Chapter 72

The video continues.

【Let's eat as we walk, shall we? On to the next stop~】

Liu Ying held a cake roll in her hand,

and began leading Stelle toward the next location,

【This is the luxury store I mentioned just now.】

【Further down is Glax Avenue—the main thoroughfare of Golden Hour.】

As they passed by the entrance of a lavish store,

Liu Ying casually mentioned it.

【Come—this way! Keep up, okay?】

The two arrived at an intersection,

Liu Ying crossed the road first,

and called out to Stelle.

But as Stelle was crossing the road,

she was violently hit by a car!

Stelle: "Damn! You dare drive into me! Don't you want your tires!!"

March 7th: "It's clearly because you weren't watching where you were going... and... you didn't use the crosswalk."

Stelle: "I'm a pedestrian!! Don't you know what yielding to pedestrians means?!"

Stelle: "I'm telling you, only because it was me he hit—if it had been anyone else, they'd already be lying on the ground!"

Stelle: "Then he'd have nowhere to cry!"

Brother Dan Heng: "No one dies from collisions in dreams."

Stelle: "......"

In the video.

【Over here, over here—I'll show you something interesting~】

【Look, this statue is Pinoconny's famous cartoon character—"Clock Boy"!】

【From Pinoconny's longest-running and most famous cartoon series, it tells the adventures of the protagonist Clock Boy and his companions living in Dreamy Town—now over ten thousand episodes long!】

Liu Ying brought Stelle to a peculiar statue,

and began speaking with interest.

【What an abstract clock.】

Stelle looked at Clock Boy and found him amusing.

【Uh... because the animation style is rather retro.】

【But did you know? It's said that Clock Boy's prototype is none other than the famed—"Clockmaker".】

Liu Ying first replied to Stelle, then added.

【The Clockmaker? Is he famous?】

Hearing the name Clockmaker again,

Stelle became interested and prepared to probe Liu Ying for information.

【You don't know? He's a legendary tycoon in Pinoconny's history, the founder of the Dreamscape World, the man who turned dreams into reality!】

【As for the Clockmaker's origins, people have endless theories: some say he was an interstellar merchant, others claim he was a prisoner from Prison Star, and still others insist the Clockmaker is merely a symbol—no such person ever existed…】

【No one knows his true origin, yet everyone wants to replicate his success and become the next Clockmaker!】

【His deeds spread across the galaxy, drawing dream-chasers in droves; one banquet after another forged today's Festival Star. In Pinoconny, his name is known to all.】

【Though the "Clock Boy" in the cartoon is just a clumsy, boastful fool... I still believe the Clockmaker was an anonymous wanderer! After all, carving out a Dreamscape sounds incredibly "pioneering"!】

Speaking of the Clockmaker,

Liu Ying began to speak at length.

【Ah! I just realized—if the Clockmaker really was an anonymous wanderer, then isn't he your senior? Hey, would you like to take a photo with him for memory's sake? I can help you.】

As she spoke, Liu Ying suddenly turned to Stelle.

【A photo? Sure, then I'll leave it to you.】

Stelle did not refuse, nodding with a smile.

【No problem~ Here, give me your phone.】

Stelle pulled out her phone,

and handed it to Liu Ying.

Then she walked over to the Clock Boy statue,

ready to strike a pose.

But as she stepped forward, she heard a strange sound.

【Hi! Hihihi!】

【Help! Help, Chiu!】

The two voices were thin and shrill.

They came from within Clock Boy's eyes,

prompting Stelle to take a closer look.

【Huh? What's going on? Is there something on Clock Boy's face?】

Liu Ying, following Stelle's gaze, looked puzzled.

【Help! Help, Chiu! Pull me out, Chiu! Help, Chiu!】

The cries for help came again,

but Stelle ignored them for now.

She found a suitable spot,

and began preparing to take a photo.

Then, with a crack!,

the photo was taken.

【There! Looks great—you're really photogenic.】

Liu Ying saw the photo of Stelle,

and couldn't help praising her.

【Save me! Save me, chiu! Pull me out, chiu! Chiu!】

After taking the photo, the cries for help came again.

This time, Stelle noticed something strange.

She saw a colorful feather lodged in the Clock Boy's eyes.

Without hesitation,

she leapt up directly,

and yanked the feather out from between the Clock Boy's eyelids.

【Hey! Heyheyhey! Thank you! Beautiful human!】

【I'll repay you! Go to the great tree! Go to the great tree! I'll give you something wonderful!】

I will repay you! To the tree! To the tree! I will give you something to remember!

The feather Stelle pulled from the Clock Boy's eye was a strange little bird with sharp angles,

and after being pulled free,

it chirped a few strange yet adorable words at Stelle.

Then it flew off into the distance.

【What happened to the Clock Boy statue...? Why did you suddenly jump like that?】

Stelle's inexplicable actions left Liu Ying deeply confused.

【I saved a little bird with sharp angles.】

This puzzled Liuying greatly.

【I saved a small bird with sharp edges and corners.】