Pochi-chan, I used to be a princess.

“Who is it?”

"Are there still people like this in our village?"

The villagers murmured among themselves. Freya looked around and saw a young man in the crowd. She raised her right hand, and the symbol on the back of her hand lit up. "You must be my new companion, right?"

[The young man named Kaiar raised his right hand. There was also a glowing symbol on the back of his hand: "I am a hero?"]

Freya grasped Kaiar's hand and spoke gently yet firmly, "The emblem on your right hand is proof of your bravery. Let us work together to save this world from the threat of the Demon King."

Chapter 7 Come on, my former self

"Wait! What's going on?"

"Why did it suddenly become a magical world?"

The scenes in the video surprised countless people.

It was a modern city before, how did it suddenly become a magical world?

Hikigaya Hachiman frowned. "It's a movie, right? It really is a movie, right?"

Hikigaya Hachiman is a smart man. Smart people tend to think a lot, but thinking too much is not good. Just like now, several terrible guesses popped up in his head, but he still had to deceive himself.

Yukinoshita Yukino glared at Hikigaya Hachiman as if he were looking at some kind of insect. "What kind of movie can be played on a phone with the battery removed? There should be a limit to self-deception, right?"

More than ten minutes have passed since they discovered that the phone was playing videos uncontrollably. Yukinoshita Yukino, Hikigaya Hachiman, and many smart people have already tried to remove the battery.

However, removing the battery did not prevent the video from playing, which made it difficult for smart people to attribute this to hacking.

This is a supernatural event!

When a supernatural event has already occurred, no matter what happens next, it cannot be easily concluded as impossible.

Sakamoto pushed his glasses and said calmly, "There are two possibilities. The first is that Goto Ichiri is from another world and was reincarnated to live in the East."

There are too many comics about reincarnation in another world, but most of them are about reincarnation from the East to the other world, and there are relatively few about reincarnation from the other world to the East.

Oreki Houtarou squatted on a chair. "The second possibility is that the world is constantly repeating itself. The scene in the video is a scene that once happened on Earth. In Indian mythology, there's a term called yuga, which is used to divide eras. Four yugas make up a great yuga, and a thousand repeating great yugas constitute a kalpa. At the end of each kalpa, the world is destroyed, and then it is reborn, continuing the cycle."

He had read many books, and although most of them were about reasoning, they also involved other knowledge that required special understanding. The concept of Yogācāra in Indian mythology emerged from his mind at this moment.

Around the world, countless people are speculating about the truth of the video.

But the more you think about it, the further away you are from the truth.

After all, no one would have thought that this was just a prank by an Alaya with its own self to pass the time.

At the Shimokitazawa Performance Hall's STARRY, Ijichi Hongxia carefully observed the girl in the video and said with a strange expression, "This girl is a bit like Pochi-chan, but not exactly alike, especially in temperament."

Goto Ichiri put his head back into the trash can and said, "I'm sorry I'm not a princess with a noble temperament."

Ijichi Hongxia said hurriedly: "That's not what I meant, Pochi-chan!"

Kita Ikuyo said with a smile: "Pochi-chan used to be a mature and gentle older sister. Although she looked about the same age as us, her temperament didn't seem like that of a high school student."

Yamada Ryo said simply: "It must be because of the war."

Ijichi Hoshige crossed her legs. "A hero and a demon king? What a classic worldview."

Goto Ichiri quietly popped his head out: "Do you want to fight the Demon King?"

If she can defeat the Demon King handsomely, her reputation will surely change, right?

As long as her reputation improves, she can continue to live in this society.

Goto Ichiri's heart was full of hope.

[Her Royal Highness, the Ambitious Princess]

[In a dark world, on a desolate land, three brave men, led by Princess Freya, battle against the Demon King.]

"Humans, are you even going to take away the Land of the Dead... our final resting place?"

The Demon King appears to be a young girl, with silver hair and blood-red eyes. Her slender figure is wrapped in a dark, provocative dress, and she flaps her black wings like a fallen angel.

