Chapter 300 The Ferryman's Last Words
[Theresa] "Yuexia, even if you want to become my disciple, you don't have to sell us out."
[Stargazing] "Not only can you learn how to be a perfect wife, but you can also take care of me at the same time. Yuexia, you really have a good plan."
[Alicia] "Actually, there's no need to be so troublesome. Miss Yuexia, you can just act as my tour guide and show me around St. Freya's College."
"Just have an in-depth exchange with the students and teachers at St. Freya's College~"
[Under the Moon] "No problem, Master!"
[Captain] "You're full of energy. Under the moon, the turntable seems to be about to stop. I wonder who will be the lucky one?"
[Please ask Yae Kasumi to answer the question]
[Under the Moon] "I didn't get picked..."
[Himeko (bubble)] "What a shame, at least let me join in."
[Yae Kasumi] "In that case, I won't be polite. I choose A, the ferryman."
【Congratulations to Yae Kasumi for answering correctly! 】
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After the captain and his crew solved the farmer's problem, they returned to the bridge.
There was no sound, no light. The door that had been unable to be opened when I came here was now standing open without any warning.
If it was Hyperion, a familiar voice prompt would have sounded when he stepped into the bridge. But here, only dim lights were on.
Rosemary warned, "Captain, be careful."
The captain looked at the ferryman slumped on the ground and motioned to Midori to rest assured, "It's okay. Judging from the ferryman's current state, he probably doesn't have the energy to play any tricks."
A weak voice came from the ferryman, "You are finally here."
Captain: "Tell me, where did you hide those ether singularities?"
The ferryman leaned against the railing and did not answer.
"I have been waiting for you, waiting for you to follow the clues I carefully laid out and find Yuexia, come to this ship, and fight me with all your might."
"You certainly did not disappoint me."
"No, to be precise, [I] really didn't disappoint me."
The ferryman's words did not make the captain feel surprised. All the previous signs showed that the captain had noticed something, and the ferryman's words only confirmed his guess.
"...Is that so? You are..."
[Traveler Ying] "So, the ferryman is the captain, and the captain is the ferryman?"
[Kiana] "What's going on?"
[Bronya] "When I saw the interior of the ferryman's ship before, I could vaguely guess the general identity of the ferryman."
[Raiden Mei] "Plus, the experiences of the ferryman and the captain are very similar, so it's hard not to make some associations."
[Paimon] "Since he is another captain, why did he do this? He almost destroyed all the [Theresa] in order to reshape the rules of the world bubble?"
[Fu Hua] "Perhaps it is to allow the captain to do something he cannot do himself."
[Nashida] "The ferryman's plan was well prepared. Even if the captain did not reach the end he expected, he could still achieve his original goal."
[Herrser of Knowledge] "How clever! He can accept any outcome."
The captain hadn't finished speaking when the ferryman interrupted him, "You must have discovered that the structure of this ship is so familiar. You may not know that it also has the same name - Hyperion."
"You must be very curious, so you look through all the items in my collection one by one."
"But I am not your future, and you are not my past."
"To be precise, you are the original intention that I gave up, the ideal that I failed to realize, and the answer that was not chosen among countless options."
"I used to focus on traveling between various world bubbles, giving those who have lost their place a place to live that they can call home."
"You know, Hyperion will eventually be overwhelmed. I urgently need a plan to save everyone."
"I tried everything I could think of, but it didn't work. Just like if you want to lift a heavier box, you have to put down the glass fish tank first."
"It's just that... by the time I realized this, I had already strayed too far from the planned route, and there were only a few old friends left around me."
"But there's no turning back... We've sacrificed so much to keep my promise, to give everyone a... home, so I can't stop."
"I carry their will and their wishes, so even if I know there is no end to the abyss, I must do it. And you, too, separated from me at that time."
"At that time, I thought you were just a fragile life that appeared by chance, and you would not interfere with my plan even if I left you alone."
"But you are so stubborn, more stubborn than I expected. For the sake of a young vampire, for the sake of a future where everyone can survive, you have observed countless times. You don't know how to give up, nor do you know how to accept an ending that is destined to be imperfect."
"Looking at you like that, I suddenly had an idea - [If I had made another choice, what would it be like now?]"
"Perhaps, you can do what I can do."
"I decided to continue observing you, so I arranged for Rosemary to stay with you. You know what happened next."
"Other than that, I didn't interfere too much with your actions. You have struggled to this day with your own strength and have grown into a person who is completely different from me."
"And me, haha..."
The ferryman began to laugh at himself. "I lied all the time, was deserted by my friends, betrayed my friends, and even passed poison to my only remaining friends, hoping that they would give up on me from the bottom of their hearts."
"I feel sorry for them and I couldn't save anyone."
[Bai Xier] "It's not easy to be a ferryman either."
[Delta] "This guy... If I had known that he had such thoughts, I would have punched him hard."
[Alicea] "What a surprise! So this is how a captain was born."
[Otto] "So the ferryman is the real [Captain], or the Captain's true self."
[Under the Moon] "But humans are humans. Although they taste very similar, humans are always irreplaceable and unique in the world."
[Stargazing] "It is because Mr. Assassin has a persistence that the Ferryman does not have that he can have such a completely different ending."
[Captain] "But his contribution to my growth is indispensable."
[Jizi] "The ferryman saw hope in the captain, so he was willing to become the captain's stepping stone."