Chapter 51: Sabbath of the Forgotten (2)
“But Miss Zi’ai, you… unfortunately, you don’t have a body to begin with…
“I know, it’s okay, Juncheng, I’ll just continue living in your heart.
Although I was a little disappointed, I had guessed this would be the result.
Successfully pulling the Head Maid to our side and getting her to make a promise to protect Juncheng is already a huge win. To ask for anything more would be greedy.
And to be able to temporarily gain a body like this and stand beside Juncheng is already a very precious experience. Of course, if possible, if my small selfish wish were allowed… to give my virginity to Juncheng would be! I’m not going to let myself go as unrestrained as Zihua!
However, now that I finally have a body… just once would be… but I heard the first time hurts, so wouldn’t I not be able to enjoy anything?
Hmm, well, two… cough, one night should be more than twice, right? Then…
As I was daydreaming, the Head Maid said to me with a smile.
“But if you wish to reincarnate, there will be no problem. I can help you retain your memories.
“…Reincarnate? Retain memories?”
“Yes. Although not going through the underworld process is a bit like an ‘illegal birth’, it can be done with a few tricks.
“…Can the gender also be specified?”
“If you wish, even the appearance can be specified.
Hmm, reincarnation?
With memories, it would be like Yu Chi… no, Yu Hui’s past life, but if I reincarnate, it would be considered truly living, right?
But if I reincarnate, I’ll be at least seventeen years younger than Juncheng, right? Then by the time I’m eighteen, Juncheng will be in his thirties, like an old uncle… However, I don’t have to wait that long.
I showed a teasing smile and poked Juncheng’s stomach with my elbow, asking,
“Juncheng, are you interested in raising a loli from scratch?”
“Eh? !”
“Look at your expression, you’re probably thinking, ‘Oh no! This is the feeling of being tempted!’… Your next sentence is ‘How did you know?'”
“How did you know! Ugh, double mind-reading? ! How thoroughly have I been seen through?”
“Ahaha, Juncheng, haven’t you always had the 100% mind-reading halo activated? And I know you so well, it’s natural that I can predict this level.
“What kind of damned halo is that… I really don’t want such a passive skill at all. Forced to live like an honest person.”
“Oh dear, people are named after their characteristics, aren’t they? Hmph, facing Juncheng, I can see your next step, and the next step after that.”
“A battle of experts!”
“Although it’s not with real swords and guns, it’s still a battle of wits.”
“Pre-reading isn’t enough, you have to pierce my heart too…”
“With the arrows of love, piercing your heart~”
“Then I’ll die, physically.”
“Then I’ll steal it, steal your heart~”
“Isn’t that the same thing!”
Your retorts are really timely.
I even used a ‘me’s!’ expression to act cute, yet I still couldn’t get away with it.
“Besides, stealing my heart… I’ve already left my heart with Ruanruan, didn’t you forget?”
“It seems so, but without selfish desires, Juncheng, don’t you have other hearts?
“Hmm? Other hearts? Confidence, or love, perhaps?”
“You mean disgusting!”
“After all, Juncheng is a man whose eyes shine when he hears about a loli raising plan, a disgusting lolicon.”
“…No, I mean, I’m not a lolicon… It’s just… small, cute things, everyone likes them, right? Is that right?”
“But getting aroused is another matter.”
“Who’s getting aroused? Ah!”
“Alright, alright, no need to explain.
“I can’t wash this off even if I jump into the Ganges…
“So, in order to prevent Juncheng from being arrested by the police uncles in the future, I won’t reincarnate.
“Just for that? ! Is that reason really okay?!”
“I think correcting your preferences is more important, so although it’s a pity, I’ve decided not to reincarnate. Shirley… Hmm, Miss Shirley?”
At this moment, Miss Shirley’s pleasant laughter was heard.
Perhaps my and Juncheng’s sudden stand-up comedy routine amused her.
“I see. You truly are an interesting soul. But are you sure you don’t want to…
“Yeah, Zi’ai, I’m serious. Are you really not going to reincarnate? This is an excellent opportunity.”
“No, even if I were to reincarnate, it’s not time ‘now’.
Even if I reincarnated immediately, it would take many years from birth to be able to act independently. By then, it might be too late.
From Zihua, I know that ‘major events’ will definitely happen within a few years, and terrible things are likely to occur.
If I reincarnate, I won’t be able to stay by Juncheng’s side during this time and won’t be able to provide help at critical moments.
I never want to experience that powerlessness again!
So, even though this is a rare opportunity, I can’t just think about myself. If I have to choose between myself and Juncheng, I will of course choose Juncheng without hesitation.
“Ah, Miss Zi’ai, you might be mistaken. I’m not talking about reincarnating you in the future. If you need it, you can reincarnate right now.
“Eh? That means…
You don’t have to go through the ‘growth’ process!
