Behind Every Answer, a New Riddle
Last updated 2026-06-22
Behind Every Answer, a New Riddle is the eleventh episode of Season 2 - Epilogue: New: Eridan Sunset (B) in Phaethon's Story.
Parts
- The Wrong Dream
- Truth of Identity
- Remielle
- A First-Generation Void Hunter
Steps
- Unwelcome Dream
- Head back to your room on the lower level and rest
- Head to the dream's destination
Dialogue
Unwelcome Dream
- (Ongoing)
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): (We've got more investigating to doWe've got more investigating to do /
We gotta continue our investigationWe gotta continue our investigation) tomorrow, better get some rest tonight...
- (Talk to Lighter, optional)
- Lighter: Bro, that red scarf of yours...
- Billy: You noticed! The fact that you, Lighter my man, noticed and looked so carefully at my getup means my makeover is a total success! Super well put together!
That red scarf is super eye-catching...- It would be weirder to go unnoticed!
- Billy: Hehe, true... Allow me to formally introduce this red scarf: one of the iconic new symbols of "Starlight Knight Billy"! It represents burning justice and the resolve to protect!
- Billy: This new red scarf will fly alongside a new legend, waving high wherever hope is needed!
- Lighter: "Hope," huh? Sounds a lot lighter than titles like "Reaper" and "Champion." The Outer Ring's already got enough heavy legends weighing it down. It's nice to have something... lighter for a change.
- Lighter: This time, just remember to keep it close and wrap it tight. Don't let someone else take it.
- Billy: Ha... haha...
- Billy: I won't let go once I tie it on this time... for real!
- Lighter: Then here's to us: let us wear our red scarves without regrets.
- (Interact with the Room Door)
- (It's getting late. Head back and rest?)
Rest now
- Drowsiness washes over you like a rising tide. Your consciousness slowly sinks...
- Blurred faces... faint voices...
Somewhere nearby, a familiar voice calls out, guiding you forward...
- Sleep later
Head to the dream's destination
- ((WiseWise /
BelleBelle) wakes up in a dreamlike version of Blazewood) - (ProtagonistProtagonist): Where... am I? Is this a dream? Or...
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): (Belle!Belle! /
Wise?Wise?) Are you here?
- (Approach the golden memory-ghosts)
- Anxious Feminine Voice: Helios' dream... Phaethon... Icarus...
- Anxious Feminine Voice: No, it's not enough...
- (Approach the ghosts by Steeltusk)
- Warm and Strong Masculine Voice: We made a promise... to seize the sun together.
- Competitive Feminine Voice: Hmph, those two lazybones... Get ready! We will not lose!
- (Approach the ghosts by the elevator)
- Pained and Confused Feminine Voice: No, no, no!!!
- Pained and Confused Feminine Voice: What kind of monster... have we created?
- (Enter the elevator)
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): ...
- (Approach the destination)
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): That's... Teacher?
- (Approach Carole Arna's ghost)
The Wrong Dream
The following is recorded in the Video Archive
The Wrong DreamVideo Summary: Truth mixed with lies, or lies laced with truth, which one can really be trusted?
- (A cinematic plays)
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- ((ProtagonistProtagonist) stumbles around before they are caught by a familiar flurry of feathers)
- Ramiel: Your dream shouldn't be like this
- Ramiel: Wake up
- Ramiel: If you don't wake up now, you never will
- (Cinematic ends)
Truth of Identity
The following is recorded in the Video Archive
Truth of IdentityVideo Summary: Truth mixed with lies, or lies laced with truth, which one can really be trusted?
Story Description: "Ramiel" wakes you from the dream, beginning another round of your Q&A game. To your shock, Ramiel reveals her true identity...
- The dream recedes like a tide. You find yourself standing once more in the quiet night of Blazewood.
The campfire has burned out, and everything is silent. Only a single figure stands before you... - (What?)
