Re:Zero - Starting from Zero (Natsuki Subaru)

Just as Natsuki Subaru was about to investigate other places, he heard the sound of chains behind him.

Subaru Natsuki almost exhaled in shock.

"What are you doing, Subaru-kun?"

Roswaal's voice came through.

Natsuki Subaru turned his head and saw that it was Roswaal who, out of some unknown interest, had wrapped several chains-like things around his ankles.

When Roswaal moves, the chain-like thing makes a sound.

That voice... it sounded so much like the voice Natsuki Subaru heard before he died...!

"Hey Rhodes, don't scare me, you're making it easy for people to get confused!"

Roswaal gave a meaningful smile.

……

evening.

Natsuki Subaru recorded the currently known information using the language unique to his world and his country.

At that moment, Ram knocked on the door.

Ram poured Subaru a cup of tea.

"Thank you, would you like to have a drink together?"

"No."

Ram was even more indifferent than in the previous cycles of reincarnation.

"You don't have to be so strict."

Ram gave Subaru a look he couldn't quite understand before leaving the room and closing the door.

"It's only the first day, so let's leave it at that..."

Crusch: Lord Subaru Natsuki is being suspected.

Wilhelm: I'm being suspected.

Priscilla: I knew I was being suspected.

Felix: I'm being suspected, meow.

[MiMi: Big brother is being suspected!]

[Reinhard: Subaru is being suspected?]

Looking at the comments in the chat room, Natsuki Subaru scratched his hair in embarrassment and annoyance.

I don't know if it's because I became smarter after losing my memory, or because an outsider can see things more clearly.

Natsuki Subaru realized that his previous behavior was ridiculously stupid, ridiculously suspicious, and ridiculously strange!

"How have I managed to survive until now... Oh, is it because of Return by Death that I can't die...?"

Emilia, Beatrice, and Rem held Subaru's hand the whole time.

Rem trembled slightly and subconsciously clenched her teeth.

Rem roughly knew what she was going to do next...

It's all... Rem's fault.

Natsuki Subaru noticed this keenly and reached out to pat Rem on the head.

Rem seemed startled.

"Huh?"

"Don't forget what I told you before!"

That phrase instantly popped into Rem's mind.

"Only when you consider yourself a sinner and refuse to forgive yourself, are you a true sinner."

"Neither Ram, nor anyone else, nor even Subaru Natsuki, has ever blamed you..."

"Um!"

……

The video continues playing on the screen.

Having found almost no clues, Subaru Natsuki arrived at Beatrice's forbidden library.

Beatrice was clearly very unhappy with Subaru Natsuki and immediately tried to kick him out.

Natsuki Subaru quickly interjected, "Wait, wait, wait! I have something very important to ask you!"

"Is there any magic that can weaken an opponent and cause them to die in their sleep?"

Beatrice closed the book.

"Of course there are."

"Really?"

"However, it's more accurate to call it a curse than magic."

"Many of the spells that sorcerers are skilled in are like this."

Beatrice opened a book, and Subaru Natsuki leaned over to take a look.

"A sorcerer?" Natsuki Subaru asked, somewhat puzzled.

"A spellcaster, also known as a sorcerer."

Is that book a map?

Beatrice pointed to the area at the top of the map.

"It should be a subspecies of magic and elven magic from the northern kingdom of Gusterk, right?"

"However, those who use this ability are all people without talent, so they cannot use it skillfully."

"However, there is an easier way to kill than using curses."

"Even simpler?"

Beatrice's face suddenly darkened, and a villainous smile appeared on her lips.

"You should have experienced it firsthand."

Beatrice placed her small hand on Subaru Natsuki's abdomen.

Natsuki Subaru's expression changed.

"Could forcibly absorbing magic power also be fatal?!"

Natsuki Subaru was startled, and upon seeing this, Beatrice lowered her hand.

"Magic power represents life force. If you keep absorbing magic power, it will probably weaken you to death."

Subaru Natsuki's lips twitched slightly.

"You're not the one who's going to kill me, are you?"

"Unfortunately, Betty is a very busy person and doesn't have time to do something like killing you."

Beatrice answered while standing on tiptoe to reach a book.

Natsuki Subaru helped Beatrice take the book down.

"Speaking of absorbing magic power, is it something anyone can do?"

"Your question is really strange."

"Only Betty and her brother can do this in this mansion; even Roswaal can't."

"So it's a rare skill after all," Natsuki Subaru exclaimed.

"Don't keep sucking without restraint, especially me, I really don't have enough blood in my body right now."

"It's easy for them to weaken and die."

Subaru Natsuki said this.

Unexpectedly, I received some unexpected news.

"Oh? After I put your internal organs back in place, there's not enough blood? Never mind, Betty didn't need to go to that extent for you."

Natsuki Subaru realized that Beatrice's words were explaining that Beatrice had helped heal his severe injuries after he was ambushed by the Bowel Hunter.

Natsuki Subaru didn't believe it for a moment.

"That little girl doesn't have the ability to heal fatal wounds," Beatrice said calmly.

Natsuki Subaru was quite surprised and had already come to believe it in his heart, but on the surface he still pretended not to admit it.

"Oh? Are you lying? Lying is bad, it's wrong, you can't do it."

Beatrice finally reached her breaking point.

Even Subaru Natsuki himself couldn't count how many times he had angered Beatrice.

"This is so annoying! You've gone too far!"

"Those who are beyond help, just disappear!"

Subaru Natsuki was kicked out again.

……

In the evening, Natsuki Subaru wrote down the information he had gathered from Beatrice that day on a piece of paper.

The keywords for the result are chains and curses...

"I don't know anything else..."

"If the return to life after death follows a pattern..."

"I died three times in the capital, and succeeded in breaking through on the fourth time."

"There's still a chance..."

"However, I don't intend to waste this reincarnation."

"I've already reminded Parker to keep an eye on Emilia's surroundings."

"I left here on the morning of the fourth day..."

Just then, Ram knocked on the door and came in, carrying a cup of tea.

"I apologize for disturbing the guests."

"It seems the guests are really studying hard."

"You're incredibly rude. I'm a guest here, after all."

"A freeloader living under someone else's roof." Ramu remained as sharp-tongued as ever.

Ram poured tea for Subaru Natsuki.

"It really tastes awful." That's Natsuki Subaru's assessment.

"This is the most expensive tea in the mansion. Your gratitude will surely be punished by heaven."

Ram seems less indifferent this time.

Ram poured himself a cup of tea and sat down to chat while drinking it.

"Are you slacking off in front of the guests?"

"It was the guest who told me not to be so formal."

Ram sat there, swinging her legs back and forth.

"So, is your learning progressing smoothly?"

"Pretty much, I can understand this fairy tale now!"

"This is so interesting! It's like exchanging different cultures! In that case, I'll tell you a fairy tale from my hometown!"

"Like the weeping red demon, or something like that."