Chapter 631

Pom-Pom: "That's how it is, pom."

Pom-Pom: "So... if we don't refuel, we won't be able to go anywhere..."

The video continues.

【It's alright, let it all out, Pom-Pom.】

【Everyone, could you go rest in the next car for a bit?】

【Don't worry, I'll stay here and keep it company.】

After Himeko comforted Pom-Pom for a bit,

she said to everyone.

【But...】

【Come on, March.】

March 7th had been a little hesitant,

but was persuaded away by Brother Dan Heng.

Afterwards,

they all went together to the passenger car next door.

【I didn't expect Pom-Pom to react so strongly...】

March 7th recalled Pom-Pom's sorrowful look,

feeling a bit emotional.

【Those three Nameless must have been very important companions to it.】

Brother Dan Heng said after a moment of thought.

【No one knows when Pom-Pom boarded the train, but it's safe to say it must have experienced many partings and reunions along the way that we can hardly imagine.】

【Being able to cry like this, in my view, is actually a good thing.】

【It proves Pom-Pom hasn't been worn down by the long passage of time — it still treasures every Nameless who ever boarded the train, treasures every journey it shared with them.】

【Let's leave the comforting to Himeko — after all, on this train no one is better at guiding others than her.】

Stelle: "Speaking of which... strictly speaking."

Stelle: "Isn't the conductor also some kind of ageless old monster?"

March 7th: "You really shouldn't say that — but actually, you really shouldn't say that!"

March 7th: "The conductor has spent time with who knows how many passengers."

March 7th: "If you do the math, it must be at least a few thousand years old, right?"

Stelle: "That's conservative — I think at least ten thousand!"

Stelle: "Maybe Pom-Pom was already around back when the Aeon of Trailblaze was still here?"

Paimon: "A few thousand, ten thousand years old?!"

Paimon: "Oh my god, the conductor is actually a living legend!"

Zhong Li: "Having lived through such long years, yet still keeping one's original heart."

Zhong Li: "There must be something about the conductor worth us learning from."

Venti: "Ehehe, looks like there's not a trace of wear on the conductor at all."

Furina: "Speaking of which, the conductor's origins are so mysterious — has the Trailblaze crew never doubted its true identity?"

Stelle: "Of course we have!"

Stelle: "I think the conductor might actually be a hidden Lord of the Trailblaze!"

Stelle: "The day the train is really about to face a crisis, the conductor will stop hiding and reveal its overwhelming, cosmos-shaking aura!"

Stelle: "And then every living being in the universe will gasp in unison and exclaim: Hiss! A Lord of the Trailblaze — how terrifying!"

Pom-Pom: "Stelle passenger, stop making up fake identities for the conductor, hey!"

Pom-Pom: "What Lord of the Trailblaze am I, pom!"

Pom-Pom: "I'm just an ordinary, run-of-the-mill conductor!"

Lumine: "Just by having lived this long, Pom-Pom the conductor is anything but ordinary."

Boothill: "Ha, even a pig living for ten thousand years would damn well become a god-pig."

Boothill: "Let alone the conductor of the Astral Express?"

(Nuo Qian Zhao) The video continues.

【Pom-Pom said the fuel is almost used up...】

【Is that true?】

Stelle scratched her head,

and asked this key question.

【Although Pom-Pom was mostly venting its emotions at the time... what it said wasn't actually wrong.】

【Taking Stelle's joining as the turning point, the train spent longer than expected at every subsequent stop.】

【To make sure everyone was together, Pom-Pom had no choice but to keep postponing the warp schedule.】

Welt addressed this matter,

and explained a few things to everyone.

【I see... no wonder I often heard Pom-Pom anxiously pacing in the corridor.】

Brother Dan Heng felt a sudden realization,

understanding why Pom-Pom was often anxious.

【So the conductor has been silently giving so much for us all along...】

Stelle: "Use my joining as the turning point?"

Stelle: "Got it!"

Stelle: "I'm the one who slowed the train down!"

Stelle: "I'm proud of it!"

March 7th: "It's not your fault either, after all..."

March 7th: "Huh??"

March 7th: "I thought you were about to say something depressing, and I was even ready to comfort you."

March 7th: "Why don't you play by the script!"

Sparkle: "Because, rules are made to be broken, you know~"

Stelle: "No big deal, we just ran out of fuel, that's all — top it off and we're good!"

Furina: "The question is, what is the train's fuel?"

The video continues.

【Unlike ordinary vehicles, the Astral Express converts each act of pioneering into the energy that keeps it running.】

【Under ideal conditions, as long as the journey of pioneering never ceases, the train can obtain an endless supply of power, moving forward continuously like a perpetual motion machine.】

【But because of the previous encounter... the fuel was consumed far faster than expected. Two more leap transitions might be the limit.】

Welt continued to add.

【Two times... isn't that already very dangerous?】

【Eek, I don't want to turn back into a chunk of ice drifting through space again!】