Although peeking into memories that caught their interest without permission was something Memokeepers considered perfectly ordinary, now wasn't the time to do it.
After the monster seemingly left in tears, some of the out-of-control phenomena in the room disappeared. Gentle lighting illuminated the room once more, and the televisions displaying static also fell silent.
Stelle was pleasantly surprised. She pulled Firefly over to Nero.
"How did you end up here?"
Looking at the boy in front of her, Stelle remembered how she had been sent here. She thought that when she left, only Nero and the fake Sampo had remained together. Nero had probably been sent here the same way.
But Argenti, Huohuo, and Yanqing had all arrived with him, which didn't quite make sense. Besides, Stelle also felt it was unlikely that someone as strong as Nero would have been easily ambushed by that fake Sampo.
Faced with Stelle's question, Nero briefly explained what had happened to him and told her that he had actually come here to look for something.
As for how he entered the Dreamscape Hotel, he explained that he wanted to help Miss Cocona find a record, which required entering the Dreamscape Hotel.
While looking for an entrance, a beam of light suddenly appeared and formed a gorgeous, dazzling doorway. After walking through it, he arrived here.
In this part, Nero left out the process of asking Secretary Tong for directions. Normally, he should have asked the Bloodhounds first, but asking Secretary Tong was much faster than asking the Bloodhounds.
Listening to Nero's explanation, Stelle fell into thought. She felt it was a pity because the doorway Nero mentioned might have been the exit from this place. However, he said that after he arrived here, the light had disappeared on its own.
But...
Stelle wasn't disappointed. Instead, she thought that since Nero was here, this was the perfect chance to get something done.
The little Stellaron sprite pushed Firefly in front of Nero and explained Entropy Loss Syndrome, hoping Nero could take a look at it.
Nero blinked at Stelle, confusion showing in his clear eyes.
"But I'm not a doctor. Shouldn't you go to Bailu for something like this?"
Nero clearly had never thought of himself as someone who healed illnesses, but Stelle didn't think that way. She believed Nero definitely had a solution.
As for why, Banxia's mara-struck condition had been cured by this kid. He had to have some amazing methods, just like how he could casually slap a machine and fix it.
Even if the inside of the machine was still missing some key parts, after getting slapped, it would immediately start working again.
Meeting Stelle's expectant gaze, Nero narrowed his eyes.
"I'll give it a try."
He sounded uncertain.
Nero obviously didn't know how to heal people. Even when he had cured the mara-struck, when he slapped those people who had gone mad, he had never expected that slap to cure them.
He had only hoped they would become a little more normal. At the very least, the slap could knock them to the ground.
Facing Firefly and her Entropy Loss Syndrome, Nero also didn't know how to treat it. But he thought that no matter what, the power of Abundance, which symbolized life, ought to have some effect. It just so happened that he had mastered a little of that Path's power.
He focused his attention, gathering the power of Abundance as surging vitality welled up like a rising tide.
Then Nero looked at Firefly, hoping this would work.
Considering that what stood before him wasn't Firefly's real body but her form and consciousness within the dream, Nero deliberately manipulated the surrounding memoria to establish a connection, so that the slap, which should have worked, wouldn't affect the real Firefly.
Knowing more really was useful.
Not far away, Black Swan, the mysterious older sister who had summoned the magic circle and whom Nero had complained about for crowd-controlling the enemy without following up with damage, didn't approach rashly.
Although she had her own objectives, at this moment...
She looked at Nero in astonishment.
As a Memokeeper, she was far more sensitive to the flow of memoria than ordinary people. When Nero began manipulating it, she could almost clearly sense the changes in the surrounding structure of the memoria and was amazed by how smoothly Nero controlled it.
That almost effortless manipulation could no longer be summed up with words like "being more sensitive to memoria."
Black Swan even found herself thinking something astonishing.
Perhaps some Memokeepers weren't even as skilled at controlling memoria as the boy before her.
And on top of that, he also possessed the power of Abundance.
Black Swan found it difficult not to become interested in Nero. She felt the boy must have many fascinating stories. Even simply seeing how he had obtained the powers of different Paths would already be interesting enough.
Black Swan remained silent, quietly adding Nero to her list of targets.
Although she had suffered a setback not long ago, this trip to Penacony had not been in vain. In this dreamlike land of dreams, interesting targets were everywhere, hiding countless memories and stories worth preserving.
"Firefly, hold out your hand," Nero said.
Firefly looked at the boy before her, puzzled.
Although Stelle had just suggested that he treat her Entropy Loss Syndrome...
Firefly was obviously skeptical.
Of course she knew the boy before her was someone extraordinary. Even Elio couldn't fully understand him...
But that was a different matter.
Even so, half believing and half doubting, she still held out her hand.
Smack!
With a crisp sound, Nero raised his hand and gave it a slap.
Then... That was it.
The atmosphere fell silent.
About two seconds later, Firefly blinked and uncertainly asked, "That's... it...?"
"Mm, that's it."
Nero nodded.
Firefly frowned as she sensed the condition of her body. She didn't feel that anything had changed.
Nero gently rubbed the tip of his nose.
"As for whether it worked, I'm not really sure. I don't know how to treat illnesses. I just felt that doing this should work. You can wait until later and have a doctor examine you. If it doesn't work, we'll ask Bailu to treat you. She's a doctor, and a professional one."
Firefly's expression became rather strange, but she didn't say anything.
In fact, at a moment like this, she had no idea what she should say.
So silence descended once again.
Argenti, Huohuo, and Yanqing also remained silent.
Because they didn't know what they should say either. Although they had great confidence in Nero, they weren't sure whether he really knew how to treat illnesses.
In any case, it was probably best to stay silent.
A few more seconds passed before the sound of high heels broke the silence.
Black Swan slowly walked over, wearing a confident smile.
She herself was also somewhat bewildered, because the group before her had suddenly fallen silent. No one spoke, and as an observer, the sudden silence made her feel strangely uneasy.
After standing there blankly for a moment, she finally realized that it wasn't because something had gone wrong with the primal dream again.
It was because the people in front of her genuinely didn't know what to say and had simply started staring at each other.
It wasn't strange.
Even someone like her, a Memokeeper who had already become a memetic being, found Nero's treatment method a little too...
Abstract.
But since no one else was speaking, it was her turn.
"Everyone, if you're finished with your business, it's best to leave this chaotic primal dream as soon as possible. Although 'Death' has been driven back, this peace and quiet are only temporary."
As she spoke, Black Swan's gaze swept across everyone present before finally stopping on Stelle.
"This primal dream has been very well hidden by the Family. It's not a place just anyone can enter or leave. It's like a swamp, entangling every mind and living being that wanders into it."
"Hehe, Miss Himeko asked me to bring you out of here."
At this point, Black Swan turned to Nero again.
"You too, little one. Though after watching you for a while, it seems you don't need any extra help."
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