Re:Zero - Starting Life Anew Life in Kararagi
Chapter 1: Heading West!
"I'm going to leave capital, to head far west or maybe north, I heard no one can enter the southern kingdom so one of does two" Subaru announced very nonchalantly.
"Ah, umm..." Rem attempted to interrupt before Subaru silenced her with his finger.
"Honestly, it could be a long journey, and I know this a snap decision, so it won't be easy-" he continued.
"P-Please wait!" Rem said successfully interrupting him. "The way you said that makes it sound as if you plan to go to some other country that isn't Lugunica. Knowing you, it must be because you've had another great idea! Something that will help Emilia-sama and Roswaal-sama!" the blue-haired maid broke out with excitement.
"That's not it Rem" Subaru replied with low tone. "There's nothing I can do in the capital, but I'd be just as powerless if I went back to the mansion. That's what I figured out." Picking up his tone he continued with " So run away with me, Rem. We can't stay here. That's what everyone has been telling me, I didn't want to believe it so I've denied it with all my might but..."
Subaru's face went pale and he stared at the ground with his crazed depression and a small sinister smile formed on his face.
"Yeah, they're right. No one ever needed me."
Retorting in shock Rem replied "That's not-"
Before she could finish Subaru shouted "It is true! It's been spelled out for me, over and over. That's why I've decided to just disappear. It's for the best. Anything I do will just lead to a dead body or maybe more, depending on what happens. I've had enough. Let's run Rem. You and I can't stay here. We shouldn't be in this country!"
"But this is so sudden" Rem answered scared.
"We don't have time! I'm sorry it's sudden, I really am. I really, really am. But you have to choose" Subaru apologized clenching his tracksuit at his heart as if it ached.
"Choose?" Rem questioned.
"Me? Or someone else? Choose. Let's get a dragon-drawn carriage and head west. We'll leave Lugunica and go far west, to Kararagi was it." he replied with a pained face.
From the ruins of a castle they stood on they looked outwards pass the capital's walls into the deep dense forest beyond, a single dirt road scattered with dragon carriages went from the gates in the city's walls to the where the sky and ground meet, the horizon.
"We'll buy a little house and live there together. Even if bad things happen, I can keep going if you're there. Just having someone waiting at home for me with a smile, no matter how tired I am, if I know you're waiting for me, I know…" Subaru let out with a sense of anger before relaxing and bowed to his maid. "Please choose me! If you choose me, I'll give you all that I have! So, please run away with me" he begged on the verge of tears.
Rem understood Subaru's decision and calmly replied "Subaru-kun" putting herself in right her place.
And continued "I cannot run away with you. We're supposed to laugh together, as we talk about the future, remember?"
"Maybe we can't laugh now, but you know, once we actually get moving, I bet we can-" Stuttered in shock.
"I have thought about it, too. We would arrive in Kararagi, and rent a place to stay. As long as we had a home and work, we would get by somehow. Fortunately, thanks to Roswaal-sama, I have received an education, so I think I could easily find work, even in Kararagi. You might have either look for manual labour or take care of things around me. Once we had a stable income, we could look for a better place to live. In the meantime, you could study for perhaps a year, so that you can find a decent job, until you can actually work. We would work together. And once we had enough money, perhaps we could buy a house. Maybe we could even open a shop. After all, Kararagi is a thriving commercial area. I'm sure we could earn a living on one of your fanciful ideas. And once our jobs were on track" Rem went on a rant.
Half-hearted at the start but she slowly found the joy and got excited. As always for her to quickly assess the situation and form some sort of plan. Meanwhile, Subaru maintained a perfect depressed, shocked face and stared at Rem down to the soul.
"Um, it's embarrassing to say, but we could have a child. It would be half-demon and half-human, so I'm certain it would be feisty. Whether we have a boy or a girl, twins or even triplets, I know they would be adorable." she blushed giving hand gesturing through the whole story of having children.
