Shut up, brave man! I don't want to atone for my sins to you!

"Long time no see, Ms. Fuwenna."

"Long time...no see." Fuvenna nodded to Lacier and added with a smile, "But it wasn't that long actually. To us, it seemed like just a moment."

Of course, Laciel understood what Fuvenna meant.

It has only been two months since they last parted. A mere two months is not a long time for short-lived species, let alone the fact that they are all immortal species that can live for thousands or even nearly ten thousand years.

In the face of that extremely exaggerated time span, these two months are really not worth mentioning, right?

However, Lacier still shook her head and denied Fuvenna's statement with a serious expression:

"No, I don't think so. Ms. Fuwenna, these two months have been more exciting to me than the nearly 100 years of my life before that."

"Really?" Fuvenna showed just the right amount of curiosity and listened attentively. "So, after leaving Lentiheim, you..."

She paused, turned to look at Charles who was standing shoulder to shoulder with Laciel, with a gentle smile in her eyes.

"It seems that you two have experienced another unforgettable adventure."

The Archon lady guessed so.

Rachel did not respond to Fuvenna's speculation - although as she said, the adventure in Diesel was still unforgettable to Rachel, but that was not the point - so she said directly:

"I think these two months have been wonderful not only for Ciel and me, but also for you elves, right?"

"Madam Archon," she chose to address Fuwenna in this way, hoping that Fuwenna would realize the seriousness of the problem. "How on earth did you manage to... complete the reconstruction of this starship in just two months?"

Fuwenna was stunned when she heard this.

But obviously, she was not too surprised, as if she had already guessed it when she learned that Rachel was coming to visit Lentiheim.

She just had some emotion:

"You two are still as direct and efficient as before."

Lacey thought, what else? I can't just start with a weather deck and do nothing but spend an hour talking about whether it will be cloudy or sunny today, right?

If there is something to say, say it. This is her way of ninja!

But on the surface she still had to be polite to Fuwenna:

"You are too kind. I am just doing what I should do, that's all."

Then she frowned and repeated the question again:

"So, how did you manage to rebuild this starship in such a short time?"

Fuwenna was silent for a moment after hearing this.

Lacele saw a complex emotion flash across the face of the Archon, which she could not understand.

Worry, relief, trance, these emotions eventually condensed together, just like a slightly rippled lake that was frozen when winter came, leaving only calm.

"Do your best."

This was the answer given by Fuwenna.

"Uh……"

For a moment, Lacie didn't know how to respond.

She wanted to point out to Fuwenna that this answer was too brief, but Fuwenna's expression and the momentum in which she spoke shocked her.

Although they were just four simple words, they seemed to reveal silent determination and sacrifice. Lacie even vaguely smelled the scent of iron and fire, death and sacrifice.

"Should I continue asking?" she couldn't help but think.

But before she could make a decision, Fuwenna made the choice for her - the elf's beautiful face suddenly thawed, and a gentle smile appeared again.

"I know you are very curious about the specific situation. You want to know the details of our reconstruction of the starship, right? Of course, this is not something worth hiding. In fact, the visiting delegation from the White Tower provided us with a lot of help in this process."

As she walked out of the darkness in the main control room, she extended her hand to everyone and made an inviting gesture:

"This is not a good place to discuss these topics. You all have come from far away, and I'm sure you are all a little poor. Please follow me. I have already prepared accommodation for you in advance."

This is undoubtedly changing the subject.

Just as Lacie was about to change the subject again, Fuvenna guessed what she was thinking and turned her gaze to her again.

"Don't rush, Miss Rachel," the elf said with a smile, "there is still time for you to figure out how we can rebuild the Homecoming."

Since Fuvenna said so, Laciel had no choice but to swallow the question that was on her mind.

Maybe Fuwenna was right.

They still have time. Even if all the elves are very busy, they can still go to the visiting delegation sent by the White Tower to find out the situation. After all, they are also involved in the reconstruction of the Homecoming, right?

With this thought in mind, Lacie winked at Charles.

Charles understood immediately, turned around, whispered a few symbolic words to Joseph and the others, and then looked at Fuvenna again.

"Okay," he agreed on behalf of everyone, "Then please lead the way."

"You're welcome."

Fuvenna smiled at Charles, then took the lead and walked along the path they came from in almost silence.

"Please follow me," she said. "The passages inside the Homecoming are complicated. It's easy to get lost without guidance and if you're not familiar with the Homecoming."

She seemed to be very familiar with this starship, so she didn't even need to call out the ship's host Adele. She was confident that she could lead the brave group to the arranged accommodation.

Several people followed the Madam Archon and traveled through the huge Homecoming ship.

After turning countless corners and walking for quite a long way, they finally arrived at their destination.

On one side of the long and winding passage, there are almost countless cabins, which are connected and overlapped with each other, as crowded and spectacular as a honeycomb, and finally form a roller-like structure with the passage as the center.

"This is the living area of ​​the Homecoming," Fuwenna explained. "When the Homecoming sets sail, all the elves will gather here and begin a long hibernation."

"This……"

Lacie subconsciously glanced at the endless cabin in front of her and was shocked like never before.

They had just set out from the fantastical Pangaea, but now, they had stepped into another world with a completely different style of painting.

