Hello. This is your pal, Jude Warble.

Important Note: I will not repeat the Deaths of characters on each Solo, Duo or Trio Ending because it will just consume the plotline and it would be a useless repeat. Just so you all know.

And with that out of the way, please enjoy this fanfic, and as always, stay breezy!

Unknown Location

"...The Witch...Of Greed, huh?"

"Yup! And you know, you really are a gentleman accepting the invitation of a shy virgin young maiden such as myself"

"...Did you really have to add the 'virgin' part?"

Shadow groaned at the woman in front of him, whose smile, which would normally make the bravest of men melt and immediately become smitten by it, was apparent on her porcelain white-skinned face.

Shadow knew better than anyone that when looking at a person, their danger level becomes apparent when it comes to experienced warriors such as himself, and beneath that smile that Echidna showed hid the very incarnation of ruin and destruction. An unfathomable truth that reigns over insanity and mindlessness.

Such an existence is worthy to be called a Witch. So Shadow knew that Echidna wasn't lying about her title.

"What's wrong? You're staring at me. Have you fell in love with me?" Echidna asked while blushing.

"...Go fuck yourself" Shadow insulted with a disgusted expression, causing Echidna to pout at him.

"That's not something polite to say in front of a young maiden such as myself!" Echidna exclaimed.

"...You're over four hundred years. So calling you an old hag instead of a young maiden seems accurate" Shadow said.

"You're one to talk! You're way older than me!" Echidna yelled, throwing a tantrum like a child, while Shadow just blinked emotionlessly at her.

"...Anyways, why am I here? To what do I owe the pleasure of meeting the Bitch of Greed?" Shadow asked, purposely throwing the switch of letters into his words.

"It's Witch!" Echidna yelled before sighing in slight frustration, before her calm smile returned to her, and she rested her elbows on the table while resting her chin at the back of her clasped hands at the same time.

"So...How about you ask me anything that you want?" She asked Shadow.

"...Where did that come from?" Shadow asked while raising an eyebrow in confusion.

"I'm the Witch of Greed. Knowledge is what I live for. People from all around the world call for my advice and wisdom. So it's natural that I ask such question of you. Besides, what would be the reason for you sitting in front of me if it wasn't for the sake of seeking my knowledge?" Echidna asked.

"Believe me when I tell you. If it was for me, I'd have left a long while ago" Shadow said, before a thought suddenly came to his mind.

"...Actually, there are a few things that I want to ask" Shadow said once again, causing Echidna's eyes to light up and gleam in anticipation. Shadow saw her silent stare and the gleam in her eyes as a sign for him to continue.

"What is this place? I can't feel any kind of physical connection to my own body. Either that place is a higher realm of existence, or we're in a dream. And I bet on the latter" Shadow asked, to which Echidna's smile widened.

"You're quite perceptive, Shadow Terios. Indeed, this realm is created from my own dream. A dream manifestation of the Castle of Dreams that is existent in reality. So if you're wondering whether you're alive or not, then the answer is yes" Echidna answered, still smiling. That answer of hers, however, made Shadow grimace.

He is still alive, and that is a dream? Then that means that he is still comatose. It seems that the creature created by Death that is Crossed Thanatos is way stronger than he thought. Shadow opted to seal it and wait until it got melted within his Seither reserves, but that process seemed to take a huge amount of time, where it will normally become instantaneous.

That also meant...That Subaru and the others are within the clutches of that freak. Shadow could only hope that they survive.

"Hey. You should stop with the grim expression. You'll gain wrinkles" Echidna said, causing Shadow to look at her annoyingly.

"Seriously, you're so annoying..." Shadow muttered, before looking at her with a serious expression once again.

"Why did you bring me here? Surely you want something" Shadow asked once again.

"Something? Oh nothing. It's just that you're really interesting. Never in my life have I met someone who had lots of facets and personalities. You're lots of people compressed in a single entity. How did you do that?" Echidna answered Shadow's question, before shooting out a question of her own at him.

"I...Don't want to talk about it" Shadow muttered with a downcast expression, causing Echidna to blink at this.

"I'm going to cry at this rate if you remained that gloomy, you know" Echidna said, even though her tone didn't hold the slightest of pity and sympathy in it.

"Yeah, right. The hell you are" Shadow grumbled, before staring at Echidna once again.

"You're making me blush, you know. I might fall in love with you" Echidna said with a blush on her porcelain white expression.

"...Don't get cocky, ceramic face. I'm here against my will. Aside from that, I have another question" Shadow rudely countered, before swiftly changing the subject.

"I can sense other soul signatures other than yours. Could it be that there are more individuals residing in this dream of yours with you?" Shadow asked, already knowing the answer to that question.

"Why yes. The other Witches of Sin, except for Envy of course" Echidna answered, scowling upon mentioning Envy.

"...You don't look like you have the best relationship with her" Shadow commented.

"You can't imagine..." Echidna muttered with an annoyed expression, and Shadow could tell that this emotion of hers was genuine.

"Anyways, can I meet the other Witches?" Shadow asked, causing Echidna to direct her stare at him and blink in surprise.

"Huh? Are you serious?" She asked, more in surprise and less in confusion.

