ICISEI Episode 188: Well then, let's happily go to the restroom together
『 "Ah!? Wait a minute, what did you just say? Did I mishear?" Paimon was shocked.
"Hmm? People say they feel refreshed after going to the toilet, so I recommend you go. Is that strange?"
Nahida also looked at the two, a little puzzled.
But after seemingly realizing some not-so-simple truth, Lumine and Paimon looked at each other, full of embarrassment:
"This is too outrageous. Is this common sense really from the God of Wisdom? I'm completely confused right now. We were just discussing profound topics." 』
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〜Dimensional livestream, Chat Room〜
[ Nahida (Genshin Impact): "People say it's pleasant after going to the toilet. Aren't you tired? So go to the toilet and relax." ]
[ Kaeya (Genshin Impact): "Haha, the God of Wisdom has plenty of wisdom, but lacks common sense." ]
[ Venti (Genshin Impact): "Because gods don't need to go to the toilet, she just can't feel it." ]
[ Zhongli (Genshin Impact): "Rationally speaking, the Dendro Archon is only five hundred years old; she's still a child." ]
[ Keqing (Genshin Impact): " 500 years old, a child." ]
[ Xiangling (Genshin Impact): "It sounds magical, but it's quite reasonable when you consider her identity." ]
[ Umaru Doma (Himouto): "We don't know what it was like five hundred years ago." ]
[ Nakano Miku (5-toubun No Hanayome): "The Sengoku period, that was still the Sengoku period." ]
[ Umaru Doma (Himouto): "That dark time before, when Kokushibo…" ]
[ Tsugikuni Yoriichi (Demon Slayer): "Are you talking about me?" ]
[ Tsugikuni Yoriichi (Demon Slayer): "Although my childhood was a bit chaotic, it was still good. At least now I'm still hunting down these demons. I'm doing well." ]
[ Kocho Shinobu (Demon Slayer): "Our Demon Slayer Corps will also help, Yoriichi-senpai." ]
[ Muzan Kibutsuji (Demon Slayer): "…" ]
[ .....]
『 Lumine quickly decided not to dwell on the God of Wisdom's blind spot in common sense. All she wanted now was a good rest, quietly awaiting tomorrow's new chapter, or rather, another repeat of today.
Before leaving, Lumine enthusiastically bid farewell to Nahida: "Then we'll go back to rest first, Nahida."
After getting her consent, Lumine dragged Paimon back to their cozy little nest, eagerly awaiting the dawn of the second day.
As they were still on their way back, Paimon still happily said to Lumine:
"Although every day is a lively and happy Sabzeruz Festival, it feels like we haven't been this relaxed in a long time, right?"
Before Lumine could even sigh, Paimon became impatient again.
"Alright, alright, Traveler, let's walk faster, go back and catch up on some sleep!"
When the two finally settled down and fell into a dream, the screen plunged into darkness again. 』
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〜Dimensional livestream, Chat Room〜
[ Kaeya (Genshin Impact): "Will this be the last time?" ]
[ Xingqiu (Genshin Impact): "Probably not. The God of Wisdom just told them to go back and rest, not that the situation was over." ]
[ Paimon (Genshin Impact): "So annoying." ]
[ Lumine (Genshin Impact): "The time loop should be wrong." ]
[ Paimon (Genshin Impact): "??" ]
[ .....]
『 However, not long after, a voice quietly sounded, breaking the tranquility once again…
" Beep- "
"Continue the harvest. Compared to the results, these are not insignificant costs!" 』
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〜Dimensional livestream, Chat Room〜
[ Gorou (Genshin Impact): "Is this another Sabzeruz Festival that's going to restart?" ]
[ Chongyun (Genshin Impact): "So pitiful, they still haven't escaped." ]
[ Yan'er (Genshin Impact): "This shouldn't happen to us, right?" ]
[ Ningguang (Genshin Impact): "Liyue is protected by Adepti. Although it has entered an era of human governance, its might still linger. What petty scoundrel dares to seek death?" ]
[ Keqing (Genshin Impact): "The Liyue Qixing will also protect Liyue." ]
[ .....]
『 The screen lit up again, and everything returned to that familiar small house.
Lumine and Paimon woke up as if for the first time, memories flooding back like a tide.
They looked around. Nahida stood quietly before them.
"What about the promised new beginning? Can't we just skip to the next day?" Paimon mumbled, still a little groggy.
Waiting with full hope, only to be met with the same today, was inevitably confusing.
"Things don't seem as simple as we thought." Lumine gently rubbed her forehead, a hint of helplessness in her tone, "But what should we do now?"
