Chapter 386: Sunday: If You Were Simply an Ordinary Member of the Multitude, Which Dream of Penacony Would You Prefer?

The video continues.

【...... As expected.】

Regarding Sunday's remarks,

Stelle was not surprised.

【We acknowledge the views of you Nameless guests. Penacony does need to change, but never in the way you demand.】

【The Festival Star absolutely cannot, and will not, revert to a dream-chasing land of chaos, disorder, and the survival of the fittest.】

【Having fought your way through every trial, you should have more or less felt a glimpse of that era.......】

【The weak were ruthlessly culled, and equality vanished without a trace.】

【In that brutal competition, people lived from hand to mouth, scraping by day after day........】

【In the end, only heroes like yourselves could achieve success.】

【But let me ask—Stelle, if you did not possess the special identity granted by a Stellaron, and were simply a fragile member of the multitude......】

【Which Penacony would you prefer?】

【A savage land where only the fittest survive, or a beautiful dream paradise where everyone can find happiness?】

Silver Wolf: "The special identity granted by a Stellaron?"

Silver Wolf: "Is it possible that even without a Stellaron inside her, her identity would still be just as special?"

Kafka: "Heh-heh, what's important isn't the Stellaron, but her as a person."

Kafka: "Even without a Stellaron, she would still have other special qualities."

Sunday: "Therefore, she was born to become a hero—this is a result long since decreed by fate."

Sunday: "From this perspective, she is undoubtedly fortunate."

Stelle: "Hah, I don't believe in fate."

Stelle: "I only believe in my own choices!"

Stelle: "The fact that I had the chance to become a hero is entirely because I chose to do so."

Stelle: "I refuse to believe that, had I not boarded the Astral Express back then and instead stayed at Herta Space Station, I would still have achieved what I have today!"

Himeko: "Well said, one cannot attribute everything to the workings of fate."

Himeko: "Making the right choice is equally important!"

Sunday: "Mm, I acknowledge your account."

Sunday: "But those capable of making the right choice are, after all, a minority."

Sunday: "And most of these people have also become heroes."

Sunday: "Therefore, please answer my question."

Sunday: "If you truly were simply members of the multitude, which dream of Penacony would you prefer?"

Stelle: "Mm, thinking from the perspective of an ordinary person, I prefer the latter."

Furina: "Uh...... survival of the fittest really is a bit too brutal. If it were up to me, I'd choose the latter too...."

Paimon: "If you can live happily, why would you choose the unhappy option?"

Paimon: "In Paimon's view, this looks more like a single-choice question......"

Zhong Li: "Speaking from a purely rational standpoint, given human nature, the overwhelming majority would choose the latter option."

Dr. Ratio: "But liking something and reality are two different matters."

Dr. Ratio: "The fact is, in reality, a place this perfect will never appear."

Huang Quan: "Everyone finding happiness...... in my view.... this grand aspiration may be even more unattainable than making the Aeon of Nihility disappear."

Sunday: "......."

The video continues.

【I don't know, why are you asking this?】

Stelle did not answer Sunday's question.

【This isn't the point!】

【Stelle, don't let him pull you in.】

March 7th reminded Stelle of something.

【Mr. Sunday, even if the members of the Oak Family cannot fully agree with the arrangements regarding the Stellaron, surely now is not the time to grandly discourse on Penacony's past and future, is it?】

【The Stellaron issue concerns the very survival of everyone in Penacony.】

【If you have a better proposal, the Astral Express crew is willing to lend an ear.】

【Why not tell us, in full detail, the ins and outs of that meeting—】

【—so that we may know exactly what happened to Mr. Welt and Young Lady Robin, that they failed to arrive as promised.】

March 7th: "Oh right, I almost forgot, now isn't the time to discuss this philosophical question."

March 7th: "The top priority right now is sealing the Stellaron!"

Diviner Fu Xuan: "Everyone has witnessed firsthand the might of the Cancer of All Worlds."

Diviner Fu Xuan: "No matter who it is, anyone who seeks to harness the power of a Stellaron to achieve their own ends will ultimately suffer a severe backlash."

Dr. Ratio: "The Family is far too arrogant, believing their research into the Stellaron is already profound enough to easily wield this power."

Dr. Ratio: "Little do they know..... they are merely sowing disaster for themselves."

Welt: "The matter of the Stellaron is no trivial affair."

Welt: "No matter what Penacony intends to do, once the Stellaron is involved, there is no turning back!"

Furina: "Stellaron..... that thing really is terrifying."

Furina: "The moment it's mentioned, it seems to make everyone turn pale."

Hu Tao: "Every time it causes a disaster that destroys an entire planet—who wouldn't be afraid?"

Ying: "Afraid... yet it draws those with ambition like moths to a flame..."

Ying: "I always feel... this is kind of like some forbidden knowledge?"

Alhaitham: "The nature is similar, but their essences are vastly different."

Kachina: "Brother, I feel that you have already lost your original intention."

Kachina: "I understand your urgent desire to realize the paradise."

Kachina: "But can a paradise built using a Stellar Core truly be a paradise?"