Dan Heng, I'm Sorry!

When her consciousness had been unclear, Stelle could no longer remember what had happened.

She opened her eyes to desolation all around.

The train cars had become ruins.

The wind howled like the cries of evil spirits, carrying the scent of blood and burning flames into her nostrils.

Stelle staggered to her feet and found Dan Heng sprawled on the ground in a miserable state, his life or death unknown.

"This may be one of the futures Aha spoiled for me. And now another one has come true."

She muttered to herself as she slowly approached Dan Heng.

March 7th on the train must have frozen into an ice cube by now.

Dan Heng had suffered such a calamity too.

This trip to Amphoreus really had been plagued by disasters.

Aha had said that the only person who would "die" was the Trailblazer herself.

So she had never considered the possibility that Dan Heng might die too.

The man's chest still rose and fell faintly. At least he was alive.

Stelle walked over and slowly crouched beside Dan Heng.

Should she give Dan Heng mouth-to-mouth?

That was what Stelle thought.

She suddenly remembered that when she had first awakened at the space station, the first thing she saw upon opening her eyes had been Dan Heng about to give her artificial respiration.

But March 7th's slap had interrupted it.

Now was the perfect time to continue where they had left off!

Stelle lowered her head and looked at Dan Heng's devastatingly handsome, outrageously unfair face.

Too handsome, Dan Heng.

She lightly pecked him on the lips.

"I'm sorry, Dan Heng."

Without realizing it, the Trailblazer spoke what was in her heart.

The man lying on the ground seemed to have been awakened by that kiss.

"...Sorry for what?"

Dan Heng struggled to open his eyes, and it took a long while for his vision to focus.

Oops, caught red-handed.

Stelle scratched her head and immediately made up an excuse.

"—I'm sorry I couldn't protect you."

No matter what, seeing a companion who had faced life and death beside her regain consciousness must have finally lifted the weight from her heart. That was why she could so recklessly make jokes.

"I almost thought you were dead. I even came up with a name for your third reincarnation. How about 'Dan Shu'?"

Stelle hovered around Dan Heng, chirping like a little bird.

Not good at all. Anyone who could come up with that name needed to consult a master.

Dan Heng looked away. His gaze lingered on the Trailblazer for a long time without a word, as though he were thinking about something.

Stelle felt a little unnerved under his direct stare. Just as she was about to ask why he was looking at her like that, he suddenly showed an expression of immense relief.

It was as though he were saying: It was good that both of them were all right.

Yes, luckily they had both escaped danger.

Stelle nodded in wholehearted agreement. After all the entertaining things she had done under Aha's command, the scripts she had received were not all padded nonsense. At the very least, they had brought her considerable gains.

Aha must have saved her. That had to be it!

Still, for some reason, Aha had remained completely silent. Ever since they arrived on Amphoreus, They had not said a word.

Maybe the current situation was unsuitable for distracting her, so They had temporarily disappeared.

The Trailblazer found a fitting excuse for the vanished Aeon of Elation.

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After convincing herself, she spread open her palms and saw the dense cluster of tiny wounds on them. Then she turned to look at Dan Heng.

Both of them were covered in wounds of varying sizes. None were fatal or deep, but there were many of them.

Either their palms had been scraped raw, or their faces had been cut open.

The Trailblazer sat down beside Dan Heng and took out her four-dimensional backpack.

"Let me see... this, a healing spray. Restores HP! This, a trick snack. Adds Technique Points!"

Stelle pulled out several supplies and gave one share to herself and one to Dan Heng. On the streets of a foreign land, the two Nameless who had suffered an undeserved disaster leaned on each other for support, silently lowering their heads as they carefully bandaged their wounds and restored their strength.

Leaning against each other, they finished bandaging their injuries and consumed some high-calorie supplies before finally recovering a little.

The Trailblazer looked toward the wreckage of the train not far away. The train had been badly attacked, and its original carriages were no longer recognizable.

At least they had not been scattered into pieces everywhere. They really had Akivili and Aha to thank for that...

"We should have arrived on Amphoreus by now, right? Although the process wasn't very smooth, thankfully the outcome was good. We landed."

The Trailblazer leaned against Dan Heng's shoulder and spoke softly.

"Mm. Yes."

Dan Heng did not dare turn his head to look at Stelle, afraid that everything was a dream. If it were punctured, he would awaken to an absurd reality.

"Let's first see if we can contact the train."

"Oh, right!"

At his words, the Trailblazer took out her phone and opened the "Star Rail Family" group chat.

What should she say?

Stelle furrowed her brows and pondered for a while. Her fingers tapped away at the screen before she finally sent a message.

Stelle: Finally escaped the train! Farewell, prison!

Dan Heng, who witnessed all this: Yes, this was the Stelle I knew. Only she could say something like that.

Almost the instant the message was sent, she received a notification saying "Send failed."

Just as expected.

"Amphoreus really has no signal. Looks like we can't contact the Express Crew."

Dan Heng was not surprised by that result.

Even before the jump, Himeko had already told him that Amphoreus was a celestial body isolated from the outside world.

Trying to contact the train and failing to send a message had been inevitable.

"This isn't a place to linger. Judging from the scene, falling rocks could come down at any time. It isn't safe."

The young man stood up. Thanks to the supplies the Trailblazer carried with her, he felt much better now.

"Let's go."

The Trailblazer looked up. Dan Heng was extending a hand toward her.

"Okay, Dan Heng."

She smiled faintly, met Dan Heng's gaze, took his hand, and used his support to stand.

"Dan Heng."

Stelle followed close behind Dan Heng, step for step.

She looked up at the man's back as he walked ahead with his head lowered, then suddenly called his name.

"What is it?"

Dan Heng did not stop walking. He tightly gripped Jiyun in his hand, as though guarding against dangers hidden ahead.

"Nothing." The Trailblazer shook her head. "I just wanted to say, it's really good to have you. In this unfamiliar place, I'm lucky you're here with me. Otherwise, I really wouldn't know what to do."

At Stelle's words, Dan Heng pressed his lips together.

Wasn't that exactly how he felt too?

Just then, the footsteps behind him suddenly stopped.

Dan Heng turned around and discovered that, for some reason, the Trailblazer had stopped moving forward.

Stelle rubbed her eyes, disbelief written all over her face.

"Dan Heng, I think I'm hallucinating. Why do I keep seeing a pink puppy floating in the air?"

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