[Her breathing was rapid. Countless scars were carved into her snow-white skin, and blood continued to flow from her body.]

The three heroes attacked without hesitation. Freya raised her staff: "Seventh-tier magic, Thor's Hammer!"

[With herself as the center, a five-layer magic circle with a radius of several meters was unfolded.]

A bolt of lightning struck straight down from the sky. The incredibly high voltage transformed into plasma, and the endless stream of lightning poured down like a pillar of light.

The Demon King gave up evading and deployed a barrier in the sky, taking on the beam with all his might.

The sword hero in men's clothing attacks the Demon King, but the Demon King is no easy target. While resisting Freya's Thor's hammer, he summons countless monsters to repel the heroes, seizes control of Thor's hammer, and defeats three heroes in one fell swoop.

Kita Ikuyo asked in surprise, "Huh? Have we already started the fight against the Demon King?"

Ijichi Hongxia said, "Normally, the defeat of the Demon King is over, right?"

Yamada Ryo said thoughtfully: "Then it is not an ordinary situation."

Goto Ichiri lay on the edge of the trash can, muttering softly: "Come on, come on, my old self..."

In the Far East Magic Nap Club's summer classroom, Togashi Yuuta touched his chin and said with a strange look in his eyes, "Something's wrong. It's very wrong."

Rikka Takanashi pretended to be profound and asked, "Dark Flame Master, have you also seen the truth hidden in the darkness?"

Sanae Touma looked at Rikka Takanashi with sparkling eyes and asked excitedly, "Have you seen through everything? You're worthy of being a master! You're amazing!"

Takanashi Rikka raised her chin and said confidently, "Hehe! Nothing can be hidden from my True Eyes of the Evil King! It's not the Demon King who is evil! It's the heroes and humans!"

Nibutani Morika nodded. "That seems to be the pattern. Humans, are you even going to take away the Land of the Dead, our resting place? It's clear that this is the human side invading the demonic territory."

"Hey, slowpoke, heal quickly! The immortality potion is gone. You only know how to heal, hurry up! Why do you think you've been allowed to live until now?"

[The Sword Hero scolds Kaiar.]

[Kayal walks forward with a sinister smile on his face.]

"That's right. My first game was a healing spell. This ability is literally what it says: healing the wounded. However, there's a fatal flaw with healing. The recipient's experiences are instantly flooded into my body, causing unimaginable pain and terror. Even a sane person wouldn't be able to bear it. In fact, I've escaped more than once because I didn't want to use the healing spell, but I was caught every time I tried. I was forced into a deep drug addiction, trained to become a zombie who uses healing drugs. They treated me like a beast and constantly exploited me, but..."

"A year ago, I happened to understand drug resistance, and I've been waiting for an opportunity."

[Kaial walks past the Sword Hero.]

[The Sword Hero asked: "Chance, what opportunity?"]

"This is my chance to defeat the Demon King with my own hands!"

Kaiar didn't treat the Sword Hero and rushed towards the Demon King.

Chapter 8: Beast

The audience was shocked.

What's happening here?

Treating your companions like animals and controlling them with anesthetics, hasn't this morality fallen to the bottom line?

"Despicable! So despicable!"

"This is a beast!"

"What a sanctimonious hypocrite!"

"Damn thing!"

"Shooting him a hundred times wouldn't be enough. He's actually a brave man with a positive image!"

People started cursing.

The ugly behavior exposed by Kaiyal is extremely disgusting to people living in normal society.

The STARRY performance hall in Shimokitazawa fell into silence.

Ijichi Nikka, Yamada Ryo, Kita Ikuyo, and Ijichi Hoshika looked at each other.

Even the most despicable Yamada Ryo couldn't hold it anymore. Isn't this too much of a bastard?

Goto Ichiri's eyes went dark and he fell limply into the trash can. His eyes lost their luster and stared blankly at the ceiling.

"Oh no! Pochi-chan is going to die!"

Ijichi Hongxia was shocked and hurriedly dragged Goto Ichiri out of the trash can.

Goto Ichiri was as still as a dead fish. Kita Ikuyo shouted worriedly, "Goto-san, please don't die!"

