『 At the Dreamflux Reef, in front of the tombstones, Acheron stood there alone.
Facing three tombstones.
[ When I arrived, I happened to see a child holding it. ]
[ He said this flower was prepared by Aunt Jessie, for the Watchmaker, and the comrade-in-arms he missed for a lifetime. ]
[ Mikhail would place two bunches of flowers here year after year. And, after he left, it became three. ]
[ Your wish has always been remembered by someone. ]
[ Now, Penacony has also welcomed the dawn after a long night, just as you hoped. ]
[ The road ahead may not be smooth sailing, but people are ready to take steps toward freedom. ]
[ Tieran, you can go home now. ]
[ And the future Nameless are also ready to set off for their next stop. ] 』
『 ....』
—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
Furina de Fontaine: "No wonder Miss Acheron wasn't seen just now."
Furina de Fontaine: "So she was mourning the three heroes at the Dreamflux Reef."
Hu Tao: "Speaking of which, did Miss Acheron actually not receive Miss Hanabi's message?"
Qingque: "It's probably because Miss Acheron's contact details are hard to find, right?"
Paimon: "Speaking of this, I just noticed a detail."
Paimon: "It was clearly said to be a tense and exciting bomb-hunting segment, but in the end, except for Miss Stelle and Miss Hotaru, everyone was just doing their own thing?"
Li Sushang: "Yeah, I even saw Mr. Boothill playing billiards and looking like he wanted to pull out his gun!"
Li Sushang: "Is he a sore loser?"
Boothill: "What a joke!"
Boothill: "Me, a muddle-fudging sore loser?!"
Boothill: "YOU MUST HAVE SEEN WRONG!!"
Lumine: "It's obvious that Miss Hanabi had already finished communicating with everyone at some point."
Lumine: "Only Miss Stelle and Miss Hotaru were kept in the dark."
Stelle: "No wonder you guys found the bombs so fast!"
Stelle: "So you were deliberately acting to fool me?"
Stelle: "Fine, good acting!"
Stelle: "I'm very satisfied!"
March 7th: "This dream-like date scene is really enviable!"
March 7th: "Next time, I want to join in too!"
Stelle: "Join, anyone can join, they're all my wings anyway!"
Mualani: "Now I understand why Miss Silver Wolf didn't seem very worried before."
Mualani: "So she had planned all of this in advance!"
Silver Wolf: "Of course, I've broken my heart worrying for this family!"
Hotaru: "Pfft, thank you, Silver Wolf!"
Silver Wolf: "Don't thank me, it was mainly Hanabi's doing."
Hanabi: "No, no, no, although most of it was my doing, I have to say, your script also provided a lot of help."
March 7th: "Now that the mystery of Hanabi knowing everything is solved, she read the script beforehand."
Paimon: "Suddenly, I have an epiphany, making everyone happy, does that count as a form of Elation?"
Lumine: "Uh… it probably counts?"
Lumine: "In this way, Miss Hanabi is also a good Masked Fool with a bottom line!"
Hanabi: "Oh my~ I'm actually sitting at the same table as Sampo?"
Hanabi: "This is truly saddening."
Sampo Koski: "Sister, what do you mean by that?"
Sampo Koski: "Looking down on me, are you?"
Stelle: "Director Hanabi looking down on you is your honor!"
Stelle: "Because compared to Director Hanabi, you aren't joyful at all!"
Stelle: "Oh, except for that punchable Sampo in the trashcan world."
March 7th: "You still can't forget your abstract trashcan world."
Stelle: "Seriously, are we really leaving this time?"
Stelle: "Before leaving, shouldn't we pay our respects to the three Nameless predecessors?"
Himeko: "I think we will."
Himeko: "I just don't know if it will be broadcast."
Acheron: "Hmm, Tieran is finally able to return to his long-cherished homeland."
Acheron: "That's wonderful."
Acheron: "May he rest in peace completely."
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『 [ But before leaving, we still have one last thing to do. ]
After Acheron finished speaking, Himeko's voice suddenly came from behind her.
She turned her head and found that the members of the Astral Express had all arrived.
[ We are here to bid farewell to the old Nameless. ]
Stelle said to Acheron.
[ Drawing a perfect period to the story of the deceased is the best consolation. ]
[ Go ahead, they are all here. ]
Acheron nodded, then silently stepped aside.
And the Express crew stepped forward a few paces, arriving in front of the three tombstones.
