Re:Zero - Starting from Zero (Natsuki Subaru)

……

In the scene, Subaru Natsuki and Emilia are chatting under the moonlight.

"Although I could easily ask for a large sum of money to enjoy life, I think staying at the mansion to work is also a good option."

Emilia asked with some confusion, "Then why don't you choose to be a customer here?"

Natsuki Subaru suddenly realized that there was actually this option!

"Oh yeah, you can do it like that!"

Natsuki Subaru suddenly clutched his head, surprised that he had forgotten this option.

Emilia noticed the bandage wrapped around Subaru's hand.

Subaru, your hand?

Natsuki Subaru immediately put his hands behind his back: "Damn, that was lame!"

"How did you get injured like this? Let me use healing magic to heal you?"

Subaru Natsuki shook his head.

Perhaps it's because they feel they can't appear too weak in front of someone they like.

"It's okay, this is all thanks to my hard work!"

Surprisingly, I don't dislike hard work!

Emilia sighed helplessly: "So, Subaru, how did you get injured?"

"Oh, this is a cut I made while chopping vegetables. This is a bite I got from a small animal that the children caught when I went to the village to buy things today."

Emilia chuckled softly, "Isn't this the result of your hard work?"

"It seems Subaru is quite popular with children."

Subaru Natsuki believed this was a good time.

"In that case, Emilia, let's go to the village together tomorrow! Let's see the little animals!"

Emilia suddenly seemed hesitant: "It's not that I don't want to go with Subaru..."

"But... Subaru, if you come with me, it might cause you trouble..."

Natsuki Subaru nodded: "Okay, let's go together!"

Emilia raised an eyebrow slightly: "Are you really listening to me?"

Natsuki Subaru laughed: "I listened carefully to every word Emilia-tan said!"

Emilia accepted Subaru Natsuki's invitation.

However, Emilia said that she would have to wait until the royal selection was over and Natsuki Subaru finished his work at the mansion.

……

Natsuki Subaru couldn't have been happier.

He hummed a little tune all the way back to the mansion.

He naturally pushed open a door and, unsurprisingly, saw Beatrice.

Subaru Natsuki was in a good mood and chatted with Beatrice in a very familiar manner.

Beatrice was somewhat annoyed by Subaru Natsuki's ability to accurately find the Opportunity Gate every time, so she didn't waste any more words with him and simply kicked him out.

Natsuki Subaru lay on his bed in his room, too excited to fall asleep.

Natsuki Subaru has already started imagining his first date with Emilia.

"I need to find a reason to get those kids away..."

"It would be best to find a scenic spot near the village, like a flower field..."

"Oh no, I'm too excited, I can't sleep at all!"

"Am I a primary school student looking forward to a spring outing?"

finally.

Natsuki Subaru fell asleep while counting Puck.

"One Parker, two Parkers, three Parkers..."

……

Subaru Natsuki opened his eyes again, full of energy!

"A new day has begun! It's a morning full of hope!!!"

"Natsuki Subaru! A leap forward is about to begin!!"

Natsuki Subaru sprang to his feet from the bed in a very chuunibyou (delusional) pose.

however……

Looking at the scene before me.

Subaru Natsuki was stunned.

That wasn't the small room that only servants had, where he slept last night.

Instead, it was a large, luxurious room that he found somewhat familiar.

And in front of him,

They are the sisters Ram and Rem.

Natsuki Subaru didn't react for a moment, only feeling that what he had just said was a bit too awkward.

"What? You guys were here? You could have told me beforehand! This is so embarrassing!" Natsuki Subaru's face turned bright red!

Ram and Rem leaned closer to take a look at Subaru Natsuki.

"Sister, sister, the guests seem to be in a lot of trouble."

"Rem, Rem, the guest seems to have something wrong with his head."

Natsuki Subaru thought the two sisters were playing a very bad joke.

"Guests? This kind of joke is too nasty!" Natsuki Subaru looked down at his hands.

Subaru Natsuki's pupils suddenly contracted, and his hands trembled slightly uncontrollably.

Gone.

The wounds on my hands and the bandages on them all disappeared.

Natsuki Subaru felt his heart skip a beat.

Ram and Rem's strange behavior, appearing in another room on his own, the wound on his hand disappearing...

I... am dead?

……

Beatrice gritted her teeth as she saw the scene on the sky.

"Was this... when Subaru was cursed at the mansion?"

"It's completely different from what Betty remembers..."

Beatrice recalled Natsuki Subaru from her memories.

He anticipated almost every possible danger when resolving the mansion crisis.

He led the group to resolve the crisis with minimal losses and without any deaths.

"As expected... Subaru... has he also experienced many deaths here...?"

Beatrice knew that in reality, if Natsuki Subaru hadn't had that kind of predictive ability, they would never have been able to resolve the mansion crisis so easily.

The curse alone, emanating from that monster disguised as a small animal, is enough to give anyone a headache.

Beatrice seemed to realize that Natsuki Subaru would probably die more often at the mansion than he did in the capital, and that his suffering would likely be far greater...

Beatrice glanced at Subaru Natsuki, whose eyes kept glancing at Rem.

"If... Betty had known sooner..."

Speaking of which...

Beatrice is one of the few people who knows about Subaru Natsuki—the Subaru Natsuki before he lost his memory who often harmed himself.

Natsuki Subaru always scratches his arm when he's under a lot of pressure.

It's been like this since the mansion days.

Beatrice also frequently helps Subaru Natsuki with his treatments.

Beatrice felt that all of this made sense.

Why is it that Natsuki Subaru, who seems so powerful, sometimes appears so fragile and in so much pain, as if he has experienced an incredibly terrifying hell?

A tear slid down Beatrice's cheek.

It's heartache, it's feeling powerless to help the people who are important to you suffer.

Emilia covered her mouth with trembling hands.

"No way?"

"I've forgotten so many promises and experiences I shared with Subaru..."

"Pleiades……"

Ram sighed.

Ever since watching Balus's memories, Ram has felt increasingly guilty towards Balus.

"Barus...Has Ram been a little too...too much of you all this time?"

Ram whispered.

Rem looked at the images playing on the screen in front of her and felt somewhat confused.

"What is this...?"

"Rem doesn't remember any of this..."

Rem had no recollection of these events and still had no memory of Subaru Natsuki standing nearby.

but.

Rem's heart was pounding.

Rem had a vague memory of a hero who saved her.

But the hero's memory has long since faded.

Could it be this person?

Rem wasn't sure.

Alright everyone!

Is it nighttime where you are now?

We're all human, we can't keep watching non-stop, it's time to rest!

[The story of Subaru Natsuki will continue tomorrow morning at 8 AM!]

[Hmm... I can feel the surge of positive emotions! Maybe Sky Screen will release new rewards or introduce new features after a night's rest?]

Stay tuned!

You probably have a lot of questions to think about right now, right? Taking advantage of tonight to think them through is a good idea!

Why did a key figure in the Tower of Sages suddenly lose his memory? What does this have in common with those who lost their memories before? Could it be that danger is lurking within the Tower of Sages?

[Hehe, this is just a wild guess from Ben Tianmu...]