Chapter 98

This time, Amike, who fell into a melancholic emotion, began to pour out her bitterness,

making Stelle feel uncomfortable listening.

【This won't work either; let's make her happy.】

This time, Stelle adjusted Amike's emotion

to joy.

【I saw it...】

【The moment Shuo-weng and I stepped onto the stage together.】

【The audience is applauding, cheers are surging like a tide, melodious melodies are playing, ribbons are hanging on our shoulders, and the air is filled with the fragrance of iris...】

【This taste... is sweeter than honey.】

【I have seen this scene countless times; although it is in a dream, every time it makes me intoxicated.】

【And because of this, no matter what, I must bring her back to that world.】

【Do you want to toast?】

【Good-listening stranger guest, consider it... celebrating this unreachable dream in advance.】

Amike's emotion was much better this time,

and a smile began to appear on her face.

Thus, in this mood, she couldn't help but pick up her glass and toast with Stelle.

【Ay... after talking to you, I feel uncomfortable in my heart.】

【All kinds of thoughts are mixed together, a bit happy, and a bit wanting to cry...】

【Perhaps... I should find a place to rethink what Shuo-weng means to me...】

【This is the money for the drink, please help me pass it to her.】

【I'm leaving, goodbye.】

Hard work pays off,

after some effort,

Stelle finally sent away Amike.

Stelle: "Everyone saw it."

Stelle: "This time it was Himeko-sister who instigated me."

Stelle: "It wasn't me who deliberately used the Clockwork trick on her."

March 7th: "Hey, you, why are you in such a hurry to make a disclaimer?"

March 7th: "I didn't say you did it on purpose."

Himeko: "Urgent matters require urgent measures; we are in a hurry to find the truth of Penacony, so in special circumstances, we can only take special measures."

Nahida: "But it seems that the result brought by the Clockwork trick this time is not bad."

Nahida: "After being subjected to the Clockwork trick, Miss Amike seems to have figured out many things."

Hu Tao: "Hehe, it's like doing a good deed by mistake."

Lumine: "Hmm... this Miss Shuo-weng and Miss Amike seem to be people with stories too."

Paimon: "I feel like their relationship is strange."

Paimon: "This Miss Amike seems to be a bit too dependent on Miss Shuo-weng."

Collei: "Maybe because... she is very insecure..."

Collei: "So she yearns for someone as dazzling as Miss Shuo-weng..."

Furina: "So it was a lack of self-confidence that caused the trouble."

Furina: "I think Miss Stelle should have used a confidence-boosting Clockwork trick on her."

Furina: "That might have solved the problem directly."

Stelle: "Is it possible... that the me in the video didn't discover the confidence-boosting Clockwork trick?"

Furina: "Uh... it seems so..."

Furina: "I thought too much, hehe."

The video continues.

【...Amike left?】

【It's better for her... the dream of the festival is charming, but a dream is a dream, not reality.】

【I'll treat her to that drink; you keep the money.】

【Oh, when you're ready, go find Gallagher—I see he's already itching to go.】

Stelle: "Yo, I didn't expect to make money by playing the Clockwork trick this time!"

Stelle: "Tsk tsk tsk, I seem to have discovered a new business opportunity!"

March 7th: "Adjusting emotions for unhappy people, relieving worries in their hearts..."

March 7th: "Stelle, I think you can totally use the Clockwork trick to be a psychological therapist!"

March 7th: "This would definitely make a lot of money, right?"

Black Swan: "Ha, that's a good idea."

Black Swan: "Perhaps you will be more popular than a Memokeeper who is good at treating people's hearts."

Stelle: "Don't say anything else; once I learn the Clockwork trick, I'll open a shop in Penacony!"

Stelle: "At that time, everyone here who comes to me to confide will get a 50% discount!!"

Silver Wolf: "Hehe, you're actually quite generous..."

The video continues.

【We've gathered all the materials we want.】

Stelle and March 7th came to Gallagher.

【Hmph, very quick.】

【Let me see...】

【...You've found some very interesting things; pick them.】

【The flavor of each drink is different, and the base taste usually determines the first impression and the aftertaste—which material do you want to choose as the base?】

Gallagher looked at the materials the two had found,

and asked with interest.

【Uh... let's use this Pika White Grape Soda.】

Stelle thought for a moment and replied.