"...Do I look like I'm joking? I want to ask them some stuff. Can you do that for me or not?" Shadow asked, seemingly annoyed from Echidna's weird antics.

"Well...I can, but I have to warn you. Each one of the Witches have personalities that makes each one of them...Eccentric" Echidna said.

"Even though I haven't met them yet, I'm sure that none of them would be as 'Eccentric' as you" Shadow said, causing Echidna to sigh.

"You'll never have a girlfriend like that, you know" She muttered while pouting cutely.

"...I think I already have one. Now go fuck yourself and bring me the other Witches" Shadow said.

"You just have to throw insults unnecessarily...Hah...Fine...But do remember this. I can only summon one at a time by trading places with my souls and their own. So you have to choose which one you want to meet first" Echidna said, causing Shadow to opt a thinking pose.

"Let's see...If I'm going to start, then let's start with Gluttony. Let me meet Gluttony" Shadow said, causing Echidna to nod at this.

"Very well, but do remember this. Under any circumstances, do not approach Daphne. Do not free her from her bindings. Do not interact in a physical manner with her. And do not take off her blindfold no matter what happens" Echidna warned.

"...Aside from the fact that having to interact with the other Witches being a required factor to reach my answers, I shall keep your advice in mind" Shadow said, causing Echidna to smile, before her form started to evaporate like mist, but before she left, she gave Shadow a slightly mischievous smile.

"By the way, that tea that you drank...It's made out of my bodily fluids. I hope that you enjoyed it" She said before completely disappearing into the wind.

Shadow, on the other hand, gripped on the teacup so hard that it shattered, not even flinching from how much the tea was hot. His left eye was twitching uncontrollably and veins in his forehead, as well as blood vessels inside his eyes popped violently, clearly showing themselves on his face.

"...That bitch" He muttered angrily.

"Oh! We finally meet!"

"?!"

Shadow's eyes blinked in surprise as what he expected to be a Witch that gave off the vibes of a carnivorous woman turned out to be a small young girl that was around the same physical age as Beatrice with dark skin, amber eyes, short green hair and a white dress, along with a beautiful crown of white flowers adorning her head.

"...Huh?" He muttered in confusion.

"'Huh'? What do you mean with 'Huh'? You are so ruuuuuuuuuude" The little girl said while pouting cutely.

"...I can assume that you're a Witch. But I suppose that you're not the Witch of Gluttony, right?" Shadow asked, making the girl's pout turn into a sweet smile, before she looked at Shadow in the eye.

"The Witch of Pride, Typhoon. It's nice to finally meet you...Adow"

At the same time. Mount Cordor

"We did it! All three of us!"

"That was...The strangest adventure that I've ever been part of"

"So many deaths 'cause of tha'creatcha. Ma' amazin' self doesn't know whadda do now..."

Otto, Heinkel and Garfiel released sighs of relief upon entering into the grounds of Mount Cordor, glad that the nightmare was over. And as the three stared at the close-to-set sun, they contemplated on their current predicament.

"Don't give up! We know...This is a hidden spot!" Otto exclaimed with a confident smile.

"Yeah, of course...THIS is a hidden spot"

"?!"

And the familiar voice shattered all of their hope, as Subaru EXE appeared in a small, brief flash of light, standing in front of the three males.

"What? But how? Three of us are alive!" Heinkel said in a mixture of shock and horror, before he saw a new existence appear out of thin air.

It was what appeared to be a maid, but her blonde hair was almost brown, with her jade green eyes becoming blood red irises with black sclera, and her right eye was completely gone, being covered by a long streak of stitches that ran from her right eyebrow, traveling onto her right cheek and all down to the right side of her chin.

"I guess you forgot about the girls" Subaru EXE said.

"Frederica-san?!" Otto exclaimed the maid's name in shock.

"Nee-chan?! What da heck didya do t' Nee-chan, ya bastard?!" Garfiel yelled his question in rage.

"No, this can't be happening!" Otto yelled with his eyes wide in shock, grief and disbelief.

"Deja Vu didn't work for you this time, huh?" Subaru EXE asked in a mocking manner.

"Deja Vu? Th'heck ya talkin' 'bout?!" Garfiel yelled, his angry voice was now laced with sobs at seeing his sister's reanimated corpse in front of him.

"Oh jeez...Deja Vu helped you three to survive. Some small fragments of memory are still inside your braindead heads. I guess you can handle it..." The abomination said, before the three males saw Subaru EXE teleporting away, leaving Frederica EXE there with them, who immediately transformed her hands to large brown fur-colored claws. Garfiel, how was the one that was most devastated by his sister's Death, with Otto racing him into that position of grief, gritted his teeth, before he reached for Heinkel.

"Go away, Grump Astrea!"

"?!"

And before Heinkel could even react, Garfiel grabbed him by the collar and threw him away from both him and Otto. Heinkel then landed on another side of the mountain while making sure that his back would hit the ground the moment he landed to protect his comatose wife, and not a few seconds later, Frederica EXE appeared in a white flash in front of him, holding the bloodied, decapitated heads of Otto and Garfiel. This caused Heinkel to stand straight and place his hand on the sword on his waist.

