Chapter 343

{I can help you. }

After a moment of silence, Huang Quan,

suddenly said.

{For what? }

The old man asked in return.

{The meaning of nothingness... that is also what I seek. }

Huang Quan replied.

{... Yes, indeed. How could an ordinary person possibly set foot here? }

{Thank you, stranger. }

{I wish you may find your answer on this journey. }

The old man offered his sincere blessing.

{Before that, I have one more question... }

{Indeed, the actions of the Blood Sin Spirits, and indeed their very lives, hold no meaning from our perspective. }

{But what if— I mean, what if... }

{What if this is precisely what the departed expect? Should we still make them change? }

Huang Quan posed a question difficult to answer.

{That is a good question, and a hard one to answer—at least... I do not know the answer. }

{But what I know is, one day, I too will pass from this world. }

{I sincerely hope that, at that time... }

{Someone will place a bouquet of flowers upon my grave. }

Flowing Fire: "Another question much like that one?"

Flowing Fire: "Same meaning as the one Mr. Sunday asked as a child..."

Stelle: "This question has no such thing as an answer."

Stelle: "Rather than obsess over it, try giving meaning to these outcomes."

March 7th: "But if something has no meaning, no matter how hard you try to assign meaning, isn't that just self-deception?"

March 7th: "Like these Blood Sin Spirits the old man is guiding."

March 7th: "It's completely unnecessary."

March 7th: "Because these Blood Sin Spirits are no longer the people he once knew..."

Stelle: "You don't understand, then?"

Stelle: "Self-deception can sometimes be a meaning in itself!"

Stelle: "Just as the old man said—some things, even if meaningless, must still be done!"

Stelle: "And because he did it, for him, this act was meaningful!"

Stelle: "That is enough!"

Truth Doctor: "Heh, your words have given me a new perspective."

Truth Doctor: "It seems you're quite clever when you use your mind."

Truth Doctor: "I hope you'll keep it up."

Sand Gold: "Tsk, friend—if the Professor praises you, it means he fully endorses your words!"

Fungina: "I think what Young Lady Stelle said is truly good."

Fungina: "Some things, even if their meaning is invisible, still have reasons to be done."

Fungina: "And once you do them, they become meaningful!"

Welt: "Hmm, to say such things, Stelle—you've grown."

Himeko: "Ha, it's a comforting sight."

March 7th: "Oh no, now I seem shallow!"

Huang Quan: "Yes, many things are enough if you yourself find them meaningful."

Huang Quan: "No need to overthink, no need to agonize over right or wrong."

Huang Quan: "Even if this... ultimately leads to a wrong ending."

Huang Quan: "But that is a fate already sealed."

Huang Quan: "Yet even so, the meaning that once existed cannot be denied!"

The video continues.

Nine system hours before the Harmony Festival's opening,

the golden hour.

The scene shifted,

to a memory fragment of Mr. Sunday.

{When I was a child, my speech was childish, my thoughts childish, my intentions childish. }

{Now that I have become a man, I have put away childish things. }

{... }

Mr. Sunday's inner voice echoed,

then,

The scene began to appear.

{Please bestow your blessing, revered emissary of Hypa. }

A servant of the Tianhuan Clan,

spoke with reverent voice, facing Sunday.

【Come forward. Family.】

【I have beseeched Him to dwell with us.】

Sunday's voice sounded profoundly sacred.

【I obey Your will.】

【I have served the Clover Line for over a decade, diligently and earnestly, never idle, regarding shared harmony as the highest good.】

【But yesterday, I committed a fault.】

【While preparing the evening banquet for the Head, I accidentally knocked the dish to the ground.】

【Out of laziness, I lied and claimed all was arranged.】

【Though the Head has dismissed me as punishment, I still cannot sleep or eat, fearing the seed of evil has taken root in my heart.】

【I come before You now to confess, seeking to atone for my sin.】

The servant, in a tone of penitence,

began to confess to Sunday.

【Do you truly repent in your heart and resolve to change?】

Sunday asked sternly.

【I swear it.】

The servant replied firmly,

【Have you carefully examined yourself and confessed all your sins clearly?】

Sunday asked again.

【I swear it.】

The servant continued.

【Are you willing to act with your body and accept penance?】

【I swear it.】

【Good.】

【Show zeal and perform good deeds before other family members, and you shall reconcile with the clan.】

【Go in peace.】

Sunday nodded gently.

【Praise Hipe. And thank you, noble emissary.】

Star: "Damn, I never saw that coming!"