I loaded the dream game

"Of course not."

Xia Zhi replied in a tone of "Isn't this obvious?", and then looked at him in confusion: "Brother, you are so strange today?"

Isn't this something that everyone knows by heart? Why do you want to ask about it today?

"Then, brother is your best gift, right?" Xia Zhi continued.

"..."

Faced with his shameless remarks, Xia Zhi was silent for a moment, then said:

"……elder brother."

"Ok?"

"Are you planning to refuse this Chinese Valentine's Day gift?"

Summer Solstice:…

The details are a little different, but he certainly seems to think so.

"This one……"

Xia Zhi looked away with a guilty look in his eyes, trying to argue: "Look, isn't the Qixi Festival already over?"

There shouldn't be any need to make up for it, right?

…He originally wanted to say this, but the girl’s next words made him freeze in place.

"what are you talking about?"

Xia Zhi looked at him strangely and asked, "When did it pass... Isn't Tanabata Festival today?"

"...?"

The girl's words gave Xia Zhi an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

……

Although he had stayed in the dungeon world of the previous stage for a long time, making many of Xia Zhi's memories a little fuzzy, there was one thing he was sure of - he entered the dream dungeon on Thursday, July 7, which was the night of Chinese Valentine's Day.

Through the conversation with Hubie and the name of this special theme copy of the dream game, he confirmed this again.

However, if I entered the copy on the night of Qixi Festival, why was it still Qixi Festival when I woke up the next morning after returning to this world?

Did the dream game throw me back to the beginning of "today", or...

With a guess in mind, Xia Zhi returned to his room, took out a calendar with various traces of erasures from the drawer, and opened it.

Then, looking at the entire page full of the same date, he fell silent.

Turning to the next page, all the dates are still July 7th.

The next page is still the same.

It seems as if there are no other dates in this world. From today onwards, every day will be Chinese Valentine's Day.

Xia Zhi, who is familiar with the characteristics of the calendar, knows that this is not a simple repetition, but no one would think there is anything wrong.

The world will continue to move forward, but the date will remain on July 343th... This is something he already knew and confirmed from previous similar experiences.

Xia Zhi thought about it, then picked up the pen next to him and tried to change the date of one of the days. He succeeded, but soon, the place he had erased returned to its original state.

It can probably be confirmed that this is not a problem with the calendar, but comes from the settings of the dream game.

Although the calendar originally had the ability to force the world date to become the same as the date it recorded, it now seemed that it was still no match for the dream game. Instead, it was forced to adapt to the higher priority settings from the dream game.

Xia Zhi thought thoughtfully in his heart.

It’s over now… It seems that I can’t escape this Chinese Valentine’s Day gift.

No, there is something more important than this.

——From now on, it seems like there will be no weekends?

Xia Zhi realized the seriousness of the problem.

The thing he was most worried about seemed to have finally happened.

"..."

On the other side, looking at the young man who returned to the living room with a serious and even solemn expression, Xia Zhi tilted her head in confusion.

I'm just asking you to give me a gift, is it necessary to make it so difficult for you? It's not like I won't prepare a gift for you too.

She shook her head, looked at the boy and said:

"Rather than that, brother, why don't you go and wake up Sister Irena?"

……Eh?

Xia Zhi was slightly stunned.

It was only then that he remembered that there was a witch living in his house.

Chapter 690: Miss Irena May Need a Hatchet

Unlike what Xia Zhi expected, when Xia Zhi knocked on the attic door and walked into the room that already belonged to a witch, the girl was actually awake, but just didn't get up.

"What are you doing curled up in bed?"

The slightly thin quilt tightly covers the girl's body, making it impossible to tell whether she is wearing pajamas or casual clothes. Fortunately, it is still morning, otherwise, in the July weather, she would definitely sweat if she was covered so tightly, right?

"I'm hungry."

The gray-haired witch grabbed the edge of the quilt with both hands, with only her head exposed, and said this to Xia Zhi.

"If you're hungry, won't you get up earlier?" Xia Zhi asked.

"If I wake up early, can I have breakfast?"

"……cannot."

After all, Xia Zhi hadn't started cooking at that time.