"I guess...It's only you and me, Frederica" Heinkel said.

"I'm not that powerless girl that I used to be...The one that you stole everything from" Frederica EXE said.

"I see...But I suppose that I have to leave you" Heinkel said, before yelling out.

"Shamak!"

"?!"

A massive cloud of smoke erupted from Heinkel, covering the mountain top. He then took this as chance to run away from his assaulter, albeit his assaulter didn't budge from her place.

"Exeller will get you, anyway" Frederica EXE said while crossing her arms, still engulfed in the cloud of Yin Magic that had absolutely no effect on her.

Memory Fragment File #05

"Sir Heinkel Astrea. To what do we owe this pleasurable visit?"

"I'm here to talk to your master, Roswaal"

Heinkel answered Frederica, who gave him a courtesy bow while giving out her question to his sudden visit.

"Roswaal-sama is currently busy. Can you wait for him?" Frederica asked.

"Yeah. Sure. Whatever" Heinkel said before crashing into the couch in the guest room, not caring about how rude his action and his words were.

"Understood. I shall prepare tea for our guest" Frederica said before giving a courtesy bow, and marched towards the kitchen.

Once she was out of sight, however, Frederica gritted her fanged teeth in anger.

"Why is he here?" She thought angrily, before taking out the tea leaves. She then placed them in the cup alongside sugar, then she took a small sachet out of one of the pockets of her maid outfit, and then she opened it, but just as she was about to put its contents into the teacup...

"Frederica. What are you doing placing poison in the teacup of our guest?"

"?!"

Ram held her hand before she could empty the contents of the poison sachet into the teacup of Heinkel.

"Ram, please let go of my arm" Frederica said, trying to contain her anger so that she wouldn't lash out at Ram unnecessarily.

"You're the most rational one out of all of us, and the one whose nerves are the calmest. You mustn't do this" Ram said to her senior.

"You don't understand, Ram. I have to kill that imbecile" Frederica said, her body shaking.

"No...Ram does understand. Ram understands what it means for someone to kill everything you hold dear the most, and she also understands what it means to agonizingly wait while watching the filth that ruined her life roam free...But Ram also knows...That everything has its time and place. This action of yours will lead to severe consequences, so you shouldn't take that path" Ram said.

"But...But I..." Frederica muttered, biting her lower lip with her voice laced with sobs.

"Calm down, Frederica. You have to hold it in, at least for now. As Ram said, there's a time and place for everything. All you have to do is to be patient" Ram said, causing Frederica to look at her silently, tears threatening to fall down her cheeks. She then saw as Ram extended her opened palm.

"Give me the poison sachet, Frederica. And brew the tea for our guest" Ram said to her senior, who hesitated for a few seconds, before she reluctantly placed the poison sachet in Ram's hand, who proceeded to throw it in the garbage can in the kitchen, before taking her leave silently as if nothing had happened between her and Frederica.

Frederica then focused on the boiling water, before she took the teapot and the teacup, placing them on the tray cart and proceeded to exit the kitchen.

And as she made her way through the hallway, one thought only passed through her mind.

"Heinkel Astrea...I swear on the soul of my mother...That I will have my revenge on you..."

Memory Fragment File #05: End

Hanumas. Nighttime

"Hah...Hah...Fucking bastard...Can't believe...Hah...That I ran all the way...Hah...Hah...From Mount Cordor to Hanumas on foot..."

Heinkel gasped for breath while holding his wife on his shoulder. He couldn't believe that the adrenaline in his body was so high that he ran straight for what seemed to be six or seven hours down the mountain and straight to Hanumas.

Frankly, his life depended on it, so...

"Okay...Trying to go to the Mathers Domain from here looks like suicide, and Hakchuri city is just the same, so...I think that I must head to Fleur town, then to the Capital so that I can ask for assistance. Hopefully Carol and Grimm are alright..." Heinkel said before gritting his teeth upon remembering the sore memory of yesterday.

"I think that...I have to find an excuse regarding Grassis and Flam..." He muttered before looking at his still sleeping wife that was hoisted on his shoulder. Despite the rough events that he had been through, Louanna wasn't feeling any kind of discomfort judging by her calm sleeping face.

"Sorry, Louanna...Please bear with me" Heinkel said, even though he knew that he won't have an answer back.

Taking a deep breath, Heinkel sprinted towards the town of Fleur.

A few hours later. Fleur

"Hah...Alright...I've reached Fleur..."

Heinkel panted heavily with his face completely flushed and his body was literally bathing in sweat.

"I must find a Dragon Carriage to the Capital" He said as he walked through the town. Heinkel knew Fleur very well. It was a town well-known to have markets for hiring Dragon Carriages here and there. Lots of travelers and merchants come specifically to Fleur since it was a stopover town located in the north-east of the Capital. Lugunica was known to gather lots of merchants and adventurers from not only the other three Great Countries, but also from the other small countries surrounding the Four Great Countries.

There was also the factor that the Divine Dragon had placed the prophecy of the Royal Candidates, and the Sage Council took this chance to expand the influence of Lugunica by using the prophecy placed by the Dragon to intentionally attract adventurers and merchants from all around the world in order to increase their economic activity.

