Chapter 362: Stelle: Fan? No! I Want to Be Miss Robin's Dog!!

The video continued.

Eight system hours until the Harmony Grand Concert began,

the Dreamscape Reef.

【You're back sooner than I expected... Any results?】

Before the monument,

Gallagher watched the returning Astral Express trio and Firefly,

and asked.

【Mm... Now, it's our turn to forge a path forward.】

Himeko nodded solemnly.

【Hmph, since his last wish has been delivered, my final task is complete as well.】

【Still, don't take this the wrong way — having fighting spirit is a good thing, but the path Mikhail left for you won't be an easy one...】

【Otherwise, why would he have fallen into that lonely slumber, staking everything on you nameless of the future?】

【But you do have numbers on your side.】

【Heh, at least you've got a chance of losing slowly.】

Gallagher smiled faintly,

cracking a joke.

【You're pretty good at pep talks, huh...】

March 7th couldn't help but roast Gallagher for a line.

【In my view, relying on Welt alone for negotiations is nowhere near enough.】

【Setting aside whether the other side will obediently fall in line, negotiation itself can only give us a chance to stand on equal footing with them — it brings us no real advantage.】

【Penacony is the opponent's home turf; the chips we can play are few to begin with.】

【Rather than sitting and waiting to die under the Family's blockade, we should take the offensive.】

【We're familiar with the Stellaron's properties, and as the core that stabilizes the Sweet Dream, it's vital to the Family.】

【Touch their core interest, and they'll surely scramble to strike back...】

【And haste means openings.】

Himeko deliberated for a moment,

feeling that her group

should still take the initiative and seek an opening.

Only then would their odds of winning be a little better.

【Exactly.】

【As long as we can threaten the Stellaron, whether it's negotiation or combat, we'll have a chance to seize the upper hand.】

【But the question is, on the eve of the Harmony Grand Concert, how do we get close to the Grand Theater?】

【The Family will surely set up layer upon layer of defenses; a forced breakout... even if we could pull it off, the risk would be far too high.】

Firefly agreed with Himeko's view,

but couldn't think of a good way to approach the Grand Theater.

【...】

At her words, the group fell silent.

【Eh... no one's going to say anything?】

【Then I'll raise my hand!】

【I know this one!】

Seeing that no one spoke up,

March 7th piped up at once.

【So we still have a hidden trump card we haven't played...】

Hearing March 7th's voice,

Stelle immediately said a line in General Jing Yuan's tone.

【Why do you talk just like that General from Luo Fu...】

【Here's the thing — I heard that before the 957 Harmony Grand Concert kicks off, they'll open an audition venue to warm up for the gala.】

【It's called... the Su Leda Gala Audition, held at the Golden Hour.】

【If we grab first place, we'll win the title of Gala Superstar and get a personal audience with Miss Robin...】

【But that's not the important part — the important thing is we can get into the Grand Theater earlier than regular audience members!】

March 7th shared the intel she knew.

Stelle: "What, we're in a dead end?"

Stelle: "Mm... then..."

Stelle: "Time to play the trump card!! (Jing Yuan's voice)"

Miss Qingque: "How dare you!"

Miss Qingque: "Stealing our General's catchphrase — I won't let you off!"

Miss Qingque: "You stay put at home. The Cloud Knights are coming to arrest you any minute now."

General Jing Yuan: "Hahaha, I never imagined the line I'm always muttering would end up being picked up by Stelle."

General Jing Yuan: "Seems my usual manner has been a touch too distinctive after all."

Stelle: "Pfft, General, I've had your usual manner figured out long ago."

Stelle: "As long as you lend me the Divine Lord to me, I could even stand in as General for you."

Diviner Fu Xuan: "What a joke. I haven't even managed to snag the Luofu Xianzhou General seat myself — how could it possibly be your turn?"

Stelle: "You're not suited to be General. You're better suited to be the Diviner."

Stelle: "Let me take this General seat. With the two of us working together, we'll sweep through Luo Fu!"

Guinaifen: "Calamities plague the world without end; only General Stelle keeps the heavens in check."

Guinaifen: "Haha, in a storytelling performance, that's how you'd have to put it, right?"

March 7th: "Stelle, give it a rest."

March 7th: "If you became the General of Luo Fu, I'm afraid the Luofu Xianzhou would be wiped clean from the universe for good..."

Miss Qingque: "General Stelle?"

Miss Qingque: "Doesn't roll off the tongue nearly as nicely as General Qing!"

Diviner Fu Xuan: "Hm? Qingque, showing your true colors now, are we?"

Diviner Fu Xuan: "Didn't you say you had no interest in the General's seat?"

Miss Qingque: "Eiya, I was just... making a comparison!!"

Miss Qingque: "My lord, you know me well enough — I'm a salted fish too lazy to even flip over!"

Miss Qingque: "How could I possibly be interested in some General's seat?"

March 7th: "Compared to the General's seat, I still think the Jade Abacus of the Imperial Observatory holds a bit more appeal for her."

Cyno: "What's the Jade Abacus of the Imperial Observatory?"

Cyno: "Is it fun?"