Big City Anecdotes
Last updated 2025-12-30
Big City Anecdotes is an Achievement in the category The Memories We Share.
To unlock this achievement, the player must glimpse all Fragments of Recollection at "Eternal Holy City" Okhema.
Locations
1st location
Activate Fragments of Recollection
Listen- Phainon: ...This is simple, Aglaea.
- Phainon: Even if you had disguised yourself, you would be far too easily recognized in a market as busy as this... Not to mention you have no plans to disguise yourself.
- Phainon: Everyone knows that you would come to this place one day during the Month of Reaping. It is as if you had arranged to meet someone, yet you are alone.
- Aglaea: Is that why you are here?
- Phainon: I am simply here to satisfy my appetite... I hear that there are recently arrived refugees in the holy city that have resumed their old trades. Their talents are outstanding and not commonly seen in this area.
- Aglaea: Then you and I... Have taken different routes to reach the same place.
- Phainon: Oh? Are you also...
- Aglaea: I am here to see just how bleak fate is.
- Aglaea: Or, should I say... Here to see how the threads that will pass through my hands "resonate" here.
- Phainon: So you... Uhh... I'm not really sure what to say to that.
- Aglaea: Lord Phainon, these talents that have brought you here... when did they become so rare?
- Phainon: Not that long ago, it's just...
- Phainon: Oh...
- Aglaea: That's right, Lord Phainon. Everything is beginning to fade away. I am here precisely because I wish to "compare."
- Aglaea: With every passing day, something else becomes a part of the past, never to exist again.
- Aglaea: How can I turn them into golden threads with which to weave tomorrow?
- Aglaea: The holy city is the only solace for mankind now, after all. I fear that what you cannot find here is already lost to this world.
- Phainon: So, will these things have a place in the tomorrow that you weave?
- Phainon: ...No matter how big or small?
- Aglaea: Now, that would be too greedy, Lord Phainon...
- Aglaea: The moment we leave this market, please forget about what I have said...
- Aglaea: What you are seeing is just a moment of "pessimism," or perhaps a moment of "ruthlessness."
- Aglaea: This is the great weight of fate. Perhaps, all I am fit to weave is a sheet of gossamer.
- Aglaea: However, if there is only one weaving thread remaining in my hands, it does not matter how talented a garmentmaker I am...
- Aglaea: ...I can't hope to make it into any more than a "puppet string."
2nd location
- Activate Fragments of Recollection
- Listen
- Phainon: So you did come creeping in here after all, Mydei. I don't know about anywhere else, but that conspicuous body of yours is bound to be noticed in Marmoreal Palace.
- Mydei: Is there something I can do for you?
- Phainon: Nothing in particular. I feared you wouldn't be preparing to "bathe" with that immortal body of yours. You're here, and that's all that matters.
- Phainon: It is strange, though, now that I say it... I thought that the black tide would have no effect on you.
- Mydei: Oh.
- Phainon: It seems that power comes from the "gods" after all... If even they themselves are at its mercy, it is only natural that they are unable to protect you.
- Mydei: Yes.
- Phainon: So... is the black tide your only weakness?
- Mydei: No.
- Phainon: I see you're trying to get rid of me. I'll change the topic. There is something that I actually wish to ask you...
- Phainon: There are few in this city that can match me in battle, and chances to battle non-humans are few and far between in my travels. Because of this, it has been hard for me to observe the weaknesses in my swordsmanship... Until I met you.
- Phainon: When I crossed swords with you before, I lacked endurance and your powerful blows nearly knocked my blade from my hands. If it weren't for my slightly superior technique, I fear you would have defeated me.
- Mydei: Technique? Hah, you mean your laughable little tricks?
- Phainon: Hah. I know how to relate to you now. As we have fought before, how about we share some of our insights?
- Mydei: ...Huh?
- Phainon: We have battled for all this time, yet I have never seen you fatigued... How do you train? Would you consider teaching me?
- Mydei: I fear you will be disappointed, hero. This is not due to my training...
- Mydei: I am simply more capable of enduring pain and suffering than you are.
3rd location
- (Initial interaction)
- Activate Fragments of Recollection
- A crystal floats by silently in midair. Goodness knows when it first appeared.
Hey, come out!- (Give it a tap with your bat)
- (Stay calm and observe)
- In the next second, a strange feeling spreads across your chest, like a rising tide smacking you in the face. You remember everything you experienced in Amphoreus and those non-existent memories that you witnessed there.
- When the tide of memories subsides, you discover a few shattered crystal shards lying motionlessly in your hand, clear and bright. Is this a "gift of destiny"?
- (Trailblazer): These are memories from when I lived with Dan Heng in the bath chamber. I never thought I'd see them again. The memories here are incredibly vivid...
