Chapter 171

Boothill: "Damn it."

Boothill: "Only you have this ability?"

Boothill: "Brother, you are too arrogant, really taking yourself as an Aeon?"

Boothill: "Is it because you've lived in the dreamscape for too long that it gave you the illusion that you are omnipotent?"

Furina: "Couldn't tell before, Mr. Sunday actually has such a floating side..."

Miss Qingque: "Floating is fine, get a good beating, and he won't be floating anymore!"

Stelle: "Got it, we are the ones to give him a good beating!"

Stelle: "Don't worry, watch me fiercely wake him up from his daydream!!"

March 7th: "Uh... we were panting just fighting Aventurine."

March 7th: "Fighting Sunday... I'm afraid it's even harder, right?"

Hu Tao: "Aventurine has a Cornerstone!"

Hu Tao: "In any case, he counts as one-tenth of an Emanator."

Hu Tao: "But looking at Mr. Sunday now, he hasn't shown this kind of combat power!"

Lumine: "But... as the final big boss of Penacony, there's no reason for Sunday to be weaker than Aventurine, right?"

Paimon: "Looking at Mr. Sunday's calm and unhurried appearance..."

Paimon: "Feels like he hasn't used his full strength either..."

Stelle: "Don't worry, as long as he's not a real Emanator, we can go head-to-head with him!"

Stelle: "Just believe in the strength of our Express crew!"

The video continues.

【You intend to resurrect a dead Aeon?】

【No one has ever done this before.】

Himeko listens to Sunday's words,

and always feels that the purpose of these remnants of Order

is to resurrect the Aeon of Order.

【Since Ms. Himeko is interested, let's speak plainly.】

【I have always believed that people can understand each other through peaceful means.】

【I am willing to tell you the aspirations of the followers of Order truthfully, so that you can make better judgments for the Astral Express, Penacony, and this universe.】

【Language is pale and weak, difficult to describe the appearance of that ideal...】

【So follow me, everyone.】

【Let us retrace the path we came from together, and see where this path will lead.】

Asta: "Resurrect... a dead Aeon?"

Asta: "This is a joke, right?"

Asta: "In the universe, who has the ability to resurrect an Aeon who has already died?"

Dr. Ratio: "The answer is, temporarily none."

Dr. Ratio: "Whether such a miracle will appear in the future is another matter."

Dr. Ratio: "But as of now, I have never heard of such a thing happening."

Furina: "Sunday and these remnants of Order want to resurrect the Aeon of Order?"

Furina: "Do they know how to do it?"

Zhong Li: "But the Aeon of Order has already been annexed by the Aeon of Harmony."

Zhong Li: "To resurrect the Aeon of Order, wouldn't it require separating Him from the Aeon of Harmony?"

Welt: "In principle, that is the case."

Welt: "Perhaps... this is the reason why the remnants of Order are lurking in the territory of Harmony?"

Lumine: "Separating Order from Harmony... is this really something a mortal can do?"

Aventurine: "Let alone mortals, even Emanators can't do it."

Stelle: "Stop guessing, didn't Sunday say it before?"

Stelle: "He doesn't want to resurrect the Aeon of Order, he wants to use Order to do other things."

March 7th: "Always feel that what he wants to do might be even more outrageous than resurrecting an Aeon..."

The video continues.

【Eh, why did he disappear?】

After Sunday finishes speaking,

his figure disappears directly on the spot.

This makes March 7th somewhat surprised.

【Welcome, this is not any corner of the Penacony dreamscape.】

【But my inner world.】

【The reason why the scene in front of you hasn't changed is because your consciousness extracted similar concepts to fill it in.】

Sunday's voice resounds in everyone's ears again.

【Who would show their inner world...】

Hearing Sunday's explanation,

Stelle can't help but complain.

【That is to say...】

March 7th also feels speechless.

【You... did you do the same thing to Welt?】

Himeko is somewhat curious.

【This is a type of attunement, the effect is stronger, and it is more mentally taxing.】

【Stelle has experienced it before, she should understand.】

【Through attunement, you can more intuitively understand my emotions, which also means I will have no secrets from you.】

【Next, I would like to invite you to watch the big screen, the path we came from starts here.】

Stelle: "Showing his own inner world?"

