Chapter 429

Xing: "This so-called empire isn't any good either."

星："Not a shred of moral底线."

March 7th: "Cloned people are people too!"

March 7th: "They have their own thoughts, their own ideas."

March 7th: "How can you treat them like cold, lifeless weapons?"

March 7th: "If you ask me, if they wanted to make weapons, they should've just built mechanical soldiers from the start."

March 7th: "Why insist on making living people?"

Zhong Li: "Probably because living people have greater potential."

Dr. Ratio: "That's right, that's basically how it is."

Navia: "Sigh, with such a tragic origin, I really feel for Young Lady Firefly."

Xing: "It's fine, it's all in the past. From now on there's no Glamoth Iron Cavalry."

Xing: "Only my adorable Firefly!!!"

Firefly: "(*^▽^*)"

Silver Wolf: "()ノ"

The video continues.

Meanwhile,

Penacony,

Gallagher was staying beside Mikhail, who slumbered forever.

【Didn't expect it, old man—your harebrained plan actually worked.】

【Are all you Nameless just hotheaded fools?】

【I can smell it—the false sweet dream is about to end.】

【That group of Nameless may be young, but they really do have the ability to pull it off.......】

【Just like you all did back then.】

【What a shame, I couldn't let you witness this scene with your own eyes.】

【I'm afraid I don't have that fortune either........ once a fabricated thing is seen through, it's as good as nonexistent.】

【Hmph, setting aside those Nameless, that winged kid is just like you—stubborn, won't shed a tear till he sees the coffin........】

【Heaven plays cruel tricks. If it weren't for this damned Path, the few of us might really have hit it off.】

【Still, in the end we did vent our spite thoroughly.】

【Now that feels good.】

【Remember how those bastards used to curse us back then, huh?】

【They said: Go to hell, you damned traitors.......】

【Mikhail, Mikhail, I don't know if what they said was true, but if yearning for freedom means one deserves to go to hell......】

【Then I'll soon be heading down to find you, old thing.】

【Let us share another supper in hell.......】

【Oh, almost forgot, there's one more thing.....】

【With this cup of "Partings and Meetings Have Their Time," I toast you..... Stelle......】

【A toast to an imperfect...... tomorrow.】

Xing: "Gallagher?"

Xing: "You haven't kicked the bucket yet??"

Gallagher: "........"

Gallagher: "What? Me still being here disappoints you??"

Xing: "Cough cough, that's not what I meant."

Xing: "I thought you'd already be done for after we left."

Xing: "Didn't expect you to still be alive."

March 7th: "But looking at him like this.... Mr. Gallagher is really about to kick the bucket this time, isn't he?"

Furina: "Mm, the ending is already obvious."

Hu Tao: "Don't! He's clearly a good person—why do they all have to sacrifice themselves in the end?"

Gallagher: "If no one sacrifices themselves, how can Penacony be set back on the right track?"

Gallagher: "Besides, I'm a fabricated character to begin with. Once the mission's done, fading away is my destiny."

Gallagher: "That old coot Mikhail hated being lonely, so he imagined up a Clock Boy."

Gallagher: "Now that Clock Boy can't go down to keep him company, this old dog has to do it instead."

Xing: "Don't you dare! That cup you toasted me with—I haven't even gotten to drink it yet!"

Xing: "Even if you're really about to kick the bucket, you've gotta wait and mix me that drink first, right?"

Gallagher: "Want to drink that cup of 'Partings and Meetings Have Their Time'?"

Gallagher: "Fine, you will drink it."

Gallagher: "When the time comes, let's together toast an imperfect tomorrow!"

Xing: "Alright, a toast to an imperfect tomorrow!!"

Xing: "And a toast to an imperfect life!"

The video continues.

The scene shifts,

Arriving in Huang Quan's memories.

【It's really warm.】

【This dead sea shore normally doesn't even have a living thing in sight, but you're lucky — not only did you find a place to shelter from the rain, you even have fresh berries. Not easy at all.】

Inside a cave,

the bonfire flickered,

casting the shadows of Huang Quan and an old man.

At this moment, the old man looked at the bonfire,

and smiled at Huang Quan.

【I just followed the scent of life to get here.】

【In a place like this, that scent is especially distinct.】

【It's just a shame it tastes rather faint.】

Huang Quan held a fresh berry in his hands,

carefully tasting it bit by bit.

【Really?】

【You may not know, but this fruit can actually be considered juicy — the only problem is that when you chew it in your mouth.......】

【....... it produces an extremely spicy, stinging sensation.】

The old man's expression grew somewhat complicated.

【........】

Huang Quan was silent for a moment,

and set down the fruit in his hand.

【You...... don't have a sense of taste anymore?】

The old man pondered for a moment, then asked,

【I can still taste some flavors....... like a faint sweetness.】

【Before coming here, my previous stop was called Orkolon.】

【There were also desolate, uninhabited cliffs there, and nights lit by bonfires.】

【Purple-red snow would fall from the sky, and holding it in your mouth...... it tasted like raspberries.】

【That flavor couldn't be called sweet, but it was unforgettable.】

【Whenever I look back, I always find that what strings my journey together........】

【What makes life unforgettable isn't the searing, unforgettable rises and falls, but one unforgettable moment after another like these.】

【Don't mind it.】