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right arm, devoid of strength, and the way Subaru appeared to be hiding his emotions. Towering before Subaru was a giant, sheer black demon beast. Judging from its size compared to the rest of the pack, it might well have been the leader. Under that fearsome gaze, surrounded by predators, Subaru ferociously ran. No mat...
body drenched with blood, taunted it with trash talk. With blood all over their faces, they only had eyes for each other. They were whittling down each other's lives. They both understood. None of this would end until one of them slew the other. They stood off against each other. A single spark would be enough to set t...
the mood when Rem made a murmur rich with meaning as she pulled down the blanket covering him. " Yes...so it would seem." What? thought Subaru, suspicious of Rem's demeanor, but his expression soon changed to surprise. Under the blankets, Subaru was dressed in a gown just like the one he'd worn on his first day at Rosw...
himself blush. "I'm glad you were there for me, Rem. Thank you." *** A choked sob escaped Rem's throat at his words. After that, Rem turned her face aside so that Subaru would not see the look on it. "I...I have always been a substitute for Sister..." "Stop defining yourself with lonely words like that, all right? You ...
fitting way to tie all the loops together. "I want to brag about you to the brats in the village, Emilia-tan. Plus, the flower bed's just awesome. To me, it'd be special just to have a casual stroll there together." "I think your definition of greed is a bit different than for most people." "Don't say that. My shameles...
the tip of his finger to become a white light. The light coursed down his finger and poured into Ram's scar. The technique to transfer mana directly to another demanded exceptional skill. If the elemental composition of the mana was not perfectly balanced, the mana would harm the recipient's body when converted back i...
to her lips, tilting her head slightly with a conflicted look. For his part, Subaru was a little dejected at her brushing off his favor so easily. She continued, "I think that the villagers see you as oddly perceptive rather than a hero who saved everyone. I mean, you know some very mysterious things." "So they're trea...
deeply sorry for my repeated offenses. It may not be a question you wish to answer." Apologizing in response to Subaru's silence, the aged gentleman took a cup of black tea and brought it to his lips. He commented, "A fine taste. It has a considerable kick to it, I think." "...Well, I didn't exaggerate. It seriously is...
the next moment. Before Subaru's eyes, the land dragon burst into a high-speed sprint down the road, kicking up a large cloud of dust as it sped off into the distance. Subaru, left in abject defeat, had only the scent of the high-priced tea, largely left untouched, to console him. " And did you fulfill your duties as e...
silence after her unnecessary addition. That earned him a sharp stare from Emilia, but he bore it as best he could and dragged the subject back to Roswaal. "So why were you late? Everything looked in order at breakfast time." "Ah, so sooorry. You see, with Ram staying behind, I will not be seeing her for a little while...
the air, wind slammed into Subaru's entire body so hard he thought his hand would be ripped off at the wrist. The unexpected impact loosened his grip on the railing, and thus his support, blowing him straight to the side. Off the dragon carriage, obviously. "Ahbuhbuhbuh ?! This is bad, seriously bad, oh man!" The wind...
was just counting the abbles in the bag... There's eleven of 'em." He had counted a total of eleven big, round, ripe, vibrant red fruit. It was highly unlikely the merchant, proprietor of his own store, had miscounted. "That old guy's too generous." As he recalled the prickly shopkeeper, he felt a warm, fuzzy feeling b...
like that, the broth stains will really stand out, so you definitely should pass." "Thank you for going out of your way to say so. I shall pay it heed if I should ever have such an opportunity." The smiles they exchanged were most certainly not friendly. Subaru did not like him. Julius no doubt thought the same. In tha...
up?" " ! Hey, I remember him! From an alley off Market Street a little while back..." "Oh, that one! The brat with a screw loose! He hasn't changed one bit, huh?" "It's really him. The clothes are different, so I didn't recognize 'im!" When realization came over Dumb's face, Dumber and Dumbest followed in short order. ...
