Chapter 308

【We previously encountered quite a few stowaways at our place of residence. Most of them came from neighboring star systems.】

【It is said that places like the Dreamscape of Flowing Dreams are not unique within the Memory Zone of Asdena—they are like little islands in the sea, existing even before the Family arrived......】

【I also picked up a saying; they say that when the Dreamscape of Flowing Dreams first took shape, this place was the very center of Penacony's dreamscape!】

Hearing Welt's inquiry,

March 7th directly shared some of the information she had gathered earlier.

【If this saying holds true, then the many similarities between the Sweetdreams and this place make sense.】

Welt nodded,

feeling that the information March 7th provided was highly credible.

【Himeko should still be asking that person for information, so shall we set off now?】

March 7th urged.

Furina: "After all this fuss...... turns out that besides the Dreamscape of Flowing Dreams, there are actually even more dreamscapes?"

Furina: "Then where did all these dreamscapes come from?"

Hu Tao: "Where they came from, I don't know."

Hu Tao: "Anyway, it has nothing to do with the Family."

Hu Tao: "Because they all existed before the Family arrived."

Gallagher: "These dreamscapes are all the result of the efforts of the original pioneers."

Gallagher: "It was they who, within the barren Memory Zone, tirelessly and fearlessly carved out one after another.... the earliest Sweetdream Paradise!"

Paimon: "Wow!"

Paimon: "Sounds so grand!"

Venti: "Mm, it's not hard to imagine just how magnificent that era must have been!"

Venti: "Compared to the people of that time.... the people living in Penacony's Sweetdreams today seem rather..... lifeless, don't they?"

Zhong Li: "One thrives in adversity and perishes in comfort."

Zhong Li: "The Sweetdream environment of Penacony today is far too reassuring, so much so that the people living here only know how to indulge in pleasure and no longer care about anything else."

Zhong Li: "By ordinary reason...... this is like breaking a balance, and thus a thing reaches its peak and begins to decline!"

Zhong Li: "It will, with great probability, lead Penacony to ultimately meet an unfortunate end."

Paimon: "So in other words.... people can't just blindly indulge in pleasure, right....."

Dr. Ratio: "Too much is as bad as too little......"

Dr. Ratio: "Everything must have a limit!"

Dr. Ratio: "Once that limit is exceeded, hidden dangers will be sown, leading to serious consequences in the future."

Stelle: "Feels like it's not as serious as you all make it out to be."

Stelle: "Penacony's Sweetdreams are, after all, only so big."

Stelle: "It can't cover the whole universe, so what's there to fear?"

Stelle: "Anyway, if something goes wrong, it's these so-called upper-class folks who'll be the unlucky ones."

Silver Wolf: "Exactly, none of these upper-class folks are good people."

Silver Wolf: "Let them suffer a bit, it's no big deal."

Miss Sushang: "That's easy to say, but what if innocent people get caught up in it?"

March 7th: "That's exactly why our Astral Express crew works so tirelessly to save Penacony."

Stelle: "Mm-hmm, our Astral Express crew really is so great!!"

March 7th: "Ahem, keep it low-key, keep it low-key!"

The video continues.

March 7th began leading the others to look for Himeko.

【We just split up right here...... mm, not far now!】

After walking for a short while,

March 7th looked at the familiar surroundings,

and could not help but speak to the people beside her.

【I see....... I didn't expect to fill in the remaining information here.】

【Heh....... to use Mr. Gallagher's catchphrase, it's the whims of fate, I suppose.】

Soon, the group arrived at Himeko's side,

and overheard her conversation with a stranger.

【Sister Himeko, I've brought them!】

March 7th walked up to Himeko,

and greeted her directly.

【Looks like everyone's here.】

【Perfect timing, let me introduce Mr. Mikael—one of the people in charge of the Exile Zone.】

【Mr. Mikael, these are my companions.】

Himeko introduced Mikael, who stood opposite, to the group.

【Mr. Welt, Miss March 7th, Miss Stelle...... and all the Nameless, it's a pleasure.】

Mikael recited them off with ease,

calling out everyone's names.

Clearly, he was very well-informed about their identities.

【Do you know us?】

Seeing how familiar Mikael was with them,

March 7th immediately felt curious.

【Since the day you stepped into Pinoconny, I have been watching your movements.】

【Unfortunately, had the Dream-Drifting Reef and the Twelve Dreamscape Hours not long since been severed from one another, we should have met in a more proper manner.】

【Let us properly introduce ourselves—I am Mikael, the Gravekeeper of the Dream-Drifting Reef.】

After Mikael explained,

he began to solemnly introduce his identity to all of them.

【Gravekeeper...?】

Mikael's title,

left March 7th puzzled.

【Life on the Dream-Drifting Reef is very free, with no real organization.】

【Everyone lives their own life, keeping to themselves...】

【All I can do... is sweep a few gravestones each day.】

Speaking of gravestones,

Mikael's expression softened with a hint of melancholy.

【Mr. Mikael is too modest.】

【Whenever lost dream-seekers are brought here, it has always been Mr. Mikael who takes on the duty of guardian—either sending them back to sweet dreams, or teaching them how to survive in the chaotic dreamscape.】

Little Misha felt Mikael's words,

were far too modest,

and couldn't help speaking up.

【So you're like a patriarch.】

After hearing Little Misha's words,

Welt muttered under his breath.

【Hmm? Mr. Welt, are you speaking to me?】

Hearing Welt's mutter,

Mikael blinked in surprise.

【... Huh?】

Welt, seeing Mikael's puzzled expression,

also froze for a moment.