『 [ Is the Order incident in Penacony a unique case...? ]
Stelle asked.
[ There are no relevant records in the Data Bank. This is just my speculation: the hidden dangers of the Order have always existed within the Harmony, which was originally an internal problem for the Family. ]
[ But now, more factions in the universe know this secret. The situation in the galaxy… will become even more complicated. ] 』
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—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
Furina de Fontaine: "Since this hidden danger will always exist."
Furina de Fontaine: "Doesn't that mean someone will still use this danger to resurrect the Aeon of Order in the future?"
Stelle: "That's something the Family needs to worry about."
Stelle: "It doesn't really have anything to do with anyone else."
March 7th: "If it weren't for the fact that Penacony is related to the Nameless seniors."
March 7th: "It doesn't seem like it would be our place to interfere in this Order rebellion initiated by the Dreammaster."
Welt Yang: "True, unless the Family asks for help."
Welt Yang: "Otherwise, this is just a family matter for the Family."
Qingque: "Interfere? THAT'S WRONG, THIS IS CLEARLY CHARGING INTO THE FRAY!!"
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『 After Stelle finished chatting with Dan Heng, she went over to Welt's side.
[ This Trailblazing journey can be described as thrilling, yet full of aftertaste. ]
[ I hope we can all draw nourishment for the future from this journey, about ideals and paranoia, about sobriety and dreams. ]
Welt seemed full of sighs regarding this Trailblazing journey.
[ Uncle Yang, what will happen to Sunday and Robin? ]
Stelle was a bit concerned about the ending for those two.
[ A bird that favors the land, a bird that longs for the sky… ]
[ Even though Robin personally stopped her brother's wish, she still refuses to give up on him. ]
[ But the punishment of the Harmony is inevitable. What awaits him will be a trial. As for the details… the Family is unwilling to disclose too much. ] 』
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—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
March 7th: "A bird that favors the land, a bird that longs for the sky… Hehe, Uncle Yang is really good at metaphors!"
Furina de Fontaine: "But… a bird that favors the land, doesn't that just mean a bird that can't fly?"
Paimon: "So, as a bird that can't fly, is Mr. Sunday trying to shelter birds that can't fly like him?"
Lumine: "That seems to be the original intention."
Lumine: "But while doing all this, he defaulted the birds that long for the sky as birds that can't fly too."
Stelle: "I certainly can't fly, but that's okay, because I'm not a bird!"
Stelle: "It's normal not to be able to fly!"
Yunli: "Yeah, I don't want to be a bird either."
Yunli: "I want to be a cat, cats are cuter."
March 7th: "Cats! I also really like cute cats!"
Asta: "Dogs are also very cute!"
Guinaifen: "Hey, then I think Diting is cute too!"
Silver Wolf: "Are you guys holding a pet convention here?"
Silver Wolf: "How did you get off-topic while talking?"
Lumine: "THEN I UNILATERALLY DECLARE, PAIMON IS THE CUTEST!!"
Paimon: "Eek! Traveller, don't say things like that suddenly!"
Paimon: "Paimon will be embarrassed!"
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『 [ Uncle Yang, when did the Order infiltrate Penacony? ]
Stelle asked curiously.
[ Since the Family settled in Penacony, the remnants of the Order have been lurking within the Oak Family as cover, using the power of the Stellaron to continuously strengthen their control over the sweet dream, and finally caused a catastrophe. ]
[ …This is the Family's rhetoric. As for whether they really knew nothing from beginning to end, that is another subtle question. ] 』
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—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
Boothill: "Hahaha, if the Family really knew nothing, Muddle-Fudging, I would definitely eat shit on the spot!"
Stelle: "Whoa, if you say that, then I'm going to have to go look for clues!"
March 7th: "Do you even need to look?"
March 7th: "The reason Boothill dares to make such a bet is that the Family is just too hypocritical."
March 7th: "The probability that they knew about it long ago is as high as 99.99 percent!"
Furina de Fontaine: "The Family said the power of the Stellaron was controlled by the remnants of the Order."
Furina de Fontaine: "But from the previous conversation between Mr. Sunday and the Dreammaster, we learned that this is not the case."
Furina de Fontaine: "There is someone else controlling the Stellaron!"
Hu Tao: "Let's make a bold assumption: the one controlling the Stellaron is another branch of the Family!"
Hu Tao: "They reached a tacit understanding with the Dreammaster, each using their own methods to get what they need!"
Zhongli: "That possibility cannot be ruled out."
Zhongli: "However, as for what the truth is, I suppose only the Family itself knows."
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『 [ Does the IPC have any moves now? ]
Stelle asked about the IPC's actions.
