The Meaning of Life

"Mayfly? Are you okay?"

Seeing the other man staring blankly and muttering to himself, Light Rain spoke up.

But the moment Mayfly came back to his senses, he seriously asked him a question.

"Light Rain, what do you think is the meaning of my existence?"

Light Rain froze for a moment, unsure why he had suddenly brought up such a philosophical question.

Still, he thought about it seriously for a while.

Meaning...

In the game Spirit Candle, the meaning of your existence was to add a special Side Quest to the player's journey of exploration...

Though that was Light Rain's first thought, it was obvious that, whether for the sake of advancing the game's questline or from his own perspective, he could not answer the question that way.

But... there had never been a standard answer to the question of life's meaning.

So Light Rain did not know how to answer either.

"I don't know... Maybe that's something you need to find for yourself."

Mayfly fell silent for a long while.

"You're right... I need to find it." Mayfly raised his head. "But searching takes time. More time."

Yes, although they had destroyed quite a few Mech Hives during this time and obtained Elemental Fuel from them to increase Mayfly's remaining time.

It still was not enough.

Traveling, fighting, even fusing other materials—all of it consumed a great deal of time.

And for the answer to such a grand question as "the meaning of life," this little time was undoubtedly far from enough.

With that in mind, the two continued onward.

Light Rain was exploring, while Mayfly began following the final instruction his father had left him: searching for the meaning of his own existence...

Some people were searching for the meaning of life, while others seemed to have