Re:Zero - Starting from Zero (Natsuki Subaru)

Chapter 205: Ryuzu

Natsuki Subaru kept calling Emilia's name, and Emilia seemed to wake up from the nightmare.

"Pleiades?"

"Oh right, I accepted the trial, and then..." Emilia realized what had happened, then her pupils suddenly contracted, and her whole body trembled violently.

"I...I'm not me..."

"No! But..."

"I already said, it wasn't me!"

Emilia seemed to have collapsed, and her mental state deteriorated drastically.

"Calm down, look at me, Emilia." Subaru Natsuki was also a little flustered.

"No, don't look at me like that."

"No, no, no, that's not it."

"Emilia, it's alright, don't worry, I'm here."

Natsuki Subaru held Emilia in his arms.

"I won't leave you alone, don't worry."

Natsuki Subaru had no idea what Emilia had seen during the trial.

"Daddy, save me... Parker Parker..."

Emilia sobbed.

Emilia was unable to calm down, so Natsuki Subaru had no choice but to take her away from the ruins and seek help from others.

"It's finally quiet now, and I'm asleep."

"I can say that," Ram said calmly.

"Under the hypnotic effect of spices, you won't have nightmares."

"I'm sorry to have troubled you," Natsuki Subaru said.

"This isn't for Barus, but it brings us one step further away from liberating the Sanctuary."

in the room.

Otto and Subaru sat on one side of the table.

Garfield sat opposite the two, while Ram stood to the side.

The candle burning on the table provided a meager glimmer of light in the dimly lit room.

"Um, can I mention something?" Otto suddenly raised his hand.

"What's wrong, Otto?" Subaru asked.

"Even without the trial, liberating the sacred domain might be enough to take everyone outside the barrier."

Garfield was the first to speak, clearly annoyed.

"Huh? What are you talking about? Where did this method come from?"

"Anyway, listen to me first," Otto gestured for Garfield to calm down.

"I know that those of mixed race will lose consciousness when they come into contact with the barrier."

"I also witnessed that process firsthand... all those who were unaffected by the barrier."

"Wouldn't it be simpler to just move all the unconscious people out?"

Natsuki Subaru suddenly realized, "I see, that way we can get everyone out of here."

"That's an interesting suggestion, but I advise you to stop."

The door was suddenly pushed open, and a voice I'd never heard before came out.

Everyone turned to look.

"I don't want to become an empty shell with an out-of-body experience."

Natsuki Subaru stared blankly at the pink-haired, elf-eared girl in front of him, dressed in a black robe with half her face covered by the collar.

"Were you from that time?"

Natsuki Subaru remembered that when he parted ways with Emilia and Otto, he saw the girl in front of him and followed her to the ruins.

Before Natsuki Subaru could say anything more, Ram brought over a cup of hot tea that had just been brewed and was still quite hot, and shoved the scalding teacup against Natsuki Subaru's face without any hesitation.

"Ouch! It's burning hot!"

"Barus, your tea," Ram said.

"What tea? It's scalding hot! My face is burning!" Natsuki Subaru complained angrily.

"That gave me quite a fright!"

"That's too much, he doesn't act like a man at all," Ram said.

Taking this opportunity, Ram whispered something in Subaru Natsuki's ear.

"Don't be so talkative."

Subaru Natsuki was taken aback, and then realized that Ram was reminding him.

But why exactly?

Subaru Natsuki is still unaware of this.

However, Ram would never harm himself.

"Rambola, bring me some tea too," Garfield said.

"Is coarse tea acceptable?"

"Couldn't you have used a more humble tone?"

"It's just water infused with leaves I picked up."

"Since Ram brewed it herself, drink it all with gratitude."

Ram turned around and went to make tea again.

In a short time.

Few people paid any attention to the pink-haired girl who walked into the room.

"I heard that Aga brought in more outsiders."

"What a noisy kid."

Otto looked at the pink-haired girl.

"May I ask who you are?"

"I am Luz Bilma, and I am considered the representative of this village."

"As you can see, he's senile," Lutz said.

Natsuki Subaru's lips curled up slightly as he touched his chin.

"What I see? Are you some kind of little old lady?"

"I always thought I'd run into someone like this, but you're really perfect."

"Who calls someone 'Grandma' upon first meeting them? But alright then, you must be Barus, As, right?"

"As?" Subaru Natsuki never expected that he would have such a nickname in his lifetime.

Ram calling himself Barus is one thing... but what the hell is As?

"Then Ryuzu, what makes you think my idea was useless?"

What is the physical body in which the soul leaves the body?

Otto asked the question that concerned him most.

Logically speaking, my deduction should be correct.

Ryuzu, on the other hand, sat leisurely in his chair.

"You've heard, haven't you? Hybrids can have their minds stolen by a barrier."

"To be precise, the soul will be bounced away."

"The soul was thrown back? You mean...?" Otto seemed to realize something and felt a chill run down his spine.

"So, if a hybrid tries to forcibly break through the barrier, their soul and body will separate... In the end, the soul remains inside the barrier, and the body becomes just an empty shell... Is that a fair understanding?"

Subaru Natsuki had already figured it out.

"You understand very quickly indeed." Ryuzu was somewhat surprised.

"In short, that's true. A soulless body leaving the barrier means death."

"Death?" Otto hadn't expected things to be this serious.

"Ugh! This tastes awful, it tastes like grass!!!"

Just then, Garfield suddenly shouted out.

Turning his head, Garfield's face was already quite grim.

It felt like swallowing a fly.

Garfield coughed and put down his teacup.

Ram stood to the side, watching Garfield expressionlessly.

Subaru Natsuki was somewhat shocked.

"So it really is made by soaking herbs?"