『 [ This story took place on the day I was inaugurated as the Oak Family Head. ]
[ At that time, Mr. Gopher Wood had already become the current Dreammaster. At his request, we held a private conversation. ]
[ To my surprise, the Dreammaster only brought me a letter. ]
[ He asked me to read the contents of the letter, and that letter… was from my younger sister. ]
[ The letter contained nothing more than daily pleasantries, along with various things she had seen and heard while traveling across worlds. ]
[ Just as I was wondering what this letter had to do with our meeting, the Dreammaster spoke up. ]
After Sunday's voice faded, the scene of his conversation with the Dreammaster began to emerge.
[ Dreammaster: Do you know who wrote this letter? ]
[ Sunday: Of course, it is my sister's handwriting. Why would the Dreammaster come to visit me over the trivial daily matters of my sister and me? ]
[ Dreammaster: To help you understand this matter in depth. Do you know where Robin is right now? ]
[ Sunday: Judging by the contents of the letter… it should be Kasbelina-VIII, right? She is touring there… ]
[ Dreammaster: Correct. Did she mention being hit by a stray bullet? ]
[ Sunday: Stray bullet? What… ]
[ Dreammaster: A war has broken out on that planet. It is because of this very reason that Robin chose this destination... To spread the word of the Harmony and to save the lives of that planet, she personally made for the frontlines. ]
[ Dreammaster: She hoped to ease the people's suffering with song, and was willing to brave mortal danger to deliver the IPC's medical supplies... Unfortunately, stray bullets show no such compassion. ]
[ Sunday: How is she now?! ]
[ Dreammaster: If the surgery was successful, she should be recuperating in a field hospital by now. By the Aeon above, the bullet struck her neck directly... Yet, possibly as a reward for her consistent deeds of Harmony, it didn't hit any vital arteries. Once you've attended to your outstanding tasks, it'd be advisable to write her back as soon as possible. ]
[ Sunday: Those... damned savages! I'll pack my bags right away... My gratitude for bringing this to my attention, Mr. Gopher Wood! ]
The conversation scene ends here.
[ Now, you understand why she always wears such elaborate neck ornaments, don't you? ] 』
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—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
March 7th: "Hit by a stray bullet?!"
March 7th: "Miss Robin actually encountered such a dangerous thing?!"
Stelle: "Damn, a bullet went into her neck!"
Stelle: "If it weren't for good luck, she would've been a goner, right?!"
Furina de Fontaine: "She received this news on the very day she was inaugurated as the Oak Family Head."
Furina de Fontaine: "Mr. Sunday must have been devastated at the time, right?"
Paimon: "Definitely!"
Paimon: "His own sister encountered such a life-or-death crisis; as a brother, he must have been heartbroken."
Hu Tao: "On the first day he became the Family Head, he should have been performing his duties well."
Hu Tao: "But after hearing this, he packed his bags and went to visit his sister without a second thought."
Hu Tao: "Sure enough, in Mr. Sunday's heart, the position of Family Head is nowhere near as important as his sister."
Himeko: "It is a pity that Miss Robin once encountered such a disaster."
Welt Yang: "I must say, Miss Robin's behavior of fearing no danger and rushing to the front lines to help the weak with the strong makes me truly admire her."
Qingque: "Sigh, the person who most embodies the philosophy of The Harmony is actually Miss Robin, who is away from home all year round."
Li Sushang: "Miss Robin is the true embodiment of The Harmony, and even more so of helping the weak with the strong."
Li Sushang: "As for the other members of the Family on Penacony, they just wander around in the dream world."
Stelle: "Pah, so many Family members, and they're not even as good as a weak girl."
Stelle: "In my opinion, the Family should just let Robin be the Dreammaster."
March 7th: "I have no objections!"
March 7th: "Everyone has seen how Miss Robin practices The Harmony through her own actions!"
March 7th: "This is the true spokesperson for The Harmony!"
Paimon: "Praise Miss Robin!!"
Robin: "Uh… everyone is being a bit too exaggerated."
Robin: "As a member of the Family, practicing The Harmony is just what I should be doing."
Dr. Veritas Ratio: "Never forgetting one's original intention and keeping one's duties in mind."
Dr. Veritas Ratio: "For this point alone, you have already surpassed ninety-nine percent of the Family members."
Amber: "I have a suggestion."
Amber: "I understand Miss Robin's feelings, but I think Miss Robin should also consider her own safety more."
Amber: "During wartime, the front lines are mostly in a state of intense combat."
