must find time to return there, and bring back some more gifts.)
- Neuvillette: (But what should I buy...? I suppose I shall decide once I get there. I can ask the locals for recommendations.)
- Laume: It was mostly Flo! After all, she made the design and tailored it all by herself!
- Virda: Yeah! Flo's gonna be a super-duper amazing fashion designer one day! She'll be famous all over Fontaine!
- Flo: Hey, that's going a bit overboard, it's not like it was all me. For example, if Puca hadn't risked her neck to get the ingredients for the dyes...
- Puca: Aahh!
- Puca: Um, we can skip that part, Monsieur Neuvillette might worry...
- Neuvillette: What happened?
- Puca: It's really nothing, hehe...
- Puca: ...Ah, okay, fine, here goes...
- She tells the story of how you collected gems and shells, including the Tidalga that appeared by the path.
- Neuvillette: (A vishap that likes Tidalga... I see...)
- Neuvillette: I understand.
- Neuvillette: You are truly fortunate (Traveler) was there to help.
- Neuvillette: But next time you go out, it might be safer not to go alone.
- Puca: Okay, I understand!
- Neuvillette: Also, listening to your story, it seems you were aided by a vishap?
- Puca: Yeah! I'd love to see it again, give it a big thank you... Hey, you guys think that maybe it was the one who left the Tidalga?
- Neuvillette: ...
- Neuvillette: (I am a bit concerned about her well-being lately. As I don't have any pressing duties, perhaps...)
- Puca: Uh-oh! We've stayed too long, haven't we?
- Flo: We really should get going while it's still early!
- Neuvillette: Excellent. In that case, allow me to accompany you.
- Virda: Huh!? Really!? Ooh, if we go now, we can make it back in time to treat you and (Traveler) to dinner!
- Laume: Alright! Blubber Profiterole! Poisson Seafood Soup! Poissonchant Pie!
- Poissonchant Pie!
- Paimon: Gone and joined the Melusines, have you?
- Neuvillette: Haha... And why not? Come, let's go together.
- (Approach the marked location on Elynas)
- Laume: I'm telling you, I saw it in a magazine before...
- Granna: Uh, you sure? You're not making it up, are you?
- (Neuvillette notices the strange Melusine hiding nearby)
- Neuvillette: ...
- Neuvillette: Come on out, now. It's me.
- Pahsiv: New Valet, Pahsiv! Pahsiv!
- (If the player has not met Pahsiv yet, an introductory note appears on screen)
- Pahsiv
A wild fairy who can be spotted around Erinnyes. Although she looks rather like a Melusine, she knows nothing about her "kin."
As she does not speak human language, you were initially left guessing at what she was saying from the tangled syllables that came from her mouth.
Fortunately, you finally managed to understand her wish to protect Erinnyes, and you helped her to drive out the filth and bring life back to the tree roots.
- Paimon: Whoa, it's Pahsiv! So, you know Neuvillette?
- Neuvillette: "Pahsiv"? This is how you address her, then?
- Wait, does this mean the legendary "new valet" is none other than...
- Paimon: That's what she meant!? Oh... And to think that it used to keep Paimon up at night, tossing and turning... Even lost sleep over it...
- We'll have to tell Cyno first chance we get.
- Paimon: Good call, he'll think of it as a challenge...
- Puca: Hello...?
- Pahsiv: Waah... Melusine... ka-pow...
- Neuvillette: Puca, allow me to introduce you. This here is the nice vishap... Err, nice vishap lady who helped you before.
- Puca: Whoa, vishaps can turn into Melusines? That's so cool! Now we can hold hands!
- Puca: Thank you for saving me. How about I treat you to a nice meal?
- Pahsiv: Tide... Tidalga?
- Puca: Hmm? Yeah! Tidalga!
- Pahsiv: Tidalga! Tidalga! Tidalga Tidalga!
- Flo: I take it you really like Tidalga?
- Virda: Wait, that means you gave us your favorite food... Wow! Thank you so, so much!
- Neuvillette: Thank you, Pahsiv.
- Pahsiv: Pahsiv, New Valet, ka-pow!
- Flo: If that's the case, why not picnic here with us?
- Laume: I'll handle the food! I caused everyone so much trouble back at the Palais Mermonia, it's the least I can do!
- Puca: Then I'll prep some tidalga for Pahsiv!
- Everyone works hard to prepare the delicious meal before enjoying it together.
