—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
Aventurine: "Ha, this all relied on the enthusiastic support of all my friends!"
Aventurine: "Say no more, I'll be sending out red envelopes later, everyone in the audience gets a share!!"
Stelle: "Tsk, my friend!!"
Stelle: "You are the true hero!!"
Guinaifen: "Wow, the big boss is giving out red envelopes!!"
Guinaifen: "Am I going to get rich!"
Li Sushang: "Speaking of which, as a Cloud Knight, privately accepting red envelopes from others… does that count as accepting bribes??"
Yanqing: "Uh… probably not."
Yanqing: "It's a red envelope Mr. Aventurine is giving voluntarily, and he hasn't asked for anything in return, so it belongs to a unilateral gift!"
Yanqing: "Hmm… I just happened to have my eye on a few new swords recently, maybe I can buy them now!"
Jing Yuan: "Haha, since Mr. Aventurine is so generous, then I would be disrespectful to refuse."
Jing Yuan: "My share, just send it directly to the Luofu's finance department when the time comes."
Fu Xuan: "Hmph, then I'll do the same as the General."
Hanabi: "Little Peacock, you really have so much money you don't know where to spend it~"
Paimon: "Red envelope… big red envelope…!"
Paimon: "Wuwuwuwu!"
Paimon: "Paimon wants Mr. Aventurine's big red envelope too!!"
Hu Tao: "Who doesn't!"
Hu Tao: "But we don't have accounts in the universe ahhh!!"
Lumine: "This really is a sad story…"
Aventurine: "Don't lose heart, friends."
Aventurine: "When you successfully step out of your own planet, come find me for this red envelope, it won't be too late!"
Aventurine: "I solemnly promise, the eligibility for this red envelope is valid forever!"
Furina de Fontaine: "YAY!!!"
Furina de Fontaine: "Long live Mr. Aventurine!!"
Paimon: "LONG LIVE!!!"
Paimon: "Wuwuwu, that's great, now we won't lose this big red envelope!"
Venti: "Ehe, once I get this red envelope, I should be able to buy lots of wine, right?"
Venti: "But… how do we get out?"
Venti: "Sigh… this really is a headache."
....
『 [ With hope for the morrow nestled in my heart, I descend into the slumber of tonight. ]
[ Until the denouement of all coming morrows kisses me, I have then embraced the quiet death. ]
[ But this man is different. He lives and breathes in the present. ]
[ In every sinking night, by every daring gamble, no vision of morrow ever graced his dreams. ]
[ His life knows not quietude. His fate yet demands him to win them all, to weather tempests, one after another... til mire enshrouds his very breath. ]
[ And now, in the unfathomable depths of dream, the once falling die... has at last landed on its earthly rest. ]
[ Quietly, peacefully, it at last landed. ] 』
『 ....』
—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
Welt Yang: "This narration… is it a summary after Aventurine's curtain call?"
Welt Yang: "It is quite emotionally stirring…"
Himeko: "Unknowingly, we have witnessed Aventurine's entire journey in Penacony."
Himeko: "And from him, we have understood a lot."
Dan Heng: "In the bottomless dream, the falling die finally hit the ground…"
Dan Heng: "Mr. Aventurine reconciled with his past self, and from now on, he can finally live a relaxed life."
Furina de Fontaine: "His life was never destined for peace, yet fate insists on teaching him to win it all!"
Furina de Fontaine: "This sentence was said so well!"
Furina de Fontaine: "It simply summarizes all of Mr. Aventurine's experiences from birth until now!"
Furina de Fontaine: "However, Mr. Aventurine is now about to welcome a peaceful life."
Furina de Fontaine: "I hope that in the days to come, you will continue to win as always!"
Aventurine: "Hehe, many thanks for Miss Furina's blessing!"
Aventurine: "I will!!"
Aventurine: "Because I am a child blessed by the Gaiathra Triclops… I have never lost!!"
Aventurine: "I won't lose now, and I won't lose in the future!"
Dr. Veritas Ratio: "Good, as a gambler, you must have this kind of confidence."
Dr. Veritas Ratio: "Good luck, damn gambler!!"