【It is said that this is the favorite drink of that Hanu, of course, referring to its prototype.】

【This thing is sour and bitter, and the bubbles explode in the throat like swallowing a rusty chain, making people associate it with prisons and cells.】

Gallagher picked up the soda and explained.

【The base is chosen; next is the auxiliary material, which is responsible for creating a wonderful chemical reaction with the base, must not steal the show, and must bring an unforgettable taste experience...】

【Which material do you want to choose as the auxiliary material?】

Gallagher poured the soda into the cup and asked.

【Let's use this "Looking Forward to a Better Future"; at least it sounds like a good omen.】

Stelle took out the auxiliary material she liked.

【Better future...】

【This taste is truly long-lost.】

【I will never forget when Mikhail took me galloping through the wilderness of the dream; this taste was wrapped in the flowing wind of memory.】

【That time was soul-stirring... too beautiful to be real.】

Looking at the auxiliary material Stelle took out,

a look of recollection appeared on Gallagher's face.

【Mikhail...?】

Himeko heard this name,

and felt a little puzzled.

【Heh, that's about it.】

【Let's pick a decoration; what style do you like?】

【I have them all here.】

Gallagher smiled, not intending to elaborate for the time being.

【Let's have a Hanu Brothers standee.】

Stelle picked one at random.

【A brave and fearless rebel, I hope you can also break the shackles like him.】

【Alright, it's done...】

【I salute you with this ticket to the graveyard, Nameless—】

【—To the dead and the dying.】

Diona: "Wow!"

Diona: "He actually used these abstract things to make a drink that looks delicious!"

Diona: "How did he do that?"

Stelle: "It's magic! He added magic!!"

Gallagher: "Heh, miss, this is not surprising."

Gallagher: "This is a dream; everything can happen reasonably."

Gallagher: "But this drink... it really brought back some memories of mine..."

Miss Sushang: "I'm just saying, is the name of this drink a bit too strange?"

Miss Sushang: "Ticket to the graveyard... to the dead and the dying?"

Miss Sushang: "What kind of saying is that?"

Yoimiya: "I also wanted to complain about this; such a good-looking drink, using this name is not auspicious, right?"

Silver Wolf: "What do you know?"

Silver Wolf: "This is abstract art!"

Herta: "Hmm... indeed abstract, just like him."

March 7th: "That... Mikhail..."

March 7th: "Mr. Gallagher mentioned this name, right."

March 7th: "Who exactly is he? Do you know him?"

Himeko: "This is also a question I want to know; I hope Mr. Gallagher can answer it."

Gallagher: "Oh, Mikhail..."

Gallagher: "I do know him, an old acquaintance."

Gallagher: "He is just an ordinary old guy, a good person."

Gallagher: "Nothing to say."

Hu Tao: "Mr. Gallagher saying that is not very convincing."

Hu Tao: "Before, Miss Stelle and Miss Firefly saw many things related to Mikhail in that dangerous dream."

Hu Tao: "This person definitely won't be as ordinary as Mr. Gallagher said!"

Furina: "That's right, this Mikhail must have a great background!"

Furina: Could he be the mastermind behind all this?

Paimon: "Uh... then if you say so..."

Paimon: "Mr. Gallagher, who knows the mastermind, wouldn't he be an accomplice?"

Paimon: "But he is the sheriff of Penacony..."

Sunday: "The sheriff of Penacony... heh."

Eula: "What does Mr. Sunday mean by that?"

Gallagher: "It doesn't mean anything; he probably just looks down on me, an old dog."

Amber: "Why does Mr. Gallagher call himself a dog..."

Collei: "Because he is... from the Bloodhound Family?"

Zhongli: "Perhaps Mr. Gallagher's identity is more than that."

Lumine: "The situation seems to have become inexplicably wrong."

Sampo: "Tsk, I feel like you people have more schemes than us Masked Fools!"

Sparkle: "Hehehe, I like people with many schemes the most~"

The video continues.

【Not bad, Gallagher, you haven't lost your touch.】

Shuo-weng looked at the drink Gallagher mixed,

and praised him.

【What about you all, are you satisfied?】

Gallagher looked at the three who were enjoying it.

【This taste...】

【It's much more complex than SoulGlad.】

March 7th tasted it,

and said with some surprise.

【Rich taste, distinct layers, truly a masterpiece.】

【Especially the handling of the auxiliary material, I can taste a different flavor, spicy, sour, but also a little sweet...】

【I don't know what this means; perhaps Mr. Gallagher is willing to explain his ingenuity?】