The Song for Tomorrow
Last updated 2026-05-08
The Song for Tomorrow is the eleventh episode of Season 1 - Epilogue: Bury Your Tears With the Past (B) in Phaethon's Story.
Parts
- Only Hatred Remains
- Please, Don't Forgive Me
- If You Look Up at the Night Sky
- Teacher's Gift
Steps
- Take a break
Gameplay Notes
- In Trial Mode, the squad will be limited to
Vivian Banshee. - Completing this episode grants the Phaethon's Story achievement The Song for Tomorrow (Achievement).
Trial Mode
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HP: 11,531 ATK: 2,636 DEF: 914 Impact: 86 CRIT Rate: 5% CRIT DMG: 50% Anomaly Mastery: 198 Anomaly Proficiency: 330 +45 PEN Ratio: 0% PEN: 0 Energy Regen: 1,2 Energy Generation Rate: 0% Energy Limit: 120 DMG Bonus: 30% |
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Dialogue
Only Hatred Remains
The following is recorded in the Video Archive
Only Hatred RemainsVideo Summary: But, alas, only hatred refuses to fade.
Story Description: Hugo reveals to Lycaon the truth behind Hartman's fratricide and usurpation, admitting that he once fell into darkness but refuses to become a monster. The two finally reconcile.
- Dina: Are you satisfied now, Vivian...?
- Vivian: You were the one who brought yourself to this point.
- Dina: Hah, you're saying this is all my fault? Losing my father, losing Camille...
- Dina: I wish you had never come into my life.
- Dina: At first, when Father brought you home, I was happy.
- Dina: There are so many Exaltists, yet Father never allowed me to get too close with any of them. I never had any friends either.
- Dina: But when Father brought you back, he told me to take good care of you, that you were my first friend.
- Dina: I was also so happy the first time you took my place in helping Father select a person to receive the Blessing.
- Dina: Because it meant you were different from all those other people. You could stay with me.
- Dina: But soon, I grew jealous... You took the attention that should've belonged to me. You even took Father's love from me.
- Vivian: It's only because of my ability that Landon...
- Dina: I know, but... Vivian, jealousy is something you cannot control.
- Dina: ...Of course, the same goes for fear and hatred.
- Dina: I was terrified that one day, you would look at me and shed tears.
- Dina: I knew if that day ever came, Father would not hesitate to force the Blessing upon me.
- Dina: And when that day did come, I hated you for causing my father's death.
- Vivian: Dina... You knew everything about what happened back then so... why are you still defending Landon?
- Vivian: And why didn't you tell me back then? If I had known earlier, maybe I could've found a way...
- Dina: Because it's the only thing that makes me more special than you, no?
- Dina: It proves I had Father's trust. I was more useful to him.
- Dina: Vivian, you said you wandered, without a home, ever since you were young, hated by anyone you encountered.
- Dina: You were happy to gain recognition from everyone and help Father when you were among the Exaltists.
- Dina: But in the end, you discovered you were being used, so you felt betrayed and hurt.
- Dina: Then... what about me?
- Dina: All I ever had... was my father...
- Dina: I've never known a life outside of the Exaltists. Ever since I was young, my only purpose was to help Father select who was to be Blessed.
- Dina: The only purpose I had was my father and the Exaltists.
- Dina: I've never been taught anything else, Vivian.
- Dina: It is what little value I have, and have ever had.
- Dina: In the end, you took even that from me... and completely destroyed it.
- Dina: You think you're doing good and fighting evil. Hah... You've only managed to affect a small part of your world.
- Dina: But have you ever wondered if, maybe, that's all there is to my world...?
- Vivian: I never wanted to hurt you...
- Vivian: You were also my first friend, and that's why I wanted to save you back then.
- Dina: Save me? Hah... You and Camille all talk about saving me.
- Dina: Why don't you understand? To me, loss is so much more painful than death.
- Vivian: Dina, you can start over... Everything Camille did was so you could live on.
- Dina: ...
