Zongman: I'm working hard to develop my daily life in the time-travel series

Shi Yu felt the surging magic in Natsuki Subaru's heart and sneered:

"Again? Do you really think I wasn't on guard this time?"

He turned to look at Aqua and the other two who had followed him down.

"Aqua, help me remove the curse from this kid!"

Aqua looked at Subaru Natsuki on the ground with a strange expression and nodded: "I'll give it a try."

As she spoke, she summoned her divine staff.

"Sacred Highness Break Spell!"

A terrifying divine light surged from the staff.

A beam of light shot straight down onto Subaru Natsuki, who was lying on the ground.

The black hand at the heart exuded a chilling aura, and a sizzling sound of oil evaporating emanated from where the two joined...

A powerful sense of resentment emanated from all directions, and countless black, shadowy giant hands pressed down towards Aqua.

Everyone has their own expertise. Even though Shi Yu learned how to remove curses through the Adventurer Card, he is still far less powerful than Aqua, after all, Aqua's authority is undeniable.

Shi Yu had previously tried to use divine power to break Satella's curse, but failed. So this time, he brought Aqua specifically to clear Satella's save point.

Subaru Natsuki is both the condition for starting a save and the save point for the save function.

If the curse is removed from Subaru Natsuki, Satella will be unable to reset the world again unless she finds another medium.

So Satella panicked.

The power representing shadows kept rushing towards Aqua.

But sometimes, Yu wouldn't let her get away with it.

"God said, let there be light."

Shi Yu snapped his fingers.

The blinding holy light instantly shone around everyone, firmly blocking Satella's attack.

Satella, who had already left, reappeared in mid-air at some unknown time.

She glared at Shi Yu resentfully, preparing to activate the rollback skill again. She had believed this guy's lies! She really should have driven him away again!

The whole world began to regress, as if time itself had started to move backward.

5.3 However, Shi Yu remained completely calm.

"Chii, stop time."

[Announcement: Ultimate skill, Time King, activated. Interfering with the surrounding timeline. 3, 2, 1...]

A malevolent soul fluctuation emanated from the source.

The curse on Subaru Natsuki was completely purified by Aqua's holy magic.

The time that had been flowing backward suddenly stopped and began to flow forward again.

A look of wild joy flashed in Shi Yu's eyes. He had succeeded!

He aimed the magic directly at the still unconscious Natsuki Subaru and cast it.

"Teleport!"

With a flash of purple light, the unfortunate child controlled by the yandere was sent directly to the divine realm where Eris resides by Shi Yu.

Satella, watching from outside the barrier, had a cold gaze as she stared intently at Shi Yu.

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Shi Yu winked provocatively at Satella, who seemed to want to tear him to pieces.

Satella snorted coldly and disappeared from mid-air once again.

"Ugh! I'm exhausted!"

Aqua, focused solely on removing the curse, plopped down on the ground. "Why is he so difficult to deal with? Even a demon should be a piece of cake to deal with."

Aqua's powers have an unimaginable boost to curses and necromancy.

Whether it was the Demon King's army officers or the Duke of Hell, the curses they cast were all wiped out by Aqua with a simple breath. This was the first time she had ever encountered a curse that was so difficult to remove.

Shi Yu chuckled and handed Aqua a bottle of soda as a reward.

"That's right, you've worked hard. I'll give you a bigger reward tonight."

Aqua waved her hand dismissively, "I don't need it, go find Darkness."

Darkness, standing to the side, wore a lovesick expression, clearly pleasantly surprised by Aqua's generosity.

Shi Yu suppressed the urge to strangle this useless goddess and turned to walk towards the street outside the alley.

"Ah, sorry."

Shi Yu accidentally bumped into a beautiful silver-haired girl at just the right moment.

This was already the umpteenth time he had met Emilia; the time was even accurate to the second.

Emilia is about 160 centimeters tall.

The white-based clothing, devoid of elaborate embellishments, is simple in design, which only enhances its presence.

The only striking feature was the long robe she wore, embroidered with a "demon-like bird" totem, which added to her solemnity.

At this moment, her intelligent blue-purple eyes were looking at Shi Yu with a hint of panic.

"Oh, sorry, no, it's okay."

She subconsciously gathered her hair to cover her elven ears.

"Did you see... a little girl this tall run away? She stole something very important to me."

Somewhat flustered, Emilia awkwardly explained to Shi Yu that she didn't know why she felt so flustered every time she saw this person, as if she cared a lot about his opinion.

Shi Yu stroked his chin, realizing that his backup plan had indeed proven somewhat effective.

Although his time manipulation ability couldn't preserve Emilia's memories, he could still help her retain some sense of familiarity.

Thinking of this, Shi Yu couldn't help but let out another cold laugh.

Want to roll back? Go ahead and roll back my ass! If you're so capable, abandon your little lover and find another medium to save your game.