[ To be honest, when I first heard the Conductor's request, I was quite surprised. ]
[ The Nameless, Those who Trailblaze, doing good deeds but never seeking recognition. After all this time, how would we even find those three people in such a vast place like Penacony? ]
[ But looking at it now… in the land of dreams, everything is indeed possible. ]
March 7th looked at the three tombstones, her tone filled with emotion. 』
『 ....』
—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
March 7th: "We were just talking about mourning the three predecessors, and to think we showed up right after."
March 7th: "It seems like we are really leaving…"
March 7th: "For some reason, I feel a bit melancholy and reluctant."
Stelle: "Probably because the impression left here is too deep."
Stelle: "The land of dreams…"
Stelle: "Originally, I thought this title was just an illusory, beautiful name."
Stelle: "But after seeing all the experiences in Penacony, I have a new perspective on this title."
Stelle: "To some extent, although Penacony is not perfect, it indeed contains countless dreams and miracles."
Furina de Fontaine: "Yes, just like what Miss Hotaru said before."
Furina de Fontaine: "In this land of dreams, everything is permitted, and everything is possible."
Furina de Fontaine: "We came here with our own purposes, and realized them in unexpected ways."
Furina de Fontaine: "Ah, what a romantic world."
Hu Tao: "As the planet of festivities that carries the hopes and dreams of countless people, being romantic is very normal!"
Hu Tao: "Seriously, I really, really want to go to Penacony and see it for myself."
Paimon: "Miss March 7th in the video mentioned the things from the very beginning again."
Paimon: "To be fair, Paimon also thought at the time that the task the Conductor entrusted to us was like looking for a needle in a haystack, absolutely impossible to complete."
Paimon: "But who would have thought that those three Nameless predecessors were all legendary heroes in Penacony!"
Paimon: "Their deeds, even after the wash of time, are still firmly remembered by many people."
Paimon: "This is really unexpected for Paimon."
Zhongli: "Although the Nameless are a group that does good deeds without leaving their names, the deeds of heroes will not remain nameless!"
Zhongli: "They will surely be recorded along with history and passed down forever for future generations to remember."
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『 [ History may not leave the names of the deceased, but the stars will witness their footsteps. ]
[ The first beam of light that arrives in the long night often cannot illuminate anything, because it is fleeting, and the night is too long. ]
[ But people will remember because of it: if something is always to light up in the night sky, then after the first star falls… There will be countless meteors crossing the sky. ]
When Dan Heng said this, the Express crew raised their glasses in unison.
[ Breukelen Tiernan, Razalina Jane Estella, we raise a toast to you, Trailblazers of the silver rail— ]
[ A toast to history that no longer remains silent, the passionate and courageous pursuit, and a voyage that traverses the stars. ] 』
『 ....』
—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
Stelle: "Predecessors, have a safe journey!"
Stelle: "You will always be role models for the Nameless!"
March 7th: "That's right, we, the new generation of Nameless, will definitely learn from the pioneering spirit of our predecessors!"
March 7th: "Ahem, seeing this, my mind accidentally wandered just now."
March 7th: "Do you think we will also become five tombstones in the future, placed in some quiet place, to be mourned and admired by future Nameless?"
Stelle: "Too optimistic!"
Stelle: "What makes you think we'll even have tombstones left?"
Stelle: "Maybe our bodies will be completely obliterated without a trace?"
March 7th: "???"
Silver Wolf: "You crack me up, Stelle, you really know how to talk."
Hotaru: "Uh… let's not say things like that."
Hotaru: "It's really too unlucky."
Stelle: "Ha, just a joke."
Stelle: "With all due respect, we will definitely be old monsters in the future, only becoming living legends for the world to admire."
Stelle: "How could we become a few graves?"
March 7th: "Now that sounds more like it."
March 7th: "But what on earth is an 'old monster'?"
March 7th: "No matter how old I get, I will always be a beautiful girl!"
March 7th: "Definitely not an old monster!"
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『 After bidding farewell to the old Nameless, everyone began to look at a statue of a hound placed on the railing next to the tombstones.
That was the last legacy left by Gallagher.
[ This statue… shouldn't have been here last time. ]
March 7th looked at the statue, a bit puzzled.
[ It seems this is the last riddle Mr. Gallagher left for us. ]
[ In the end, we still do not know his true identity, and cannot even tell if he was a living person. ] 』
『 ....』
—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
March 7th: "Ah! Truly unexpected!"
March 7th: "Mr. Gallagher actually left a trace for us!"
Stelle: "A hound statue watching over the tombstones?"
Stelle: "He really stayed true to his original aspiration."
Furina de Fontaine: "So was Mr. Gallagher actually a real person?"