Heinkel clicked his tongue at this. He already knew that he was the last person to ever be annoyed by that thought, but it didn't take a wiser to acknowledge the fact that they were literally in war. He knew about the fact that Bordeaux Zellgef was doing shady stuff under the nose of the Kingdom, using the power of a secret organization called the Six Tongues. Currently, no one, not even Heinkel, let alone Marcos himself, knew anything about that organization. Only Heinkel knew about it in name only, but no one knew what its purpose and goal was. However, Heinkel knew Bordeaux, and he knew that he was one scheming bastard, who simply did whatever he desired, under the name of 'For the sake of the Kingdom'.

Honestly, Heinkel stayed silent, but he was so close to hurling from disgust. He had to admit that the white-haired boy and the black-haired man were right in every word that they said back then in the Royal Palace.

Shaking his head at the memory, Heinkel marched with his comatose wife still on his shoulder, walking through the streets of the town.

An hour later, however, he felt something was off.

"What the...What's going on here...? Where are the people...?" He muttered that question to no one in particular. Cold sweat traced down Heinkel's forehead, traveling across his cheeks and dripping down from his slightly bearded chin. He slowly walked to one of the Dragon Carriage shops that was closer to him. And with a trembling hand, he knocked at the door of the shop, only to stagger to the back slightly when the door slowly creaked open with the small contact of his hand to it.

Heinkel froze in his place for a few moments. His instincts, born from years of fighting and war, had warned him about what was about to happen should her enter, or to be more precise, what was he about to witness upon entering.

And upon opening the door clearly, Heinkel immediately wiped his head away to avert his eyes from the horrid sight, placing his hand on his mouth to suppress the urge to vomit, all while still holding Louanna on his shoulder.

It was completely horrifying, and even the word 'Horrifying' didn't do it justice. A bunch of people slaughtered in the worst way possible. Innards, organs, urine, feces, bodily fluids, brains, flesh, blood, brain matter, eyeballs and even more was scattered around.

Some women, mostly young children held expressions of horror on their faces, as some of the bodies remained intact, their stomachs were bloated up as if someone stuffed them to the point that they would burst. Looking closely, Heinkel could see what appeared to be bodily fluids seeping from their lower holes. It also seemed that the merciless scum of a criminal who was responsible didn't differentiate between male and female when it came to violating children, if the bodily fluids seeping from the anus hole of the corpses of the young boys were any indication of that.

Even if it was a war expert, they wouldn't be able to endure this putrid sight. This shameless display of a slaughter couldn't pass off as an act of mercilessness. Even Sin Archbishops, a bunch of the most irredeemable scums, could never have the heart to do such an act. They indeed could slaughter towns and cities, but not to the point that they would mutilate and violate citizens with that horrid method.

Heinkel's face had a tint of green. He felt as if he was going to throw up at any moment. It was extremely hard to take that horrific sight off his brain. It was too much to forget. It also didn't help that the stench of blood and rotten innards was seeping through his nostrils, increasing the urge to hurl within him by a hundred-fold.

"No...I have to focus..." Heinkel muttered to himself, before slamming the door shut. He then tried to take a deep breath in order to calm both of his nerves and ragging insides, but the stench of blood filling the air of the entire town of Fleur, combined with both the sight that Heinkel witnessed not a few seconds ago, as well as the fatigue that he suffered while trying to escape from that creature caused Heinkel to finally give in, before he fell to his knees and proceeded to empty the contents of his stomach, hurling all the contents inside his stomach.

After vomiting everything inside of him, Heinkel coughed violently, desperately trying to take his breath as Fear and panic rose inside of him by the passing second due to having come to a horrifying realization.

The entirety of the Fleur town...Was completely slaughtered. No one remained alive.

"This fucker..." Heinkel muttered, before wiping the vomit from his lips with his glove, before shakily standing up. He then approached the door that had the ruthless massacre behind it once again. He then took a deep breath before swinging the door open. He then walked immediately inside, ignoring the horrid sight of the mutilated people as well as the putrid smell that assaulted his nostrils. He then reached the staples at the back of the shop, only to see that all the Earth Dragons were dead except for one that was standing calmly inside its staple room.

"So...You survived, buddy. I'm sorry, but you have to bear with me" Heinkel said before taking a saddle from the side, before placing it on the back of the Earth Dragon. He then pulled the Dragon from its reins, causing it to move outside its room. Even while holding the reins, Heinkel could feel the Earth Dragon shaking in Fear. Obviously, it saw how its comrades and owner were killed in the most brutal way to be ever experienced.

In the back of his mind, Heinkel was confused. Everyone was completely slaughtered, except for this Earth Dragon. No way this was a coincidence.

"Bastard is toying with me..." Heinkel muttered behind his gritted teeth as he approached a vacant carriage. He then placed Louanna inside of the carriage, before proceeding to fasten the Earth Dragon to the carriage. He then pulled the Dragon Carriage outside, positioning it to the direction of the Capital as he sat on the driver's seat.

"Well, Well, Well...The shitty father survived"

"?!"