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): Ugh... my head... Wait... (what happened?what happened? /
what's going on?what's going on?) - Ramiel: You were sleepwalking, you know. Another step and you'd have followed those memory-ghosts straight onto the highway.
- Ramiel!
- No... Who are you?
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): Ramiel? Why are you here...? No, wait. Before that... Who are you, (really?really? /
really?!really?!) - Ramiel: Shhh... easy there, (Mr.Mr. /
MissMiss) Model Citizen. If you raise your voice, you'll wake everyone up. And besides, our Q&A game... works in turns, remember? - Ramiel: Last time, the final question you asked me — about your nightmare? I already helped you with that. Waking you up from your dream wasn't easy, you know.
- Ramiel: So now it's my turn to ask a question, right?
- What do you want to ask?
- Is there anything you want to know?
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): What... What do you (want towant to /
wannawanna) know? - Ramiel: No need to be so tense... We're just chatting, like before. Lemme think... your "nightmare"...
- Ramiel: Alright... let's start here. In your eyes, what kind of person is your teacher?
- Why are you asking this?
- What's that got to do with you?
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): My teacher...? Why would you ask about her? What does she have to do with you, or the W-Engine you stole?
- Ramiel: Answering a question with another question is a serious foul in a Q&A game, you know.
- Ramiel: But if you really don't want to answer... I'll give you a little hint. In a game like this, the one answering can't lie, but... they don't necessarily have to tell the whole truth, either.
- Ramiel: So, let's get back to the question. What kind of person do you think your teacher is? A good person? A bad one? Or perhaps...
- Teacher...
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): My teacher... she...
- Ramiel: Don't take too long... or you'll get penalized for it~
- She's my guide.
- I trust her.
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): She's my guide. I... I trust her. Maybe there are still things I don't fully understand yet, but I trust in her character. I trust the path she's (set me onset me on /
shown meshown me). - Ramiel: A guide worthy of trust, huh? Hmm... that's a very interesting answer.
- Ramiel: Alright then. By the rules, it's my turn to answer the question you asked earlier. "Who am I?"
- Remielle: My real name is Remielle. Well, I suppose most people would recognize me better by my family name...
Remielle
The following is recorded in the Video Archive
RemielleVideo Summary: Truth mixed with lies, or lies laced with truth, which one can really be trusted?
Story Description: Ramiel claims to be one of the first-generation Void Hunters, Remielle Dan.
- Remielle: Dan. My full name is Remielle Dan.
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): No, that's impossible! (That name belongs to someone from over a hundred years ago...That name belongs to someone from over a hundred years ago... /
That name... it's from over a hundred years ago!That name... it's from over a hundred years ago!) - Remielle: Ah. I knew you'd react like that. After all... that name probably only exists in history books for you, doesn't it? Lieutenant Colonel of the Guard of Staves, and...
- Remielle: One of the first-generation Void Hunters.
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): But... (how can that be?how can that be? /
how is that even possible?[Note 1]how is that even possible?[Note 1]) - Remielle: It's not completely impossible, you know. Time tends to be a little kinder to a person like me~
- Remielle: But... if you still think I'm lying. Well. Even though you haven't asked yet, I'll give you one more answer for free, something I'm sure you're dying to know.
- ("Wise—! Wise—!""Wise—! Wise—!" /
"Belle—! Belle—!""Belle—! Belle—!")
A familiar voice calls out from the distance, followed by hurried, uneven footsteps. Your thoughts grow even more muddled. - Hearing the call, Remielle turns her head slightly. There's a trace of weary amusement in her eyes at the interruption, yet it almost feels as if she had already anticipated everything.
A First-Generation Void Hunter
The following is recorded in the Video Archive
A First-Generation Void HunterVideo Summary: Truth mixed with lies, or lies laced with truth, which one can really be trusted?
Story Description: Companions rush over to your side. Remielle leaves you with even more questions. While everyone remains uncertain about her claim of being a first-generation Void Hunter and unsure how to proceed with the investigation, the tracker Cissia "accidentally" used ends up playing a crucial role...
