Chapter 421

March 7th: "What?!"

March 7th: "The Clockwork Kid isn't actually a clock, but a Luo Pan?"

Stelle: "Wow!"

Stelle: "So all this time, it was just a misunderstanding?"

Stelle: "Then does that mean the Clockwork Kid can also do what a Luo Pan can?"

Furina: "Hmm… but from the outside, the Clockwork Kid really does just look like a clock, doesn't it?"

Hu Tao: "Maybe the Clockwork Kid can transform?"

Hu Tao: "Right into the shape of a Luo Pan?"

Paimon: "That's possible."

Paimon: "After all, this is a dream—anything could happen, right?"

Ying: "Still, I never imagined the Clockwork Kid's origin stemmed from such a dramatic misunderstanding."

Navia: "What a wonderful misunderstanding, isn't it?"

Navia: "Without this misunderstanding, perhaps the adorable Clockwork Kid would never have come into being."

Windblume: "The Clockwork Kid is the Luo Pan Kid; the Clockmaker is the Nameless Guest…"

Windblume: "Indeed, in Mikhail's heart, his identity as the Nameless Guest never changed from start to finish."

Windblume: "The Clockmaker, Father of Penacony… to him, those were all meaningless titles, utterly disregarded."

Zhong Li: "Such a person naturally cares nothing for empty titles."

Zhong Li: "For him, there was only one thought: to walk the Path of Exploration."

Zhong Li: "And even until the end of his life, his Path of Exploration never ended."

Zhong Li: "It continues even to this very moment."

Nahida: "To hold onto this for so long, solely to pass on the legacy of Exploration to the next generation…"

Nahida: "What a radiant person…"

The video continues.

The stories of Mikhail's life at different moments have ended,

the scene shifts,

to Liusheng Reef.

【......】

After arriving at Liusheng Reef,

Little Misha fell silent.

【We've arrived at Liusheng Reef.】

【Then, where should we go?】

Beside him,

the Clockwork Kid watched Little Misha's silence,

06 couldn't help but ask.

【Clockwork Kid, I probably… won't go anywhere else.】

【I've traveled far enough.】

【It's time to rest a little…】

Little Misha walked to the wheelchair,

and spoke to the Clockwork Kid.

【Oh, then when you've rested, we'll set off again?】

The Clockwork Kid didn't realize Little Misha's state had changed.

【No, I'll stay here.】

【And then… it's over.】

Little Misha turned his head,

looking at the Clockwork Kid with complex expression.

【Over? Little Misha, what do you mean?】

【You yourself said the Exploration Journey never ends.】

The Clockwork Kid's expression turned anxious.

【Yes, I did say that…】

【So now, it's your turn to choose your next destination.】

Little Misha spoke words the Clockwork Kid couldn't understand.

【My next destination?】

【Where should that be?】

【I've always followed you…】

【Little Misha, what's wrong? You're acting so strange today!】

【If you're unhappy, we can do what we always do—perform a Clockwork Trick!】

Paimon: "Ugh, the Clockwork Kid looks so heartbroken."

Paimon: "It hasn't realized its companion might be leaving forever."

Paimon: "Sob sob sob… this scene is so heartbreaking."

Furina: "Only now, Mikhail's senior's Exploration Journey is truly coming to an end."

The so-called "Exploration" means walking farther along the path left unfinished by those who came before!

Fuyena: "Sigh, watching this makes me feel saturated with Hydro energy..."

Navia: "Indeed, it stirs up a tangle of emotions, making one unable to help but feel sorrow..."

Navia: "Wahhh, I wasn't crying before, but suddenly it started raining outside, and now I feel like crying too..."

Stelle: "Don't cry, all of you!"

Stelle: "Mikhail's exploration journey has only been temporarily halted!"

Stelle: "The path he did not finish, we will surely continue for him!"

March 7th: "That's right! The tasks Mikhail left unfinished, we will carry on!"

Welt: "He spent his whole life exploring—it's time for him to rest."

Welt: "I believe, when Mikhail passed, he did so peacefully."

Himeko: "Certainly..."

Himeko: "Because he always believed that future nameless travelers would carry on his path."

Himeko: "That trust was enough to let him depart without regret."

The video continues.

【No, I'm not upset.】

【As for the Clockwork Trick... yes, in this dream, it seems to solve every problem.】

【Then do you know what the Clockwork Trick truly is?】

Hu Tao: "What exactly is the Clockwork Trick?"

Hu Tao: "This question... everyone has been curious about it for a long time."

Welt: "Previously, I speculated it might be the power of Harmony."

Welt: "After all, it resembles Harmony's ability to attune."

Welt: "Now that I think about it, since the Clockwork Boy was created by Mikhail..."

Welt: "Then it must have nothing to do with Harmony."

Stelle: "If it's not Harmony, then could the Clockwork Trick be the power of Exploration?"

March 7th: "That can't be right?"

March 7th: "Our Exploration has nothing to do with this kind of ability!"

Ying: "Indeed, Exploration seems completely unrelated to altering emotions."

Ying: "It's more like the power of Joy."

Huo Hua: "Hey, Huo Dao hereby solemnly declares—this Clockwork Trick has absolutely nothing to do with Joy."