The Misunderstanding Caused by Opening Flyers

The morning light had just begun to illuminate the glass walls of the Palais Mermonia when a mechanical pigeon crashed into the bulletproof glass of the shop's second floor, scattering newspapers. Lumine picked up a flyer, her Fontaine croissant dropping onto the freshly waxed floor with a *plop*. 

"'Unboxing… Subverts Judgment'?!" She shook the Steambird-branded advertisement. "Our original slogan was 'Unboxing Changes Destiny'!" 

Three hours earlier, Charlotte's interview recorder was still sparking. 

"You said 'every box contains surprises that颠覆认知 (subvert cognition)'?" The reporter's mechanical earrings spun wildly. "Can you elaborate on the definition of '颠覆 (subversion)'?" 

Kazuha pushed away a mechanical otter crawling toward the camera. "For example, someone who can't cook might unbox culinary talent…" 

"Understood!" Charlotte suddenly stood up, knocking over an enamel teacup. "Like that Mondstadtian who unboxed a lyre that stopped a dragon attack!" 

Lumine watched the reporter jot down "subversive power" but held her tongue. When the typesetting machine spat out the draft, the headline screamed: *Liyue Mystery Merchant Brings 'Judgment-Subverting Device' to Fontaine*. 

"What's this 'device'?!" Kazuha pointed at the explosive title. 

"Artistic flair~" Charlotte hit the print button. "Don't worry, I've got this!" 

Now, 500 misprinted flyers littered Fontaine's streets. As the Marechaussee Phantom's alarms blared from the Palais Mermonia's spire, Lumine tore a flyer off the shop sign—its back printed with a commentary titled *Beware New Gambling Traps*. 

"Under *Commercial Advertising Law Article 88*, you're suspected of inciting subversion of the judicial system." 

A Melusine officer clamped her mechanical claw on the counter, scanning the "Surprise Edition" blind boxes. Her bodycam was suddenly hugged by a mechanical otter, the lens filled with swaying blue-white fur. 

"This is a misunderstanding!" Lumine waved the altered flyer. "Ms. Charlotte mistyped 'cognition' as 'judgment'…" 

"We have evidence." The officer projected footage of Wriothesley fiddling with a "Warden Special Blind Box"—which had produced a lecturing smart shackle. "Replicating Meropide security tech is beyond ordinary merchants." 

Kazuha suddenly opened the storage room door. "Perhaps you should see this." Behind him stood a dejected Charlotte, her camera lens smeared with pink frosting—clearly victim to a pastry ambush. 

"The typesetter's gear jammed with ink powder!" Charlotte projected the operation log. "Look at this character converter—" The mechanical arm in the footage twitched, changing "cognition" to "judgment." 

The Melusine's ears drooped. "But you *are* selling pens that mimic Chief Justice Neuvillette's signature." 

"Those are freebies in the office supply blind boxes!" Lumine opened a display case where five pens automatically copied the *Fontaine Civil Code*. 

Lynette entered amidst the chaos. The cat-eared girl dodged a spinning patrol drone and flicked a gear-shaped coin. "I'll take the most 'subversive' one." 

Lumine handed her a "Household Helper" box, mouthing *play along*. Upon opening, the cleaning bots suddenly levitated and performed a tap dance routine before the bodycam. The Melusine's electronic eyes nearly overloaded. "H-how are they spelling the Palais Mermonia's shape?!" 

"Latest cleaning route programming." Kazuha pressed a remote, and the bots rearranged into "Law-Abiding Citizens." 

Charlotte seized the photo op. "See? Even cleaning bots uphold justice!" 

As the all-clear siren sounded, Wriothesley strode in. The Fortress Warden dangled the lecturing shackle. "This little guy scolded three rowdy inmates to tears this morning." 

He tossed a custom token. "Ten more of these." 

That afternoon, Lumine scrubbed frosting off the sign by the Dewlight Spring. A mechanical otter tugged her pants—a paper boat floated by carrying Furina's handwritten apology: *Regarding the Erroneous Use of 'Subversion'*, signed with a teary hat doodle. 

"The Hydro Archon acts fast." Kazuha unfolded corrected flyers titled *Unboxing Changes Life*. 

Across the street, Charlotte was being lectured by her editor. Her earrings drooped until Lumine held up a "Media Special" blind box through the window—containing an auto-correcting printing press. 

"At most three months' pay cut…" The editor's rant drowned under the press's hum. Charlotte stared at the freshly printed correction issue, its front page featuring the bots' legal code mosaic. 

At dusk, the final wave of customers crowded the shop. Sigewinne gasped at her "Medical Kit Blind Box": "This blood pressure monitor sings lullabies!" 

"Meropide needs 200 sets!" Wriothesley's voice vanished under otter alarms—Clorinde was testing a vibration polisher from the "Weapon Care Box," her sword slicing twilight into fragments. 

Lumine collapsed on the repaired hydraulic lift, watching neon lights illuminate the shop's blue roof across the Palais Mermonia's projection: *Innovation Guided by Rule of Law*. 

"Tomorrow's headline is set." She kicked a misprinted flyer toward the spring, intercepted mid-air by a Melusine's mechanical claw. 

Late at night, Lumine installed limiters on the rogue typesetter. Kazuha held up the latest *Steambird*—a tiny entertainment section note read: *Editor Wins Annual Scapegoat Award Due to Mechanical Error*. 

"From Charlotte." He shook an "Apology Blind Box" attached to the paper, containing an auto-censoring camera lens. 

The otters suddenly turned southeast—Clorinde tested a new whetstone on the rooftop. As her blade gleamed, the Palais Mermonia's top-floor curtain twitched. Neuvillette set down his teacup, marking a star beside "Public Opinion Control" in the risk report. 

Moonlight flowed over the Dewlight Spring, reflecting the cottage's neon sign. In an alley, Furina's cloak fluttered as she slipped a misprinted flyer into her scrapbook beside "Genius Invokation Rare Cards" and "Blubberbeast Limited Stamps."