- Remielle: Ah, our game time always runs out so quickly. So let's keep it short.
- Remielle: To me, that Porcelloy W-Engine is a key to the past. There's something I need it for.
- Remielle: So I'm afraid I can't give it back to you just yet. Sorry.
- Remielle: But I promise you this. When everything is finally settled, if you still need it... I'll place it in your hands myself.
- Remielle: And... though you might not have realized it yet: just like those phantoms in your dreams, you're chasing after something... you might never actually find.
- Remielle: In that sense... you and I might not be enemies after all.
- I don't understand...
- What's it that you're planning to do...?
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): I... (I don'tI don't /
don'tdon't) understand. And what exactly are you planning to do with that W-Engine? - Remielle: Greedy, aren't you? That's a whole new question. Let's save it for next time, shall we? Look, that adorable little snake is already on her way over.
- Before she can finish speaking, a figure rushes in like a whirlwind, tail stiff and upright in alert...
- Cissia: Y—Y—Y—Y—You bad lady! Stay away from us!
- Cissia: (Wise!Wise! /
Belle!Belle!) Are you okay?! Did she hurt you?! - Cissia: Lady! I'm warning you — stay away from my... my lifetime meal ticket! I'm a PubSec specialist, you know! I've got a bright future ahead of me! Cross me and you're making an enemy of all Public Security!
- Cissia: And if I get hurt, Demon Lord... I mean! The commissioner will mobilize everyone and flatten the Outer Ring looking for you! Y—You don't want a massive casualty incident like that, right?!
- Remielle: See? This sharp little snake can always find you with uncanny accuracy. She seems particularly concerned about you.
- Don't worry, Cissia.
- I'm fine... at least for now.
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): Don't worry, Cissia. She... doesn't (appear to mean us harmappear to mean us harm /
seem hostileseem hostile), at least not at the moment. - Remielle: At least not for the moment, huh? What a cautious way to put it.
- Remielle: I'd love to keep talking with you a little longer, but... it sounds like the rest of your companions are about to arrive too.
- Remielle: Ah... I really do prefer one-on-one conversations. Handling a whole crowd at once? ...Just thinking about it makes me tired.
- Remielle: So... I suppose this is goodbye for now? Let's save the topic about your teacher for the next time we meet~
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): Wait, Remielle! Don't leave just yet!
- Remielle quietly takes a few steps back, her figure slipping into the night and vanishing without a trace...
More footsteps follow, as (BelleBelle /WiseWise), Billy, and Promeia rush over together. - After thinking about it for a moment, you tell everyone your conversation with Remielle.
- Cissia: Huh? A first-generation Void Hunter? That woman? Oh, come on! And I'm the mayor of New Eridu! She's obviously full of it!
- Billy: A first-generation Void Hunter is like on the same level as the original hero from Starlight Knight Chronicles, a straight-up legendary boss fight...
- Billy: But if she's telling the truth... Damn, how old would she be? Like, over a hundred or something!
- Billy: I mean, Boss always says don't judge a woman's age by her looks... but, come on! She doesn't look anywhere near a hundred! Not even close!
- Cissia: Exactly, so she's just bluffing, trying to scare you! Proxy, don't let that bad lady trick you!
- (SiblingSibling): (Wise, did she do anything to you?Wise, did she do anything to you? /
Belle, you alright? She didn't do anything to you, did she?Belle, you alright? She didn't do anything to you, did she?) - I'm fine...
- I get the feeling she wasn't lying...
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): I'm fine. She didn't try anything.
