Author's Note: I do not own Re: Zero. This fanfiction is a non-profitable work. I make no money out of it. I am just writing this for fun.

And Subaru won't have Return by Death in fanfic.

Hope you guys enjoy it.

"Dialogues are shown like this" and 'thoughts like this'.


Chapter-7

Natsuki Subaru never believed in luck. He believes that whatever you are experiencing was the result of your actions. But that doesn't answer the current predicament he is in. He just got teleported into a new world and the first thing he noticed is that he is UNDERWATER!. He doesn't know whether it is a bad thing that he ended up underwater or whether it is a good thing that he didn't end up underground.

He held his breath and started swimming towards the surface. When he reached the surface, he noticed that he is in a fast-flowing river. He swam towards the bank, even though it is tough, he doesn't have any other choice. Suddenly he heard a voice "Hey you, here catch it."

A rope was thrown in his direction. Without wasting a second he immediately caught the rope. Then he found himself being easily pulled to the bank of the river. After reaching the bank he saw the other end of rope held by a big green lizard. Standing to the side the lizard is a man whose dress screams 'I LIKE GREEN!'

"Are you okay?" asked the man in green. "Ah, yes. I am fine. Thanks man, you did a favor for me there." Replied Subaru

"Hahaha, I could not have done that without Frufoo here." Saying that he patted the giant lizard-like animal beside him.

"Oh, by the way, my name is Otto Suwen. May I know your name?"

Subaru who was observing the giant lizard turned towards Otto and said with a grin, "Nice to meet you, Otto, I am Natsuki Subaru. You can just call me Subaru." Said Subaru without striking his classic pose.

"So Subaru-san, how did you fall into that river? You could have seriously died you know?"

"Do you believe me if I say, I was just going with the flow. Hahaha"

"ONLY IDIOTS WOULD BELIEVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT!" shrieked Otto.

"So Otto, do you know where I am?"

"Even you don't know where you are?"

"No. As I said, I just went with the flow."

Sensing that this conversation isn't going anywhere, Otto pointed to a dirt path some distance away and said, "If we travel the dirt path on an earth dragon, we will arrive at the capital of Lugunica in three hours."

'Earth dragon?', Subaru was confused by this new term. But after seeing the lizard beside Otto, he guessed it must be it. He also spotted a cart at some distance.

"Hey Otto, can you give me a ride to the capital? I was kinda lost you know?"

"Oh Subaru-san, why don't you continue going with the flow?"

"Come on Otto, I was just joking. Take me to the capital, pretty please."

Seeing that Subaru seemed to be harmless, Otto sighed and said, "Okay Subaru-san, we will be leaving in ten minutes."

He then went near the cart and threw Subaru a clean cloth and said "Until then dry yourself"

Subaru felt grateful for Otto who is helping a complete stranger. After wiping himself, he boarded the cart and saw that it is filled with goods and there is only a single bench, he sat on the side of the bench that is nearer to the driver's seat side. Otto sat at the driver's seat and the cart started moving.

"So you are a merchant, huh? You surely don't seem like one."

"Don't just casually insult my looks. I do look like a model merchant."

"Hah, sure you do."

"So Natsuki-san, what work do you have in the capital?"

Hearing Otto calls him Natsuki-san even though he told to call him Subaru, Subaru just sighed. But he still replied, "I am going to the capital to sell some gold."

"So you are also a merchant, huh?"

"No, I am not. I am just selling some gold bars because I am completely broke."

"I don't think the person who has gold bars on him falls into the classification of 'broke'."

While they continued chatting, Otto saw two people on the side of the road waving at him.

He stopped the cart and asked them "How can I help you?"

The group of two consists of a young woman and a kid. "Hello, we see that this cart is going to the capital. Do you mind giving us a lift? Don't worry, I will pay you the charge."

Listening to this Otto said, "It might be congested inside the carriage, you can get on if you don't mind."

"It is no problem." They got into the cart after saying this.

For the first time, Subaru got a good look at them. The little girl wore a black robe, has a head full of indigo hair tied in a ponytail and, a cute face. When Subaru saw the young woman, he felt his cheeks warming up and he unconsciously gulped.