A strange yet familiar world that perfectly fits her understanding of the concept of "technology".

Fuwenna didn't understand this. Perhaps in her eyes, Laciel's shock came from the peculiar structure of this cabin, so she patiently explained to Laciel:

"There is no gravity in space, and there is no concept of 'up' and 'down', so even if the living area is built like this, it will not affect our normal daily life at all."

"By then, we will open the artificial gravity system. This technology is enough to allow our compatriots who are not used to the weightless environment to slowly adapt to life in space."

"Then, most of our compatriots will fall into hibernation in the cabin, and only a small number of compatriots will remain awake. They will serve as 'night watchmen' to monitor the operation status of the Homecoming and perform a certain degree of maintenance on the Homecoming."

"We are ready. In the thousands of years after we set sail, each of our compatriots will take turns to serve as the 'night watchman'... Under the starry sky, we will spend this long night together, which is likely to last for thousands of years."

At this point, the Archon's face lit up with longing.

Because she knew that after the long night, there might be dawn.

For a moment, Lacie didn't know what to say.

It seemed that she should ruthlessly break the elf's beautiful dream and tell her that the ancient civilization had already reached a conclusion on the matter of touching the starry sky.

"Don't touch the stars!"

Any attempt to touch the starry sky could bring disaster to the entire supercontinent.

But she changed her mind and thought, even if the Pangaea would face a catastrophe because the elves touched the starry sky, what did that have to do with the elves?

You have to know that the elves themselves do not belong to Pangaea.

They come from the depths of the starry sky, and that is why the depths of the starry sky is their destination.

Perhaps that's why they're rebuilding the Homecoming.

After inheriting the mistress's estate, they naturally had the idea of ​​returning to their roots.

What's more, for thousands of years, Lentiheim has hardly ever communicated with the outside world, let alone established any close connection. It can even be said that the entire Lentiheim is a small world completely independent of the Pangaea.

It is probably difficult for the elves to have any sense of belonging to the Pangaea, as they have no reason to stay here.

In this way, rebuilding the Homecoming, announcing the departure and even ignoring the warnings of the previous civilization and touching the starry sky... seems to be a foregone conclusion. Now, the destruction of Pangaea may really have nothing to do with Pangaea.

Who can stop a child from throwing himself into his mother's arms and embarking on the long journey home?

But Lacele felt that she should tell Fuvenna the truth no matter what. She had to let Fuvenna know what would happen if the elves really rebuilt the Homecoming and set sail back to the depths of the starry sky.

It's war.

Neither Victoria nor the wizard world will sit idly by and watch the elves touch the starry sky.

If the elves really want to touch the starry sky, they will undoubtedly become the common enemy of the entire Pangaea -

The mortals and wizards who once hated each other will unite as never before. They will work together to prevent the Homecoming from setting sail. They will attack Lentiheim and kill all elves who try to touch the stars.

Charles said that looking up at the stars is something every child is born to do.

But in Pangaea, all the children can do is just look up at the stars.

[To be continued]

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22. Shouldn't have come

After a brief hesitation, Lacie made a decision.

She grasped the guardrail on one side of the passage, raised her head, and a look of determination flashed across her little face.

"No," she said, "the Homecoming cannot sail."

The smile on Fuwenna's face suddenly froze for a moment.

But soon, she smiled softly as usual:

"I don't understand what you mean, Miss Rachel. Why can't the Homecoming set sail?"

Lacier took a deep breath and replied:

"If the Homecoming sets sail, you elves will face a catastrophe."

"..."

The entire passage suddenly fell into a subtle silence, so quiet that Lacie could almost hear the breathing of the five of them.

After a long time, Fuwenna finally responded.

She imitated Laciel and placed her hands on the guardrail beside her. The smile on her face dissipated into a vague and invisible mist, shrouding her ambiguously, just as ambiguous as her attitude towards Laciel's words.

"I don't understand," she asked again in an overly calm tone, "Why did the departure of the Homecoming bring us such a disaster?"

"Because the previous civilization left a warning to the entire Pangaea—" Rachel told her, "Never touch the starry sky."

"Just because of this?" Fuwenna frowned.

Obviously, she didn't realize the importance of this warning, but it didn't matter, Laciel had a way to make her realize it.

"Do you remember the dreams of survival that the mistress deduced for you?" she asked, "In one of the dreams, there was a strange thing like a thin and tall ghost. You should still remember it, right?"

"...Yes." Fuwenna frowned even more tightly.

Obviously, she didn't understand why Rachel suddenly brought this up.

The next moment, Rachel revealed to her the close connection between these two seemingly unrelated elements.

"The previous civilization was most likely destroyed by those tall and thin ghosts."

she says.

"..."

Fuwenna couldn't help but open her eyes wide.

And Rachel continued:

"Of course, it may not only be those tall and thin figures that destroyed the previous civilization, but there may be other things as well. However, there is no doubt that the most likely cause of those disasters was the act of 'touching the stars' itself."

Then, she told Fuvenna all the information she and Charles had obtained during this period, as well as the analysis and conjectures they had made.

About the exiled Diesel, the mystery of the destruction of the previous civilization, the slender ghosts excavated from the ruins of the previous civilization, and even the responsibilities of the holy sword and witch from the previous civilization...

She hid almost nothing, except her identity as a time traveler.