Chapter 3: Ep 2 Director's Cut
Season 1 Episode 2 Director's Cut
Begin.
The scene shows a confused Subaru standing in the middle of a huddled crowed, with an angry Emilia glaring at him.
Emilia watched with wide open eyes. She needed to know what her stupidity put Subaru through.
How many times did he die for her?
The half-elf simply watched with her tears drying on her face.
"Poor Subaru-kun." Rem frowned deeply at the sight of her hero's face, so confused and so traumatized.
Felt is shown to be looking at the scene from the rooftops. She looked like she was waiting for something as she watched Subaru and Emilia from above.
"No! Not again, please!"
Everyone's blood froze in horror as the idea began to set in as soon as the horrified blonde candidate screamed at the top of her lungs at the screen.
Otto slowly turned around to face Felt, with a shaky smile. "Please, Felt-sama…" The merchant shook in place in anger and despair trying to keep it together.
When Felt tiredly shook her head… a blanket of darkness overwhelmed them all.
"So he dies again?" Julius said while frowning.
"Goddamn it!" Garfiel screamed in anger. His sister moved over to hug him and sooth his nerves as he kept shaking.
"I can't let him die again!" Garf growled as he hugged his sister. He wanted to save his friend so bad. He was a shield, this was a nightmare to him.
"I'll ask once more. Why did you call me by the name of the jealous witch?"glaring at the boy, Emilia asked.
Subaru just looked at her with a baffled look.
"Because you told me to." Subaru answered with a soft pleading tone.
"Oh, Subaru." Emilia whispered as she watched how confused and afraid he was. All because of her stupid insecurity.
"You can't blame yourself for this, Emilia-sama." Crusch spoke in a soft yet stern tone.
Emilia just kept watching with a frown. She wasn't convinced. Her knight has suffered through things she didn't even comprehend.
She needed to know everything that happened to him.
She needed to find out what pain he tolerated because of her.
"Why didn't you tell me about any of this?" Emilia frowned at her sleeping knight, desperate for an answer.
"I don't know who told you that, but they have terrible taste! The Jealous Witch is the epitome of taboo and you call me by her name which most dare not even say!" Emilia is shaking with anger as she stared angrily at him.
Around the befuddled Subaru, the crowds began nodding along with Emilia and glaring at the boy.
"That's right!"
"That's going too far, boy!"
Emilia looked away from the shaking Subaru with an upset look.
"If you have nothing to say, I'm leaving. I have things to do."
Emilia turned to leave and ignored Subaru as he tried to speak.
"I really feel bad for him here." Ricardo grimaced at the raging crowed surrounding Subaru.
Mimi and Tivey nodded their heads at watched the scene with grimaces of pity.
Felt is shown, smirking as she jumped down and ran into the crowed glaring at Subaru.
Subaru noticed this. "Felt!"
Subaru watched as the blonde girl ran through the crowds and passed right by Emilia.
Emilia gasped as the little girl passed by her and ran away. She checked her pocket and looked for something.
Only to find nothing in her dress.
Upset, she turned to glare at Subaru. "Were you stalling me? Are you working with her?"
"So he was an accessory to your crime in this one." Anastasia spoke in an inquiring tone.
Felt flinched as she saw what her other self did. "I guess it was a perfect opening to steal it." She agreed as she herself would have done the same back then.
"N-No!" Subaru tried to speak through his confusion and defend himself. But Emilia was already running after Felt.
"H-Hey wait a minute! You've got it all wrong! I'm…" as he tried calling out for her, he stopped and noticed the glaring crowed around him.
"Damn it!" Knowing he couldn't stay here, Subaru ran after the two.
"I find it commendable that he still try to help you after the embarrassing position you've put him in." Priscilla noted to Emilia with a bored tone.
Which surprised most people since that's not normal fucking behavior from this cunt.
Emilia took it as an insult to make her feel bad more than a complement at her sleeping knight.
Opening Theme 1: Redo
"Wh't?" Garfiel looked at the screen as it turned black.
"What's this weird music?" Julius asked.
"Hey I like it." Petra called as she focused her mind on something other than the previous events that will for sure haunt her for life.
Droplets of blood are shown as the scene changes abruptly.
The blood in black and white begins to move on its own along with a familiar plastic bag. Flying through the air.
"What is this?!" Felix yelled in frustration as the music and the sight of blood got on his nerves.
Subaru's body is shown laying on the ground with his stomach cut open. He was dead.
