If you do not resist,
I can grant you a painless death.
Why are you doing this?
That's a pretty clichéd line, but do you mind my asking?
Punish those who seem suspicious.
It's a principle of all maids.
Does Ram know?
I intend to finish this before my sister sees anything.
Is that really how little you trusted me?
Yes.
Damn, I'm stupid.
I was so sure we were getting along well.
My sister—
I don't wanna hear it!
Take this!
My leg!
Mana of water, heal this damaged body.
If you die so easily,
I cannot get any information from you.
If you had stabbed me with this,
you could have fled a bit farther.
I ask you this:
Are you a member of a faction that opposes Emilia-sama's bid for the throne?
My heart belongs to Emilia-tan forever—
Who hired you, and under what conditions?
Emilia-tan's smile, and it was priceless—
Are you affiliated with the Witch Cult?
The Witch Cult?
What the hell is that?
My family has been secular for generations—
Don't play dumb!
Your bald-faced lies can only take you so far,
when you're practically drowning in the witch's stench!
As I watched you conversing with my sister,
I felt as if I was going mad with rage and apprehension!
Someone associated with the one who has caused my sister so much agony,
boldly encroaching on the place we call ours...
I cannot bear it any longer.
Even if I know my sister is only acting friendly and pretending to care for you!
I don't cut my hands when I peel vegetables anymore.
I can read and write now, even if it's just the simple stuff.
I kept my word and studied.
I was able to read those fairy tales.
All thanks to you two.
What are you talking about?
I'm talking about the things you guys gave me.
I have no memory of any of that.
Why don't you remember!?
Why do you all keep leaving me behind!?
What did I do!?
What am I supposed to do!?
Where did I go wrong!?
Why do you two hate me so much!?
You even said you'd cut my hair for me...
All this time, I've...
I...
I've loved you both so m—
My sister is too kind for her own good.
Sir, have you awakened?
Sir, you're awake?
Subaru, Ram and Rem were really worried.
They were unusually despondent, wondering if they'd been impolite.
Nothing happened...
between them and me.
Subaru, are you all right?
If something's wrong,
you're welcome to talk to me.
If only I could tell Emilia that I can't do this anymore, that I'm at my wit's end.
That's it.
What?
So far, I've been struggling to change things alone, but...
Subaru, are you sure you're all right?
There's something I want you to know.
Okay.
Emilia...
Up until now,
I've died several ti—
Whoa... Wait!
This is no laughing matter!
Subaru?
Subaru!
What's come over you all of a sudden?
My body moves.
My voice works.
My heart doesn't hurt.
But...
The fear etched into me is all too real.
What's wrong?
You've been acting really strange.
Subaru, if something's going on—
I have a favor to ask.
Of course.
Have nothing to do with me.
I can't tell anyone about Return by Death.
I've died in this mansion three times.
Back in the capital, I didn't die a fourth time.
For all I know, if I die again,
there might not be a next time.
I suppose that's quite a cowardly look you're wearing.
Why are you here?
Bubby and that child told me to come check on you.
Puck and Emilia?
Since you were acting strangely,
I suppose they suspected I did something to you when you first woke up.
Talk about rude!
I get it. I'm okay now.
You came to apologize.
That's enough for me.
I suppose you believe I have reason to apologize to you?
I can't leave until I correct that notion.
Not only do you look gloomy,
but you smell even worse than before.
Huh?
You reek of the witch.
I suppose it feels like it's burning my nose.
Witch? You mean the Witch of Envy?
What else in the world would someone mean when they bring up a witch?
Why do you smell her on me?
Who knows?
Regardless, as someone who has earned her favoritism, you're a burden.
It's not too comforting to hear I'm getting favoritism from someone I know nothing about.
If you have nothing to say, I'm leaving.
I suppose I'll let Bubby know what you told me.
Wait a minute!
You feel sorry for what you did to me, right?
I do not.
I'm telling Puck!
Well, I suppose I might feel the tiniest little bit sorry.
If you regret what you did and want my forgiveness,
I want you to do me one favor.
Let's hear it.
Until the fifth morning...
The day after tomorrow, that is.
Would you keep me safe until then?
I suppose I won't condone you bringing dissension into this mansion.
This place is vitally important to me.
I have no intention of doing anything.
I just want to stop any sparks from flying.
I suppose that's quite an admirable motive for one who leaves even that in the hands of others.
For once, I have no comeback to that.
Hold out your hand.
I shall grant your wish.
I, Beatrice, on my honor, am henceforth bound by this contract.
Temporary or not, a contract is a contract.
I'll grant your nonsensical favor.
Seriously?
A little girl is gonna make me cry.
Don't call me a little girl!
Oh, and if you tell Bubby, I suppose you'll regret it!
It's that important to you?
It's like you're demoniacally possessed, with that desperation of yours.
Stop!
I suppose you can't keep sleeping forever.
Bombardier!
I forced myself to come because it's the designated time,
yet you seem awfully unconcerned.
Falling asleep on the fourth day?
What kind of reckless idiot am I?
I suppose you should quit your grumbling.
Go ahead and sit wherever you want.
The forbidden library?
Did you carry me in here while I slept?
I suppose I'd rather not stick around in that room rife with your stench.
The forbidden library is the only place for me.
I suppose you need to observe proper manners.
Beatrice, I'm sure I'm wrong,
but you didn't hold my hands while I was asleep, did you?
You are quite wrong, indeed.
I suppose I'd refuse to do that even at Bubby's request.
Flat-out denial, huh?
I'm not sure what you mean by "proper manners," though.
So hey, are you—
You're annoying me with all your questions!
I suppose I'd like for you to remain silent.
A summons.
Huh?
I suppose my presence is required.
