I don't want to conquer witches anymore.

Duke clicked his tongue and casually opened the limited-edition gacha machine, Snow White, and used the single-draw ticket.

Should I use a single draw ticket?

【Yes. 】

So the question is, is it a golden apple or a poisoned apple?

[Item Name: Bride Princess Anne]

Duke: "???"

Chapter 446 The Endless Rainy Moon

[Item Name: Bride Princess Anne]

[Item Description: When a young woman gets married and wears that pure white dress, she will be the most beautiful and dazzling person in the world.]

[Item Effect: When a limited-time character wears this item, their charm value is fixed at 1 + the charm value of the "most attractive person in the target's eyes". Limited-time character "Annie".]

Duke: "???"

Duke's eyes widened, but he ultimately didn't dare to take the newly crafted item out of his inventory. Judging from the thumbnail, "Princess Anne's Wedding Dress" was undoubtedly a wedding dress, and a very beautiful one at that, tailor-made for Anne. Just by looking at the thumbnail, Duke could imagine how beautiful Anne would look in this wedding dress.

But this made him even more hesitant to take it out!

Not to mention the elven princess who keeps saying "I don't mind" and "I won't be jealous," whether she will keep her promise (judging from her current wary expression, she probably won't; her generosity is only for her best friend Cecil) and turn a blind eye to Duke flirting with other girls.

If Annie saw Duke pull out a wedding dress made specifically for her and receive it from him... this crazy, yandere stalker would probably go completely insane!

In conclusion, for his own safety and Miss Anne's mental well-being, Duke felt it was best not to take out this prop for the time being—ideally, never to take it out in his entire life.

Damn it, why did he pull this kind of item from this limited-edition gashapon machine?

Thinking of this, Duke couldn't help but glance at the description of the limited-edition gashapon machine again.

[During the limited-time event, the limited-edition Gashapon Machine - Snow White will be available, increasing the drop rate of the following items.]

Poisoned apples, golden apples.

Damn it, aren't the featured items for this gacha machine Poison Apple and Golden Apple? In the limited-time gacha machine in the parallel world, I got the featured items every time, except for the last two single pulls. Why is it that this limited-time gacha machine is giving me the wrong items right away? And it's a really subtle one!

If he had drawn "Princess Amber" or even "Princess Cecil", Duke wouldn't have felt so much pressure. He didn't really hate Anne that much, and he couldn't possibly say that he had no history or possibility with her at all... But the feelings and excitement she brought to Duke were ultimately different from those of Amber and Cecil.

Yandere characters can indeed bring a lot of pressure, especially yandere characters like Annie who are "sometimes rational and sometimes crazy," but that is also part of their charm.

Of course, none of this has anything to do with Duke right now. He doesn't even have a body yet, let alone the idea of ​​picking up girls. He thinks it's better to be more practical first, like getting through this time loop first.

Incidentally, although this limited-time event also includes the clause "During the limited-time event, the rewards for successfully completing the mission will be doubled," the single-pull tickets obtained by traversing the time loop will not be doubled—of course, Duke can understand this perfectly well, since the time loop doesn't concern him much; it mainly depends on Carol.

Just like the last time loop, Duke didn't even realize what was happening before the time loop occurred abruptly.

In other words, the single-draw tickets given out through the time loop are practically free.

Duke clicked his tongue. Instead of taking out "Bride Princess Amber", he took out another item from his inventory.

Time diary.

The previous time diary ended abruptly at a "just right" point, much like the abrupt ending of the dog training course next door, leaving Duke eager to know what happened next and tormented by the "unfulfilled desire".

But after one time loop, the Time Diary also updated its subsequent contents.

"The seventh day of Ugetsu."

"The old woman is dead."

Duke opened the time diary, starting from where he last saw it. If the story could continue, he felt that even if he couldn't uncover the secrets of the first Space Witch, he could at least know the cause of her death, right? Could she have been killed by Ida?

Duke glanced at Ida beside him subconsciously, then looked down and turned to the next page.

"The sixth day of Ugetsu."

"The old woman is still alive, that's wonderful."

Duke: "?"

How come the dates in this diary started going backwards as I kept writing?

Duke mentally scoffed, but quickly realized that the dates in the diary were reversed not because Carol had misremembered, or because she was performing advanced randomized recording... but simply because of the literal meaning.

She used time travel (time loop) to go back to a day earlier, when the first Space Witch was still alive.

Duke quickly continued reading.

"The seventh day of Ugetsu."

"The old woman still died. I clearly told her what was going to happen, so why wasn't her fate changed?"

"The fifth day of Ugetsu."

"Perhaps it's because I only went back in time for a short period of time; a mere day wasn't enough to save the old woman. So this time I went back in time for an extra day."

"But to be honest, why is it so much more tiring than going back one day? It seems I don't have the ability to go back a few more days. If I really went back a week, I'd probably die! Of course, my goal is just to save the old woman."

"The sixth day of Ugetsu."

"This time, this time there will definitely be no problem!"

"The seventh day of Ugetsu."

"Is this even reasonable? Why did this happen? I clearly helped the old woman avoid danger, so why did new danger appear? Where does the Floating City get so many 'accidents' that can directly threaten top-tier legends? Damn it!"

"The fourth day of Ugetsu."

"The third time loop. This time I tried to go back one more day, but that's probably the limit. Before I get stronger, I can only go back to the fourth day of Rain Moon at most."

"I feel like I need to add subheadings to the dates, otherwise I'm starting to lose track of the situation."

"If there is a next cycle, let's make a small mark."

"The fifth day of Ugetsu."

"I told everything to Lady Prophecy and Lady Scarlet, and they will surely be able to help the old woman through this difficult time."

"The sixth day of Ugetsu."

"The old woman died a day early."

