"Beep..."
"Continuing the experiment. Compared to the results, these are insignificant costs."
This time, Paimon did not lose her memory. After opening her eyes, she was very disappointed. "So it is still this day?"
Lumine said, "It seems the outcome is not as simple as we thought."
Without hesitation, Lumine and Paimon found Nahida.
"Nahida, you already knew last night that the loop would continue, didn't you? Why didn't you just tell us?"
Nahida spread her hands. "What difference would it have made? You would have spent last night in new anxiety, and tomorrow still would not have arrived."
"It is better to completely relax yourself in a brief moment of hope. This is a rare opportunity. It might even make your thinking clearer."
[Ningguang: Is this not worrying about the future?]
[Nahida: Indeed. If you keep worrying about the future, you will inevitably become anxious. In truth, you only need to carefully walk each step of the path beneath your feet.]
[Yae Miko: Do not fear loss. Be surprised by every gain.]
[Furina: That seems to be true. Though waiting for the final judgment was very painful, if I treated each day seriously and spent every night thinking about what cake I ate that day, quietly waiting, then a few hundred years did not seem so difficult to endure.]
[Lumine: The bodies created by the gods are truly wonderful. They never gain weight.]
[Furina: In truth, I have always been secretly exercising. As a deity, I cannot let myself become a little fatty.]
Paimon thought for a moment and nodded. "That is true. Nahida, you are still considering us, aren't you?"
Nahida placed her hand on her chest and said seriously, "Of course. At least during this time, you two are my everything."
Paimon said, "Sigh, why are you saying such cheesy things?"
Nahida explained, "Hehe, what I mean is, though I am asking you two to solve this mystery, you two are the only ones who can see and feel me."
"In other words, if it were not for you two, I would be no different from non-existence. So you are my everything. Do you understand?"
[Lumine: So during these five hundred years, no one could see you or talk to you.]
[Paimon: Looking at it that way, it feels very sad.]
[Nahida: But I could see everyone.]
[Madame Ping: If possible, you could take on a disciple. Then your home would become livelier.]
[Furina: Taking on a disciple would get in the way of reading light novels.]
[Paimon: Furina, what knowledge can you teach?]
[Furina: I am Fontaine's greatest opera star, the best scriptwriter, and the most brilliant performing artist.]
[Lumine: Paimon, Furina is very impressive.]
[Furina: I am not like a certain flying balloon who can't do anything except eat.]
[Paimon: I can fly!]
Paimon half understood. "Nahida, you are saying things that are hard to understand again."
Nahida said, "Let us stop here for now. Based on the new clues from yesterday, Traveler, do you have a new understanding of the current situation?"
Lumine said, "The conclusion of a time loop is indeed incorrect."
"Because Dunyarzad's condition is worsening, and Dehya's familiarity with her greatsword is also constantly improving."
Paimon said, "Yes, yes. We did not seem to notice these things before. If it were a time loop, the body's state should be completely reset, should it not?"
Nahida asked, "Then what is your new conclusion?"