After the climax part that was performed was finished, entering the epilogue of the show. People enjoyed the Summer Festival, watching the lively show until the end. Everything went smoothly, that's what the residents realized without knowing the chaos that happened behind the festival. When the Grand Orchestra finished playing, people applauded very enthusiastically, some of them also threw flowers on the stage. Asteria turned to the audience, bowed gracefully to all of them and smiled afterwards. The Marionette clones brought back the musical instruments she played, leaving Viny with Asteria on stage. Viny walked and stood beside Asteria, she smiled widely seeing the audience who appreciated their performance. Standing for a while after bowing together to the audience, before Asteria took Viny's hand and bring her to backstage with him. Viny followed Asteria, following him slowly and feeling very happy that night because she managed to put on the best performance, especially because it was her first performance.
Reaching backstage, the staff also thanked them both for enlivening the festival that night. "Thank you very much, Farfalla and Viny, you were great on stage earlier! Thanks to you, this year's festival can be more lively than last year," said the head of staff there.
Viny blushed, this was the first time she had experienced this, "Thank you also for your hard work in preparing all of this. We just performed as usual during practice," she said, humbling herself because she felt too flattered.
"Don't be like that, without the two of you with the help of the short girl, this event wouldn't be this lively. It's okay to be a little proud," said one of the female staff there with a soft chuckle after saying that.
Another staff broke through their group carrying a book and a pen, "Farfalla! Sign, please..." she asked in a pleading tone.
Asteria exhaled softly, he took a pen and signed the back of her book cover so as not to damage the cover that already had a picture. Turning to Viny, Asteria spoke, "You too, Viny."
Viny was nervous at first but with Asteria's help and encouragement, she finally signed hers. The staff immediately shouted happily and jumped like a child even though she was an adult, "Yeaayyy!!! I'll display this later, oh oh yeah i can show off it too, it would be great!" she finally realized, she became embarrassed and pretended to cough so that she would be professional again.
The other staff laughed at her, making her melt and turn away because she was too embarrassed. Viny pulled Asteria's sleeve to get his attention. Turning to Viny, he asked, "What's wrong?"
Viny pulled him down so she could whisper in his ear, "Farfalla, can we talk alone. I want to tell you something," she said impatiently and happily.
"I'm have plenty of time, so okay," Asteria replied but he was actually lying because he didn't want to disappoint his junior.
Asking permission to leave, the two of them were pleased to go and gave a message by the staff to enjoy the Summer Festival while it was still not too late at night. They both laughed and waved to the staff as they walked away. In the back corridor, they walked slowly together. Only the sound of their footsteps could be heard and the voices of the audience who were still lively in the background.
Opening the conversation, Viny turned to Asteria and put on a worried face, "Farfalla, I want to know something about Glaze. I feel like I've been watched by something since I met him. This sounds strange, but I want to ask for help with that," she said while clenching her fists on her chest.
Seeing her anxious, Asteria felt uneasy and listened to her words carefully. He increased his alertness immediately after hearing her words, because he knew that if Viny dared to reveal something, then she was honest. "Asking for help? Of course, I'll help you. If I were you, I would also feel disturbed by it, so take it easy," she said calmly and gently.
"Really?! Thank you very much, Farfalla!" Viny exclaimed and without realizing it she hugged Asteria, not in a romantic sense. "I'm glad you're my mentor, all this time..." her words were cut off, she seemed confused about how to express it. "All this time... I never thought I could meet someone like you. Everyone I met and faced was always classy, I was tired and they always showed off so proudly. But you, you are like a close friend to me, you can be talked to, share thoughts with, and... for the first time I feel happy to meet someone other than my friends and my family," she said sincerely and smiled at Asteria.
"I'm afraid she'll slap me if I get caught like this, especially Marionette will definitely be upset," Asteria thought if someone found out that he meant her, the one he called his moon. Even though he knew what Viny meant, to him he was like a close friend, nothing more. Sighing, he patted Viny's shoulder gently, "You can always visit my cafe to meet, so don't be shy, okay Viny?"
