Chapter 199: Until the very end, they remained a group of slaves granted the right to freedom

The video continues.

Stelle used the Clockwork on the Accountant puppet,

making it calm down.

"Master, you are no longer here, so I shall no longer wait for your reward..."

"Everything that should belong to me, I shall take for myself."

Stelle: "Tsk, this puppet really did stand up."

Stelle: "Should I call this 'profit moves the heart'?"

March 7th: "Without a master, this accountant probably thinks all the profit should be his."

March 7th: "No one else can fight him for it anymore."

Furina: "Sure enough, in the face of enough profit, there is no such thing as a master in their eyes."

Hu Tao: "This accountant, is he referring to the Alfalfa Family?"

Hu Tao: "This family seems to have done a lot of dirty deeds."

Hu Tao: "Doesn't look like anything good."

Lumine: "They sabotaged the Bloodhound Family and wanted to defect to the company."

Lumine: "As a result, internal strife broke out within their own family."

Lumine: "Indeed, not a good bunch."

The video continues.

After dealing with the Accountant puppet,

Stelle arrived before the third kneeling puppet.

This puppet was named Guard.

"I was once the most loyal defender among all the servants!"

"After the master was exiled, I should naturally take up the authority over the masses for him!"

Miss Qingque: "This guard, is he talking about the Bloodhound Family?"

Miss Qingque: "Good heavens, was the Bloodhound Family that arrogant back then?"

Miss Qingque: "Opening their mouths with talk of wielding authority over the masses."

Miss Qingque: "If you didn't know better, you'd think the Bloodhound Family wanted to be some high-and-mighty emperor."

Stelle: "They're making a spectacle of themselves."

Stelle: "Don't look at how glamorous these families are now."

Stelle: "In the beginning, they were all just a bunch of greedy clowns."

Furina: "For the Family, this must be a complete dark history, right?"

Furina: "No wonder Mr. Sunday could only release these in the mental world."

Furina: "Otherwise, once it spread, the Family's reputation and face would be completely swept away."

Aventurine: "You all underestimate the Family again."

Aventurine: "They are quite skilled at cutting ties."

Aventurine: "This kind of 'black material' that isn't really black material, they wouldn't care about at all."

Topaz: "Just ask, and they'll say these are things from the exile period; what does that have to do with our Penacony Family?"

Paimon: "That really is shameless..."

The video continues.

Stelle activated the Clockwork on the puppet named Guard,

making it calm down as well.

"The past master is long gone; why am I still fearing the residual shadows constructed by the crowd?"

Guinaifen: "Does it seem to have become normal now?"

Miss Sushang: "It should be normal, right?"

Miss Sushang: "There must be someone normal in these families."

Xiangling: "Maybe, it's just temporarily normal?"

The video continues.

This time, Stelle arrived before the puppet named Advisor.

"The master is gone, and I should be free, but without the master's orders, I can only seek answers from the blind."

Stelle: "One after another, they're all waiting for the master's orders."

Stelle: "It gives me the feeling that they were born to be slaves."

Dan Heng: "Those who truly yearn for freedom will never be bound by their status."

March 7th: "Exactly, Aventurine is a great example!"

Stelle: "It has to be Aventurine, he smashed the slave owner to pieces!"

Stelle: "Isn't that much stronger than these softies?"

Aventurine: "Thanks for the compliment."

Aventurine: "I don't have the self-awareness of a slave."

Aventurine: "In this world, everyone lives the same way; who can truly be nobler than anyone else?"

Aventurine: "It's just a matter of using one's own methods."

Hu Tao: "Aventurine lives quite clearly."

Hu Tao: "This is probably the reason he could achieve what he has today."

The video continues.

Stelle then used the Clockwork on the puppet.

And so, this puppet calmed down.

"The master is gone, so I no longer have a master of my own."

"I should look for a new master and pledge my loyalty to them."

Paimon: "Uh... he still likes finding a master for himself so much..."

Lumine: "Hard to understand."

Lumine: "Is being a servant really that good?"

March 7th: "Wait, I suddenly realized..."

March 7th: "Is it possible... that the scene being played now means..."

March 7th: "The Family's arrival is brainwashing these people again?"

March 7th: "After all, these families were fighting to the death for power before, and none of them would submit to the others!"

March 7th: "It's impossible that they'd suddenly want to find a master for themselves again!"

March 7th: "Besides, why would they submit to the Family?"

Himeko: "Remember what Sunday said before?"

Himeko: "After the Dreammaster brought the Family, the five families converted one after another..."

Himeko: "The word 'convert' is used quite cleverly."

Boothill: "Damn it all, they've all been brainwashed, so isn't that just conversion?"

Boothill: "The Family usually doesn't use force to suppress."

Boothill: "But that doesn't mean they don't have more sinister methods."

Stelle: "That makes sense."