- Vivian: Let's leave the Hollow together. There are so many amazing places in New Eridu. This time, I'll take care of you. I've also met so many amazing people. I'm sure they'll love you too...
- Vivian: Okay, Dina...?
- Dina: Vivian...
- Dina: I can't... I can't forgive you, and I don't want to forgive you.
- Dina: I have nothing left. If what little hatred I do still harbor were taken from me... Well, I refuse to be so pitiful...
- Dina: I won't apologize, Vivian...
Please, Don't Forgive Me
The following is recorded in the Video Archive
Please, Don't Forgive MeVideo Summary: I'm sorry... but please, don't forgive me.
Story Description: Dina injects herself with the Sacrifice Serum and gradually transforms into an Ethereal...
- Dina closes her eyes and injects a vial of the serum into her own arm. Soon, Ether crystals appear on her body — a sign of Corruption—
- "I don't want to hate myself, so I can only hate you for killing my father and hate Camille for leaving me."
- "That's just the kind of person I am, hateful and despicable. I refuse to owe anyone anything. I refuse to feel regret. I won't..."
- Dina: Vivian, I will keep hating you. I will take all who are precious to you.
- Dina: I will also hate Camille, so I won't do as she wished and start a new life.
- Dina: Vivian...
- Dina: If, you had never existed...
- Dina: If I had never... you... would be...
- Dina: ...
- Vivian: Lord Phaethon, please do not interfere.
- Vivian: She was my first friend...
- Vivian: I'm going to bid her farewell.
- (Enter Combat)
- Vivian: Dina... soon, the pain will be over.
- Vivian: Lord Phaethon, don't come any closer!
If You Look Up at the Night Sky
The following is recorded in the Video Archive
If You Look Up at the Night SkyVideo Summary: Lastly, let me replace my promise with a kiss upon your ring finger.
- (A cinematic plays)
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): (Vivian! Behind you!Vivian! Behind you! /
Behind you!Behind you!) - Vivian: (Wise...Wise... /
Belle...Belle...) - (ProtagonistProtagonist): What happened...?
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): What the...?
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): Vivian!
- Vivian: (Wise...Wise... Tooltip for Wise...ⓘ /
Belle...Belle... Tooltip for Belle...ⓘ) Don't come near me... - Vivian: This is my own choice
- Vivian: I will change the fate I saw...
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): Vivian!
- Vivian: I just want you to remember me... when I looked my best
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): Vivian!
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): (Ah...! Careful!Ah...! Careful! /
Ah...!Ah...!) - (ProtagonistProtagonist): Vivian, your body!
- Vivian: I'm sorry... you had to see me like this...
- Vivian: But... I don't want to be the one that only brings misfortune anymore...
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): No... Please... No...
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): No... There's got to be another way...
- Vivian: It's... so warm...
- Vivian: And the night is beautiful...
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): Vivian?
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): No... Vivian?
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): No...
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): It can't end like this!
- (Cinematic ends)
Teacher's Gift
The following is recorded in the Video Archive
Teacher's GiftVideo Summary: Good, good... Time keeps moving forward, and there are still people by my side.
Story Description: The Sacrifice crisis has been averted, and we've discovered your special power to reverse corruption. Your companions and family are still by your side. Today's just another ordinary day in New Eridu.
- It feels as if you had a long dream where you saw your teacher again with her familiar smile.
But soon, the environment and your teacher both dissolve in the water, like behind a misty curtain, blurring, then vanishing... - ("Wise... Wise...""Wise... Wise..." /
Belle, you're scaring me...Belle, you're scaring me...) - (SiblingSibling): (Wise! You're finally awake!Wise! You're finally awake! /
Belle... I'm so glad you're awake.Belle... I'm so glad you're awake.) 
