Hearing Mei's deadpan comment, it was obvious that neither Hokuto nor Elysia were the type to feel embarrassed by it.

Not only were they unfazed—in fact…

They left Mei speechless.

Meanwhile, Kiana was still diligently advancing the plot.

She was extremely curious about what would happen next.

Just as Mei was pondering the meaning behind Griseo's phrase, "The little bird fell into the lake,"

Kosma suddenly appeared.

Pardofelis instantly panicked, stammering nonsense, while Mei calmly greeted Kosma.

"Hello, Kosma."

Kosma's gaze fell on Mei, silent.

Pardofelis: "..."

Mei: "..."

As the awkward silence stretched on—

Mei gave Pardofelis a prompt. "Pardo, could you help?"

Pardofelis—who claimed to have memorized Elysia's 100 Questions for the Silent Boy—immediately stepped up as the translator.

"[Raiden Mei? Why is she here… Oh, it's Pardo.]"

The fact that Pardofelis could interpret Kosma's internal thoughts just by looking at his expression was quite impressive.

But what shocked everyone more was… that book Elysia wrote—was it actually useful?

[Elysia's book actually worked?]

["Knowledge is Power."]

[If 100 Questions for the Silent Boy is useful, maybe 100 Questions for Kalpas's Mask is too?]

[Now I really want to see what's actually written in that Silent Boy book.]

[Same. I'm curious too.]

The audience was very curious about the contents of 100 Questions for the Silent Boy.

Seeing the barrage of comments, Hokuto recalled that he had the honor of reading Elysia's 100 Questions for the Silent Boy in reality.

As for the actual content—

Silent Boy Question 1. Why is Kosma so silent? Is there a special reason?

Answer: Kosma simply doesn't like to speak. He constantly has a lot—a lot—on his mind. And in the end… he doesn't know where to begin, so he chooses not to speak at all, which often causes misunderstandings.

...

Silent Boy Question 33. Why does Kosma sometimes sit still for long periods?

Answer: If Kosma is sitting still outside the art studio, don't question it—Griseo is painting. If you try to talk to him then, he's probably thinking:

"Please don't disturb Griseo while she's painting."

Unless it's very important, Elysia sweetly advises: maybe come back later~♪

And if he's sitting elsewhere, refer to Question 51.

...

Silent Boy Question 100:

Congratulations! You've finished reading 100 Questions for the Silent Boy. Do you feel you now understand Kosma well?

Then why not try approaching him?

You'll discover that Kosma is a very gentle and uniquely interesting boy.

Wishing you both a wonderful time~♪

At the end of the book, Elysia even drew a cute cartoon Kosma.

While Hokuto was lost in thought—

Kiana had already pushed the story further.

Griseo expressed that she saw a new "color" on Mei and wanted to go to the hall to paint.

Kosma had no reason to stop Mei any longer.

After Griseo entrusted Mei with the Stellaris Signet, Kosma left the Dream of the Worldshaper with her.

Stellaris—this was the eleventh Signet Mei had obtained. Now, aside from Aponia, only one of the Flame-Chasers remained unseen.

And this final one was likely the Magician Mobius had once mentioned.

Players now fully believed that the Magician was Vill-V.

So they were very curious—how does an engineer perform magic?

Would she pull out some high-tech device…

And use it to literally perform a magic trick that makes the most precious thing (life) disappear?

Well… if you look at it that way, engineers and magicians really do overlap, huh (laughs).

...

While Mei was resonating with the Stellaris Signet,

Pardofelis diligently searched with Canned for the entrance to the Innermost Depths.

But…

After searching all over the dreamscape, Pardofelis still couldn't find the entrance.

Eventually, with Canned's hint, she realized the truth.

They'd already been discovered by Aponia—so Aponia had closed the gate to the Innermost Depths.

No matter how they searched, there was no path leading there.

Left with no choice, Mei and Pardofelis returned to the hall.

And just as Mei was trying to come up with a new plan—

Aponia summoned her back into the Innermost Depths.

What they talked about wasn't important.

What mattered was what Aponia said at the end:

"Your arrival will bring destruction to the Realm. None of us want to see it reduced to rubble because of you. So, ten days from now… I shall end your life with my own hands."

"What did you say?!"

Mei was stunned.

Kiana—and the players—were stunned.

The Realm's going to explode? Aponia plans to kill Mei in ten days? For real?

[??????]

[The Realm's going to explode? No way! No way, right?!]

Not just the viewers—even Elysia jumped in shock when she heard that line.

Before the story went live, she had only seen the second half of the prophecy in her script—that Aponia would kill Mei in ten days.

She didn't expect there was a first half—that Mei's arrival would bring about the Realm's destruction.

...But maybe—it's probably—fine?

Elysia recalled the later plot: Aponia was merely trying to test Mei for Elysia's sake.

It was likely just a false alarm.

She let out a breath of relief.

And the audience offered their own analyses.

[From a game design perspective, there are still a lot of characters left to introduce. The Realm's not gonna explode.]

[Agreed. I think Aponia's just trying to scare Mei to stop her from exploring the Innermost Depths.]

[But… could Aponia's intention to kill Mei be genuine? Is Mei actually in danger now?]

They didn't believe the Realm would explode—nor that Mei would destroy it.

Because, there was no reason to.

Why would Mei blow up the Realm?

To erase her dark past? (Like getting her horns touched by Elysia and the whole Realm knowing?)

Okay, maybe we kind of understand… cough cough cough.

But still—dragging the whole Elysian Realm down with her is a bit much.

And Mei doesn't seem like the kind of person who'd act that impulsively.

So clearly, Aponia had some hidden motive and was trying to intimidate Mei.

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