At this moment, Shi Yu was 70% certain that the so-called Jealous Witch Satella was Emilia's future incarnation.

Because Emilia casually gave herself the name Satella when she first met Subaru Natsuki, claiming that the two had no relation, Tokiyu would never believe it.

Just like when Yu was bored out of his mind, he went back in time and gave himself a God's Staff.

Natsuki Subaru came to another world to help Emilia.

For unknown reasons, Subaru Natsuki entered the Witch of Envy's IF route, which caused Emilia to break down and merge with the Witch of Envy's power, resetting time to 400 years ago and destroying half the world.

As for the claim circulating online that the main storyline of the anime is an "what if" scenario involving the Witch of Envy, Shi Yu definitely doesn't agree with that.

He felt that the worldview of Re:Zero was extremely similar to that of Rimuru.

These are all glimmers of hope in the ever-evolving process of writing.

If it weren't for Chloe's interference, Rimuru would have continued to let the world continue its cycle.

The same should be true in the Re:Zero world, because while the Witch of Envy is constantly guiding the ending toward a happy ending, what she most hopes for is that Subaru Natsuki will kill her.

This suggests that if a happy ending were to occur, perhaps she shouldn't have existed in the first place.

Following this logic...

Satella is clearly a product of the IF side story of the Witch of Jealousy. Her purpose in constantly saving the game is to help Subaru Natsuki find the only path that she believes is right.

This is definitely Yuno Gasai's perfect template.

The only difference is that she, who became a god in the first playthrough, came back in the second playthrough to matchmake herself with her beloved, which is much gentler than Yuno Gasai killing herself at the beginning.

Shi Yu's unexpected turn of events clearly disrupted Satella's plans.

No matter how much she caused trouble, she couldn't stop Shi Yu from tormenting Emilia.

How could she, who hoped that Natsuki Subaru would win the heart of the beauty, possibly tolerate this?

Shi Yu had also guessed this, so he came fully prepared this time, and directly ordered Aqua to tie up Natsuki Subaru as a hostage.

Shi Yu felt that Satella, known as the Witch of Jealousy, would definitely not grant powers to others.

Shi Yu smiled smugly at Emilia:

"That guy you're talking about, I think I've seen him."

At this time, Emilia was troubled by the theft of the royal crest.

Emilia was delighted upon hearing this, but immediately adopted a highly vigilant expression:

"Really? You saw it? Then tell me quickly, do you know the girl who stole the badge?"

At that moment, the elf Puck floated out of her backpack, glanced at Shi Yu, and swallowed hard.

"Hey Emilia, I think it's better to ask someone else. I'm feeling a little uneasy."

"Ah? What's wrong?"

"I have a feeling that something's off about these 707 people..."

It felt a chill run down its spine at the sight of the smiling Shi Yu, its instincts driving it to get away from the man before it—a suppression that came from the depths of its soul.

Emilia cautiously took two steps back.

"You're not one of the other candidates for king, are you?"

Seeing Emilia's forced composure, Shi Yu couldn't help but laugh out loud.

He smiled at Emilia with a serious expression:

"I am a knight who has come because of your reputation, and I have come to help you seize the so-called throne."

Aqua, who had appeared out of nowhere, sneered:

"Are you sure you're not after the destruction of the kingdom?"

Shi Yu's face darkened, and he glared fiercely at Aqua.

Emilia, who was initially a little nervous, inexplicably relaxed when she saw Aqua and the other two girls. The appearance of the three beautiful girls made Tokiyu look less like a bad guy.

Especially with the appearance of Aqua, the elf Puck felt an immense sense of affinity from her, and even his guard was lowered considerably.

Shi Yu turned to Emilia and smiled, "How do I decide whether you accept my allegiance? I'll throw in a free cross knight, a great mage, and a useless high priest."

Aqua: "Damn it! I'm a goddess!"

Chapter 218 The Disgusting Reinhard

On a dilapidated street

Shi Yu was holding an adorable Scottish Fold cat with a backpack hanging on it, stroking it back and forth.

The kitten let out a giggle.

Emilia, with a small red flower pinned to her chest, happily followed Shi Yu.

Although I am still worried that Shi Yu is an undercover agent or assassin sent by the other candidates for king.

But now that Parker is so close to Shi Yu, her hostility has lessened considerably.

When she chose to help the lost little girl, Shi Yu also offered his help with the same enthusiasm, which greatly increased Emilia's goodwill towards him.

What made Emilia happiest was that she didn't sense the slightest discrimination or disgust from Shi Yu towards her, a silver-haired half-elf, which was a great luxury for her.

Emilia hesitated before asking Shi Yu:

"So, why did Shi Yu choose to help me?"

Shi Yu played two more games with Parker, gave a thumbs up, and said:

"Didn't I already tell you? I'm after your beauty."

Unseen by any sign, a terrifying black mist seemed to be stirring.