"Old man, I've brought someone to see you."
Gallagher's words fell like a drop of water sinking into the sea, without stirring the slightest ripple.
Beneath the surface of the Memetic Sea, in the garden closest to the underwater full moon, an old man reclined on the recliner, silent and soundless.
Ah… the old man had already stepped into an endless long dream. No sound could ever wake him from his deep slumber again.
"Let me introduce you one last time, Miss Robin. In theory, I shouldn't have brought you here."
The [Watchmaker]'s legacy — the dream bubble in Mikhail's hands — was actually meant to be left to the Nameless. From a faction standpoint, Robin belonged to the 'Family.' Gallagher should not have brought her here.
However, his somewhat damnable intuition told him that the girl before him was by no means of the same ilk as the hypocrites of the 'Family.' Bringing her here to meet Mikhail, who had already passed away, might very well be an extremely correct choice.
Arriving in front of the recliner and gazing at the old man whose hair had already turned completely white and whose beard had long been dyed a pale color, Gallagher's eyes were filled with emotion and reminiscence.
"The person before you is the renowned [Watchmaker], who was also Penacony's first and last Nameless — [Lagwork Char Mikhail]."
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Penacony… Dreamscape Hotel…
'Buzz—!'
In Yun Fan's room, a dim spatial rift suddenly appeared out of nowhere, stirring ripples in the surrounding space.
As the spatial fluctuations gradually intensified, the rift continued to expand. Finally, after the spatial rift had expanded to a certain extent, a fair, jade-like leg suddenly stepped out from it, followed by the body, arms, and neck…
"Ha~llo~!"
A beautiful black-haired girl holding twin tails indeed bounced out from the spatial rift. After the girl fully emerged, the huge rift slowly faded into the air as if sewn shut with needle and thread.
"Mm, welcome back, my Lady Sparkle."
Watching the girl jump out from the spatial rift, a sincere smile appeared on Yun Fan's face. The young man then put down the book in his hand, stood up from the sofa, and walked straight toward Sparkle before him.
"Yeah, I'm back. Jarilo-VI is really interesting. Besides that old Sangbo guy, I didn't expect to run into two of the Strategic Investment Department's 'Ten Stonehearts.' It was truly worth the… Eh eh eh??!!!"
Recalling her experiences on Jarilo-VI, a happy-looking smile surfaced on our Miss Sparkle's face. Just as the young lady was cheerfully sharing her encounters on Jarilo with Yun Fan, the next moment she let out a sharp cry.
Immediately afterward, this Miss Sparkle — who had always been known for her thousand faces and seemed unaffected by anything — suddenly retreated backward like a startled little rabbit.
"You… you guy, what do you want to do?!"
The young lady clutched her chest, gnashing her teeth with a face full of shame and anger as she spoke to Yun Fan before her.
This guy… this guy… where was he trying to reach his hand just now?!
"Hm?"
Taking in Sparkle's expression completely, our Mr. Yun Fan showed a puzzled look. He scratched his head strangely with an innocent face and asked, "What's wrong? Did something happen just now?"
"You… I…"
Faced with the young lady's rogue-like demeanor, Sparkle — who was tightly clutching her chest — could be said to be "a mute eating bitter herbs, unable to express her suffering."
Indeed, Yun Fan's hand had not actually touched her just now, but judging from his movements, he definitely wanted to reach out and undo her clothes, right? Bastard! In broad daylight, does this guy still want to rob an innocent woman?
"Your hand, what were you trying to do just now?"
"Oh, you're talking about this."
Listening to the young lady's gritted-teeth words, our Mr. Yun Fan suddenly had a "sudden realization," then scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly.
"It's actually nothing much. Little Sparkle, when you were on Jarilo-VI, didn't I promise you a reward? Now that you're back, the reward I promised naturally has to be fulfilled."
Upon hearing Yun Fan's words, Sparkle's eyes widened slightly. She looked incredulously at the seemingly "shy" young man before her, as if lamenting that she had never seen such a shameless person!
Old iron, why don't you think about what reward you promised me back then? Rewarding me by giving birth to a little Sparkle? No matter how you think about it, that's a reward for you, right? Are you sure this is a reward for me?
"Hm? What's wrong? Could it be that our Miss Sparkle is dissatisfied with that reward?"
"Actually, if you don't want to give birth to a little Sparkle, giving birth to a boy isn't ba—"
"Stop stop stop!"
Listening to Yun Fan's words becoming increasingly outrageous, our Miss Sparkle hurriedly interrupted what he was about to say next. Was this a question of giving birth to a boy or a girl? That wasn't the point at all!
Wuuu… How did I fall for this guy that day? How exactly did I fall for this guy that day?!
Asking herself repeatedly in her heart, Sparkle's cheeks gradually flushed with a red hue. She had to admit that on that day… Sparkle had indeed developed a tiny bit of goodwill toward Yun Fan, and thus inexplicably agreed to the "reward" the young man proposed.
But now that she thought about it… which nerve of mine was twitching that day for me to fall for this guy?!