Chapter 25. Although I don't know who's playing tricks, I'm going to take it all back.
[[ "That's right, Natsuki Subaru—today will be a moment of great leap forward!"
"..."
Rem and Ram in the scene looked at Subaru in surprise.
"What the heck! So you guys were here! How embarrassing, so embarrassing! If you were here, you should have woken me up! Ah!"
Subaru buried his head in the quilt in embarrassment, his face flushed with shame.
Then Subaru noticed that the two's reactions were not right:
"Wait a minute, your reactions are hurtful. When you witness someone's sensitive side, there should be a little more...reaction, right?"
"Sister, sister, he seems to be greeting us intimately."
"Rem, Rem, he seems to be greeting us familiarly." ]]
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~Inside, the Theater~
"Reincarnated, huh?"
Anastasia said.
"Wow, compared to that, his eyes are really different. Just now, his eyes had a sense of closeness, but now they only have a sense of distance and politeness...and suspicion."
Al made two big crosses with his arms, as if to indicate that the two people's favorability had been reset to zero.
"But...how is Natsuki-san's reincarnation starting point determined?"
"At first it was the fruit stall, now it's the mansion..."
Wilhelm pondered, trying to find the common ground between the two starting points.
"Ah, Barusu is really..."
On the other side, even Ram, the delicate maid whose emotions are mainly expressed in her heart, looked a little sympathetic on her face.
"Rem..."
How much harm did Rem inflict on Subaru invisibly...Ah!
Just as she was about to immerse herself in pain, Rem suddenly realized that this scene was still different from the scene in her memory.
"Is it that magic beast again?!"
Bang!
Rem couldn't help but roar, clenched her right hand, and slammed it against the handrail with all her strength again.
Was it that magic beast that killed him again this time?!
Natsuki Rem also gritted her teeth and clenched her fists, thinking so.
"And...and..."
Rem clearly remembered that the witch's scent on Subaru-kun's body would occasionally intensify in an instant, and in her memory, this moment was also when the scent intensified.
Could it be...every time Subaru-kun restarts, the scent will intensify? Then Rem's trust in Subaru-kun...
[[ The screen would not stop playing because of Rem's wails and thoughts.
"Huh? I feel so weird. What's wrong, you two seniors? It's already strange enough to come and greet me in the morning, but if you've already rehearsed your lines, that's just too malicious."
Everyone could see that Natsuki Subaru had a strong, ominous premonition.
"Sister, sister. It seems the guest is still a little confused."
"Rem, Rem. It seems the guest's brain is broken."
Subaru pressed his chest as if in heartache:
"You two...haha, this joke is really not funny. These words..."
After that, Subaru discovered that the wound bitten by the dog-like creature had disappeared.
...Subaru buried his face in the quilt again—
"Why...did it go back?!" ]]
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~Inside, the Theater~
"But to be honest, being told by these sisters that it's because of a curse feels like a spoiler; it's a bit boring. Even though brother doesn't know, we already know."
Al said softly, he didn't dare let others, especially those sisters, hear him.
Because he also knew that saying this made it seem like he was treating Subaru's suffering as an interesting story, and it wouldn't be good if they heard it.
[[ "Guest, guest, you don't look well, are you alright?"
"Guest, guest, you look like you have a stomachache. Did you wet the bed?"
"...Sorry for worrying you...how should I say it, I just woke up, I'm just a little confused."
Although Subaru wanted to prove that he was fine, he still distanced himself from Rem and Ram physically.
"Guest, please don't move rashly, you still need to rest now."
"Guest, sudden movements are dangerous, you still need to rest peacefully."
But Subaru couldn't help it and quickly fled from here. ]]
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~Inside, the Theater~
"Ah, his former friend has become so indifferent. Cai Yue-san wants to show that he's fine, but he still can't take it."
Otto sighed and said.
"Brother, I originally thought you had better conditions than I, but now it seems...it's actually a different point of pain. If I'm purely in physical pain, then you're the one with...mental pain."
"Subaru-kun..."
"Subaru..."
Rem and Emilia remembered the scene in the picture, Subaru's expectation for that hard-to-reach "tomorrow".
Wanting to go on a date with Emilia, wanting Rem to cut his hair, and finding beautiful scenery during the date...
All disappeared.
"It might be disappointing, but wouldn't the boss doing this increase suspicion? In Ram and Rem's eyes, the boss's series of actions after waking up are very strange."
Garfiel's words made everyone realize one thing: now, in addition to the magic beast's curse, the suspicion of Rem, Ram, and others could also be fatal.
"Then...what should Subaru do..."
Julius whispered, then he asked and answered himself:
"Leave here, or find the cause of death."
[[ "If we play paper sumo, we might have an advantage. Haha."
Subaru, in the picture, opened a door while running and entered Beatrice's forbidden library, and he curled up in a corner, trembling and mocking himself.
"...Coming in without even knocking, you really are an unreasonable guy. Also, how did you see through the 'Door Crossing'...just now, and now too."
"Sorry. Just for a while, let me stay here. Please." ]]
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~Inside, the Theater~
"Ah, Natsuki-san is a bit... depressed(dispirited/dejected)."
Otto said.
"No, this is only temporary. I believe that the boss can..."
"Stand up again."
Garfiel and the two Rems reached a consensus, and the three said this sentence at the same time.
"But, since Betty in the picture said that, it seems to indicate that this reincarnation is Subaru's second time waking up in the mansion."
Beatrice said.
It's just a pity...At this time couldn't give comfort.
[[ And in the picture, Subaru also did this analysis, confirming that the save point was the second time he woke up in the mansion.
And he continued to analyze:
"Could it be that the conditions are different from last time? Before, I thought that I would go back when I died, but in fact, it would automatically go back after about a week. No, I didn't spend a week here; if I did, I would go back to the fruit store with the scarred boss.
But, if I really died, then why would I die? Everything was normal before going to bed. After falling asleep, there was no situation where I could feel 'death'." ]]
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~Inside, the Theater~
"If it really goes back automatically, then it's really troublesome."
Otto said so.
If that were the case, it would mean that Subaru's past few days would be restarted forever, but the facts proved otherwise.
"It's understandable that Subaru thinks this way. After all, this time, Subaru's subjective feeling is that he feels nothing, no pain, and from Subaru's perspective, it's really hard to think about who killed Subaru."
Julius said.
[[ "In that case, maybe I didn't reach the clearance conditions, so I was forced to reincarnate...I've always been a casual player who gives up at the drop of a hat and directly looks for a walkthrough to clear the game..." ]]
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~Inside, the Theater~
"Player?"
"Clearance?"
Julius and Reinhard looked at each other. Julius showed a questioning expression, while Reinhard shook his head regretfully.
[[ "It's really boring and useless to talk about life and death with human standards. In the end, you even say some nonsense, the so-called 'not worth mentioning' is talking about this."
Beatrice in the picture was also confused by what Subaru said.
And Subaru stood up, facing the door.
"Are you leaving?"
"I have something I want to confirm. I'll be depressed later. Thank you."
... ...
"...I will take it back. Although I don't know who's playing tricks, I'm going to take it all back and make you cry. I'm already fascinated by her smile that night, don't underestimate my obsession."
Subaru seemed to want to replay everything that had happened before, walking and chatting with Emilia in the garden, and finally saying a word to encourage himself. ]]
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~Inside, the Theater~
"Rem's hero stood up."
Rem smiled.