When I first stepped into Fontaine, there was a gentle fluctuation in my heart.
This water country is not as free and unrestrained as Mondstadt, nor is it as heavy and deep as Liyue. It is like a teenager in a neat uniform, quiet, restrained and persistent. There is a moist rationality in the air, as if every water molecule has been educated and knows where to go, no more and no less.
This is not the first time I have accepted the daily commission of the Adventurer’s Association, but it is the first time that I have experienced an invisible emotional bond in Fontaine.
Opening the daily commission of Fontaine is not a matter of easy access. You must complete the “Prologue of White Dew and Black Tide” and must also go through “Light Rain Falling Like No Reason”. This sounds like a system setting, but when I walk through it, I can always see some metaphors in my heart between the tasks.
Those tasks, like conversations during psychological counseling, constantly guide some of your inner emotions and beliefs gently and firmly. Sometimes it is salvation, sometimes it is a choice, and sometimes it is just a short conversation, but it makes you start to reflect: Who are you? Why are you standing here? Do you want to protect the world or the glimmer in your heart?
Fontaine people don’t talk much, but they do things in an orderly manner. The commission is clear and the logic is strict. Just like a person who has undergone psychological counseling, he is no longer panicked, no longer bluffing, but more powerfully embraces his complex human nature.
In this process, I gradually understand that daily commissions are not just game designs for brushing rewards. It is like life itself, trivial, repetitive, and requires your tireless dedication. But it is also in this repetition that a sense of stability grows quietly, like a cup of warm water in the morning, which is not hot, but can moisten the lungs and relieve coughs.
I began to get familiar with the faces in these commissions. The researcher who is always busy repairing equipment, the old man waiting for his relatives to return at the dock, and the small official who delivers official documents every day. They will not say love loudly, but give a sincere “thank you” when you complete the task. That voice hides the recognition of the existence of others, and also hides a small but true trust.
The reputation system is like a growth record book, marking your steps in Fontaine bit by bit. From level one to level ten, it is not a numerical stacking, but a psychological confirmation again and again-you are not a passerby, you are a participant.
Every upgrade is like a psychological self-acceptance. You no longer question “Am I good enough?”, you begin to believe “I am needed.” It is a journey from self-doubt to self-affirmation. It happens quietly, but it changes the way you look at the world.
The rewards given by the system are not only “functional” satisfaction, but also the response of life to you. For example, the “Folding Light Cone” is a projection to the distance in the short reality; the “Water Phantom Identifier” reminds us that to identify good and evil, sometimes we need to rely not only on the eyes but also on the heart.
I particularly like the “Fontaine Detection Device”, which reminds me of the “projection effect” in psychology – you think you are observing the world, but in fact the world is also reflecting your heart. The more carefully you understand it, the more complete it presents itself.
Some people say that daily commissions are too repetitive and like a tool to kill time. But I remembered a famous psychological saying: **The real change is not to destroy the old self vigorously, but to slowly build a new self in small persistence. **
In Fontaine, I do similar things every day, but I slowly accumulate a sense of security and certainty. It is these seemingly boring processes that help me get through the fog in my heart. They are like diary exercises in psychotherapy, allowing you to sort out emotions and confirm values in repetition.
Days are no longer blank. The completion of each commission is like the insertion of a puzzle, which makes the picture of life gradually approaching completion.
When I left Fontaine, I could not take away the cold rain in that city, nor the figures of those tasks. But I took away a belief: **People who are willing to take responsibility in daily life can also achieve significance at critical moments. **
Perhaps, this is the lesson that Fontaine wants to teach us.
And I am very glad that I did not miss this lesson.
