Re:Zero - Starting from Zero (Natsuki Subaru)

"As expected, an enemy is always an enemy. Subaru, you've always been too kind and gentle!"

Although Beatrice greatly respects Subaru Natsuki's thoughts and actions, sometimes...

Natsuki Subaru is too kind, so kind that it easily hurts him!

Beatrice naturally liked Subaru Natsuki, who was helpful and cheerful.

But if someone takes advantage of Subaru Natsuki's kindness, and uses that kindness to hurt Subaru...

It's likely that not only Beatrice, but most of the people around Subaru Natsuki wouldn't let that person go.

This Mary is a case in point.

He had previously injured Subaru Natsuki multiple times.

He was an enemy before.

After witnessing Subaru Natsuki's unspeakable memories at the mansion, Beatrice already harbored even more resentment towards the young girl, Merry.

and……

There must be a traitor within the team inside the Tower of Sages.

Although it cannot be directly stated that Merry hurt Subaru Natsuki.

But even if we use the process of elimination, we can still eliminate it, right?

There's definitely something wrong with Mary.

"An enemy is an enemy."

Beatrice clenched her small hands into fists, which trembled slightly, revealing her inner turmoil.

Emilia was also somewhat angry.

Because of this Mary,

Natsuki Subaru suffered a lot.

The time when Subaru Natsuki faced a large number of monsters with Ram and Rem, his two previous deaths at the mansion were also related to Merry.

However, despite their anger, Emilia and Beatrice managed to remain calm.

Rem could no longer easily remain calm.

"Merry...!"

"Why is everyone hurting Subaru? Me too... everyone else too... why! Why hurt such a good person! We sinners who hurt Subaru! We deserve...!"

"Pay the price!!!"

Ram gently patted Rem on the shoulder.

"Rem, calm down."

"How much longer are you going to judge yourself as a criminal?"

"Didn't you pay the price too?"

"Big sister?" Rem's eyes cleared up a bit.

Rem noticed an incomprehensible emotion in her sister Ram's eyes.

"Ram understands."

"Rem doesn't need to do this anymore."

"Even if Rem doesn't let you off the hook and continues to punish you, Ram will stay by your side."

Ram's calm and gentle words calmed Rem down a bit.

At the same time, Rem thought of a possibility.

Rem recalled the 50% pain index she experienced when she was immersed in Subaru Natsuki's ordeal.

Rem kept wondering, where is the other 50%? It can't be that the Heavenly Curtain took pity on him and exempted him from 50%, right?

Looking back now, there's probably only one possibility...

Ram took on the other 50% for himself...

Big sister...

Upon seeing this, Natsuki Subaru couldn't help but ponder how to deal with Merry.

Should we just kill her?

This shouldn't be done.

At the very least, a voice deep inside Natsuki Subaru's heart told him that this shouldn't be the case.

At least the original Subaru Natsuki didn't make such a decision.

Since Subaru Natsuki didn't decide to kill Merry, who was once his enemy, there must be a reason, right?

"By the way, so much time has passed, Mary must have woken up by now, right? What if she...?"

At this moment, Xia Wula smiled with her hands on her hips.

"Don't worry, Master! I've been keeping an eye on things over there the whole time!!"

"I'll notice any unusual movement from that Melly immediately!"

Xia Wula tilted her head back, like a child waiting for praise.

Otto also stretched out a finger and gently scratched his face.

"I'm watching it too, Mr. Natsuki."

"That earth dragon lady in the green room... that's Patrashu..."

"I don't know why, but I felt a strong hostility towards that little girl and kept staring at her..."

"At least for now, Patrashu hasn't noticed anything unusual about Melie."

Natsuki Subaru finally breathed a sigh of relief.

It turns out that the reason everyone didn't rush to check on Meryl's condition wasn't just because they wanted to see the scene on the sky, but also because they had already been keeping an eye on Meryl in their own ways.

"Okay, thank you, Shaula, Otto."

"If you find that Mary has woken up, or if she is behaving strangely, tell me immediately. Try not to hurt her if possible."

Natsuki Subaru has been pondering why the previous Natsuki Subaru kept such a former enemy alive.

Natsuki Subaru knew that although he was a kind-hearted, overly kind person, he would never be kind to this extent, to this extent that was somewhat foolish.

There must be some reason.

Natsuki Subaru was even more eager to find and read his own Book of the Dead as soon as possible.

Amnesia is really troublesome.

……

The sky curtain.

It wasn't until evening that the three returned to Roswaal's mansion.

Roswaal made a rare appearance outside the mansion.

"You're back! That saves me the trouble of looking for you."

The two maids immediately spoke respectfully.

"Lord Roswaal."

"Lord Roswaal."

Natsuki Subaru just put the heavy object he was carrying on the ground and looked up at Roswaal.

"Is this an outfit for going out? Roswaal, are you going out?"

"That's right, because I can't go see that troublesome person in my everyday clothes."

"So I had no choice but to wear a formal dress."

Roswaal confirmed that he was indeed going out.

Subaru Natsuki's pupils contracted slightly, somewhat shocked.

Each time I died and returned to the mansion, although it was different from the previous one, but...

Such a major event, which could potentially influence the overall course of events, as Roswaal's trip, had never occurred before.

Natsuki Subaru was a little confused; what exactly was going on?

Roswaal indicated that he probably wouldn't be able to come back tonight.

As Roswaal passed by Subaru Natsuki, he placed his hand on Subaru's shoulder.

"I'm leaving all of this to you, Subaru."

"You only need to protect Lady Emilia's safety."

Natsuki Subaru felt that Roswaal's expression was somewhat meaningful, but he couldn't quite understand it.

Roswaal didn't hesitate for long and flew away immediately.

This deeply shocked Natsuki Subaru, a modern man who knew little about magic.

"So it can fly! Magic is truly amazing!!!"

……

Beatrice's already grim expression darkened further.

"That Roswaal guy!" Beatrice practically gritted her teeth as she said it.

Looking back, did Roswaal already begin at that time?

Beatrice couldn't imagine how many times Subaru Natsuki had died because of Roswaal, how many times he had died in agony, how many times he had died alone.

Just imagining it makes Beatrice want to explode.

From that time on, Roswaal had already set his sights on Subaru Natsuki.

If it weren't for Roswaal's meddling behind the scenes...

Beatrice's eyes were filled with rage.