Chapter 483

【Stop speaking in riddles!!】

Stelle couldn't understand Black Swan's roundabout way at all,

of expressing whatever it was.

【Don't be impatient.】

【I will reveal the answer... it's just not the right time yet.】

Stelle: "I'm dying to know!!"

Stelle: "I'm practically dying of impatience!!"

Stelle: "What earth-shattering secret did you actually discover?"

Stelle: "Can you tell me already?!"

March 7th: "Right?!"

March 7th: "Why do you have to keep us in suspense!"

Furina: "I'm also very curious what Miss Black Swan actually discovered."

Furina: "Could the Penacony conspiracy still be ongoing?"

Hu Tao: "But Sunday's already been caught."

Hu Tao: "He's about to be put on trial."

Hu Tao: "So who's actually plotting now?"

Hu Tao: "The missing Master of Dreams?"

Hu Tao: "Or the family itself?"

Lumine: "Baffling and bewildering, impossible to make heads or tails of."

The video continues.

【Look back at your friends.】

【Each of them is thrilled about the next destination, full of anticipation for their own present and future.】

【If I were to spill everything now, wouldn't that be a terrible buzzkill?】

【I want to pick a good moment, a moment when you're completely relaxed....】

【Perhaps, every time the night blurs, every moment when you're about to fall asleep, is the most fitting.】

【How about we pick a night, then.】

【I'll prepare candlelight, fragrance, and a soft couch, to craft a comfortable dreamland for you.】

【And then, I'll tell you that answer like a little bedtime story, to lull you to sleep....】

Silver Wolf: "Lull to sleep?"

Silver Wolf: "Ha, that's quite the sense of ceremony."

Stelle: "Ahem... is that really necessary?"

Stelle: "To tell a truth, does it need to be this... uh... professional?"

Stelle: "Also, I sleep great — hit the bed and I'm out, no need to be lulled at all."

March 7th: "Yeah, she sleeps like a dead pig, no need for any lullaby."

Paimon: "Wow, sleep quality just like Paimon's!"

Black Swan: "Hehe, no matter, life always needs a little ceremony, doesn't it?"

Black Swan: "Don't worry, the answer should be very close now."

The video continues.

【Hello — hello hello — attention all passengers —】

【The train is about to jump — the train is about to jump — please sit tight and hold on, Pam —!】

In the middle of Black Swan and Stelle's chat,

Pam's broadcast suddenly rang out.

【Hehe, it seems we're finally setting off.】

【So many shining memories await us in the distance.... Shall we leave it here for now?】

【Ah, right.】

【As a small compensation for teasing you with that empty light cone, I want to give you a line.】

【It holds very important meaning to me...】

【Life is a winding labyrinth; apart from memory, we have nothing.】

【You must keep it well in your heart, alright?】

Nahida: "Life is a winding labyrinth; apart from memory... we have nothing?"

Nahida: "Mm.... That sentence seems to contain a very deep truth."

Nahida: "Worth remembering."

Stelle: "Is this... a hint for me?"

Stelle: "What does it mean?"

Stelle: "With my brilliant brain, I really can't quite grasp it."

Stelle: "Verdict: riddle!"

March 7th: "Does it mean you should search your own memories for the anomaly in Penacony?"

Furina: "Miss March 7th makes a very good point!"

Furina: "That should be what it means, right?"

Stelle: "Whoa, March, when did you get smarter than me?!"

Stelle: "Things I couldn't even imagine — and you actually thought of them!"

Stelle: "Oh no, don't tell me your silliness is contagious and my smarts transferred over to you?"

March 7th: "Get lost!"

March 7th: "What nonsense are you spouting!"

March 7th: "You're the silly one!"

March 7th: "This Miss was already a genius to begin with!"

Stelle: "Sure, sure, sure — a genius."

Stelle: "But speaking of which, the train is about to jump any moment now."

Stelle: "Even if Penacony really does have problems, it's not our turn to deal with them, right?"

Stelle: "Don't tell me we just arrived at our destination and still have to turn the car around and head back?"

Stelle: "Isn't that ridiculous?"

Himeko: "The follow-up matters of Penacony will be overseen by the Xianzhoulian Alliance on our behalf."

Himeko: "There should be no need for us to step in."

March 7th: "Right, with the General around, there's nothing to worry about at all."

The video continues.

The picture briefly disappears,

and lines of narration,

accompanied by Black Swan's soft-spoken words,

begin to appear on the black screen.

【Amber Epoch, Year 2158, the first year of the era — the cosmos has once more returned to the orbit it was meant to follow.】

【The seeds of conspiracy smoldered in the Land of Dreams, Penacony. Before they could become a prairie fire, they became a spark upon Qlipoth's anvil — gone in an instant.】

【Those who should have died, and those already dead, slumber as ever; the living, too, are granted sound sleep.】

【Everyone shouts loudly with their silence, each going about their own business.】

【The galaxy radiates the vitality befitting the dawn of every era — the price being no more than a touch of sorrow for a pair of siblings.】

【Babies are being born, stars are going out. The silver rails are being laid.】

【The story of the Astral Express has both reached a pause and begun anew.】

【Time rolls ever forward, and the journey of pioneering shall turn to a new chapter.】

The voice ends here,

and large text begins to appear on the screen.

【The Land of Dreams — Penacony】