The Emilia camp shivered cold at the disturbing sight.
Garfiel looked away and breathed deeply.
Suddenly, like the blood and the bag, his body flies in the air and the screen shows how his blood is returning into his wounded stomach.
"Do you think that's what happens when he…" Anastasia left the question incomplete as he watched with interest.
His bag flew and returned to his palm as he was standing up after his stomach was seemingly returned to normal.
"I'm more worried about why the story seems to have stopped and now we're watching this… weird music show?" Otto asked bewildered.
Subaru is shown walking in a dark mist with his face glitching around him.
Emilia is shown with the same sequence.
Felt is shown with the same sequence as well.
Elsa's face is shown over all of them.
Beatrice is shown flying in the mist with her face glitching.
Rem and Ram are shown standing together with the same effect. Roswaal's face is shown over the two.
A scene where Emilia and Subaru are standing infront of each other with many lesser spirits around them is shown.
A dark hand attacks and Emilia's body pops out of existence. Subaru recoils in fear and looks around in confusion. Another Subaru taps him in the shoulder and smiles.
The smiling Subaru continues walking, leaving the first one behind him to pop like Emilia.
A scene where Emilia is standing in a white mist while multiple Subarus are walking around her. Everything disappeared out of existence and only one Subaru remained screaming in frustration.
"That's fucking creepy." Al shivered at the sight.
The music begins building up as Emilia and Subaru are facing their backs to one another while they spun around. The screen shows the many characters in the story and then stopping at the title as the music builds up.
"Hmm, it seems its an introduction, I suppose."
Rem looked at Beatrice. "To what?"
"To Barusu's story." Ram answered her sister.
Subaru is shown running away from the dark fog and trying to reach another smiling version of himself.
Another Subaru is shown running behind him and trying to reach the happy ending before the first one.
"So he just keeps running and dying for a happy ending?" Reinhard asked in a glum voice as he watched Subaru trying as hard as he can to step into the light.
Subaru runs through the black foggy mist and closes his eyes from the shinning light.
Standing in the light are the figures of Beatrice, Rem, Ram, Felt and Emilia, standing on a ship.
Most of the girls blushed at being objectified like this.
"Pervert, Barusu."
Subaru smiles and begins walking towards his happy ending, but a dark hand stops him by penetrating his back.
"Who is that?" Petra asked in fright as Subaru screamed on the screen.
"A witch cultist… maybe." Anastasia shrugged as she knew that the question well be answered sometime during this story.
Subaru stands between the mist world and the happy ending filled with light, screaming as the hand kills him. The screen spins around him as he tries to fight through the pain.
The final shot is of him having his guts cut open and falling on the ground with his blood all over the floor and his bag right beside him.
"… This is too dark." Felix looked away from the sight as the music died down.
The screen showed the same droplets of black and white blood from the beginning and the music stops.
End of the opening.
The scene changes to show Emilia running after Felt through the same alleyway from the first episode. Subaru is running tiredly after her, exhausted.
"Could someone just treat me a little nicer? Why was I even… summoned to this world?" Subaru asks exasperated while trying to catch his breath.
"Good question." Crusch whispered as she kept watching like a hawk. The adventure of a hero so useless yet so amazing to her.
Subaru turns around finding that Emilia and Felt had jumped over the alley's dead end, planning on rerouting around the house but he was stopped by…
"Th's is pissing mine amazin' selfs off!"
"You gotta be kidding!" Felix facepalmed.
"Aahhhhhh!" Petra groaned loudly in frustration.
"What're you blabbering on about?"
"If you don't wanna get hurt, cough up whatever you've got!"
Subaru finds the same three thieves blocking his way.
"Would you stop it already?!No one is this damn persistent!" Subaru shouted at the three clearly tired of them.
"You think you can mouth off to us?" the leader of the group brought out his blade as he glared at Subaru.
"You're in my way! I have somewhere I need to go!" Subaru is upset and in a hurry as he walks past the blade wielding thief.
"He won't beat them up like last time?"
"He's confused about what's been happening with all these dreams or previous lives, not to mention he needs to catch up to miss 'I'm a Witch but don't call me that' over there, so he doesn't have the time or the right mind to think clearly." Anastasia said the last part in a snide tone aimed at the half-elf girl.
Emilia just looked down and accepted this.
"I advise you not to start hostile interactions with the candidate sponsored by Roswaal-sama." Ram glared at the greedy girl.
"Know your place, maid." Julius reprimanded sternly. He will not accept any one bad mouthing his lady.