rock-paper-scissors for the last one, too?" "I have already made my decision. All that remains is for you to choose the method and present me with my abble." The girl showed no doubt about her victory, nor any intention of letting Subaru go. In other words, he had no choice but to harden his resolve to trap a Rakshasa ...
man is the face of the royal capital's slums. The giant's Old Man Rom trader for the bosses of the sticky-fingered types and all-around stingy bastard. He's got bad eyes, loves his cute granddaughter, and he's not nearly as tough as he looks." "That is his worth after having lived a long life? I see. I pity your pathet...
mine..." Whatever the girl wanted to say wasn't registering with Subaru. Consistent with her bearing and actions, she made statements without any consideration for the comprehension of others. No doubt he wouldn't get a straight answer even if he pursued the matter further. With that in mind, Subaru gave up on speaking...
scanned the area, aghast. Roughnecks were on both sides, blocking the street to prevent their escape. Dumb of Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbest stood at the vanguard of the men, glaring at Subaru. "I've been lookin' for you and the woman to pay you back for makin' fun of me before." Subaru replied, "...So you brought all your ...
door. He'd tried various methods to get her to leave her post already, but she'd even brought a chamber pot in with her. "Stare..." "What is it, Subaru? Those intense eyes are making this a little awkward..." "Stare..." "Y-you may not. Even if you look at me like an abandoned puppy, you may not." "Stare..." "I-I promis...
utterly overwhelmed. "This is... How to put this..." Standing beside him, Al nodded to display his sympathy with Subaru's halting words. "I know, bro. I get it, looking at this and wondering what you should say." Then, the two met each other's eyes, pointing at what stood in front of them, and said simultaneously, " Ri...
his throat. In real time, he had only been summoned one month prior. But if what Al said was true... "That's right, bro. It's been eighteen years since I got summoned here. I lost my arm around the same time... Right around the age you are right now." Just like that, Al confessed to Subaru that he'd experienced the sam...
at the center of the room, removed from the cluster of knights and nobles, a small group of people stood in a line. And among them was A silver-haired girl. When she saw the three people entering through the large doors, she called out with obvious surprise. " Subaru?" Her wide-open violet eyes wavered with bewilderme...
sliced open..." Reinhard replied to Subaru without the faintest trace of sarcasm. "I think you underestimate your own virtues. You, of course, protected Lady Emilia from a wicked blade, but you also made virtuous choices in other areas as well." He shrugged good-naturedly. Even that gesture was perfectly polished, and ...
knight how I shall become monarch." The violet-haired girl slumped her shoulders and threw in the towel at Priscilla's demeanor. "It's really somethin' how you pass the buck onto everyone else. I'm just gonna keep my mouth shut." With a consensus seemingly forming, Marcus looked at Emilia and Crusch, with both nodding ...
and brightened. "Oh, hey! What are you doing here, mister?" Felt shoved Reinhard away with a hand on his chest and walked over without a care. Where did all that ladylike behavior go? Subaru wondered as he raised a hand, delighted to greet a friendly face. "Hi, it's been a while. Looks like you're in good health!" said...
is still very young, and there are far too many things she would have to learn before setting foot near a thro !" Suddenly, his face stiffened as if he'd realized something, his eyes opening wide in shock. "B-blond hair and crimson eyes ?!" Once Rickert said it, the other officials were struck with similar force like a...
Ferris stuck her tongue out in dissatisfaction as she stood by her master's Crusch's side. "Crusch Karsten, royal candidate and head of the House of Karsten." "Ferris of the House of Karsten, Lady Crusch's knight." Crusch announced herself without the slightest display of timidity, and Ferris remained as casual as ever...
end, passed matters along to Ferris, standing beside her. "Mmmm. We understand Lady Crusch's point of view. Now then, Sir Felix Argyle, is there anything you wish to add?" Apparently, it was the place of the vassal to advocate for the master. "Thank you for asking, but I have nothing further to add. Lady Crusch's thoug...
on the dais and walked away. Before turning his back to follow, her knight looked up at the dais and said, "You might not like how she says it, but Princess is on the money. If she wants something, so long as she doesn't change her mind, she gets it. That's because the heavens themselves have chosen Priscilla. I'm sure...
to express her desires, but put another way, this reveals the depth of emotion behind her ambition. On the other hand, from a business point of view, she is able to make any decision without emotional involvement, an indispensable quality in a statesman." "Mmmm. Certainly, it is as you say." "Furthermore, as I stated e...