Just as he was about to pull the reins on the Earth Dragon to resume his journey, Heinkel's entire body stiffened as he heard the familiar voice. He then looked behind him, only to see Subaru EXE floating in midair with a maniacal grin on his blood-smeared face.

"Ever considered a career change from a failure of a father and an asshole of a Deputy Commander of Knights to a signboard on the streets?" The abomination asked mockingly, causing Heinkel to grit his teeth in anger.

"You're way more annoying than that brat you're possessing. If only I had that small gem that I gave to my subordinate" Heinkel said remembering the bright red gem that resembled the huge green gem back at that spacious place that he was teleported to alongside the now dead merchant and Beast Human. He gave it to his subordinate to keep it because Heinkel saw no use for money, as he thought that it was nothing but a normal gem back then. He didn't know that such artifact possessed incredible power.

His expression turned from anger to horror, however, upon seeing the same red gem appear in the hand of bastard possessing Subaru.

"This gem? Oh, and don't worry about your subordinate. His place is in the graveyard" He said before putting the gem away in his pocket, before smirking at Heinkel.

"Now then, Heinkel. You're the only one alive. All of your 'friends' are dead. How about we play a game?" Subaru EXE asked, but Heinkel wasn't listening as he whipped the reins of the Earth Dragon, causing it to run with the carriage at full speed, leaving Subaru EXE with an annoyed look on his face.

"How rude..." He muttered before he took flight to the fleeing carriage.

Heinkel gritted his teeth, cold sweat running down his entire head, his heart pumping too much adrenaline and blood for his body to handle, to the point that he felt like that his heart would jump out of his chest at any moment.

As he raced towards the Capital, he stole glances at Louanna from behind, making sure that she wasn't swiped away from him. The carriage rocked violently as it soared at blinding speeds. Even though the Divine Protection of Wind Evasion should be active, Heinkel could feel everything around him shaking.

He didn't know whether it was the carriage itself shaking, or the world, or whether it was his own body. Either way, he didn't care. All that he cared about was to reach the Capital to call for help.

"You're awfully rude, Heinkel. Running away while people are talking" Heinkel gasped as he looked behind him on the source of the voice, only to see Subaru EXE standing on the top of the racing carriage.

"As I said. Let's play a game. I will be keeping Louanna with me. If you want her back, you have to fight what I'm going to summon right now. All while traveling to the Capital of Lugunica. Sounds fun, right? But be careful. If you don't defeat it by the time we reach the Capital, I'll have Execun ravish your sleeping beauty of a wife~" He said before Heinkel saw a blue balloon-like entity appearing from thin air, before its arms enlarged and he proceeded to hold Louanna while inside the racing carriage.

"LOUANNA!" Heinkel yelled, before jumping off the driver's seat, not wasting a second chance as he drew his sword and proceeded to swing it at Execun, who was just grinning like a mad man at him, not budging an inch as he neared its free clawed hand towards the chest of the comatose Louanna.

However, the strike that Heinkel intended to deliver never came. Instead, the sound of metal clanging against metal rang in his ears. Immediately, Heinkel gasped in shock and disbelief upon seeing the person blocking his attack.

He could remember it. That accursed day that happened eleven years ago, the same day that Reinhard gained the Divine Protection of the Sword Saint. He still remembers that person. The same white attire of a Knight of Lugunica, but it was a female version of it. The same vibrant red hair that was exclusive to only the Astrea bloodline here in Lugunica. The only major differences is that she no longer held the Dragon Sword Reid with her. Instead, she held a normal sword in her hands. And there was also the fact that her beautiful face was deathly pale, accompanied by her black sclera that surrounded her ocean blue irises made her a completely different person.

"Mother..." Heinkel could only mutter in his shock.

"I thought that it would be boring bringing out anyone to fight you. So I brought the former Sword Saint herself, Theresia van Astrea, to fight you. I'm sure that it's too much for you to the point that you can't talk, so let me explain the rules of the game. You're going to fight Theresia here but be careful. With each strike that Theresia successfully lands on you, Execun will proceed to rip a piece of Louanna's clothes off. Once all the pieces are out of the way, if Theresia lands another successful hit, Execun will proceed to rape your sleeping wife senseless. I'm sure that she still feels pleasure even though she's comatose, don't you think?" Subaru EXE said while grinning at Heinkel, who had a vein popping on his forehead.

"YOU BASTARD! DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH MY WIFE!" Heinkel roared in anger, which made him lose focus, causing Theresia EXE to swing her sword at him, causing blood to burst from his chest, which in turn made him lose his balance and fall on his butt.

"Strike One, Heinkel~" Subaru EXE said, before Heinkel watched as Execun swiftly ribbed off Louanna's white dress, making her remain in her light blue bra and panties.

"BASTARDS!" Heinkel roared as he charged forward, his only focus is Louanna, but that also left him open as Theresia EXE slammed her heel into his fresh wound, causing him to be knocked back once again.

"Strike Two, Heinkel~" Subaru EXE said, causing Execun to rip off Louanna's bra, making her D-cups breasts bounce freely.