[ Everything Aventurine did ultimately succeeded in getting the IPC a seat at the table. ]
[ An envoy with a higher rank has also arrived in Penacony because of this, to engage in a confrontation with the Family. ]
[ And in order not to let Penacony follow the same old path, for the Astral Express, the IPC will also become an indispensable aid at the negotiating table. ] 』
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—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
Stelle: "So Lady Jade's rank is higher than Aventurine and Topaz!"
Stelle: "Wouldn't that be at least P46?"
Stelle: "Good heavens, is this rank almost enough to be an IPC Director?"
March 7th: "I remember… the highest IPC rank is P49?"
March 7th: "As for P50… is that Qlipoth?"
Dan Heng: "Correct, the IPC recognizes Qlipoth as the Chairman."
Dan Heng: "Of course, Qlipoth has never responded."
Aventurine: "No response, doesn't that mean default?"
Furina de Fontaine: "Does this count as using the name of the Aeon of Preservation to pull a banner?"
Dr. Veritas Ratio: "You can understand it that way."
Hanabi: "Oh my, aren't you guys bullying an honest Aeon?!"
Hanabi: "Just because Qlipoth doesn't speak, you use THEM like this?"
Hanabi: "You are really a bunch of terrible villains~"
Hu Tao: "Honest Aeon???"
Hu Tao: "How come… I feel like Miss Hanabi has described the Aeon of Preservation as a big dummy…"
Sampo Koski: "Haha, in the eyes of the Aeon of Elation, the Aeon of Preservation really does look like a fool."
Sampo Koski: "Of course, this fool is not to be trifled with."
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『 [ By the way, Uncle Yang, what did you encounter in Ena's dream? ]
[ It is somewhat dumbfounding to say. In the boundless dream, I was able to return to my hometown and reunite with friends I had long been separated from. ]
[ And because of some special reasons… I remembered Miss Acheron. ]
[ When I discovered that her ending was not left in my memory, I realized the bitter truth. ] 』
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—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
Stelle: "Got it, Uncle Yang saw the Mei from his hometown, so he remembered another Mei!"
Stelle: "But realized something was wrong when he found he couldn't remember the experiences of the other Mei."
March 7th: "A bit curious, what is the Mei from Uncle Yang's hometown like?"
March 7th: "Is she really like Miss Acheron?"
March 7th: "I really want to see her!"
Venti: "Miss Acheron carries the power of Nihility and cannot be interfered with by the Ena's dream."
Venti: "Having said that, anyone who can remember Miss Acheron in Ena's dream will naturally wake up."
Venti: "Because this is also a flaw in Ena's dream."
Hu Tao: "Hey, this is simply immune to all laws!"
Lumine: "If it weren't for the fact that the negative traits are too many and not something an ordinary person can bear."
Lumine: "Then I feel the power of Nihility is actually quite useful."
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『 [ When a journey is about to end, it always makes one feel melancholy. ]
[ All we can do is give it as complete an ending as possible. ]
Welt sighed a few times and began to sit at the bar, dazed.
Seeing this, Stelle smiled and went directly to chat with March 7th, who was wandering around.
[ Speaking of which, a strange thing happened on the way here. ]
[ I was walking along just fine when someone suddenly shoved a strange gift into my hands. ]
[ I unwrapped it and saw it was a button, and there was a line of text on the back: Press it, and the entire Penacony will be blown to the sky—what the, that's too scary! ] 』
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—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
March 7th: "I'm saying… no way, right?"
March 7th: "Hanabi actually sent this button directly to our hands??"
Stelle: "Is Director Hanabi that obsessed with Penacony being blown to the sky?"
Stelle: "I mean, aren't you tired of pressing buttons?"
Hanabi: "What a joke, do you really think I'm stupid enough to press it myself?"
Hanabi: "I, Hanabi-sama, am capable and loved by all."
Hanabi: "Finding people to help press it, isn't that easy-peasy?"
Furina de Fontaine: "I don't know why… but I suddenly really want to press this button to see."
Paimon: "Try what? Try if Penacony will really be blown to the sky?"
Lumine: "I want to try it too…"
Lumine: "Because the more Miss Hanabi says that, the more curious people get, what will happen when this button is pressed!"
Qingque: "I think even if it's a real bomb, it's not a big deal, right?"
Qingque: "Anyway, it's in a dream, can it really blow people to death?"
Dr. Veritas Ratio: "Heh, the dreamscape now may not be the same as before."
Dr. Veritas Ratio: "So I suggest, it's better not to look for excitement casually."
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『 [ So did you press it? ]
Stelle asked curiously.
