She is not an investigator.

It was a spider, focused on weaving its web, oblivious to Igris's gaze.

The net was huge, extremely huge, and it looked like it would almost completely block off the train's passageway.

Igris didn't know how long it had taken to weave a web to this size, but...

She seems to need to wake up.

From that... dream.

The Gods' Fool - The Northern Train: Chapter Sixty-Four, The Northern Train (The End)

"We've arrived at the final stop."

Whose voice is that?

Igris opened her eyes and slowly awoke from her seat.

Beside her lay Philina, still fast asleep, clutching Igris's sleeve and resting her head on Igris's shoulder.

Across from her, Constantine was still fast asleep, leaning back in the front seat.

Igris turned her head and saw Anfer sitting in the corner, with a gun tightly gripping his hand.

In front of her seat, a head of blonde hair leaned there conspicuously, showing no signs of waking up.

It's Himia.

But apart from that, Igris didn't see any more people.

Angelo, the young man with the key, is gone; the train conductor, the man who always leaned against the door, has also disappeared.

Igris gently stood up, looked at the still-sleeping Felina, and then walked towards the driver's seat.

The driver's cab door was unlocked; she had removed the lock herself, and she remembered it clearly.

As the door was pushed open, the view inside the driver's cab was revealed to Igris.

There was no one inside.

Some memories returned to Igris's mind, reminding her of something, and she hurried toward the last carriage.

Along the way, there were no corpses, no bloodstains, no remains of the spider, and no signs of damage.

Finally, Igris arrived at the last carriage, the one that should have been the most severely damaged.

But the place remains safe and sound, only the difference is that there is no one here anymore.

The carriage was empty, with seats neatly arranged.

But Erwin was not there.

Yes, they shouldn't be here.

They are dead, probably a long time ago.

This journey felt more like a dream, a dream that happened to everyone on the train.

Igris looked out the window, towards the train's final stop.

They did arrive, Frostville, brought here by a train from their dreams.

In that dream, three members of the train crew were still alive and striving to survive.

Now, the dream is over, whether it was the dream of the train or the dream of Igris.

Igris suddenly felt a little melancholy, because she remembered what Cecilia had told her before.

After everything is over, she will sell the car, take her savings, move to the city where Igris lives, buy a property, and live the ordinary life she has always dreamed of.

She seemed unable to do it, to the point that Igris couldn't even be sure if she had actually said those words.

After all, she had already passed away before she said those things, before she even met Igris.

Igris really should feel sorry for her, and for that train conductor.

Igris doesn't even know his name to this day, and he has never mentioned it.

"..."

But they actually did it.

They still managed to get everyone on the train to their destination, except for themselves.

This was indeed their last journey.

Although it was the last time we met.

Igris slowly approached the sleeping Philina, looked at her peaceful appearance, and gently pinched her nose.

The next moment, she frowned sharply, her face flushed red, and then she opened her eyes abruptly.

Her gaze was initially somewhat unfocused, but then quickly settled and focused on Igris's face.

"Ah, Igris... How did I fall asleep? Huh...? This is strange, what's going on... My mind is so confused."

As expected, after regaining her senses, Felina also began to fall into confusion, and Igris turned to look at Simia in the front seat.

She was still fast asleep, sleeping soundly, with her own hair in her mouth, occasionally frowning, as if she was having a very intense dream.

Igris reached out as well, just like she had done with Felina, and tried to pinch her nose.

But just as she reached out her hand, Simia suddenly grabbed her wrist.

Soon, she slowly opened her eyes. Although she was a little confused, she quickly noticed Igris in front of her and the hand that Igris was reaching out to her.

Simia hesitated for a moment, then took Igris's hand and rubbed it against her face before releasing Igris's wrist.

"I had a really strange dream... I feel dizzy."

As she spoke, she yawned and looked around at the undamaged carriage.

Soon, she realized what was happening and looked at the silent Igris, asking in a low voice.

"So, those weren't dreams, right?"

"If that's really what you think."

The dreams of people rarely intersect, but what about those of people and trains? In this train dream, who is deeply trapped, and who is truly awake?

The chaos of dreams lacks logic, but the interactions between people do not require any logic either. Whether they are living or dead, they can always find their own place.

Whether it's a false sense of beauty or a real disaster, some people go with the flow, some fan the flames, some want to destroy everything, while others want to save everything. So those revelations, those words, even if you can ignore them, you still need to think about them.

Someone may try to take away your support, everything you have, but what they can truly take away is only your weakness, your confusion.

[Without your knowledge, you gained power that did not belong to you by consuming the dream itself.]

Title Obtained: Dream Eater

—When someone enters your dream, you can enter the dream together, even if you can't cause any effective harm to each other, it's a good way to play a prank.

Note: You might be able to learn some little-known secrets that most people are unwilling to reveal directly through this method.

Even in your dreams, you still feel a fear of spiders, and even create a completely fictional monster because of it.

Title earned: Arachnophobia

—You are terrified of spiders, so when you attack any arthropod, you instill fear in them.

Note: Arachnophobia, as the name suggests, is a condition where all spiders are afraid of you.

You obtained a magical key by chance, and even if its origin is a fictional character from a dream, it still symbolizes the corresponding revelation and power.

Title Update: Strange Flawed Being → Strange Flawed Being (1)

Note: You may not understand the meaning of this key now, but in the far future, you will eventually know everything about the key and the entity behind it.

The Gods' Fool - The Northern Train: The End!

It's been a long time coming, and this volume is finally finished. This is probably the longest volume I've ever written, and I even feel like I could write a lot more, but due to length constraints, I can only temporarily speed up the plot.

This part of the plot itself is not very important. Apart from the growth of a few new characters and their abilities, the biggest aspect is just the changes and differences between Igris now and in the past.

I don't know how I ended up writing so much, but at least I finished it before chapter 70, which is something to celebrate.

In addition, since I've seen some questions raised about Igris's behavior and changes in this volume, I'd like to address them all here. She has indeed changed, but this change is not natural. Her personality will gradually conflict with her past, and even her thoughts may change.

That's why she's determined to find a way to treat her condition, even though she doesn't yet know how serious her illness is.

In addition, the plot of this entire volume may be somewhat confusing and difficult to understand.

If I had to describe it in one sentence, this journey would be like a dream on this train.

Whether it was the three surviving staff members on the train, or everything that happened during the journey, or even when they had just departed, it was all a dream of the train.

People's dreams can never intersect, but what about the dreams of people and trains? That's why, even if it's a dream, they still achieved their goal and reached their destination.

As for why the dream ended, that's just someone's twisted sense of humor.

If Igris hadn't discovered these things by the end, the train would have continued on its way, and although she would never have seen Cecilia again, at least they would all be living on in another way.

But when the truth is revealed and reality is laid bare, the lifespan of this train can only end there, and their deaths become a reality that can no longer be changed.

That's all for the story. The next volume was actually prepared a long time ago. Although I haven't decided on a title yet, I hope everyone will continue to support it.

Additionally, if you have any further questions, you can leave a message here, or join the group chat directly.

As for that comment in the comments section, it was reported, not deleted by me. I felt there was no point in reposting it, so I simply didn't post it.

That's all for now, I don't think there's anything else to say.

Ghana.

The Gods' Fools - Beyond the World: Chapter One, The Silent City

The final stop, Frostville.

The train has lost its owner, and their past seems to have been buried along with that dream.

Everyone has lost those names and figures in their minds, but they still leave behind their own unique traces.

Igris still remembers them, remembers each and every one of them.

But she will eventually leave this place, watching the train eventually be abandoned on this track.

Who knows?

"What's next..."