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): (Actually... she said she needed the Porcelloy W-Engine for something important, and she'd return it afterward. Honestly, I don't see a reason for her to approach me just to lie.Actually... she said she needed the Porcelloy W-Engine for something important, and she'd return it afterward. Honestly, I don't see a reason for her to approach me just to lie. /
Actually... she said she needs the Porcelloy W-Engine for something important, and she'll give it back after. Honestly? I don't think she went out of her way just to lie to me.Actually... she said she needs the Porcelloy W-Engine for something important, and she'll give it back after. Honestly? I don't think she went out of her way just to lie to me.) - (ProtagonistProtagonist): (Same goes for the "first-generation Void Hunter" claim. There's no clear incentive for her to make that up.Same goes for the "first-generation Void Hunter" claim. There's no clear incentive for her to make that up. /
Same with the whole "first-generation Void Hunter" thing. She doesn't gain anything from making that up.Same with the whole "first-generation Void Hunter" thing. She doesn't gain anything from making that up.) - Promeia: Right. I agree with your assessment.
- What is it, Promeia?
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): What is it, Promeia? Did you think of something?
- Promeia: The "Big Guy" I mentioned earlier... strictly speaking, I'm not meant to be sharing its movements with you. But... given the circumstances, there's no point in withholding it now.
- Promeia: "Big Guy" is just a codename. Its actual designation is... "Anti-Void Hunter Riot Suppression Mech."
- Anti-Void Hunter... Riot Suppression Mech?
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): A mech designed to suppress Void Hunters...? But... why?
- Promeia: I don't know. At first, TOPS treated it as nothing more than a classification, a metric for combat prowess. After all, no one truly intended to oppose a Void Hunter.
- Promeia: But... now it seems more likely it was never just a label. TOPS' upper ranks may have known Remielle's identity long ago and made preparations in advance.
- Promeia: Even the Hollow Champion competition... may have been staged to lure her out.
- Promeia: You, me, Romeul... and every other participant... we may all have been unwitting pieces on Rusty Cliff's board — used to corner Remielle and eliminate her.
- (SiblingSibling): (So then...So then... /
So...So...) if that Porcelloy W-Engine is important to her too... (then yeah, it all makes sense!then yeah, it all makes sense! / then it all makes sense.then it all makes sense.) - Cissia: Wait... what? So you're saying... she... she might actually be a first-generation Void Hunter? The one from the legends... who can level cities with a single strike?
- Promeia: It's... a possibility, yes.
- Cissia: I–I didn't bare my teeth at her, did I? And call her a bad lady...?
- Cissia: I... Is it too late to run for my life now? Maybe I can call for backup from Public Security... No, ain't no one gonna back me up... I'm dead, I'm so dead — what if she gets mad and turns me into some permanent Outer Ring roadside decoration?!
- Like, a faded Cissia...?
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): (I can picture it already... a faded Cissia, just like those faded Ethereals.I can picture it already... a faded Cissia, just like those faded Ethereals. Tooltip for I can picture it already... a faded Cissia, just like those faded Ethereals.ⓘ /
Oh no, I can actually see it now — faded Cissia...! Just like those faded Ethereals!Oh no, I can actually see it now — faded Cissia...! Just like those faded Ethereals!) - Cissia: Wahhhhhhhhh stop! Proxy, stop it! Now I'm picturing it too!
- Promeia: We need to confirm Remielle's true objective — now. She can't have gone far. I'll pursue.
- Billy: Tracking a first-generation Void Hunter? Damn, that's sick. Count me in! So, uh... which direction are we headed, exactly?
- Cissia: Uh... ahem... excuse me, the great — uh, not-so-great Specialist Cissia here... might... possibly... maybe... have a way to find her.
- Cissia: Okay, just to be clear... I didn't do it on purpose! I swear I wasn't trying to offend the great first-generation Void Hunter! It's just... earlier, I might've, possibly, maybe, accidentally stuck the precinct-issued tracker on her...
- She's a first-generation Void Hunter...
- You put a tracker on her?
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): You (attachedattached /
putput) a tracker... on a first-generation Void Hunter? Cissia, (how exactly did you manage that?!how exactly did you manage that?! / how did you even pull that off?!how did you even pull that off?!) - Cissia: Right when she was saying goodbye to you... I mean, I didn't — Chalky did... Anyway, it got stuck on her while... she was distracted.
- Cissia pulls out a compact, high-tech display and swallows nervously.