But if you insist on being stubborn..." The royal selection was the gravest issue for the entire nation. For disgracing it with individual feelings, Roswaal would sentence Subaru to the flame on behalf of the dignity of the kingdom. The vast danger made Subaru's knees cry out for mercy. The shaking spread from his fing...
expression of joy at being accepted. Her lips curled in a pleasant, flowery smile. Bordeaux, under the full force of her gaze, lost his breath and turned red in the face. Miklotov redirected the conversation. "Though that was a rather stormy digression, enough has been said, I believe. Lady Emilia, Marquis Roswaal, do ...
knights seethed with resentment at Subaru's rude statement. For their part, the rows of civil officials had no love lost for Subaru, who seemed unable to make any argument not based on sentimentality. He didn't even have the courage to look up and see what the Council of Elders thought of him. Even if it meant making a...
knight instinctively realized the old man's true intent and judged he needed to adapt to the circumstances. " Do not move, Reinhard. 'Tisn't good to do anything untoward here..." But his efforts were frustrated from the outset by Priscilla, smiling craftily as she hid her mouth with her fan. "Why do you act in such has...
crumbling underneath. You all need a breath of fresh air." The speech of the bright-faced girl threw the hall into chaos like never before. Miklotov, listening to the proclamation that was reckless without precedent, nodded generously, his expression unchanged as he glanced at the knight standing beside the girl. "Your...
at the entrance of the parade grounds, tried to get Julius to relent. "Julius, you should stop this. It isn't like you." The expression on his face was not one of haste or anger, but pure concern for Subaru's well-being. He continued, "I accept it was a petty thing for him to say, but it was nothing that couldn't be se...
talk, anyway. Looking down upon a variety of fools and laughing at them is good for the soul." The haggard guard broke out in an icy sweat as Priscilla thrust the tip of her fan toward him. "Lead us to this parade square I command it." Blood from Subaru's head wounds seeped into his eyes. He raggedly wiped at them to c...
violet eyes full of melancholy. For no reason he could discern, she'd folded the white robe she'd been wearing over her lap while watching over Subaru. The rays of the western sun filtering through the open window made Subaru guess it was several hours later on the same day. The first thing on his lips was harmless and...
denied that she could understand him had no right to say any of it. "I want to believe you... I want to believe you, Subaru." She sounded like she wanted to cry. She might have already been crying. But Subaru didn't have the courage to find out. He couldn't bring himself to look at her, even though she might be in tear...
whole world, I couldn't do that. I can't look at you the same as everyone else, I just can't." That, at least, was the unmistakable truth. He heard the door close. The air became still again. Left alone in the room, Subaru curled up on top of the blankets, his gaze wandering. Abruptly, he pulled himself to the corner o...
deeply wish that you and your lord remain in good health." "Lady Anastasia will probably complain, so good luck with that, Julius... You can just leave all the mopping up to Ferri." Ferris casually waved before turning his back and walking off. Julius watched from behind as his friend departed and an enemy took his pla...
with a sigh. Subaru smiled bitterly at himself when he realized the raw sense of relief he felt when she left his sight. Put bluntly, Crusch was exactly the sort of lady he had a hard time with. Her straightforward and unyielding gaze was so sharp, it seemed to pierce straight to the heart. There had been many cases wh...
any of it. He covered his face with a hand, averting his gaze from her, who saw even his most unsightly moments in a positive light. She'd watched the sword practice, hardly anything more than playing around, from beginning to bitter end without complaint. Even despite Subaru concealing his emotions, Rem didn't speak a...
throng of various races before standing in front of a sign that towered above the already tall man. He blended in with the people looking up at it with the same objective, craning his neck to read the characters that Subaru could not. "It's an announcement that the royal selection has begun, and a summary. The king wil...
