Chapter 513

"Miss Nanase, what are you doing?"

A week had passed since the otherworldly girl re-entered the house; on this day, when Little Aisha ran up to call Nanahoshi Shizuka down for grilled food, she saw the other party making strange movements on the bed, and couldn't help but ask.

"I'm doing yoga."

Nanahoshi Shizuka exhaled slowly, then answered the girl's question.

"What is yoga, is it some kind of martial art?"

Little Aisha was a bit curious.

"It's not a martial art, just some special movements to calm the mood, allowing my heart to become peaceful, to experience the joy of life."

"Does it work?"

"It works; at least, I now have Happiness Points being produced."

Nanahoshi Shizuka nodded; since she recovered her memories in this loop, and confirmed that the memory recovery had no issues, her heart was no longer as restless as at the end of the previous loop.

And regarding the method of producing Happiness Points, she also quickly found an effective method: doing yoga.

Yoga that cultivates the body and nurtures the mind, empties the heart — as long as she does it properly every day, Happiness Points will be produced; this is something she has already verified.

"Eh, then Miss Nanase, how many Happiness Points have you produced in total now?"

Little Aisha was very curious.

"Right now the average is 2 points per day, but I think once I can skillfully regulate my state of mind, it should be able to reach the range of three to five points; by the way, Little Aisha, how many Happiness Points do you have now?"

Nanahoshi Shizuka spoke her heart's expected value based on her own speculation, then asked the little guy in front of her about the other party's Happiness Points production situation.

"As for Aisha, Aisha hasn't asked, but Aisha can go ask Brother Broly in a bit; by the way, Brother Broly and Sister Elise went out hunting today, brought back some prey, everyone is preparing to eat grilled food, Aisha came to call Miss Nanase to go down together."

"Is it going down to help process ingredients?"

"Of course; if they processed the ingredients well and then came to call you, Miss Nanase would definitely feel embarrassed; only by letting Miss Nanase also help do the work will you not feel like you're someone who eats free meals."

Both having the previous loop's memories, Little Aisha understood the otherworldly girl very well, and Nanahoshi Shizuka was quite adapted to this as well.

She didn't like owing others too much; this was also the reason why, after recovering her memories, she would work hard to find ways to make herself produce Happiness Points.

Nanahoshi Shizuka followed Little Aisha downstairs; in the courtyard, Broly was already dismembering the body of a large Wild Boar Monster, Elise was responsible for cutting the large pieces of meat he dismembered into small pieces, Roxy was on the side controlling Water Elementals to wash those meat pieces, Miss Lilia was on the other side preparing seasoning marinade, Sylphy was making a fire and burning charcoal — a situation where everyone was performing their respective duties.

"Miss Nanase, we're responsible for skewering meat and skewering vegetables."

Little Aisha brought over a bamboo skewer; by the table, Rudeus, who had been called over to eat grilled meat together, was already sitting on a tree stump stool with his younger sister Norn, skewering meat and vegetables with bamboo skewers — just that little Norn was a bit clumsy, always needing big brother Rudeus's help.

"Miss Nanase, are you adapting well to life in this world?"

Seeing the previous-life hometown girl come over, Rudeus greeted her.

"Mm, not bad; I have the previous loop's memories, but this loop's you, Rudeus, are much more polite."

Nanahoshi Shizuka, across from Little Aisha, sat down to the side, picked up a bamboo skewer and started working, then replied with a sentence.

"Huh? Then what was I like in the previous loop?"

Rudeus was a bit curious.

"Sometimes at angles where others wouldn't notice, your face would show a lecherous expression, and then you'd stare at women's chests or butts."

Nanahoshi Shizuka gave an example concisely.

Hearing this, this loop's Rudeus's face darkened, and he hurriedly said: "That's a joke, right? How could I possibly be that kind of person?"

"No, you really are that kind of person."

Ghislaine, who was chopping wood, said a sentence, and got the nodding agreement of others with loop memories; even Miss Lilia, who had no loop memories, nodded in deep agreement.

"Hey, you guys leave me some face at least; my little sister Norn is still here; if you talk about me like this, how can I maintain the image of a proper big brother!"

Rudeus felt a bit of egg pain; a pile of similar reincarnator friends around him gave him huge pressure; disguising his true inner face was completely useless.

Because in other loops, they already knew his situation; one eye Ding Zhen, just short of knowing the color of the underwear he's wearing today.

"Then you properly train your character, so that Norn can be proud to have you as a big brother in the future."

The people around teased him a sentence, and the grilled food banquet quickly began.

Nanahoshi Shizuka poured herself a cup of juice, then sat to the side watching Rudeus, who was acting as the grill master.

