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The blonde, fox-eared girl sighed, with an air of nonchalance that suggested she was used to it.

"Sensei... Next, let's talk about your 'precognitive dreams.'"

Chapter 85 The Wheel of Fortune, Anubis

"Sensei... Next, let's talk about your 'precognitive dreams.'"

As Saintia finished speaking, a crisp snap of her fingers changed the surrounding environment.

The room for the tea party began to glow with twinkling lights. The tea table was replaced with a card table covered with a gorgeous blue cloth with gold trim, and bookshelves filled with blurry books appeared around it for no apparent reason.

The blonde, fox-eared girl picked up a stack of tarot cards and began shuffling them.

“Now, Sensei… please begin to describe the dream you have seen. I will use the ‘Three-Rank Spread’ method to show you the uncertain future.”

May you find the books you want and see the future you desire.

Amamiya: "..."

In order to 'avoid copyright' and prevent Ravenda from coming to the real world and ripping off their tails as punishment for 'infringement', did they simply adopt another way of creating mystery...?

Saintia, you little fox.

In the past, Amamiya would definitely have teased Seiya about her "pretending to be mysterious" style, which she just liked to play around with.

But these are extraordinary times... there's no time to complain about this kind of thing.

Recalling her nightmare, Amamiya recounted in detail what she had "seen"—the crimson sky, the distortion of another world, and so on—to Seiya.

Saintia continued shuffling the cards throughout, listening attentively with her eyes down, and drawing a card at the beginning of the story, a card in the middle, and a card at the end.

With an "I see" expression, Saintia calmly nodded, placed the remaining tarot cards aside, and gestured to Amamiya while the sleeves of her wide white dress swayed.

“Sensei, you should be more familiar with the elements related to 'Tarot cards' than I am.”

"The 'Three Card Spread' consists of one card reflecting on the past, one indicating the present, and one looking towards the future."

A golden flame ignited in his bright yellow eyes, and his aura shone even brighter as his emotions surged, his "mysterious" aura activating as if he were overclocking.

Ever since the Holy Trinity Temple eroded the real world, and Saintia interacted with the shadow of the "Goddess Norn" within the temple... she gained the ability to 'actively invoke her own mysticism'.

Simply put, it means transforming one's inherent ability to 'predict dreams' from a passive state into a form of active ability.

The fox-eared girl didn't rush to reveal the first card to show the 'divination' result. Instead, she smiled and suddenly said, "Speaking of which... this shouldn't be the first time I've done a divination for Sensei, right..."

"However, this is the first time I've ever done a divination for Sensei in the real world..."

"So, if it's the 'first time,' then it has a special, unique meaning."

'Even if you replay it a thousand times in your dreams, it won't nourish your spirit as much as direct contact with the real world...right?'

With her little tongue sticking out and licking her lips, for a moment, Saintia, shrouded in the 'library' setting, looked exceptionally dangerous.

'Sensei...the act of depleting one's own "mysterious" essence, if not replenished in time, could potentially lead to a life-threatening crisis...'

But then she regained her composure and turned over the first card, which symbolized the "past".

It is a black-armored death knight riding a white horse and waving a black banner.

"XI.Death"

"The past... ah."

Maintaining the gesture of flipping the card, Saintia lowered her eyes, her voice filled with a complex sense of emotion.

"Kiwatos's past symbolizes 'death.'"

"It's not just 'death' in the literal sense."

"The death of an individual ranges from physical collapse to social demise, and finally to the disappearance of traces."

"The death of an individual is like this..."

“Sensei, you said… is the death of the ‘world’ also like this?”

Meeting Saintia's bright eyes, which burned with intense light, Amamiya felt a chill run down her spine.

Although Saintia was speaking in riddles... she had actually made it very clear, almost revealing the answer directly—and revealing the answer directly is a major taboo for abilities such as occult divination, divination of celestial secrets, and prediction of the future.

Amamiya was naturally aware of the special information-gathering channel that allowed him to "seem familiar" with the chairman.

Kiwatos, of course, "died" once.

The traces of the 'nameless gods' that can still be found today are the best evidence that this world was once 'dead'.

But who can guarantee that... Kiwatos didn't experience an earlier death before this one?

Amamiya remembered a game he had played before coming to Giwatos that was also closely related to the 'shadow' of another world—Lobotomy Corporation.

The Seed of Light scenario, repeated for a million years and "restarted" countless times, and...

The managers are very familiar with the classic process when playing this game.

Anomaly escape, Level 1 alert, Level 2 alert, chain reaction...

"Start the day anew"

With the help of 'singularity technology', managers manipulate time with impunity. Although they often end up "working for nothing all day", they are not bothered by it.

If the power and ideas of the 'Nameless Gods' are like 'reloading a save file to go back to a certain day in the past,' or 'starting this day anew'...

Then who can guarantee that, in addition to this, there are loopholes where the save file is completely destroyed by the Abnormalities, leaving no possibility of redemption and forcing people to "start the next cycle"?

For the vast majority of the more than one million years of the "Seed of Light Project," it has been 'repeated endlessly' because of this.

Amamiya recalled the 'Federation Student Council President' she met on the train when she first arrived in Kivotos, and the 'World' tarot card that she had transformed into, which she now wore as a pendant.

Hmm... the more I think about it, the more likely it seems.

To describe it according to "game understanding"...

This "World" card is very likely a "New Game+" carryover reward or a "special reward".

