The possibility March 7th had casually suggested was astonishing, yet somehow strangely credible.
It plunged everyone straight into silence.
Only after a long while did July 7th speak:
"Ah... surely... that can't be right? If all of us were in a dream from the very beginning, and everything we've done so far was for nothing... that would be too terrifying."
"No, unfortunately, I'm afraid... that guess is right," Jiang Yu suddenly said. "Because... there isn't a single Cat Cake here."
As soon as Jiang Yu finished speaking, Stelle's eyes flew wide open, realization dawning on her.
No wonder she'd felt that something was wrong all along. This was the problem.
There wasn't a single Cat Cake on the Astral Express now!
Indeed, that was very unusual. Ever since Little Fish had brought those little creatures aboard the Astral Express, the place had always been lively.
But... why hadn't those little creatures appeared in the dream?
Was it because Little Fish had named them after Aeons?
As the four youngsters discussed things and realized this terrifying truth, Black Swan, who had appeared beside them at some point, looked somewhat surprised.
She hadn't expected these four... or rather, three youngsters to recognize this so quickly and with such certainty.
In fact, even as a Memokeeper, she hadn't dared to be certain of it right away.
She had only felt that something was strange. Confirming it still required something to test her suspicions against.
For instance, when she had taken Stelle to meet Aventurine and they had parted afterward, she had given Stelle a gift.
That object was actually an empty Light Cone.
Those caught up in events could lose perspective; viewing one's own memories might not reveal anything obviously amiss. But an outsider could see more clearly, and viewing someone else's memories