Chapter 415: Stories of Mikhail Across Different Eras

Stelle: "Holy shit, what's going on?"

Stelle: "Little Misha and Mikhail's voices… suddenly overlapped?"

March 7th: "Oh my god… this sounds kinda creepy."

March 7th: "It feels like we're truly facing the teachings of the long-dead Unknown Guest!"

Hu Tao: "Little Misha's posture is… different now."

Hu Tao: "Even though he still looks like a child, he gives off the vibe of a kind old man."

Pam: "Wahhh… you said once the job was done, you'd return to the train, Pam!"

Pam: "But now it's turned into this!!"

Pam: "And the other two guys… they're not letting the Trainmaster rest either, wahhh…"

Paimon: "The… Trainmaster suddenly seems so heartbroken."

Himeko: "You've held it in long enough, haven't you?"

Himeko: "If you want to cry, cry. Holding it in won't help."

March 7th: "Ah, now I get it… that's why the Trainmaster's been teary-eyed lately."

March 7th: "But when I asked, it just said sand got in its eyes and it was uncomfortable."

Stelle: "You're dumb—our train floor is so shiny it reflects like a mirror. Where would sand even come from?"

Stelle: "The Trainmaster is sad because it heard the news about the three Unknown Guests."

Pam: "N-No, it's not!"

Pam: "I'm not sad… wahhhhh…"

Ying: "Companions who once shared every day with you… now gone from this world."

Ying: "If it were me… I'd want to cry too…"

Stelle: "It's fine, Trainmaster—cry out loud!"

Stelle: "After you cry, we'll keep moving forward!"

Pam: "Wahhhhh!"

Welt: "Let Pam cry properly. It needs to release its emotions."

The video continues.

【Because he was born to forge ahead, wasn't he?】

【I believe Little Misha hasn't forgotten the mission of a guide, which is why he mistakenly saw himself as a hotel doorman and appeared the moment Star entered the dream…】

【It was surely him who brought Star, unconscious, into this place.】

【If so, didn't we just miss the Clockmaker's legacy from the very beginning?】

Regarding Mikhail's words,

Himeko smiled and said.

【Heh.】

【I have a mischievous friend who always says I twist and turn my whole life, only to end up back where I started…】

【Maybe this is a stage every Unknown Guest must pass through.】

【But in the end, you still found me.】

【To get back on track—everyone here has surely come to wonder what the Clockmaker's legacy truly is.】

【My hound probably mentioned the Core and the Tycoon's wealth…】

【Allow me to apologize—the Core is real, but Mikhail's wealth is merely gossip.】

【I left my homeland as a child and set out on a journey of exploration, passing station after station until I finally stopped at Astrona.】

【I built Penacony with my friends, and have fought ever since for its future…】

【My entire life has been about moving forward, breaking through every obstacle in my path.】

【But in the end, my road reached its end—my body became a worn-out locomotive, leaving behind no legacy worth passing on…】

【So if you ask what remains in this broken locomotive that could be called a legacy…】

【I think only what still burns in the engine's furnace.】

【You already know the current state of Penacony.】

【Of course, I hope someone will help restore this world to its proper path.】

【But this decision must be yours—exploration's path is never paved by others.】

【So I leave you one story, and two gifts—】

【I want to give you this: my pocket watch.】

【It accompanied me through a long journey, guiding that ignorant child forward, and helped me reach today alongside so many great people.】

【And my hat.】

【The one who guided me placed it on my head, planting in me an impractical dream: the journey of exploration will never end.】

【Now, it's your turn to choose.】