She had saved Subaru, who had been crawling on the ground in pain and humiliation. Where were the expectations and calculations behind her actions back then? Subaru didn't know their world's history, about the Witch or half-elves. But he knew Emilia. "My name is Emilia. Just Emilia. Thank you, Subaru." He understood th...
icky. If you aren't careful, you're gonna make me dizzy." His head felt a little heavy, and his limbs were sluggish. His body felt like it was reacting poorly to the attempted treatment. Ferris was the preeminent water magic user in the royal capital real name Felix Argyle. The reason Subaru was lodging at the Crusch v...
true that you are incorrigibly laid-back and slow to catch on, but I am keeping guard, so there is nothing for you to be concerned about." "You couldn't leave out the 'incorrigibly laid-back' part?!" That moment, the truth struck him clear as day. Just imagining how much Rem had been waging a one-woman war while he was...
not uncommon. It is awkward due to my gender and position, so I have deftly evaded such talk until now." "Ahh, the...duchess thing must really intimidate the men..." "A rather blunt way to put it. But that is indeed the case. A few have come forward to take my hand, each trying to make me his, but... That was then, and...
don't talk ameowt that. It's embarrassing!" Crusch watched Ferris and shook her head. "It is nothing to blush over. How could the sight of one doing his best to locate his place and appropriately serve another be shameful? Impressed by your resolve, I went to equal lengths to be a master who would not bring you disgrac...
realize just how loudly his own heart had been beating. At the same time, each deafening throb drove home the fact that he was alive. Living had never felt better. The feelings that had made him welcome the prospect of death until mere moments before had suddenly flown away. The instant Wilhelm began to speak of prepa...
Rem of the danger over their mutual link without calling her sister back, because she intended to convey that information to Rem...and avoid letting Subaru know. Did she want to keep Subaru out of her problems to that extent? "But she's in trouble, isn't she...?" The situation was bad enough that it had reached Crusch...
aged man bowed deeply. "This is the fastest land dragon that this house is able to lend under these circumstances. Even so, I dearly regret that it is inferior to the long-range dragons employed by the marquis..." With Rem taking the reins, Subaru stood beside her and looked at Wilhelm. "I'm immensely grateful you're l...
of anything as hardship if it is for your sake." Her strong shake of her head pricked at Subaru's conscience. He knew that was what Rem would say. Ever since the demon beast uproar, she had been his ally through thick and thin. Ironically, she was probably the one who most understood his worth. "...Finding out by telep...
were lined up on the table in the lounge. There was quite a lot of money in the sack. Apparently Roswaal had left a small fortune in Rem's hands. With that much money at his disposal, Subaru wouldn't have any trouble with daily necessities for quite some time. He knew that was exactly what Rem had in mind when she left...
independent merchant, making his way in life as a traveling peddler." Otto faced Subaru and assumed an expression so crisp one could almost hear the snap to attention. While Subaru was speechless at the instant turnaround, Otto examined him from head to toe. "I see. It seems that he has a certain degree of status. He c...
I sell it at bargain prices again, I'll be bankrupt. And so, I was halfway to throwing my life away when you appeared, Mr. Natsuki." "And what I paid you makes up for your losses?" "I can sell all this oil at any price and stay solvent. It will certainly let me keep working." Otto clapped his hands together to convey h...
and hung his head. "I am...very sorry. I had intended to remain with you until the end, Mr. Natsuki. Even so, I don't have the courage to go any farther." "What are you going on about? What does this have to do with courage? Just a little farther and we'll reach the mansion. It's not like the road is bad. Otto, please!...
