Chapter 365: Dream of the Amusement Park
Afterward, Lessig also apologized.
The group continued forward and proceeded with the repair work.
At this moment, Idyia was already impatient to start slacking off.
She said she would take Lessig to rest.
After all, he had been up for two or three days, and Lessig indeed couldn't continue advancing with them.
Thus, Idyia naturally began slacking.
[Impatiently starting to slack off, huh.]
Eula, Lumine, and the others, through unremitting effort.
Finally reached the last layer of the large tent.
The final task was to raise the crystal lamp up to the top of the large tent.
Maimon looked at the stage that had risen halfway.
She suddenly said, "Looking at it this way, it's a bit like the stage at the Grand Bazaar."
"Have you all been to the Grand Bazaar?"
[Isn't that the place where my wife Nilou dances?]
Eula naturally had not been there.
Collei, however, had gone there a few times with Tighnari.
She had a deep impression of the lively atmosphere there.
Of course, there was also Nilou's dance performance.
Lumine had definitely been there.
She had gone many, many times—too many to count.
At that time, Nilou, as the master of the dream, repeatedly prepared for the dance at the Grand Bazaar...
[Just a few hundred times, that's all.]
[Just in dreams alone, 168 times.]
Hearing that several of them were interested in the Grand Bazaar, Maimon began telling stories on her own.
"My father used to help organize festivals at the Grand Bazaar back then. Every festival there would be candy to eat..."
"What do children know? Eating candy made them very happy, and they thought festivals and amusement parks were very, very good things."
[I know the No. 4 candy box always has sunset fruit flavor candy ( )]
[No. 4, I want No. 4!]
[Oh no, are there two who still haven't woken up?]
The amusement park that Maimon managed.
Was because she felt her father was amazing and wanted to become someone like her father when she grew up.
Collei was somewhat puzzled, "Miss Maimon isn't a scholar from the Akademiya? As far as I know, scholars' spare time is often inseparable from research topics..."
This sentence immediately exposed Maimon.
Everything she had said earlier.
Was merely the person she wanted to become.
"Between [the person I want to become] and [the person my parents want me to become], I chose the latter, but I am not happy."
Maimon faced the camera.
Her eyes, which had been bright when talking about the amusement park, gradually dimmed...
Eula spoke bluntly, "I think you must have realized it long ago, right? That's why you set up these stalls and created the atmosphere of a festival."
Maimon nodded with her back to the group, "Yes, but I still am not as happy as I imagined."
"I discovered... participating in a festival and organizing a festival are two different things."
[That hits hard, old friend.]
[Playing games versus making games.]
[You who participate in the festival have your parents bearing the heavy load and escorting you, so you can play carefree.]
Maimon indeed meant exactly that.
The reason childhood was carefree was largely because family members were working hard.
But her father knew the heavy burden and hardship of the preparation work, so he wanted her to take the academic path...
Maimon closed her eyes, seemingly recalling the past with her father.
In the end, she let out a long sigh, "...But I didn't do well on either side..."
It turned out that the reason Maimon appeared here.
Was because she felt she had let down her father's expectations.
So she gave up on herself and went to do ley line investigations in the desert.
As a result, she accidentally fell into this mirage.
She originally thought she finally had a chance to fulfill her wish.
But after seeing the results destroyed, she lost the strength to stand up again.
Only then did Lumine understand that the spotlight warning Maimon gave them at the beginning.
Might also have been hinting at herself.
Sooner or later, she would have to face all of this.
Thinking of this, Lumine comforted Maimon a few words.
"Don't be too pessimistic. You are not as bad as you imagine."
"At least you still mustered the courage to lift the curtain for us and actively guided us along the way."
Collei also deeply agreed with this statement, "A truly self-abandoned person absolutely couldn't do this."
Maimon smiled, "I know my own situation. You don't need to specially comfort me."
"But thank you all the same. Idyia was right—you are a group of trustworthy people."
After getting everything off their chests, the group worked even harder.
Before long, that seven-colored crystal lamp once again radiated brilliance.
It rose to the top of the large tent.
The instant the crystal lamp regained its light, the surrounding small colored lights were also illuminated.
The originally dim and somewhat terrifying amusement park.
Instantly gained warm colors.
[God Clan Crystal Tower.]
[Wow, this scene really has the right flavor.]
[The previous one felt like a horror amusement park.]
After finishing the repairs, the group came out of the tent.
Idyia confidently and slowly stated that Mr. Lessig was completely fine.
He had almost recovered.
The slacking king transformed into the credit-claiming king.
"Aiya, even I can do some things to take care of people... Not bad, I discovered another one of my strengths."
The group exchanged glances. With Idyia like this, they really didn't know whether to feel relieved or worried...
However, Idyia had only just finished claiming credit.
When Lessig suddenly went crazy.
He still had a shadow over the crystal lamp that had suddenly risen.
At this moment, he was hugging his head and curling into a ball.
Idyia awkwardly scratched her head, "Well, it looks like he needs a bit more time to fully recover..."
"How was it? Did everything go smoothly?"
Maimon crossed her arms, "Of course. The few of them combined are probably about 40 times more reliable than you."
Idyia didn't buy this sarcastic remark.
As long as I am the floor tile, I don't care who steps on me.
"What horse is only 40 times? Looks like I'm still pretty great."
["Only forty times."]
[I'm liking Idyia more and more hahaha.]
[Invincible with this mentality.]
[Once you accept your own weakness, then I am—invincible!]
[What happened? What happened? What happened?]
[Dead memories are attacking me.]
[Which one should I choose? Which one should I choose?...]
[Mutual attack, huh? G3, KNIGHT, Caesar...]
Such an attitude left Maimon with nowhere to land her next taunt.
All that remained was admiration...
"What terrifying resilience, like an unending river..."
Idyia had an 'invincible' look on her face, impenetrable to both soft and hard tactics.
During the standoff, Lessig slowly woke up.
"Eh, what's going on... How did I get out of the large tent?"
He glanced at the 'tall and straight' Eula beside him.
"Right, I encountered Eula, and then..."
Then his headache acted up again.
This was also one of the classic, commonly used tropes in storybooks...
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