They don't actually think I like them, do they?

It's hard not to feel that the coffee teacher is deliberately messing with everyone's mindset.

As it turned out, he was very successful!

"So the male lead died?! Congratulations on the ending??" Fire Cat asked.

But there's still a thick stack of manuscripts. How is that possible?

Continue flipping through the bamboo leaf green.

The scene shifts, and Natsuki Subaru has actually loaded a save file!

He returned to the timeline he had just traveled through, before he encountered the thugs and before he met Emilia.　

Seeing this, the editors began to look forward to it again.

It's time travel!

interesting!

However, everyone was clearly celebrating too soon.

After reloading his save file, Natsuki Subaru went to Rom's shop ahead of time in order to find out the truth.

Here, he encountered Rom and Felt, both still alive, and at that moment, he finally realized that he had traveled back in time. He took out his phone and asked to trade badges, at which point he met another woman.

He recognized the voice immediately; it was the same person who had stabbed him in the previous game.

Before Subaru could even finish his sentence, the woman suddenly went on a killing spree, killing Subaru, Rom, and Felt, and even ripping out their intestines.

"Does it hurt? Is it painful? Is it uncomfortable? Are you sad? Do you want to die?"

The woman smiled gleefully as she watched Natsuki Subaru clutching his internal organs and bleeding profusely.

The most terrifying thing about Coffee Sauce is that his descriptions are always extremely extreme.

When he wrote "Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend," he could excite readers with just a few descriptions of black stockings and high school girls. This time, his descriptions of the killing scenes are even more touching, making readers feel as if they were actually there at the horrific murder scene.

Especially the deep fear and despair that Natsuki Subaru felt as he faced death.

The editors watching could only describe it as "grimacing in disbelief".

That's fucking grotesque, fucking bloody, fucking violent!!

Returning to the starting point for the third time, this time Subaru Natsuki was killed by a thug who stabbed him in a vital spot.

The fourth time, Subaru Natsuki's mental state was on the verge of collapse...

At this point, the editors couldn't bear to read any further.

This is so cruel!!

They've died so many times without any explanation or information, and in such a horrible way!

Who writes fantasy novels like this?

Is this some kind of revenge against society, or against the readers?!

Are you sure you won't leave readers with psychological trauma?!

At this moment, the editors must be deeply regretting their decision to crowd around and look at Coffee Teacher's new book; they really were in such a good mood!

Previously, although there were some rather tragic novels, most of them killed off an important character, forcing you to cry.

But this is different. This is a psychological and mental form of torture that makes you despair and leaves you feeling extremely uncomfortable after watching it.

"Well... should we ask the coffee teacher to revise it? I'm afraid it won't be easy to send out this." Firecat looked at Bamboo Leaf Green with concern.

Even seasoned editors who have read countless books felt physically uncomfortable after reading it. I really don't know what serious consequences might occur if light novel readers, who are used to being comfortable in the gentle world of anime and manga, read it.

"Send it, of course we should send it, why should we change it?"

A strange smile suddenly appeared on Zhu Yeqing's usually innocent and harmless face.

"Of course we can't just make ourselves suffer."

004. You old coffee thief, you deserve to die!

It was a sunny Sunday at Xinhua Bookstore.

Zhang Mingxing excitedly took thirty yuan and headed straight for the bookstore.

As a ninth-grade student, he ranked third in his class in the last monthly exam. To reward himself, he asked his father to spend a lot of gold coins and won thirty yuan.

He planned to use the thirty yuan to buy the book he had been longing for, "Black Dragon".

This is the latest masterpiece by Gong Ye, his most admired author, telling the story of a dragon-slaying boy rescuing a princess in a world of swords and magic. Zhang Ming had been eyeing it for a long time, and now he could finally buy it!

Zhang Ming easily found the book in the light novel section of the bookstore, but just as he pulled "Black Dragon" out of the shelf, the cover of a book on the next shelf suddenly caught his attention.

She was an elfin-like girl with intelligent blue-purple eyes and soft features that combined beauty and innocence, giving off a strangely dangerous charm emanating from her nobility.

Most importantly, she has white hair.

Zhang Ming was stunned for a moment, then, driven by an unnamed force, he walked over and took out the novel.

"Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World-..." Zhang Ming read out the novel's title.

The author's name is Coffee Sauce.

Coffee Sauce, the author of "Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend"?!

Zhang Ming immediately perked up.

That book, "The Boring Girlfriend," gave Zhang Ming and his brother countless happy memories!

"I can't believe Coffee-sensei released a new book so soon?! This time... it's an isekai adventure?!"

Looking at the white-haired girl on the cover and the medieval European architectural style, Zhang Ming could already imagine the erotic scenes inside!

Priced at 29.9, for just thirty yuan, you can immediately experience a joyful adventure with the white-haired fairy goddess!

I want to see it!!

How to do?

Zhang Ming gritted his teeth.

I only have thirty yuan. If I buy this book, I won't be able to buy "Black Dragon".

If I had known, I would have let the old man generate more gold coins. If that old geezer had cut down on a pack of cigarettes, I could have bought two books at once!

