Opening 15
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With Navia and Neuvillette heading their own ways, Lucius and Paimon head to the base at Fleuve Cendre.
Paimon: Ah, we're finally back!
Tetreaux: Welcome back. We've got a special menu prepared for you two tonight.
Tetreaux reveals the table full of food.
Paimon: Yay, and there's good food, too! Navia — no, the Boss — is the best!
Lucius: At least my wallet isn't being wasted this time.
Paimon: Hehe, ooh, desserts! Nice! They're all Paimon's.
Lucius: Fine with me, you gluttonous fairy.
???: Oh? Is that the usual insult I hear from my dearly beloved?
Lucius: That voice... Mona?
Lucius looks over to his right and sees, to his surprise, one of his girlfriends, Mona.
Lucius: Mona!
Mona: Ah! It's you two! What are you doing in Fontaine?
Mona quickly rushes over and hugs Lucius tightly.
Mona: It's been a while! I haven't heard from you in a while!
Lucius: We've been busy...
Mona: Hehe, as expected really.
Paimon: We didn't expect to see you here... Wait, you're not a Fontainian, are you, Mona?
Mona: Well, I have some business to attend to here, so I booked a hotel in the city. I was just out for a stroll... when I bumped into you. Quite unexpectedly, if I might add. Why did you think I was from Fontaine, though? Is that because "Megistus" doesn't sound much like a Mondstadter surname?
Lucius: Yeah.
Mona: Well, I used to have my own surname, which was, well, some other thing... Either way, the old hag told me when she took me as her disciple that the first step to being a Great Astrologist's pupil was to change that name. There was nothing for it, really. She really is amazing at astrology, so I changed my name to what it is now according to her wishes. To my surprise, however, "Megistus" is not the name of some ancient house or clan.
Paimon: It isn't?
Mona: Nope. Although it is used by us in place of surnames, it generally just means "great."
Paimon: Wow, imagine including a boast in your name... Wait, are you gonna have to put that into your genealogy as well?
Mona: I reckon so. In any case, I'd give my disciple a name like this as well, if I were to take one.
Lucius: So, what's your master's name?
Mona: Astromancer Barbeloth Trismegistus.
Lucius: ...
Mona immediately sees Lucius's cringing face and giggles.
Mona: I expected that kind of reaction.
Paimon: Does it also mean "great" or something?
Mona: My name means "Mona, the Great Astrologist." As for the old hag, hers is, in plain speech, "the thrice-as-great scholar of the stars." Just take it as a title specific to astrologists.
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