"Emilia-sama won't be insulted for something she never did. Even if it happened in Barusu's previous lives or not. So please take care how you all speak with her in the future." Emilia looked surprised as Ram defended her.
"Hmph!" Anastasia just looks at the screen with a small scowl on her face.
Subaru suddenly stops with his eyes wide in shock as he falls over with the three thieves looking at him with wide eyes.
"Oh shit!" Ricardo yelled out as he understood what happened.
"E-Eh?" Otto looked with shock.
Surely not. Not like this.
"Man, now you've done it."
Subaru's back is shown and it appears that he's been stabbed in the kidney by the blade.
Subaru looks at his bleeding back in shock as he struggles to breath.
"You stabbed him?"
"N-No! He walked right into my blade!"
You've got to be kidding me!
It hurts… it hurts…
As Subaru is dying on the ground, the thieves are arguing above him, the shorter thief takes the knife out of Subaru's body, making him spit blood.
"What're you doing?" the larger thief asks the shorter one.
"No sense in wasting it." the short guy replied as he pocketed the blade with Subaru's blood on it.
Subaru is shown with blood coming out of his mouth and bleeding a pool of blood.
"Take anything on him worth selling."
"Whao! Wait, guards will arrive here soon."
Subaru is struggling to stay awake as he looks up from the amounting blood around him and to his dropped plastic bag.
He looked at the bag in confusion as he cried tears of pain.
Huh?
The screen aimed closer to the small package of chips. Unopened. New.
But… Old Man Rom ate those.
How… C-Could… this be…
"Run!"
"We're in trouble!"
The thieves run away from the scene as the screen zooms on Subaru's eyes as he freaked out in pain.
His wide shocked eye suddenly lost the light.
And so did the screen.
Darkness….
"Will it… ever end, I suppose?" Beatrice looked at the screen with tears running down non stop. How many times will this be his fate?
Emilia just silently hugged Subaru's chest to hear his heart beat.
She just needed this. Nothing but his warmth and his rising chest.
He's okay. He's okay. He's okay.
Subaru's jacket was getting wet.
From her tears.
Rem simply hugged Subaru's sleeping neck and rubbed her face in his hair as she breathed heavily, trying to calm her nerves and not get angry.
"My hero… My love." she whispered through her tears as she smelled his scent.
"Once we're back, I want you to give them the most cruel punishment you can think of and keep them employed so I can make them suffer for the rest of their lives!" Felt growled out as she felt disgusted with her self for ever helping these three find a better life.
Reinhard nodded solemnly. Oh, he will see this through. They were orders after all.
"Dying in an alley all alone and by a simple wound… Subaru-kyun's weakness knows no bounds huh?" Felix was starting to get really agitated the more blood and horrific deaths he saw.
"It's not weakness Felix-dono."
The cat boy looked up at the butler of the Karsten house.
"Old man Wil?"
"He is strong." The old man nodded solemnly at the screen. He saw the boy's defeat with his own eyes. The fact that he proved himself and remained firm against the world that mocked him was a testament to this kids well.
"It's over Garf. Little brother." Frederica rubbed her brother's shoulders as he remained sitting away from the screen with his head hidden on his knees.
He can't see his cap'n die. Not again.
A faint voice. A blurry image.
"Well, boy? You want this appa?"
"I'm tired of this guy!" Mimi shouted.
Many of the emotionally tired nodded with her.
They wished that it would be the last time they see him. Not that he was hated, but because that would mean Subaru is safe.
Subaru found himself right back where he was, infront of the salesmen.
The boy appeared calm as he stared into space. "Hey mister… "
"Huh?"
"How many times have you seen me now?"
"What do you mean? I've never seen you before. Well? Are you buying it or not?"
Subaru appears to be disturbed for a second but then smiles and holds some excitement in. He points to himself and smirks proudly at the salesmen.
"Sorry, but I'm broke beyond compare!"
"Get the hell outta here!"
"Petra are you giggling?" Otto asked as he smiled softly.
The little girl tried to hide her giggles by putting her hand on her mouth. "I'm sorry it's just… Subaru is soooo dumb!"
"Petra-chan! What did I tell you about proper mannerisms about your superiors." Frederica reprimanded.
"But Subaru-sama told me that it was cool!"
Many smiled at the child innocence Petra was displaying. Her laughter brought back some kind of depressing since of wanting to just laugh at anything and forget about this nightmare their friend, and future husband to many of the females here, had lived through.