She, who had the previous loop's memories, felt like she was now having an outdoor cookout with a group of familiar friends.

"Brother Broly, how many Happiness Points has Aisha produced now?"

Just then, Little Aisha came over holding grilled meat, handed it to Broly, and asked.

"Why does Little Aisha suddenly want to know this?"

Broly felt it was strange, looked at the little guy, and asked.

"Aisha is already in the Butler; since Aisha is in the Butler, Aisha needs to know some of Brother's gains, and first is Aisha's Happiness Points production situation."

Nanahoshi Shizuka pricked up her ears to listen; she felt that with the Happiness Points Aisha produced in the previous loop, she should have recouped the cost by now.

Sure enough, Broly directly reported a figure of over eleven thousand Happiness Points; compared to the ten thousand Happiness Points cost to join the Crystal Palace, it was already exceeding; and this was only simply calculating what Broly's side gained, not yet calculating what Little Aisha's side gained.

"Only this much?"

"Aisha, you re-joined at two years old; in less than three years being able to have this many Happiness Points is already not bad; averaging 10 points per day."

"Aisha thought it could all be recouped; didn't expect it still hasn't recouped."

Little Aisha puffed up her small cheeks; she felt she lived very happily every day, but didn't expect it still wasn't happy enough.

"Huh? Still not recouped?"

Nanahoshi Shizuka felt something was off, and couldn't help but interject to ask.

"No."

"Joining the Crystal Palace only needs ten thousand Happiness Points, right? Little Aisha, you have over eleven thousand points; not recouped?"

"Miss Nanase, you only calculated the previous loop's cost to join the Crystal Palace, but there's also this loop's cost to join the Crystal Palace."

Aisha answered.

"Wait, joining the Crystal Palace this loop still charges a fee?"

Nanahoshi Shizuka looked at Broly.

"After the Six-Faced World's time reversion, your figures in the Crystal Palace will also be affected, and this is also something I only learned after arriving at this loop."

Broly was also somewhat helpless about this.

"So, I actually owe twenty thousand Happiness Points, not ten thousand?"

"Mhm."

Nanahoshi Shizuka felt the sky was falling; according to her calculation of her current point-generation capability, she could produce a total of 3k to 5k Happiness Points before this loop ended.

Plus Broly's stable daily output of 7 to 8 Happiness Points on her side, she could barely scrape together ten thousand Happiness Points.

But now, suddenly learning she still had to shoulder a debt of ten thousand Happiness Points, how was she supposed to make that up?

【Ten thousand Happiness Points distributed over 11 loops times 5 days means the Happiness Points I need to produce daily must increase by at least 10 points or so; plus the Happiness Points I originally needed to produce, that's a range of 13 to 15 points...】

"Eh, Nanahoshi-neesan, what's wrong? Why does your complexion suddenly look so bad?"

Little Aisha noticed her condition and hurriedly leaned in to ask.

"No, nothing..."

Nanahoshi Shizuka forced a smile; she was like a corporate slave white-collar worker whose salary wasn't high but took out a loan to buy a house, then discovered the house had extra fees, nearly doubling the mortgage that was originally just barely payable, and now felt a bit hollow inside.

"Broly-san..."

"What is it?"

"I want to ask, how many Happiness Points do the others produce each day?"

"Ghislaine is 2 or 3 points, occasionally a bit higher, while Roxy and Sylphy are stable at around 15; as for Eris, her personality makes her daily Happiness Point output fluctuate high and low, but averaged out, it's also around 14 or 15."

Broly thought for a moment, then answered.

"Is Roxy-sensei and the others' high output because they are Capture Targets recognized by the Crystal Palace?"

Nanahoshi Shizuka pursued the question.

"That's not it. The advantage of recognized Capture Targets is the Happiness Value produced from feeling happy before agreeing to become a wife; this value converts one-to-one-hundred into Happiness Points at the moment they agree to become a wife.

And after becoming wives, the Happiness Points produced by Roxy and the others and you are actually no different; they only depend on your own Happiness States."

"I see, that's good then."

"Good what?"

"Nothing, I'm going to ask Roxy-sensei some questions."

Nanahoshi Shizuka stood up and walked over to the demon girl's side.

She was going to learn from experience; since there was no difference after joining the Crystal Palace.

Then, the fact that Roxy and the others could have a daily output of 15 Happiness Points meant she should be able to do it too.

And after conducting investigation and evidence-gathering, controlling variables to speculate, Nanahoshi Shizuka derived the three kinds of Happiness States recognized by the Crystal Palace.

Simply having no dissatisfaction with current life only yields the most basic Happiness State; being able to occasionally obtain emotional satisfaction is the advanced Happiness State; always obtaining emotional or desire satisfaction is the ultimate Happiness State.

