After being reborn, I was turned into a slave girl by a princess.

"No, Lonnies... Siri is right, we can't be here. If we make a move now, history will be rewritten."

"What……"

"The fact that Xinglu is safe and sound means that someone has come to help. So... let's wait and see."

……

……

Elusia's prediction was correct. Sure enough, not long after, the sound of hurried running came from the other end of the mountain road.

She was a girl dressed in ordinary cloth clothes with short hair.

Her face was very handsome, even a bit dashing; if you weren't careful, you could easily mistake her for a boy.

And she? She ran and shouted loudly:

"Hoshiro, are you here? Stop looking for me, come back quickly!"

……

……

"This person..."

"It's Senior Sister Daizhi Sheng from when we were little!"

The girls were stunned by the sight. Luo Zhisheng clenched his fists and said in disbelief:

"Yes, it really was me... But I don't remember anything like this happening. What happened? Is this really in the past?"

"Senior?"

“Silia, I…I am…”

"Luo Zhisheng, don't be anxious. You'll soon find out the truth. Because this is something we agreed on, isn't it?"

Sili Ai smiled slightly. She simply patted Luo Zhisheng on the shoulder, and then Sili Ai walked out of the dense forest and came to Luo Zhisheng.

"Who...who are you?"

Although Siri is a little girl and looks very cute, the sudden appearance of such a creature in the dense forest still makes one quite wary.

"You don't need to know who I am, just think of me as a little girl who came up the mountain to play. On the contrary, you came here to find a cute girl, right? I just happened to see her."

"Cute girl...you, did you see Xinglu?"

"Yes, she's over there. I'll take you to find her."

……

……

After saying that, Sili'ai took Xiaoluozhisheng's hand and walked towards the abandoned old house.

The journey was bumpy and difficult, and it was very hard to move forward. If it weren't for Sili'ai guiding him from the side, Luo Zhisheng might not have been able to find the huge, collapsed pit.

Xiao Luozhi peeked out and discovered the elegantly dressed girl collapsed in the ruins! However, she appeared to have completely lost consciousness due to the pain.

……

……

"Hoshiro, how...how could this be?! What did you do to her?!"

Xiao Luozhisheng looked as if she had seen a ghost and questioned Siliai!

Sili'ai shrugged and said:

"Don't misunderstand me, I didn't do anything, of course she fell and got hurt."

"Could it be that it's for treasure hunting... No, that's not what I'm thinking about now, I need to get to her quickly!"

After saying that, Xiao Luozhi climbed down into the pit and tried to lift the little star deer up.

However, although Xiao Luozhisheng was physically stronger than the average person, she was still just a child. How could she possibly carry someone out in such a rugged environment?

So no matter how she tried, she was powerless.

……

"How could this happen... Oh no, Xinglu has already lost blood. It's too late to go back and call her now. If this continues..."

Just then, she saw Sili'ai standing to the side: "You, can you help me? I need to save Xinglu, can you help me lift her up?"

However, when faced with Xiaoluozhisheng's plea for help, Sili'ai shrugged and said, "It's possible, but asking for help comes at a price."

"Pay the price?"

"That's right, it's an equal exchange, you know? If you want my help, you have to give me something valuable."

"Things...but I don't have any at all...Wait, wait a minute, is this okay!"

……

Xiao Luozhi was taken aback because she suddenly saw the box in Xinglu's hand.

If she remembered correctly, it was a clue passed down from her ancestors—a treasure map leading to the Pirate King's treasure.

No one has been able to crack it yet, so it's just been left here, and nobody cares about it.

and so……

……

"Here's a treasure map for you. It's the map to the Pirate King's treasure. How about that, is it okay?"

Xiao Luozhisheng used all her strength to hand the box to Sili'ai.

"Hmm, that's possible. But isn't that a problem? If you give me the treasure map, wouldn't that make it even harder to prove the treasure's authenticity?"

"I'll do anything, as long as you come help quickly! Hurry up!"

Xiao Luozhisheng had already shouted it out, and even his eyes turned red.

Sili Ai smiled slightly and said:

“Alright, the contract is established... I will accept this treasure map, and along with it, I will also accept your memories of exploring this place.”

"Memory...wh-what does that mean?"

"You and Xinglu will wake up in a nearby hospital, covered in wounds but unharmed. You will forget about meeting me until the day we meet again."

"The day of reunion..."

"Yes, so fall asleep, just drift off into unconsciousness... and then, remember what happened, Miss Rokuji?"

……

The cunning demon lord, Sili Ai, drew a jet-black mark and looked at the girls who were watching everything from the sidelines.

Chapter 77 The Way to Save the World

All the mysteries have been solved.

It turns out that, in order to prove that the Pirate King's treasure existed, Hoshino once tried to find clues... but in the end, she accidentally fell and was injured, her life hanging by a thread.

Even though Luo Zhisheng caught up, he was still powerless to help.

It was Sili Ai who came to their rescue at the critical moment, which saved the two of them from danger.

However, the clue to the treasure remained in the hands of Shiri Ai until Hoshino made another request, at which point it was solemnly handed over to the girls.

……

"So, the reason why Hoshino wanted to prove the Pirate King's treasure was..."

"Hmm, it's probably also to make up for past regrets, right? After all, she doesn't care what the treasure contains, as long as the treasure exists, that's enough."

"That guy..."

Luo Zhisheng murmured, unsure of what to say.

Lonnies, however, noticed a detail: "But, Sili'ai... you only just got the treasure map, right? But why did you already know when we asked you before?"

"Yes, that's because during those thousand years, Alice and I were outside the timeline."

"Uh?"

"In other words, the me you see now and the me you saw before are actually the same me at the same moment! This may sound a bit complicated. But you just need to know that if the world cannot be saved, then for Alice and me, time will stand still."

"Ah... I think I understand?"

Now that the matter was resolved, the girls traveled back to the present through the time tunnel.

Through this time travel experience, Lonnies gained a complete understanding of Sili's abilities and time travel: although in the usual sense, even if you go back in time and kill your parents, it will not cause you to disappear, because those are two different timelines.

but……

The world of these girls is not like that.

Because it's based on the premise of a closed loop where "a hero from the future successfully saves the world." Therefore, all causes and effects, past and present, are closely linked.

In other words, if you steal something from the past, that thing will disappear completely, like a treasure map.

And killing a person can have a profound impact on the future.

So……

……

"Haha, Lonnies, you don't need to feel pressured. Letting you and Elusia live happily was the premise of my promise to you, and it can be considered a reward for you saving the world. So I won't deceive you in this regard or use you as tools to manipulate you."

Sili Ai shrugged and said that.

"But what about others? Including those who are already dead..."

"These things are unavoidable. If you feel sad, then when you go back to the past, you just shouldn't get to know them, and you shouldn't develop feelings for them, right?"

"How...how is that possible..."