Chapter 75

Sunday: "And it wouldn't have attracted the Family's entry afterwards."

Sunday: "Since the IPC doesn't have the ability to govern the frontier prison well."

Sunday: "Then they should give up the place."

Sunday: "What's more, if the IPC was really dissatisfied, why didn't they suppress the frontier prison from the beginning?"

Sunday: "Instead, now that the Family has put in so much effort to turn the frontier prison into the Planet of Festivities, the IPC starts to make moves..."

Sunday: "I don't need to say more about what good things the IPC is thinking, right?"

Boothill: "The damn IPC is like this, doing nothing all day, just calculating how to get bigger benefits."

Boothill: "It's just like a dog smelling shit, wagging its tail and coming over."

Boothill: "And even if this dog is beaten away with sticks with its tail between its legs, it still can't change this character, still aiming for opportunities to come back!"

Boothill: "It really lives up to that saying..."

Boothill: "A dog can't change its habit of eating shit!"

Sparkle: "Good! Very aggressive speech!"

Sparkle: "Baby brother, I approve of you~"

Boothill: "Meow! Damn it, who wants your approval, you Fool?"

Boothill: "Also, don't call me baby brother, that sounds like a baby's name!"

Sparkle: "Okay, baby brother~"

Lumine: "......"

The video continues.

The scene changes.

It starts to come to the hotel in reality at the same time.

[I have watched her for a long time; the first invitation was in the hotel's banquet hall.]

[She sat in the corner of the crowd, silent, just drinking "Dream-Awakening", one glass, two glasses...]

[I said this drink is spicy and bitter, not the taste of a beautiful dream, only suitable for those who are tired of SoulGlad.]

[But she said...]

[Is that so? But to me... they are no different.]

Black Swan recalls the scene of her first meeting with Acheron.

[The guest room in reality is unexpectedly simple...]

[...Just like your appearance, Miss Acheron.]

[It was easy to find.]

[It's this music box—the invitation letter received by the Annihilation Gang...]

[Memories about you don't just belong to you—I know a lot, and I predict further—as long as I use some means, the dead can also speak.]

[Annihilation Gang, those desperadoes who disappeared after meeting you...]

[What exactly did they experience?]

[Let me reveal it.]

Black Swan comes to Acheron's hotel room in reality,

and picks up the music box,

and begins to use means to check it.

[...Twelve scales... twelve dreams... Father... I dedicate it to you...]

[...Well done... Dubra... no matter where they flee...]

After Black Swan closes her eyes, she hears this segment of sound.

[...Got it, although it's very hazy, this is Ifrit's voice.]

[The other one... is his offspring, right.]

[This is the memory left when the invitation was first delivered... it was interrupted after a moment.]

[Then what's next...]

Black Swan listens to the sound inside again.

[...They hid in the Land of Sleep... just seeking peace without being disturbed by wind and rain...]

[...Offspring of flames... this is your coming-of-age ceremony...]

[...It's not her turn to appear... I alone am enough...]

[...Shh... desperadoes walking in... destruction... when have they ever feared death...]

Black Swan hears some discussion.

[The Ever-Flame Mansion has set off, poor people... they don't know what is waiting ahead.]

[But the reproduction of memory is smooth, she is coming... she will be here soon...]

[There is no one else here, it doesn't have to be so elegant...]

[I have to spare no effort...]

Black Swan closes her eyes again,

trying to reproduce more memories.

[...Close]

[...What's going on?]

[The subsequent memory... is a blank?]

[How is it possible...]

[It is a fact that this music box fell into Acheron's hands and was brought to Penacony by her, it should have been like this... but the process in the middle...]

[It's like it was erased by someone? Who did it...]

[Who... are... you]

[--Who are you?]

A strange voice suddenly comes from the memory.

[...This is?]

Black Swan is a bit surprised.

[Wrong—this is not a memory?]

Black Swan reacts suddenly.

[Oh... a Memokeeper, you serve the Garden of Recollection... or the Cremators?]

[My name is Constance... very happy to meet you.]

[We should have met in Penacony and spent a... "unforgettable" time together.]

[But that seems impossible to achieve.]

[The Planet of Festivities doesn't welcome dahlias, and I don't need a coming-of-age ceremony... and you, I know what you are looking for...]

[Want her secret?]

[I can give it to you, and then... enjoy the festival for me.]

[Wish you leave unforgettable memories.]

Ring ring ring!

Ring ring ring!!

After Constance says these words to Black Swan,

the phone in the room suddenly rings.

[...]

[...Phone? Do you want to listen to it?]

Black Swan is a bit hesitant.

Navia: "Miss Black Swan actually went to Miss Acheron's room in reality to look for clues."

Navia: "As a result, not only did she find nothing, but she was even played by a stranger who suddenly popped out?"

March 7th: "Constance Dahlia?"

March 7th: "Is this person an offspring of Duke Inferno?"

March 7th: "What is her purpose? Could it be that she wants to avenge Duke Inferno?"

Stelle: "Listening to her tone, she is leisurely, not meaning to take revenge at all."

Stelle: "And this Constance speaks like a vixen, a bit flirtatious."

