Re:Zero -Starting Life in Zero

Elsa's footsteps faded into the distance, eventually disappearing into the darkness of the night.

Sudden.

The corpse on the floor trembled inexplicably.

As night fell, the surrounding greenery began to age and wither rapidly, and all the life energy rushed toward a pharmacy.

On the belly of the corpse, the gruesome lacerations were visibly writhing and contracting, and the turned-out flesh was automatically healing itself.

The congealed black blood faded to a dark brown, turning into a transparent viscous liquid that dripped down the fabric.

The sunken eye sockets slowly bulged out, and the loose skin tightened.

In less than half a minute, the old, hunched corpse had completely transformed into a sharp-eyed young man.

Green sat up abruptly from the floor, panting heavily. The passive activation of the forest's protection really did feel like drowning.

"Hahaha, even Taro would have hesitated if he were here, but I didn't even blink! Tell me, what's the difference between me and an Oscar-winning actor now?"

"I did it! This time, no one recognized me!"

He flipped his palm and summoned a small mirror.

"Wotox, track Elsa's location."

"Yes, Master. Fortunately, her location is still within the search range."

The dim light reflected in the magic mirror trembled slightly, and fine ripples appeared on its surface, as if it was suppressing a laugh.

"Pfft—Master, you sounded really hot when you were imitating a woman's voice, hahaha."

"Have you heard of Yue Fei's mother tattooing words on his back? Want to have one like that?"

"Um... let's go after that girl, she seems to have a higher fever."

……

The night was as dark as ink. Elsa walked along the stone path for a long time, passing through the bustling downtown area of ​​the capital.

The bright lights gradually thinned out, and the gleaming bluestone path turned into an uneven, muddy mess.

The ornate shops lining the street have been replaced by low, dilapidated shacks, and the sweet aroma of wine in the air has been replaced by a lingering musty and famine-like smell.

The hustle and bustle has faded, leaving only the deathly silence of the impoverished neighborhood.

The night wind swept past the corner of the wall, carrying bits of garbage. A pair of emaciated siblings huddled under the eaves, sheltered from the wind.

Their faces were ashen and bloodless, and the little girl even had an unhealed wound on her cheek, which looked like a winding centipede from a distance.

To keep his sister warm, the older brother acted as a makeshift human blanket.

Feeling her brother shivering from the cold, the younger sister asked worriedly, "Onii-chan, is that duct tape?"

"It's alright, let's go back after Father sobers up."

"Yeah, as long as I can be with my brother, the wounds from being beaten by my father don't hurt anymore."

"Shh—Mia, don't speak yet."

Seeing someone coming, the older brother timidly shrank back inside, protecting his younger sister.

He stared wide-eyed warily, even holding his breath, afraid of offending the woman dressed in clean clothes.

Just as Elsa was about to pass by the brother and sister, her younger sister Mia's stomach started growling.

Gollum-

Elsa stopped abruptly, her fingertips casually stroking the tree-shaped cake box inside her cloak, her eyes still filled with an icy indifference.

Sensing something was wrong, the older brother quickly stepped in front of Xiaoyun. The woman in front of him had a sickly smile and looked like someone you didn't want to mess with.

"I'm sorry... big sister, we'll leave now..."

The brother and sister's gaunt faces and frostbitten, purple hands and feet, like a fine needle, unexpectedly pierced Elsa's deliberately sealed memories.

In the blizzard-stricken, frigid far north, starving and delirious, I huddled in a corner of a slum, shivering and clutching my stomach.

The wounds on my body were freezing and aching, and I couldn't even get a bite of hard bread mixed with snow.

A deeper despair lay hidden beneath despair; as she began to take shape, she was targeted.

In the struggle, Elsa slashed open the abuser's stomach, the scalding entrails splashing onto her warm palm.

Two extremely dark images collided violently in her mind, so quickly that she was annoyed.

Elsa suppressed the inexplicable restlessness in her heart, opened the box, took out a piece of wood cake, and handed it over.

"You all seem quite hungry. I happen to have some cake here, would you like to try some?"

"Oh my god, it's...it's tree cake!"

Mia, who looked only four or five years old, stared wide-eyed.

Realizing her slip of the tongue, the little girl nervously grabbed her brother's clothes, her gaze darting away.

The older brother, flattered, waved his hand and retreated repeatedly.

"This is too valuable, we cannot accept it..."

Gollum-

Mia's stomach growled even louder when she smelled the cake. She lowered her head shyly, hoping that her brother would take the cake.

"Haha~ What a lovely voice! The little girl's intestines must be adorable too~ It would be such a shame if she became weak and frail from hunger."

Before the boy could refuse, Elsa forcefully shoved the cake into his hands.

The little boy held the cake as if it were a hot potato, afraid that his dirty hands would smudge it.

After swallowing hard, he bowed his head repeatedly to Elsa.

"...Thank you, beautiful big sister, you are such a kind person."

"Haha, that's a really good joke."

A look of melancholy appeared in Elsa's eyes, and she covered her mouth with a soft laugh.

She crouched down, opened the healing potion, and dripped a drop onto her thumb.

Then, he lifted the little girl's cheek with one hand and applied the medicine to the wound on her face.

"hiss--"

The little girl clenched her teeth. Although she didn't know what Elsa was doing, she felt that this older sister wouldn't hurt her.

As the medicine seeped in, Mia only felt an itch on her face, and after a few breaths, the pain disappeared.

The little boy, witnessing this miraculous scene, exclaimed in delight, "Mia, your injury is healed! Big sister is amazing!"

"Really?"

The little girl stared in disbelief as she touched her face and discovered that, just as her brother had said, the scar that had disfigured her had completely disappeared.

Tears welled up in the brother's eyes; his beloved sister was finally free from pain.

When I grow up, I won't cry because of the scars on my face.

The little boy, not yet ten years old, suppressed his surging gratitude and slowly bent down to give Elsa a deep bow.

"Big sister, I, Atuo, will definitely repay your kindness!"

"Oh my, what a responsible child. If you want to repay me, you'd better live well and take care of your gut first."

Elsa smiled, closed the cake box, and patiently waited for the brother and sister to finish eating the cake.

Ato kept pursing his chapped lips as he pushed the cake toward Mia's mouth.

"Eat up, Mia, I remember you've been wanting to eat this."

"Wow~ This is delicious! I knew it would taste like this!"

The little girl once found the packaging box of a tree cake and had been using it as a liner under her burlap pillow filled with hay.

The lingering fragrance brought her countless beautiful dreams.

"Brother, you should eat too. Mia can't eat anymore..."

My little sister had only taken a few bites when she quickly moved her mouth away and pushed the cake back.

Elsa watched the human cubs eat for a while, then turned and left, satisfied.

Once the guy was out of sight, Green cautiously peeked his head out from the bushes.

"Has the girl from the gut changed her nature today? She's even doing good deeds now?"

The magic mirror chuckled knowingly: "Hehehe, my foolish master, don't be fooled by this woman."

"From my many years of evil deeds... no, no, no... from my extensive experience, she was simply testing whether the cake and the potion were poisonous."

Green rolled his eyes at the magic mirror: "Maybe, but those siblings certainly won't go hungry tonight, and their wounds have been treated, haven't they?"

I really don't know how much good and evil Elsa had in her heart just now.