Flowers and Time

"Miss Pearl."

"Um?"

Pearl stopped and looked at Sera, puzzled.

Is something the matter?

Pearl's face was blank, her head tilted slightly towards Sera, giving Sera the impression that she was very confused.

Cherry blossoms brushed past Pearl's face, and a few blossoms landed on her head.

Sera caught the pink and white cherry blossoms in her palm.

"In my hometown, there is a saying that goes like this."

Sera looked at the cherry blossom petals in her hand and spoke softly.

The cherry blossoms fall at a speed of five centimeters per second. At what speed must I live to be able to meet you again?

This is a line from a movie that runs throughout the entire text.

"In this galaxy that holds infinite possibilities, I have witnessed—a love that transcends time and space."

I'm sure you've seen the video of the Diamond, so that's a story that didn't happen here, a story from the future.

Dedicated to -- the story of the dim star.

"I will listen carefully in class."

The android stood up straight and looked at Sera with a serious expression.

Have you heard of Starquake?

"Starquake: It will cause gravitational collapse, resulting in a huge change in the spacetime curvature of the star system."

The present of its star system is the future of the galaxy.

"In the future, there will be two crew members on the Herta space station."

I still remember the young man named Rocky, whose beloved girl, Lesley, encountered Starquake in a star field.

The messages he sent took increasingly longer and longer to receive replies, until after he confessed his feelings, there were no more replies.

His mentor hid the transcript of Lesley's condition because he couldn't bear to see such a cruel thing.

But Rocky eventually found out the truth. Miss Pearl, what do you think he will do?

He gave up.

Pearl stated the most reasonable approach, based on her data calculations.

"No."

This is not rational.

Pearl frowned, somewhat puzzled.

"But that's very emotional, isn't it?"

He said, "To spend a lifetime waiting for someone, enduring Endlessness longing and loneliness..."

Honestly, you don't really think I'm that naive, do you?

Of course I won't wait for her! I won't wait!

I won't wait.

But I will go after her. I will go, to chase after time!

So he set off.

"Did he succeed in asking the question?"

"Perhaps."

Sera shook his head; he never expressed certainty about things he hadn't verified.

"I can't understand it."

"Hehe..."

Sera chuckled softly, and the cherry blossoms in her palm slipped through her fingers.

"This is guidance from the heart. Emotions don't need logic or data to support them; emotions are the most illogical thing in the world."

"'Heart'?"

Pearl placed her hand on her left chest.

"Mr. Screwllum also said that I need a 'heart'."

"So, how can I find my own 'heart'?"

"You'll understand when you realize that even if the data predicts a higher probability, you'll still want to try another option."

Pearl nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.

"Alright, we've lingered here long enough, let's move on."

Sera took a step forward, cherry blossoms swaying in the wind, gently brushing past the bouquet of purple lilies on his chest.

Record: 'Heart' is the result I want to exceed the probability; emotion is a kind of 'heart'.

The 'heart' is devoid of logic and requires no data support.

The heart is something that needs to be pursued.

Pearl was organizing the data.

'Heart' is... love.

Pearl recorded this sentence: In the story told by Sera, love is Rocky's driving force and the root cause that prompts him to chase time.

So... what is love?

Pearl searched through the network connected to her database and found many romance novels.

Huh...?!

Director Pearl, who was always busy with work and pursuing art, was deeply moved by this.

The Days of Living with the Lord Ravager

"The Medicinal Fragrance Entwines the Wind: Today is Also a Crematorium"

Pearl's brain started to shut down. Is this what love is like?

"What's wrong?"

Sera noticed something was off about the android next to her.

"I'm thinking..."

Pearl pursed her lips, still somewhat hesitant.

"What is love? So, I connected to a database to search for information, but..."

Pearl hesitated for a long time before finally telling people what she had seen.

"..."

"Don't worry about any of that. Just treat it as something made up by Fictionologists."

"So, in your opinion, what is love?"

like...

A smile involuntarily crept onto Sera's lips as she thought of a pink-haired priestess, her eyes sparkling with thirteen different kinds of light.

Cyrene is, peach, is love.

Love is a ripple that stirs the heart.

Sera's voice was soft and gentle.

Love is both a verb and a noun.

Love possesses the most powerful force in the world.

Love is a crystal flower, broken, reflecting thirteen kinds of light.

Love is hello, world.

This... is my opinion.

Sera's eyes were filled with expectation. Ever since he was taught about love by Cyrene, he had wanted to help people find their own love.

I will wait for you to write down the love in your heart.

Question: Is this an agreement?

"Yes, that's the agreement."

Sera pointed to the Phantasmoon wearing sunglasses on its head.

"Let the Phantasmoon in the sky be our witness."

"Okay." Pearl glanced at Phantasmoon and nodded in agreement.

Phantasmoon pulled up her sunglasses, pointed at herself with an incredulous look, as if to say: Who can vouch for me? Me?

"I've also prepared a gift for you, and I'll give it to you through Phantasmoon."

Pearl took out a device.

"You seem to really like the moon. This is a moon projection I made myself. I hope you don't mind."

This is Pearl's habit; she inquires about other people's hobbies and chooses suitable gifts accordingly. So far, she has never made a mistake in giving a gift.

For a genius, craftsmanship isn't important. Because a genius can always do better, what's important is letting him know your sincerity, which is why Pearl chose to make it herself.

How could that be?

"After all, it was made by Miss Pearl herself, I will keep it safe."

Sera naturally took the projection device, her fingertips inadvertently brushing against the Pearl's palm.

Surprisingly, it wasn't a cold block of iron, but rather it had a warm feel, just like a real hand.

Both being marvels forged by the Screw Star Differential Engine, why isn't the Screw Star like a pearl?

The answer is obvious: Pearl looks too much like a human, not Intellitron.

Although he may have been born this way, Screwllum is a genius, and if he wanted to change, that would be no problem.

But... Screwllum is the king of Planet Screwllum, the Intellitron king, he cannot, and will not, be too human.

The device was housed within the space.

The two strolled along and unknowingly arrived at the park in Two-Dimensional City. Sera saw a little girl crouching down, trying to talk to a dog.

Wow, you're so well-behaved and cute!

"Ahhh! I really want to keep you, but I don't know if you have an owner... If I take you away, they will be so sad!"

Woof woof!

(PS: No, who are you calling Xuzhao?)