the faces of the people at the mansion had graced the back of his mind, but now he imagined the villagers he had so dearly missed. They included the very pushy children and the astoundingly unguarded adults. These were the good people who had welcomed the trivial things Subaru had brought into this world without laughi...
voice the possibility that he'd lost the girl he cared for and the possibility his own heart could break, then why not offer up a sacrifice so that he wouldn't have to? Subaru told himself such lies so that he could pretend not to see his own overly unscrupulous heart. He felt like the blue-haired girl's pleasant smile...
from his memory. Namely, the bookshelf wasn't in the same location as usual. "A secret...passage...?" The bookshelf on the wall had slid well to the right, revealing the entrance to a dark corridor behind it. He timidly drew close and peered within, finding stairs spiraling downward. A thought rose up in the back of Su...
her warmth was so comforting as he buried his nose into her shoulder and hugged her tight. Perplexed, she tried to say something. "Er... Um, Subaru? Umm..." Each word, each syllable, each character, each breath, was a hymn to Subaru. He embraced her firmly, his arms refusing to let go. Nor did the girl stir even an inc...
so. Yes, even so. Rem knew that nothing good came from that miasma. The demon in her knew this. Rem bowed and conveyed her deepest gratitude. " You have gone through great trouble for us. On behalf of my master, I thank you for your benevolence until this day." Crusch and Ferris stood before her. Rem and the others we...
against him, wrapping her left arm around his hip and firmly grasping the reins with her right hand. "It might be a little cramped, but please bear with it." They would have to race in this posture for a long, long time. Rem was worried about the strain on Subaru, but she would also need to protect him after they arriv...
them, and land dragons could sniff out such a large gathering before it ever arrived. This was the greatest reason that they were prized treasures for merchants and other travelers. Rem whispered toward the dragon carriage, "Rest well, Subaru." She continued to pet the nearby beast as she sat on the ground. As she did,...
the reins, they departed once again. The carriage wheels turned, and the scenery moved. They were about halfway there. It would probably take another seven to eight hours of travel. Her mental and physical endurance was far stronger than on the day of their departure, with its tragic circumstances. Subaru was deeply as...
forehead. That truth was enough to identify her as a monster in a girl's flesh. "You shall not lay one finger on Subaru." The adorable demon's lovely face was stained with blood; her eyes were brimming with ferocity and aggression. But the position she had taken made clear that she was protecting Subaru from the figure...
resistance. He no longer felt most of the pain from the wounds he'd suffered from falling out of the dragon carriage. It wasn't that he couldn't feel them, but other pain blotted out anything external, so it didn't matter. He moaned, the agony tearing at his heart robbing him of all will to put up a fight. Back where t...
Ahh, my brain trembles. Trembles, trembles, treeeeeeeeeeeembles!" Petelgeuse, his madness rising to heights unknowable to normal men, had blood trickling out of his nose. As it reached his lips, Petelgeuse licked it with his tongue, his cheeks relaxing with an intoxicated look about him. He closed his eyes, his body sh...
lack of understanding as the madman's perceptive words pressed upon him. Petelgeuse folded his arms, gazing up at the heavens, murmuring as if he was praying. This was the only action that made his title of archbishop seem not to be a farce. After praying for a while, Petelgeuse seemed to notice something and looked ba...
strong. Noticing Petelgeuse's advance, Rem knocked down yet another of the black robes and leaped. Hanging upside down from the ceiling, she glared as Petelgeuse advanced beneath her. An instant later, she would shoot out like an arrow with an attack that would surely smash Petelgeuse's thin body to pieces. And yet, wh...
Since arriving in that world, he had experienced hatred of the formless thing called Fate several times over. He had been beaten down into the ground, with reality pitilessly thrust in his face, with that callous world making him pay for bad decisions with his life but the times he had hated and cursed were fewer than ...
next moment... The wrist manacles, unable to bear the pressure pushing out from the inside, noisily blew apart. " Oh." The destruction sent metal fragments flying, and a tinkling sound echoed throughout the cavern. Subaru breathed raggedly as his pain radically eased, and his entire arms felt incredibly free despite t...