"I completely cannot understand why fate has changed again at this point? What am I supposed to do to save her?"

Damn it!

"Rainy month, fourth day (fourth cycle)."

"I will definitely save you, old woman."

Chapter 447 DAY0

The time diary ended abruptly once again, but this time the abrupt ending was somewhat acceptable. Duke silently put away the time diary and began to savor the contents he had just read.

The diary entries from this period are quite simple—in order to save her deceased master, the gifted Time Witch Carol used her ability to reincarnate for the first time, and kept repeating the days before "Seven Days of Rainy Month" in an attempt to save her master, the first generation Space Witch.

The time loop repeated four times during this diary entry, but there were no detailed records of what happened to the first-generation Space Witch, or even what methods Carol used to try to save her. Duke could only deduce a few points from it.

Firstly, Carol's three attempts to save the world in time loops all failed. The death of the first Space Witch was like the convergence of world lines, a "predetermined fate." Even if the original danger was avoided, it might even be brought forward due to Carol's changes to the past.

Secondly, Carol could only go back three days at most back then, but that was because her power was relatively weak at the time. If she were a top-tier legend now, she could go back for much longer.

Thirdly, even the involvement of Fei and Zilvini at the time failed to resolve the issue.

Back then, Lady Scarlet was at the height of her power, and Zylvini was also at her peak, far stronger than the weakened Prophecy Witch she is now. In the floating city of that time, what problem couldn't the two of them solve together?

Duke frowned, and almost instantly one possibility came to mind. He looked up at Ida beside him and asked, "Ida, I have a question for you. Do you know how the first Space Witch died?"

Date was a witness to that era. The time when the Time Diary incident occurred coincided with Date's rise to power, when he led the Aphas, who had transformed from the Sympathetic Society, to confront Lady Scarlet. Perhaps Date was the one who killed the first Space Witch. Even if Date didn't do it, he most likely fought her head-on and probably knew the cause of the Space Witch's death.

"Huh?" Ida had been watching Duke's chaotic scene with great interest when Duke suddenly brought it up. She was stunned for a moment and subconsciously asked, "Huh? That guy is dead? How did he die?"

Everyone present, except for a few individuals (including Alice from another dimension), was stunned and simultaneously looked at Ida, who seemed somewhat bewildered. Annie glanced at Duke curiously; she had just noticed him taking out a small notebook and looking at it for a while, but still couldn't understand why Duke had suddenly brought up this question. Nevertheless, she spoke up to help Duke explain, "The first generation of Space Witch did indeed perish."

“I didn’t know. So those legends can be killed? You should have said so earlier. I thought that legends like that guy or Fei were unkillable if they didn’t want to die.” Ida clicked her tongue in regret. “If I had known they could be killed, I should have seriously planned several assassination attempts before I embarked on the path to godhood.”

The words of the mute elder were so impactful that no one dared to utter a sound for a moment. Only Ida retorted irritably, "Duke, why are you asking me this question? Don't you know that I was killed by Monica? I've been mute for the past few hundred years. What secrets of the floating city's history could I possibly know?"

"The first generation of the Space Witch perished after you became a god?"

Duke frowned.

Doesn't this mean the timeline doesn't match up...? No, this proves that Carol succeeded in using the time loop.

However, this also meant that Duke wouldn't be able to get any useful information from Ida, at least not about the cause of death of the first-generation Space Witch. What Ida said made a lot of sense. Top legends like the Miracle Witch Scarlet and the first-generation Space Witch were all incredibly difficult to kill. Scarlet, whose legendary destiny was named after "Miracle," goes without saying, but just look at how difficult it was for the first-generation Space Witch to die—just look at Amber.

If a low-level space witch who isn't even a hero can die this hard, let alone a top-level legendary space witch, Duke simply can't imagine how strong a top-level space-type legendary witch who can freely transform time and space is.

Of all the legends he had ever seen, the strongest was Lady Scarlet, but in the top tier below Lady Scarlet, besides Ida, Carol, and Howard Howard from the parallel world, future Amber was also among the top-tier legends—although she only appeared two or three times and the opponents she beat up were not true legends, the feeling that future Amber gave Duke was even stronger than that of the current Cecil, making her an absolute top-tier legend.

Incidentally, although Future Amber was incredibly strong in Duke's eyes, the "Future Cecil" that Duke saw through the system's "Mythical Armament" promotional video didn't seem that strong at all.

Duke felt that she wasn't as good as Cecil was now.

In the absence of a future encounter with Duke, Cecil's potential was not fully realized, while Amber, through her own talent, surpassed her Cecil sister.

We've gone a bit off-topic.

Duke pursed his lips, silently pondering something.

If we consider the "rebirth point" of the time cycle, which is now and the following night, as DAY0.

So, the morning of DAY1 is the time when the "Tree of Life Incident" of the first cycle occurred, and it is also the time when Duke and his two companions infiltrated the City Lord's Mansion in the second cycle, went deep into the core of the floating city, and caused the apocalypse.

Duke wasn't sure whether his actions had prematurely triggered the interdimensional invasion, or whether the apocalypse was destined to happen on Day 1.

If it's the former, Duke must confirm whether the earlier invasion of the interdimensional space was truly due to his venturing deep beneath the floating city. If it's the latter, then Duke must hurry to find his body as soon as possible and ensure it's in good condition before facing the apocalypse.

In any case, there is only one thing they should be doing now.

Just then, Guangbao, who was a little out of touch with the conversation, looked somewhat confused and asked curiously:

"Duke, what should we do now?"

Duke snapped his fingers, ignoring Guangbao's question. He took out the "Mirror Image" bronze mirror from his inventory, placed it in front of him, held its surface with one hand, and asked the same question he had asked before:

"Magic mirror, magic mirror, do you know where my body is?"