Chapter 623

Miss Qingque: "Never even thought about anything else."

Stelle: "So compared to the people outside in Sweetdream Paradise, they're all very lucid."

Stelle: "I also hope that from now on, they can stay this lucid forever."

The video continues.

After bidding farewell to Mikael,

everyone arrived before the sleeping Mikhail without needing to be told.

【In the end, we've circled right back here.】

【This journey of trailblazing began with Stelle's encounter with a bellboy, and after many twists and turns, it has returned to its very starting point.】

【Just like the hands of a clock turning round after round, but the start and end of every day always fall at the advancing twelve o'clock.】

【There's no need to say more — this whole story began because of you, so naturally it should end with you.】

【And then, go and turn to its next page.】

Himeko looked toward Mikhail, who was slumbering in his seat,

her tone somewhat full of emotion.

March 7th: "No wonder when we were mourning at the tombstone earlier, we only mourned the two seniors, Tieernan and Razalina."

March 7th: "So it turns out it was to mourn him in front of Senior Mikhail..."

Gallagher: "Heh heh, this old fellow, still sleeping so soundly."

Gallagher: "Doesn't even know to get up and see you off."

Stelle: "Ahem... although, but... if Senior Mikhail suddenly got up, that'd be pretty creepy."

Stelle: "Sigh, going round and round back to the start, everything has found its proper ending."

Stelle: "After saying goodbye to Senior Mikhail, it's time for us to begin the next leg of our journey."

Stelle: "But honestly, can the next leg of the journey actually be something relaxing and pleasant?"

March 7th: "I second that!"

March 7th: "Every single trip being this thrilling and intense — although we're no ordinary folks, and we mostly pull through and turn danger into safety,"

March 7th: "it's still really not kind to the heart and the mind!!"

Sparkle: "Little gray-hair, from the sound of it, are you scared?"

Stelle: "Not scared, just a little tired."

Stelle: "I need to take a breather."

Ying: "Indeed, even on a trailblazing journey, there are times when you get tired."

Ying: "Pausing your steps to rest for a bit, sorting out your own thoughts — I think that's very necessary."

March 7th: "The logic behind the logic, but our Astral Express crew gets swept into invisible whirlpools every single time."

March 7th: "Like this time — I really thought we were just going on a simple vacation!"

March 7th: "But who would've known it'd be even more thrilling than when we were at Luo Fu!"

Himeko: "But we also gained a lot, didn't we?"

Welt: "Heh heh, looking at the gains, although this leg of our trailblazing journey was thrilling, the ending can be called a satisfying one."

Furina: "So, I wonder what the next trailblazing mission will be like for everyone on the Astral Express?"

Furina: "Surely it won't be this thrilling and intense again, right?"

Silver Wolf: "Forgot what I said?"

Silver Wolf: "The Astral Express only plays high-stakes matches."

Silver Wolf: "If it's not a thrilling, intense scene, they don't go!"

Stelle: "Damn, Silver Wolf, did you read the script again?"

Stelle: "Spit it out, what are we gonna run into at the next stop after Penacony?"

Stelle: "Don't tell me we're gonna fight more Emanators this time?!"

Stelle: "If that's really the case, I need to start looking into buying a shared burial plot right now."

Firefly: "It's fine, really — with your strength, you can definitely overcome any danger!"

Firefly: "Believe in yourselves — you're the best Nameless!"

March 7th: "Ehehe, the best Nameless..."

March 7th: "Getting praised like that by Miss Firefly, I suddenly feel way more confident!"

Stelle: "Firefly's right!"

Stelle: "We're the new generation's strongest Nameless!"

Stelle: "Who cares about Emanators or not — anyone who messes with the Astral Express crew, we'll knock them all flat!"

Boothill: "LMAO, and don't think I'm kidding — that guy Sunday really did get knocked flat by you."

Boothill: "You really are fierce!"

The video continues.

When Himeko said this,

everyone raised their glasses together,

paying tribute to this legendary father of Penacony!

【Lagovackシャル Mikhail, we salute you, the clockmaker of the Land of Dreams — the Nameless of the Astral Express —】

【— a toast to Penacony's past, present, future... and the undying dream of the child.】

March 7th: "Sigh, too bad I didn't get to see Little Misha one more time."

March 7th: "At the start, who could've guessed that that super-polite little bellboy was the clockmaker as a child..."

March 7th: "The Land of Dreams... what a wondrous place."

Paimon: "What a wonderful adventure it's been."

Paimon: "Paimon and Lumine have traveled through four nations on this journey."

Paimon: "We've never had a trip this strange and fantastical before!"

Paimon: "I really want to experience firsthand what a journey like this actually feels like."

Lumine: "Ahem... Paimon, you've probably forgotten the dangers involved."

Lumine: "What we do is called traveling, but what they do is called pioneering!"

Lumine: "The level of risk isn't even in the same ballpark."

Lumine: "You'd have a hard time asking me to fight a god right now, let alone take on a Herald."

Paimon: "It's fine, though."

Paimon: "You saw it too, after all."

Paimon: "Everyone on the Astral Express isn't fighting alone."

Paimon: "One person's strength is limited, but a group's strength is limitless!!"

Hu Tao: "Oh my, Paimon has come out with such philosophical words again."

Hu Tao: "Looks like you've grown a lot!"

Malany: "Mm-hmm, I fully agree with Young Lady Paimon's account!"

Malany: "When a group of people come together, miracles often happen!"

Malany: "After watching this livestream, I'm even more convinced of this idea!"

The video continues.

【This way, our mission as Nameless will be complete... right?】

The people we should have said goodbye to,

we've said goodbye to all of them.

March 7th felt,

that it was time for this journey here to come to an end.

【Pioneering can show people the way, but the fate of a world must ultimately be returned to the people who belong to it.】

Brother Dan Heng spoke up.

【.....】

【..... Somehow, I feel like Mr. Mikhail must have really wanted to witness this day with his own eyes.】

March 7th looked at Mikhail,

and her expression suddenly turned a little sorrowful.