She is as tall as him and has long wavy black hair that was braided into a long tail on the left side of her head that reached down to her hips. A single purple flower decorated the left side of her head. Her purple eyes angled down towards their edges and she had a beauty spot below her left eye. Her white skin was unusually pale, and her slim body was well-endowed with large breasts and sultry curves. Her bewitching beauty coupled with her well-endowed body was enough to catch the eye of most people she met.

Her clothing, as if to match the woman herself, was extremely provocative. Her outfit consisted of a pair of black elbow-length gloves with purple trimmings at the top, a pair of black high-heel shoes, and a black dress with purple decorations that was both strapless and backless and featured brown tights. The dress, which clung to her body fairly tightly, also had thigh-high slits on either side and an exposed front that flaunted her belly button and cleavage.

This is too much for a virgin like Subaru. Even worst part is that he hasn't even seen a female for the last three months during his training on the floating island. (Monkeys don't count, alright!) So he was dumbstruck by seeing such a high-class beauty. 'This is really an isekai fantasy come true.' Seeing that girl looking towards him, he immediately turned his head sideways, lest she felt offended.

He then felt someone sitting beside him their shoulder touching his. He doesn't need to turn to know who is that, for he already knows the answer.

'Man, she really smells nice.' Thought Subaru.

Elsa's POV:

After commissioning the thief named 'Felt' to steal insignia from that half-devil, I went to the secret hideout outside the capital to pick up Meili. I know that thief won't turn down that offer because 10 holy gold coins are not something most thieves could see in their lifetime. So she accepted pretty easily. Poor girl, what is the use of money if it costs her life? Ah, I can't wait to see how beautiful her guts are.

No, I was getting distracted. So I took Meili and headed towards the capital. Even though Meili said she can use mabeasts to carry us, we can't risk attracting attention. Not with such a big mission the line. But being the weak girl she is, Meili is struggling to walk. If we continue this, we will be late. Just as I was thinking that I saw a cart coming towards us. Perfect.

Now I have two choices. One is to kill everyone in the cart and take it for ourselves and abandon it near the capital. But it would fail if the ground dragon is well bonded with its companion, which isn't all that rare. So I will go with the second option. I waved at him and that got the driver's attention. He stopped the cart.

"Hello, we see that this cart is going to capital. Do you mind giving us a lift? Don't worry, I will pay you the charge."

I hope he agrees. Or else I have no choice but to kill everyone and hope that the ground dragon is not that bonded with the driver. But fortunately,(or unfortunately since I won't get to gut anyone) he agreed.

"It might be congested inside the carriage, you can get on if you don't mind." He shyly turned away his head saying this.

"It is no problem." Saying this, Meili and I got into the cart. He is not lying when he said it is congested. It is completely filled with goods. There is only one bench free and on one end of the bench is a young boy who was staring at me, mesmerized. Well, that is a normal thing for anyone who saw me, before it turns into horror when I gut them. Then he immediately turned his head away. I just took the seat beside him and finally Meili beside me. Since it is congested, my shoulders are touching his. He immediately became stiff as a board.

Fufufu, I might tease him if I was interested in the opposite gender. But I was more attracted to the idea of gutting him. But it is such a shame that it can't be done, at least for now.

After an hour of traveling, we finally can see the wall surrounding the capital. That's enough distance. I can't go very near the capital or else there is a risk of someone identifying me as the infamous 'Bowel Hunter'. Even though I didn't leave any witnesses as far as I can remember, it doesn't hurt to be careful and take the secret route arranged by Mama into the capital.

"It's okay to stop here." I called out to him. The driver in green stopped the carriage to the side. Meili and I got up. Ara, this boy in weird clothing seemed to finally relax. After I got off the carriage, I paid the driver a few silvers and he drove away without asking any unnecessary questions. A good trait to have for a merchant. Or else I might have to gut him to keep him silent.

Ah, I really hope to meet them again so that I can get a good look at their guts.

General POV:

As they are nearing city walls, Subaru wasn't able to sit still and asked Otto

"Bro Otto, Did you just see that chick in black?"