After gaining a detailed understanding of the current situation, Amamiya became less panicked.

It's just multiple playthroughs, it's not like he hasn't done it before.

Eighth playthrough... Ninth playthrough?

Even with the ability to "jump out of time" and manipulate the time wheel at will, knowing that she is in a "time loop," Amamiya would not actively break down that wall.

"...I understand."

Seiya, who was holding the card-flipping position and waiting for Amamiya's reply, was slightly surprised.

"Sensei... knowing about this, you don't show any obvious emotional change at all?"

Amamiya shrugged.

What's there to feel emotionally about? Anyway, this isn't the first time I've experienced 'cycle repetition'.

"Whoosh..."

Seeing Amamiya's reaction, Seiya found it 'unexpectedly cute'.

She slowly shook her head, as if to say, "I'm worrying too much." "The mindset of a 'Trickster'...it's truly unfathomable."

"Now, next... I will show you 'the present'."

Saintia slowly turned over the second card.

The cards symbolize "the present" and do not depict any figures. Three nested concentric circles are connected by radiating lines to form a wheel of fate.

Outside the roulette wheel, on the left, is Typhon, the god of evil. He is pressing down on the wheel, attempting to sink the Wheel of Fortune into darkness.

On the right is Anubis, the god of death and judgment. He carries the circle upwards, yearning to ascend and turn the wheel to the light.

At the very top of the circle is a sphinx, symbolizing wisdom, which remains still and unbiased.

"X. The Wheel of Fortune"

Saintia blinked, seemingly somewhat surprised.

"The cards... have changed."

The tarot cards changed on their own, unlike the ones I drew... This is truly...

"Fate is both predictable and completely unpredictable."

Recovering from her surprise, the fox-eared girl chuckled again: "Sensei... you belong to the 'unpredictable' category."

"Since arriving in Givotos... you have forged bonds with countless students. These threads intertwine, their mystery woven around you... Your 'Wheel of Fortune' is more like a spinning wheel, weaving cause and effect into cloth."

"The world is ever-changing, yet everything is predestined..."

"If you are about to face a fateful choice... please distinguish between 'Typhon' and 'Anubis.'"

"As long as you always keep a clear view of the road ahead... it is not difficult to navigate danger and turn danger into safety."

This card can also be understood.

Amamiya had already guessed and recognized what "Typhon" meant when Saintia mentioned it.

—If I'm not mistaken, it was probably Beatrice who was almost summoned here after she merged her palace into the real world…

That existence called "color".

As for who Anubis is...

Was that the gray-haired 'otherworldly girl' I saw through a precognitive dream provided by my 'Predicted Future' bond skill?

Seeing Amamiya's 'already knew' expression, Seiya didn't hesitate or pretend to be mysterious, and turned over the third card.

Tarot cards symbolize the "future".

At the very center of the card is a woman whom Amamiya is now very familiar with.

She stood in the lush grass, the sunlight shining on her.

An olive wreath, symbolizing success, surrounds her in a ring, while the four corners of the card are encircled by the same four creatures as those in the "Wheel of Fortune"—angel, bull, eagle, and lion.

But unlike those on the "Wheel of Fortune" card who are reading and absorbing wisdom... those appearing in the "World" have already acquired enough wisdom and possess 'divinity'.

"'Divinity' is within us."

The sudden burst of light gradually returned to normal, and Saintia seemed to have just gone through a period of intense exercise, her tone and expression showing slight fatigue.

“You have arrived once before... arriving again will not be difficult.”

"This is exclusively for Sensei... no."

"My dearest Trickst, this is a door that belongs only to you, only you, and only you... can open."

Her golden eyes dimmed and returned to bright yellow. Saintia showed signs of fatigue, but more than anything, she exuded longing and yearning.

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"If you push open that door and see the olives and flowers behind it..."

"Please remember to take me with you."

Chapter 86 Gongzi: I was here first...

Amamiya stayed at the tea party until Nagisa grabbed Mika's fluttering wings and dragged her back like a naughty child. Amamiya then spent a peaceful and slightly romantic tea party with them.

It wasn't until the afternoon ended, when news came from the Shitei no Hako, that Amamiya used an excuse to say goodbye to the reluctant members of the tea party.

After leaving Trinity and boarding the train back home, Amamiya took out the Shittei no Hako and looked at the two AI girls inside, whose eyes were swirling with circles from organizing the documents.

—One of them is Alona, ​​and the other is Sofia.

Although the Shiting Box is a piece of advanced technology left behind by the president of the Federal Student Council before his 'disappearance,' this advanced technology... is not yet at the level of 'Singularity Technology.'

It's already a stretch for Arona to accommodate itself—with limited power consumption, Arona spends most of its time in a drowsy 'semi-standby' state, unable to enter 'full power' mode, let alone 'overclock'.

Now, in order to organize the data, Sophia has temporarily intervened and connected herself to the Shiting Box... The Shiting Box, operating at 'full power,' is somewhat overwhelmed.

Even the necessary energy supply prepared to generate a force field barrier to protect against sudden attacks was used... When Amamiya got his hands on it, not only did the 'battery' of the Shitei Box drop to the bottom, but the box itself even entered a state of overheating and overload similar to a mobile phone that had been playing a game for a long time.

The screen showed a dilapidated classroom bathed in the color of the setting sun. Alona, ​​her eyes swollen from the heat, leaned back in her chair, a few unfinished documents piled on the desk.