Viny let go of Asteria's arm, she nodded and smiled sweetly like sugar. "Once again, thank you very much for today, Farfalla! My friends must be waiting, bye!" she exclaimed as she ran away leaving Asteria in place while waving her hand at him. Asteria waved back and watched her disappear from his sight.
Marionette suddenly appeared behind him, surprising Asteria by saying, "Come on, how about I tell it to your moon? I'm here as a witness~" Asteria immediately spun around and wanted to catch her, but Marionette immediately jumped and hung above using her thread. "Serena must be jealous seeing you earlier, let me tell you how. Your moon definitely won't believe what she hears," she said, sounding sly and mischievous.
Asteria blushed when Serena or the moon was brought up, his cheeks slightly red and his tone became a little nervous, "O-oohh... you dare to complain about that, after you complained to me to help catch Sinful Hearts? It's so unfair,"
"The word fair is not in my dictionary," Marionette replied with a sly smile. Before she could act, Asteria stopped when she felt someone was spying on them both. Marionette also realized it, they both acted as if they didn't know and continued talking. "I want to tell you about the oddity, that was the atmosphere of the night in this city that feels strange," she muttered so that it couldn't be heard by the one spying on them. Asteria used Chaos Force and gave Marionette access. They moved at the speed of sound to get out of the corridor, they went straight to the top of the building and stopped there.
Although the excitement of the night festival continued without any disturbance, Asteria and Marionette looked at the night sky together to look for the oddity that Marionette meant. The atmosphere seemed normal but it was true what Marionette said, a strange feeling could be felt by Asteria too. Asteria's attention was focused on the crescent moon, he thought for a moment by recalling the current condition of the crescent moon with what he remembered before using Chaos Butterfly.
Waiting for a while, finally Asteria revealed what he found, "The moon up there, Marionette try checking the moon on a different side of the city while also looking at the victims of Sprouts. It's past ten o'clock, that means it's the time..." his words stopped there because he deliberately didn't continue.
Marionette followed Asteria's request, checking the closest first, that's the victims of the Sprouts riot. Unexpectedly, all the victims disappeared without a trace, although evidence of building damage was still left behind. "There are no victims from Sprouts, they disappeared. It seems like the night creatures from the Abyss have taken action, according to what you said, it's the time," she told Asteria in an unhappy tone.
"It's the time for them to start preying on those in the darkness of the night," said Asteria who continued Marionette's sentence. They were the nocturnal creatures from the Abyss, who usually appeared after ten at night. "None of our business, in fact they helped clean up the victims. Besides, the victims of Envy's Sprouts can't be returned to their original state, I don't want to use Chaos Butterfly just for that," Asteria said explaining his perspective on the current situation.
Marionette chuckled as she checked the night view of another part of Sirius City, comparing it to her current location. A sound that sounded like it came out of her mouth, she explained what she saw to Asteria, "The crescent moon is in a different position from where we are, I don't think it's the effect of Chaos Butterfly because there's nothing that would affect the moon in the sky. The north, east, southeast, even the west, all have the same moon position except where we are right now."
They both said the same thing together, "Celestial, they still want to cause trouble."
At Glaze's place, he was watching a replay of the Grand Orchestra performance at the Music Hall on television. Seeing how close Asteria was to Viny, especially when she bowed to the audience and Asteria grabbed Viny's hand made him very angry and jealous. He did not know the relationship between their mentor-junior, thinking they were a couple. He became frustrated and wanted to destroy the television in front of him, fortunately he was stopped by his personal guards.
"Calm down, Mr. Glaze!" shouted one of his guards who held him back from destroying the things around him.
Glaze remained adamant and writhed, "Eghhh! Farfalla! Why did it have to be you, why did Viny choose you over me who shines!" he shouted in frustration and anger. He tried to get out from his own guards.
Because his emotions were overflowing, especially envy, anger, and jealousy made a change in his body. He felt drowned and had difficulty breathing in his chest, he growled in pain and touched his own chest. The mysterious effect of the loss of Sinful Hearts on Glaze who was Fiore increased the chances of his own power awakening. With Glaze's overflowing emotions, it finally triggered the awakening of his own power. As a Mineralium race, he can change his body parts as hard as any mineral material that ever existed, be it diamonds and other else. The awakening of his power allowed him to fully access that power.