On one hand, there's the idol's masterpiece "Black Dragon," which I've been longing for day and night, and on the other hand, there's this book, "Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World-."

Zhang Ming turned his attention back to the two books. On the cover of "Black Dragon" was a war dragon covered in shiny black scales, with a pair of golden eyes that were deep and mysterious in the night sky. Every detail foreshadowed its supreme status and epic legendary story. Behind the dragon, a black castle stood quietly in the night, seemingly waiting for the arrival of a warrior.

The cover of the other book is much simpler: a white-haired man wearing white stockings with his legs crossed. It looks very low-class and lacks any substance, the kind of book you'd be embarrassed to even look at in school.

Do we even need to choose?

"Hello, the total is 29.9 yuan."

After paying the bill, Zhang Ming happily left the bookstore with the white cover in his arms.

He arrived at the park, found an empty stone table, and as soon as he sat down, he couldn't wait to tear off the plastic wrap.

Zhang Ming rubbed his hands together.

I've arrived in Coffee Sauce's magical girl world!!

Zhang Ming opened the novel and immediately began to read it voraciously.

......

The cover really lived up to its reputation; Miss Emilia is absolutely amazing!

Not only is she kind and gentle, but her smile is also incredibly innocent!

As Zhang Ming watched, he chuckled to himself from time to time. Just seeing Miss Emilia's arrogant dialogue was enough to make him have all sorts of wild thoughts!

A group of elementary school students playing in the park passed by and suddenly heard a series of silly laughs.

When the elementary school students looked up and saw Zhang Ming with a dazed expression, they all showed terrified expressions, thinking they had encountered a lunatic, and then ran far away.

Time passed by minute by minute.

Zhang Ming turned the pages faster and faster, and the smile on his lips grew wider and wider. He had a feeling that the bonus was on the next page, and he would soon see the male protagonist and Emilia getting intimate.

However, when Zhang Ming turned the page again, his expression froze as he read.

"Huh...what?"

Zhang Ming rubbed his eyes, wondering if he was seeing things.

"Dead?!?"

"My Emilia was stabbed to death?!"

Zhang Ming suddenly stood up and shouted.

This time, even the old man playing chess at the next table was so startled that his dentures flew off onto the chessboard.

Large beads of sweat appeared on Zhang Ming's forehead; he suspected he had bought a pirated book.

Is this even possible?!

Zhang Ming didn't believe it and continued reading.

Soon, he experienced all sorts of ways the male protagonist, Subaru Natsuki, could die.

Cut in half at the waist, stabbed to death, tortured to death, bled to death, dying amidst a woman's pleasurable smiles, emitting desperate screams...

Zhang Ming was completely devastated. He realized for the first time that white silk had another function: it had a unique beauty when stained with blood!

He didn't buy a "Forensic Anatomy Guide" either!

"Aaaaaahhhhhh, can you give me my money back?!" Zhang Ming felt his brain trembling. What was the difference between watching this and self-torture?!

You old coffee thief, you deserve to die!!

He clearly came here to make the white-haired girl and his brother feel good, but now it's all covered in blood, how is he supposed to clean himself up??

But the money has already been spent...

Zhang Ming gritted his teeth, looking at the description of Emilia's corpse in the book, and an idea formed in his mind...

...

...

Lin Han hadn't expected the editorial department to act so quickly.

Not only was there nothing that needed to be revised, but there wasn't even a symbolic comment; it was published for Lin Han at lightning speed.

In addition, she drew several exquisite illustrations. Because Lin Han's descriptions in the book were quite detailed, the illustrations were about 80% accurate to Emilia from her previous life, and even better.

Thanks to the immense popularity of her previous book, Coffee Sauce already had a certain reputation in the light novel world, and her new book quickly attracted everyone's attention upon its release.

On the first day of its release, Re:Zero sold 0 copies, and discussions about the novel occupied almost half of the space on the official forum that day.

Well, the content of the discussion... wasn't very positive.

"No way? Are you crazy? Is the author writing this book to take revenge on society?!"

"Damn it, it's so uncomfortable to watch this in the middle of the night!"

"I can understand killing men, but you've killed girls over and over again! You old coffee thief, can't you even be a human being?!"

"Is this some kind of ghostwriting? Did this author hire someone to write it? Is this the same Coffee Sauce who wrote 'Saekano'?!"

The official forum for JC Light Novel has become a veritable execution ground for Coffee Sauce, with more and more readers flooding in to hurl insults at the work "Re:Zero".

A post that received a lot of likes garnered even more support:

"I don't care what that bastard Coffee Sauce is up to, or if there are any plot twists later, I'm just saying this: I will absolutely not buy any more copies of this book! Some things should have died in the first volume!!"

005. Book 2 is on sale!

Many netizens responded with comments.

"Indeed, this coffee shop is quite unpredictable. The ending is the fourth resurrection. Do you really think we want to see the male lead die again?"

"I regret buying this lousy book so much! Wouldn't it have been better to use that time to read about the protagonist of 'Black Dragon' next door, Gaga, slaying a dragon? I will definitely not buy the next volume!"