- And though Pahsiv basically ate nothing but tidalga (and polished off every last bite), her delight was plain for all to see.
- Pahsiv: Tidalga, much... Pahsiv, sleepy...
- Paimon: Eh? What?
- Pahsiv: Pahsiv, water. Go back, sleepy.
- Neuvillette: She must have had too much tidalga, and wishes to return to the water to sleep.
- Huh, so vishaps can get food comas too.
- Just like Paimon.
- Paimon: Hey, like you're any different!
- Pahsiv: Pahsiv, leave.
- Puca: Wait! Hold on a second!
- Pahsiv: ?
- Puca: (I don't know where she lives, or when we'll see each other again...)
- Puca: (If only I could give her something to remember me by... Oh! I know!)
- Puca: Here! For you!
- (Puca hands Pahsiv her signboard)
- Pahsiv: Ah...
- Pahsiv: New Valet, Pahsiv! New Valet, good thing!
- Paimon: Amazing, she recognized it right away...
- New Valet, good thing!
- Neuvillette: Uh... That... That is most certainly a very good thing.... The board, I mean.
- (If the player has not completed Exchange! Pahsiv!)
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- Pahsiv: Melusine, Pahsiv! Melusine, good thing!
- Pahsiv: New Valet, good thing! Paimon, good thing! (Traveler), good thing!
- Pahsiv turns back into a vishap, and leaves with the board clenched firmly in her mouth...
- Paimon: Still the same old Pahsiv, huh? Gone in a flash...
- (If the player has completed Exchange! Pahsiv!)
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- Pahsiv: Melusine, Pahsiv! Melusine, bye!
- Pahsiv: New Valet, bye! Paimon, bye! (Traveler), bye!
- Pahsiv turns back into a vishap, and leaves with the board clenched firmly in her mouth...
- Paimon: Still the same old Pahsiv, huh? Gone in a flash...
- Paimon: At least she gave us a proper goodbye this time.
- Pahsiv, disappeared.
- Neuvillette: No need to worry. She already considers Fontaine her new home. We'll see her again.
- Neuvillette: Learning to share is part of the process of joining the group. It would seem I'm not the only one she's learned a lot from.
- All people need to learn from one another.
- Neuvillette: A most astute observation. I too have learned much from humanity.
- Neuvillette: And now that I think about it, this learning process actually began a long, long time ago...
- Granna: Monsieur Neuvillette... are you thinking about the past?
- Neuvillette: Yes.
- Neuvillette: It was after I was born, but before I had joined the Court of Fontaine.
- Neuvillette: Though I do not know why I was born with human form, this fact forced me to learn about the way humans live.
- Neuvillette: At that time, I was constantly perplexed by all kinds of questions, such as how human language could record history, how they produced things and traded...
- Neuvillette: Mm... And why they insisted on using the flesh and blood of a god as a medium of exchange. Could not pebbles and seashells serve the same purpose?
- Virda: Maybe because rocks and shells break easily?
- Neuvillette: And gods do not?
- Paimon: They... probably do...
- A question worth considering, with no conclusive answer.
- Neuvillette: Indeed. Fortunately, we have ample time. Perhaps in the future, we'll witness the world transform once more.
- Perhaps that change is already underway.
- Neuvillette: Heh... Very true.
- I'm way too stuffed to be thinking about stuff like this.
- Neuvillette: Ah, my apologies. I may have been needlessly confusing.
- Neuvillette: Consider it nothing more than me overthinking things. No need to take it to heart.
- It's fine. The answers will eventually come.
- Neuvillette: Indeed...
- Neuvillette: Time flows where our gaze does not linger, showing the way to those who are lost.
- Neuvillette: Rather than dwelling on such things, it is far better to live in the now.
- Neuvillette: On that note, I believe it is high time I began planning my next vacation.
- (Talk to Flo, Granna, Laume, Neuvillette, Puca, or Virda, optional)
- Laume: Monsieur Neuvillette! Can I ask a question?
- Neuvillette: Of course you may.
- Laume: I've heard that Liyue has fire wrapped in paper, lights that can grant any wish! Is that true?
- Virda: Fire wrapped in paper? Wouldn't it break? And isn't that dangerous?
- Puca: Yeah, that's right! If your wish is to burn the whole house down, then it might come true.
- Flo: Whoooa, Puca! Where'd you learn to joke like that?
- Puca: Eh? I wasn't joking...