Heinkel only saw red at the moment. His blood was boiling. He roared out as blood was still oozing from the fresh wound on his chest. He charged blindly at Subaru EXE and Execun once again, only for Theresia EXE to stab his side, right through his spleen, causing Heinkel to cough out blood, before he was sent flying back when Theresia EXE delivered a roundhouse kick, nearly causing her son to fall from the still racing carriage and knocking his sword off his hand and on the ground of the carriage.

"Strike Three AND Four~. Guess you know what that means~" Subaru EXE said as Heinkel could only watch as Execun ripped off Louanna's panties, making her completely naked like the day she was born from her mother's womb.

"Say, Heinkel. How does it feel?" Subaru EXE asked, making the shocked Heinkel look at him.

"Your life is complete garbage by now, isn't it? The moment that you chickened out from the White Whale Subjugation Quest fourteen years ago, everything was ruined for you. All because of your cowardice" Subaru EXE said.

"No...I'm not a coward...I..." Heinkel muttered, already losing the strength to even talk due to the physical and mental damage that he suffered for two days straight.

"What would you call it other than cowardice? You fled with your tail between your legs and left your mother to clean behind you. Poor Theresia. She must have suffered a lot. I believe by now that she hates you to the core" Subaru EXE said.

"No...She doesn't hate me...She would never..." Heinkel muttered again, Sadness and grief bubbling inside of him.

"I'm sure that she said something along the lines of 'Take care of your son, Heinkel'. But stupid, pathetic son. He couldn't even do the simplest of things, and that was to take care of his own son. He couldn't fulfill the dying will of his mother" Subaru EXE said, the grin on his face widening.

"No...I tried my best..." Heinkel muttered, tears starting to build in the corner of his eyes.

"And now you're trying to lie to yourself. Even though we both know the truth of all of this. That you were just like your father, Wilhelm Trias" Subaru EXE said.

"What...? No, I'm...I'm nothing like him..." Heinkel whispered, already realizing where this is going.

"Oh please. Wilhelm left you the moment Theresia died, placing the blame on both you and your son. He blamed you for your cowardice and blamed your son for 'stealing' Theresia's Divine Protection" Subaru EXE said, his eyes twitching from the delight of slowly breaking Heinkel.

"Stop..." Heinkel whispered, tears now flowing down his cheeks.

"And what did you do? You stayed by your son's side for a while, until your stress bubble burst open, and you decided to neglect him. Heck, you even blamed him for Louanna's condition and Theresia's Death. You have to face it, Heinkel. Everyone hates you" Subaru EXE said.

"Stop..." Heinkel whispered once again, begging for him to stop talking.

"Marcos, your best friend, hates you for your descension to vulgarness. Garitch hated you for lashing out at him for not being able to cure your wife. Wilhelm hates you for abandoning his wife and chickening out. Theresia hates you for leaving her to die. Louanna hates you for neglecting your son...And I'm pretty sure..."

As he trailed in his speech, a face-splitting grin appeared on Subaru EXE's face.

"...I'm sure that Reinhard hates you...For all that had happened to him ever since his first day in this world"

Heinkel's eyes widened, his pupils shrunk, and he could hear his heartbeat echo in his ears. By now, his anger had just reached its peak, and he was seeing red in front of him as he helplessly saw as Execun's fanged mouth and clawed hands reached for his wife's chest and nether region respectively.

He suddenly felt another heartbeat, sensing as if another heart was within him, a glowing red stone slowly vibrating in its glow. Slowly, but surely, the glowing kept on rapidly increasing in its speed until it matched the pace of Heinkel's own heartbeat. And a second later, he felt power explode within him, rising rapidly inside of him.

"Rune Stone Skill: Wrath of Mars"

Suddenly, Subaru EXE and Execun's attention was diverted to the massive burst in power. Looking in front of him, they saw Heinkel instantly standing up to his feet, before throwing his arms to the sides, roaring to the heavens as ocean blue energy danced around his entire body, and his wounds, inflicted by Theresia EXE's Divine Protection of the Soul Reaper, was instantly healed, as if it never existed, despite this being next to impossible.

And before anyone could react, Heinkel dashed forward, hitting Theresia EXE in the face with an elbow, sending her flying off the carriage. Execun gasped in shock, to the point that it dropped the naked Louanna on the floor of the still racing carriage. He then recovered from his shock quickly as he glared at Heinkel's eyes that were now glowing ocean blue energy.

"Don't get cocky, Human!" The creature yelled before jumping off with its claws extended, intending on shredding Heinkel to pieces.

However, upon his claws making contact with Heinkel's skin, it shattered like glass. Execun could only watch with wide eyes as the impossible happened in front of its eyes.

It then couldn't retaliate in time as Heinkel grabbed one of Execun's arms, before delivering a devastating uppercut that launched Execun to the heavens in an instant, bursting a hole in the carriage.

"Tsk. That sure turned greasy. Time to go" Subaru EXE clicked his tongue and was about to fly away from the carriage, only for Heinkel to grab his arm, causing the abomination's eyes to widen in surprise, before his face and nose were smashed upon meeting a powerful headbutt delivered to his face by Heinkel, causing blood to burst from said region.

