Chapter 350

【Beautiful! Eye-catching!】

【They used to tell me not to sell all my belongings and to focus solely on Pinoconny... Pfft, such short-sighted fools!】

Pipi Xi spat several times, drunk.

【Sell all your belongings... why go to such extremes?】

The Robin didn't understand,

this behavior of Pipi Xi.

【Why? What else could it be...】

【Life back home was too hard—barely even human.】

【Pinocchio's life is better—only sweet dreams, no suffering, no worries about tomorrow, do whatever you want, that's what it means to live... *hic*, so comfortable!】

Pipi Xi explained a few words to the Robin.

【This... can this really be called living...】

The Robin murmured, her expression complex.

【*hic*... Huh?】

【Miss, what did you just ask? I didn't catch it...】

Pipi Xi looked up at the Robin,

confused.

【Nothing, Mr.】

【Look, traffic on Grax Avenue is heavy, dangerous.】

【Eidien Park is nearby—I'll have a member of the Hound Clan escort you there to enjoy more dreams, how about that?】

Sunday shook his head,

asking Pipi Xi.

【Oh... alright, you're right.】

【No wonder you're the leader of dreams—my great savior!】

【See you later, Mr. Sunday.】

【Thanks for chatting with me... *hic*.】

Star: "Tsk tsk tsk—drunk on life, fooling oneself."

Fornina: "His longing for his homeland is overflowing in every word."

Fornina: "But he refuses to admit it."

Hu Tao: "If he admitted it, he'd be denying everything he did back then."

Hu Tao: "That would be unbearable."

March 7th: "So he just gets drunk here?"

March 7th: "Living like an empty shell?"

Ying: "Dreams are a place of pleasure—most people who come here shouldn't have any sorrows."

Ying: "But this man... perhaps he carries regrets from reality, so even here in the dreamscape, he remains gloomy."

Navia: "That's outright escapism."

The Robin: "Dreams are ultimately illusions—he's addicted to the dreamscape, abandoning all possibilities in reality."

Truth Doctor: "That's his choice. Respect and bless it."

Star: "Exactly—if it's his own choice, then he deserves whatever comes."

Star: "It's not really about the dreamscape at all—it's about the person."

Star: "Like that old woman before—didn't she see things clearly?"

The Robin: "Hmm... you're right."

The Robin: "But... if there were no dreamscape, wouldn't these people stop escaping?"

Sand Gold: "You're overthinking it."

Sand Gold: "Human nature—without the dreamscape, they'd still find other ways to escape."

Wind: "Exactly. If someone refuses to face their inner self, they'll get drunk in reality too—no one can wake them."

Wind: "In other words, those who are already awake—even in the dreamscape—remain awake!"

Wind: "That's the essential difference between people."

Star: "Logically, without the dreamscape, some might feel they have no escape route—and thus find their way back."

Star: "But that would be too unfair to those who need the dreamscape."

Star: "So personally, I believe the dreamscape does more good than harm."

Star: "Those who choose to drown in the dreamscape made their own choice—they get exactly what they deserve."

Star: "It has nothing to do with anyone else."

March 7th: "In my view, the dreamscape mainly gives birds born broken a platform to spread their wings."

March 7th: "As for those already whole... they don't need any extra concern, right?"

March 7th: "Let them get drunk on dreams if they want—as long as they don't disturb others."

Welt: "In short, the dreamscape has its own meaning."

Welt: "As long as no one is forced into the dreamscape, we shouldn't interfere with others' choices."

The Robin: "Mm, thank you all—I understand."

The video continues.

【......】

After that Pipi left,

Robin fell somewhat silent.

【What's wrong, sister?】

Seeing Robin say nothing,

Sunday asked with concern.

【This is clearly the Land of Dreams, so why do people end up living this kind of life?】

【That Mr. just now...... wasn't happy at all.】

【No matter how sweet a beautiful dream may be, it's still an intangible, untouchable illusion, yet he treated it as his only means of survival, even giving up his future in reality for it.......】

【That can hardly be called living.】

Robin said her own opinion with a wistful look.

【Mm, is that so......】

【But in my view, this is actually how ordinary people ought to live.】

Sunday's expression appeared very calm.

【..... Why do you say that?】

Robin looked at Sunday, somewhat taken aback.

【You just said that Mr. living off beautiful dreams can hardly be called living — but that's not quite right.】

【Even without Penacony, people would still live inside their own illusions — an illusion called self-worth.】

【People always believe they are destined to fulfill some kind of worth.】

【Earning worth for oneself means possessing great power; conversely, those without worth are demoted to the weak.】

【Yet worth is not created out of thin air by people, and its total also has an upper limit.】

【To realize so-called worth, a person must seize it from others.】

【And so, the weak are exploited, oppressed........】

Sunday slowly voiced his own opinion.

【You mean to say....... things shouldn't be this way, right?】

Robin understood the meaning of Sunday's words.

【Exactly.】

【But the irony is, people don't think doing so is wrong.】

【Because they always hold that intangible, elusive self-worth as their standard — even the weak believe the same.】

【Survival of the fittest, the strong devour the weak....... every tragedy in the world stems from this.】

【And the reason Penacony is a beautiful dream is precisely because it offers a place of restful sleep for anyone who wishes to escape from it......】