The tight feeling like sinking in his chest disappeared. Remembering the flash when Viny rejected him and Asteria who pulled Viny's hand made him angry again, without realizing it he used his own power and hit the floor hard until it broke. His hand turned into diamond, looking very solid and strong. Realizing the changes in himself made him more confident and arrogant, he finally awakened his own power. "This way I can become more popular, more famous, then there is no reason Viny will reject me again, that bastard Farfalla can't win!" he exclaimed very happily, replacing his annoyance.
The red light watched him from behind the glass of the building, before finally flying back up into the sky. Keeping the mystery of why the red light watched Glaze.
Back on Asteria and Marionette's side, they were still watching the night sky while thinking about how to deal with the Celestials. "Marionette, we should go to the cafe first to tell the entire Willingness that we will all attack the Celestials. After that, the gathering will be on the Enlightenment Continent, precisely in Serena's tower. I will take back Morningstar's power before carrying out the attack," said Asteria who revealed the next step after thinking about which step to take. He paused for a moment before continuing with a soft smile, "Of course I want to meet Serena, she must be worried because I've been missing for months without any news."
Hearing this, Marionette laughed evilly, "Hihihi~ ohh~ missed someone? Your beloved moon? Hmm~" She teased with a wide grin on her face.
Asteria didn't feel embarrassed this time, he even admitted it and sighed softly before answering, "It's not wrong tho. Why not? It's natural that I miss Serena too."
Marionette's laugh still sounded evil and playful, "Hahaha! Ah, of course, the stars and the moon are always together in the dark night sky," she commented on Asteria and Serena's relationship. She kept her distance and covered her mouth with her own hand while acting surprised, "Aaa! How can I say about Viny hugging you, it's definitely going to be fun~"
Hearing her words made Asteria annoyed, "Don't you dare say that, Marionette! Or you will never get the free meal treat!" Asteria snapped, threatening to cancel the free meal that he cooked himself.
"Ohhh~ but I can ask Serena to force you to do it anyway, hihihi~" said Marionette which finally made Asteria unable to fight back. Happy laughter escaped from Marionette, "I'd rather snitch it out, this is a win-win condition for me!" she exclaimed while walking to the edge of the building with her laughter that didn't stop.
Asteria chased after her with annoyance but a feeling of happiness was in it, finally making them chase each other. Marionette led him around the city, while continuing to mock him. "That crazy doll, doesn't know when to stop playing around..." muttered Asteria who was impressed and a little annoyed in it.
They continued to play around to relieve fatigue after what they had been through. Although the problems that awaited them later would come, for them resting by playing was more important than dealing with it continuously. Their game ended when they felt satisfied enough with the non-stop chase for tens of minutes, Asteria deliberately use Chaos Force at the end to catch her and make Marionette upset because he use his power to win the game.
"That's cheating, just because there's Chaos Force!" Marionette shouted while in Asteria's arms.
"There's no word fair in your dictionary, that's why I took advantage of it," Asteria replied confidently and satisfied.
"Tch, my dictionary is only for me, not for you to use!" she snapped like a child, she finally admitted her own defeat even though she was very annoyed with what Asteria did.
A crack or rift appeared behind the two of them then became a classic wooden door. Asteria walked into the door while carrying Marionette in her arms like a doll. When they entered, the door disappeared instantly into a blue butterfly that flew into the air.
"Still here? Come on, the story is over for the third part. Be patient~ hihihi~" said Marionette to the reader impressed. "If you're still curious, well that's your problem, you have to wait for the author to continue it, who knows when. But what's certain is that the next one is still the Prologue for the fourth and fifth parts," She said, enjoying her current situation. "Ahh that's right, do you want a spoiler? It's not bad, there's a little bit of an idea. It's up to you to believe it or not, maybe I'm just tricking you."
Giving a pause to think of the right words before revealing to the reader. "The Mother replica will reappear and the Amusement Feast that was mentioned in the story synopsis will happen in the fourth part? Or maybe the fifth? I'm more believe it would be in the fifth part. Alright, that's all the spoilers, it'll be too much!" She exclaimed, her voice finally fading away slowly after the revelation.