Chapter 13

looking at the screen with interest, waiting for everyone's answer.

Lumine: "Connection with people... connection with things... if I lose these rashly, I might feel fear, right?"

Paimon: "Woo woo woo, I can't imagine how to live without Lumine, so I will be afraid!"

Ei: "If it were me, I would also feel fear."

Venti: "Oh my, speaking of which, this is really a cruel question."

Venti: "People are emotional creatures, it is the feelings between each other that link us together."

Venti: "And if you suddenly lose these, wouldn't it be very lonely, very lonely?"

Venti: "Sigh, just thinking about this makes one want to drink until they are drunk!"

Acheron: "But... what if you have no emotions anymore?"

Acheron: "Would you still feel regret, or loneliness?"

Venti: "Ah, this... probably not, right?"

"No emotions?"

"What exactly has this mysterious Miss Acheron experienced?"

"Why do her words always give people a feeling of... emptiness?"

Venti lay on the big tree, unable to figure it out.

"It seems that this Miss Acheron is also a person with a story."

In Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, Zhongli sighed.

"Isn't everyone saying she's a riddle-maker?"

"What story could she have?"

Hu Tao turned to look at Zhongli.

"Riddle-maker?"

"No, doesn't look like it."

"Judging from the video just now, she seems to have a unique temperament that is hard to describe."

"From a universal rational point of view, it's unlikely she's a so-called 'riddle-maker'."

Zhongli shook his head, not believing that Acheron would really be a riddle-maker.

"Is that so?"

"Actually, I also feel she has a strange feeling."

"And her speech seems nonsensical, but it all seems to be pointing to something."

"In short, just as you said, guest, she might really have a very incredible past."

"Hope to see her past through the video."

Black Swan: "Hehe, everyone's answers are very sincere and very valuable."

Black Swan: "Then let me ask the second question. If there is a dream that is realistic enough, would you be willing to live in it?"

Lumine: "No! A dream is a dream after all, it's always fake!"

Paimon: "That's right, a dream cannot replace reality!"

Lumine and Paimon had just escaped from the cycle of dreams of the Sabzeruz Festival not long ago,

so naturally they hated the so-called dreams!

Dottore: "Heh, ignorant."

Dottore: "If a dream is realistic enough, then why isn't it another kind of reality?"

Scaramouche: "I agree with this, a dream might not be unable to replace reality, as long as there is corresponding great power!"

Nahida: "Fallacy, a dream is a dream, reality is reality, even if a dream is realistic enough, they cannot and should not be confused!"

Dr. Ratio: "I agree with this! The concepts between the two are different, comparing them is the stupid thing to do."

Arataki Itto: "But, I mean but!"

Arataki Itto: "If there really is such a beautiful dream, where you can live happily every day. Every day you don't have to worry about not having Mora, every day you can hold a bug-fighting competition..."

Arataki Itto: "Then how good would that be!!!"

Kuki Shinobu: "Boss, stop daydreaming, there won't be such a world!"

Sunday: "This young lady, that might not be the case."

Sunday: "The world that Mr. Itto longs for coincides with the current Penacony!"

Arataki Itto: "What, is there really such a beautiful world?!"

Sunday: "If Mr. Itto is willing, I will leave a permanent residence in Penacony for Mr. Itto. This can be considered a small gift from me personally."

Arataki Itto: "Ahhhhhh! Brother Sunday!! I've made up my mind to be friends with you!"

Arataki Itto: "Even if Kujou Tengu comes, she won't be able to stop me, I said it!!"

Kujou Sara: "..."

"Heh, in the end, there are still people willing to throw themselves into the embrace of a beautiful dream."

"And this is exactly what confirms my thoughts."

"It's just that now, variables have arrived, can the paradise I hope for really be built?"

Sunday looked into the distance, his deep back figure disappeared into the earth, and was constantly elongated... ===== CHAPTER 32 =====

Black Swan: "It seems that everyone has different understandings of dreams and reality."

Black Swan: "This point makes me very happy."

Black Swan: "Then let me ask the last question, if at the beginning of the journey, you already knew the outcome of this trip."

Black Swan: "Then would you still embark on this journey without hesitation?"

Black Swan repeated Acheron's last question,

leaving it for everyone to answer.

"Hearing Yanqing, if you were to answer this question, how would you do it?"

Luofu, Exalted Sanctum.

Jing Yuan looked at Hearing Yanqing, who was standing straight beside him,

and asked in a tone of examination.

"This... this question, let Hearing Yanqing think about it carefully."

Hearing Yanqing was stumped, hurriedly starting to turn his brain,

and began to think seriously.

"Little brother, regarding this question, what are your thoughts?"

In the mechanical workshop,

Serval looked at Gepard, who had just arrived,

and asked curiously.

"Sister, this question is hard to answer."

"I haven't thought it through yet."

"Do you have any unique insights?"

"Might as well let me hear them."

Gepard didn't have an answer for the moment,

so he wanted to hear his sister's view.

"Me?"

"If I were to answer..."

Serval: "If I were to answer, then my answer is yes!"

Serval: "Because I think, the outcome is not important, what's important is the experience during the journey!" ===== CHAPTER 33 =====

"Is that what sister thinks?"

"That's really her style."

Gepard saw Serval's comment in the livestream and couldn't help but smile knowingly.

Hearing Yanqing: "Hearing Yanqing's view is the opposite of this teacher."

