The shuttle in the second dimension

　The sounds of swords and spears colliding, and the sounds of gun blades cutting flesh rang out one after another.

　Covering his left shoulder that was scratched by the gun blade, Lin Xuan's face looked a little bad. "I was a little careless, but this kind of treasure is really annoying."

　Rewind twenty seconds.

　When the Great God's Declaration was about to stab Lin Xuan, Lin Xuan quickly summoned the Xuanyuan Sword in his body to block it, allowing the trajectory of the Great God's Declaration to be affected by Lin Xuan.

　But just as the Great God Xuanyan was hit by Lin Xuan, he deviated from his original trajectory and passed by Lin Xuan. But things were not over yet. Through the corner of his eye, Lin Xuan clearly discovered that the Great God Xuanyan, who had deviated from his original trajectory, suddenly changed direction and continued to rush towards Lin Xuan.

　Even though Lin Xuan used the Xuanyuan Sword to block, his left shoulder was still scratched by the gun blade of the great god Xuanyan.

　"Tsk——" Lin Xuan glanced at the wound on his left shoulder, his face not looking good. "Still didn't dodge it completely? Even though I didn't affect it with [Unyielding Lord of Arms], I was already concentrating on it to that extent, and still got hurt. What a disgusting Noble Phantasm——"

　"Oh——that's really good, you didn't get pierced——" Gilgamesh praised when he saw that Lin Xuan's left shoulder was only scratched by the Great God's Declaration.

　"Hey, hey, hey————You underestimate me, King of Heroes————"

　Lin Xuan squinted his eyes and complained,

　Then his eyes gradually turned a little scarlet.

Chapter 13: Confession

　"No, no, you are obviously helping me, how can you say you are using me? Look. Mao Xian, Chinese website" Emilia shook her head and retorted.

　"I did help you, but the underlying purpose was to use you. This is an unchangeable fact." Shaking his head, Lin Xuan explained.

　Seeing that Emilia was about to say something, Lin Xuan extended his finger and gently placed it in front of Emilia's lips. He smiled at her and said, "Different people see things differently. I think you owe me more, and you think I owe you more. So, let's stop arguing about who owes more to whom. How about we just call it even?"

　"But, but." Emilia wanted to refute, but Lin Xuan raised his hand and touched Emilia's forehead lightly, then scolded her with a smile, "There's no buts. It's even."

　"Hmm." Covering her forehead, Emilia, who seemed to be trying to refute, had to give up.

　"Okay, I don't have anything else to do here, so you can focus on studying Wang Xuan's affairs without worry."

　"Yeah." Emilia responded and stood up. However, before leaving, she seemed to be still worried and reminded Lin Xuan again, "517, don't have such negative thoughts anymore. You will definitely be able to regain your memory."

　Lin Xuan originally thought Emilia was going to talk about gratitude and repayment, but he didn't expect it to be this. "I understand. Then I'll take your good words, Emilia."

　"Then I'm going to learn about the royal selection affairs. See you later." After saying that, Emilia said goodbye.

　As soon as Emilia left, Lin Xuan suddenly had a strange feeling in his heart. Although he didn't know why, he felt as if someone was watching him. This made Lin Xuan subconsciously look in the direction he felt, and then he saw Roswaal standing by a window on the second floor of the mansion.

　After seeing Roswaal, Lin Xuan was stunned for a moment, but then he raised his hand and greeted him. Roswaal, who was standing by the window, also smiled and greeted Lin Xuan. After greeting Lin Xuan, Roswaal left the window, and Lin Xuan withdrew his gaze.

　"Do you doubt me?" Lin Xuan muttered in his heart, thinking of the look just now.

　Lin Xuan was not surprised by Roswaal's suspicion. Although he had amnesia as a shield, he could avoid explaining why this mysterious foreigner appeared in the royal capital during this sensitive period. Even for this reason, his contact with Emilia seemed reasonable.

　But during such a sensitive period, a mysterious foreigner approaching this country's candidate for king would inevitably arouse suspicion, no matter how reasonable it was. Perhaps the level of suspicion would be lower than Subaru's, but it would definitely be there. Last week, I was initially suspected just like Subaru, but at that time, I was so absorbed in my swordsmanship that they lowered their suspicions.

　"Let's see if I can reduce their suspicion of me during this Warcraft incident. And then there's my own memory." Thinking of this, Lin Xuan's brow furrowed slightly. "I've now proven that I can retain my memories even after returning from death, but after waking up in the capital, I have no memory of Subaru's first three death cycles. Furthermore, when I first met Subaru, he looked at me with a strange look, clearly not recognizing me. But given my personality, I'd definitely look for the protagonist after learning which world this was. Therefore, the possibility that I've also lost my memories of my first three death cycles can almost be ruled out. In that case, my amnesia probably has little to do with this world."

　Thinking of this, Lin Xuan couldn't help but feel a headache.

　'The most important thing is, why did I even forget my original name? I clearly still remember so many plots, but I can't even remember a few characters of my name. This is too weird. Wait a minute!!! Could it be that...' Suddenly, a guess emerged in Lin Xuan's mind, and this guess made his face suddenly become extremely ugly.