- Neuvillette: Well... There is something like that. They're called "Xiao Lanterns."
- Neuvillette: They aren't dangerous if properly handled, but they do not actually have the power to grant wishes... I'm sorry.
- Granna: Awww, you don't need to apologize!
- Neuvillette: Heh... Simply listening to me describe them would be quite dull. How about I bring some back for you once I visit Liyue?
- Laume: That'd be amazing! And it'd be even better if you can take some more pictures this time!
- Neuvillette: Consider it done.
Post-Quest Dialogue
Start the dialogue by speaking to Neuvillette or Fengtai at the General Store in Yilong Wharf.
Neuvillette's post-quest location
Additional context
- Fengtai: Right, there you are! All your Xiao Lantern parts, crafted to order, and every piece individually waterproofed.
- Fengtai: Each is wrapped in five to six layers of oilpaper, so you could toss 'em in a pond to soak for a week or so and they'd still be fine.
- Fengtai: Oh, right! How did you find the tea you bought last time? Could I interest you in some Chenyu Adeptea as well? We just got a new batch in, freshly dried! Top-notch stuff, every leaf!
- Neuvillette: I see. If there's a discount, then...
During A Lanternlit Ode to the Silver Moon, a much longer dialogue was triggered by approaching Neuvillette and Fengtai. [verification needed]
- (Approach Neuvillette)
- (If it is not currently Lantern Rite)
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- Fengtai: Right, there you are! All your Xiao Lantern parts, crafted to order, and every piece individually waterproofed.
- Fengtai: Each is wrapped in five to six layers of oilpaper, so you could toss 'em in a pond to soak for a week or so and they'd still be fine.
- Neuvillette: Thank you for your diligence. Rest assured, I shall compensate you for your labor and expenditures in full. After all, procuring all this when it isn't Lantern Rite must be quite the hassle.
- Fengtai: It was nothing, really! No need to be so polite! Doing business means always putting the customer's needs first and foremost!
- Fengtai: Oh, right! How did you find the tea you bought last time? Could I interest you in some Chenyu Adeptea as well? We just got a new batch in, freshly dried! Top-notch stuff, every leaf!
- Neuvillette: I see. If there's a discount, then...
- (If it is currently Lantern Rite)
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- Fengtai: Right, there you are! All your Xiao Lantern parts, crafted to order, and every piece individually waterproofed.
- Fengtai: Each is wrapped in five to six layers of oilpaper, so you could toss 'em in a pond to soak for a week or so and they'd still be fine.
- Neuvillette: My thanks for your diligence. Rest assured, I shall compensate you for your labor and expenditures in full.
- Fengtai: Come on, my good fellow! No need to be so polite! Doing business means always putting the customer's needs first and foremost!
- Fengtai: Oh, right! How did you find the tea you bought last time? Could I interest you in some Chenyu Adeptea as well? We just got a new batch in, freshly dried! Top-notch stuff, every leaf!
- Neuvillette: I see. If there's a discount, then...
- Paimon: Hold it right there, Neuvillette! You can't go buying stuff just 'cause they say there's a discount!
- You didn't even finish the tea you bought last time!
- Neuvillette: (Traveler)? Paimon? Now this is a coincidence. I had just been wondering if you would come to Liyue Harbor for the festival. I wish you a happy Lantern Rite.
- Paimon: Hey, were you buying Xiao Lantern parts just now? And you even had him waterproof them, so does that mean...
- Neuvillette: Yes. I intend to gift these to the Melusines. They have never seen such lanterns before, and I'm sure they'll enjoy them.
- Neuvillette: I would still like to buy a few more to hang outside the Palais Mermonia. However, doing so would create a dilemma: Would it not be unfair that the Palais Mermonia is the only place with Xiao Lanterns?
- Neuvillette: Perhaps I should return and have the Gestionnaires make a bulk purchase, so Xiao Lanterns can be hung over the entire Court of Fontaine and Fortress of Meropide.
- (Wriothesley and Sigewinne approach from behind)
- Wriothesley: If you let the Gestionnaires handle it, we'll be lucky to hang up any Lanterns they buy before next year's Lantern Rite rolls around.
- Wriothesley: Also, point of caution, Your Honor — it might not be the best idea to hang them in Meropide.
- Wriothesley: They won't fly high within our walls, and I doubt many of the wishes the inmates'll write will have a chance of coming true.