Hearing Yanqing: "My answer is no!"

Hearing Yanqing: "Because Hearing Yanqing thinks, if you knew the outcome before setting off,"

"then all of this would have no meaning."

Hearing Yanqing: "Embarking on the journey again would just be a waste of time."

Hearing Yanqing: "It would be better to use the sharp sword in my hand to open up a new path pointing to a new outcome!"

In the Exalted Sanctum,

Hearing Yanqing pondered for a while,

and gave his view.

Paimon: "Your analysis all makes a lot of sense."

Paimon: "If Paimon had to choose, I would choose yes!"

Paimon: "Just like Miss Serval said, Paimon just wants to travel with Lumine forever, so I don't care what the outcome will be."

Lumine: "Mm-hmm, Paimon's thoughts are my thoughts!"

Sampo: "I agree with Little Brother Hearing Yanqing's point of view, walking on a path with a predetermined outcome is simply a waste of life."

Sparkle: "That's right, that's right~ A fun thing that is already known will become boring! Yo."

Sparkle: "Then why should I spend effort on this? If I had this time, I would definitely go find some fresh fun~"

Welt: "My choice is yes! Because this is Trailblaze!"

Welt: "I think this is also the answer that every Nameless would choose, right?"

March 7th: "That's right, this is the common answer of our Nameless!"

Dan Heng: "That is indeed the case."

Himeko: "I agree."

Stelle: "I object!! I insist on giving a different answer!"

March 7th: "Born with a rebellious bone, right? Objection invalid!!"

"I'm telling you, can you be more serious!"

"Everyone is on a united front, why do you have to be special?"

On the train,

March 7th looked at Stelle, feeling both angry and amused.

"Because I am a different kind of firework!"

Stelle looked at March 7th and answered very deeply.

"A different kind of firework?"

"I think you're more like a ghost fire!"

"Alright, alright, stop making trouble, be good."

March 7th looked at Stelle as if she were looking at a mentally disabled person.

She couldn't help but reach out and kindly pat Stelle's head.

Black Swan: "Thank you all for your answers."

Black Swan: "For me, this can be called a valuable memory."

Black Swan: "I will remember everyone's answers! And seal them in 'Memory'."

Black Swan thanked them solemnly.

"Memory?"

"Could this Miss Black Swan be from the Garden of Recollection?"

Welt saw this comment,

and couldn't help but guess.

The video continued to play.

Not long after Stelle woke up,

Pom-Pom walked to her side.

[Pom-Pom: Stelle passenger, what's wrong? Why, why are you suddenly crying?] Pom-Pom looked at the tear stains on Stelle's face, a bit flustered.

[Stelle: I was slashed by someone in a dream...] Stelle said with lingering fear.

[Pom-Pom: Sou... sounds like you had a nightmare, Pom! To encounter such a thing just after arriving in the Asdana galaxy... you must be careful, it looks like your resistance to Memetic substance is very poor.]

[Don't mind it, dreams and reality are opposites. While you were sleeping, the train has already arrived at Penacony... ] Pom-Pom looked at Stelle's pale face and comforted her.

Stelle: "Woo woo woo, I dropped little pearls, so embarrassing."

Stelle looked at herself crying in the video and felt a bit embarrassed.

March 7th: "Be good. Don't cry. You were slashed by a bad woman, so you were scared."

Acheron: "....I really am not... a bad woman."

Himeko: "Then Miss Acheron, why did you slash Stelle at the end?"

Acheron: "Probably, just to wake her up from the dream."

Acheron: "I said, I'm not good at manipulating dreams. So, if I really encountered this scene in the video, besides this method, I have no other way to wake her up."

Acheron saw that the people in the livestream still thought she was a bad woman,

and felt a bit helpless.

Stelle: "Don't say anymore, I believe she was helping me!"

March 7th: "Ha? Why would you think that?"

Stelle: "Because, the way she looked when she drew her sword was really cool!"

March 7th: "..."

Dan Heng: "..."

Himeko: "..."

In the video.

[Pom-Pom: ...The frontier prison of that year has now become this luxurious hotel. Although I am also very curious about what Penacony looks like now, I can't get off the train... you guys should feel it well for me.]

Pom-Pom looked at the grand hotel entrance outside the train window,

and said a few words to Stelle in a tone of sighing.

[Pom-Pom: Pack your luggage, you can get off the train at any time, Pom. Remember to go find March passenger, she is waiting for you to set off together.] Turning around, Pom-Pom reminded Stelle.

Lumine: "Why can't the conductor get off the train?"

Welt: "Uh... because of some... hard-to-speak restrictions."

Paimon: "Then Conductor Pom-Pom can only stay in the carriage alone? That's too miserable!"

Pom-Pom: "Miserable? I think it's okay, Pom? I'm already used to it, Pom."

Pom-Pom: "Besides, isn't there Dan Heng passenger accompanying me, Pom?"

Dan Heng: "Yes, I do have the intention to stay behind on the Express."

In the video.

Stelle, having received Pom-Pom's instructions,

started looking for March 7th.

[Stelle: Is March 7th still packing her luggage...] On the way, Stelle couldn't help but mutter.

[March 7th: Stelle, you're awake? How are you prepared? Uncle Yang and Himeko have already gotten off the train, I'm waiting for you here to set off together.]

[How about it, let's go meet them now?] In the train corridor, March 7th saw Stelle arrive and couldn't help but urge her.