Furina de Fontaine: "Or, can a fictional person be called a real person?"
Gallagher: "Hahaha, is that very important?"
Gallagher: "Reality is sometimes just an appearance."
Gallagher: "Thinking about this question will make things quite boring instead."
Stelle: "In my eyes, Gallagher is real."
Stelle: "Because his feelings were real, his concern for Penacony was real, and his attachment to old friends like Mikhail was real."
Stelle: "These kinds of sincere feelings can never be faked!"
Lumine: "True emotions built the real, unwavering soul of Mr. Gallagher."
Lumine: "So there is no doubt, he is a living person!"
Furina de Fontaine: "Hehe, now that you say that, I understand."
Furina de Fontaine: "No matter what Mr. Gallagher's true identity is, in our eyes, he will always be Gallagher!"
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『 [ What should I say... I mean, this guy is definitely a history fictionologist all right. I'm suddenly reminded of the time at the theme park when he said he was only thirteen years old. Could that have meant something, too? ]
[ Either way, he's an 'enigmatic' character for sure.]
[ At least our time together in Penacony was real, and his loyalty and love for this land… ]
[ Must also be real, right? ]
[ Gallagher, we raise a toast to you, the slumbering Hound... ]
[ ...To the festival's invitation, to all lies, and the singular truth... ]
[ ...If we ever meet again, please don't talk in riddles. ] 』
『 ....』
—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
Gallagher: "Hahahaha, didn't expect that this farewell mourning would include me too."
Gallagher: "Alright, I've received Miss March 7th's opinion."
Gallagher: "Next time I speak, I'll definitely satisfy you."
Stelle: "Don't, that wouldn't have any character!"
Stelle: "I actually love hearing hard-to-understand things more now!"
Stelle: "Tsk tsk, maybe I should learn how to speak in riddles."
Stelle: "Sometimes, this is really cool!"
March 7th: "Cool?"
March 7th: "Don't you know that such behavior only makes people want to beat you up?"
Stelle: "Beat me? Physically?"
Stelle: "Good!"
Stelle: "That's exactly the effect I want!"
Stelle: "Then I can fiercely pull out my baseball bat and beat him!"
Paimon: "So, can we see Mr. Gallagher again?"
Paimon: "Will there be miracles in the future?"
Lumine: "Probably no miracles in the video."
Lumine: "But now, haven't miracles already happened?"
Lumine: "Look at Mr. Gallagher, he can still watch the live stream well."
Gallagher: "I even watched the future direction of Penacony throughout."
Gallagher: "This is something my old dog self never dreamed of."
Gallagher: "I have to say, miracles are really magical."
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『 After saying goodbye to the old Nameless and Gallagher, everyone walked down the stairs and came to the gravedigger Micah.
[ Are the members of the Astral Express preparing to leave Penacony? ]
Micah looked at the neatly arranged train crew and asked with a smile.
[ Sorry, Mr. Micah, we only came to say goodbye to you now. ]
Welt said apologetically.
[ Oh, that's alright. You've all done so much for the Watchmaker, and we are forever indebted. Allow me, as the representative of Dreamflux Reef, to make another toast to all the Nameless. ]
Micah waved his hand.
[ What will the people of Dreamflux Reef do now? ]
Welt asked.
[ Most likely to stay here. ]
[ People who are used to being awake have a hard time adapting to life with their eyes closed in the dark. ]
[ After the Order fades, someone has to watch over this Primal Memory Zone. ]
[ Penacony's night is long, and it is far from the time for everyone to sleep peacefully. ]
[ As for the dream over there… ]
[ Even without it, haven't we lived until now? ] 』
『 ....』
—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
Hu Tao: "Thought that after the Order was expelled, the people of Dreamflux Reef would choose to return to the dream, after all, the living environment there is better."
Hu Tao: "But now it seems, as people who remain awake in the dream, they have long found their own way of life."
Hu Tao: "Must say, this is also a kind of ordinary greatness."
Furina de Fontaine: "Everyone in Dreamflux Reef is great!"
Furina de Fontaine: "However, speaking of the Order being expelled…"
Furina de Fontaine: "I think the most important thing for Penacony to pay attention to now is strengthening security measures, right?"
Furina de Fontaine: "Otherwise, without the protection of the Order, people could really die!"
Paimon: "Uh… although I know the dream shrouded in Order is not good, it's still a pity that this immortality characteristic is missing in the dream."
Paimon: "Is there any way to use the power of Harmony to let the dream continue to have this characteristic?"
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