Paimon's gaze turned to Nahida, with a touch of dissatisfaction: "You should have known last night that the Sabzeruz Festival loop would repeat. Why didn't you tell us then?"
If she could have foreseen today's repetition last night, wouldn't it have been better to just explain it directly? To wait until they personally experienced this day before revealing the mystery, this operation truly felt strange.
Nahida had a faint smile on her face, as if all of this had nothing to do with her: "Even if I told you, you would only spend yesterday in new anxiety, and tomorrow would still not arrive early. Only today repeats itself."
Anyway, tomorrow would not intrude on its own.
Instead of racking your brains trying to welcome tomorrow, it's better to enjoy every moment of the present. At least, a smile is always better than a frown, right?
Of course, Nahida didn't explain the situation immediately; there were other considerations behind it… 』
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〜Dimensional livestream, Chat Room〜
[ Chika Fujiwara (Love Is War): "So heartwarming. She specifically let you have a good sleep, and then continue to search for clues." ]
[ Dehya (Genshin Impact): "Lesser Lord Kusanali is a very gentle god." ]
[ Paimon (Genshin Impact): "So that's what you meant before, you were always thinking of us." ]
[ Saitama (One Punch Man): "Watching these scenes, I'm starting to feel a little sleepy." ]
[ Boros (One Punch Man): "Hahaha, I didn't expect you to give up so easily, my destined rival!" ]
[ Zeno (Dragon Ball): "So boring, who is that guy behind the scenes?" ]
[ .....]
『 "So, it's better to hope that you can completely relax yourselves during this brief moment of rest. This is a rare opportunity, and it might make your thinking clearer," Nahida said softly.
Paimon's face gradually cleared of gloom after hearing this.
"So, Nahida, you were actually thinking of us, right?" Paimon's mood slowly improved.
"Of course," Nahida placed her small hand on her delicate chest, "At least for this recent period, you two are my whole world."
The sudden declaration of affection made the unprepared duo feel a wave of awkwardness.
"Oh, why did you suddenly say something so sappy!" Little Paimon rubbed her arms, grumbling to Nahida.
The unexpected words made her, who was unprepared, feel as if she had been hit by a sweet cannonball.
Lumine, by her side, had never spoken to her so gently.
"Hehehe." Nahida chuckled a few times, "I mean, although I'm asking you to help me unravel the mystery, conversely, only you two can see me and perceive me, so I can rely on you two."
"If it weren't for you, I would be no different from non-existent. So, now you two are everything to me, understand?"
Nahida used profound words to explain the special meaning behind her previous statement.
After expressing her feelings, Nahida's face still maintained that calm composure.
Although Paimon roughly understood Nahida's meaning, she was still a little confused. 』
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〜Dimensional livestream, Chat Room〜
[ Dehya (Genshin Impact): "This is, before Traveler and Paimon, no one else could see Nahida." ]
[ Nahida (Genshin Impact): "The Traveler is a special existence. It's already good that she can see me." ]
[ Paimon (Genshin Impact): "Is Nahida usually like this?" ]
[ Nahida (Genshin Impact): "No, this is not the main body. The main body can still be seen." ]
[ .....]
『 Unlike before, she now believed that her spacetime was not caught in a loop, but that her memories had undergone a transformation and been erased.
This point indeed held some ground.
It was especially worth mentioning that Paimon also wholeheartedly supported Lumine's insight.
Because just a short while ago, a certain scene quietly emerged in her mind, making her suddenly realize.
Paimon's eyes lit up. "That's right, Traveler, the sound we hear every night might be deleting our memories from that day."
"So, when we wake up, everyone will think the Sabzeruz Festival hasn't passed yet, even though it's already tomorrow, they still think it's today."
"But people's body memories can't be deleted, which is why Dehya's new greatsword becomes more and more proficient with use! Now it all makes perfect sense."
Paimon eloquently shared her insights, as if this insight was a thread that tightly strung together all the scattered clues.
Indeed, there might still be some mysteries hidden in this deduction, but in Paimon's eyes, these were merely insignificant dust, not worth mentioning at all.
"What a brilliant deduction!" Nahida, after hearing Lumine's insight, couldn't help but clap her small hands, clearly agreeing with Lumine's idea.
This action immediately attracted Paimon's curious gaze: "So, did we guess correctly, Nahida?"
If they truly hit the nail on the head, Lumine could drag Paimon along to explore the truth behind it.
But if it were just baseless conjecture, everything would once again be shrouded in mist.
At this moment, Nahida's answer became crucial; all answers lay in her thoughts.