Amber: "Miss Robin being there, with no one to protect her, is really too dangerous!"
Eula Lawrence: "Well said."
Eula Lawrence: "It is also inadvisable to only care about others and not one's own safety."
March 7th: "Miss Robin, if you go to such places in the future, promise everyone you won't go to the front lines again, okay?"
Stelle: "You aren't a soldier, nor do you know any combat skills. Just stay in the rear and save the suffering people."
Stelle: "The rest isn't your job."
Stelle: "Otherwise, if something happens to you, how will you spread the virtues of The Harmony in the future?"
Stelle: "Besides, if you get into trouble, your brother is going to go completely dark and become Lord Ravager!"
Robin: "You… you are right!"
Robin: "Thank you all for your teachings. I understand."
Lumine: "Now that you mention it, this incident that Mr. Sunday encountered seems like the final straw."
Silver Wolf: "If his sister not being in mortal danger already made him like this, if something had actually happened to her, he might have turned into a big villain and started taking revenge everywhere."
Guinaifen: "Thinking about it carefully, it's understandable. After all, they are siblings who rely on each other!"
Stelle: "I think Sunday's temperament needs to be lowered."
Stelle: "Encountering something like this, he held it in for a long time and only managed to curse out 'damn savages'."
Stelle: "It has absolutely no attack power."
Stelle: "And his first reaction was to pack his bags to visit Robin."
Stelle: "If it were me, I would immediately exercise the power of the Family Head, mobilize troops, and wipe out all those who hurt her!"
Silver Wolf: "Hilarious, do you think the Family is your personal kingdom?"
Silver Wolf: "If you dared to do that, do you believe you'd be demoted in a minute?"
Stelle: "Then what's the point of being this Family Head?"
Stelle: "Might as well be a Galaxy Ranger, that's much more satisfying!"
Boothill: "Damn it, who's to say otherwise?"
Boothill: "With this frustrating position, even if you gave it to me, I wouldn't even want it, no matter how much I whined about it!!"
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『 [ How could this happen… Miss Robin… ]
After watching this story on March 7th, she felt her heart was about to break.
[ It is already a thing of the past, you don't need to worry about it. ]
[ I shared this only because I hope you understand the limitations and dilemmas of The Harmony. ]
[ No matter how great the vision of helping the weak with the strong is, most of the time, it is just wishful thinking. ]
[ Similarly, I have prepared a final topic for you all, one last choice. ]
[ But please rest assured, this choice will not lead to any heavy consequences. ]
[ In fact, nothing will happen. ]
[ Because this is just a fantasy, a nightmare that has entangled me for countless nights— ]
[ If you all had the opportunity to choose as I did… ]
[ Would you still support Robin in embarking on the journey of The Harmony? ] 』
『 ....』
—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
Hu Tao: "This… this question is so confusing…"
Stelle: "If Robin were my sister, I wouldn't want her to embark on the path of The Harmony."
Stelle: "Because this could very likely lead to me losing my sister."
Stelle: "This is something I cannot accept."
March 7th: "You are right…"
March 7th: "If it were me… I would have the same thought."
Acheron: "However, what if this is the very result she desires?"
Acheron: "Should we still try to stop her?"
Furina de Fontaine: "…"
Furina de Fontaine: "My god, it's going around and around and has come back to this philosophical question again."
Furina de Fontaine: "I suddenly realized that everything happening on Penacony seems to revolve around the same essential question."
Stelle: "Honestly, there is no so-called answer to this question."
Stelle: "Unless everyone's thoughts are the same, there will always be conflicts caused by incompatible ideologies."
Stelle: "The paths that Robin and Sunday, these two siblings with a deep bond, are taking now are already vastly different."
Stelle: "That alone is enough to prove the problem."
Paimon: "Then… what if… I mean what if, what if there was a world where everyone could realize their own wishes? Would that solve this problem?"
Paimon: "For example, in the new world, Miss Robin could continue to use her power to help the weak with the strong, spread the philosophy of The Harmony, and make the world better and better."
Paimon: "And for another example, in the new world, Mr. Sunday would never have to worry about his sister embarking on the path of The Harmony, let alone worry about her safety…"
Lumine: "Uh… Paimon… this world you're talking about… why does it sound so unreliable?"
Lumine: "Doesn't that just become a world of individual fantasies?"
Paimon: "But… to fulfill everyone's different wishes, that's the only way to do it…"
Paimon: "Otherwise, you like to eat sweet Sweet Flower-stuffed Chicken, and I like to eat salty Sweet Flower-stuffed Chicken."