"Fucker!" Subaru EXE yelled in anger but was given no chance to retaliate as Heinkel kept on throwing fist after fist at him. The barrage of fists continued and grew faster to the point that Heinkel's fists created afterimages with each swing. Subaru EXE tried to use magic, but he couldn't. He tried to teleport to gain distance, but he couldn't. He even tried to stop time, but he couldn't.

That's when he realized it. Heinkel's Rune Stone Skill didn't only give him a massive strength boost, but also gave him the ability to nullify any kind of ability and power of the victim upon making contact with them, which was what Heinkel was doing at the moment.

Heinkel's fists were thrown with so much power that time and space were torn apart every time he threw a punch and every time he reared his fist back to throw another punch. Any kind of attack that he threw can neither be defended against, nor it can be reflected no matter what happens. By each passing second, Fear grew into Subaru EXE's heart. If this continued, he will die.

This guy was targeting his soul on purpose, leaving only Subaru's soul intact. Exeller could feel his existence being slowly erased, and the process was rapidly increasing with every punch.

"STAY!"

A punch.

"AWAY!"

Another punch.

"FROM!"

Yet another punch.

"MY!"

And another punch.

"WIFE!"

And yet another punch.

"AND!"

And again another punch.

"SON!"

And with that last punch, Heinkel mustered every single strength that he had before he threw his fist at Subaru EXE's face, causing the abomination to be sent flying away to the heavens, twinkling in the night sky like a star.

A few seconds later, the ocean blue energy around Heinkel faded slowly, along with the light blue glowing in his eyes.

Heinkel released a sigh of relief, before kneeling down in worry at his naked comatose wife, checking on her to see if she was injured, before he released another sigh of relief.

"Thank goodness...Louanna is fine..." He whispered, before taking off his cape, and wrapped it around his wife to hide her naked body. He then gently placed her on the ground of the carriage and was about to go to the driver's seat to take control of their driver-less ride, when suddenly, a giant red ring appeared in front of their path, similar to the ring that Heinkel entered to teleport to that weird spacious place alongside Otto and Garfiel.

"Shit!" Heinkel cursed as he had no time to reach the dragon to stop the carriage. When suddenly, spikes burst from the bottom of the carriage, shredding the carriage apart and killing the Earth Dragon, causing what remained of the carriage to stumble and lose balance towards its way to the giant red ring ahead.

Thinking quickly, Heinkel grabbed his sword with his hand, then grabbed his wife under his other arm before the spikes could stab through her, and with nothing else to do, he jumped out of the carriage and right in the direction of the ring, jumping inside of it and disappearing along with it in a brief flash of light as the carriage and the mutilated pieces of the Earth Dragon tumbled forward, passing where the giant red ring originally was.

Between the borders of the Kremaldy Forest and the Sanctuary

"I'm getting sick of these teleportations"

Heinkel groaned as he rubbed the back of his head, before he wiped his head to see whether Louanna was alright or not. He then sighed in relief as he saw her completely unharmed, breathing peacefully in her sleep.

"Thank goodness. Louanna is alright" He muttered, his heart finally settling down now that the danger was gone...For now.

"Greetings, Heinkel Astrea"

"?!"

Just then, the figure of a black-skinned woman wearing a female version of the black businessman suit appeared in front of Heinkel, staring at him with her emerald green eyes as her waist-length green hair swayed with the wind.

"Who are you? And what do you want? I've had enough of surprises in two days" Heinkel asked calmly as he pointed his sword at the woman, who simply smiled calmly at him.

"Be at ease. My name is Nyarlathothep. And I am here to help you. First I need to tell you something that you must remember. Exeller, the entity possessing Subaru Natsuki, wants the Master Emerald to attain his true form and powers, and to kill the six people that were mentioned in the prophecy, including you. He is currently weakened, and that was why you were able to harm him despite having just unlocked your Rune Stone Skill" Nyarlathothep said, causing the confusion to rise inside of Heinkel with each word.

"Wait a minute. Exeller? Master Emerald? Prophecy? Rune Stone Skill? What on Earth are you talking about?" Heinkel asked.

"I am afraid that our time is growing short. Subaru Natsuki is starting to unconsciously reset the timeline once again" Nyarlathothep said.

"What do you mean by 'Again'? Do you mean that this had happened before? Now that you mention it, there are scenes that I felt that occurred before, but I couldn't get a hold of it. Also, won't I forget everything once the timeline is reset?" Heinkel asked after coming to a summarized conclusion of the current predicament that he was in.

"I guess you heard of Deja Vu, right? You may not remember this, but I shall bet on my luck" Nyarlathothep said.

And before Heinkel could say anything else, light engulfed the world, blinding Heinkel, along with words echoing in his head.

"I want them to live..."

And just like that, the white light engulfed the whole world, where silence is what followed as this world was left behind.

Memory Fragment File #05

"Mother! You can't be serious!"

"Don't worry about me, Heinkel. I'm already used to this"

As Theresia van Astrea was dressing in her Knight attire and hoisting both a normal sword and the Dragon Sword Reid on her back, a young Heinkel tried to plead to her to stop.

"But Mother! This is my own job! I was the one chosen to lead the White Whale Subjugation Quest! I have to take responsibility!" Heinkel yelled to his mother, already on the verge of tears, only for his mother to smile at him. Despite already being over forty-six years old, Theresia was still in her prime when it came to her strength and skill, even way stronger than Heinkel himself.

