Re:Zero - Starting from Zero (Natsuki Subaru)

Julius set Meli aside, and everyone gathered around Rem.

Ram's heart was beating frighteningly fast.

His eyes were fixed on Rem.

The others were also staring at Rem, not for any other reason than to find out whether the so-called reward offered by the sky was real or fake.

If it's true... then Tianmu has the capability to offer a reward of this caliber...

Just how terrifying is this sky?

Natsuki Subaru almost held his breath.

"Rem, wake up."

The blue-haired girl's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she really looked like she was about to wake up!

Subaru Natsuki's pupils contracted slightly!

Just then, the Sage's Tower, no, not just the people inside the Sage's Tower!

Everyone who knew Rem was momentarily stunned.

Countless memories flooded their minds.

Or... it would be more appropriate to describe it as recalling memories that were previously blocked.

Ram looked at the blue-haired girl in front of her, tears streaming down her face uncontrollably.

"Rem... Rem..."

Emilia's eyes widened.

"Rem...! I really had forgotten about Rem before..."

Beatrice's eyes hardened: "It actually brought back these memories... Rem... I'm getting more and more curious about this canopy..."

Just now.

The blue-haired girl finally opened her eyes.

Natsuki Subaru looked into the blue eyes of the blue-haired girl, his heart skipped a beat, and he felt an urge to cry.

Subaru Natsuki's instincts kicked in, and he raised his arms and hugged Rem tightly.

Subaru Natsuki's shoulders trembled slightly, and tears fell onto Rem's clothes.

"Rem... Rem..."

Rem, who had just woken up, seemed unaware of her current situation and was filled with wariness towards the stranger who had inexplicably hugged her and started crying.

Rem shoved Subaru Natsuki away.

"Who are you???"

Ram seemed to have thought of something... and rushed forward immediately.

"Rem...you..."

Rem's reaction to seeing Ram was completely different from her reaction to seeing Subaru Natsuki.

Rem's eyes lit up the moment she saw Ram.

"Big Sister!"

Rem threw herself into Ram's arms.

The scene of the sisters' reunion was indeed very heartwarming, but Natsuki Subaru, who was pushed away by Rem, had very complicated feelings.

Seeing that Rem not only remembered Ram but also Emilia and Beatrice... Natsuki Subaru felt even more pain in his heart.

Why...?

Why am I in pain because Rem doesn't remember me?

Subaru Natsuki, who had not fully recovered his memories, was unaware of this.

Beatrice gently comforted him, "Subaru, don't worry... Tenbu said he would restore some of Rem's memories..."

"Next time, Rem will definitely regain all her memories!"

Emilia gently patted Subaru Natsuki on the back.

"Subaru, don't make that face. I believe Rem will definitely remember you; she just hasn't recalled that memory yet..."

Xia Wula pouted in dissatisfaction.

"What kind of person is this! How could he forget his master the only one he didn't!"

Julius and Anastasia were deeply shocked to see Rem actually awaken and regain her name and some of her memories.

Sky Curtain really does give out rewards.

Even a reward that seems almost impossible to achieve in everyone's eyes.

"Not only can it play back a person's experiences that have never been discovered before, but it can also distribute such terrifying rewards by collecting emotional points..."

Julius couldn't imagine what this canopy was, but... Julius believed that the canopy's omnipotence was probably greater than that of anyone in the world, even the Witch of Envy!

So powerful it seems like it doesn't belong to this world!

At the same time, Julius looked at the awakened Rem and couldn't help but wonder if he could restore his name through the celestial canopy.

Anastasia was thinking almost exactly the same thing as Julius.

Everyone watched Rem's awakening—a miracle—and had lost count of how many times they had been shocked by the appearance of the celestial canopy.

……

After everyone calmed down...

And only after confirming Rem's current memories and physical condition did they feel at ease to begin the analysis.

"I see... It seems Rem has almost fully recovered, except for all her memories of Subaru..."

Ram looked at Subaru Natsuki with a complicated expression.

Ram is well aware of how much Natsuki Subaru sacrificed for Rem when they were at the mansion.

At this moment, Rem remembered all her memories, except for Natsuki Subaru.

How heartbroken must Natsuki Subaru be?

Rem stood beside Ram, looking warily at Subaru Natsuki, whose face was pale and who still carried the strong scent of a witch.

"Rem... Subaru is not an enemy, on the contrary... Subaru is your hero, Rem."

Ram knew that as Rem's older sister, she couldn't let Rem do anything to hurt Subaru while she was suffering from amnesia.

Otherwise, how much pain would Rem suffer when she regains all her memories?

"hero?"

Rem frowned slightly: "What are you saying, Onee-sama? I don't know that person at all!"

Looking at the scene before her, Emilia felt a tightness in her chest, a suffocating feeling that made it hard to breathe.

Emilia looked at Subaru Natsuki: "Subaru..."

Subaru Natsuki's eyes became somewhat vacant, as if he had lost the vitality he had just regained.

Beatrice gripped Subaru's hand tightly.

Julius spoke softly, his gaze first falling on Rem, then on the forlorn-looking Subaru Natsuki.

"Miss Rem, please calm down..."

"I know that for you, who have just woken up, everything that is happening now is so unbelievable."

"I know you don't have many people you can trust right now, but please, no matter what, don't hurt Subaru."

"As for the reason... I'm afraid you wouldn't believe it even if we told you."

"But I'm sure you'll know the answer soon."

Julius took the initiative to explain the magical existence of the sky to Rem.

He also told Rem that he was able to awaken and regain his memories thanks to the Sky Curtain...

It's also thanks to Subaru Natsuki.

"Big sister, is that really true?"

Ram nodded: "That's right, Rem. In short, never doubt Balus; he's an ally!"

Rem lowered her gaze as if deep in thought.

"Will the celestial screen...play everything that Natsuki Subaru went through?"

"If that's the case... if I can see memories I don't remember in the images projected on the screen later... wouldn't that prove that Subaru Natsuki isn't a bad person?"

……

A light screen in front of everyone.

The screen started flashing again.

Everyone stopped analyzing and discussing, and their gazes fell on the light screens in front of them.

[The short break is over!]

[The second act is about to begin!!]

[Act Two: A Tumultuous Week - The Mansion Chapter - is about to begin. Get ready!]

[A certain maid who hasn't fully regained her memories... Don't miss these!]

(Rem won't hurt Subaru! There will be a twist later! Subaru is my true love in this book; after the Sage's Tower in reality, Subaru will almost never die again!)