The Final Song
Last updated 2026-02-10
The Final Song is the seventh episode of Season 2 - Chapter 4: Memories of Dreams Bygone in Phaethon's Story.
Parts
- Drowned Ideal - Lucia
- Finding Friends
- The Final Hide and Seek
- Moonlit Reveries
- Phantom Ahead
- I should probably go home.
- Whose Story (III)
- A Story with (WiseWise /
BelleBelle)
Steps
- Lantern Games
- Head towards the direction the nursery rhyme is coming from
- Open the gate
- Head towards the direction the nursery rhyme is coming from
- Chase after Lucia
- Open the gate
- Head to little Lucia's location
- Defeat the Wandering Hunter
- Phantom Pursuit
Dialogue
Showdown at the Town
Drowned Ideal - Lucia
The following is recorded in the Video Archive
"Drowned Ideal - Lucia"Video Summary: Little Lucia has a new playmate.
Story Description: Through the fissure, you enter a place none of you has ever seen before: what seems to be the ruins of an abandoned aerospace testing site. That's when the Lantern Bearer appears... little Lucia, looking childlike, harmless, and only wanting to play hide-and-seek with you.
- (SiblingSibling): Are we really still in Lemnian Hollow? I've never seen anything like this before...
- Fairy: Comparing it against Waifei Peninsula map data, this area is likely the ruins of an abandoned aerospace test site. The last recorded human activity here dates back to before the fall of the old capital.
So this place...- It's been untouched for over ten years...
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): So this place has been untouched for... more than ten years?
- (SiblingSibling): We can't say that for sure. At the very least, Sarah's been here.
- Yidhari: And it's so quiet, hardly another soul in sight. I can pick everyone out without trouble.
- Lucia: Oh? Then guess who I am?
- With one fist held to her chest, Lucia waves her other arm about aimlessly.
- Yidhari: You're the Night Emissary, disguised as a Dullahan.
- Lucia: Correct! I'd expect nothing less from "Strawberry Parfait"!
- Lucia gets even more smug and suddenly jumps up with a Dullahan hand chop ambush attack. Yidhari and Manato quickly move out of the way, causing the chop to land solidly on the streetlamp behind them.
- Komano Manato: Ugh, cut it out, Miss Dullahan. Don't you think this place feels off?
- Lucia: Miss Dullahan just hurt her hand!
- (SiblingSibling): Manato's right. (We're outside, but it feels way too dark... could it be night already?We're outside, but it feels way too dark... could it be night already? /
We're supposed to be outdoors, but it feels way too dark... Is it night already...?We're supposed to be outdoors, but it feels way too dark... Is it night already...?) - Little Lucia: Nope, not night. It's always like this here.
- Lantern Bearer!
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): It's Lantern Bearer! Where were you just now? Why didn't you disappear like the others?
- Little Lucia!
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): It's little Lucia! Where were you just now? Why didn't you disappear like the others?
- Little Lucia: I can appear from anywhere. That's just how hide-and-seek goes.
- Little Lucia: What are you all doing here? Did you already beat Moss?
- Lucia: We did. The drowned ideals all went back, back into the sea of Ether.
- Little Lucia: I don't like that name — "drowned ideals." But Moss keeps calling me that. I only came out to play with Ah-Deh.
- By "Ah-Deh" you mean Wandering Hunter?
- PLAY? With Wandering Hunter?
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): When you say "play with Ah-Deh," you mean play with... Wandering Hunter?
- Little Lucia: Mhm. I play hide-and-seek with Ah-Deh. Every time I get tired of playing in town, I ring the bell to call him to pick me up. Last time, when I saw (WiseWise /
BelleBelle), we played together~ - You mean back when you first came into town?
- That sure didn't look like "playing"...
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): Was that back when you first came into "the town?" It sure didn't look like "playing" to me...
- Little Lucia: Oh, and Yidhari — sometimes I find her sleeping in strange places. It's dangerous, so Ah-Deh just carries her back to town.
- Yidhari: Ahh... so that's it. Every time I passed out, it was you bringing me back to the auditorium...
- Lucia: Wandering Hunter... why do you call it Ah-Deh?
- Little Lucia: Want to know? Then play hide-and-seek with me. Find me, and I'll tell you~
- Lucia: Hm? Wait a second...
- The little girl hops lightly into the shadows and vanishes without a trace — just as when she came.
Lantern Games
- (Ongoing)
- Yidhari: That sound... is it a children's song?
- (SiblingSibling): It's little Lucia singing.