Oh, right. You're here. I suppose I forgot.
H-Hey, hold on!
If you go out there now...
Stay here if you want. I don't care.
I suppose you'll be safe here.
Damn it! What the hell is this?
Did I...
make it through the fourth night?
And I thought it was so far away.
But here I am. Just like that.
Subaru?
Emilia?
Subaru, where have you been?
Oh, I was just...
You know...
No, never mind.
Come with me.
Huh? Where are we going?
Emilia-tan?
What's with the face you're making?
Everything will be fine now.
Right? I'm alive, and you're...
Oh, I know! Let's go to the village!
There's so much I want to do and tell you!
So much has happened!
Subaru...
Emilia?
How...
Why is Rem dead?
Don't touch her!
Don't touch Rem...
Don't touch my little sister!
She died of weakness.
It was as if she merely fell asleep.
The method was more of a curse than a spell.
I thought it was Rem who used that curse.
So Rem isn't the shaman?
My dear guest, have you any idea what might have occurred?
After this has happened to a dear member of my staff,
I seem to be a little bit angry.
Subaru,
if you know anything, tell us.
I want to spill it all and get it off my chest.
Ow!
If you know something, spit it out!
Wait, Ram! That's...
I keep my promises.
As long as he remains in this mansion,
I suppose I am contracted to protect him.
Beatrice-sama?
Roswaal, I suppose he spent last night in the forbidden library.
So he surely had nothing to do with—
There is no further need to emphasize the situation at hand.
However, for you to guard him with your life,
means you must have taken quite a liking to him.
I suppose you should keep the jokes to your makeup and weird fetishes.
None of that even matters!
Get out of the way!
Let me through.
I must avenge Rem.
If you know anything, tell me!
Help me.
Help Rem!
I'm sorry, Ram. Despite all this,
I choose to trust Subaru.
Subaru, please.
If you can help Ram and Rem,
please do.
I'm sorry.
Subaru!
I swear I'll kill you!
I ran.
I ran away.
I ran away from them.
I can't go back there again.
What choice did I have!? What else could I...
And I was...
I was having so much fun too!
This looks like the place where I died.
Where I died?
If I die...
Will I be saved from this whole situation?
Of course... If I die, everything will change.
If I struggled and fought so much, only to end up here,
then what's the point?
The cliff...
If I close my eyes and take one step, it'll all be over.
What will happen to me if I die again?
It's just one step away.
I can't even...
I can't even do something so simple.
I finally found you.
Why...
I suppose you could elaborate.
Why did you come for me? I...
The contract I entered into was to protect you.
I thought you were only supposed to be my bodyguard until this morning.
I suppose you're under the wrong impression.
I don't remember discussing a time limit.
I suppose you only cling to hope for your own convenience.
What was lost can't be reclaimed.
You'll have no more chances to explain yourself to the older sister.
You threw that away.
I suppose no matter which is lost, those sisters will never be complete again.
But I cared about those two,
and I wanted to protect them!
I suppose you believe you know something about those sisters.
No matter which is lost, they won't be restored to what they were.
They can't be.
So in the end,
I was just making a selfish, disgraceful fuss in my own ignorance?
At the very least,
I suppose you need to die somewhere out of my sight, or else I'll have bad dreams.
So I'll help you escape this domain.
Come to think of it, back then,
both my hands were being held.
Ram... Rem...
If they couldn't bear to see me suffer,
and held both my hands...
If that's the kind of people they are,
how can I leave them?
I swear I'll kill you!
I heard a voice seething with hatred.
But more than that...
Her tearful shriek won't get out of my head.
I've always been the type that drifts toward the easiest path.
Hey, Subaru, you're thinking about something pretty stupid.
And right after I managed to save this life too...
That's right. I saved my life, so...
What's wrong with taking the easiest path, the path that will let me live longer?
I'll decide how I use my life!
You were too slow.
I finally found you.
I won't let you get away.
I suppose you should stay back.
As long as my contract exists,
I won't hold back, not even against you.
And you, Beatrice-sama, seem to forget that we aren't in the mansion now.
We're in the forest, away from the forbidden library.
Are you certain you can protect him from me?
Boing!
Oh, yeah, I've always wanted to do that!
Wh-Wh...
Wh-What are you doing!? D-Do you want to die!?
Don't be dumb.
I have absolutely zero desire to die.
One death at the end of a long life is more than enough for me.
That's how I really feel.
How brave of you.
Finally accepted your fate?
I wouldn't call it that.
If anything,
I'd say I made up my mind.
Sorry. I caused you guys a lot of grief by being such a loser.
So you really do know something about Rem!?
No, sorry, but I honestly don't know a thing.
Frankly, there's too much I still don't know.
But...
I've decided to learn more about the things I don't know.
How can you say that now?
Rem is already dead.
What good will learning anything do now!?
I won't make any cool statements about what I'll be able to do.
After all, this happened because I couldn't do anything.
I know better than anyone that my words hold no weight.
But I still remember...
I know parts of you two that you've forgotten!
What do you know about Rem and me!?
You're right.
I don't know anything that actually matters.
But you don't know this either, do you!?
Know what?
That I love you guys!
Wait!
This is something only I can do!
I swear I'll kill you!
I swear I'll save you!
Natsuki Subaru's Restart
You may have a terrifying curse on you.
Speaking about curses, a horror story in my country speaks about one called The Turtle's Curse-
I think I get it, no need to hear more.
Listen properly!
Next time: I Cried, Cried My Lungs Out, and Stopped Crying
By the way, where's Ram?
Wasn't she gonna reveal Ringatarou's identity?
Ringatarou?
Ah, the story about the appa seller on the bridge who carelessly dropped hundreds of appas into the river?
It was the name of the appa seller?!