Chapter 502: Lilia's Birth, Alice's Tenth Birthday Banquet

"Lilia, what are you doing?"

Early one morning, Broly woke up to the sound of water outside, opened the window and peered out, only to see Miss Lilia, her small belly slightly swollen and wearing a maid's uniform, carrying water and pouring it into a wooden basin.

"Ah, it's Young Master Broly, I was just preparing to wash clothes."

Lilia looked up and saw Broly, then quickly replied.

"Eh, washing clothes—can't you just leave that to the water element?"

Hearing this, Broly found it strange. The water element was mediocre in combat, at best at the Emperor level, but when it came to washing clothes, it was absolutely a god-level specialist. Dirty clothes just needed to be swallowed into its body to swirl around for a while, and when spat out again, they would be clean and dry—no hand-washing needed at all.

"But I want to do something for you, Young Master Broly. Otherwise, just eating at your house without doing any work would be too shameless."

Miss Lilia, a native of the Six-Faced World, had no concept of maternity leave. She only knew that after Broly took her in, the household chores were almost entirely surrounded by water element familiars.

Tidying rooms, cleaning—none of it needed her to do it. After spending a week at Broly's house, she began to feel at a loss.

"But aren't you already helping with cooking?"

"With so little work, I couldn't possibly repay your kindness for taking me in."

"I understand your situation, Miss Lilia. Here's what we'll do: I'll let you handle the tea-pouring and water-serving tasks, and as for washing clothes, that tiring work, just forget it. After all, you're still pregnant."

Roxy had unknowingly come to stand behind Broly. The demon girl in thin sleepwear pressed her front body against the Saiyan boy's back, then spoke to the maid downstairs in the courtyard who was preparing to hand-wash clothes.

"But, Madam Roxy..."

Lilia wanted to say more, but Roxy interrupted her.

"It's settled. As for the internal affairs of this house, I have the final say."

Roxy's firm attitude left Lilia no choice but to accept the arrangement.

To put her at ease, Roxy didn't let the water element continue to monopolize all the household chores, and handed over some of the lighter tasks.

As winter passed and spring arrived, the people of Broly's house grew familiar with this maid. As the 23rd cycle was about to end, out of regard for an acquaintance, Broly asked this maid a question: "Miss Lilia, if there were an opportunity to change your current situation, would you want to change things as they are now?"

"Young Master Broly, what do you mean?"

"I mean changing the fact that you're carrying my Uncle Paul's child. If it weren't for this child, you'd probably still be a maid in the Greyrat family, and you wouldn't look so depressed every day."

Alice leaned in and said.

Regret Medicine didn't exist elsewhere, but in Broly's house, where time could be rewound and past experiences changed, it was entirely possible.

Although Lilia had settled into this house, everyone in the household could see her prenatal anxiety.

After getting along for two months and having a good relationship with her, the people of Broly's house discussed it and decided to give Lilia a chance to change the past.

"You can tell us the day Paul Greyrat attacked you. When the next cycle comes, we can go and help stop him from attacking you."

Roxy explained the general idea of time rewinding, then said this to the maid.

"That's right, Miss Lilia. My father is a bastard who attacked you, but all of this can be changed in the next cycle. You don't need to worry about anything. Big Brother Broly and Teacher Roxy—they're all very reliable people. You can freely tell us about the injustice you suffered, and they'll stand up for you."

"Of course, although my father is a bastard, I hope Big Brother Broly can show him some mercy in the next cycle—at least don't kill him, otherwise my mother will definitely be heartbroken."

Rudeus was also here, speaking to Miss Lilia. Ever since he brought the maid Lilia over here, he would come visit her from time to time.

But aside from that, no one else from the Greyrat family came over, not even Rudeus's own parents—they were still in a state of some estrangement.

Although they weren't arguing, it was completely a cold war. His mother was still angry about his father's affair, while his father felt guilty toward his mother and was also somewhat worried about Lilia's situation.

One could say that if the affair hadn't happened, his family wouldn't have become what it is now, and Lilia wouldn't have had to leave.

"Everything can start over again?"

The maid held her already enlarged belly, fully able to feel the child inside. Her complexion was very complex, and she shook her head.