"Wh-what the..." He groped through his memories. But he had no memory of this experience. Something had happened that he didn't remember. Or perhaps the shock of being on the verge of death was so vivid that he'd forgotten the destruction surrounding him as he died. Having lost his bearings, an all-too-thin man's craze...
if she had done something to inconvenience him. But that was only for a single moment. "It's all right. It's all right. Everything is fine." Rem realized through her fingers that Subaru was afraid. So she used her free hand to pat his back, gently consoling him like a child. And this she did, stroking him, showing him ...
kick me out?" "No. It is no doubt best to let you do what you wish, Sir Subaru. I much prefer you as you are now, rather than how you were but a short time ago." The two exchanged dark smiles. Though neither shared what tormented him on the inside, they understood each other at least on the surface. "Subaru. You are ma...
best chance of turning this thing around. Besides, you've given Rem and me your hospitality, and I think it's easier to work with you than the other candidates." Subaru had expected this line of questioning, so he had an answer prepared. Deep down, he believed there were others who were easier to deal with than Crusch....
"Don't mess with !" This time, fierce, irrepressible emotion rushed to his throat to turn into a scream. But it stopped just on the verge of that, though not because of Subaru's self-control. *** That reason was the increasingly ghastly aura rising from Rem as she silently watched the exchange between Crusch and Subaru...
lies to you. Those in such a state are called madmen, Subaru Natsuki." It was then and there that Subaru clearly understood that negotiations had failed. *** Continuous clenching of his teeth had cut the edge of his lip, sending blood dribbling down his jaw. Crusch narrowed her eyes as she watched the painful image. "F...
really need 'em, too...!" This time, everything was going wrong. One prospective collaborator fell through after another, leaving Subaru truly at the end of his rope. If only his Return by Death restore point brought him back to the night when he'd parted ways with Reinhard "If you don't have it, you don't have it... ...
you're gonna do that, just do a proper whistle. Not that I can whistle with you." It wasn't as though the weather was cold enough that it physically prevented anyone from whistling. For the most part, Subaru had bitter memories of how he'd tried and failed to learn to whistle since way back. "Ah, no can do. Lips aren't...
sharp voice, the sole door to the outside opened from the other side. Al poked his face in and looked at Subaru, who was covered in blood by the door. "What in the world happened here...?" "Throw out this repulsive fool. Or cut him in half, I care not." "Well, I sure care... Hey, c'mon, bro." Without a single word of r...
Subaru's sarcasm made the kitten laugh with amusement. Apparently, she was called Mimi, and she was accompanying Anastasia. "Should one of the big players in the royal selection be walking around without an escort these days?" "I am trying to travel incognito, after all. Is it not working?" Anastasia looked around befo...
some point, it would be yet one more wall to overcome. "Natsuki, your brow is too wrinkled. You look like you're glaring." "Hey, I was born with this face, okay? No need to go picking at a guy's complexes." "Complex? Mm, that's fine. That said, you mentioned your birth, but where were you born, Natsuki? We don't see bl...
to hear." The scribble and Anastasia's smile told Subaru that the conversation was over. But Rem still hadn't arrived at the establishment. And yet, she'd used the word enough When Subaru's thoughts reached that point, he realized far too late that something wasn't right. "...Was this a coincidence?" " Well, Natsuki, ...
he couldn't state it with absolute certainty was because he couldn't rely on his memories from the second time around. Subaru Natsuki had frittered away the time that would have allowed him to compare and be on surer footing. "The second time... Shit! How many days was I not in my right mind...?!" He scratched at his h...
are for sale, let me buy everything you have!" At first, the merchants looked at one another and laughed at Subaru's "business proposal." But when Rem, sensing what Subaru had in mind, lifted up her sack and showed everyone the coinage within, the expressions of all the men who'd dismissed it as a joke changed in an in...