The scene changes to Subaru sitting somewhere looking at his bag filled with noodles and chips while he held his wallet and phone.
"Wallet, cell phone, corn potage snack, cup noodles. My tracksuit and sneakers are intact, too. And naturally… "
Subaru raises his shirt to inspect his back where he was stabbed finding nothing but flawless skin.
"Thank god. A wound to the back is a warrior's greatest shame."
"He doesn't seem fazed by his death… it's disturbing." Otto voiced out, which made everyone a little unsettled as they all looked at the sleeping boy that was being hugged by a tired Emilia.
Subaru looks up at the royal castle with conviction.
"Well, with so much circumstantial evidence, there's no denying it. It's hard to believe but this has to be… a time leap. And each time, I return to my initial state. I'll call it…."
The screen showed his face with a disturbing grim look.
"… Return by Death."
"Is that what he calls it?" Anastasia asked the Emilia camp if they ever heard that phrase before.
"Barusu has never said that phrase before."
Rem's eyes widened. She did hear that phrase before. No one noticed the shaken Oni.
Except for a certain smiling clown.
She would be silent. So he will be as well, for now.
A seller was looking at Subaru with a creeped out look as the boy spoke like a nonsensical madman.
"I actually got a time-leap ability, and it only activates when I die. The precondition being pitiful is so typical."
"He's speaking about it as if it was one of his games. Infact."
"This is so wrong! He needs to show a little bit of empathy about his deaths!" Felix yelled out in anger.
"What kind of monster doesn't care about his own death?" Tivey asked shaking with fear.
"Maybe he got used to it?" Mimi asked.
"So he's become jaded to his own death? This power is really disgusting." Julius glared at the screen in anger.
The merchant just looks away from Subaru.
If I've gone back in time, Satella hasn't helped me in this fourth life.
Meaning the debt I owed her for saving me is gone.
In that case, I should forget everything, sell this, save some funds and use my knowledge of the modern world to live in luxury!
"That's a good plan and I would have loved to make him work for me, I would have provided workshops and funds for all his projects." Anastasia started coming up with plans to make a contract with the boy when he wakes up. If he truly came from a place of pure convenience and luxury then he must be a political mine.
"Sadly, that plan never came to be." Frederica muttered.
"Of course not. This is Barusu. He probably failed and decided to use his ability to get into Emilia-sama's good graces to bank on Roswaal-sama's generosity."
"That bastard tried to kill all of us, Ram. Heck probably did if 't wasn't for Cap'n's power so keep your mouth shut!" Garfiel shouted at the maid in anger, surprising everyone especially the maid.
Everyone was confused at the conversation taking place. Rem and Emilia glared at Ram as they knew more than anyone how weak Subaru was. He wouldn't use that ability so care free.
"Hmm, I wonder." Crusch tapped her chin in thought as she heard Ram's reasoning.
Subaru smiles at the sky like a fool while the merchant is looking at him again with a freaked out glare.
"My dream is taking shape before my eyes! Right mister?" Subaru smiles at the surprised seller.
Not knowing why he was dragged into this, the man looked away from the boy. "Why are you asking me? I have no idea what you're talking about."
"Aw. that's cold…"
"I don't wanna get caught up in other people's problems. Don't talk to me."
Well, I guess the saying,"Let sleeping dogs lie," applies in any world.
Subaru is walking with a conflicted look on his face.
But still, there are always softies..
Subaru thinks back to when Emilia saved him.
People who help others, even when they really can't afford to…
Subaru thinks back to when she looked worried about her insignia.
She'd just had something precious stolen. She didn't have time for me.
Yet she saved some useless stranger, and even healed him.
Then she let that useless stranger be pleased with himself...
Subaru stops…
He notices a couple holding their kid's hands.
He remembers the time he held the little girls hands with Emilia.
He notices the mother smiling with glee while dropping a tomato from her shopping bag.
He remembers Emilia's wide smile as she held the girl.
The tomato drops on the road and gets squished by a carriage wheel, filling its spot with red paint as if blood.
Subaru stares at it disturbed as he remembered Emilia falling beside him in the loot house.
Even if Satella doesn't know me, Felt stole her insignia. And Elsa will…
He remembered the time Elsa sat over him and smirked and teased while he bled on the ground.
No matter how many times I repeat this, that won't change.
Subaru slowly touches his stomach in fear.
They say history repeats itself, right?
An image of Emilia smiling brightly flashes.