4th location
- Activate Fragments of Recollection
- Listen
- Finely-dressed Woman: ...A water lyre? I've seen it before — it's a signature instrument of Carmitis. According to records, Carmitis was a distant city blessed by Mnestia. All her residents were artistic prodigies.
- Man in a Bathrobe: Alas, Carmitis disappeared a long time ago, along with those precious arts long lost to time. This water lyre has been here for a long time, unable to secure a worthy musician to play it.
- Finely-dressed Woman: Beautiful things are destroyed easily, and art is always accompanied by misery. Mnestia's blessing is also a curse.
- Silent Lady: ...
- Silent Lady: Maybe I can try playing it.
- Man in a Bathrobe: For real? Go try it out.
- Silent Lady: But... Hmm... It should be fine. Let me try.
- After some simple tuning, the water lyre slowly emits a lovely sound.
- Silent Lady: Phew, looks like I still haven't lost the skills that Mother taught me.
- Silent Lady: Dear guests, if you don't mind, allow me to play a piece with this water lyre for everyone. I may not be able to perform at a level told in stories, but it should suffice as post-bath entertainment.
5th location
- Activate Fragments of Recollection
- Listen
- Aglaea: Phainon, has the latest batch of refugees been admitted into the city?
- Phainon: Lady Tribbie, the refugees have already settled. I hope that the holy city can heal their fatigued minds and bodies.
- Aglaea: Which city was it this time?
- Phainon: ...Idilia. The city of books that worships Cerces... Those insane Titankin almost turned the city upside-down. All of their books were burned, too.
- Aglaea: It seems that the matter of reclaiming the Coreflame of Nikador is urgent. You must reach a verdict on who will bear the Coreflame of the Lance of Fury.
- Mydei: Aglaea, you must understand that all I want is to extinguish the long tainted soul of my clan's gods with my own two hands. As for the Coreflame, make arrangements as you see fitting.
- Phainon: I see your concern only stretches as far as yourself, Mydei. There is no need for humility among warriors. When we are faced with Nikador, we should use our strength to seize the Coreflame.
- Phainon: Or are you saying that you are scared? Perhaps you think that your skill in battle is no match for mine, and you have no choice but to ask for mercy in advance?
- Mydei: Don't make me laugh. The Kremnoan dictionary does not contain the word "scared." As for a battle of strength, you are welcome to try me right now...
- Tribbie: Stop fighting! Stop fighting! We don't know where Castrum Kremnos has drifted off to. Where are we supposed to go in search of Nikador...?
- Castorice: Lady Aglaea, we have another matter besides the looming threat of Nikador. We have lost contact with another distant city.
- Aglaea: Cas, are you saying... That it was not the work of Nikador?
- Castorice: No matter how ruthless Nikador is, there's no way they could raze an entire city in an instant without leaving a single survivor.
- Aglaea: ...I understand. I will send Cipher to take a look, if she is willing. For now, we shall have to sit and watch for any developments from inside Okhema.
- Aglaea: The golden thread grows tighter by the day, yet waves of life can be felt from time to time... I fear something big is about to happen.
6th location
- Activate Fragments of Recollection
- Listen
- Aged Seed Keeper: ...That's correct, honorable Chrysos Heir. I implore you to grant this pitiful creature its death.
- Aged Seed Keeper: Due to an error in the way that we have nurtured it, it has a defect that cannot be repaired. As things stand, it has at most fifteen days left to live. What's more, it will be in endless agony for the entirety of its short existence.
- Aged Seed Keeper: You hear them too, right? Those pitiful screams!
- Castorice: Alright, as you wish. I just want to know... Why did you allow it to be born?
- Castorice: Every being that goes extinct does so for a reason, and it is difficult to undo. By relying on these "seeds," you are only "creating," and you are not allowing the dead to "return."
- Aged Seed Keeper: Because... perhaps this way it does not have to face nature.
- Aged Seed Keeper: Before it went extinct, these creatures spent a long time in captivity. They were the most common source of meat in this land.
- Castorice: A source of meat... They are returning to the world just to die once more?
- Aged Seed Keeper: ...
- Aged Seed Keeper: Lady Chrysos Heir, are you blaming me for this?
- Castorice: No. Perhaps this creature and I are one and the same.
- Castorice: Please move aside. I will bring an end to its suffering.
Other Languages
| Language | Official Name |
|---|---|
| English | Big City Anecdotes |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 大城轶事 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 大城軼事 |
| Japanese | 大きな街の逸話 |
| Korean | 대도시 일화 |
| Spanish | Anécdotas de la gran ciudad |
| French | Anecdotes de la grande ville |
| Russian | Байки большого города |
| Thai | เรื่องเล่าขานในเมืองใหญ่ |
| Vietnamese | Câu Chuyện Thành Phố |
| German | Anekdoten der Großstadt |
| Indonesian | Anekdot Kota Besar |
| Portuguese | Anedotas da Grande Pólis |
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Released in Version 3.0
