Chapter 410

Yes, when Mikhail was home, we would stand by the fountain and put the Luo Pan—my own handmade toy boat—into the pool!

Back then, I would ask him when I could embark on adventures like him.

Mikhail always smiled and said children were still too young.

Little Misha remembered a distant past.

Judging by this, this Mikhail really is a navigator, unrelated to the clockmaker we know.

March 7th now,

believes that the Mikhail in Little Misha's stories

is not the clockmaker they are looking for.

Hmm, from Little Misha's description, the scenes inside the dream bubble are all his childhood memories.

Himeko nodded,

yet felt somewhat puzzled.

But now the mystery has only grown deeper.

According to little Misha's account, he was clearly a child born on an oceanic planet, living an ordinary life, with no connection to Penacony at all...

Could this be some kind of metaphor?

Does "ocean" refer to the Memory Domain?

March 7th speculated uncertainly.

I'm sorry, I don't know either.

But memories surge uncontrollably, like water from a fountain...

Maybe... maybe if we go further, I'll remember more...

Drawn by the memories in her mind,

Little Misha began leading everyone forward.

This way leads to the other side, right?

Arriving at a crossroad,

March 7th couldn't help asking.

No, we should go left...

Little Misha shook his head,

and led everyone down the left path.

Huh, the path feels different?

Walking through the labyrinthine corridor,

March 7th was surprised.

This is it—I remember this hallway.

Ahead is... Mikhail's study.

I last saw Grandpa over there.

Stelle: "~ Look at how familiar Little Misha is with this place."

Stelle: "He must have spent plenty of time here!"

March 7th: "Of course."

March 7th: "But how did a child like him survive here?"

March 7th: "After all, I recall this place was filled with mad Memory Domain memes, right?"

Miss Qingque: "Did you forget?"

Miss Qingque: "Little Misha is good friends with Miánmián."

Miss Qingque: "No matter how strong those Memory Domain memes are, can they surpass Miánmián?"

Miss Sushang: "Are you saying that when Little Misha encounters Memory Domain memes, he calls Miánmián to drive them away?"

Gui Na Fen: "Haha, that's entirely possible."

Stelle: "So does that mean Miánmián is a traitor among the Memory Domain memes?"

Stelle: "Sigh, why must memes torment other memes..."

Fu Ning Na: "By the way, we're almost at Mikhail's study."

Fu Ning Na: "Do you think we'll uncover the truth here?"

Hu Tao: "I have a feeling we will!"

Hu Tao: "The study must hold plenty of clues."

Ke Lai: "Maybe Mikhail left a whole journal in his study?"

Ke Lai: "If so, we'd surely learn his origins..."

The video continues.

"The atmosphere in this room is so different."

After entering the study,

March 7th felt something strange about the ambiance.

"Mikhail, you finally came!"

Suddenly, the Clockwork Boy's voice rang out.

"Clockwork Boy, so you're here."

"Yes, our first meeting was also in this room..."

Little Misha stared at the Clockwork Boy,

It seemed he had remembered something again.

【Are all these books on the walls the navigation logs left by Navigator Mikhail?】

Himeko scanned the bookshelves crammed with volumes,

and asked curiously.

【Every time Mikhail returned from sea, he would place a navigation log on the shelf in this room.】

【It was his record of exploring every corner of the world.】【He said our world is like that fountain—since when, the sea has been slowly drowning the places where people live.】

【To ensure everyone has land to live on, Mikhail must keep sailing out to find the source of the sea.】

【That day, he called me into the study and said he was setting sail as usual.】

【But I could tell—Grandpa's expression was grave. I had seen the same look on Father's face before his final voyage.】

【I begged him to take me along, but he said my adventure wasn't here—he told me to stay home and wait patiently for the sound outside the door.】

Here,

Little Misha paused slightly.

【What sound?】

March 7th pressed eagerly for an answer.

【Mikhail said there is a vaster ocean above—the ocean of stars.】

【A train carries children who wish to go far away, traveling endlessly through the starry sea.】

【He knew the people on that train. He planned to ask them to take me along—my longed-for journey... would begin right here.】

Stelle: "???"

Stelle: "What did he say?"

Stelle: "A train?!"

Stelle: "Could it be... he was really!!"

March 7th: "Mikhail!"

March 7th: "Little Misha is Mikhail himself!!"

Furina: "Though we'd suspected this possibility before, no one took it seriously."

Furina: "After all, Little Misha looks more like Mikhail's descendant."

Furina: "But we never expected... he is Mikhail himself."

Furina: "Or rather, Mikhail as a child?"

Hu Tao: "But... didn't Mikhail already die?"

Hu Tao: "Then what form does Little Misha actually exist in?"

Gallagher: "Heh, this old man really knows how to play games."