Dr. Ratio: "I didn't expect the offspring of Duke Inferno to actually intervene inexplicably."

Dr. Ratio: "I just don't know where her move is placed."

Black Swan: "It's probably related to this phone call."

Black Swan: "Who could have called this?"

Miss Sushang: "That will have to wait until you answer it, Miss Black Swan, for us all to know."

The video continues.

Black Swan's scene ends temporarily.

At the same time, on the other side.

[...]

[...Recently, the Interastral Peace Corporation officially announced—]

[Tsigonia—under the guidance of the Market Development Department, according to the "Interastral Peace Charter", has established an independent and autonomous United Emirate and obtained a legal seat at the Interastral Peace Conference—]

[The establishment of the United Emirate has important historical significance for Tsigonia: this move puts an end to the long and bloody history of the 817 planet, and the sensational Katica-Evgin extinction case will become a distant past—]

[Tsigonia—located in the no-man's land at the intersection of the Dniester, Prut, and Danube star systems, the planet's surface climate is known for being extremely harsh, constantly facing the threat of impact from small celestial bodies—]

[Therefore, the intelligent species settled on this planet are now few and far between; they have divided into several clans, mostly nomadic, struggling to survive in the arid and rainless desert wilderness, and have developed folk beliefs completely independent of the Aeon system...]

[...]

The sound of the Interastral Peace broadcast rings out.

Then the scene changes,

a mother holding a baby,

appears on the screen.

[...Tsigonia, Tsigonia. The eye of the thirsty storm, the land abandoned by the gods...]

[There is stone but no water, there is thunder but no rain, there is blood but no tears.]

[You beat us with falling stars, temper us with wind and thunder, chew us with cracked earth...]

[You give us the name of honey, but place us under the bitter blade.]

[Triple-eyed Earth Mother, if you can hear, please open your eyes and look at this child...]

[When you took away his father, my child was still sleeping in the amniotic fluid.]

[And now I am also about to go to the place where my husband is...]

[I don't ask for myself to leave peacefully, I only wish you could tell me, the child sleeping in the swaddling clothes... can he dream of his mother's heartbeat, dream of the sound of rain falling on the earth?]

[Please tell me, is life just a fleeting dream...]

[...Otherwise, why is this child born to face death...?]

This mother's voice is weak,

looking at the baby sleeping in the swaddling clothes with a bitter face.

[Mom...! Mom...!]

[...Mom—rain! It's raining!]

Suddenly, a little girl runs excitedly in front of this mother.

[Rain...? Rain...]

This mother can't believe it.

[It's raining! It's true!]

[Those outsiders didn't lie to us, they really summoned the rain...]

[Mom, we can leave here... we can go home...]

The little girl cries with joy.

[Go home... ah... Triple-eyed Earth Mother, it's you.]

[Did you hear it? Thank you... thank you...]

[Baby, listen... this is the sound of rain.]

[On the day you were born, the sky also rained down the Mother's grace like this.]

[You are a lucky child, a blessed child... just like your name, it is the gift He gave to the Evgin... my child...]

[May the Mother close her eyes for you three times...]

[Let your bloodline pulse forever...]

[The journey is always calm...]

[...The trick is never exposed.]

[...Welcome to this sad world, Kakavasha.]

[...]

"Mother, sister?!"

"Is it you?!"

"Is it really you?!"

In the hotel,

Aventurine looks at this scene,

his eyes starting to get moist.

He can't believe that after many years,

he can actually see the appearance of his sister and his mother, whom he never remembered, again!

Before, no matter what setbacks or insults he encountered,

he never cared.

And now, facing this scene,

he is truly broken!

Dr. Ratio: "Tsigonia..."

Dr. Ratio: "This scene... could it be the scene of Aventurine's childhood?!"

Topaz: "What?!"

Topaz: "This disgusting guy was actually so miserable when he was a child?!"

Guinaifen: "There is stone but no water, there is thunder but no rain... and often hit by small celestial bodies?!"

Guinaifen: "Heavens, in such a harsh environment, how can one survive!!"

Zhongli: "Generally speaking, this living environment can be called purgatory for humans."

Ei: "People living in such a barren land must be very hard..."

Lumine: "Is it possible that just living used up all their strength..."

Furina: "Such... such a heartbreaking scene."

Furina: "So Aventurine is also a poor person..."

March 7th: "Kakavasha... is this Aventurine's real name?"

Stelle: "Sigh... every family has its own hard-to-read scriptures..."

Hu Tao: "From the video, Aventurine's mother seems to be very weak..."

Hu Tao: "Could it be!!"

Aventurine: "That's right... she died afterwards."

Aventurine: "I didn't even have time to look at her..."

Hu Tao: "...Sor... sorry, I made you recall sad things."

Aventurine: "It's okay... it's been a long time."

Aventurine: "I want to thank this live broadcast room now."

Aventurine: "It actually allowed me to see my mother's appearance with my own eyes... I have no regrets even if I die."

Xiangling: "...I thought you were just a big bad guy, but I didn't expect you to have such a miserable background."

Nahida: "So Mr. Aventurine's current personality... is it related to his childhood experience?"

Aventurine: "......"