Stelle: "Pfft, dying of laughter!"
Stelle: "Even when blessing someone, you have to include the word 'damn', right?"
Stelle: "Dr. Ratio, you really understand gap moe."
Nilou: "Hahaha, this is also a sign of a good relationship, right?"
Hotaru: "Mhm, mhm, I think so too."
....
『 [ The light of the Aventurine stone… has vanished. ]
[ This only represents one outcome...… ]
The video has no image for the moment, but Topaz's voice rings out.
[ He honored his promise. ]
[ …and got what he wanted. ]
Another strange woman's voice sounds, speaking to Topaz.
[ … ]
[ According to the plan, your Cornerstone has been successfully sent into the Family's territory. ]
[ Then— ]
Topaz's voice sounds again.
[ —fulfill our duties, and begin the harvest. ]
After the strange woman's words fall, in a place deep within the sweet dream, another jade stone begins to bloom with light!
[ I come for an audience, I come to fill wine, and I come to claim. ]
[ I bestow poison in the guise of sweet dew. Come the toil of spring and yield of fall, I patiently wait for the branches to be heavy with withered fruits. ]
[ All dedicated to… the Amber Lord. ] 』
『 ....』
—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
March 7th: "What's the situation?"
March 7th: "Miss Topaz is speaking?"
March 7th: "Who is the other person?"
Welt Yang: "The other person…"
Welt Yang: "If nothing unexpected happened, it must be that Lady Jade who hasn't shown her face yet!"
Himeko: "Jade… sure enough!"
Himeko: "The IPC deliberately sent those two Cornerstones into the heart of the Family!"
Himeko: "All of this is a chain of stratagems!!"
Furina de Fontaine: "Holy cow, isn't this too ridiculous?!"
Furina de Fontaine: "Layers upon layers, every time we think the scheme ends here, there's actually a deeper layer yet to be revealed?!"
Hu Tao: "I thought those two Cornerstones were just to provide cover for Aventurine, to let him successfully bring in the Aventurine stone!"
Hu Tao: "Now it seems, this was actually killing two birds with one stone?"
Stelle: "They really play these mind games skillfully!"
Stelle: "As expected of people from the IPC!"
Qingque: "Tsk tsk tsk, we are all in the sewer, but they are in the atmosphere!"
Qingque: "There's simply no comparison!"
Lumine: "By the way, is this Lady Jade going to transform too?"
Lumine: "Otherwise why did she start reciting lines?"
Paimon: "Um, these lines aren't as flashy as Aventurine's…"
Paimon: "But they sound kind of creepy…"
Paimon: "I feel like this Lady Jade… will be very scary!"
Stelle: "Both Aventurine and Jade have lines…"
Stelle: "Topaz, do you dare say you don't have any?"
Topaz: "I don't, I just don't!"
Stelle: "I don't believe it!"
Stelle: "Wait until I find a chance, I must personally go and listen to your lines!"
Silver Wolf: "Oh, remember to send me a copy too, let me see if it sounds good."
March 7th: "I want to see too!"
Topaz: "Aiya, I BEG YOU GUYS NOT TO BE SO CURIOUS!!!"
Topaz: "I really don't have any lines, AND I WON'T TRANSFORM!!! (Tearless weeping.jpg)"
....
『 At this time, deep within the Memory Zone.
[ So dark… ]
[ Where is this? ]
Stelle tries to open her eyes, but all she sees is darkness.
[ Stelle's memories gradually surface, time rewinding to a few minutes ago. ]
[ Aventurine launches his final offensive, a torrential rain of glittering chips pours down, Acheron immediately draws her blade, and then, "Bang"— ]
[ —That indescribable power severed the Preservation, the surrounding space-time instantly fell into stagnation, and Stelle's thoughts were twisted into a knot in that instant. ]
[ Stelle's senses failed, only gravity tearing at her brain, falling in the boundless darkness… ]
[ …Until a cluster of firelight embraced you. ] 』
『 ....』
—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
Stelle: "My brain is a bit fuzzy, what's the situation now?"
Stelle: "I was fine, how did I faint?"
