Chapter 185

The video continues.

Time is ruthless,

The fifth act of the story,

Mikhail has reached the last stage of his life, his twilight years.

【Old man, where are you going?】

Gallagher's voice suddenly sounded.

【Oh, so you are here.】

Mikhail's voice was very old.

【Answer my question, what do you want to do?】

Gallagher looked at Mikhail solemnly.

【Don't be nervous, Gallagher, I just thought of a brilliant idea, want to hear it?】

Mikhail said with a chuckle.

【Forget it!】

【Which of your ideas isn't pushing yourself into a fire pit?】

【Old man, don't blame me for speaking harshly, you are the only one left of the heroic figures of Penacony back then.】

【If you die, then the secret of the Stellaron...】

【Will never see the light of day again.】

Gallagher earnestly tried to dissuade Mikhail.

【Yes, in Penacony, I'm afraid we have nowhere to go.】

【So we can only look outside of Asdana...】

【We are going to hold a grand event, and use the Watchmaker's legacy as the reason.】

【Then... send invitations to the whole galaxy, and gather people here.】

Mikhail stated his idea.

【Are you planning to break the pot with the Family?】

Gallagher was a bit suspicious.

【Isn't there still you, my friend?】

【Haha, this is very difficult, but which of the things we have gone through on this journey hasn't been difficult?】

【Oh right, no matter what method you use, remember...】

【You must send the invitation to the Astral Express.】

Furina: "Mikhail in his twilight years already felt powerless."

Furina: "So, could he only pin his hopes on the future Nameless?"

Furina: "This is really... heartbreaking."

Aether: "This is the beginning of the source of everything, it is this plan that created the current situation in Penacony."

Aether: "And it also brought new hope to Penacony."

Miss Ningguang: "As expected of a legendary tycoon, a legendary Nameless."

Miss Ningguang: "Even when facing the behemoth-like Family alone, he could still deal a painful blow and find a way to break the situation."

Aventurine: "It's a pity that time waits for no one, he was already too old."

Aventurine: "So old that he couldn't even personally execute this plan."

Paimon: "However, Mr. Gallagher did not live up to his expectations, did he?"

Gallagher: "Heh, it was the thing the old man couldn't stop thinking about before he died, how could I dare to fail him?"

Gallagher: "But he and I could only do this much."

Gallagher: "As for the final result, it ultimately depends on the efforts of this generation of Nameless."

Gallagher: "But I think, since even this old man could do this much, then there is no reason why the Nameless of later generations would be worse than him, right?"

Himeko: "We dare not compare ourselves with Mikhail-senpai, but as the new generation of Nameless, we will definitely inherit the spirit of our seniors!"

Stelle: "Heh, just kidding, I am willing to set a military order here!"

Stelle: "If I cannot fulfill Mikhail-senpai's wish and save Penacony..."

Stelle: "Then deduct all of March's train funding subsidy!"

March 7th: "???"

March 7th: "Are you sick?"

March 7th: "You set the military order, why deduct my money if you fail?!"

Stelle: "Aren't we good sisters?"

Stelle: "Isn't the most basic thing for good sisters to share the burden?"

March 7th: "What about the blessings?"

March 7th: "Did you eat the part about sharing blessings?"

Stelle: "There are blessings."

Stelle: "If I succeed, won't we both become great heroes of Penacony?"

Stelle: "Isn't this sharing blessings?"

March 7th: "Ah this..."

March 7th: "It seems like that's true?"

Sparkle: "(You are stupid. pg)"

1. The video continues.

The last act of the story,

Happens at the moment Mikhail is about to reach the end of his life.

【Little Misha! Where are you going?】

In front of Mikhail,

Is the figure of Clockie.

【Hmm, Clockie, take me to the Dewlight Pavilion...】

【Last night, I had a very long dream, dreaming of the day we met.】

【I want to record that dream.】

Mikhail's tone,

Was already a bit weak.

【Record it... what for?】

Clockie asked curiously.

【To keep me from forgetting some things.】

【Clockie, do you still remember how your name came about?】

Mikhail asked Clockie.

【Of course I remember!】

【You told me that when you were a child you lived in a clock room, those wall clocks and pocket watches accompanied you as you grew up, they were your best friends!】

Clockie said without hesitation.

【Yes, but I didn't tell you, behind this story... there was a wonderful misunderstanding.】

【I was young then. In my memory, there was a special pocket watch.】

【It always accompanied my grandfather, followed him on voyages, and pointed the way for him in every adventure story.】

【I also wanted to have such a pocket watch, and then, you appeared in my dream.】

Mikhail's voice was a bit emotional.

【Yes, every night, we would board the Compass, and set sail together!】

Clockie said excitedly.

【But do you know? Until the day my grandfather gave it to me, I suddenly realized, that wasn't a pocket watch at all...】

【But a compass.】

【So your name should be Compass Boy...】

【And the Watchmaker... is the Nameless.】

March 7th: "What?!"