- Wriothesley: They're unlikely to wish for anything in the public interest, anyway. Let's try and keep the Lanterns' reputation clean, yeah?
- Sigewinne: And as for the "good wishes" worth making, I've already sent them soaring on the inmates' behalf.
- Heh, Lantern Festival's positively packed this year!
- Wriothesley: Oh, right. Happy Lantern Rite, everyone. Don't mind if I address you as a group, it's the thought that counts anyway.
- Now, now, tradition dictates and all.
- Happy Lantern Rite, Sigewinne.
- Happy Lantern Rite, Wriothesley.
- Happy Lantern Rite, Neuvillette!
- Happy Lantern Rite to you too, Paimon!
- Paimon: Hey! What's up with the "too" that Paimon got?
- Neuvillette: Heh, Wriothesley, Miss Sigewinne, (Traveler), Paimon. Allow me to wish you all a happy Lantern Rite as well.
- Neuvillette: This festival is wonderful indeed, to have brought us all together.
- Wriothesley: Whoa, now this really feels like a party. Shame I didn't buy any of those Fortune Coin packets — otherwise, Liyue custom would've obliged us to hand one each to (Traveler) and Paimon.
- A direct Mora injection into my coffers wouldn't hurt...
- Wriothesley: Hahaha, fine by me! Let's go grab something good later, I'm sure Paimon can lead the way!
- Paimon: Really? Haha, then Paimon's gonna go all out on the menu!
- Sigewinne: Won't you please join us as well, Monsieur Neuvillette?
- Neuvillette: Of course, I'm more than willing.
- Wriothesley: Hey, I just noticed... That's a sharp new outfit you've got there. Goes perfectly with the holiday cheer... and that relaxed expression you're wearing.
- Sigewinne: Hmm, Monsieur Neuvillette, looking at the weave and the ornamentation... If I'm not mistaken, this is Melusine handiwork.
- Paimon: Huh? You can tell?
- Sigewinne: Yep! Looking at the design, I'd say it's one of Flo's creations. Laume probably contributed a lot, too.
- Sigewinne: Anyway, it's dashing and elegant, and suits Monsieur Neuvillette well.
- Neuvillette: Indeed. This is a most precious gift the Melusines have given me.
- Neuvillette recounts how the Melusines gave him his new outfit...
- Wriothesley: So, you're planning to give them Xiao Lanterns as a thank-you?
- Neuvillette: Yes. It is only polite to do so.
- Wriothesley: You can expect another thank-you gift from them, then.
- Neuvillette: Yes, I suppose they will do that.
- Wriothesley: Fair enough, gifts are gifts, after all. If your office starts drowning in them, though, you can send the overflow my way.
- Wriothesley: My head nurse here is excellent at taking care of Melusine gifts.
- Sigewinne: Hehe, leave it to me! I'll preserve their sentiments perfectly.
- Wriothesley: But first, why don't we find another place to stretch our legs?
- Wriothesley: Liyue's a beautiful place, and has a flavor completely unlike anything we're used to in Fontaine.
- Wriothesley: And I'm not just talking about the tea, mind you.
Other Languages
| Language | Official Name | Literal Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| English | A Gift From the Sea Spirits | — |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 海精灵们的礼物 Hǎijīnglíngmen de Lĭwù | A Gift From the Sea Spirits |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 海精靈們的禮物 Hǎijīnglíngmen de Lĭwù | |
| Japanese | 海の精霊たちの贈り物 Umi no Seirei-tachi no Okurimono | A Gift From the Sea Spirits |
| Korean | 바다 정령의 선물 Bada Jeongnyeong-ui Seonmul | A Gift From the Sea Spirits |
| Spanish | Un regalo de las hadas marinas | A Gift From the Sea Fairies |
| French | Un cadeau des esprits de la mer | A Gift From the Sea Spirits |
| Russian | Дар морских духов Dar morskikh dukhov | |
| Thai | ของขวัญจากเหล่าภูตแห่งทะเล | |
| Vietnamese | Món Quà Của Tinh Linh Biển | |
| German | Das Geschenk der Meeresfeen | The Gift From the Sea Fairies |
| Indonesian | Hadiah dari Peri Lautan | |
| Portuguese | Um Presente das Nereides | |
| Turkish | Deniz Ruhlarından Bir Hediye | |
| Italian | Un dono dagli spiriti del mare |
Change History
Released in Version "Luna IV"