Paimon thought for a moment. "Yes, that's true. Besides, the Sages probably never expected unstable factors like us and Nahida to be involved."
"Who do you think is more likely to be the dream's subject?"
Lumine first thought of Farris the Knight of Flowers, because he was very peculiar.
At the candy stall, Paimon got straight to the point. "Will you do an experiment with me?"
Farris scratched his head. "An experiment? That's a bit out of the blue. But go ahead—what should I do?"
Lumine said, "Do you have any wishes? Imagine your wish coming true before your eyes."
Farris said seriously, "I hope... well, this is a bit embarrassing to say, but I hope Miss Dunyarzad can be happy."
[Yae Miko: Interesting. I didn't expect such a twist.]
[Lumine: There's a ship to sail here.]
[Navia: Hehe, shipping is my favorite thing!]
"I just saw her looking a bit down, not really talking to anyone."
"But actually, she wasn't like that before. She was gentle, understanding, and well-liked by the children."
"I even wondered if she asked me to play the Knight of Flowers because she saw something special in me."
Paimon's eyes widened. "So you like Dunyarzad..."
Farris waved his hands frantically. "Ah, hahaha, is it that obvious? I guess what I just said made it pretty clear."
"Back then, she said she wanted people to smile through the Sabzeruz Festival, and she put the Knight of Flowers hat on me."
"But she didn't know that I didn't care that much about everyone else's mood. In that moment, I only wanted to be her Knight of Flowers for the rest of my life—fifty years, a hundred years, anything."
[Navia: Hahaha, that's so cheesy.]
[Paimon: Navia, has anyone ever said something like that to you?]
[Navia: Not really. But I heard similar things a lot when I was little. My father used to say them to my mother all the time. Thinking back now, it's quite nostalgic.]
[Nahida: Humans say cheesy things to the people they like, right?]
[Ningguang: Some womanizers say cheesy things even when they don't like the other person.]
[Nahida: Humans really are complicated creatures.]
[Yae Miko: Humans are indeed very interesting. Sometimes, they want something badly but put on a face of refusal. Other times, they hate something but can still smile warmly at you.]
[Nahida: So humans are creatures skilled at disguise. They hide their true thoughts—like Furina, for example.]
[Paimon: Not everyone is like that, though. Navia never hides what she's thinking.]
[Lumine: Humans are hard to summarize because everyone is different.]
[Nahida: Yes. I still have a long way to learn.]
Farris laughed awkwardly. "Haha, that's so embarrassing. I ended up saying something so cheesy."
"Alright, alright. My wish is for Miss Dunyarzad to appear before me with a smile. Let me start wishing."
Farris closed his eyes. When he opened them again, what appeared before him was a little girl with her hands behind her back and her eyes closed.
"This... this is little Patchi! Arda candy is one per person. Run along home now."
Farris then looked at Paimon. "Your little trick doesn't work at all, does it? Forget it. She doesn't need to come to me. As long as she's happy, that's enough."
Lumine and Paimon left, very disappointed.
"It seems he's not the dream's subject. As expected, it's not that easy to find."