Paimon: "If I want you to like salty, sweet, flower-stuffed chicken like me, you definitely wouldn't want to."
Paimon: "But if it were the other way around, I wouldn't want to either!"
Paimon: "Unless we are each in a fantasy world, only then can we realize our wishes without conflicting with each other!"
March 7th: "Miss Paimon's analogy is so vivid…"
March 7th: "Now that you mention it… Why did I suddenly think of something?"
March 7th: "Could it be that… the paradise Sunday wants to build is like this?!"
Qingque: "No way?!"
Qingque: "I thought the paradise he spoke of was just a harmonious new world without disputes?!"
Qingque: "If it's like what you guys are saying, wouldn't that just be completely fake?"
Stelle: "This is just my guess. I don't believe Sunday can do it to that extent."
Stelle: "After all, just hearing it feels as hard as climbing to heaven."
Stelle: "What I'm more curious about now is…"
Stelle: "Is Sweet Flower-stuffed Chicken salty or sweet?!"
March 7th: "Ah, this…"
March 7th: "Your focus is really strange."
Paimon: "Hehe, about that, since it's chicken made with sweet flowers, it's normally sweet."
Paimon: "But if you want to eat it salty, that's no problem either."
Paimon: "Both sweet and salty are delicious!"
Stelle: "I'm already drooling."
Stelle: "Lumine, sister, when you come to the Express, be sure to bring me one to let me taste it!"
Stelle: "No, bring two, one salty, one sweet!"
Lumine: "Uh… no problem!"
Lumine: "A piece of cake!"
....
『 Regarding Sunday's question, Stelle began to discuss it with everyone again.
First, she came to Hotaru.
[ Miss Robin's courage is admirable. I originally thought she was just a star shining on the stage… ]
[ But she is also Mr. Sunday's sister… ]
[ Even if he has great ideals, he certainly doesn't want his closest family member to sacrifice herself for it. ]
Hotaru had already given her own opinion.
[ So you are leaning towards not supporting Robin in embarking on the path of The Harmony. ]
[ Hmm, I can understand that. ]
[ Then I'll go listen to March's opinion. ]
Stelle ran to find March 7th.
[ Miss Robin actually encountered such a thing… Helping the weak with the strong is certainly great, but if it requires paying such a price… I, I don't know anymore… ]
March 7th hesitated, stuttering, already not knowing how to choose.
[ This question is indeed very difficult to decide. ]
[ Then I'll go ask Himeko what she thinks. ]
Stelle walked over to Himeko, who was nearby.
[ I always feel like I've dreamed of a similar scene on some nights. ]
[ In the dream, I saw a group of blurred faces. Although I don't know who they are, we are like family. ]
[ We have always been fighting against some kind of transcendent existence… ]
[ I clearly remember their confusion, their fear… but I also remember, in that dream, they never chose to give up—just like Miss Robin. ]
[ Stelle, if you are confused by Mr. Sunday's question, look for the answer in your own experiences. ]
[ Every Trailblaze journey is accompanied by difficulties and obstacles, but would you really back down? ]
[ Would you stop March and Dan Heng from going to the next stop? ]
[ I think you must have your own answer in your heart. ] 』
『 ....』
—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
Welt Yang: "Himeko… you have actually had such a dream?!"
Himeko: "What's wrong, Welt? Is there a problem?"
Stelle: "Yeah, what's the problem with that?"
Stelle: "Isn't it just a dream?"
Stelle: "Could it be that Uncle Yang has had such a dream too?"
March 7th: "I feel like it might not be that simple, right?"
Welt Yang: "I have a premonition… the dream Himeko mentioned… should be the story that happened in my homeworld…"
Himeko: "Your… homeworld?"
Welt Yang: "That's right, my homeworld once encountered a disaster called the Honkai. To fight against this disaster, we exhausted everything and sacrificed many people…"
Welt Yang: "And among them, there was an old friend I knew well…"
Welt Yang: "Her name was also Murata.... Himeko…"
March 7th: "What?!"
March 7th: "Uncle Yang's homeworld also has a Himeko-jie?"
Dan Heng: "Is it just a coincidence of names?"
Stelle: "Since Uncle Yang brought it up, it certainly isn't just a coincidence, right?"
Welt Yang: "Hmm… even her appearance is basically the same."
Welt Yang: "Except for the temperament, which is a bit different."
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