Slowly,
Subaru's feet turn.
And he runs.
Yeah. If I have the knowledge that people I used to know will be killed,
Images of Emilia, Felt and Old Man Rom smiling at him play in his mind.
I can't just ignore it!
"Man, he's cool." Otto admitted as he watched with a smile.
Garfiel just nodded and tapped his brother's shoulder with his fist while looking at the screen with wide star filled eyes.
"He's an honorable young man." Julius smiled at the sight. Subaru might have some stupid embarrassments, but he had his moments.
"So he's just running into the fray knowing he might die? What a depressing way to start a journey in another world." Al shook his head. He knew how hard this world is on a person.
Its how he started his own journey in this other world like Subaru too. He never had it this tough.
Subaru ran until he was back at the ever so familiar appa stand.
"Hey mister!" Subaru stopped to catch his breath as the salesmen looked at him with an unimpressed stare.
"What do you want, broke kid?"
"There is something I want to ask you. Have there been any pickpocketing incidents around here?"
"Asking questions without buying anything? You really do have guts."
Subaru looked worried at this but the man sighed, tired.
"Incidents like that aren't uncommon at all. Though, the last one was unusual… "
Subaru perked up at this.
"They threw some magic around in the streets a few times. Things that looked like icicles flew around and lodged in the wall. But they disappeared fast."
Subaru looked a house beside him that had holes all over it as if something burst through the concrete.
"I'm too late? I though if I could keep the insignia from being stolen, then maybe…"
"Maybe what?"
"oh, just talking to myself, but… thanks, mister… for telling me, even though I didn't buy anything." Subaru smiled sincerely at the appa man.
The salesmen shows some compassion at this and chuckles. "It's no big deal! A broke kid, like you, just helped my daughter after she got lost earlier."
Subaru smiled as he thought about Emilia.
Emilia blushed faintly and caressed her knight's hand.
"I guess fate is a compelling force, too… "
"What're you smiling about?"
"Nothing! I'll buy and appa next time!" Subaru turned to leave.
"Sure. Buy one, and you'll be a customer. Get to work, broke kid!"
Subaru raised his thumb in the air as he ran in away from the man.
"That means there's only one way! Before Elsa comes to the loot house, I have to buy the insignia from Felt, and return it to Satella. Wait…"
Subaru is running through a few alleyways as he thought about something.
"'Satella' was just an alias, wasn't it? Then I've gotta get her to tell me her real name this time-"
Everyone looked at the giggling Emilia as she tried to stop herself by placing her hand on her mouth.
She didn't say anything to them.
Subaru stops as he finds the exit to the alleyway blocked by the same fucking thieves.
"This is seriously boriiiing!"
"Come on, In fact!"
"T's is a joke!"
"What are you babbling about?"
"If you don't wanna get hurt, cough up what ever you got."
Subaru looks at them, deadpanned.
"I'm getting sick of seeing your faces, Larry, Moe, and Curly. After doing this four times I've learned my lesson!"
The thieves appeared to be taken aback by him as he took a deep breath.
The three looked at him as he readied himself.
"Beat their ass Cap'n take rev'nge!"
"Yeah!"
Otto and Garfiel stood with their brother. To the very end.
Subaru kicked the ground.
And screamed like a bitch.
"Guard!"
"What the hell, you bastard?!" The three looked around in fright.
Subaru smirked. My memory from before was right.
The time he was killed by them was shown as a flashback.
This world does have some kind of police force!
"Someone! P-Please, I need a man!" Subaru imitated a woman as he screamed for help.
Garfiel was laughing his ass off while Otto stood beside him to face the crowed.
"We don't know this man." with a deadpanned delivery he sat down beside the dying Garfiel as he cried tears from the laughter.
The people in the room chuckled and giggled at the way Subaru sounded.
Emilia, Rem and Beatrice were all giggling into their hands as they moved closer to lean on Subaru.
At the moment everyone was happy.
But no one was more happier than…
"This is it." Reinhard whispered as he remembered the situation.
"Damn it, shut up!"
"No, don't touch me… stop. I can't hear you, you're not being sincere enough. Police… Huh?" Subaru stopped screaming like a bitch and looked around nervously as no one came to his rescue.
"Don't scare me like that! I might have freaked out, just a little." the larger thieve got his barrings together and smirked uneasily at Subaru.
"Just a little bit."
"just a tiny little bit."
All of the thieves quickly took out their weapons, revealing that all of them had blades and knives all along.
