"Yah! What are you doing?! Suddenly pinching my face…"
Firefly slapped away the large hand that was messing with her face with a look of disdain. She pouted her cute little mouth in dissatisfaction, her cheeks puffing up slightly.
She looked just like a little girlfriend sulking at her boyfriend, showing no trace of the dignity of a Stellaron Hunter.
"Isn't that because Firefly is just too cute?"
Towards the girl's coquettish complaint, Mr. Yun Fan simply smiled gently, then lovingly ruffled her beige-colored hair.
"Uuu…"
Feeling the touch and warmth from above her head, the girl's cheeks flushed slightly. She did not speak or resist any further, simply enduring it silently while savoring the feeling.
"Hmm, although this might be a bit impolite, if you're also interested in Robin's dream, then I'll take you to observe it together."
Saying this, Yun Fan extended his hand toward Firefly. Seeing this, the latter did not hesitate at all and directly placed her jade-like hand into Yun Fan's broad palm.
"Close your eyes, carefully sense my energy frequency, take deep breaths, attune your own power, and try to keep the same pulse as mine. Then you will feel your consciousness gradually drifting away…"
Yun Fan's words seemed to carry some kind of magic as they echoed in Firefly's ears, filling her mind.
In a daze, the girl felt the voice growing more distant, and her consciousness began to gradually sink until…
'Snap—!'
A crisp snap of fingers sounded beside the girl's ear. Firefly's originally somewhat drowsy mind instantly cleared, and her consciousness returned to full awareness.
"Eh? What is this…"
The awakened Firefly rubbed her eyes vigorously. After she clearly saw the scene before her, her mouth could not help but open slightly.
"Where… where is this?"
Looking around, what greeted the girl's eyes were simple and plain streets. Compared to Penacony's extravagance and luxury, these plain streets were filled with a harmonious and peaceful charm.
Firefly looked around in surprise. This was a small town she had never seen before. Neat rows of houses lined both sides of the streets, with colorful flowers hanging at the doorways.
People were smiling, greeting each other, as if living in a tranquil and harmonious world.
"Are you feeling a bit surprised?"
Just as Firefly was continuously observing the environment before her, Yun Fan's voice suddenly appeared from somewhere. In the next moment, the handsome black-haired young man appeared openly in front of the girl.
"Hmm… I am indeed a bit surprised."
Firefly nodded slightly, her gaze curiously lingering over this peaceful little town.
This was a scenery she had never seen in her hometown, a scenery she had never seen in the already-destroyed Glamoth Empire.
Yun Fan smiled and explained: "This is Robin's dream world. I didn't expect her dream to be such a place."
He still remembered that in the original world line, Robin's dream should have been related to that little Harmony Dove.
He still remembered that in that dream, Brother Sunday had said he was willing to take care of the little Harmony Dove together with Robin until the day it could return to the sky once more.
He still remembered when Robin asked why, Sunday said:
'Birds grow wings because they want to fly. Even if one day it will fall to the ground, that is the bird's choice, and also nature's choice. We should not imprison it in a cage.'
'Since birds are born to belong to the sky, we should let it return there.'
These words, which seemed to have no problem, allowed Robin to clearly realize that this was a dream—a sweet dream.
Robin: 'My brother would never say something like that! The person saying this definitely isn't my brother!'
"Ah Fan, this is Sister Robin's dream, right? But where is Sister Robin?"
"I don't know that either."
Yun Fan shook his head, his gaze sweeping across the buildings before him. This was Robin's dream world, and Yun Fan, who was afraid his power might harm Robin, had not used too much of the authority of [Causality].
Therefore, he also needed to search for Robin's location.
"Since we're already here, why don't we treat it as a trip?"
Yun Fan gentlemanly extended his hand toward Firefly. In response, the latter smiled sweetly and placed her hand in his.
The two smiled at each other, then began wandering through the small town.
As they walked, they arrived in front of a coffee shop. The rich aroma of coffee filled the air. Firefly's heart trembled as if sensing something, and she unconsciously walked inside.
Seeing this, Yun Fan raised his eyebrows slightly, thought for a moment, and followed her in.
"Hello, welcome!"
In front of the coffee shop counter, a bespectacled girl smiled and greeted Firefly, then waved at the boy who was diligently wiping tables nearby.
"Stop wiping the tables for now, we have guests. Go attend to them!"
"Ah? Wait a moment, I'll be right there!"
After hearing the bespectacled girl's words, the boy who was cleaning the tables looked up.
After flashing a relaxed smile, the boy quickly finished tidying the table in front of him and trotted over to Firefly.
"Guest, please take a seat over here."
The boy bowed slightly, lowered his head, and made a polite gesture toward Firefly.
"Hmm?"
After a few seconds, Firefly's body still stood there motionless. The boy, who had not received any response from Firefly, looked at the girl in front of him with some confusion and asked.
"Guest, what's wrong?"
Listening to that familiar voice and looking at the boy and girl before her who shared the same hair color as herself, Firefly's eyes widened slightly. Two streams of tears slowly slid down her cheeks and dripped onto the ground.
"I didn't expect… I didn't expect I could see you again…"
Gently covering her lips, Firefly's eyes were filled with complex emotions and surprise. The two people before her were her former companions.
The companions who had fallen in the battle against [Propagation], who had fallen on the Glamoth Skyfront.
It had been a very long time since the fall of the Glamoth Empire and the destruction of the Skyfront, yet some things were truly worth remembering for a lifetime.
Memories engraved into the bones that had never faded even with the passage of time.
"It's really wonderful to see you again…"