　"My amnesia is artificial!?"

　"No way." Lin Xuan muttered, his eyes widened, and drops of cold sweat appeared on his forehead. Although it was just a guess just now and there was no evidence, Lin Xuan now felt that his guess might not be wrong.

　"Who is it? What is the purpose?" Holding his head in his hands, Lin Xuan felt that he could not think any further. He was afraid that if he thought about it any further, the conclusion he would come to would be unacceptable to him.

　Just when Lin Xuan was immersed in fear, a clear and pleasant voice came into his ears, freeing him from the delusional fear.

　"Guest, are you okay?"

　"Ah?" Looking up in astonishment, Lin Xuan's eyes, which still retained a hint of fear, reflected a blue-haired maid, who asked with concern.

　"No, it's okay. I just thought of some bad things and was caught up in them for a moment." Lin Xuan forced a smile after wiping the cold sweat from his face.

　"But I really have to thank you. If it weren't for you, I'm afraid I would still be deeply trapped in it and unable to extricate myself."

　"Do you need Rem to take you back to rest, sir?" Rem asked anxiously, seeming to be worried about Lin Xuan's reloading at this time.

　"No need, I can just sit here and take it easy, it's no big deal." Lin Xuan said with a smile, waving his hand.

　Looking at Lin Xuan's forced smile, Rem hesitated for a moment. "I understand. If you feel uncomfortable, please don't hide it from me."

　"I understand. I won't try to be tough if I'm not feeling well."

　After Rem retreated, Lin Xuan's face gradually became gloomy.

　"Heh, traveling to your favorite anime world should be a happy thing, but this series of terrible things really makes me unhappy at all."

　"I didn't feel that way at first, but when I thought about it just now, I always felt like a chess piece in the hands of others." With a sneer, Lin Xuan looked at the knife tightly grasped in his left hand with a complicated expression.

　"Should I believe you?"

　Staring at the knife in his hand, after two or three minutes, Lin Xuan laughed out loud in self-deprecating tone.

　"Hehe—let's not talk about whether my wild guess is correct. Even if it is correct, who am I to question it? Without you, I wouldn't even be worthy of surviving the cycle of death."

　"I don't have much ability, but I think so much. I'm really asking for trouble." Complaining to himself, Lin Xuan got up and left the pavilion.

Chapter Fourteen

　After practicing swordsmanship for a while in the courtyard, Lin Xuan prepared to return to his room, but on the way back to his room, Lin Xuan ran into Subaru, who was helping Rem with his work.

　Glancing around, he noticed Rem wasn't around.

　"Busy with other things?" Lin Xuan muttered to himself as he walked towards Subaru.

　"Eh? Aren't you practicing swordsmanship? How come you finished so quickly? Doesn't it usually take quite a long time to practice?" Subaru asked casually when he saw Lin Xuan coming towards him, but he regretted it as soon as he opened his mouth.

　Raising an eyebrow, Lin Xuan looked Subaru up and down, then asked thoughtfully, "This was my first time practicing swordsmanship here, right? How can it be normal? Could it be that you've seen me practicing swordsmanship before?"

　"No, no, I just said that I thought you would need to practice for a long time. After all, shouldn't sword training take a long time?" Scratching the back of his head, Subaru made a far-fetched explanation for the loophole in his previous words.

　"Is that so?" Lin Xuan nodded as if accepting Subaru's explanation.

　Subaru breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Lin Xuan accept his explanation, but Lin Xuan's somewhat strange look made him feel uneasy.

　Lin Xuan wanted to say something, but after hearing the faint sound of footsteps not far away, he swallowed what he was about to say.

　"Are you here?" Lin Xuan muttered to himself, then walked past Subaru. Before leaving, he warned him, "I don't know if you're truly problematic, but considering our shared hardships that night in the slums, I want to remind you that your behavior this morning has already aroused Ram and Rem's suspicions. You'll have to take care of yourself."

　Just as Lin Xuan walked past Subaru, Rem walked out from the corner not far in front of Lin Xuan.

　After saying hello to Rem, Lin Xuan returned to his room.

　It was not until lunch time that Rem came and called Lin Xuan and he left the room.

　Because Subaru was a servant, he wasn't at the table during lunch. After lunch, Lin Xuan made two small requests to Roswaal: one was to ask Rem or Ram to teach him how to read, and the other was to ask Roswaal for a belt to hang his sword on. Since neither request was difficult, Roswaal agreed immediately.

　After lunch, not long after Lin Xuan returned to his room, Rem brought him a belt.

　After putting on the belt, Lin Xuan hung the knife on it.

　"It fits me well." Looking at the knife hanging on his waist, Lin Xuan nodded with satisfaction. "Thank you for your help."

　"As long as the guests are satisfied." Rem responded and left.

　After Rem left, Lin Xuan came to the open space in the courtyard again. Since he had nothing to do, the only way Lin Xuan could think of to vent his emotions was to practice with his sword.