"Trying to run won't help you."
Subaru glares at them as he prepares to fight.
Then…
A voice sounded out.
"That's enough."
Everyone looked behind Subaru to find an imposing figure standing in the light.
"Red hair."
"And a knight's sword, with scratches made by dragon claws."
"It can't be… Reinhard?"
"The master swordsmen Reinhard?"
The charming knight smiled at this.
"Seems I needn't introduce myself. Though, that nickname is a bit much. I don't know how much my modest strength could aid him. But if you wish to resort to extreme measures, as a knight, I would have to fight back." Reinhard stood side by side with Subaru and faced the goons.
Slowly, Reinhard moved his hands to over his sword handle as if he was about to unsheathe it.
"S-Screw this! It's not worth it!" The three thieves ran away scared from the Sword Saint's glare.
Reinhard smiled as he let his hands fall at his sides and looked at the bewildered Subaru.
"I'm glad we're both safe. Are you unhurt?"
Reinhard charmingly asked.
"Is this…" Rem looked up at the smiling Reinhard.
"Yes, this is the first time me and Subaru met."
Everyone looked at him with wide hope-filled eyes.
"This I remember clearly." he affirmed their question with a nod and a bright smile.
Which meant.
"He won't die again," Otto sighed in relief and slumped back.
Everyone smiled wide happy that Subaru wasn't going to get hurt.
Subaru smiled and straightened his back with his hand on his heart.
"A-Allow me to thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for saving my life! I, Natsuki Subaru, deeply admire your selflessness!" trying to act cool and respectable infront of Reinhard, Subaru spoke in a grateful tone.
Reinhard just smiled at this. "No need for such formality. Once it was three against two they lost their advantage. If I'd been alone, it would have been different."
Subaru just looked at Reinhard in disbelief.
H-His nice-guy index is off the charts.
Reinhard smiled sheepishly and rubbed his head.
Reinhard smiled innocently at him.
Subaru just sighed in shame that he wasn't like him. But had a look of conviction on his face as he looked up at the knight.
"Uh… Reinhard-san, right?"
"You may just call me Reinhard, Subaru." Reinhard replied cheerfully.
Subaru looked a little nervous.
He closed our distance like it was nothing…
"Well thanks again Reinhard, You're the only one who heard me shouting and came to help… talk about lonely." Subaru looked defeated at this.
"For most, it's too risky to face off against people like them. As far as it goes, you were right to call for the guards."
Subaru looked at Reinhard's attire.
"Are you a guard Reinhard? You don't look like one… "
"I'm off duty today, so I'm not in uniform. And I realize that I don't appear particularly intimidating." Reinhard shrugged sheepishly.
"Come to think of it, didn't they call you a master swordsman?"
"My family is fairly unique. Every day I feel I'll be crushed by their expectations. "
Subaru looked at Reinhard with pity as he noticed the glint of sadness in his blue eyes.
The swordsmen killed his sadness and turned to Subaru. "Anyway, Subaru… You have quite the unusual hair, apparel, and name. What nation are you from?" Reinhard sounded excited as he asked this.
Subaru looked down at his clothing.
"At the moment, Lugunica is a bit more restive than in peacetime. If you have a problem, I'd be glad to help you."
Subaru's face lit up immediately. "Would you come to the loot house?!" Subaru asked filled with hope.
"The loot house?"
flashes of when he held Emilia's hand as she died beside him played, spooking him and making him rethink this decision.
"N-Never mind… Forget it. I can't trouble you with that…" Subaru looked a little spooked by something as he shrugged his worries off.
"Why didn't he…"
"It's because he thinks he can save everyone before Elsa arrives." Reinhard answered for everyone in a disappointed tone at his friend's pride.
Reinhard noticed this and stared at the boy unconvinced.
"I'll handle the rest on my own, somehow."
Subaru smiled and waved at the knight as he walked away, but stop for a moment.
"But… I'd appreciate it if you could deliver a message."
"I'd be glad to, of course. To whom? And what?"
"Well, I don't know her name, but… have you seen a girl with white robes and silver hair nearby?"
"White robes and silver hair?"
Subaru suddenly turned around and pointed at Reinhard with a wide smile.
"She's also extremely gorgeous!"
"Suuuubaru!" Emilia blushed as Rem and even Crusch giggled at her.
"No, I haven't"
"Then, if you do see her, tell her not to go near the loot house, no matter what. I'll find what she's looking for and bring it to her myself." Subaru smiled confidently
"Very well. If I see her, I shall relay your message."