- Lucia: She really wants to play hide-and-seek with us...
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): Let's follow the sound of the singing!
- (Approach the designated area)
- Yidhari: Ah, someone's been here before, but it wasn't Sarah...
- (SiblingSibling): Did you see an illusion?
- Yidhari: Yeah, it looked like someone from the army.
- Lucia: This illusion... The face is unclear, but the voice...
- Yidhari: Is it someone you know?
- Lucia: Mm... Maybe. The Mind-Reading Monster... It could be here.
- Yidhari: Understood. I'll help you look for it.
- (Idle)
- NPC 1: The distress signal cuts off here, Captain.
- NPC 2: Stay sharp, keep moving.
- NPC 2: The Ether environment here is pretty unusual.
- (Enter combat)
- (After defeating all enemies)
- (Approach the designated location)
- Yidhari: Lucia, there's another illusion here.
- (Ongoing)
- (SiblingSibling): This seems to be a safety device for the testing grounds. Let's find a way to activate it.
- Yidhari: Maybe those people are also trying to figure out how to open the gate...
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): Those people? Who do you mean?
- Yidhari: Over there.
- (Interact with Calm Soldier)
- Calm Soldier: Brute force won't open this door...
- Accompanying Soldier: Look, there's a startup device here, and it says "Laser Track" on it...
- Calm Soldier: Oh, I get it. Quick, call the captain and the others.
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): (Laser tracks, huh...)
- (Ongoing)
- (SiblingSibling): That song... She must be nearby.
- (Interact with Ether Convergence Console)
- (Enter the puzzle)
- (After completing the puzzle)
- (Ongoing)
- Komano Manato: Why do those illusions all have rainbow colored faces...?
- Yidhari: However I see them is how I recreate them.
- Lucia: So, in your eyes, are we colorful too?
- Komano Manato: Yes, except for (WiseWise /
BelleBelle). - (ProtagonistProtagonist): Well then... I guess that makes me pretty special.
- (Interact with Access Terminal to open the gate)
- (Enter combat)
- (SiblingSibling): With Ethereals all around, would Sarah really come here...
- (Approach the designated area)
- (SiblingSibling): The lyrics and melody have changed...
- Lucia: Mm, because it's almost finished...
- (SiblingSibling): Do you know this song?
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): (I'm afraid... This is the song she used to sing while playing hide-and-seek with her father...)
- (After using the Perception Technique to disintegrate the targets)
Finding Friends
The following is recorded in the Video Archive
"Finding Friends"Video Summary: Little Lucia has a new playmate.
Story Description: Yidhari's power is starting to settle, but she still wants to try to recreate something for Lucia. Lucia wants to befriend her younger self, but is turned down.
- Yidhari: Phew...
- What's wrong?
- You not feeling well?
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): (What's wrong?What's wrong? /
Hey, what's wrong?Hey, what's wrong?) Are you not feeling well? - Yidhari: No, it's just recreating illusions is getting harder and harder. I can clearly feel my powers fading...
- That means your power is getting back to normal.
- That means the Miasma's influence is fading.
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): That's a good sign! It means your powers are returning to normal, and the effects of the Miasma will soon be gone completely.
- Yidhari: This power has brought so much trouble to everyone. Now that it can actually do some good, I don't want to just abandon it midway...
- Lucia: You've already helped so many people.
- Yidhari: Just once more, Lucia... I want to try one more time, so you can see the whole story.
- Lucia: ...Thank you.
- Little Lucia: Why'd you stop? Quitting hide-and-seek halfway is cheating, and I hate cheaters.
- Lucia: Wait — I have a question! Could we... be friends? With you, and with Wandering Hunter as well...
- Little Lucia: Why would you want to be friends with an Ethereal?
- Lucia: I don't really know. I just feel like... there ought to be more than just "fighting" between us.
- Little Lucia: Taking the path less traveled will only leave you more alone, you know.
- Lucia: No, it won't. I've already found friends who won't push me away for the path I take. Not many, but enough for me.
- Little Lucia: Then you don't need us anymore. Get too greedy, and you'll lose your real friends.
- Lucia: Huh?
- Little Lucia: Anyway! Let's keep playing hide-and-seek~
- Lucia: Wait!
- Komano Manato: Lucia! She's going after her! Ugh... What's with her? Why is she so reckless...?
- ...Let's go after them.
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): ...Let's go after them.
- (
Lucia Elowen will leave the team) - (Ongoing)
- (SiblingSibling): She's running so fast!