outside world. Rem called his name several times. Seeing that there was no response, she gave up after a while and shifted her gaze back to the highway. By then, Subaru had finally, and by his own hand, become truly alone in that world. " ru. I'm sorry, Subaru. Please wake up." Subaru sensed someone calling him and sha...
of blood, innards, and fragments of flesh on the highway. Subaru's mind went blank from the overwhelmingly unreal spectacle. "Left !!" He thought he heard a shout from right beside him. A second later, his body landed on a hard floor. The dull pain coursing through his shoulder and hip dragged his mind back to reality....
was only a matter of time before the whale caught up. "Think, think, think. There has to be a way, something, something...!" Subaru desperately put his head to work, but no plan for a counterattack came to mind. With a sense of urgency weighing on him and the night mist so thick that he couldn't see his own feet, Subar...
the epitome of "The Mightiest of All." But if the person bearing a title equal to Reinhard was someone with comparable power, and the White Whale killed that person... "It's stronger than Reinhard...?" A monster surpassing the mightiest of all beings could only be called the worst of all calamities. In short order, Sub...
back slammed mercilessly against the earth. Without hyperbole, the pain was like he had broken every bone in his body. Crying painfully as his internal organs were crushed, he spat out blood and kept rolling. The impact was hard enough to dull even his ability to register pain. Subaru vomited bile and blood over and ov...
her life away for a man like him. "But...the stupidest thing is..." There was no Rem anymore. Otto was gone, as were all the other traveling merchants. Subaru was alone, save for the land dragon silently continuing to advance along the well-maintained highway in search of human civilization. It didn't matter where. Sub...
huh...?" He didn't...understand...what was being said to him. Unable to grasp the meaning of Ram's question, Subaru made incoherent sounds in response. Who is Rem? What did that even mean? But seeing Subaru lost in doubt, Ram cocked her head and opened her mouth once more. "Barusu. Who is this Rem?" Her eyebrow hadn't ...
force as his angry yell, and he glared intensely at her. "You can't stay here. You'll regret it. I know you will. It won't help anyone. It won't save anyone. I don't want to suffer anymore. I don't want to cry anymore!" "What are you talking about...? Subaru, I don't understand." "Shut up! If everyone would just... If ...
blood she was heaving up, but in that instant, her listless head dropped. She slid down his shoulder. Her lifeless gaze told him everything he needed to know. Right then, before Subaru's very eyes, Emilia's life "WaaaAAAHHHHHH !!" A scream rang out. He screamed and howled enough to tear his throat apart, as if that wo...
plunging headfirst onto mossy plants. "Bwah!" Subaru spat out saliva that tasted like dirt, then lifted his head and looked around. Bunches of trees appeared in his dim field of vision. Surrounded by nature in all directions, Subaru realized that he had been cast into the middle of a forest. "A forest at night...? Some...
arms could move. Hence, his body evaded it. As the black hand gently slid toward him, Subaru leaped to the side, holding Emilia in his arms. The hand slipped past, seeming perplexed as it vanished. Subaru's breath was ragged as he watched it disappear. Petelgeuse stared at him, eyes wide with a fire raging in them, ask...
before them. Puck's and Petelgeuse's absolutely incompatible wills clashed, fueling each other's bloodlust. "My fingers! This fool must pay for his " "Die." The descending icicles poured down on the Witch Cult adherents, skewering them and pinning them in place. The cultists' bodies and limbs were impaled against the g...
pain made Subaru forget how to breathe. Amid that agony, like having every nerve in his body immersed in magma, Subaru cursed his own shallowness. He'd thought that pain was a lesser thing than death. He was wrong. He was wrong about everything. "Pain," "Death," "Fear" these smashed the heart of the weakling named Suba...
between himself and Emilia and, having been left behind in the royal capital, had lost the purpose for his existence. He'd been idly spending his time at the Crusch residence, sinking deeper into the doldrums as he asked himself what he could do, what he needed to do, without finding any answers. It couldn't be called ...