Stelle: "Could it be, that slash from Acheron cut us too?!"
Welt Yang: "Being cut is unlikely…"
Welt Yang: "But we were probably affected by the shockwaves."
Welt Yang: "Perhaps, we have fallen into the dream world outside the sweet dream through the rift slashed open by Miss Acheron."
Himeko: "I think so too."
March 7th: "A cluster of firelight embraced Stelle… did someone save her?"
Furina de Fontaine: "Probably?"
Furina de Fontaine: "But who could it be?"
Furina de Fontaine: "It seems no one glows, right?"
Silver Wolf: "It said firelight, so it must be burning!"
Silver Wolf: "And there just happens to be someone who can burn!"
Hu Tao: "Eh, is Miss Silver Wolf saying…"
Silver Wolf: "Mhm mhm, it's her!"
Paimon: "Her???"
Paimon: "Shouldn't it be him??"
Silver Wolf: "Hehehe, that's hard to say."
Hotaru: ".....(Nervous.jpg)"
Venti: "Ehe, I seem to understand something."
Venti: "This is really interesting!"
....
『 [ It seems someone saved me… ]
[ But regardless, I have to leave here. ]
Some thoughts flash through Stelle's mind, then, she wakes up with a start.
[ …You're awake. ]
[ I've been waiting for you here for a long time. ]
A tall figure stands in front of Stelle, speaking to Stelle with an emotionless electronic synthesized voice.
[ It's you… what did you do? ]
Stelle recognized this figure, it was none other than Sam!
[ I did nothing, just waited for you to wake up. ]
[ You have seen me before, Stellaron Hunter Sam. ] 』
『 ....』
—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
Hu Tao: "Ah! It really was Sam who saved Miss Stelle!"
Hu Tao: "But why?"
Hu Tao: "And how did Sam appear here?"
Furina de Fontaine: "The Stellaron Hunters don't seem to have bad intentions towards Miss Stelle…"
Furina de Fontaine: "This does seem a bit strange."
Silver Wolf: "What's strange about it."
Silver Wolf: "We have no grievances or enmity with her, why harm her?"
Welt Yang: "Although there are no grievances or enmity, I'm afraid it's not that simple between us, is it?"
Silver Wolf: "We just act according to the script."
Silver Wolf: "As for the why, you'll have to ask Elio."
Himeko: "Regardless, you saved Stelle, and for that, we need to say thank you."
March 7th: "Mhm mhm, we of the Astral Express are reasonable people!"
March 7th: "So, thank you guys."
Stelle: "Don't rush to thank them first!"
Stelle: "What if this Sam person is going to roast me in the next second?"
Stelle: "Then wouldn't I be cremated?!"
Stelle: "But I haven't bought a urn yet, let alone decided where to be buried!!"
Hotaru: "He won't!!"
Hotaru: "Sam wouldn't do that!"
Paimon: "Eh?"
Paimon: "Why is Miss Hotaru so agitated??"
Hotaru: "Uh…"
Hotaru: "No… I'm not agitated!"
Amber: "Suddenly feel like Miss Hotaru is acting weird."
Himeko: "So it's… like that?"
....
『 [ I wanted to appear before you sooner, to tell you some truths. ]
[ But the obstruction I faced was greater than anticipated. ]
[ 11 times, I made the attempt, but ended in failure. Unknowingly, my connection to this world became too tight, making it difficult to escape the constraints of the script. ]
[ …Elio was right, in this land of dreams, both you and I will gain unforgettable harvests. ]
[ I am not as versed in the human heart as he and Kafka, nor do I have the unique skills of Silver Wolf and Blade. ]
[ Most of the things I excel at are only suitable for villains who need no mercy. ]
[ So—the only method I can use is one… ]
[ That is to show you… ]
Speaking to this point, Sam begins to deactivate the mecha.
The mecha turns into blazing flames and slowly disappears, and the figure inside, in Stelle's gradually widening eyes, reveals itself bit by bit!
[ My everything… ]
The gentle trailing note falls, Sam's true identity is revealed at this moment. 』
『 ....』
(I still waiting for Topaz lines and transform...)