- Komano Manato: Do you mean the older or the younger Lucia?
- (SiblingSibling): Both of them!
- (Approach the designated area)
- (An illusion appears)
- (Idle)
- NPC 3: Hah... finally shook them off... It almost feels like someone is controlling them...
- (Ongoing)
- Yidhari: Ah, there's that soldier's illusion up ahead, but this time he's alone...
- (SiblingSibling): He's already in a pretty rough state... Can he really keep going?
- (Approach the designated area again)
- (SiblingSibling): I see Lucia!
- (Go halfway across the area)
- (SiblingSibling): Lucia!
- Lucia: We followed it this far, but the singing vanished...
- Yidhari: I see figures here as well. Let me take care of it...
- Yidhari: Urgh...
- Lucia: Are you alright? Don't push yourself!
- (Interact with Lucia)
- (Ongoing)
- Yidhari: I'm fine... We promised to search together...
- Yidhari: I'll try again!
- Weakened Captain: Heh... heh...
- Little Lucia: Ah-Deh, are you gonna turn into an Ethereal?
- Weakened Captain: Lucia! Why are you...? Heh, I get it now.
- Weakened Captain: The Corruption's gotten so bad I'm seeing things... but that's alright... at least I get to see you one last time...
- Little Lucia: Ah-Deh, before you turn into an Ethereal, do you have any last words?
- Weakened Captain: Yes, of course I do! I... owe you a game of hide-and-seek... No, I owe you so, so many games of hide-and-seek.
- Little Lucia: Hmm... then play hide-and-seek with me! No matter what Ah-Deh becomes, you have to stay with me forever.
- This "Ah-Deh" is...
- This little Lucia is...
- Lucia: That's my father, and his... wish...
- Weakened Captain: Ah... Really... Even in a hallucination... you're still this adorable...
- Weakened Captain: I'm sorry, Lucia...
- (SiblingSibling): The singing came from behind the gate we passed earlier...
- Lucia: Then let's... head to the gate.
- Yidhari: Lucia...
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): Let's go. I'll find a way to open it.
- (Interact with Ether Convergence Console)
- (Enter the puzzle)
- (After finishing the puzzle)
- (Ongoing)
- Lucia: Oh, I see...
- Lucia: That little Lucia... She isn't my drowned ideal...
- Lucia: It's him... All these years, he's always wanted...
- Yidhari: Sorry... I shouldn't have recreated all of this...
- Lucia: Don't apologize. I should be thanking you.
- Lucia: Now the question that has been lingering in my mind has an answer... You really did help me find the Mind-Reading Monster.
- Yidhari: Are you ready to face him?
- Lucia: I'll have to face him sooner or later. He's waiting for me...
- Lucia: This game of hide-and-seek isn't over yet.
- Lucia: ...I'm here, Ah-Deh.
- (Interact with Access Terminal)
- (Approach the designated area)
- Yidhari: There's little Lucia!
- (SiblingSibling): But where is Wandering Hunter...?
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): He should be close by...
The Final Hide and Seek
The following is recorded in the Video Archive
"The Final Hide and Seek"Video Summary: Little Lucia has a new playmate.
Story Description: You finally arrive at where little Lucia and the Wandering Hunter are. With nowhere else to go, this is the final game of hide-and-seek.
- Little Lucia: Amazing! Ah-Deh and I have nowhere left to hide~
- Lucia: ...
- Little Lucia: Huh? Why don't you look happy? That was a compliment!
- Lucia: Guys...just this once... can we not fight? Let's act like we just happened to meet, and then each go our own way...
- Yidhari: I agree with Lucia.
- Komano Manato: As long as we can be sure Wandering Hunter stays here and doesn't go after the Timesworn Hills folks... then I'm fine with it.
- I'm only here to track down Sarah.
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): I'm only here to track down Sarah. That's it.
- Lucia: See? We don't have to fight each other. You can stay here as long as you want...
- Little Lucia: Uh-uh, I'm worn out now. Ah-Deh and I are totally beat. One last game, and then we're off to bed.
- Lucia: Oh... So you're leaving after all...
- Little Lucia: Are you sad? But why? Remember what Granny always says? Ethereals don't really "die," they become Ether and return to the sea of Ether.
- Lucia: And dreams are just threads tied to the sea of Ether... they're how we connect with those we've lost.
- Little Lucia: Right. So when Ah-Deh goes back, you can see him again in your dreams. Whatever you wanna say, you can say it all then.
- Little Lucia: So come on! Play one last game of hide-and-seek with us, and don't you dare quit halfway through!
