Re:Zero - Starting from Zero (Natsuki Subaru)

Natsuki Subaru was stunned for a moment, but Emilia's shout brought him back to his senses.

"Subaru?" Emilia slowly walked over.

"Um, did I interrupt your conversation with Ram?" Emilia asked softly.

"It's okay, it's not important anyway."

"Emilia has carbon priority first."

Subaru Natsuki said with a smile.

"I'm happy, but please prioritize taking care of the villagers now."

"Yes!" Subaru Natsuki nodded.

Emilia gently placed her right hand on Subaru Natsuki's chest.

May the blessings of the spirits be with you.

……

Once everything was ready, Natsuki Subaru led the villagers on their way.

Garfield came too.

"I'm so sorry to trouble you to lead us to the barrier," Natsuki Subaru said.

"It's nothing. And you bastard, you were undergoing trials in the grave, weren't you?"

Garfield suddenly asked.

Natsuki Subaru avoided Garfield's gaze, unsure how to respond for a moment.

"There's no need to hide it; I can tell at a glance."

"What are you planning to do by asking this?" Natsuki Subaru asked.

"It's simple, you will take on the trial in Emilia's place."

Garfield said.

"No, that would mean everything would be..."

"Besides, is it necessary for a person to transcend their past?"

Garfield interrupted Subaru Natsuki.

"I've also seen Lady Emilia take on the trials."

"She looked haggard, and she always seemed to be acting crazy whenever she came out."

"It's unbearable to watch," Garfield said.

"I believe Emilia will definitely be able to break through the trial."

"So I..."

"Think what you will, but does Lady Emilia really want to move past that?"

"Being so scared that she cried, isn't that what she really thought?" Garfield didn't bother to look at Subaru Natsuki anymore and focused on driving the dragon carriage.

Garfield's words stunned Subaru Natsuki.

Yes, what is Emilia's true thought?

Am I being a little too arrogant...?

"Amelia's true thoughts..."

Natsuki Subaru recalled Emilia's vulnerable, helpless, and sad appearance after each trial.

In fact, Subaru Natsuki also knew that Emilia did not want to accept the trial, nor did she want to face her past.

"Amelia actually..."

Natsuki Subaru muttered to himself, but before he could think about it further, Garfield suddenly spoke up.

"We're almost at the barrier; this is as far as I can accompany you."

"Take it."

Garfield handed Subaru a crystal.

"This is?"

"I don't intend to reveal our situation."

"But if you don't come back, we'll be in trouble."

"If there's anything, show it to Frederica."

……

It was almost dark when we arrived at Alam village.

Otto was responsible for helping the villagers solve problems and doing odd jobs such as moving items.

Subaru Natsuki rode Patrashu back to the mansion.

In the courtyard of the mansion, Patrashu chirped a few times, sounding somewhat uneasy.

Natsuki Subaru gently stroked Patrashu's head.

"It's fine."

Then, Natsuki Subaru gently knocked on the door.

No one answered the door, but it wasn't locked either, so Subaru Natsuki simply walked in.

"Is nobody home?"

The vast mansion was eerily quiet, as if no one was there.

What about Frandelica?

What about Petra?

The setting sun cast a blood-red glow over the mansion, creating an eerie atmosphere.

Natsuki Subaru walked through the mansion, his unease growing with each step.

"What exactly is going on?"

Leaving aside Frederica for now, as for Petra and that child, they will definitely come looking for her after they know she has returned.

As he walked, Subaru Natsuki's pupils contracted slightly as he suddenly thought of Rem.

"Rem, where's Rem?"

Subaru Natsuki ran quickly through the mansion, heading towards the room where Rem had been before he left, his unease amplified to the maximum extent.

As I got closer and closer to the room, I found myself falling forward uncontrollably.

A somewhat sticky and moist sound came from inside.

Natsuki Subaru, who was lying on the ground, turned his head to look.

Blood! It's all blood!

My abdomen has been cut open without my knowledge.

Natsuki Subaru instinctively covered his dissected stomach.

His face was extremely pale, filled with utter despair.

The bleeding wouldn't stop.

Subaru Natsuki's hands trembled violently, and soon his hands were stained red with blood.

It hurts so much, it ....

The excruciating pain almost tore Subaru Natsuki apart.

What exactly is going on?

Natsuki Subaru's physical condition did not allow him to think too much.

Subaru Natsuki collapsed to the ground, blood spreading beneath him.

A familiar yet unfamiliar female voice came through.

"I told you, didn't I? You need to take good care of your gut before we meet again."

He remembered, Natsuki Subaru remembered. He would never forget that voice.

After arriving in this other world, my first death, my first despair, and my first pain were all thanks to her.

And then there's this familiar method of murder: cutting open the abdomen.

That's right...that's right.

Elsa, the Gut Hunter.

Natsuki Subaru, lying on the ground barely alive, struggled to move his gaze over.

Elsa's face was shrouded in shadow, making it impossible to see her expression; only her smiling mouth was visible.

He seemed quite pleased with the color of his intestines.

Subaru Natsuki's pupils contracted to the size of pinpoints.

next second.

Subaru Natsuki is dead.

A feeling of suffocation came over me.

Natsuki Subaru coughed violently.

Has death returned?

Natsuki Subaru's eyes were filled with tears, and his hand instinctively covered his stomach.

Am I dead?

Natsuki Subaru recalled how he died at Elsa's hands almost instantly in the mansion.

Why is this happening? Why is Elsa in the mansion?

After returning to the empty mansion, he died at Elsa's hands.

It's not hard to guess what happened to the other people in the mansion.

"Elsa, why is that woman in the mansion?"

Natsuki Subaru got up from the ground and found himself in a grave.

Is this a graveyard?

"So, does that mean the save point this time is right after the trial ended? Or is it...?"

After seeing Emilia lying on the side, Subaru Natsuki confirmed this.

"Emilia!"

Even though he had just experienced death and returned from it, and was not feeling well himself, he still subconsciously became concerned about Emilia's condition.

This time, Subaru Natsuki did not rashly touch Emilia.

Natsuki Subaru still remembered the last time he touched Emilia in his haste, and how Emilia looked like she was about to lose her mind.

Natsuki Subaru simply put his arm around Emilia's shoulder, trying to keep her from lying on the cold ground.

In Subaru Natsuki's arms, Emilia's awakening this time was relatively smooth.

"Pleiades?"

"Yes, that's right, it's me."

Upon waking, Emilia's pupils contracted.

"I didn't do it, it wasn't me, it wasn't me!"

Emilia became somewhat frightened.

Subaru Natsuki simply hugged Emilia gently.

"I know, it's alright, it's alright," Natsuki Subaru comforted her in the gentlest voice.