Chapter 31 – The Reversal of the White Dream Day (6)
Ji Lianbing had no intention of acting with me. From the surface, she was still classified as a dangerous Anomaly imprisoned in the deepest level of the Black Youth Hall, so isolation was necessary.
However, this imprisonment was purely nominal. If she wanted to, she could escape from such a place at any time. As Zihua said, in front of a powerful F, there were no facilities that could completely contain them.
Furthermore, Ji Lianbing likely had the Head Maid of perhaps the most powerful all-female team, who could create a spatial rift and whisk her Young Miss away anytime. To call it confinement was a joke.
Anyway, all I had to do was wait. It didn’t matter where I waited.
Speaking of which, Ji Lianbing’s room had already been remodeled to not look like a prisoner’s room at all. It was like a fort specially built underground by a nouveau riche, equipped with everything needed.
What I was curious about was, wouldn’t her father do anything about her?
Well, given the Young Miss’s personality, no one could control her, except Juncheng.
So, I left the Black Youth Hall alone. With my bag on my back and the thread in hand, I once again embarked on the journey to find clues.
After bidding farewell to the Mansion’s master, I had just pulled open the tattered door when I heard someone calling me.
“Zi’ai! Huh? Why are you wearing a Maid outfit?”
It was Lily, looking confused seeing me in a Maid outfit.
“Ah, this is because I ruined my clothes earlier…”
“What! Did you encounter something dangerous!”
“It’s fine, I wasn’t injured, but the Principal fainted. The Maids are looking after her now.”
“Mom? What exactly happened…”
“The situation is a bit complicated…”
“How is the situation? Did Senior Lanhua tell you where the Yata no Kagami is?”
Yu Hui came closer and asked. Xue Qing was also there. It seemed they had been waiting outside for me.
“We’ve already found the Yata no Kagami.”
“That’s great!”
For the past few days, everyone had been busy searching for that sliver of a clue, but there had been no progress, so everyone’s mood had been very low. Now that they finally heard good news, Yu Hui let out a sigh of relief and continued,
“Then what about Lord Juncheng’s Soul? Is it inside the Yata no Kagami?”
“It is inside, but it won’t be able to come out anytime soon.”
What should I do? Should I tell them?
If I told them everything that had happened so far, they would surely despise me.
Although I didn’t intentionally deceive them, based on the outcome, I had indeed deceived them all.
Even though it seemed unnecessary to explain now, and Zihua had even used the Water Pluto Samsara one more time specifically for me, erasing my betrayal, I still couldn’t get past it in my heart.
I should tell them. If it were Juncheng, he would definitely tell them.
“Um, everyone, a lot of things happened during this time, and I… I lied to you. Although we’ve found the Yata no Kagami now, I think it’s still necessary to tell you the truth…”
“No need.”
“Huh?”
Xue Qing interrupted me and looked at me, continuing,
“The process doesn’t matter.”
How could I just ignore it like this? Regardless, I had deceived you all and hidden the Yata no Kagami’s location.
Unintentional actions are more wicked than intentional ones.
“Yes, Zi’ai, the process doesn’t matter. Now that we have a good result, that’s enough.”
Lily also patted my shoulder, trying to persuade me.
Can I really just skip this and not talk about it?
I, who hid the truth and deceived everyone, if it ends like this, isn’t that just avoiding it?
“Lady Zi’ai, may I ask you a question? You said you lied to us. Did this lie have any substantial impact?”
“Hm? That doesn’t seem to be the case.”
Because Ji Lianbing suddenly appeared and stopped Zihua, the Yata no Kagami did not fall into the hands of outsiders, and the original plan was smoothly completed.
Going to the underground, to a strange shop, Lanhua being suddenly possessed by Zihua, being trapped in the same day multiple times… after such a convoluted process, we actually found the Yata no Kagami, the original objective, and completed it. It was truly marvelous.
But if Zihua had taken the Yata no Kagami, things would have been completely different.
“You must be thinking, ‘If something different happened, then things would be completely different.’ right?”
“Urk?!”
Wow, amazing! Yu Hui, can you read minds now?
“Heh heh, because your expression is as easy to understand as Lord Juncheng’s. You don’t need to think about ‘what if’; facts are facts. Just as Xue Qing said, the result is the most important thing.”
The result…
I’ll atone for my mistake by finding a way to revive Juncheng!
“Oh right, Lianbing has recovered. But she’s still downstairs right now. I came out to find a way to revive Juncheng. Otherwise, if his Soul is taken out directly, he’ll be taken by the Soul Messengers!”
“I see. Then where are you going to look for the method of revival, Zi’ai? Didn’t that white-haired Maid tell us several methods before?”
“I’m looking for a method beyond those. Because the question I posed to Ariadne’s Thread was how to revive Juncheng, so as long as I follow this thread…” Huh?
I was simply explaining the current situation when I noticed the thread in my hand pointing forward.
I walked in a circle around Lily, Yu Hui, and Xue Qing, and found that the thread was always following the three of them.
The thread didn’t point to any one person individually, but rather to all three of them. This meant that the clue was on all three of them.
Lily, seeing me circling them, turned back and asked curiously,
“What’s wrong?”
“It seems you all have clues on you.”
“Huh? What clues?”
“I don’t know either, so! I’m going to search you! Hehehe.”
Sigh, it’s just a body search, why the lecherous expression?
Ah, wouldn’t it be exciting to casually touch three beautiful girls?
So, it was happily decided to return to Xue Qing’s home, the nearest one, for the search.
Upon arriving at Xue Qing’s home, we first went to her room, then closed the doors and windows. I, like a depraved director threatening a beautiful idol singer to star in an adult film, held not a camera, but the thread and pointed it at the three of them, commanding,
“Come on, take it off!”
Although all three knew it was just a body search, they were still hesitant.
Lily, for example, her face turned red. Even though we were all girls, there was nothing to be shy about, right?
Heh heh! Found it!
I activated the Magic Circle on my body, making me appear as Juncheng to others.
Lily, who was in the middle of undressing, immediately stopped her actions. She quickly pulled back up her partially removed skirt and covered her chest, shouting,
“Wait, Zi’ai! What are you doing! Why did you turn into Juncheng’s appearance!”
“Hehehe, shall we continue?”
I estimated that the smile on my face must have been very lecherous.
But anyway, I’m using Juncheng’s appearance, so he’s the one who loses face. It doesn’t matter to me!
