Penacony was located in the Asdana star system, where "Memoria" was abundant and could potentially affect people—simply put, it could cause things like auditory and visual hallucinations.
Caelus was already prepared to see illusions. After all, he considered himself a protagonist. Entering such a clearly defined new map setting, how could he not trigger related plotlines?
Unfortunately, even after the Astral Express initiated its warp, passing through countless spaces and the vast galaxy to arrive near the famous Planet of Festivities, Caelus remained in his original sitting posture, silently leaning against the sofa.
Nothing happened—no [Strange memories increased], no [Future images are attacking me], nor did any familiar mysterious beautiful girl suddenly pop out to play riddles with him… None of these things happened.
The Astral Express sailed into the Penacony star system incredibly peacefully, just like the countless, unremarkable tourists around them.
Where's the protagonist treatment? Why is it so ordinary… Caelus looked up at the starry river outside the window at a 45-degree angle, deeply saddened that his protagonist constitution wasn't strong enough.
However, while Caelus was still sketching his youthful pain literature in his mind, Twilight, leaning against his shoulder, slowly opened her eyes.
Holy crap, are they playing this big?
Facts proved that protagonist characteristics don't disappear; they just transfer from one person to another. Although Caelus didn't feel his protagonist halo, Twilight actually received special information from the abundant Memoria… albeit fragmented and difficult-to-understand images.
If it were a normal person, they might dismiss this as hallucinations seen after eating poisonous mushrooms, deeming it meaningless.
But Twilight was no normal person. She was a bad woman, and a battle-hardened bad woman with a system. Even such scattered, minuscule information was enough for her to make some small guesses based on the current situation.
And if her guesses were true, Twilight could only say "holy crap" to express herself. As expected, the thing she feared most in this universe wasn't some Aeon, but her talent for being a bad woman…
Memoria, oh Memoria, what a wonderful thing.
It was just a pity that the distant future—actually only a few months away—didn't offer much reference value for Twilight's current actions in Penacony. As a down-to-earth hard worker, she still had to focus on the present.
And after setting aside those influences, the thing Twilight cared about most right now was the power she could vaguely perceive in the distance.
Penacony was a region controlled by forces walking the Path of [Harmony], naturally using related powers and believing in the Harmony Aeon, Xipe.
But now, in Twilight's perception, the power enveloping the entire planet, yet almost undetectable, originated from the [Order] power of another Order Aeon, Ena, who should have long since fallen.
The fluctuation of this power was extremely small, making it difficult for even those with Emanator-level strength to easily perceive it—but the problem was that Twilight could also walk the Path of Order at any time. Although she couldn't use related powers without switching to the corresponding path, her perception was still there, making this thing extremely obvious to her…
As someone who had seen the plot, Twilight naturally knew what was going on. Simply put, Penacony had a bunch of traitors preparing to defect to Order and create an Infinite Tsukuyomi.
Twilight didn't care about the struggle between Harmony and Order at all; she was just thinking about how to use this perfect Dream of Ena to contribute to her great wool-farming enterprise.
Although she could expose this conspiracy right after getting off the train and then find a way to solo kill Sunday and speedrun Penacony—it wasn't necessary, really unnecessary.
She was neither a follower of Harmony nor a protagonist who felt obligated to disrupt villains' plans. Since this dream wouldn't harm the Express crew and had value for her to exploit, why break it?
From a setting perspective, she was just a baby three or four months old. It was perfectly normal for her, being ignorant of the galaxy, not to understand what the appearance of Order power here represented~
Besides, judging from Caelus's performance, this should be their first time entering Penacony, and they hadn't fallen into the Dream of Ena yet. Since this power hadn't affected them, according to her persona, she naturally wouldn't regard others as enemies without reason.
Although the dream would eventually be broken for the plot to proceed smoothly, before that… Hehehe, Sunday and the Family, you will obediently toil for my wool business!
"Twilight, are you awake?" At this moment, Caelus, having finished writing his 200,000-word pain literature in his mind, finally noticed that Twilight, who had been leaning on his shoulder, had woken up at some point and was staring blankly, seemingly in a daze. He couldn't help but ask, "What are you thinking about?"
"Just now, I seemed to have dreamt… a bad dream." Twilight blinked, then pointed her finger towards the planet suspended in space outside the window. "There are very powerful people there…"
That's right, Twilight had no intention of hiding anything from the Express crew, directly telling them what she knew. She, little Twilight, was a good baby. Since that was the case, how could she not tell others when she learned new information—she just summarized it slightly. After all, with her personality, explaining carefully would be strange, and talking too much was tiring…
Besides, hiding it from them was meaningless. The truth would eventually come out, and if they asked her why she didn't mention anything back then, it would be more awkward. Mentioning it slightly now, she could explain later as 'I told you, but you didn't pay attention'.
And things were exactly as Twilight thought. Himeko, walking over with a smile, indeed explained thoughtfully for her: "The Memoria concentration in this nearby star system is too high. Sometimes it can cause adverse reactions in those whose bodies are overly sensitive, like hallucinations or memory disorders… Although it's usually not a big problem, I should still take little Twilight for a check-up after we get off the train. Don't worry, Penacony's doctors should be very experienced in this area."
"As for powerful people… Hehe, Penacony is, after all, a famous star hotel and an important sphere of influence for the Family. Even the IPC covets it. It's normal for there to be many powerful people in this situation. Little Twilight, you don't need to worry too much. You worked so hard on Jarilo-VI. Since we have the opportunity to come to the Planet of Festivities, we should definitely rest well—relaxing is also one of the purposes of our trip, okay?"
"Mhm…" Twilight nodded thoughtfully—OK, now her warning has been issued. Whatever happens later, the blame can't be pinned on her, right?
Next, it was time for the grand performance in Penacony—
Twilight was about to get up, but noticed her hair had gotten a bit messy from sleeping on Caelus's shoulder. After a moment's thought, she decisively offered her head expertly to March 7th beside her.
"March, help me comb my hair…"
As expected, being young is great. You don't have to do anything yourself. But when I'm no longer young, I'll be old, and then I still won't have to do things myself. Perfect.
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