Ugh...- (ProtagonistProtagonist): (...I'm at the store...? I remember I was with Vivian... Wait, she injected herself with Landon's serum! Is she okay?!...I'm at the store...? I remember I was with Vivian... Wait, she injected herself with Landon's serum! Is she okay?! /
What happened... I remember Vivian and I... Wait, where's Vivian?! She injected herself with Landon's serum!What happened... I remember Vivian and I... Wait, where's Vivian?! She injected herself with Landon's serum!) - (SiblingSibling): (Hugo and Lycaon brought you out of the Hollow. You scared me to death. Thank goodness you woke up...Hugo and Lycaon brought you out of the Hollow. You scared me to death. Thank goodness you woke up... /
Hugo and Lycaon brought you out of the Hollow. You were in a coma, and... I'm so glad you're safe.Hugo and Lycaon brought you out of the Hollow. You were in a coma, and... I'm so glad you're safe.) - (SiblingSibling): And... You said Vivian used the serum on herself? But she looked fine to me, bar a couple of scratches. Hugo sent me a message earlier saying he got her checked over and she was alright.
- (SiblingSibling): (Do you remember what happened?Do you remember what happened? /
Can you recall what happened?Can you recall what happened?) - We were in dire straits...
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): The situation was dire, so Vivian used the serum on herself to defeat the Ethereals. I saw the crystallization process starting to occur...
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): (I can't describe exactly what happened. I saw something blurry, but I just wanted to stop Vivian's corruption process.I can't describe exactly what happened. I saw something blurry, but I just wanted to stop Vivian's corruption process. /
And then... then, I can't describe it, but... I think I saw something. At the time, all I was thinking about was wanting to remove the crystals from Vivian...And then... then, I can't describe it, but... I think I saw something. At the time, all I was thinking about was wanting to remove the crystals from Vivian...) - (ProtagonistProtagonist): (I don't know exactly what I did, but then I lost consciousness... What happened after that?I don't know exactly what I did, but then I lost consciousness... What happened after that? /
I don't even know what I did, but then I passed out, I guess... What happened after that?I don't even know what I did, but then I passed out, I guess... What happened after that?) - (SiblingSibling): When I led Hugo and Lycaon there, it was just you and Vivian lying there on the ground. (We couldn't wake either of you...We couldn't wake either of you... /
We didn't see anything else...We didn't see anything else...) - (SiblingSibling): (Let's put that aside for now! Do you feel any discomfort, Wise?Let's put that aside for now! Do you feel any discomfort, Wise? /
Never mind that for now. Belle, do you feel any discomfort?Never mind that for now. Belle, do you feel any discomfort?) - Just a bit dizzy...
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): (I'm a bit dizzy... But otherwise, I'm fine, don't worry.I'm a bit dizzy... But otherwise, I'm fine, don't worry. /
Just a bit dizzy...Just a bit dizzy...) - (SiblingSibling): (Phew... that's good. You should rest for tonight. Hugo and Vivian said they'll come over tomorrow, so we can discuss the details then!Phew... that's good. You should rest for tonight. Hugo and Vivian said they'll come over tomorrow, so we can discuss the details then! /
For tonight, just get some rest. Hugo and Vivian said they'll come over tomorrow, so we'll discuss everything then.For tonight, just get some rest. Hugo and Vivian said they'll come over tomorrow, so we'll discuss everything then.) - Okay...
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): (Okay. Sorry for worrying you, Belle. Good night.Okay. Sorry for worrying you, Belle. Good night. /
Okay, g'night then.Okay, g'night then.) - This time, there are no strange sounds or sights in your dream, and you sleep peacefully throughout the night.
Shortly after you wake, Vivian, Hugo, and Lycaon arrive at the video store. - Vivian: Lord Phaethon! How are you feeling? No headaches? Leg pains? Heart palpitations? Loss of appetite...?
- Hugo: Ahem, Vivian.
- Vivian: I... I was just so worried, sorry...
- Vivian: Anyway, Lord Phaethon, I'm so glad you're okay. What happened this time was all my fault...
- It's not your fault.
