Chapter 317: The inheritance of the Nameless: Unlocking a grander significance!
At this moment, although Misha was still Misha, his tone and demeanor were vastly different from before.
Facing March 7th's shock.
He said calmly, "That is indeed the answer, Miss March 7th. This Dream Bubble is the cradle of my birth. I… am a dreamer, no different from a Meme of the Memory Zone."
"I was supposed to stay in the Dream Bubble and wait for everyone's arrival, but reality and memory overlapped, causing me to unconsciously push open the door and leave this place with Clockie."
March 7th's eyes widened. "So the Dream Bubble left behind by the Watchmaker was empty not because there was nothing in it, but because… its contents left on their own?"
"And the train whistle you heard was the sound of the Express arriving in Penacony?"
Himeko: "That is indeed one interpretation. But there should be a much longer story behind it. I think the whole story, and all the confusing points, should be explained by him in person…"
"Why don't we start with your name? Now, how should we address you? Misha, or…"
Misha nodded and smiled. "Thank you all for helping me find this long journey. Allow me to introduce myself again."
"I was born on Planet Rusalka in the Przemysl System, the adopted son of the voyager Mr. Mikhail and Mrs. Char. The two elders gave me a treasure, a name carrying their hopeful wishes—"
"Lagwork Char Mikhail, or more simply… Misha [ Mikhail-Char ]."
"If you prefer, there is no harm in calling me by the name people know better—the Watchmaker."
At this moment.
In the bottom right corner of the live stream, Little Gui had fallen into a daze.
Pausing the screen on this line.
It was as if her CPU had fried.
And the players in the live stream chat were in a similar state!
…
"!!!"
"??"
"Ah?"
"No way, bro! Just now I was wondering if Misha counted as Mikhail's successor… and now you straight up tell me Misha is the man himself?!"
"Holy crap! The hotel bellboy carrying luggage for guests is actually the Watchmaker himself?!"
"This…"
"Absurd!"
"Oh my god! I actually pulled the Watchmaker!"
"Misha, what is wrong with you? Why didn't you tell me such an important thing earlier?"
"Doesn't this warrant a five-star form?"
"Sure enough, the first character you meet on a journey is never simple! The first one we met on Jarilo-VI was Sampo, suspected to be an Emanator of Elation; the first on the Xianzhou was Tingyun, who turned out to be Phantylia of the Destruction; and now the first character we met in Penacony is the Watchmaker!"
"I get it. Next time we go to a new planet, we just grab the first person we meet, force them to spill the whole truth, and speedrun the whole thing!"
…
Below the TV screen.
Misha was completely stunned!
Beside him, Clockie's mouth fell wide open as well.
"So that's how it is…"
Misha felt a bit dazed.
Seeing his own story from a third-person perspective.
He didn't feel the sense of "enlightenment" shown in the game.
Instead, he felt a bit lost, a bit bewildered.
Like an innocent child suddenly burdened with some heavy mission!
He couldn't quite accept it all at once!
He could only keep watching the story.
To see what choice the "him" in the story would make next.
…
On the Astral Express.
Seeing this truth.
The shock on March 7th's face was not much different from her in-game counterpart.
She lamented, "Are all the four-star characters in Penacony this powerful?"
"Before playing through these stories, I thought they were just minor characters…"
"Who knew every single one of them would be so crucial?!"
Himeko looked at this scene.
A look of reminiscence appeared in her eyes.
She murmured to herself, "Misha must have come out of the Dream Bubble a long time ago, not at the same time the Astral Express arrived in Penacony…"
Welt, hearing Himeko's murmur from beside her, spoke up.
"I suspect the train whistle Misha and Clockie heard was the very first whistle after you repaired the Express, Himeko."
Himeko was instantly enlightened.
"If that's the case, everything makes sense."
"Even though the crash site of the Express was countless light-years away from Penacony, the sound of the Express setting sail once more crossed time and space, striking a chord in the former Nameless far on the other side of the universe."
"Perhaps, this is the romance of the Nameless."
…
"So, you are the Watchmaker himself?!"
Misha lowered his gaze.
A look of regret appeared on his face.
But perhaps he should no longer be called Misha at this moment.
Because the name displayed beneath the character had already changed to "Watchmaker"…
He explained, "Regrettably, that dream giant everyone looked up to is long gone. I am merely a silhouette of his life."
"And this child who has accompanied you all this way is the innocent protagonist of his childhood dreams—the best friend of Clockie, a young apprentice, a future Express mechanic…"
"And also, the starting point of his life of Trailblaze."
At this point.
Misha's youthful voice was layered with an elderly voice.
The youthful voice sounded like it was telling a story, while the elderly voice sounded like a sigh of lamentation.
"At the end of my life's journey, I left this precious spark of self-regard in the deepest dream, hoping to pass it to the Nameless of future generations."
"But somehow, he sneaked out of the Dream Bubble on his own and forgot his mission entirely. Apologies, I have truly made a fool of myself before you all."
Himeko: "I believe little Misha didn't forget his duty as a guide either, which is why he mistook himself for a hotel bellboy and appeared the moment the Trailblazer first entered the dream."
"The one who brought the unconscious Trailblazer here must have been him as well."
…
"Summary: Misha, Mikhail, Misha's grandfather, the Watchmaker, and the Nameless Lagwork are all slices and identities of the same person at different periods."
"Man, who could have guessed this before playing the story?"
"Misha is Mikhail's childhood."
"To be precise, with a bit of Mikhail's personal fantasy mixed in."
"It truly is the starting point of Mikhail's life of Trailblaze."
"A person in a dream actually sneaked out, this is practically like something out of a fairy tale!"
"His subconscious still remembered his duty, which is why he became a hotel bellboy…"
"Sister Himeko's words are so beautiful!"
…
At the Reverie Hotel.
At this moment,
It should have been the preparation phase before all guests entered the Order's Dream.
Everyone should have returned to their rooms or found a comfortable spot to fall into a deep slumber.
However.
Everything happening in the story kept everyone rooted to the spot.
The atmosphere in the venue was undergoing a subtle change!
"Is this the inheritance of the Nameless?"
"I'm starting to understand the true meaning of Trailblaze…"
"I choose to keep trailblazing!"
"To hell with this Order's Dream, I'm not doing it!"
"I remember the meaning of Trailblaze!"
"It's back, it's all back!"
"Sorry, Brother Sunday! The dream is nice, but forgive me for loving freedom all my life!"
"Damn it! You guys weren't singing this tune just a moment ago!"