Of these three Happiness States, aside from the first which can be cheated by practicing yoga to cultivate body and mind, the other two still require others' cooperation, which troubled Nanahoshi Shizuka a bit.

Fortunately, she also had external aid in this world; thinking that in the previous loop it was Rudeus who helped come up with the idea, Nanahoshi Shizuka unsurprisingly sought out Rudeus again, wanting to get some methods from him.

But not to mince words, Nanahoshi Shizuka really found the right person; Rudeus in his previous life was a shut-in proficient in galgames, and what Nanahoshi Shizuka was troubled by now was, to him, just like a university student looking at an elementary student's math problem — a simple question.

"Whether you're qualified or not to cooperate doesn't matter at all, because with a high-feedback target like Broly, as long as you're willing to put in the effort, the other party will definitely give corresponding positive feedback.

So, the most correct approach is to just close your eyes and go for it; first complete self-capture on yourself, and once you fall for Broly, the so-called Happiness Points will naturally come pouring in."

This loop's Rudeus hadn't deeply understood the core logic of the Happiness States recognized by the Crystal Palace and the Happiness Points they produce, but he guessed it more or less; as long as they were wives who liked Broly, their produced Happiness Points would be high.

As for what emotions being satisfied — Ghislaine's emotions aren't satisfied? But she still only produces 2 or 3 Happiness Points a day.

Of course, he couldn't say it that bluntly, because by Rudeus's theoretical experience, Nanahoshi Shizuka currently appeared to have no feelings for Broly himself, at least not the romantic kind between man and woman.

"Actually, emotions not being satisfied isn't a matter of whether someone cooperates with you, but mainly that you haven't participated inside Broly-san's family.

You always treat yourself as an outsider, so even if Broly-san treats you well, you only feel indebted rather than satisfied; therefore, your Happiness Point production capability can't go up."

"Ah, then what should I do?"

"The most important thing right now is that you first stop treating yourself as an outsider, and instead treat yourself as a part of the collective inside Broly-san's family, just like real family."

Hearing this, Nanahoshi Shizuka frowned slightly.

"But this kind of thing is easy to say, hard to do."

"You can start with small things."

"How should I do it?"

"Change how you address them first; a family wouldn't always use honorifics to address each other."

Having listened to Rudeus's opinion, after Nanahoshi Shizuka returned home, she proposed the matter of changing forms of address at the dinner table.

"Can I call you all by your names directly?"

"Of course."

"Then you all don't call me Miss Nanase anymore either; just call me by my name Nanahoshi, or Shizuka, either works."

"Uh, what's this about?"

"This is something I heard from Rudeus, a method to increase Happiness Point output."

Regarding this, Broly's family had no objections, and not long after changing forms of address, Nanahoshi Shizuka's daily acquired Happiness Points really saw some increase; this was indeed an effective method.

It's just a pity that before the time reached the 51st loop's impending time reversion point, even though Nanahoshi Shizuka's daily acquired Happiness Points had already reached 8 points, the total acquired Happiness Points, even adding Broly's output, still had a gap of over six thousand points from twenty thousand.

And the agreement was for only one loop's attempt time.

Nanahoshi Shizuka stood before Broly, finding it a bit hard to bring up the matter of doing another loop.

"Broly-san, allow me to say one sentence."

Fortunately, Rudeus spoke up for her.

"No one could have predicted that after a World Reincarnation, you'd still need Happiness Points to join the Crystal Palace, right?"

"And the Happiness Points Miss Nanase produced this loop, plus the Happiness Points you produced on her side, Broly-san, total over thirteen thousand points."

"In other words, this already exceeds the ten thousand Happiness Point consumption per single loop."

"And as long as there are enough loops, with the stay duration continuously increasing each time, this is a deal that will inevitably recoup its cost sooner or later."

"Broly-san, why won't you give Miss Nanase a chance?"

"I didn't say I wouldn't give a chance. As long as she's willing, she can come again."

"Ah, then what about our promise from the previous loop?"

Nanahoshi Shizuka was somewhat surprised.

"At the start it was indeed one loop, but now everyone's relationship is this good; still insisting on one loop would be a bit unreasonable."

Nanahoshi Shizuka's worry was originally unnecessary; in this loop she paid out true heart and sincere intent, and after getting along even more familiarly and better with Broly and his family, as long as she opened her mouth, even if it cost a bit of Happiness Points, Broly would also be willing to help her several more times.

Friendship carries very heavy weight on Broly's side: "I'll help you until you recoup your cost."

"Thank you!"

Nanahoshi Shizuka bowed in thanks; at this moment she was moved, and her Happiness Points surged upward.

On this day, the increase in her Happiness Points finally matched Aisha's.