Yamada Ryo slapped Goto Ichiri's face with his palm: "Pochi-chan, wake up, you are not the one who did the bad thing."

"I'm sorry for being born a human being. Please let me rot in the trash can."

Goto Ichiri was woken up and crawled into the trash can with a pale face. She had already planned to spend her whole life in the trash can.

"Pochi-chan, don't give up. You are Pochi-chan, and that person is Freya. You are not the same person."

"Yeah, Goto-san is a good kid, everyone knows that."

Ijichi Nijika hurriedly hugged Goto Ichiri, Kita Ikuyo and Ijichi Nijika comforted her together, and Yamada Ryo took the trash can to the far wall.

Ijichi Xingge sighed. As an elder, there was a generation gap between her and the high school girls, so now she could only focus on the information revealed in the video.

"First round?"

"Chuanmei is a gaming term. Starting a game from the very beginning with no saved history is called a bianmei. After completing a bianmei, continuing from the previous record is called a bianmei. Multiple bianmei can be played, and so on."

At the Prime Minister's residence, the think tank team gathered to analyze the intelligence revealed in the video.

Think Tank No. 1: "What Kaiyal said just now without opening his mouth should be a voice-over, or in other words, this video is Kaiyal's memory."

Brain Trust Number Two: "This means the first video played was from Act 2. For unknown reasons, Kaiyal retained his memory until Act 2."

Think Tank Number Three: "The heroes of the Kingdom of Giorar are essentially invaders, while the demons are the invaded. There are many works on the market with similar worldviews."

Think Tank Number Four: "Judging from this video, the key to Kaiar's advancement to the second round must be defeating the Demon King. Otherwise, there's no reason for Kaiar, who is confident in defeating the Demon King, to defeat the Demon King instead of killing the heroes who oppress him. Doing so only means that he knows a way to return to the past, a past that never happened."

Think Tank Number Five: "I have a very bold guess. Could the world we live in now also be a round? It could be the third round, or even the fourth round."

The Prime Minister frowned and said in a heavy tone: "Is the world we live in a game?"

Think Tank Number Five shook his head. "The concept of weekly rounds isn't limited to games. Are you familiar with the Yogācāra from Indian mythology? That's a similar concept, and it's an automatically updated round. Simply put, the world resets every once in a while."

The Prime Minister was neither smart nor stupid. He immediately understood what Think Tank Number Five meant: "Is there a difference between active reset and automatic reset?"

Think Tank Number Five nodded. "Yes, there might be a switch in the world that can reset the world, and it's a switch that changes the worldview."

A glint of ambition flashed in the Prime Minister's eyes: "If I could obtain... something like this, it would be better if it didn't exist."

The Prime Minister covered his eyes with his hands. That kind of treasure was not something the East Country could possess.

[Kayal defeated the Demon King. After the Demon King disappeared, only a palm-sized crystal remained.]

"Well done, Healing Hero Kaiar. My father, no, the king, will surely be pleased."

[Freya, who had been knocked down, stood up and calmly praised Kaiar's performance.]

Kaiar said coldly, "So you've hidden the elixir of immortality."

"That gem bears the curse of the Demon King. It's very dangerous. Let me, the Hero of Magic, keep it."

[Freya confidently reaches out to Kaiar.]

[Kayal said: "The Philosopher's Stone."]

Freya said, "Wow, you know a lot. I didn't expect the Demon King's heart to have such a name."

Kaiar looked at the gem in his hand and said, "I understand your absurd idea of using this Philosopher's Stone to cast a forbidden spell and conquer the world."

Freya denied it: "I don't know what you are talking about."

"With this Philosopher's Stone, I can unleash mythical magic. I'm going to use this power to heal. I have something I want to heal no matter what."

[Kayal raised the Philosopher's Stone, and the emblem on the back of his hand also lit up.]

"Want something to heal?"

【Freya points her staff at Kaiar.】

Kaiar said: "I want to return to this corrupted world, go back to the time before I met you, and start all over again."