Chapter 179
[Siblings' Conversation]
[During their search for the Dreammaster, the two siblings encountered many dream-chasers lost in beautiful dreams. These chaotic scenes made Robin unable to help but ask:
"This... can this really be considered living?"
"We're in the land of dreams, so why are people living like this?"
"No matter how sweet a beautiful dream may be, it's still an intangible illusion that can't be touched.
Yet they treat it as the only choice for survival, even abandoning their real future for it... This can't be called [life] at all."
Sunday said: "Is that so... But in my view, this is actually how ordinary people should live."
"You just said that gentleman sustaining himself through beautiful dreams doesn't count as [living], but that's not true. Even without Penacony, people would still live in their own illusions - the illusion called self-worth."
"However, value isn't created out of thin air by people, and its total has an upper limit. To achieve so-called value, people must seize it from others' hands. This way, the weak get exploited and oppressed..."
"The weak survive, the strong prey on the weak... all tragedies in this world originate from this. The reason Penacony is called the land of beautiful dreams is precisely because it provides a resting place for anyone who wants to escape from this..."
Sunday said full of hope: "There are no tragedies here, only happiness - though still in its infancy, isn't this exactly what our paradise should look like?"]
[Mei]: "From here, the difference in ideals between Sunday and Robin has already become apparent."
[Qingque]: "So Sunday believes there's no problem with current Penacony, and that indulging in dreams isn't a bad thing, right?"
[Elysia]: "But beautiful dreams are only suitable for rest, not for losing oneself in. We need to create new possibilities in reality~♪"
[Honkai Star Rail·Welt]: "Hmm, being addicted to dreams is equivalent to turning civilization into specimens. Reality has stagnated for them."
[Honkai Star Rail·Welt]: "I think, based on my past experiences, I seem to understand what Sunday and the others are trying to do."
[Kiana]: "Teacher Yang, what is it?"
[Honkai Star Rail·Welt]: "Sunday and the Dreammaster probably want everyone to live in dreams. Of course, this is just my speculation based on past experiences."
[Stelle]: "Uncle Yang, what exactly did you experience in the past to have such speculation!?"
[After this, Robin and Sunday went to more places to inquire with more guests. They had all voluntarily lost themselves in dreams because reality didn't meet their expectations. "Beautiful dreams ultimately have limitations.
They're just a harbor for the disappointed to take shelter, unable to eradicate suffering from reality's source."
"There will always be a way—Penacony is already on the right path."
Robin continued forward. "Look—who is this lovely young lady?"
"Eh? That's... me?"
Another Robin approached from ahead, smiling as she said: "Brother, what a coincidence, we meet again."
"Show your true form. Your tricks are useless against us."
Facing Sparkle, Sunday didn't have the gentleness he showed his sister. "I heard there was a Masked Fool skilled in deception who received an invitation... seems it's you. Having fun?"
Sparkle also returned to her original form: "Just barely. The people here are too easy to fool—they bite with just a little bait, but retreat quickly when there's danger. Simply put, they're stupid, rich, and afraid of death!"]
[Stelle]: "Sunday: There cannot be two suns in the sky, there is only one sister in my heart!"
[Guinaifen]: "Earlier Sunday was speaking gently with his sister, but instantly changed face when meeting Sparkle. That expression change speed—zero frames startup!"
[Durandal]: "After all, one is his biological sister, the other is a Masked Fool impersonating his sister."
[March 7th]: "This sounds like... if you really had a sister, Durandal, you'd definitely be a siscon no less than Sunday."
[Eden]: "Beautiful dreams are ultimately just illusions, only suitable as temporary shelters. They offer no benefit to reality."
[Sparkle]:'Hehe, this is your Penacony. Under your family's operation, it's become this pathetic state. How ugly.'
[Sparkle came here just to give Robin another warning, successfully breaking a certain chicken-wing boy's defense, then quickly exited. "In the distance, there's the cry of a raven... seems the Dreammaster will arrive soon."
While waiting for the Dreammaster's arrival, Robin and Sunday began heart-to-heart talk.
As his sister, Robin keenly noticed her brother's recent changes. ...... "If there are fledglings in this world who can never fly their entire lives, how can we claim the sky is their destination?"
"You mean to say... humans are the same?"
"Think about the Astral Express—it's a perfect example. The Nameless have made tremendous efforts to connect various worlds, renowned throughout the universe... Yet, those who can persist in such arduous journeys are few and far between, and certainly not ordinary people."
"Because the cause of [Trailblazing] is absolutely not something ordinary people can bear. Otherwise, how could this Path have once ended with silver rails severed, trains abandoned, and an Aeon fallen?"]
[Bronya Rand]: "Robin has also noticed the change in Sunday's philosophy."
[Bronya Zaychik]: "Is Sunday deciding to lock all birds in cages because he saw many fallen birds?"
[March 7th]: "Isn't this just forcibly depriving others of their right to choose?"
[Honkai Star Rail·Himeko]: "Sunday, I cannot agree with your understanding of [Trailblazing]. It's not that the Nameless are 'strong,' but that ordinary people continuously transform through 'Trailblazing.'"
[Stelle]: "Exactly, plus it's not some arduous journey—we just get frequently wanted."
["If people don't live for something, do they just live for the sake of living? If brother believes even [Harmony] cannot save the weak from their plight, then which Aeon can achieve our ideal?"
Sunday didn't answer, instead looking up at the brilliant sky: "People always forget that when the first bird flew into the sky, what the entire world expected of it then..."
"From then on, no more fledglings would fall to earth."
Sunday once again fell into memories of the past.]
[Qingque]: "If a person just lives for the sake of living, how pitiful their life would be. Although I like slacking off, I still prefer reality more."
[Stelle]: "But... why do both of you siblings like using birds as metaphors when you talk?"
[Sparkle]:"Who told that chicken-wing boy to actually have wings like a little bird~"