Stelle: "Good heavens, you are truly showing everything of yourself!"

Stelle: "I'm asking, aren't you afraid of social death?!"

Firefly: "Uh... his determined resolution to be so open is truly staggering..."

Firefly: "So this is what it really means to have no reservations..."

March 7th: "Outrageous... even if you beat me to death, I wouldn't dare let people enter my inner world!"

March 7th: "Because this would definitely lead to social death in reality!!"

March 7th: "How does he even dare to do this?!"

Zhong Li: "Although the philosophy and path are different, Mr. Sunday indeed possesses the demeanor of a gentleman."

Furina: "Treating people with sincerity, instead of just spouting trash talk and fighting to the death at the slightest disagreement."

Furina: "Sure enough... the charm of this kind of villain is streets ahead of a one-dimensional villain!"

Furina: "Hmm... when designing scripts in the future, I must lean more towards this aspect!"

Welt: "Hmm, I can tell, Mr. Sunday truly wants us to understand his philosophy."

Welt: "On this point, he spares no effort."

Acheron: "He is a firm seeker of the Dao, there is no need to doubt this point."

Acheron: "It's just that his choices are destined to lead to a bad ending."

Robin: "Brother... is this worth it?"

Miss Qingque: "Asking this is superfluous."

Miss Qingque: "If he felt it wasn't worth it, he wouldn't do it like this..."

The video continues.

【Starting from here, you will see the many choices I have experienced.】

【I have selected a portion of them to share with you.】

【I think, after experiencing common dilemmas, you will definitely be able to understand my thoughts.】

【Let's begin.】

【The first choice is related to the story of a fledgling bird.】

【This story happened when Robin and I were very young.】

【We were victims of the Stellaron disaster; Mr. Gopher Wood of the Family—that is, the future Dreammaster of Penacony—saw that we siblings were helpless, so he adopted us.】

【After that, Robin and I spent a relatively carefree time.】

【After dinner one day, my sister and I accidentally discovered a lonely little Harmony Dove in Mr. Gopher Wood's courtyard.】

【That fledgling was still small, its feathers hadn't even grown in, and it couldn't sing.】

【When we found it, it was lying in the grass, dying, as if it had been abandoned by its parents.】

【We immediately decided to build a nest for it.】

【But thinking about it, that winter was very cold, the wind in the courtyard at night was strong, and there were many poisonous insects and wild beasts...】

【Undoubtedly, if the fledgling were left in the courtyard, it would have no possibility of lasting until spring.】

【So I proposed taking it back, placing it on the wooden frame by the window, and asking an adult to build a birdcage.】

【We agreed that when it could rely on its own strength to spread its wings and soar, we would return it to the sky.】

【But regretfully, we never imagined that the fate of this bird had already been destined long before that—】

【What kind of end it would meet depended only on our single thought.】

【Now, I will hand the right of choice to you.】

【Facing this situation, how would you choose?】

【Is it to adopt our initial plan, using soft cushions to build a nest for the little Harmony Dove on the spot?】

【Or choose to build a birdcage for it, carefully raising the bird in the warm house?】

【I look forward to your answer.】

Stelle: "Here it comes!"

Stelle: "The place where the dream begins!"

Stelle: "The source of all the tragedies that cause everything now!"

Stelle: "The scene of saving the little Harmony Dove is reproduced!"

March 7th: "Cough cough... the little Harmony Dove says I won't take the blame for this."

March 7th: "Clearly, Sunday is the one who drilled into a dead end."

Miss Qingque: "Tch, if this bird knew that its encounter would become the fuse for the ideological divergence of the two siblings, it would definitely shout that it was wronged, right?"

Furina: "Speaking of which, is Mr. Sunday now trying to use empathy and putting himself in others' shoes to turn the Express crew?"

Furina: "It really highlights a sincere way!"

Silver Wolf: "Sincerity is the eternal ultimate move."

Silver Wolf: "But unfortunately, this ultimate move doesn't have much effect on the Express crew."

Nahida: "So... how will everyone on the Express crew choose?"

Nahida: "A bit curious."

Stelle: "I protest, why is there no third option?"

Stelle: "Forcing me to choose between two?"

Stelle: "Can't I choose to ignore it?"