"Sigh..."
Although the set looked very strong, Pei Guang wasn't happy at all.
He roughly estimated that if he fully upgraded this set of equipment, it might increase his damage by three to five times.
But again, in his battles, either he one-shots others, or others one-shot him.
If he could win, he would win anyway; if he couldn't win, he wouldn't win anyway.
Firefly: "Why are you... sighing? Weren't you very happy just now?"
Pei Guang: "I'm happy that a set dropped, but I'm very sad that there isn't a single useful substat. Forget it, I can't use it without survival stats."
Hearing Pei Guang say he couldn't use it, Welt pushed up his glasses, indicating that he had something to say.
But before the words could leave his mouth, he saw Pei Guang take off the set of Relics and hand them to Firefly.
"Here, for you!"
"Huh?"
"Huh?"
Firefly and Welt voiced their surprise simultaneously, and just as Welt made a sound, Pei Guang turned his head.
Sensing Pei Guang's movement, the disappointment that was about to overflow from Welt vanished instantly, replaced by a proper, serious expression full of the dignity of a senior.
"Hmm..."
Welt made a gesture of deep thought, while Pei Guang narrowed his eyes watching Welt's actions.
"Old Yang~ You wouldn't happen to want this, would you?"
"Hmm? Not at all. I was just a little curious earlier," Welt explained with an air of senior dignity.
Pei Guang: "Is that so? I was thinking if you liked it, I'd give it to you and farm a better set later. Since you don't need it, I'll let her use it for now."
Pei Guang handed the Relics to Firefly, while Firefly pointed at herself: "For me? This?"
Pei Guang nodded: "Yeah! Besides, looking at you, you fight often, right? My experience tells me that most of the time, equipping a companion or someone you like with a set of top-tier gear is much more practical than wearing it yourself.
Besides, this set adds too much attack. I don't need attack: I actually prefer the defense and HP stats on some purple Relics. Tsk, those Relics with flat defense substats look great."
Firefly: "But I..."
Pei Guang: "Now, now~ I'm just lending it to you for this dungeon for now. We don't know what kind of boss we'll face later. After all, you have a suit of armor on the outside, so your defense looks sufficient regardless. Putting this on is just right. March fits well with Defense or HP sets too; since we don't have armor, we still need survival stats."
"Armor... you knew about that?"
Pei Guang: "Know what? You haven't told me any clues or intelligence, so I don't know anything~ I'm talking about that mecha suit you transform into with your transformation device, nothing else."
"..."
Looking at Pei Guang's smiling expression, she recalled what March 7th had said earlier.
"Let me tell you, Ah Guang is amazing. He's spot-on when guessing what's going to happen in the future. Every time he sees someone, with just a little contact, he can guess that person's background and even know their past. No one is an exception."
The above content was purely March 7th boasting, but the experiences along this journey made Firefly certain that everything March 7th said was true.
Under these circumstances, Pei Guang still...
Pei Guang: "Just take it. Old Yang doesn't want it anyway, and since he doesn't want it, I can only give it to you, right?"
Welt wanted to say something, but recalling carefully, he indeed was the one who said he didn't need it...
Firefly: "Thank you, I..."
Pei Guang: "Eww~ Skip the thanks. It'd be better if you just raised your favorability towards me a bit more, or don't slack off when we're hacking away at the boss later."
Firefly: "I will!"
Welt, who had watched from start to finish, thought seriously. He felt that there would be quite the spectacle on the Express in the future.
With Pei Guang's method of farming favorability, Firefly alone probably wouldn't be able to handle it: there would likely be more in the future.
Looking at the gift in her arms, and recalling the experiences of this journey, Firefly made a resolution for the third time.
She held the Relics with one hand and took Pei Guang's hand with the other: "Um, are you free right now? If it's convenient, could we go for a stroll in Clock Studios Theme Park? Before, we only watched a movie there; we didn't have time to properly look around..."
Pei Guang: "Sure! The only task left is Aventurine anyway, and he's not urgent. Besides, you're right. We only came here to watch a movie before and didn't stroll around properly. It's a pity. Shall we go?"
"Mm-hmm~"
Pei Guang: "But speaking of which, aren't you going to put on this set of Relics? Although it's very ugly, the damage boost is really high."
Firefly: "I'll put it on when we fight; there's still time. But... can I really fit into this?"
Pei Guang analyzed seriously: "Definitely! There's no restriction saying you can't wear this equipment. Even if you turned into a giant hundreds of meters tall, you'd probably still be able to fit into it."
"Hundreds of meters tall..."
"It's a metaphor! Just a metaphor. Besides, even becoming hundreds of meters tall in a dream is no problem~ Furthermore, if you can change, it proves everyone can change. It's not a big issue."
"The issue is actually huge. But getting back to the point, is it... really okay for us to go play like this? The Watchmaker's Legacy..."
Pei Guang retorted: "Believe it or not, if Stelle and I don't show up, this bunch of people won't find the Watchmaker's Legacy in this lifetime."
"How do you know?"
Pei Guang: "Plot settings~ But do you have other information on your side?"
Firefly shook her head: "Sorry, I don't know... The script only said that coming here would allow me to find what I was looking for. It didn't say much else... Everything happening now isn't in the script. I'm a little worried."
Looking at the downcast Firefly, Pei Guang also took her hand and softly spoke his mind.
"What's there to worry about~ Who says there's no script? Every one of us has stepped onto a stage we didn't choose, performing a script we didn't select. Did any of us come to this world voluntarily? No.
Maybe sometimes we envy other people's scripts, but no one's script is truly worth envying. We can only act out our own scripts to the best of our ability. Everyone's script is unequal.
Characters in the script will encounter suffering and setbacks. But this is our script, and as our script, there are choices.
Either quit the show, or perform this play well.
As for me… I choose to continue acting. Although I might have other scripts to perform if I quit this one, who can guarantee that the other play will still be there after I quit this one~"