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): (Things were dire, and you did what you had to. Plus, if it weren't for you, we wouldn't be here now.Things were dire, and you did what you had to. Plus, if it weren't for you, we wouldn't be here now. /
You only became an Ethereal to defeat Dina. If it weren't for you, neither of us would've made it out alive.You only became an Ethereal to defeat Dina. If it weren't for you, neither of us would've made it out alive.) - (SiblingSibling): So what happened? (WiseWise /
BelleBelle) said (hehe / sheshe) saw the crystallization process start(!! / ..) - (SiblingSibling): But I didn't see anything through Eous. (Hugo, Lycaon, did either of you guys see it?Hugo, Lycaon, did either of you guys see it? /
Hugo, Lycaon, did either of you guys see anything strange?Hugo, Lycaon, did either of you guys see anything strange?) - Lycaon: Allow me to explain.
- Lycaon: Miss Vivian told us what happened after she awoke and the mayor arranged a full medical checkup for her.
- Lycaon: Based on the results, Miss Vivian indeed shows mild Corruption sequela.
- Lycaon: But if the crystallization process had already started, the lingering effects should be far more severe.
- Lycaon: To be precise, if the process had already reached the point of mass surface crystallization, it should have taken no time at all to become an Ethereal.
- Lycaon: So, the mayor theorizes that it was the Etheric energy within Master Proxy's body that affected Vivian's condition and the surrounding Etheric particles, causing Vivian's corruption to recede.
- Lycaon: Essentially, Corruption is a reaction between the Etheric particles inside the body and in the surrounding environment. Therefore, it's not necessarily irreversible, just that, currently, our mainstream method of defense is prevention.
- My Etheric energy?
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): (Uh, I'm having a hard time believing that even if it's coming from you, Lycaon. It's almost like you're claiming I can manipulate Etheric energy.Uh, I'm having a hard time believing that even if it's coming from you, Lycaon. It's almost like you're claiming I can manipulate Etheric energy. /
Uh... How come I didn't know I had this ability? How's it even possible for me to influence other people's Etheric particles...? That makes it sound like I can manipulate Etheric energy at will...Uh... How come I didn't know I had this ability? How's it even possible for me to influence other people's Etheric particles...? That makes it sound like I can manipulate Etheric energy at will...) - Lycaon: Master Proxy, you are special.
- Lycaon: This is a gift your teacher left you.
- This has to do with our teacher?
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): (A gift from our teacher... How come I never knew about it?A gift from our teacher... How come I never knew about it? /
Our teacher! So, this has to do with her?Our teacher! So, this has to do with her?) - Lycaon: I don't know all the details, so I cannot explain everything to you... My apologies...
- Lycaon: However, Miss Yixuan might be able to answer some of your questions.
- Lycaon: She will visit you sometime soon. So, please feel free to ask her any questions you may have.
- Lycaon: ...Hmm... She has quite an eccentric personality. If she causes you any inconvenience...
- Can I file a complaint?
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): (Can I file a complaint about her with you if she does?Can I file a complaint about her with you if she does? /
If she causes trouble, can I file a complaint about her to you?If she causes trouble, can I file a complaint about her to you?) - Vivian: Ahem, Master Proxy, you have always been a people person, so I trust you will handle things just fine.
- Now I'm even more worried...
- Vivian: (The way you said that just makes me more worried...The way you said that just makes me more worried... /
That just makes me more worried...That just makes me more worried...) - Lycaon: In any case, the mayor has asked me to give everyone his most sincere gratitude.
- Lycaon: Unfortunately, the mayor could not come personally, but has promised everyone a favor: provided its within his means, he will offer his unconditional assistance once.
- Lycaon: There is no time limit on this favor.
- Hugo: Unconditional, hm? What if I wanted his position as mayor?
- Lycaon: If that is what you desire, then the mayor and his subordinates will be first in line to vote for you in the next election.
- Lycaon: As for the other votes, you'll have to work for them on your own.
- Lycaon: But should you assume office, I hope you take full responsibility for handling all day-to-day matters and lead by example.