- Lucia: ...Hmph, people who quit halfway are the worst.
- Lucia: This time, I will catch you!
Defeat the Wandering Hunter
- (Enter combat)
- Little Lucia: Come on, one last game of hide-and-seek. Let's all have fun together.
- (When Wandering Hunter enters the Hide-and-Seek phase the first time)
- (If you pick the wrong form of Drowned Ideal - Lucia)
- Little Lucia: If you catch the wrong person, Ah-Deh will scold you!
- (If you pick the right form of Drowned Ideal - Lucia)
- Little Lucia: (chuckle) Amazing~
- (If you succeed in picking the right form of Drowned Ideal - Lucia in time)
- Little Lucia: Aw, I didn't hide well this time.
- (If you fail to pick the wrong form of Drowned Ideal - Lucia in time)
- Little Lucia: Time's up! Were you even trying to find me?
- (If you remove a certain percentage of Wandering Hunter's health)
- Little Lucia: Still not enough~ Let's keep playing!
- Little Lucia: I've been wandering with Ah-Deh for so long...
- Little Lucia: It's my first time playing with so many people~
- (When Wandering Hunter is stunned)
- Little Lucia: Ah-Deh can't run anymore.
- (When Wandering Hunter enters the Hide-and-Seek phase the second time)
- Little Lucia: Aww, don't look so sad. Cheer up a little!
- Little Lucia: Play with me one last time...
Moonlit Reveries
The following is recorded in the Video Archive
Moonlit ReveriesVideo Summary: Time to say a proper goodbye.
- Yidhari: Is it over...?
- Lucia: Yeah... that should be enough
- Lucia: Lucia, careful...
- Lucia: One little star, up high
- Lucia: Two little stars, float by
- Lucia: Three little stars, it's time to search and find!
- Lucia: Got you
- Little Lucia: You won!
- Little Lucia: Ah-Deh said
- Lucia: You're all grown up now
- Little Lucia: He also said...
- Little Lucia & Wandering Hunter: Sorry I couldn't be with you all these years, Lucia
- Lucia: Ah-Deh...
- Lucia: Ah-Deh...
Phantom Ahead
The following is recorded in the Video Archive
"Phantom Ahead"Video Summary: Time to say a proper goodbye.
Story Description: Lucia wants a moment to herself, so you leave her behind to scout ahead. That's when Yidhari spots Sarah's phantom.
- After the song fades, everything becomes exceptionally quiet...
- Lucia: Gone again... She was barely here before she was gone again...
- Yidhari: Lucia...
- Lucia: I'd like to stay here a bit longer... if that's okay...
- (SiblingSibling): Let's give her a moment...
- Let's go take a look up ahead.
- Call us if you need anything.
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): We'll go check things out up ahead. (Call if you need us.Call if you need us. /
Just holler if you need us.Just holler if you need us.) - Lucia: Mhm.
- Komano Manato: There's a path up ahead. I wonder where it goes?
- Yidhari: Ah, right by the roadside... I saw Sarah's illusion, and she was with someone I didn't recognize...
- Can you recreate it?
- Don't push yourself.
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): Can you recreate it? Don't push yourself though.
- Yidhari: Don't worry about me, let's keep moving. I can make it... It's just a little further.
- (Interact with Komano Manato, optional)
- Komano Manato: I'll stay to keep an eye on Lucia. You guys go ahead. I'll join you if there's anything new.
- (Interact with Lucia, optional)
- Lucia: ...
- Lucia: You guys go ahead, (WiseWise /
BelleBelle), I'll catch up...
- (Approach the illusions)
- Ye Shiyuan: Is it just up ahead? The "Creator" you spoke of.
- Sarah: Don't rush, there's still a long way to go.
- Sarah: We must endure a journey of suffering far beyond what mortals can bear before we can behold the Creator no mortal may gaze upon.
- Sarah: But you can still be delighted. This path isn't open to just anyone. Throughout the ages, only you and I have been granted this right.
- Ye Shiyuan: ...Let's go. I didn't come here for this kind of "delight."
- (Ongoing)
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): Not only did we see Sarah... but also... Senior Ye!
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): Why is Senior Ye here...
- Yidhari: There are illusions of them up ahead. Should we go take a look?
- (Approach the illusions)
- Sarah: By the way, has that nightmare I helped you get rid of been giving you any trouble lately?
- Ye Shiyuan: It indeed never showed up again. Your power... it definitely worked, otherwise I wouldn't be standing here before you.
