The forest tent, the Salle de Danse -- was a normal occasion for the Special Steel Squad until Paddington, or rather PDTN, performed a song. |
But the moment the song finished, the dance hall disappeared and countless Mist Monsters emerged from the forest. We managed to fend them off, but the situation was completely incomprehensible. |
Fontaine |
"What the heck is this all about? How can a dance hall suddenly disappear? And why are the Mist Monsters..." |
Queensway |
"Look. The stage and tables are still there." |
Fontaine |
"What's going on?" |
Yoshino |
"There's no Phantom Mist anywhere. This is certainly strange." |
Yakutsk |
"It's like we're trapped in a dream." |
Yoshino |
"Perhaps, but it doesn't look like an illusion or anything." |
Yakutsk |
"Is that so? This makes less and less sense..." |
Fontaine |
"Conductor, come with me for a moment. As forest ranger, I want to find out what's going on." |
Conductor |
Alright. Something odd's happening, so we'll look into it carefully. You girls keep Paddington safe. |
Yakutsk |
"Roger that. I'll take care of this one." |
PDTN |
"0h, n0b0dy's g0ing t0 s1ng? Then 1 can s1ng an0ther s0ng♪" |
PDTN |
"S0 here's the sec0nd s0ng!" |
Yakutsk |
"Hey, this is not the time to sing in this situation--" |
Queensway |
"You're a true artist, PDTN, to keep standing on stage in this situation...!" |
Yoshino |
"Yoshino has paid attention to you for a long time." |
Queensway |
"I didn't know you'd go so far to cheer for the SSS. I'm ashamed of myself for not knowing...!" |
Yakutsk |
"What is this endlessly stupid exchange?" |
PDTN |
"I'm lost~ in the meadows~♪ I'm lost~ lurking in the shadows~♪
Endless shooting stars~ in the sky~♪ Gonna make onigiri~ plum and salmon on standby~♪" |
PDTN |
"'H@w@w@! M1st M0nsters all 0ver the place here t00!!" |
Yakutsk |
"It's not much different from the first song!" |
PDTN |
"Facing a scary monster~♪ Please help me, shooting star~♪
Walk the stairway~ on to stardom~♪ Keep going on~ the lovely Paddington!!" |
Yakutsk |
"What the? Now it's night all of a sudden!?" |
Queensway |
"The forest has disappeared too. What meadow are we on...?" |
Mist Monster |
"GWRAAAAAH!" |
Yakutsk |
"Mist Monsters again! Everyone, prepare for battle!" |
Yakutsk |
"Hah... hah... What's really going on here...?" |
Yoshino |
"Yoshino and friends, the place hasn't moved. The stage and tables are still there." |
Yakutsk |
"So the world has changed?" |
Yoshino |
"No idea. We might as well have a cup of tea and take a break while we're at it." |
Queensway |
"Look at the beautiful starry sky!" |
Yoshino |
"Ooooh- it's true. There are shooting stars everywhere." |
Queensway |
"Aah... it's so refreshing. I wish I could watch them all the time." |
Yakutsk |
"I wish the day would come when everyone could admire the stars on the meadows like this." |
Queensway |
"It will come. If we work hard. This time, too, we've worked hard, and that's why they're holding the ceremony." |
Yakutsk |
"Yes, that's true. We're getting results, little by little. There will definitely be peace." |
Yoshino |
"This is all thanks to Shashou, who brings everyone together." |
Yakutsk |
"Well, yes. I have to admit that." |
Yoshino |
"How about we give Shashou a 'Thank You for All Your Help award' with all the Train Knights after the ceremony?" |
Queensway |
"So just us Train Knights celebrating with the Conductor? I think that's very nice!" |
Yakutsk |
"Conductor worked so hard, I wonder when does he even take a break. Besides, he can't fight, but he still comes to the front and take command. Okay, count me in." |
Yoshino |
"Then it's decided. When we get back to the town, I'll tell all the Train Knights and we'll start a secret party." |
Fontaine |
"Is everyone okay? I'm surprised it suddenly turned into night." |
Yakutsk |
"Fontaine, Conductor. Did you two find anything?" |
Fontaine |
"Yeah, I touched a tree in the forest earlier, and then I heard a voice saying 'more intercultural exchange!'." |
Fontaine |
"And here in the starlit meadow, I touched a stump - and I heard the same voice here." |
Queensway |
"What does that mean?" |
Fontaine |
"It means that the forest earlier and the meadow here are the same world. If they are in different places, it's impossible to hear exactly the same voices." |
Yakutsk |
"Yoshino has already told us that it is not an illusion. So is this actually a dream world...?" |
Fontaine |
"Or something influenced by the Phantom Mist." |
Yakutsk |
"That seems the most likely explanation." |
Queensway |
"So maybe this Salle de Danse had nothing to do with the town?" |
Yakutsk |
"Now that I think about it, I should have been suspicious when there was no one here and there was enough food for all of us on the tables..." |
Yakutsk |
"Anyway, first we need to get out of this world." |
Queensway |
"But how can we get back to the normal world..." |
Yoshino |
"Nee nee, since a while ago, it feels like the world is just like Padin... no, just like PDTN said." |
When Yoshino pointed this out, everyone looked at each other in surprise. Then we looked up at Paddington on stage. |
PDTN |
"The l1ve sh0w 1s just gett1ng started~!" |
Surely everyone must have had a premonition that something tremendously troublesome was waiting for us. |