- Lycaon: By sheer happenstance, the mayor has provided you with a copy of his current assignment — the "City Waste Sorting and Processing Proposal."
- Hugo: Tsk, old fox.
- Vivian: W—Well, can I request Lord Phaethon's...
- Lycaon: The mayor imagined you might ask.
- Lycaon: I have prepared all the necessary documents, and the ceremony expenses will be covered by the mayor as a gift. As long as Master Proxy agrees, we can sign and process the documents immediately.
- Lycaon: But this matter requires mutual consent, and cannot involve coercion, confinement, or one party's lack of consciousness...
- Vivian: Stop stop stop! I would never do that to Lord Phaethon!
- Vivian: Ahem... Probably...
- Vivian: At least not today.
- Lycaon: As for you, Master Proxies, the mayor has some sense of what you desire. That said...
- Lycaon: He hopes you might speak with Miss Yixuan first before you decide the timing of that favor.
- Hugo and Lycaon are still bickering, and Vivian sits to one side, eager and anticipatory. As always, you can smell the aroma of noodles from the neighboring noodle shop, and hear snippets of Elfy's music from her store...
Thank goodness... Time goes on, but there will always be friends by your side.
After eating, Hugo, Lycaon, and Vivian take their leave.
- (SiblingSibling): (WiseWise /
BelleBelle), are you feeling alright? - (SiblingSibling): (What Lycaon talked about... Controlling Ether particles. He said it was a gift from our teacher...What Lycaon talked about... Controlling Ether particles. He said it was a gift from our teacher... /
Lycaon said you could control Ether particles, and it was a gift from our teacher.Lycaon said you could control Ether particles, and it was a gift from our teacher.) - (SiblingSibling): I keep thinking about it.
- (SiblingSibling): (I feel like something insane is going to happen...I feel like something insane is going to happen... /
And that Miss Yixuan... We should investigate her.And that Miss Yixuan... We should investigate her.) - (SiblingSibling): (Ah, no, I can't think about this right now!Ah, no, I can't think about this right now! /
But, let's not talk about that for now.But, let's not talk about that for now.) - (SiblingSibling): (You only just recovered, Wise. You should get some rest!You only just recovered, Wise. You should get some rest! /
You've only just started to feel better, you should get some rest.You've only just started to feel better, you should get some rest.) - (SiblingSibling): (We'll talk about this later!We'll talk about this later! /
I'll be there with you whatever happens in the future.I'll be there with you whatever happens in the future.) - (Head upstairs to rest)
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): Thinking back on it, a lot sure has happened recently...
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): But can I really control Etheric energy?
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): If this is a gift our teacher left for us, then doesn't that prove that her research was focused on mitigating the damage Hollows have on humanity...?
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): Perhaps this can serve as evidence that she was innocent.
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): But... I don't feel anything yet...
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): It doesn't feel like I have any special powers...
- Your thoughts are all jumbled together and your mind feels heavier and heavier... You drift off without noticing it...
- New Eridu continues to coexist with Sacrifices, and neither daily life nor hidden crises ever cease.
New stories and the distant horizons are surely exciting, but one should also cherish each passing day, present or past. One day, they'll become memories worth holding onto.
Gallery
Cutscene - "Tears into Poetry" - Zenless Zone Zero
Other Languages
| Language | Official Name |
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| English | The Song for Tomorrow |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 飞往明日歌 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 飛往明日歌 |
| Japanese | 明日へ飛び立つ歌 |
| Korean | 내일로 향하는 노래 Naeillo Hyanghaneun Norae |
| Spanish | Vuelo hacia el mañana |
| French | Le chant de demain |
| Russian | Летящая в прошлое песня Letyashchaya v proshloye pesnya |
| Thai | บทเพลงแห่งการโบยบินสู่วันพรุ่งนี้ |
| Vietnamese | Bài Ca Hướng Tới Tương Lai |
| German | Ein Lied für morgen |
| Indonesian | Lagu Menuju Hari Esok |
| Portuguese | Voo Para o Amanhã |
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