- Cissia: I'm serious, I didn't mean it! You guys... You all have to back me up! I—I—I—I had zero intention of offending her! NONE whatsoever! I swear!
- You're amazing, Cissia!
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): (Well done, Cissia. Facing a first-generation Void Hunter without a trace of fear... you've proven yourself a capable, level-headed Public Security specialist!Well done, Cissia. Facing a first-generation Void Hunter without a trace of fear... you've proven yourself a capable, level-headed Public Security specialist! /
You're amazing, Cissia! Going up against a first-gen Void Hunter without even flinching — that's our quick-thinking, fearless Specialist Cissia!You're amazing, Cissia! Going up against a first-gen Void Hunter without even flinching — that's our quick-thinking, fearless Specialist Cissia!) - Cissia: I—I didn't! That's not what happened! Don't twist my words! I—It was just an accident!
- (SiblingSibling): (No need to panic, Cissia. I don't think she's hostile.No need to panic, Cissia. I don't think she's hostile. /
You don't need to panic, Cissia. I don't think she's hostile toward us.You don't need to panic, Cissia. I don't think she's hostile toward us.) If she were, we'd already be done for. - Cissia: Uh... Huh... I guess that's true, I mean, she's super strong. She could probably take on a million Cissias solo... Oh! Wait! The signal's there! I've got her!
- Promeia: This direction...
- Cissia: Huh? No — why'd it cut out already? Did she find it?!
- Billy: Cissia, is that thing of yours even legit? Or is it some free promo thingy you picked up?
- Cissia: How would I know?! It's my first time using this thing... The fact it worked at all is a miracle!
- Fairy: Tracker's final signal coordinates retrieved. Location: near one of the Pursenas Companion Hollows.
- Looks like the signal disappeared...
- ...Because she went into a Hollow.
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): (Then it's likely the signal dropped because she entered the Hollow. No time to tell Lighter. Let's go after her!Then it's likely the signal dropped because she entered the Hollow. No time to tell Lighter. Let's go after her! Tooltip for Then it's likely the signal dropped because she entered the Hollow. No time to tell Lighter. Let's go after her!ⓘ /
Then the signal dropping must mean she went into the Hollow. No time to tell Lighter. We move now. Let's go after her!Then the signal dropping must mean she went into the Hollow. No time to tell Lighter. We move now. Let's go after her!) - (SiblingSibling): (Got it. I'll go wake the Sons of Calydon! Wise, you guys go ahead. We'll catch up!Got it. I'll go wake the Sons of Calydon! Wise, you guys go ahead. We'll catch up! Tooltip for Got it. I'll go wake the Sons of Calydon! Wise, you guys go ahead. We'll catch up!ⓘ /
Understood. I'll wake the Sons of Calydon. You guys go ahead, Belle. We'll catch up to you.Understood. I'll wake the Sons of Calydon. You guys go ahead, Belle. We'll catch up to you.)
Notes
- ↑ Belle's actual voice-over: "But... how can that be?"
Other Languages
| Language | Official Name |
|---|---|
| English | Behind Every Answer, a New Riddle |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 答案背后，新的谜面 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 答案背後，新的謎面 |
| Japanese | 答えの向こう、新たな謎 |
| Korean | 답안 뒤의 새로운 수수께끼 Daban Dwiui Saeroun Susukkekki |
| Spanish | Un nuevo enigma tras cada respuesta |
| French | Chaque réponse cache une nouvelle énigme |
| Russian | За ответом — новая загадка Za otvetom — novaya zagadka |
| Thai | เบื้องหลังคำตอบ ปริศนาบทใหม่ |
| Vietnamese | Phía Sau Đáp Án, Một Câu Đố Mới |
| German | Hinter der Antwort steckt ein neues Rätsel |
| Indonesian | Teka-Teki Baru di Balik Jawaban |
| Portuguese | Por Trás da Resposta, um Novo Enigma |
Change History
Released in Version 2.8 - New: Eridan Sunset
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