Nahida said, "Paimon, calm down. She's right here, isn't she? And she clearly doesn't understand what happened."
Paimon cried bitterly. "Yesterday, I kept wanting to go out and find you, but you told me not to leave the city. I spent the whole day feeling torn, anxious, and terrified."
Lumine apologized repeatedly. "Though I don't know what I did, I'm sorry, Paimon."
"I won't really abandon you."
[Yae Miko: Ei, I won't abandon you either.]
[Ei: It seems you're the one who's my familiar.]
[Yae Miko: That may be true, but I'm not as stubborn as a child.]
[Paimon: I'm not a child either.]
[Yae Miko: Aren't you?]
[Paimon: Of course not! I... I'm several hundred years old!]
[Yae Miko: Age has nothing to do with it.]
Paimon nodded vigorously. "Mm, I'll forgive you for now. The most important thing is that you didn't really disappear. I was so afraid that you had suddenly gone to another world."
Then Paimon recounted what she had seen.
"After climbing over the wall, the Traveler reached the outside of the city. I kept my eyes on her the whole time. But her figure vanished in an instant."
As for yesterday, Lumine had absolutely no memory of it. She didn't even know that day had existed.
Nahida said, "Then everything before makes sense too. The two times you tried to leave the city, you also completely lost all memory of those days, and they couldn't be recovered."
Paimon said, "So as long as we leave the city, our memories are completely erased?"
[Yae Miko: Is it that once you leave the land of dreams as Nahida described, you forget everything?]
[Nahida: Yes. That place is relatively more special.]
[Yae Miko: Then I can start writing my novel right now.]
[Furina: Speaking of which, Lumine's experience could be adapted into a film. It would surely be a hit in Fontaine.]
[Navia: Great! I'll definitely buy a ticket to watch it.]
[Lumine: As the protagonist of the story, shouldn't I receive royalties?]
[Charlotte: With how exciting the Sumeru story is, this film is sure to win Fontaine's highest award—the Furina Award.]
[Paimon: The Furina Award!]
[Furina: Though it's a bit awkward, as Fontaine's deity, there's nothing wrong with naming an award after me, right?]
[Lumine: The name of the award is quite fitting.]
Lumine fell into thought as well. "Not only are soldiers forbidding entry and exit through the city gates, but those who do leave also have their memories erased."
"In that case, it seems there must be some secret hidden outside the city walls. But then we'll never be able to find out what's out there either."
Just then, Lumine thought of a solution. "Since memories are erased, could we leave something other than memories behind?"
Paimon said, "But how would that information be sent back?"
Lumine looked at Nahida.
Nahida scratched her head awkwardly. "Don't look at me like that. I'm not used to it. Being stared at like this makes me uncomfortable."
[Paimon: Nahida looks so cute when she's shy!]
[Nahida: Being gazed at by humans like this still feels a bit awkward.]
[Lumine: These are looks of anticipation.]
"Alright, alright. You want a tool to transmit information, right? Give me some time. In the meantime, keep an eye on Dunyarzad for me."
Then Nahida gave Lumine an Akasha Terminal. "I've made a few modifications. The Akasha Terminal already has the function to transmit information. I've made it so it can be directed to any node."
"Don't worry, the information will be saved, and the operation is simple. However, I can't guarantee the user's condition or signal coverage outside the city."
Lumine said, "It's worth a try."