Re:Zero - Starting from Zero (Natsuki Subaru)

Natsuki Subaru underestimated the instinctive fear of death that living beings have.

Or perhaps they overestimated their resolve.

My hand trembled slightly, and I hesitated for a second.

In that split second, Beatrice rushed over, yelling.

Beatrice restrained the hand that Natsuki Subaru was holding the shard.

"no!!"

Natsuki Subaru used all his strength, but found that he could not break free from Beatrice's grasp.

Damn it, Beatrice looks so small, yet she's so strong?

Or is it that I'm in really bad shape?

"Why?"

Subaru Natsuki asked with difficulty.

"I won't let you die here!" Beatrice tried to hold down Subaru Natsuki's hand with all her might.

"Let me go!!"

Beatrice eventually managed to snatch the fragment from Subaru Natsuki's hands.

After throwing the fragment aside.

Natsuki Subaru lay on the floor, his eyes filled with resentment and despair.

But then he saw a Gospel lying on the floor to the side.

Natsuki Subaru suddenly remembered Petelgeuse's Gospel.

Beatrice slowly walked to the Gospel book, picked it up with both hands, and held it in her arms.

"Why...why do you value this book so much?"

"This shouldn't be the book those people from the Witch Cult are holding, right?" Subaru Natsuki looked at Beatrice in disbelief.

Gospels? If I remember correctly, those are things that witch cult members would carry, right?

Why does Beatrice exist?

Natsuki Subaru felt inexplicably uneasy.

Damn it, what is all this nonsense? The situation is already... terrible!

Beatrice didn't answer, but just held the book, which was almost bigger than her, with a complicated expression.

Just as a child who has been wronged would want to run into their mother's arms, Beatrice seemed to have a special feeling for this Gospel.

"Why don't you deny it?" Natsuki Subaru hoped to hear Beatrice's answer.

Natsuki Subaru got up from the ground and sat down.

Betty was not ordered to answer your question.

"What exactly is recorded in that book?"

"What does it want you to do?" Natsuki Subaru asked.

"This question isn't in the book either."

Beatrice opened the book and looked at it intently.

"Just because it's not in the book, does that mean you can't do anything?"

"Then why did you hide me just now?" Natsuki Subaru questioned.

Beatrice raised her voice slightly, her tone trembling.

"There is no such problem."

"Then why are you talking to me now?"

"Why did you save me when I was dying?"

Natsuki Subaru's question left Beatrice speechless: "I don't know!"

"If everything doesn't happen as described in the book."

"Is there nothing you can do?!"

"Probably... that's it, everything must follow the guidance of the Gospel."

"That's what Betty's life is all about."

"Betty exists for this purpose."

Beatrice did not go to see Subaru Natsuki.

"Did you save me this time because it was written in the book?"

"You saved me from the curse."

"To lend a helping hand when I can't stand up on my own."

"Those times when we fooled around together, yelled at each other, and played around like idiots."

Beatrice finally couldn't take it anymore.

"So! I already said that's how it is!"

"To this day, everything Betty has done, seen, and said is recorded in this book!"

"How could you possibly win Betty's heart?!"

Beatrice's tone was more intense than ever before; at least Subaru Natsuki had never heard Beatrice speak like that before.

Beatrice frowned and pointed a finger at Subaru Natsuki; her finger trembled slightly.

"Don't be so smug, human!"

"Everything Betty did was for her mother!"

"You...you!"

"Humans! Humans! Humans!"

Natsuki Subaru stared blankly at Beatrice, got up from the ground, and slowly walked towards her.

Beatrice clutched the Gospel tightly, somewhat frightened, and huddled up like a startled rabbit, too afraid to look at Subaru Natsuki.

"Don't touch Betty, human!"

"I don't know you, human!"

"I hate you! I hate you the most!!"

The next second, in a panic, Beatrice used the Gospel in her hand to knock down the approaching Subaru Natsuki.

Actually, Beatrice didn't use that much force; it's just that Subaru Natsuki was already unsteady on his feet.

A small amount of blood spurted out, and Subaru Natsuki collapsed to the ground, this time not getting up again.

"I was really happy at that time."

Natsuki Subaru smiled bitterly.

Just then, the door was opened.

"It's a pity."

Elsa walked in without any ceremony, not even glancing at Beatrice, and went straight to Subaru Natsuki, who was lying on the ground, looking down at him.

After checking on Subaru's condition, Elsa decided to deal with Beatrice first.

With his last ounce of strength, Natsuki Subaru gripped Elsa's ankle tightly with his blood-stained hands, trying to keep her from getting close to Beatrice.

"That's great, he values ​​you a lot."

Elsa raised her knife, a cold glint in its eye.

Pfft!!!

Elsa's knife plunged straight into Subaru Natsuki's abdomen.

Subaru Natsuki, who was already on the verge of death, was completely killed by this attack.

The last thing Natsuki Subaru saw was Beatrice's terrified, helpless, and sad eyes.

……

A feeling of suffocation came over me.

Natsuki Subaru, lying on the floor of the ruins, suddenly opened his eyes and coughed violently.

After regaining his senses, Natsuki Subaru immediately looked at Emilia, who was lying beside him.

"Emilia?... "

"The respawn location hasn't changed; this is the third time..."

Natsuki Subaru breathed a sigh of relief.

In any case, the despairing reality of the past did not become a new save point.

……

Tower of the Sages.

"Fool."

"They're all idiots."

Subaru is such a big idiot!

Tears streamed uncontrollably from Beatrice's eyes.

Beatrice wiped her tears haphazardly with her little hands.

"Hey? Why is Beatrice crying? This annoying screen keeps playing unpleasant memories..."

"Even if anyone should cry, shouldn't it be me? It reminds me of those painful memories, and the pain of being distanced from you, Beatrice~"

Subaru Natsuki joked with a smile.

"So, Subaru, you're an idiot!" Beatrice said angrily.

"Why do you value other people's lives more than your own? Why?"

Why even think, "Why wasn't it me who died?"

"Why, even after Betty said those things and treated you that way, did you still... still use your last bit of strength to protect me..."

Bi Cui Si wept uncontrollably.

Beatrice felt that she would probably never forget the scene shown on the screen today—the scene where she used the Gospel to defeat Subaru, who cared about her—in her long life.

And I will never forget: Subaru was on the verge of death, yet he still used his last strength to hold Elsa back, not wanting her to hurt him.

Finally, Elsa disemboweled him.

You idiot, you idiot, you idiot!!!

"I'm sorry, Subaru... I'm so sorry, so sorry, so sorry..."