"Then why did I get up so early?" the girl said righteously.

Xia Zhi thought about it and it seemed... that there was some truth to it?

"Now that it's done, you should get up quickly." He continued along this logic.

"Can you help bring it up?" the girl asked expectantly.

"No."

Are you overdoing it?

Xia Zhi looked at her with such eyes.

Irena uttered a low "tsk" and seemed to feel a little sorry. What a shameless witch.

If it were Xia Zhi himself, living in someone else's house, he would definitely feel embarrassed to be served by others. (Lilia:?)

"what happened?"

Seeing that the girl was still curled up in the quilt without moving, Xia Zhi asked again in confusion.

"Don't you think you should go out for a while?" Irena said this to him, still covering herself with the quilt.

"..."

Looking at the gray-haired girl who seemed a little shy for some reason, with a cute blush on her cheeks, but still pretending to be calm and looking at him with her glass-colored eyes, Xia Zhi suddenly wanted to change his mind.

"How about I bring you breakfast?" he suggested after thinking about it.

"Not so good!" The girl refused on the spot, and the roles of the two seemed to have been reversed at this moment.

Did this man think that in exchange for a mere breakfast she would agree to let him stay and watch her change clothes?

I am not such a cheap... uh, random person!

The girl thought angrily.

So in the end, Xia Zhi was driven out.

……

After changing her clothes, Irena walked down from upstairs and looked around the living room. She subconsciously wanted to look for the boy at the first moment, but she did not see him.

Instead, she saw a girl with long black hair on the sofa who she had never seen before, but who looked vaguely familiar.

This scene couldn't help but make her have an association.

"...Summer Solstice?" After thinking for a moment, Irena called out tentatively.

Xiao Xiazhi:?

Who is this person calling? My brother is not here?

Wait, who is this person?

"Isn't it?"

Seeing the girl's puzzled reaction, Irena tilted her head slightly and thought so in her heart.

"Who are you calling? I'm here."

Hearing the familiar voice, Irena turned around and saw the young man walking up from behind.

I had just fed the kitten cat food and left Hubie alone to supervise the kitten's subsequent exercise. When Xia Zhi came back, he saw a witch calling his name to the girl and changing his gender without permission. Two black lines appeared on his forehead.

"...Summer Solstice?" Irena hesitated for a moment and asked.

Why are you using such an uncertain tone? Are you confused because of sleep and think that I am fake?

Xia Zhi reached out his hand and helped the girl wake up.

Irena made a "wu" sound, covered her forehead, and looked at him angrily, as if accusing him of something.

Xia Zhi looked away and pretended not to see it.

"If you are Xia Zhi, who is that girl?" Irena continued to ask.

Are you still insisting on this statement?

Xia Zhi complained in his heart, and after thinking for a while, he replied: "Don't you think she looks a lot like Xia Zhi?"

"Me? What?" Xia Zhi, who was walking back from the kitchen with milk, only had time to hear the last sentence and was stunned for a moment.

Upon hearing this, Irena looked back and forth between the girl and Xia Zhi.

So, she is...

"You and Sister Xia Zhi's daughter?"

"..."

"..."

Would a normal person have such thoughts? How old is Xia Zhi?

"Daughter?" Ai Luke, who was dividing the cake with a fork, was stunned for a moment when he heard this. He looked at Xiao Xia Zhi beside him and hesitated.

Don't really believe it.

Xia Zhi sighed slightly. While complaining in his heart, he saw Irena silently took a step and walked into the kitchen without saying a word.

The girl's strange behavior made the people present a little confused. Xia Zhi thought about it, took a step forward and followed her.

"."What are you doing?"

When he came to the kitchen, he saw the girl opening the cupboard awkwardly, as if she was looking for something.

"Looking for the right knife," Irena answered bluntly.

Xia Zhi became even more confused after hearing this.

What are you looking for a knife for?

Aren't you a witch? Cutting vegetables and the like should be easy with magic, right?

"Isn't there a tradition in this world that if your partner cheats on you, you should stab him to death with a knife?" Irene tilted her head slightly, and her bangs slid down as she tilted her head, with a natural look of confusion on her delicate and fair face.

“There is no such tradition.”