Re:Zero - Starting from Zero (Natsuki Subaru)

Roswaal, who was far away from the Sage's Tower, shivered.

"Why do I have this feeling of danger?"

"Oh no, this is really troublesome. Am I being watched?"

……

Natsuki Subaru looked at Beatrice, who was sitting on his lap with a pout. Although he was a little confused as to why Beatrice was suddenly so angry, but...

It looks so cute with its puffed-up cheeks!

Natsuki Subaru looked at Beatrice's slightly puffed-up cheek and couldn't resist pinching it.

Natsuki Subaru immediately showed a satisfied expression.

"Ah, this feels amazing!!"

Angry Beatrice is so cute, she's just like a little pufferfish!

Beatrice blushed slightly and turned to look at Subaru Natsuki with some surprise.

"What are you doing?"

When Natsuki Subaru realized what he had done, he felt somewhat embarrassed.

"Sorry, sorry, my hand just wouldn't cooperate..."

"Well, I don't know what you're thinking, Beatrice, but it's better not to get so angry. Your fierce expression might scare me."

Weird.

Subaru Natsuki added a sentence in his mind.

Beatrice felt a little better after seeing Subaru Natsuki's state. She let out a breath and her expression returned to its usual tsundere and calm.

"I understand. Since it's Subaru who said it... then I'll reluctantly agree."

……

The sky curtain.

Back at the mansion, Natsuki Subaru was almost 100% certain that he had been cursed while he was in the village.

So, Subaru Natsuki arrived at Beatrice's forbidden library, greeted her with a smile, and then said with a serious expression.

"I feel like I'm cursed, can you help me take a look?"

"What are you talking about?"

Beatrice didn't believe it.

After all, from Beatrice's perspective, which lacks God's-eye view, Subaru Natsuki is simply outrageously strange.

Suddenly, he asked himself about the curse, and after only half a day, he said with a serious expression that he seemed to be cursed.

This is just so strange.

Although Beatrice didn't believe it, she still approached Subaru Natsuki.

As Beatrice approached Subaru, her pupils contracted slightly.

"The aura of a spell? You're really cursed?"

Subaru Natsuki really shocked Beatrice at that time.

Even now, when Beatrice looks back on it, she still finds it incredible.

If it hadn't been revealed by the Sky Gate, not only Beatrice, but probably everyone else around Subaru Natsuki would never have imagined it in their entire lives.

Subaru Natsuki is not an omnipotent prophet.

He was just an ordinary person who wanted to find a perfect ending by repeatedly dying.

……

Natsuki Subaru, standing in the sky, rubbed his head, looking somewhat bewildered.

"As expected, the curse master is among the villagers."

Subaru then asked Beatrice to check what kind of curse was on him.

"It's probably difficult to judge based on just a simple technique."

"However, as I said before, once the spell is activated, it will most likely take your life."

Beatrice's eyes were serious.

Natsuki Subaru, however, did not show the fear one might expect. His eyes were calm, and he was even able to think things through rationally.

Beatrice raised an eyebrow: "It seems you're not very afraid of death?"

Upon hearing this, Subaru Natsuki's attitude immediately changed.

Natsuki Subaru gave him a look that said, "What kind of stupid thing are you talking about?"

"Huh? What are you talking about? Are you stupid? I'm terrified of dying!"

"Death is the most terrifying thing in the world!"

"Please, only say things like 'I'd rather die' after I've actually died."

Natsuki Subaru spoke somewhat exaggeratedly, then covered his eyes. When he opened them again, his gaze was very firm.

"So I will definitely get through this!!!"

"destiny……!"

Subaru Natsuki begs Beatrice to help him break the curse.

"Why does Betty insist on saving you?" Beatrice asked haughtily.

Natsuki Subaru smiled and leaned down slightly, already having a way to control Beatrice.

"If I die, Parker will be heartbroken."

"My brother won't be affected."

"No, no, no, if I die, Emilia will be affected to some extent... and if Emilia is affected, it will definitely affect Parker..."

"then you……"

Natsuki Subaru revealed a smile that resembled that of a villain.

Beatrice was very unhappy with this feeling of being manipulated. After stomping her foot in dissatisfaction, Beatrice still helped Subaru Natsuki.

"Next, I will begin to break the curse."

"Because the area the sorcerer directly touches is where the spell is applied, you can use it as a reference..."

……

Emilia looked at Beatrice's haughty expression in the sky and couldn't help but chuckle.

"Beatrice is so cute... She was already prepared to help Subaru... but she insisted on teasing him instead, and ended up getting teased by Subaru instead..."

"But Beatrice has always been so kind... She always tries her best to help Subaru..."

Beatrice, sitting on Subaru Natsuki's lap, crossed her arms, closed her eyes, and had a haughty expression, but her face was already flushed.

hateful!

Wouldn't that make her seem silly?

It's all the sky's fault!

The people inside the Tower of Sages exchanged glances, wanting to laugh but daring not to.

"Seriously!"

Beatrice covered her face.

Natsuki Subaru smiled and reached out again, but this time his target wasn't Beatrice's cheek, but her spiral twin tails.

Natsuki Subaru hadn't forgotten the scene he'd seen in the sky before, where he'd pulled Beatrice's twin tails.

I bet it'll feel really good!

Natsuki Subaru thought this, and that's what he did.

Beatrice's attention was successfully drawn to Subaru Natsuki.

Beatrice clenched her small fist and punched Subaru Natsuki's chest with some shame and indignation.

Subaru Natsuki's smile deepened, while Beatrice didn't exert any effort at all.

Otto crossed his arms, leaned against the wall, and watched all of this with a smirk on his face.

"Such a relaxed and pleasant scene... isn't very common for Natsuki-san..."

"I really hope that all of Natsuki-san's future experiences will be as joyful and pleasant as this."

……

The sky curtain.

Beatrice gently placed her hand on Subaru Natsuki's forehead.

Natsuki Subaru broke out in a cold sweat, a slight smile playing on his lips as he began to speculate.

Come, let me see who it is?

He perfectly avoided touching any of the places the villagers had touched!

3 seconds later.

Subaru Natsuki's pupils suddenly contracted as he looked at his hands in disbelief.

Black smoke was continuously emanating from the spot on his hand where he had been bitten by the little dog in the village.

Beatrice reached out and grabbed at it, and the black mist dissipated. Beatrice shook her hand dismissively.

"It's over. You're safe now."

Natsuki Subaru's body trembled slightly, almost uncontrollably.

"Was the spot where the black mist just emerged the place where the sorcerer touched it?"

Beatrice nodded gently.

Natsuki Subaru trembled more violently, his face turned much paler, and cold sweat kept pouring from his forehead.

"I never expected it to be that little dog."

Natsuki Subaru couldn't believe that the seemingly harmless little dog was actually so dangerous!

Natsuki Subaru dared not even imagine what would happen if he were bitten by that little dog, since those kids in the village loved to interact with it so much!

Danger, danger, danger, danger! It's much more dangerous than I imagined.

We must go to the village.

We must stop it!