After lunch, after parting ways with the others, Su Yuan, Neuvillette, Furina, Aether, and Paimon returned to Palais Mermonia.
On the way back, Su Yuan felt utterly exhausted.
His whole body was weary, and his head felt light and dizzy.
"Neuvillette, Furina, I think I'm a bit tired. I'll go rest first," Su Yuan said, then headed straight to his room.
Aether watched Su Yuan, noticing how drained he looked.
Doubt filled his heart—what was wrong with Su Yuan?
Why did he seem so completely out of energy?
Back in his room, Su Yuan collapsed onto his bed.
Tired... He was so, so tired...
It wasn't just physical exhaustion—it was a deep, overwhelming mental fatigue as well.
Ever since the fifth time he rewind, Su Yuan had felt something was off with his body.
But with everything that had been happening, he had kept himself in a state of high alert.
Perhaps his body had been running on adrenaline all this time, allowing him to push through.
Now that Dottore's segment had been eliminated and Furina was temporarily safe, Su Yuan finally let himself relax—and the exhaustion hit him all at once.
All he wanted was sleep.
Just a deep, restful sleep.
And so, with a weary body and mind, Su Yuan drifted into slumber.
The afternoon passed without incident.
By dinnertime, Neuvillette came to check on Su Yuan, but seeing him still sound asleep, he chose not to disturb him.
.............
Su Yuan slept straight through to the next morning.
Feeling the warm sunlight streaming into the room, he realized he had been asleep for quite some time.
A sharp pain in the palm of his right hand signaled that a new day had arrived—along with new rules and hints.
Slowly, Su Yuan raised his right hand and looked at his palm:
[First of all, congratulations on surviving the sixth night.]
[Currently available information:]
[Skipped reread ch 61 for hint 1 - 15…]
[16. Due to your own choices, you must bear the consequences. Your daily rewind limit has been permanently reduced by one.]
Huh?
Su Yuan was stunned by the very first piece of information.
His daily rewind limit had permanently decreased?
Was this the side effect of using the fifth rewind yesterday?
Was this the price of overextending his power?
But… was his original daily rewind limit really just five?
What troubled Su Yuan the most was that he had no idea what his actual rewind limit was.
All he knew was that he could perform four stable rewinds each day.
The fifth rewind, while possible, left his body and mind in a terrible state—and now, it seemed to come with an even greater price.
He just didn't know whether this reduction in the limit would affect his previous rewind attempts.
If it didn't, he would still have four stable rewind opportunities each day.
If it did, then he would only have three stable rewinds left per day.
Su Yuan suddenly didn't know what to say.
His rewinds didn't even retain memories—he could only rely on the hints in the palm of his left hand.
It wasn't particularly powerful to begin with, and the number of rewinds per day was already limited.
Now, there was yet another restriction…
"Sigh…" Su Yuan let out a soft sigh and continued reading.
[17. If you receive an interview request from Charlotte, do not reject it under any circumstances. Once you accept the interview, unless you choose to remain silent, you must ensure that every word you speak is absolutely truthful.]
Charlotte? Isn't she that famous reporter from The Steambird?
Was her eerie transformation condition related to interviews?
And did it mean that once he started talking, he had to speak nothing but the absolute truth?
In that case, wouldn't Charlotte basically be a born journalist saint?
Facing her, you couldn't refuse an interview, and you couldn't lie…
Honestly, this eerie transformation condition was kind of overpowered…
Su Yuan kept reading.
[18. Beware of the All-Devouring Narwhal.]
[19. After surviving the seventh night, you will unlock critical intel.]
All-Devouring Narwhal?
Su Yuan suddenly remembered—
In the original game storyline, Tartaglia had been wrongly accused as the culprit behind the series of missing girls and was imprisoned in the Fortress of Meropide.
Not long after, he mysteriously disappeared from the fortress… but in reality, he had gone to fight the All-Devouring Narwhal.
Now that the timeline had changed so drastically, with Tartaglia no longer present to hold it back, was the All-Devouring Narwhal about to go berserk ahead of schedule?
Is that why the hint warned him to be cautious?
Damn it, Skirk, what are you doing? Keep an eye on your master's pet!
This eerie phenomenon was already hard enough to deal with, and now there was a giant narwhal on top of that…
Su Yuan suddenly had a bad feeling.
The All-Devouring Narwhal was already a tough opponent—if it got corrupted by the eerie influence as well, how was he supposed to fight it?
On the bright side, though, Dottore's segment had already been stomped into minced meat by "Neuvillette."
At least there shouldn't be any more incomplete, externally-induced eerie transformations caused by him…
But then again, what if Dottore had more than one segment hiding in Fontaine?
That would be a nightmare to deal with…
And tomorrow—finally, new critical intel would be unlocked?
Hopefully, this critical intel will be more useful this time.
Right now, the top priority is to quickly conduct the experiment—see if Focalors can transfer the Hydro Archon's identity and authority to something else.
Then, destroy that object and the Hydro Archon's divine seat as soon as possible, returning the full power of the sovereign dragon to Neuvillette.
As long as Neuvillette regains his complete draconic form, facing the All-Devouring Narwhal shouldn't be a problem.
...............
Su Yuan arrived at Neuvillette's office and found that both Neuvillette and Furina were already there.
A staff member of the Palais Mermonia was speaking with Neuvillette.
"Lord Neuvillette, although yesterday was the weekend, Charlotte, the reporter from The Steambird, submitted a request to Palais Mermonia, hoping to interview you today."
"These are the questions she prepared for the interview. Please take a look, my lord."
The staff member said as they handed a stack of papers to Neuvillette.
Neuvillette frowned slightly—he was not particularly adept at handling interviews.
Whenever possible, he would politely decline such requests.
As he scanned through Charlotte's list of questions, he couldn't help but sigh, "As expected of Charlotte, the most distinctive journalist at The Steambird."
Other reporters would usually submit very formal, diplomatic questions, such as:
Lord Neuvillette, what are your thoughts on Fontaine's economic development in recent years?
In your opinion, what is the most important quality for a judge in the Court of Fontaine?
When is the next major revision of Fontaine's legal code expected, and what areas might it cover?
But Charlotte's questions were entirely different—she focused on Neuvillette's daily life and personal interests.
The theme of her interview was: [Getting to Know the Real You, Lord Neuvillette].
But Neuvillette was never good at handling interviews, and right now, he neither had the time nor the energy to deal with one.
So, he turned to the staff member beside him and said:
"Please inform Miss Charlotte that I am currently unavailable. When I have time in the future, I will find an opportunity to accept her interview."
"No! Neuvillette!"
Su Yuan suddenly shouted, visibly agitated.
"You must accept Charlotte's interview request!"
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