"Natsuki-san! Don't talk about improper things."

Subaru just slyly smiled and said

"Improper? I can notice you turning your head every five minutes to check her."

"I-i-I was just checking if they are comfortable or not, that's all"

"Hehehe, you aren't fooling anyone with that brotto."

"Just because you are lazy to say Bro Otto, DON'T COMBINE THEM TO BROTTO."

"Aww, come on Otto, we are tight, right? After all, we checked the same chick."

"What logic is even that?" cried out Otto.

And when they reached the gates, it seemed that guards know Otto well. They passed the checkpoint without much trouble. When they entered the city, Subaru was looking out the window with the curiosity of a child.

'Man, they really are of the medieval architecture. I need to gather information before planning my next move. My first priority should be selling three or four gold bars so that I can have liquid cash.'

As he was busy planning what to do, the cart stopped at what seemed to be a warehouse.

Seeing that they reached their destination, Subaru got off the cart. He saw Otto coming towards him.

"Otto, you know what? The little kid that came with the chick in black wet herself in your cart."

"WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY THIS BEFORE NATSUKI-SAN?" shrieked Otto and went to check his cart. And when he did he was shocked. On the bench Subaru sat, there was now a gold bar. Otto took the bar in his hand and thought 'It's not normal gold. It is Sacred gold. Its rate can go as high as 30 holy gold coins because not only it can be used in magic equipment, it is also a good conductor of mana, so it is used to make metias.' Thought Otto.

He immediately went outside to find Subaru only to see he was long gone.

'Natsuki-san..' he looked at the sky.

'Why did you try to act cool? I thought to take you to the place that is perfect for selling gold.' He sighed when he thought up to here. 'I just hope he won't get scammed thinking it is just ordinary gold.'

-SCENE CHANGE-

We can see Subaru walking in the streets of Lugunica checking his surroundings. There are also some people who are checking Subaru because of his hair color and his weird attire. Other than that nothing much of importance happened.

Subaru's attention was drawn by a stall run by a muscular man with green hair. There is a board in front of the stall. Seeing that, he thought 'Yep, can't even understand a single thing written. I am as good as illiterate here. Gotta start to learn reading and writing as soon as possible.' No matter where you are, knowing how to read and write language there makes things much easier.

He can see that man is selling what seemed like apples. He went near the stall. Seeing a potential customer the man put a smile and asked "Hey kid, want some appas, they are fresh and they taste good. I guarantee you."

'So they are called appas here.' He then took his wallet, even knowing it is futile, he wanted to try if this currency can be used here.

Seeing this, the shopkeeper's smile turned to a frown, he rudely said "Huh, What are those coins? That currency is not used here. So that means you are flat broke. *Shoo* *Shoo*, I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR BROKE KIDS LIKE YOU. GET OUT OF HERE AND DON'T BLOCK OTHERS WAY TO MY SHOP." The shopkeeper shouted at the end. Attracting a few glances their way.

"Hey, can't you say that somewhat nicely? It is no wonder this shop is doing so bad. You are scaring away customers." Said Subaru with his tone laced with dissatisfaction.

"What did you just say, kid?" Asked the angry shopkeeper with a glare.

"N-n-nothing." Subaru just ran out of the scene to avoid any further arguments.

As he continued roaming he thought to himself 'Man, I should get some money real fast. Or else I won't even have a place to stay. Where do I even find a shop to sell my gold? Damn, I should have asked Otto. Now I am lost and I don't even know the way back to that warehouse where Otto is.'

As he wandered aimlessly he found himself in an alley. He just sat on some steps to rest for some time when he heard

"If you don't want to die, cough up everything you have got."

He looked up to see three thugs. He is going to call them Ton(lanky person)-Chin(The Big guy)-Kan(the shrimp).

'I really don't have time for this.'

He just stood up, raised his arms in the air, and said "As you guys can see, I don't even have a single thing of value on me."

Ton-Chin-Kan just looked at the kid in front of them and then looked at each other. It is true. This kid seemed to be even more broke than them. Then Kan observed the silver ring on Subaru's ring finger and said "How about you leave your ring and then kneel before us? Then we can leave you unharmed. gwahahaha"

Even Subaru was angered by this. But suddenly an idea struck him. 'How about I just beat them in name of self-defense and then collect information from them?'