In that case, it’s indeed something to consider. No matter how you look at it, having a body is more convenient, and there are more things I can do.
“But 5 years old… I can still move around, but the limitations…
“Do you even need to consider this? You must agree, Zi’ai!”
I patted Juncheng’s shoulder and said with a comforting expression.
“But it’s a pity it’s a young girl who doesn’t even qualify as a loli, and she’ll skip the initial nurturing stage, so I can’t instill evil ideas from her innocent early years.
“So what do you think I am!”
“Hehe~ Um, can I keep the answer to myself for now? Miss Shirley, I can’t make a decision yet.
The Head Maid nodded with a gentle smile.
“Of course.
That’s good. I’ll decide later, in what form to exist.
“Ah, I feel like Zi’ai has finally become… hmm, how should I put it? More cheerful?”
“Is that so?”
“Because ever since you went back to the past, you’ve been worried all the time. You seem more nervous than I am.
I didn’t feel it myself, but thinking back, perhaps I was indeed a bit anxious.
After all, up until now, the only motivation that kept me going was to revive Juncheng.
And now that this goal has been achieved, and after making a promise with the Head Maid, I truly feel like I’ve let go of a huge burden. And since the most important problem has been resolved, I can finally relax.
“However, after solving this problem, there’s another one.
“Yes, we also have to prevent Li Nai from turning into a zombie.
“I still don’t recommend you doing this. This is a major event that will affect the entire world.
“Don’t… that means Shirley, you won’t stop us, right?”
Juncheng grasped the key point and asked directly.
Indeed, up to this point, the Head Maid had only offered various opinions and had not directly shown any opposition.
“Yes, I am Laplace’s demon. In principle, I will not interfere with any events… Although that’s the original ‘rule’, now that I’ve made an agreement with Miss Zi’ai, I’ll have to break that rule.
“Ah… Is that so? Won’t it cause trouble for you, Shirley?”
“For me, interfering too much with causality is the same as you, Young Master Juncheng, using Destiny Power.
“Will it affect my lifespan?!”
“Rather than saying it will affect my lifespan, it’s more like I will ‘gain’ a lifespan.”
‘Uh, gain a lifespan?’
This statement is really… Juncheng couldn’t understand it immediately.
But with a change of perspective, it can be understood. Gaining a lifespan doesn’t mean that lifespan has become longer, but that ‘lifespan’ itself has been acquired.
This means that before this, the Head Maid was ‘immortal’, having no lifespan at all, but after this, she has effectively gained a ‘deadline’.
The Head Maid further explained.
“In other words, by being stained with causality, I will also be arranged by fate, and thus gain the concept of ‘death’.”
“Become killable…”
“Yes. However, it’s not that I cherish my life, but that I cannot disappear ‘for the time being’. That would cause significant problems, so please understand.
“No, it’s us who should say it. I didn’t expect helping Miss Shirley would cost you so much…”
This means that the original Miss Shirley, if she did nothing, was an immortal being, but after helping us, she might die.
“This is what I should do.
Juncheng finally understood. After knowing how great a sacrifice the Head Maid made, he still said,
“However, please still tell me about the zombie crisis.
This novel
Eh? That ruthless?
I thought that with Juncheng’s personality, after hearing such a thing, he wouldn’t press the Head Maid for information about the zombie incident. To get the necessary information, I would go and…
I was prepared to play the bad cop, but I didn’t expect Juncheng to say it himself first.
At this moment, even I couldn’t see through what Juncheng was thinking.
“However, since Shirley, you’ve made an agreement with Zi’ai, I’ll also make an agreement with you: ‘I will make a decision after careful consideration.’ So, can you trust me?”
“Of course. I trust your choices.
“Then…”
“However… if I tell you directly now, it might be a great shock to you. And this way, there’ll be less suspense, and it won’t be able to lure out ‘the people on the other side’.”
“Uh? The people on the other side? Are there other people nearby?”
Miss Shirley smiled mysteriously and came to me, acting like a news anchor, and asked in a reporting tone,
‘The ‘perspective’ is from this side… You all feel the same way, right?’
Juncheng and I were both unsure who the Head Maid was talking to. There should be no one else in the room. Could she be talking to ghosts?
“Then, I will tell you a time and a place, and you will make a decision based on what you see and hear there. Is that okay?”
“No problem, tell me.
“Alright… Then, what is the truth? We’ll see.
So, who is she talking to…
Is it something only the Head Maid can see?
How mysterious.
In short, with this, one of the two problems has been resolved, and the other problem is also almost resolved.
The second day after returning to the past, with the help of the mechanically divine Head Maid, we, who were clueless, rapidly advanced to the ‘clearance stage’.
At this point, I thought the remaining time was more than enough, as there were still twenty-three days left.
But what happened later told me (I was too naive).
Time, no matter what, is never enough.