[ Of course not, who would press it! ]
[ I turned my head, and that person had already disappeared. ]
[ There was no other way, I could only hand it over to the Hounds nearby… ]
[ I heard there were quite a few similar reports, even before the opening of the Charmony Festival. ]
[ Sigh, I'm really worried about the future of Penacony… ] 』
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—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
Stelle: "March, you're too timid."
Stelle: "If this button were in my hands, I would have pressed it hundreds of times already!"
(So this was foreshadowing in the Planarcadia, remember this chapter was released 2 years ago, at that time it's still somewhere on v2.X)
March 7th: "Huh? You'd dare to press something of unknown origin?"
March 7th: "Can you not be such a hothead!"
Asta: "Is it possible that because Stelle would really press it, Miss Hanabi deliberately didn't give her a button?"
Silver Wolf: "Stelle's brain circuit is different from ordinary people; it's right not to give her a button."
Hotaru: "But what exactly is this button?"
Hotaru: "Why do I always have a premonition… that my last script will be related to this button?"
Hanabi: "Hehehe, perhaps, your last death will be being blown up by a bomb?"
Stelle: "Woo woo woo, no, please, just come and blow me up instead! (Crying.jpg)"
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『 Stelle returned to Siobhan, who had prepared the ingredients, and started waiting for the drink to be mixed.
[ Are you ready for the drink, Stelle? ]
Siobhan looked at Stelle and asked with a smile.
[ Wait a moment, I want to know, what happened to Gallagher? ]
Stelle changed the subject and asked Siobhan about Gallagher's whereabouts.
[ I don't know, I haven't seen him since we met at the bar last time. ]
[ Thinking back, his arrival and departure were always so silent. ]
[ By this bar counter, we talked about everything, but when he pushed the door and left, I realized I didn't understand this man at all. Gallagher is just that mysterious. ]
[ I just have a premonition… perhaps his wish has been fulfilled, and he won't come back again. ] 』
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—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
Qingque: "Can Gallagher not be mysterious?"
Qingque: "He is a History Fictionologist!"
Li Sushang: "But Miss Siobhan's intuition is so sharp."
Li Sushang: "She actually sensed some of the truth."
March 7th: "Although he is a History Fictionologist, the feeling Gallagher gave me was really completely different."
Stelle: "Gallagher had no choice; he borrowed mysterious power."
Stelle: "It's still different from those true History Fictionologists."
Lumine: "Can't understand… There are such bizarre Pathstriders in the universe."
Lumine: "Insisting on making things up, burying the truth."
Zhongli: "Because the Aeon they believe in is the Enigmata."
Zhongli: "The essence of the Enigmata is to blur all truth."
Dan Heng: "Speaking of which, the nemesis of the Enigmata is the Aeon of Erudition, who seeks the truth of all things."
Dan Heng: "However… the actions of the Aeon of the Enigmata are not without any benefit to the universe."
Welt Yang: "Truth represents a fixed number."
Welt Yang: "And the unknown often represents infinite possibilities."
Welt Yang: "The Aeon of the Enigmata blurring the truth of the world is, to some extent, expanding into countless variables."
Acheron: "With these variables, the universe can have infinite possibilities."
Acheron: "Although History Fictionologists are not welcomed by the universe."
Furina de Fontaine: "Hmm… this really is 'existence is reasonable'…"
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『 [ I see… forget it, let's not talk about this. ]
[ Let's mix the drink. ]
Stelle didn't want to talk about this slightly dull topic anymore.
[ Okay, whatever you say. ]
[ I have some ideas about which drink to mix. ]
[ Bitter or sweet, it's your choice—let's see which flavor suits your current state of mind better. ]
Siobhan gave the choice to Stelle.
[ Sweet, I guess. ]
Stelle still prefers a sweet taste.
[ Drowning Sweetness—one of the most difficult drinks to mix. ]
[ As long as the ratio of raw materials is slightly unbalanced, the taste will become excessively thick and fishy. ]
[ Conversely, if the ratio is appropriate… then you can get a unique, sweet drink with a long aftertaste. ]
[ Good choice, let's start mixing. ]
Siobhan smiled and began to mix the drink.
A moment later, an orange-bright drink appeared in front of Stelle.
[ Words are always pale. If you want to conclude a past, there is no better way than mixing a drink in this bar. ]
[ Pour all the memories and feelings together, stir evenly, and through the filter of time, what remains in the cup is what is worth reminiscing about. ]
[ Okay, that's it… ]
[ To the Nameless who sleep underground, and to my friend, Gallagher. ]
[ The free spirit will spread far and wide among the stars, and its lingering charm will be more timeless than a pastoral song. ]
[ We are not accepted by the outside world, that is why we gather here. ]
[ And one day, we will return to the same place. ]
[ —Cheers. ] 』
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