"Thanks. I'll repay you one day!" Subaru quickly turned and ran to the loot house.
"Yeah. Take care." Reinhard continued to look at Subaru as he ran.
"So that's why you were near the slums that day." Felt concluded
Reinhard nodded. "I knew something was going to happen with Subaru from the divine blessing of emotion sensing and all I sensed was intense fear."
(I pulled this blessing out of my ass. Call my rectum, Old Lagoona.)
The scene changes to the rooftops of the slums.
"Felt's den?" Subaru is seen talking with the same guy that pointed him and Emilia to Rom's loot house in the first loop.
"Yeah, just two streets down that way."
"Thanks so much! I appreciate it bro!"
"Don't mention it, bro. Live strong."
Subaru sped up his walk as the sun began setting.
"The question is whether Felt will return there… I'd rather catch her before she goes to the loot house and trade her the cell phone for the insignia-"
BUMP!
"Whoa!" Subaru bumped into someone while he was walking with his eyes on his phone.
"Clumsy Barusu." Ram snorted as did Priscilla and Felix.
"Oh, Dear! I'm sorry. Are you all right?" the person called as Subaru was about to fall on his ass.
"Oh no!" Petra screamed in horror. Everyone leaned in to watch at the end of their seats.
Subaru managed to regain his footing and smiled at the person.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I don't look it, but toughness is one thing I… have… "
Subaru opened his eyes and noticed just who it was standing before him.
Flashes played of the times she smirked at him. His hand instinctively held the area on his stomach as of protecting his bowels.
Before him… was Elsa.
She giggled a bit. "What is the matter? You don't have to be scared, I won't do anything to you."
"I… I'm not scared… what gave you that idea?"
"Your scent. When people are scared, I can smell their fear. Right now, you're frightened. You are also angry, yes? At me."
Subaru looked at her with wide frightened eyes with his body shaking. Elsa giggled and licked her lips as she stared at him.
"It's fine. I am a little curious, but this is not the time to start a commotion." Elsa smiles and walks to leave Subaru behind.
"That's not a very nice thing to say… if you're too scary, that beauty will go to waste-" Subaru turned around as he spoke in confidence. But then he stepped back in pure fear as he found Elsa standing right behind him with a smile on her face.
"Oh, very good. Conceal your hostility, and you will be even better." Elsa stood with her nose touching his and her hand holding the one he had on his belly.
"This was supposed to be the one!" Reinhard glared as he had to watch his friend die once again.
"Well, I shall be going now. Something tells me we shall meet again."
Subaru remained frozen as he watched her walk away, once she was far away from him, he quickly let out the air in his lungs.
"Thank god!" Ricardo breathed the same way Subaru did.
Everyone else watched the screen with beating hearts and baited breathes as the worry for the boy was shared across the room.
Subaru walked up to a broken house that had a tree covering it.
"Someone actually lives here?"
Subaru stepped closer with a worried look on his face.
"Elsa hasn't already been here and trashed it, has she?"
"I-It's fine, I'm sure… I don't smell blood."
Subaru got in and sniffed the air. "But it does smell like garbage."
"Hey!" An angry blonde girl blew a raspberry at the screen.
He looked around the small broken dump and was startled by and angry Felt glaring at him from behind.
"What do you think you're doing, peeking into someone's house? Sorry but there's nothing worth stealing in there."
Felt sheathed her blade and aimed it at him.
"Beat it!"
"W-Wait that's not what I was doing!"
"Shut up! Don't argue!" Felt began slashing at Subaru with her blade.
"Whoa stop… Calm down! This is no time to fight! Before it gets dark."
Subaru continued to dodge her strikes but fell after stepping on a rock. Felt trapped the sword over his head and looked down at him.
"Before it gets dark, you'd better be gone."
"I told you, you have got it all wrong!"
Felt looked upset that he would argue with her so she grabbed her sword and prepared to attack again. Subaru rolled away from her and dodged the strikes aimed at him by her.
He rolled until he managed to touch a table. Throwing it up in the air and jumping to catch it, Subaru used it as an effective shield against Felt's strikes.
"You don't give up do you? I told you to get out of here!"
"Just listen to me!"
Felt continued to slash and stab at Subaru as he blocked her blade with the table.
Subaru stepped on another rock and fell into the small house. Felt quickly broke the pillars supporting the house, making it collapse on top of Subaru with his body pinned beneath it and his head sticking out.