Having reached this point in his train of thought, Subaru laughed and said "Why don't you come and get it?"

Ton-Chin-Kan started laughing. Did this idiot seriously think he can take them in a 3 on 1 fight? Ton said to Chin "Go and get it."

At this moment a girl, who looked to be in her mid-teens and dressed in a black top, red scarf, and black pants that are incomplete on the left side and a red ribbon tying her medium-length blonde hair, ran into the alley shouting "Move, move. Incoming." and ran past them with incredible speed. When she reached the other end of the alley, she looked back at the situation Subaru is in with her bright red eyes and said sympathetically, "Live strong." After that, she started running again. None of the four in the alley paid attention to her since the tension in the alley is at an all-time high. 'Huh, is she escaping from someone?' was the only passing thought in Subaru's mind.

Chin, the brawny man, walked towards Subaru with a shit-eating grin. "You should have handed it nicely kid. Now we will show why you shouldn't mess with."

He reached towards Subaru's collar to hoist him in the air. Seeing this Subaru simply caught and twisted his hand. "AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Chin shouted like a choked chicken. Even though Subaru didn't put that much pressure, it was still enough to make a grown man cry.

He then kicked Chin away who then crashed into Kan. Seeing his two buddies taken out easily, Ton started sweating hard. But he is not going to back down. His pride won't allow him to.

He took two daggers hidden in his dress and shouted "YOU LITTLE SHIT! YOU ARE GONNA REGRET MESSING WITH US!"

'These idiots. They are the ones who started the fight and now he is saying I am the one who messed with them.'

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's what every mob villain says before he gets folded and becomes irrelevant to the story." Replied Subaru nonchalantly.

"Take this." Ton ran towards Subaru and plunged his dagger towards Subaru. But his stab stopped midway as he found his dagger caught by a silver hand. Subaru activated silver skin on his hand and caught the dagger.

'Who is this monster? He simply caught the dagger.' Thought Ton. But his surprise didn't end there as Subaru increased force on the dagger and *Crack-crack-crack-shatter* the dagger shattered into pieces. Ton fell onto his butt and scurried backward. Chin and Kan who just got up, came to support him. Those three stood at a distance from Subaru with their legs shaking.

Subaru began to talk, "Hey guys, if you give me some information I need, I will just let bygones be bygones. After all, I am not a big fan of fighting." He is telling truth. Subaru is not someone, who just because he has some strength, won't go flaunting it to everyone. It would be a different story if someone tried to harm him tho.

Kan asked with his voice shaking "R-really."

"Absolutely real." Said Subaru.

Before Ton-Chin-Kan can answer, they heard a silver bell-like voice from the other end of the alley, "Just graciously give back what you stole. It is important to me. I'll give up on the other stuff, but I can't let you have that."

There we can see a beautiful Half-Elf with long silver hair and purple-blue eyes. She wears a white and purple outfit along with a white flower in her hair. She appears to be in her late teens. She is just standing there with her hair and dress slightly swaying in the light breeze. Even the mid-day sunlight that is in her background can't compare to the brightness she is emitting.

Subaru is staring at her with an awestruck expression and only one thought is ringing in his mind 'An angel !'

But the thought ringing through the thug trio mind was different 'The Witch!'

Chin started saying "We don't kno-.." only to be elbowed in the side by Ton who is staring daggers at him. His meaning is loud and clear. 'Just shut up !'

Ton immediately pointed at Subaru, who is still in trance, and shouted dramatically "IT IS HIM! IT IS HIM YOU ARE SEARCHING FOR!" Only now Chin and Kan understood his plan and laughed perversely.

Chin repeated "Yes, it is him"

Kan even added "We saw with our own eyes", he pulled his eye bags down to stress this point.

Hearing this Subaru came out of his trance and shouted "You little shits! Listen miss, I didn't-"

But it is too late. Emilia formed some icicles and pointed them towards Subaru and repeated with a glare.

"Return what you stole this instant and we will walk out of here peacefully."