　Combining the memory of entering that strange state and the practice in the few days before the death cycle, Lin Xuan was already able to use the swordsmanship he displayed in the battle with the Intestine Hunter that day. This was also due to the instinct to wield the sword that was imprinted on his body. However, he knew that if he fought again, he would probably not be able to swing the sword as neatly as he did that time. This was a gap on the spiritual level, which could not be made up by practice alone. He needed to fight with real swords and guns to improve.

　"Fight~~~" Lin Xuan muttered while swinging his sword.

　"The closest battle I can think of is the Warcraft incident that might occur in a few days."

　As he spoke, Lin Xuan put the knife back into the sheath.

　With his hands in his pockets, Lin Xuan lowered his head as he walked towards the pavilion, thinking, "According to the original plan, Roswaal wouldn't have left the mansion this time. In that case, even if I eventually discovered that Subaru was cursed and concluded that there was something wrong with the village, it wouldn't be my turn to intervene. With Roswaal's strength, those monsters would be nothing but cannon fodder to him."

　"In the original novel, Roswaal's departure from the mansion seemed to be related to Subaru's behavior in the village that day. Never mind, on the fourth day, I'll go out with Subaru and the others under the guise of helping them. Let's see if I can achieve the same effect that Subaru achieved in the fifth round." Thinking this, Lin Xuan sat on the guardrail.

　"If it doesn't work, I'm looking for a way. Although I can retain my memory, I really don't want to touch that black claw again. It feels so uncomfortable. This is really, I only watched the anime, no, I don't know the rest of the story." Immersed in thought, Lin Xuan didn't notice that a small gray cat was flying towards him from not far behind him.

　"Hey! Lin Xuan, what are you thinking about so intently?" Parker asked curiously, landing on Lin Xuan's shoulder.

　"Eh!?" Parker's sudden appearance brought Lin Xuan back from his thoughts. "Parker?"

　"That elf girl named Beatrice actually let you leave?" Lin Xuan turned his head slightly and looked at Parker on his shoulder with a look of surprise.

　"Betty is really reluctant to leave me, but I have to accompany my daughter as well~~~Don't look at her as if it doesn't matter, she is very dependent on me. She will be lonely and cry without me~~~~" Parker joked to Lin Xuan, acting like a loving father who cares for his daughter.

　From the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Emilia jogging towards him from behind. Lin Xuan said in coordination with Parker, "Eh~~~ Really? I didn't expect Emilia to be like this~~~"

　"Hmm~~~" Parker nodded seriously with his paws on his hips.

　"I won't cry!" Emilia said with her hands on her hips, panting slightly. Her face seemed to be slightly red because of a jog.

　"I'll be angry if you two keep doing this!" Emilia pouted and warned the two people who were making fun of her.

　"I know I was wrong. Please forgive me, Lady Emilia." With his hands clasped together, Lin Xuan respectfully apologized to Emilia.

　"Liya, I was wrong." Following Lin Xuan's example, Parker also put his paws together and apologized.

　"Hmm~~~~ If you two continue like this, I'll be angry!" Looking at the two 'respectful' people, Emilia began to get a little angry.

　"I was wrong, I was wrong. Don't be angry." Lin Xuan waved his hand and apologized.

　At this time, Parker floated onto Emilia's shoulder and said to her with a smile, "Don't be angry~~~Amelia."

　"Hmph!" After seeing Lin Xuan and the other man realize their mistakes, Emilia snorted and sat next to Lin Xuan.

　"Hey, Lin Xuan, Lin Xuan, you haven't told me yet why you were sitting there in a daze?" While asking, Parker jumped from Emilia's shoulder to Lin Xuan.

　"Just now, I was thinking about the swordsmanship I displayed yesterday after entering that strange state."

　"Oh~~~Is it the state you entered shortly after I disappeared? I have heard Leah talk about it, but how did you enter that state?" Parker asked curiously after jumping off Lin Xuan's shoulder and floating in front of Lin Xuan. Not only Parker, but Emilia also looked curious.

　Parker and Emilia weren't the only ones curious. Lin Xuan himself was also curious about what had happened to him. "I don't know. At that time, I just felt death approaching, as if I was about to suffocate. Then I lost consciousness. When I came to, all I had left in my mind were the memories of that strange state."

　"It's really weird, but I think there must be a power hidden in your body that you don't know about or have forgotten. When your life is threatened, that power is forced out." Parker explained, supporting his chin.

　"I think so." Hearing Parker say this, Lin Xuan suddenly remembered the dark power that overflowed from the sword to protect himself during Subaru's death cycle.

　"When I was practicing sword just now, I wanted to try to get back the feeling of last night. Through the memory of last night, I can already use the sword technique I used yesterday, but I always feel that I am still one step away from the feeling of last night, but I feel like I can't cross this step no matter how hard I try." Lin Xuan sighed and seemed a little frustrated.

　"I told you not to be so negative. It's only been a short time. You still have plenty of time." Seeing Lin Xuan's depressed look, Emilia immediately comforted him.