Chapter 231

Zhong Li: "Sounds perfectly reasonable and convincing."

March 7th: "Uh... hearing you all say it like that, it really does seem possible!"

March 7th: "The clock tricks the Biaoxiaozi Sect taught Stelle are already so sinister to begin with — they never seemed like any ordinary technique."

March 7th: "Looking at it now, if it was transformed from the Clockmaker's soul, then having such tricks wouldn't be surprising at all."

Furina: "Of course, this is only one of the possibilities."

Furina: "Actually, besides that Biaoxiaozi kid, I think that Little Misha is also highly suspicious."

Furina: "First of all, besides Young Lady Stelle, only he can see the Biaoxiaozi kid."

Furina: "Second, it seems only Young Lady Stelle can see Misha."

Furina: "Such suspicious phenomena are enough to show that his origins must not be simple either!"

Welt: "Mm... Miss Furina's analysis is very sound."

Welt: "Regardless of whether these two beings are actually incarnations of the Clockmaker."

Welt: "They must certainly be inseparable from the Clockmaker."

Stelle: "Is it possible that the Biaoxiaozi kid is the Clockmaker, and this child called Misha is the Clockmaker's offspring?"

Guinaifen: "Eh, sis, what you're saying is very possible!"

Himeko: "Actually, what I care more about is... this Clockmaker — does he have any connection to the Trailblaze after all?"

Himeko: "Are those three Nameless from back then perhaps still alive in this world?"

Dan Heng: "Penacony shows no trace of them now; the situation is probably not optimistic."

Pom-Pom: "But... as long as they haven't forgotten that they were once Nameless... then they should have left something behind, pom?"

Stelle: "Alive, I want to see them; dead, I want to see the corpse!"

Stelle: "Don't worry, Conductor — even if we have to dig three feet into the ground, we'll find out what happened to them!"

March 7th: "That's right, Conductor can just put his mind at ease!"

Pom-Pom: "Then thank you, passengers, pom! (Heart. jpg)"

The video continues.

Stelle pulls out her phone,

and begins contacting Welt.

【Stelle: Uncle Yang, the investigation on our end has wrapped up.】

【Stelle: How's it going on your end?】

【Welt: A small gain. The Xianzhou Rangers and I both agree that the family may be hiding extremely important information.】

【Welt: We're now heading to The Reverie Hotel.】

【March 7th: Is that Huang Quan? Didn't Topaz say she's very dangerous...】

【Welt: I've confirmed it — she's on our side.】

【Welt: Don't worry. Please wait a moment; once there's any discovery, I'll sync up with you right away.】

The messages end here, for now.

The scene shifts,

arriving at Huang Quan and Welt.

【... Your companions are worried about you?】

Huang Quan saw Welt take out his phone to communicate,

and asked a question.

【Just routine contact.】

【They seem to have made some discoveries on their end; let's go quickly and come back quickly.】

【... Going further ahead, we'll be entering the depths of The Reverie Hotel.】

Welt explained briefly,

then looked at the door ahead leading into the depths of The Reverie Hotel.

【It's been smooth sailing the whole way...】

【Too smooth — hard to imagine this is a tightly guarded family residence.】

Huang Quan felt something was off.

【Let's first see if there's anyone we can report to.】

Welt began walking forward,

trying to find someone.

【Something's not right — such a grand manor, yet not even a single butler to receive guests...】

【Is it an empty window caused by some sudden incident?】

The two walked further in,

yet didn't encounter a single soul.

Such abnormal circumstances

put Huang Quan on guard.

【This door is open — looks like we have no choice but to investigate.】

【Let's proceed with caution.】

Welt looked at the brightly wide-open doorway,

about to lift his leg and walk in.

But he was stopped by Huang Quan.

【Wait a moment.】

Huang Quan rested her hand on the hilt and drew the blade slightly,

and in an instant, her presence became almost imperceptible.

【Bai... I've lightly suppressed the aura around me, so it's less likely to draw attention.】

【The Astral Express can be explained by family instruction, but my being here... doesn't quite add up.】

Huang Quan offered a brief explanation.

【I see. Quite an interesting technique.】

Welt nodded,

and the two of them continued walking inward.

【That model in the sand table... should be the Golden Hour.】

The two arrived before the sand table that Topaz had once toured,

and Huang Quan recognized at a glance which moment the model depicted.

【Perhaps the family heads use this model to discuss important matters.】

Welt remarked casually.

【The footprints here are different from the others... there are two sets in total.】

【Someone from outside may have passed through here not long ago.】

Welt keenly noticed two suspicious sets of footprints on the ground.

【Can Mr. Welt tell who the owners of these footprints are?】

Huang Quan inquired.

【Hmm...】

【The decorative pattern is quite distinctive — very flashy.】

【Judging by the size, it should be a men's style.】

【I suspect... it's most likely that emissary from the Interastral Peace Corporation, Mr. Topaz.】

Welt studied the shoe prints and pondered for a moment,

then reached his conclusion.

【Topaz... then who is the other one?】

Huang Quan asked.

【The two sets of tracks aren't one in front of the other.】

【Judging by how nearly parallel they are, the companion probably isn't his subordinate...】

【... The Corporation is eager to take Penacony back.】