"The Train of a Thousand Stars... so that was what the Astral Express was called in that distant age..."
"But it does make sense. Connecting worlds and blazing a trail among the stars-that truly is the unique course of the Astral Express's Trailblaze Path."
Himeko nodded quietly, gazing at the Astral Express model before her. Though newly made, it carried the weight of history, stirring considerable feeling in her.
The Sea of Stars stretched endlessly, and time was the most merciless of all. Even beings as exalted as Aeons could not be considered eternal.
Putting Serval's account together, Himeko had more or less understood what had happened.
Thousands of years ago, the Astral Express had stopped at Jarilo-VI. Setting aside whatever exciting adventures the Trailblazers of that time had experienced on Jarilo-VI, they must have left many traces behind.
The design drawings for the Astral Express model were probably a work left over from that era.
But as time passed, the Cataclysm of Seven Hundred Years Ago had turned this once-vibrant green planet into the lifeless world of ice, snow, and frost it was today. Many cities that had survived from ancient times had been buried by blizzards and corroded by the Fragmentum.
Treasure hunters who believed that profit and risk went hand in hand had eventually discovered these ancient design drawings, then sold them to Serval.
In the end, their unexpected return visit had given them the chance to see the Astral Express model before them.
"So this is the Train of a Thousand Stars? With a structure like this, it couldn't possibly soar through the Sea of Stars, could it?"
"It really isn't scientific at all."
Bronya, who had maintained a frosty expression all this time, could not help coming over as well to look at the mechanical