Chapter 417

Klee: "Wow, does that mean Klee has a chance to become a Nameless too?"

Klee: "So excited, so excited!"

Klee: "Klee wants to hop on the train right now and roam the universe!!"

Paimon: "Uh... if little Klee gets on the Astral Express, won't she really just blow it up?"

March 7th: "Blow... blow up the train?!"

March 7th: "Shh!! We absolutely can't let the conductor see this!"

Stelle: "What's that supposed to mean?"

Stelle: "Little sister Klee still explodes or something?"

Klee: "Klee doesn't explode, but Dodoco does!"

Miss Sushang: "Dodoco?"

Miss Sushang: "What's that?"

Lumine: "Ahem... Dodoco is the name of Klee's bombs."

Stelle: "Bombs?"

Stelle: "Goodness!"

Stelle: "Playing with bombs at such a young age?"

Stelle: "That's talent!!"

Stelle: "Enough said, this kind of talent — our Astral Express is taking her!!"

Paimon: "Actually... don't let little Klee's size fool you, she's still Mondstadt's most famous Spark Knight!"

Paimon: "Her bombs can even easily blast all the fish clear out of Cider Lake!"

Klee: "Da-da-da, Klee loves blasting fish the most!"

March 7th: "It... it sounds really dangerous..."

Klee: "It's fine, Klee won't go around bombing people!"

Klee: "The Honorary Knight big sis can vouch for me!"

Lumine: "Seems like that's the case... I don't recall ever seeing Klee bomb a person."

Lumine: "Of course, Hilichurls don't count as people."

Stelle: "No need to say more, sis — wait till you get on the train and bring little sis Klee along."

Stelle: "Our Express crew needs a demolition expert with plenty of firepower like this!"

Lumine: "Um... I'd have to get her mom's permission for this..."

Klee: "Hehe, Honorary Knight big sis doesn't need to worry, Mom will definitely agree!"

Albedo: "........."

The video continues.

The hands of time keep moving forward,

Act Two,

takes place during Mikhail's youth.

【Mikhail, where are you going?】

The voice of the Express's navigator rang out.

【I-I'm going to the Observation Car to mop the floor!】

【I promised the conductor...】

Mikhail answered timidly.

【Halt.】

【First tell me, did you fix this watch?】

The navigator held up a watch,

and questioned Mikhail.

【Uh... y-yes.】

Mikhail nodded haltingly.

【I know what it used to look like — the chain was broken, the back case was cracked, the markings were almost worn away... how did you do it.】

The navigator examined the watch over and over,

growing more and more surprised the longer she looked.

【How I did it... it's hard to explain, but I knew it could be fixed...】

【It's the hands, Mr. Amundsen — the hands were still good, still pointing in the right direction, so everything else could be worked out.】

Mikhail thought for a moment,

and said, pointing at the hands still turning on the watch.

【...】

【From now on, you'll work alongside me.】

【I'll handle the conductor's side — haven't you always wanted to tinker with the train?】

【Starting today, you're the train's mechanic.】

After a silence,

the navigator gave Mikhail a new identity.

【B-but I only know how to fix watches...】

Mikhail was a little lacking in confidence.

【Don't worry, once you grasp one principle, the rest will follow. Wherever there's a gap, we'll fill it in. I'll teach you.】