- Sarah: The wishes that mortals spend their whole lives pursuing, the calamities they desperately try to escape... They're nothing more than crumbs in the Creator's palm. Granted or brushed away by a single flicker of Their will.
- Ye Shiyuan: I don't care about my calamity. I only care about whether I can save her.
- Sarah: You will. This arduous journey will not be in vain. At the end of the road, we will all "embrace our true desire."
- (Approach the designated area)
- (Ongoing)
- Sarah: Why did you turn back? No one's coming from behind.
- Sarah: Yidhari can't hold on much longer. That door will vanish soon.
- Ye Shiyuan: They'll come. All of them will come. Whether it's my overly worried shifu...
- Ye Shiyuan: Or that... unpredictable Junior, (WiseWise /
BelleBelle). - Ye Shiyuan: I have a feeling we'll be meeting very soon.
I should probably go home.
The following is recorded in the Video Archive
"Time to Head Home"Video Summary: Time to wake up from this dream.
Story Description: The tunnel is a dead end with no sign of the phantom. Fairy detects that the space shifts on a cycle, and the next fissure won't open for another few weeks. The group marks the spot and prepares to leave the Hollow. Just before leaving, Yidhari hesitates, so once again, you take her hand...
- (SiblingSibling): It's a dead end up ahead... Where did (Senior ShiyuanSenior Shiyuan /
Senior YeSenior Ye) and Sarah go...? - Yidhari: I saw them pass through the Ether fissure.
- Komano Manato: Except this time, there's no fissure in front of us to go through.
- Fairy: Periodic fluctuations of Ether detected at this site. Estimated cycle length: 30 to 90 days.
- (SiblingSibling): Periodic fluctuations... So even if there is a fissure, (we won't know until it pops up later.we won't know until it pops up later. /
it won't be detectable right away.it won't be detectable right away.) Let's mark this (spotspot / placeplace) and come back in a few days. - Let's head back!
- Thanks for everything, Yidhari.
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): Alright, let's head back! Thanks for everything, Yidhari.
- Yidhari: Mm...
- You double back, picking up Lucia as you go, and arrive at the Hollow exit, where you couldn't get Yidhari out previously.
- Yidhari: We're back here again...
- Do you have any more unfinished business?
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): Do you have any more unfinished business?
- Still troubled by any voices?
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): Still troubled by any voices?
- Yidhari: No, this time, I really think I can get out...
- Having said this, Yidhari does not move an inch.
- (Take hold of Yidhari's hand)
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): (ThenThen /
Then...Then...) let's get out of here.
Whose Story (III)
The following is recorded in the Video Archive
"Whose Story (III)"Video Summary: Time to wake up from this dream.
Story Description: In the depths of this dream, light spills down, shaping itself into a hand. Now reach for it...
- The dark recedes, with its suffocating, alluring, and lethal weight sinking into the lightless depths.
- Something comes into focus. An arm of light stretching down from the surface. Reach for it. As long as there's a reason to wake, take this hand.
- The moment you touch it, buoyancy takes hold, rushing you toward the surface. You have no time to make out your surroundings, nor time to count how much time has passed.
- There's only fear.
- You fear it's just another dream, fear losing (hishis /
herher) face again. - Through the haze, a blinding light envelops you with enthusiasm. After a quiet call, all doubts vanish like the wind...
A Story with Wise/Belle
The following is recorded in the Video Archive
"A Story with Wise/Belle"Video Summary: Time to wake up from this dream.
Story Description: Home at last, with (WiseWise /
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): (Look, Yidhari, we made it home.Look, Yidhari, we made it home. /
Look, Yidhari, we're home!Look, Yidhari, we're home!) - In the distance, the city lights flicker with the same busy warmth as you remembered.
- Yidhari: Before you are those eyes — (hishis /
hershers) alone — looking at you with a gentle smile. - Yidhari: Ah... Yes...
- Yidhari: I'm home.
Other Languages
| Language | Official Name |
|---|---|
| English | The Final Song |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 最后的歌声 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 最後的歌聲 |
| Japanese | 最後の歌声 |
| Korean | 마지막 노래 Majimak Norae |
| Spanish | El último canto |
| French | Le chant final |
| Russian | Последняя песня Poslednyaya pesnya |
| Thai | เสียงเพลงสุดท้าย |
| Vietnamese | Khúc Ca Cuối Cùng |
| German | Der letzte Gesang |
| Indonesian | Nyanyian Terakhir |
| Portuguese | A Última Canção |
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