Stelle: "The process I'm executing now is actually forcibly brainwashing the people of these five families."

Stelle: "Brainwashing them to be loyal to the Family, and then everything will naturally be fine."

March 7th: "That's why I said this new master isn't a good thing."

March 7th: "Because he's also here to deprive these people of their freedom."

The video continues.

Stelle arrived before the last puppet.

This puppet was called Butler.

"I am either my own master, or I go to welcome back the old master; there is absolutely no reason to submit to a new master!"

Silver Wolf: "Oh ho, there's actually a tough nut to crack?"

Silver Wolf: "That's unexpected!"

Stelle: "Don't look at his iron-willed appearance now."

Stelle: "After I brainwash him hard in a moment, he'll definitely shout 'it's so good'!"

March 7th: "Speaking of which... Stelle, you're playing the role of the Family now."

March 7th: "But you're using the Clockwork."

March 7th: "I always feel like this is somewhat of an insult to the Clockwork."

Firefly: "The Clockwork represents a positive and beautiful spirit."

Firefly: "It is not a dark art for brainwashing people."

Firefly: "Using it in this scene does feel a bit inappropriate."

Stelle: "That's Sunday's fault for not giving me props."

Stelle: "If he doesn't give me props..."

Stelle: "I can only change people's emotions through this one method."

Sunday: "It was my lack of consideration."

Sunday: "You are right; such a noble spirit should indeed not be tarnished."

Sunday: "Even if it doesn't align with my philosophy..."

The video continues.

Stelle repeated the old trick,

and used the Clockwork on the last puppet.

"If there is no master, who else can grant me freedom?"

Stelle: "Alright, now all five families have converted to me!"

Stelle: "I announce that from now on, I am the new Empress of Penacony!"

March 7th: "You, an Empress?"

March 7th: "You're a psycho..."

Silver Wolf: "It's just acting, don't get too deep into the role and take it seriously."

Stelle: "Why?"

Stelle: "I am so wise and powerful, and beautiful as a flower; don't I deserve to be the Empress of Penacony?"

Sparkle: "Hey, little gray-hair~"

Sparkle: "I think you're more suited to be the King of Trash Cans in my dream bubble~"

Sparkle: "What do you think?"

Stelle: "That's true."

Stelle: "If I can be the King of Trash Cans, who would want to be an Empress?"

Paimon: "Uh..."

Paimon: "In Miss Stelle's eyes, the King of Trash Cans is greater than the Empress of Penacony..."

Paimon: "Paimon really can't understand."

Lumine: "I'll put it another way so you can understand."

Lumine: "The Queen of the Gourmet Kingdom or the Queen of Teyvat, which would you rather be?"

Paimon: "That would definitely be the Queen of the Gourmet Kingdom!"

Paimon: "Because I dream of having endless gourmet food!"

Lumine: "So, just like you love gourmet food, Miss Stelle loves trash cans more."

Herta: "I can only say, unique taste."

Herta: "I'm afraid the power of the Stellaron is too great and accidentally damaged some of her cognitive functions."

Stelle: "My cognition is very normal!"

Stelle: "Don't look down on trash cans!"

Stelle: "Trash cans have souls too!"

Stelle: "It's just that you can't feel them."

March 7th: "Oh no, it seems you've become so obsessed with trash cans that you're hallucinating..."

March 7th: "I can't understand, what kind of soul does a cold trash can have?"

Stelle: "That's why you're destined never to be the King of Trash Cans in this lifetime..."

The video continues.

"Thank you, foreign guests!"

"Now the servants have regained their reason."

"People! Your old master will not return; only those who help each other for the sake of the righteous path and encourage each other with truth can find fulfillment in one another!"

"Defeat the hypocritical phantom—embrace each other!"

The leading master puppet,

began a high-spirited speech.

"Get ready, I suppose we're going to fight again..."

Himeko saw this scene,

and reminded the two.

"Is this immersive theater..."

After Stelle just finished complaining,

that group of puppets swarmed over with bared fangs and brandished claws.

Stelle: "Great, just a moment ago I was a Family representative helping puppets brainwash themselves."

Stelle: "Now I've become some hypocritical phantom."

Stelle: "Sunday, you don't think this sudden change in identity makes us feel very immersed, do you?"

Sunday: "Apologies, this must be because I prepared too hastily, leading to poor handling of the details."

Sunday: "It has made everyone's experience somewhat unpleasant."

Sparkle: "Hey, chicken-wing boy, your level as a director is really rotten!"

Sparkle: "Not even one-tenth of my level~"

Sparkle: "This boring and uninteresting plot almost made me fall asleep."

Stelle: "Agreed, Director Sparkle's plot level is still higher!"

March 7th: "Why do I always feel like you're flattering Sparkle everywhere now?"

Stelle: "Ahem..."

Stelle: "This is all praise from the heart!"

Miss Qingque: "I'm afraid she fed you a love potion."