"I'm sorry, I still want to give birth to this child. And... Mr. Paul actually didn't do anything wrong. It was me, I deliberately seduced him after Lady Zenith became pregnant..."

"Eh?!"

Hearing this, Broly and the others, who had thought she was the victim, all widened their eyes. And as Lilia continued her story, everyone learned that in an even earlier past, Lilia had already been involved with Paul.

When they were young, she and Paul were both disciples of the Shen Shen Liu Dang. One night, young Paul suddenly broke into Lilia's room, forcibly took her purity, and then fled—he was simply a scumbag.

Of course, according to Lilia, she actually didn't have much resentment at the time, because she also had feelings for Paul.

Rudeus's mouth corner twitched. He never expected to hear here about the romantic debts his father had left behind in his youth.

"Later, when I was escorting the little princess of the Asura Kingdom, I injured my wrist and could no longer continue my escort duties. I was dismissed from my escort job, and when I didn't know where to go, I found Paul, my former senior brother. That's why I chose to pledge allegiance to him."

Perhaps out of guilt toward me, Master Paul accepted me, gave me a well-paying job, and made me a maid of the Greyrat family.

And I was in that household, often witnessing Master Paul and Lady Zenith's affection while enduring it, until when Lady Zenith became pregnant again, I, somewhat out of my mind, deliberately seduced Master Paul..."

Rudeus thought about how he often heard his own mother's voice at night these years, and unexpectedly showed an expression of understanding on his face.

"I'm sorry, Young Master Rudeus. I shouldn't have caused harm to your family and still want to keep the child in my belly. But... this child, I can already feel its condition. Please don't take away my right to be this child's mother."

The big-bellied Lilia directly bowed to Rudeus and begged.

"Ah, this..."

Rudeus was somewhat embarrassed and couldn't help but look at Broly, seemingly wanting Broly to help make a decision.

"This is your family's business, none of mine. But I can tell you of the next cycle about this matter, and let you make the decision."

"So, is this the reason why Big Brother Broly didn't directly tell me that Miss Lilia would get involved with my father?"

Cycle 24. Rudeus continued the matters of Cycle 23. On a cold winter morning, he brought Miss Lilia the maid over here. Before he could even open his mouth to ask Broly to take her in, Broly informed him of what had happened in the previous cycle.

"Ah, at least let me ease the situation in my own family?"

With this retort, in Cycle 25, things changed again.

Before Lilia was visibly pregnant, she was sought out by Rudeus, who already knew what had happened in the previous cycle.

"Miss Lilia, you wouldn't want my mother to find out that you seduced my father, would you? If you're willing to voluntarily resign from your maid job, I'll help you find a place that can take care of you and give birth to the child in your belly."

In this cycle, the maid Lilia voluntarily resigned from her maid job at the Greyrat family, without causing family conflict in the Greyrat household. Amid Lady Zenith's reluctant farewell, she went to Broly's house.

"That's how it is. I don't want my parents to have a rift, but I also don't want you to lose the qualification to be a mother. After all, it's still my father who was in the wrong toward you, Miss Lilia, when he was young."

"So, not letting my mother know your situation is the best choice for everyone. I also hope that after this, Miss Lilia, you can keep this secret."

Rudeus only explained the matter of time reversal to the other party after arriving here.

"I'm sorry, thank you."

She had thought it would be a situation of coercion, but unexpectedly Rudeus was willing to leave a path of survival for her and the child in her belly; aside from guilt, the Lilith of this loop felt only gratitude toward Rudeus.

"The person you should truly thank is actually Broly-san and Roxy-sensei and the others; it was Broly-san and Roxy-sensei and the others who were willing to take you in."

The Rudeus of the 25th loop knew very well who was the one giving Lilith dignity, and did not claim credit, but had the maid go thank the people who truly deserved thanks.

It was also from this loop onward that the birth of a baby girl named Aisha in Broly's house became an event that would always happen.

Worth mentioning, the name Aisha was still taken by Paul Greyrat after Rudeus went to ask his own father, and Rudeus took the opportunity to give his father a scolding.

"Father, I won't always wipe your ass for you; if you can't keep your lower half in check next time, I'll tell Mother the truth, and furthermore, I'll never again ask Broly-san to help you clean up this mess after a time reversal."

31st loop, Spring of Dragon Calendar Year 415, Broly's house in Buena Village.

