Re:Zero - Starting from Zero (Natsuki Subaru)

[Reinhard: How painful it must be for Subaru to see all this]

[MiMi: Ah! Big brother has gone through so many upsetting things!]

Priscilla: After going through so much hell, I'm really curious how Subaru Natsuki managed to pull himself together and come up with a solution...

[Priscilla: Logically speaking, let alone ordinary people, even strong people would find it hard not to go mad after experiencing all this.]

Priscilla: But Subaru Natsuki, instead of going insane, actually managed to come up with a solution to Sloth and the White Whale...

Priscilla: Subaru Natsuki is becoming more and more intriguing to me, more and more interesting.

[Al: Sigh... Brother]

[Red: Heh... Interesting...]

[Echidna: When will Sky Screen broadcast the next story of Subaru Natsuki, who made a different choice?]

[Roswaal: Huh? Such a tragedy actually happened in my territory? As the lord, I've really failed in my duty.]

Roswaal, far away in the mansion, couldn't help but shudder.

"Strange? Why is this body acting like this lately? It feels like someone's watching it..."

"Haha, how strange."

Roswaal doesn't care about any of that right now.

Since the Skyfall event and the opening of the chat room feature, Roswaal discovered that Echidna was also in the chat room.

Roswaal just wanted to talk to Echidna right now and didn't want to care about anything that didn't concern him.

……

The sky curtain.

Natsuki Subaru turned his head to look.

In the courtyard of the usually peaceful Roswaal mansion.

The place was littered with corpses.

The only thing that relieved Natsuki Subaru was that he didn't see as many familiar corpses this time.

They were all people dressed in black robes, the same kind of attire they had seen on the way back.

Who killed everyone?

Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?

Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?

What exactly did everyone do? What did Rem do? Why did they commit such a brutal act? Why?

Overwhelmed by immense grief, Subaru was unable to think calmly about anything.

Why...

Subaru Natsuki couldn't even utter a single word.

My throat felt like it was being choked; I could only make dry, hoarse sounds.

"Is anyone... is anyone still alive...?"

Natsuki Subaru didn't see Ram and Emilia's bodies for a moment, and with a sliver of unrealistic hope in his heart, he muttered to himself.

Natsuki Subaru didn't know how he got up or how he walked into the mansion.

Upon entering the mansion, traces of battle were visible everywhere.

Natsuki Subaru opened a door, and two corpses leaning against the door lay on the ground.

It's Ram.

Ram was bleeding so much that it was terrifying.

There were several large pools of blood on the floor of the room.

It appears that Ram was desperately protecting Petra in his arms before he died.

Petra also died.

Petra's face was turned toward the ground, so her expression was not visible.

Natsuki Subaru didn't know what he was feeling when he turned Petra's body over.

"...Ugh! Ahhh!!"

Petra's eyes were gouged out, leaving only two empty holes and bloodstains.

Subaru Natsuki's eyes were filled with utter despair.

Natsuki Subaru recalled his previous self-confidence, and how confident he had been that only he could save Emilia.

How ridiculous.

I simply can't do it.

Subaru Natsuki is going crazy.

"This...it's not my fault, it's not my fault..."

Natsuki Subaru turned his head and saw red flowers stained with blood on the floor.

Natsuki Subaru followed the trail of blood and all he saw was the white flower that Emilia usually carried.

Unlike usual, the white flowers were stained with blood, and the surrounding area was also covered in bloodstains.

The owner of the white flowers is not here either.

Natsuki Subaru turned his head to look at the door next to him. Could Emilia be there?

At this point, Subaru Natsuki was completely desperate about everything he had experienced.

He desperately wanted to find someone here, even just one living person.

He longed for Emilia to appear before him with a smile, just like she used to.

He wished Rem would suddenly laugh behind him and say it was just a prank.

He desperately wished that when he opened his eyes again, he would be in bed, and that it was all just a nightmare.

But that's impossible.

A bewildered Natsuki Subaru pushed open the door and went inside; the room was chillingly cold.

Subaru Natsuki could only walk deeper into the room.

There was another door at the deepest part. Just as Natsuki Subaru put his hand on the doorknob, he was in pain and pulled his hand back.

"it hurts!!"

Natsuki Subaru looked at his hands with trembling hands.

Only half of a few fingers remained, while the rest were stuck to the doorknob.

"Ah! Ahhh!! Ahhh!"

Pain and fear gripped Subaru Natsuki's heart, and he instinctively backed away. The next second, his calves were frozen to the ground.

My lower leg is broken.

Natsuki Subaru turned his head and saw the frozen corpse of a masked man in a black robe.

In the blink of an eye, Natsuki Subaru was completely covered in ice and frozen solid.

Subaru Natsuki gradually lost the ability to even make a sound.

"It's too late." A familiar yet unfamiliar voice reached Natsuki Subaru's ears; these were the last words he heard.

Subaru Natsuki's face was cracked from the cold.

……

"Feed?"

"Feed?! Can you hear me?"

Subaru Natsuki opened his eyes.

Apple stand.

Natsuki Subaru was stunned for a moment, even thinking that he had returned to the original save point.

Subaru Natsuki understood everything after seeing Rem running over with a worried expression.

Oh, I see. So that's where the save file was located.

Having endured a tremendous mental shock, Subaru Natsuki was no longer able to think or remain calm.

Natsuki Subaru hugged Rem almost instinctively, looking completely out of sorts. He only started laughing out loud when he was holding Rem.

Rem was initially flustered and blushed when Natsuki Subaru suddenly hugged her, but just a second later, she noticed Natsuki Subaru's unusual behavior.

Rem quickly brought Subaru Natsuki back to Crusch's mansion.

Even Felix, the strongest healer in the capital, was helpless in dealing with Subaru Natsuki's condition.

"What's going on all of a sudden, meow?"

"Healing magic is ineffective against him. I can heal his physical wounds, but I'm powerless to heal his mental ones, meow."

Natsuki Subaru lay on the bed, his eyes glazed over, looking like he was about to go crazy.

"Do you know why?" Crusch asked.

"No, I investigated him thoroughly," Felix replied.

"Could it be a curse?"

"I didn't sense any suspicious magic, meow."

Crusch hesitated for a few seconds, and finally expressed to Rem that she was powerless to help.

Since even Felix couldn't do anything about it, she was truly at a loss as well.

"I'm so sorry I couldn't be of any help," Crusch said apologetically.