"Hmm, imagine it like catching a glowing Pyro Crystalfly, but using it as an ordinary firefly for illumination." Nahida paused slightly here, then continued:
"It's about being too concerned with the superficial glamour, and thus neglecting the true meaning of things."
"How is this simple?" Paimon couldn't help but retort.
"So…" Lumine listened to Nahida's words, and seemed to have understood something: "Is my conclusion still wrong?"
The two looked at Nahida, full of confusion.
She didn't answer directly, but instead said mysteriously:
"Why don't you go talk to Miss Dehya again?"
"Perhaps you'll discover something new!~."
"Alright, then we'll go find Dehya now, after all, the initial clue also came from her." Little Paimon could only compromise.
Not getting an answer from Nahida, the two decided to go directly to the key person, Dehya, to get to the bottom of it.
So, the two once again embarked on the journey to visit Dehya.
Coincidentally, Dehya had just dealt with a group of kidnappers and was escorting Dunyarzad to a safe location.
"So you're here! I finally found you." Seeing the two approach, Dehya quickly brought Dunyarzad forward to meet them.
Because she had something to deal with next, she wanted to ask Lumine and Paimon to help look after Dunyarzad.
"Dehya is also unharmed today," Paimon said in an expected tone.
These words, however, inexplicably annoyed Dehya.
"Injured? Who said I'd get injured? Don't underestimate me. How could those small fries hurt me?"
A few petty thieves, could they actually injure her?
This was simply too disrespectful to her…
"After all, your new greatsword really doesn't seem to fit your hand," Paimon suddenly pointed to the greatsword Dehya was holding tightly and said.
Dehya was originally annoyed, but hearing this, she couldn't help but curiously examine the weapon in her hand. "No, how did you know I changed greatswords? I shouldn't have revealed it."
Logically, a new weapon shouldn't be so easy to get used to so quickly, but it just inexplicably became smooth.
During combat, she felt as if she had fought alongside it countless times.
"That's not right! How did you know this was a new greatsword?" Dehya looked up at the two in astonishment, "I definitely didn't mention this!"
After all, changing swords was because she went to help with the Sabzeruz Festival; why would she publicize such an embarrassing matter everywhere?
But the two in front of her seemed to know it tacitly?
"Uh…" Paimon helplessly turned to Lumine, at a loss for words: "I'm tired of explaining, you go this time."
"Actually, there's no need to make Dehya completely understand what we've experienced; just focus on the key points."
In the past, Paimon was responsible for explaining so many times that she herself couldn't remember.
Therefore, this time she wanted to be lazy and pushed this task to Lumine, who hadn't experienced this part yet. 』
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〜Dimensional livestream, Chat Room〜
[ Paimon (Genshin Impact): "Why didn't I think of that? Just focus on the key points." ]
[ Lumine (Genshin Impact): "Because you talk too much." ]
[ Paimon (Genshin Impact): "??" ]
[ Paimon (Genshin Impact): "Traveler, are you looking down on me!" ]
[ Lumine (Genshin Impact): "…" ]
[ .....]
『 "Mm, that makes sense too," Lumine nodded in agreement.
Immediately, the usually taciturn Lumine took over and slowly explained the cause and effect.
"Actually, it's like this: your greatsword suddenly became easy to use because our memories are erased every night by some mysterious person."
"Wait a minute!" Dehya was full of surprise. "I was just gone for a bit. What happened to you two? Were you brainwashed by some strange people?"
"Oh, don't worry about it so much, just assume everything we say is true," Paimon waved her hand, signaling her not to take it too seriously.
After all, this matter was complicated to explain in detail. Instead of painstakingly explaining the background, it was more straightforward to directly state the result.
"Alright, alright, I roughly understand what you mean," Dehya asked again, as if to confirm something, after carefully digesting Lumine and Paimon's explanation.
"You mean, my body still remembers this sword, but my mind has completely forgotten it, right?"
"Exactly, that's right! We forget it once every day," Paimon said emphatically.
Logically speaking, according to the previous analysis, this situation should be almost certain.
But to their surprise, Dehya quickly objected.
"Hey, if what you're saying is true, then I have to object! This kind of thing is absolutely impossible."
"Oh? Tell us about it?" Lumine and Little Paimon immediately pricked up their ears, looking eager to learn.
Dehya shook her head helplessly and began her explanation:
"Assuming it's true, as you say, that we've repeated the Sabzeruz Festival countless times on the same day, yet we ourselves are completely unaware."
"Then what about the items we used, the Mora we spent, and the food we ate?"
"Furthermore, if that were true, my small wallet would have been empty long ago. How could I not have noticed?"
At this point, Dehya even specifically showed her wallet to the two of them. 』
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