Still, the idea that she will take his place because of him being too afraid never appealed to him at all. He expected Marcos to take the lead of that fight, but not Theresia. Even if he was a coward, Heinkel could never let his mother of all people enter a battlefield that they knew nothing about of its dangers.

"Heinkel. Son. It's natural to be afraid, but it's unnatural to be horrified. It's alright. I used to be afraid from the responsibilities that dawned upon me as the Sword Saint, but your father freed me from it. So I'm not blaming you for being too afraid to join the subjugation" Theresia said, giving Heinkel a motherly smile.

"But Mother..." Heinkel trailed in his speech, unable to find the words to stop his mother.

"You can call it a 'Mother's Intuition'. This premonition of something bad that is bound to happen in the future? Yeah, you can call it that. As a mother, I must make sure that my child is safe and sound" Theresia said, causing tears to freely flow down Heinkel's face.

"Mother..." He muttered, his voice laced with sobs as he saw Theresia having finished her preparations, before heading towards the door. However, right before she could reach for the doorknob, she stopped moving, but she didn't turn around to face Heinkel.

"And if you insist on knowing...There's also another reason as to why I'm doing something as risky as this in your place, son" She said, causing Heinkel's head to perk up at this.

"What...?" He asked, unable to form the words in his mind. His eyes widened in surprise as he saw Theresia turning around to face him, her face riddled with tears, but she was still giving out a motherly smile.

"Wilhelm...Your father...He loves me, but that's it. He only loves me. I never felt a hint of love directed towards you or Reinhard. So in the moment that something happens to me, I'm sure that he will scorn you both" Theresia said.

"Then-!" Heinkel was about to talk, having found something that might make his mother rethink going to the danger's doorstep, but Theresia cut him off.

"However, that won't do. Heinkel, there's this saying: The dearest son is the son of the son" She said.

"What does that mean...?" Heinkel asked.

"It means that to a grandparent, the grandson is more loved than their actual son. So I'm thinking of Reinhard. This poor child will live in complete Sadness. I'm old, Heinkel. I may am healthy and I know that I can live for a little longer, but not as long as you. You're still in your youth, and your wife needs to see you when she wakes up. Also, your son needs you. I won't be able to stay by Reinhard's side longer than you can. So you must be there for him" Theresia said, causing Heinkel's teary eyes to widen in disbelief.

"Mother...You...Thought of all of that..." Heinkel whispered in shock.

"I'm sorry, son. I'm leaving a huge burden on you. But...If I fall in that battle, then promise me this: Take care of Reinhard. Don't ever leave his side" Theresia said, causing Heinkel to gulp down a huge lump that formed in his throat, before using his sleeve to wipe the tears staining his face. He then straightened himself as he firmly stared at his mother.

"I promise you, Mother. I will never, ever, leave the side of my son. No matter what the world would say about him" Heinkel said, causing Theresia to wipe her own tears and smile at her son.

"I shall take you up on that promise, son" She said, before she turned around and proceeded to exit the room, leaving Heinkel, whose firm face turned to that of Sadness, alone in the room.

Memory Fragment File #06: End

And Done!

Woot! An 8.5k+ chapter, yet with lots of events, I'd say!

I'd also say that I gave enough reason for Heinkel to suffer considering his past. Let me tell you all this: I like Heinkel's character. I can understand that he was suffering, but in actuality, the entire world, including his asshole of a father, was pressurizing him, all while he was trying to be by his son's side. Even though he screwed up at the end, I'd say that he holds a redemption chance that is way greater than that of Wilhelm, who is all 'Theresia this, Theresia that'. Arc 5 of the main story made it clear to me that Wilhelm is more of an asshole than Puck, especially when he said 'That's my Theresia!'. Dude, there's something called 'Moving on'. Haven't you ever heard of it?

Now then, we have finished the Solo Endings of the boys, and now we move on to the Solo Endings of the girls. I can see everyone breathing in anticipation, even if it's my imagination, please bear with the crazy, lunatic person that is me.

To answer the comments of Reaper10398, I know that you wanted to see Garfiel suffering, and actually, I meant to end Garfiel's Solo Ending like that, because I'm saving his suffering in one of his Duo Endings, so look forward to it.

Also yeah, Shadow isn't going to have any of Echidna's crap. He will see through it, but I wanted to just show that Shadow also is suffering from his past. His past will also be explained later on at the end of that Arc, which is also the reason that led him to be transported to the Re:Zero World in the first place.

Another thing that I want to address is the fact that I still want your opinion on whether or not I should make an EX story explaining what happened with Shadow during the one-year timeskip between chapter 1 and chapter 2 of this fanfic. Please tell me if you want me to do it.

Lastly, I know that I'm nagging all of you, but please comment on this story. Aside from Reaper10398, nobody seems to want to place any comments in the comments section. I would appreciate it if you guys shared your thoughts and ideas, as well as your positive, maybe even a bunch of tolerable negative reviews with me in the comments section.

Next Chapter: The Anxiety In The Cougar's Eyes

Until Next Time And Next Chapter!

Jude Warble, Out.