Re:Zero -Starting Life in Zero

Ram seemed to have made up her mind, and she turned to look at the head of the family.

"Lord Roswaal, Ram is really worried about Rem going alone. Please allow Ram to go with Rem."

"Of course! Grin-kun is an important comrade of ours! Ram, we must bring him back to life!"

Roswaal spoke with such righteous indignation that even the unconscious Green couldn't hold back his emotions and regained some consciousness from his daze.

"Cough cough... You're pretending all along... It was you, you bastard... who arranged this... cough cough..."

Greene spoke so softly that almost no one could hear him.

Seeing that Green had reacted, Emilia quickly grabbed Green's hand.

"Hey, Green, Green, can you hear me?"

This time, Green was completely unresponsive.

Emilia stood up frantically and said, "I want to go too!"

Roswaal stretched out his hand to block Emilia's path.

"Lady Emilia, for your safety, you must remain inside the manor. It could very well be a trap set by another faction!"

Natsuki Subaru also whispered, "It's really too dangerous outside, Emilia. Let's... let's wait a bit. Rem is so strong, she'll be fine."

"How...could this be...?"

A sense of powerlessness welled up in Emilia's heart.

She glanced at Green's sickly pale face, her hands tightly gripping the crystal that Parker was residing in.

Parker, what should I do?

Parker, please save Green.

At that moment, Green didn't feel anything was real.

It was like sinking into an unfathomable bay, descending endlessly.

He no longer needed to breathe; his eyes were unfocused; and his ears could only vaguely hear one or two words.

After an unknown amount of time, intermittent and indistinct sounds came from the distant sea.

"Grin...Grin...please wake up soon..."

"Green, wake up...it's time to get up..."

"Grimm... next time... let's see the cherry blossoms together..."

hum!

Ripples appeared in the space above Green's body.

A black magic circle instantly unfolded, and a pitch-black book emerged from its center.

The pages of the book flipped by themselves, suddenly stopping at the section on "Beauty and the Beast".

Colorful light burned like flames, and the illustration of a half-wolf, half-lion behemoth began to rapidly grow colors.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the strange characters, resembling graffiti, faded from the pages of the book.

[Beast Prince, Unlock Condition: Trapped in a curse.]

Status: Unlocked.

Abilities: Beast instincts, physical skills, aristocratic etiquette

Protection: The forest's protection means that lush vegetation will fill your beast's body, and all the plants within sight will share your life.

Betty was the first to notice the unusual thing in the room.

The lily of the valley plant that was placed on the bedside table suddenly began to wither without any warning.

Emilia, stand behind me.

Emilia asked, looking puzzled, "What's wrong, Beatrice?"

"Don't ask questions, come quick, something's happening!"

Betty's tone was urgent; even with her brother Parker away, she was determined to protect the child.

Roswaal also noticed that the plants in the corridor and the yard were beginning to wither.

"Oh dear~ Could it be that the flowers in the manor are also under a strange curse?"

Betty opened her purple eyes wide, carefully observing the flow of magic in the vicinity.

Soon, a look of surprise appeared on her face.

"The vitality of these plants seems to be converging on Green!"

……

"So you really are in cahoots with the wolves, Mary!"

Petra's weak voice echoed across the wilderness.

At this moment, she was being trampled under the claws of a huge canine-shaped monster.

A little girl was carrying on the back of the monster; it was Mary Portel.

By this time, Mary had shed her gentle and quiet facade from the morning, and her simple clothes had been replaced with an exquisitely tailored dark purple lace dress.

Her pupils are distinctive purple rhombuses, and when she looks up, her gaze is hazy yet alluring, as if she can see through the desires and fears in people's hearts.

"Haha, Petra, I'll be sad if you say that to me."

"However, what surprises me is that you managed to hide the other children. That's truly remarkable. If I hadn't noticed beforehand, I probably wouldn't have caught any of them."

Petra was terrified, but she still acted very bravely.

"We're friends, why would you do something like this!"

"Of course we're friends, Petra. Don't worry, as a friend, I'll make sure you die a very easy death."

A sickly smile appeared on Meryl's face. The canine monster King Volgam beneath her seemed to understand its master's meaning, slowly raising its front paws and aiming at Petra's neck.

Petra could no longer hold back her tears. She closed her eyes in despair and cried out, "Someone will come to save me!"

"Haha, Petra-chan, you're so adorably naive. When you said someone would come to rescue you, you weren't referring to those two older sisters in the forest, were you?"

"Merry said mockingly, glancing towards the center of the forest."

"I'm sorry, Petra-chan, the older sisters are surrounded by monsters. They might see the gods before you do."

"No, I made a promise with Brother Green, he will definitely come to save me!"

Petra responded with a hoarse voice.

The little girl still cried softly when faced with death.

Following Green's instructions, she secretly told her friends to hide in the cellar and not come out until nightfall.

Petra, on her way to inform the village chief, was spotted by Melly.

She protected everyone, but forgot about herself.

"Don't make me laugh, Petra. Brother Green? You mean that guy who got bitten by Volgam at noon? Hahaha, he'd be a dried-up corpse by now!"

Petra shook her head violently: "No, he'll come to save me, he definitely will!"

Petra couldn't believe it, because Green was her last lifeline.

"wrong……"

From Volgam's mental feedback, Meryl learned some information: the guy who was cursed didn't seem to be dead after all!

"How is that possible? Judging from the extracted magical power, it has exceeded the magical power capacity of five normal people."

Awoo! Awoo!

The mournful cries of the Volgam monsters in the forest began to echo.

The wind, carrying unease, swept through the woods, first stirring up a rustling commotion, the sound of leaves rubbing against each other as dense as a sudden rain.

Click, click!

Amidst the cacophony, the sounds of tree trunks snapping and vines being torn apart spread rapidly through the empty forest.

Immediately afterwards, the low growl of the monster surged from the depths, its heavy panting like drumbeats striking the tree trunk.

A sharp howl pierced the twilight, and occasionally, the severed limbs of monsters could be seen being tossed into the air.

Roar!

A deafening roar echoed through the entire forest, heralding the start of the storm.