Mona "understands everything," but the Traveler in the story is very confused. Nahida notices this and takes out her wonderful prop.
A yellow canned knowledge—inside is the Traveler's "memories" from this period; it can be considered "yellow knowledge."
Whether this is canned knowledge or a little yellow disc isn't important—it's merely a form of presentation. If Nahida wanted, she could make it toilet-shaped and it would work the same.
Paimon and the Traveler absorb the "knowledge" together—only then do they realize how many loops they've gone through.
[Paimon says: "For us, today is already the twentieth? Oh no… thirtieth? Fortieth? The who-knows-how-many-th Flower God's Birthday?"]
Everyone is shocked—Paimon… how can you lose count after forty?!
Quick—find a school for Paimon!
Ahem, joke aside—the readers naturally know this is just a way to express how many loops there have been; it's definitely not that Paimon can't count.
…Well, the readers aren't entirely sure—when it comes to Paimon, not being able to count isn't impossible.
In the story, the Traveler also has many questions to ask, but Nahida has gone through this many times and calmly waits for the Traveler to accept it.
The illustration close-up focuses on Nahida's little round face—her chubby cheeks look extremely cute; it makes you really want to pinch them.
Nahida wears a gentle, wife-like smile and softly tells the Traveler to recall carefully—the answers are all there. Though she's a loli, she gives off a motherly feeling.
Though she's very gentle, Lucian seriously suspects that Nahida back then had already explained it to the Traveler too many times and is now too lazy to explain again.
[Nahida says: "To explain… you've received the blessing of Dendro elemental power and have a very special 'sensitive constitution.'"]
See—she's even explaining so perfunctorily now!
Nahida is concise—though not very clear, everyone seems to understand: it means Lumine is very sensitive.
Because Lumine is too sensitive, she immediately notices when something's off around her—that's why only Lumine and Paimon were "awakened" by Nahida.
In this light, the Traveler's intuition is indeed strong. Though it's caused her plenty of trouble, it's also let her encounter things others can't—blessings and misfortunes intertwined.
This time too—the sensitive Lumine activates her skill "Lumine Goosebumps" and detects something wrong, thus "seeing" Nahida.
[Traveler asks: "What about the Dunyarzad over there…"]
[???: "As you see, she's very weak. You should have noticed too—recently, the Dunyarzad by your side is different from the 'original her'…"]
The three question marks in "???" seem meant to hide Nahida's identity and make her seem more mysterious.
Indeed, normally people wouldn't recognize Nahida—even Sumeru people don't.
But the problem is everyone has seen the "Happy Birthday" animated PV—there's no mystery at all. I can tell at a glance you're not human—Dendro Archon!
[??? continues: "And now, that 'original her' is right in front of you, and… time is running out."]
Oh no! The readers instantly tense up—time running out? Is Dunyarzad about to…
The readers grit their teeth—how many times are you going to do this story of meeting, getting to know each other, deepening bonds, and then parting!
Tsurumi Island, parting, the god "self-isolating" for five hundred years—damn it, Inazuma is still chasing me!
Why didn't the Sakoku Decree lock these "bad things" inside Inazuma?
Though complaining, the story must still be read. Turning the page, the illustration shows Nahida sweetly smiling and saying:
["That's right—my name is… Nahida."]
Though the readers already knew Nahida's identity, when she sweetly smiles and introduces herself, the readers admit they've fallen again.
She… is a bit cute—no, not just a bit—she's very cute, extremely cute, literally cute, even beyond the literal meaning, and even cuter than that excess!
Dunyarzad momentarily forgets herself—all her attention drawn to the illustration. Am I eating too well here? State banquet!
In Beijing slang, how to evaluate this? This is better than the KFC downstairs!
Dunyarzad instantly understands Kujou Sara and Barbara's feelings—reading the prophecy book is great; this feast is spot on!
Quick! Frame it and hang it in my room!
In reality, Dunyarzad is not only fine but in an extremely good mood.
But in the story, she's on the verge of death. Nahida can only protect her and delay death—she can't forcibly wake her.
This is a dream so deep it taps into divine authority—forcibly waking her could cause brain death. She can't force the fantasy; the dream must shatter on its own.
[Nahida looks at Dunyarzad: "She's like a little bird whose feathers are about to be completely plucked, flying high in the sky—and all I can do is whip up fierce winds to make it fall a little later."]
Nahida's wonderful metaphor appears—it has to be said, very apt; the readers really understand it.
Nahida can only make the bird fall slower but can't make its feathers grow back—that's the problem.
Dunyarzad must be awakened from the dream to fully protect her life.
But Nahida can't forcibly wake Dunyarzad—that would create a vicious cycle.
As for how to break the dream, Nahida can't say directly—the Traveler must deduce it herself.
The super high school level connection Lumine begins her first deduction. With Nahida's hints, she first rules out a wrong answer—this isn't a "time loop."
The super high school level eater Paimon suggests looking for more clues (meaning food).
The Traveler agrees, so the two return to the festival and question everyone there one by one.
The fruit-selling uncle shows nothing unusual—just asks if they want to buy sunset fruit, little miss—vaguely feeling like he's becoming a save point.
The fortune-telling guy on the other side also shows no discoveries.
The only thing the readers want to complain about is—this fortune-telling guy is clearly a newbie who still flips through books—why is his divination so accurate, damn it!
Very accurate—so the Traveler also wants to ask him for details about the prophecy.
The Traveler comes to have him translate what the hell a prophecy is—but he can't translate it at all; he's completely half-baked.
Though half-baked, his calculations are spot on—what, you not convinced?
The readers really want to complain—are all you prognosticators like this? Even a newbie is this strong?
All one can say is Mona's value keeps rising—the fortune-telling guy can only say a few vague words and is already this impressive; Mona actually sees through lives for real.
However, the fortune-telling guy isn't purely bluffing from a book—he has more to say.