"Aisha, quickly crawl over here."

"Mm, coming, Sylphy-neesan."

"Quick, it's time to come over to my side."

"Okay, Eris-neesan."

After experiencing seven loops, the now two-year-old Little Aisha was very much liked by Sylphy and Eris.

It could be said the little one was raised by them; they even helped change diapers.

"Aisha, you must repay Broly-shocchan and Roxy-ojousama and the others in the future; they are your benefactors; without their help, you might not have been born into this world..."

At night, in her own room holding her daughter while sleeping, Lilith-san did not forget to give her daughter a pre-sleep education.

Although Eris and Sylphy and the others treated Aisha as a little sister, Lilith as a mother did not want her daughter to overstep proper bounds.

"Mm, Mama, Aisha understands; Broly-oniichan will be Aisha's master from now on, Roxy-neesan and Eris-neesan and the others are also Aisha's future masters; when Aisha grows up she will serve them properly."

The little one was very obedient to her own mama.

"Eris, tomorrow is your tenth birthday banquet; are you prepared?"

In the master bedroom, Roxy asked Eris, who was swinging her calves on the bed and reading a fairy tale storybook lying together with Sylphy.

"No problem, no problem; the Growth Ceremony and the dance steps for partner dancing with others, I learned them long ago."

Eris was not worried about tomorrow's banquet at all.

"Eh, Eris-neesan, you'll dance with someone else tomorrow?"

Sylphy asked curiously.

"No way; tomorrow my dance partner is only one person, and that's Broly."

Broly had just entered the room when he heard Eris say this.

"Broly, you'd better perform well tomorrow; absolutely don't let anyone steal my first dance; I don't want to dance with any other guy."

31st loop, Dragon Calendar Year 415, the Boreas Family held a tenth-year Growth Ceremony for Eris; Broly, Roxy, and Sylphy wore proper formal attire to attend the banquet; during the invitation-to-dance segment, Broly directly flicked air, causing several boys from aristocratic families to go weak at the knees, and was the first to arrive before Eris.

"Beautiful, cute Eris-ojousama, would you be willing to share a dance with me?"

Looking at the extended hand, Eris smiled and spoke the words "I do," and right there before all the visiting guests, danced a partner dance skillfully with the boy.

Mismatched rhythm, stepped feet — those were things that fundamentally never appeared; Third-rate Swordsmanship greatly increased the girl's coordination.

And something like dance steps, under the premise of dancing with the person one likes, instead made Eris possess great learning enthusiasm.

After a bout of bitter practice, what Eris displayed before everyone was the posture of a very perfect, dance-skilled noble young lady.

The Boreas Family adults watched their household's newly grown girl with great relief, then felt some dissatisfaction toward the Saiyan boy who went on to invite the other two girls to dance.

"He clearly already has Eris, why does he still go flirt with other girls?"

Madam Hilda was the most dissatisfied one.

"Eris, you stay away from that boy from now on."

She turned her head and said to her daughter, who had come over to rest here looking a bit tired.

"I refuse; I like Broly, I want to be close to him."

Eris directly refused her own mother's request.

"But the boy you like is dancing intimately with other girls right now, and not just one."

"Doesn't matter; Roxy-sensei and Sylphy, I like them too."

Eris put her hands on her hips and said it very definitely.

"Eris, you're not young anymore; if Broly is your chosen husband, then don't let other girls have an opening to take advantage of him."

Philip Boreas gave a reminder from the side.

"Roxy-sensei and Sylphy aren't outsiders."

But his daughter's words plunged him into silence.

"May I ask, would you be willing to share a dance with me?"

Over there, after Broly finished dancing with Sylphy, a noble girl came over to ask.

"Sorry, I'm a bit tired already; please seek someone else."

Broly refused the girl who came to invite a dance, and Eris ran over to join up.

Then, this family of four just left the banquet as if no one else was there.

"Hey, wife, you think our Eris might be someone who likes both men and women?"

"It's not impossible."

The Boreas couple seemed to have misunderstood something, but it's also no wonder they'd have this misunderstanding, because Eris is rather thick-headed; about things like time reversal, unless family members pursue the question relentlessly, she can't be bothered to explain every loop after recovering her memories.

(Chapter End)