Chapter 129

Stelle scratched her head, asking with some puzzlement.

【No, I won't.】

【I'll accompany you into the dream, so you don't get hurt.】

【Besides, a Mnemoreader doesn't need any Dreamscape Pool... right?】

Black Swan said casually.

【I see, then fine.】

【Then I'll go enter the dream.】

Stelle nodded. She prepared to go lie down in the Dreamscape Pool.

【Alright~ then go sleep in peace, I'll keep you good company.】

Black Swan's tone became very gentle and alluring.

Amber: "Miss Stelle hasn't forgotten about Miss Firefly's safety."

Stelle: "Of course, how could I possibly forget my Firefly, who shared hardship with me!"

Firefly: "Thank you for your concern, Stelle!"

Black Swan: "Hehe, only thanking her?"

Black Swan: "Shouldn't you be thanking me too~"

Firefly: "Uh... I should also thank Miss Black Swan for the rescue!"

Black Swan: "It was nothing."

Nahida: "Speaking of which, Miss Black Swan entering the dream without needing the Dreamscape Pool—is this a Mnemoreader's ability?"

Black Swan: "Yes, as Mnemoreaders, we long ago discarded our flesh, existing in the form of memes."

Black Swan: "Thus we are unbound by most physical matter, free to traverse space."

Collei: "That sounds... really amazing!"

Lumine: "Being a Mnemoreader feels like a very prestigious profession."

Paimon: "But to become a Mnemoreader, you have to discard your flesh..."

Paimon: "Wouldn't that be terrifying?"

Black Swan: "Actually, when all is said and done, it's just a different way of existing—there's nothing scary about it."

Furina: "How interesting, I'd love to experience what it's like to be a Mnemoreader."

Neuvillette: "This thing should have a threshold too, it's not something you can just become whenever you want, right?"

Black Swan: "That's right. But perhaps Miss Furina just happens to have that talent?"

Furina: "Hehe, uh, I was just saying it casually."

Furina: "I don't want to discard my flesh right now."

Shadow: "May I ask Miss Black Swan, does this manner of existence count as a kind of eternity?"

Black Swan: "Eternity?"

Black Swan: "No, it's still far too distant from eternity."

Black Swan: "In fact, even existing in meme form, there will still come a day of dissolution."

Shadow: "Then in this world, is there truly no eternal thing?"

Herta: "That's an interesting question."

Herta: "As for the answer, perhaps no one can answer it?"

Screwllum: "Analysis: The Erudition Aeon Nous's computing power is unrivaled under heaven!"

Screwllum: "Conclusion: Perhaps Nous can provide the answer to this question."

Miss Ruan Mei: "Of course, it's only a possibility."

Miss Ruan Mei: "After all, this question is truly rather profound."

Miss Ruan Mei: "You must understand, even the Aeons, for all their might, do not exist eternally."

Shadow: "I see...?"

Shadow: "Thank you all for your answers, I've learned much."

The video continued.

Through the Dreamscape Pool,

Stelle returned to the room within the dreamscape.

【Back to the familiar room...】

Stelle glanced around,

feeling a sense of warmth.

【Over here, dear.】

Black Swan greeted her at the doorway.

【How is it? Your body isn't uncomfortable, is it?】

Black Swan asked with concern.

【Feels alright.】

Stelle answered.

【Then I can rest easy.】

【I know you're rather sensitive to mnestic essence, more prone to the dreamscape's influence than others—which is why I need to accompany you specially.】

【I'll use a few small tricks so you won't feel so uncomfortable.】

【Don't worry, your companions are safe too. Before entering the dream, I asked each of those two for a small piece of jewelry.】

【This will let me sense their presence within the Memory Zone.】

【They've already woken up in their respective rooms.】

【Now, you should be able to set your mind at ease and come with me, right?】

【Time waits for no one. Let's head to the main hall now.】

Black Swan urged,

and began walking outward.

【March 7th's room is just nearby... Let's go meet up with her first.】

Stelle thought it over and decided to find March 7th first.

So, she came to the door of March 7th's room.

【March 7th, are you in there?】

【Are you there? We're setting off.】

【March? It's me, Stelle...】

Stelle knocked hard on the door of March 7th's room,

but received no response at all.

【I know what you're thinking, but unfortunately... that Miss isn't inside, and this isn't her room either.】

【From the moment you stepped into the Memory Zone, the physical architecture has lost all meaning.】

【I can sense that she's currently very far away.】

【Likewise, to find the main hall the Navigator Young Lady mentioned... we'll need to put in some extra thought.】

At this moment, Black Swan came to Stelle's side and offered a reminder.

【Alright, understood.】

Stelle nodded.

She began following behind Black Swan.

【These poor things, toppled all over the place...】

【Strange... there seems to be someone else's presence here...】

Along the way, Black Swan saw the Penacony Troupe corpse 863 lying nearby,

and her expression grew somewhat puzzled.

【Ah... it's her?】

【How could this be?】

Black Swan led Stelle down the stairs to the hall below,

and then saw Huang Quan confronting some members of the Penacony Troupe inside the hall.