March 7th: "Clockie is actually not a clock, but a compass?"

Stelle: "Good guy!"

Stelle: "After all this time, this is still a misunderstanding?"

Stelle: "Then that means, Clockie also has the skills that only a compass has?"

Furina: "Uh... but from the appearance, Clockie is really just a clock, right?"

Hu Tao: "Maybe, Clockie can also transform?"

Hu Tao: "Directly turn into the shape of a compass?"

Paimon: "It's possible."

Paimon: "After all, this is a dream, it should be able to turn into anything, right?"

Aether: "But it's really unexpected that there is such a dramatic misunderstanding in the birth of Clockie."

Navia: "It's a quite wonderful misunderstanding, isn't it?"

Navia: "If it weren't for this misunderstanding, maybe this cute Clockie wouldn't have been born."

Venti: "Clockie is Compass Boy, the Watchmaker is the Nameless..."

Venti: "Sure enough, in Mikhail's heart, his identity as a Nameless has never changed from beginning to end."

Venti: "The Watchmaker, Father of Penacony, etc... in his eyes, they are actually just empty names he doesn't care about at all, right?"

Zhongli: "A person like this naturally doesn't care about empty names."

Zhongli: "For him, there is only one thought in his heart: to practice the path of Trailblaze."

Zhongli: "And, until he reached the end of his life, his path of Trailblaze did not end there."

Zhongli: "But continued to this very moment."

Nahida: "Persisting for so long, just to leave the inheritance of Trailblaze to the younger generation."

Nahida: "What a dazzling person..."

The video continues.

The stories of Mikhail's different moments in life have ended,

The scene shifts,

To the Dewlight Pavilion.

【...】

After arriving at the Dewlight Pavilion,

Little Misha was a bit silent.

【We have arrived at the Dewlight Pavilion.】

【Then, where are we going?】

On the side,

Clockie watched Little Misha's silence,

And couldn't help but ask.

【Clockie, I should... not be going anywhere else.】

【I have already gone far enough.】

【It's time to rest for a while...】

Little Misha came to the side of the wheelchair,

And said to Clockie.

【Oh, then when you are rested, shall we set off again?】

Clockie did not realize that Little Misha's state at this moment was already wrong.

【No, I should stay here.】

【And then... it's over.】

Little Misha turned his head,

And looked at Clockie with a complex expression.

【Over? Little Misha, what does this mean?】

【You clearly said that the Trailblaze journey would never end.】

Clockie's expression became panicked.

【Yes, I did say that...】

【So now, it's your turn to decide your next stop.】

Little Misha said words that Clockie found hard to understand.

【My next stop?】

【Then where should it be?】

【I have always followed you...】

【Little Misha? What's wrong with you, you are so strange today!】

【If you are not happy, we can do what we usually do—use the Clockwork trick!】

Paimon: "Woo, Clockie looks so sad."

Paimon: "It hasn't realized yet that its partner might be leaving forever."

Paimon: "Woo woo woo... this scene is so sad."

Furina: "Only at this moment is Mikhail-senpai's Trailblaze journey truly coming to an end."

Furina: "Sigh, it makes me so full of water elements..."

Neuvillette: "It is indeed mixed with complex feelings, making one unable to help but feel regret..."

Navia: "Woo woo woo, I wasn't crying originally, but it suddenly started raining outside, making me feel like I want to cry too..."

Stelle: "Don't cry!"

Stelle: "Mikhail-senpai's Trailblaze journey has only temporarily stopped!"

Stelle: "We will definitely help him continue the path he hasn't finished walking!"

March 7th: "That's right, let us continue what Mikhail-senpai didn't finish!"

Welt: "After a lifetime of Trailblazing, it's time to rest."

Welt: "I think Mikhail must have been peaceful when he left."

Himeko: "Definitely..."

Himeko: "Because he always believed that the Nameless of later generations would definitely be able to carry on his path."

Himeko: "This trust was enough for him to leave calmly."

The video continues.

【No need, I am not unhappy.】

【As for the Clockwork trick... yes, in this dream it seems to be able to solve all problems.】

【Then do you know what the Clockwork trick actually is?】

Hu Tao: "What is the Clockwork trick?"

Hu Tao: "This question... everyone has been curious about it for a long time."

Welt: "Before, I guessed that this might be the power of Harmony."

Welt: "After all, it is very similar to the tuning ability of Harmony."

Welt: "Now that I think about it, since Clockie was created by Mikhail."

Welt: "Then it should have nothing to do with Harmony."

Stelle: "But if it's not Harmony, could this Clockwork trick be the power of Trailblaze?"

March 7th: "Impossible, right?"

March 7th: "Our Trailblaze has nothing to do with this kind of ability!"

Aether: "Indeed, Trailblaze and changing people's emotions seem to have no connection at all."

Aether: "It's more like the power of Elation."

Sparkle: "Hey, Director Sparkle solemnly declares here that this so-called Clockwork trick has absolutely nothing to do with our Elation."