She lowered her hands, and the realist that she is said "I'm sure it wouldn't be all fun times. And not everything would work out as I imagined it. We might have only daughters and no sons, so you might not feel very proud of your family."
Subaru finally spoke in a melancholic deep voice "Rem…"
"But… But… Even when the children grow and reach the age where they start to treat you coldly, I shall still be on your side! We will be famous in the neighbourhood as a couple of old lovebirds, as we take our time spending life together and growing old".
"Rem" crying now Subaru said with a hint of happiness.
"I would feel bad for doing it to you, but I would prefer to die before you, if possible. I want to die quietly, lying on our bed, with your hand in mine, surrounded by our children and their children. To say 'I was so happy' as you all look on. I could end my life happily, so happily." Rem finished.
"If you want it that badly, then" he cried.
"If you could wish for that future with a smile, I would be truly happy to die that way. As long as I could live with you. Just knowing that you want me with you when you run away makes me happy, from the bottom of my heart." She said beginning to drip with tears. "But I cannot. I must serve Roswaal-sama and Emilia-sama and then you Subaru-kun. And I mustn't forget my sister, she needs me".
"Please, please Rem" Subaru cried with everything he had.
"Subaru listen, I am to serve you but you are clearly unwell let us return to the castle where you need to get healed then go home to the mansion to Roswaal-sama, Emilia-sama and Sister".
"O.K" he surrendered.
"Once your you completely recovered you will be in the right head space again" she comforted him.
Later in Crusch's castle where Subaru was being treated by Ferris a royal guard and a specialist in healing and a human-beast hybrid. Crusch is a candidate for the throne like Emilia.
Crusch invited Subaru for a drink that evening. Subaru protested as he was not old enough yet, she didn't care as she wasn't on planning on getting drunk, she wanted to discuss what happened at the ruins. Since she was doing official business she was not there but Subaru guessed that Rem had told her.
"So you know of the witch's cult movement, is that why you are running?" Crusch questioned Subaru
"No, I just want to be free of that household" he lied.
"I have said this before, I know when you are lying, so don't bother" she laughed.
"The witch's cult will kill everyone in the village and mansion including Emilia, I just want to protect Rem" he confessed.
"Now that Rem will not run away with you, what will you do?" she asked intrigued.
"I will follow Emilia's wishes and stay here" he stated.
"Very well then, I'm sure Roswaal will be able to deal with the witch's cult" she followed up.
Subaru said nothing as he knew what the faiths people in Roswaal's territory would be.
Subaru went back to his quatars and thought about his betrayal to Emilia, but after everything he has done for her and what he got in return. Nothing, Emilia never did anything for him, whereas Rem. Rem trusted him, and had done all too much for him. Subaru began to cry, Rem could hear him from the room over.
"Subaru-kun, are you alright?" She asked knocking on the door.
Subaru replied with a continued muffled cry into a pillow.
Rem allowed herself to enter and sat herself down on the bed beside Subaru.
"Subaru, I've rethought over my choice and I know what I want" Rem said comforting him.
Subaru lifted his head his hair was in the mess and his black and orange tracksuit was crumbled from rolling around on his bed.
"I was thinking over what I should choose for myself" she smiled.
"A lot has happened here in the capital and even more when Emilia was here for the throne election meeting" she stated.
"I am no use anywhere so run away with me I can't live without you" he cried.
"I also can't live without you but my sister and my contract to Roswaal-sama cannot be broken" she explained.
"But everything with did together here in just a few days, an unlistable amount of events, how can Roswaal compare to that" he complained.
"You have taught me a lot here and opened my mind and I think I have found myself as a twin demon and I am certain I agree my choice" Rem said and smiled.
"Rem" Subaru moaped.
"Subaru, let's head west" Rem cried cheerfully.
At that moment Subaru's face exploded with happiness. Leaving behind the first person he ever met in this world, Emilia.
"Thank you, Rem!" Subaru cried.