Re:Zero - Starting from Zero (Natsuki Subaru)

"Because you do nothing, because you are too lazy."

"Therefore, the girl died."

"Because of you, because of you, because of you!"

"It was you! You killed her!!"

Petruccius pinched his head, his tone once again becoming frantic.

"How utterly ...

"It was through my hands, through my fingers!"

"Rem is dead...?"

Natsuki Subaru couldn't believe it.

Natsuki Subaru looked at Rem's miserable, broken, and scarred body.

Rem coughed up a lot of blood from her mouth and nose; the amount of bleeding made it clear she wouldn't survive.

Not only that, Rem's right arm was burned, and she had a penetrating wound from her shoulder blade to her chest.

"This is all because of you, ...!!!!!

"Kill her." Petelcyus's voice turned desperate and pained, but this despair and pain seemed to last only a moment.

Tears welled up in Petruccius's eyes.

"Shut up!"

Subaru Natsuki dared not look at Rem again, not even for a second.

Natsuki Subaru knelt on the ground, head bowed, his whole body trembling violently.

Petelchius still wouldn't let Rem go, and continued to use that so-called invisible hand.

Petelchius used that unseen power to twist Rem's limbs.

Rem's arm was twisted again and again.

Rem's legs were twisted again and again.

The sound of flesh and bones being twisted came, and Natsuki Subaru dared not look, did not want to listen, and dared not face it.

Clearly, Petyrcius knew very well how to stab people in the heart.

Petrcius screamed in agony, mimicking a woman's voice.

"It hurts so much! It ...

Petelgeuse continued to twist Rem's limbs to a horrific degree, showing no mercy as he yelled.

Not only that, Petelgeus was not satisfied even after crippling Rem's limbs.

Rem's neck was twisted 180 degrees!

At this moment, Subaru Natsuki seemed to have been woken up by a bucket of cold water.

Because of his own avoidance, because he didn't want to face those things, Rem, who came to save him alone, ended up like this.

It's all my fault.

Anger, hatred, regret, despair, pain, helplessness...

A mix of emotions contorted Natsuki Subaru's face.

Ignoring his shackled wrists, Natsuki Subaru glared murderously at the insane man before him.

"Petricius!!!!"

Tears streamed down my face uncontrollably.

Kill him! Kill him! Kill him! Kill him! Kill him! Kill him! Kill him! Kill him! Kill him! Kill him! Kill him!

Natsuki Subaru had only one thought in his mind.

"I'll kill you! I'll kill you! I'll kill you!!!"

Natsuki Subaru, bound by shackles, couldn't move forward even a single step; he felt so powerless, so insignificant.

Petruccius paid no attention to Subaru Natsuki's anger.

On the contrary, Petirchius was even able to calmly observe the cave.

"This place is so dirty, it's time to move to another place."

The Witch Cult members left under Petelgeuse's arrangement, and Petelgeuse did not kill Subaru Natsuki.

"If you are given the gospel, you should be saved..."

After leaving those words, Petyrcius left with a smile.

"You bastard! I'll kill you! I'll kill you! I'll kill you!!!"

Before leaving, Petelgeuse glanced at Rem, who was lying limply on the ground, with a smile.

"You really are lazy."

Only Natsuki Subaru's desperate and furious roars and Petelgeuse's laughter remained in the cave.

……

After Petelgeuse left, Subaru Natsuki kept banging his head against the ground, trying to die and trigger Regression, returning to the apple stand, back to when Rem was still alive.

But now, he can't even die.

Natsuki Subaru's voice was hoarse as he kept muttering, "I'll kill you..."

With his hands bound by handcuffs, Natsuki Subaru's wrists were already bleeding profusely from his violent struggles.

Suddenly, Natsuki Subaru heard a sound coming from ahead. With only endless despair in his eyes, Natsuki Subaru looked up.

A glimmer of light appeared in his lifeless eyes.

Rem!!

Rem was still alive, but in extremely poor condition. Driven by her last bit of determination, she dragged her broken body slowly toward Natsuki Subaru's location.

Rem's limbs were crippled, making it difficult, awkward, and painful for her to move.

Rem persisted.

Natsuki Subaru didn't know what had sustained Rem all this time, nor did he understand why Rem would risk her life to save him...

Even though it was all because of his own laziness that Rem ended up like this, why does Rem still refuse to give up on him?

"Rem! Rem! Rem!!"

Seeing Rem approaching, Subaru Natsuki used his mouth to pick up Rem's clothes and brought her into his arms.

Subaru Natsuki really couldn't bear to look at Rem's body.

His limbs were twisted like pretzels, his bones were twisted and deformed, and his flesh was a bloody mess.

"Ice Freeze Spell".

Rem's voice was very soft.

Rem used her last bit of strength to break the handcuffs that had been binding Subaru Natsuki with her Ice Release: Ice Release.

"Live on."

Rem said, her voice frighteningly weak.

"Rem, wait, don't...!"

The despair and murderous intent in Natsuki Subaru's eyes turned into deep fear.

He was terrified that Rem would die like this, that Rem would die in such agony, that Rem would leave him like this.

No, no, no, it shouldn't be like this, it shouldn't be like this, nothing should be like this.

This is not what Subaru Natsuki expected at all.

Natsuki Subaru reached out and smoothed Rem's hair, revealing Rem's eyes.

Rem used her last bit of strength to open her eyes, just to see Subaru Natsuki one more time.

"I'll live on. I love you the most." Rem gently held Subaru Natsuki's hand.

After saying those words, Rem's hand fell limp, and her eyes became empty.

Rem is dead.

Inside the cave, Natsuki Subaru screamed and cried out in despair.

As evening fell, Subaru Natsuki emerged from the cave carrying Rem's corpse. Gazing at the setting sun, Subaru's eyes became incredibly weary.

Subaru Natsuki's eyes were red from crying, and his eyes were filled with red blood vessels.

"Let's go, Rem."

Natsuki Subaru, carrying Rem's somewhat deformed body, struggled to walk towards the mansion.

Snowflakes began to fall on the road.

The snow is getting heavier.

Just like last time, Natsuki Subaru passed through the village, only to find everyone inside dead.

Just like last time, nothing changed.

"Petricius..."

Natsuki Subaru will never forget that person in his entire life.

"Petricius...!"

Natsuki Subaru didn't know how he got to the gate of the mansion's courtyard.

Natsuki Subaru pushed open the courtyard gate and stepped into the courtyard. At that moment, heavy snow began to fall from the sky.

He couldn't care less about any of that. He turned his head and saw Ram's corpse.

Several other members of the Witch Cult were found dead around Ram's body, clearly indicating that Ram had fought desperately before her death.

Ram's abdomen and chest were pierced with daggers that only members of the Witch Cult would use; these were clearly fatal wounds. Ram's body was leaning against the wall outside the wooden house, and it was unknown how long Ram had been dead.

The surroundings were covered in blood.

Natsuki Subaru reminisces about the happy days of the past.

His face contorted with despair and pain once more, and two streams of tears flowed from his eyes.

"Petricius!!!"

It's all because of him!

Natsuki Subaru knelt on the ground in despair, holding Rem's body in his arms.

Just then, a colossal creature emerged from the mansion.

Judging from the shape of that huge creature, it looks like a lion or a tiger?

The giant creature's eyes gleamed with a terrifying light as it stared intently at Subaru Natsuki.

"Rest in peace, with my daughter."

Subaru Natsuki's tears froze instantly, and not just his tears.

Natsuki Subaru was instantly frozen into an ice sculpture, and with a gust of wind and snow, his head fell to the ground.

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