Stepping on his pinned body, Felt pointed her blade in his face while looking down at him.
"Sorry about that, but you can never trust someone in that part of th-"
"We understand don't fret." Otto smiled at her.
Reinhard frowned at the way his lady was living before he came along.
Before Subaru came along.
"It's like fate brought us together…." Reinhard smiled a little, thankful that he had met the boy. Subaru was the reason he found Felt-sama after all.
"Please! Just hear me out, Felt! I came to see you on important business."
"How do you know my name? You want me to steal something for you? You should have said that first!"
"You attacked right away! You know this is a greedy business you're running. Do you pride yourself on sticky fingers?"
"It's all a matter of how to stay alive. If not for this, I'd have no choice but to sell my body. So what's your business with me? Spit it out."
Subaru looked up at her with pleading eyes. "There is one thing I want, here and now, I want to buy the insignia you stole!"
"You aren't associated with my client. Are you a business rival?"
"Call her a rival, or call her the one who killed my parents… or even the one who killed me!"
"You make no sense. Well, I'm only interested in selling to whoever pays most. If you have an offer the might be profitable, I'll listen."
"Very shrewd… I have something worth more that twenty holy coins. I want to buy your insignia with it." Subaru got his hand out of the rubble and showed Felt his phone.
"It's what everyone wants these days, a metia." Subaru took a picture of Felt and showed it to her. The scene shows Subaru out of the rubble and standing while holding his phone to Felt.
He was explaining how it works to her.
"You don't seem to be lying. But that's supposed to be me? I'm way prettier."
"If you look this good without makeup, you're doing fine… "
"Well, it is unusual. I'll give you that. But twenty holy coins? Not likely. I'm not so stupid as to unquestioningly believe everything a prospective buyer says."
"Well, of course not."
Felt nodded and looked up at Subaru, her mind made up.
"At the far edge of the slums is a loot house. The fair thing is to have the codger who lives there, Old Man Rom, appraise it."
Subaru curses under his breath. "So it still comes to that…"
Subaru quickly took Felt's hand and pulled her with him as he walked. "Alright, let move. Come on lets go. On the double quickly! We'll have him take a look and get out of there!"
"Hey! Hey!"
The scene shows Subaru and Felt walking together.
"What's with you? Why are you in such a hurry?"
Felt looked at the hurrying Subaru up and down. "You're soaked with sweat."
Felt looked away from him and glared.
"Live strong."
Subaru looked at her with a questioning look. "Everyone in the slums says that. Is it some kind of slogan?"
"Don't lump me in with those guys! they're all talk! they're not strong at all! They're a bunch of stingy losers at life."
"That's a bit harsh…"
Felt runs ahead of him and stops to glare in his way.
"I'm not like the people here. I have no intention of living out my life in these back alleys!"
"And you think twenty holy coins will make your dream come true?"
"It's true that'd be a huge leap toward my goal. Even if I were alone, it isn't as I couldn't get by with effort."
Subaru looks at her with surprise. "If you were alone?…" memories of her and old man Rom playing flashed through his mind.
"Nevermined…"
Subaru smiled warmly at her.
"What are you smirking about? You really piss me off!"
Felt was startled when he stepped closer to her, his smile never faltering. "Don't worry about it." Subaru smiled and patted her head softly.
"H-Hey, what're you doing? Stop!"
"It's the secret Lolimancer technique!" Ricardo fake gasped as he pointed with fake awe in his eyes. The twins laughed at their captain.
"Julius! Write that down!" Anastasia joined in the fun making fun of Subaru's name. Everyone laughed, while a blushing Felt told them to shut up.
As Felt tried to get his hand off her head, Subaru smiled wide as his spirit was full with determination.
"Just gotta make it work, huh?"
"I said stop! don't get all sentimental and blabber nonsense, I'll bite you!"
Subaru kept his hand on her head and thought about the times he spent with Emilia.
I'll change the fate that's waiting for me!
"I told you to cut it out!"
And to do that, I'll…
Felt quickly bit him in the face.
"AAAAAAHHHHH!" Subaru screamed into the sky.
Once again, the bro code shined through as The head of the interior and the Shield of the Sanctuary fulfilled their solemn duty to laugh at their brother, the Lolimancer.
The scene changes to Rom holding Subaru's phone while he and Felt waited for him to judge it.
"So this is what a metia looks like?"
"It's fairly delicate, so handle it with care. Think along the lines of, If you break it, you have to die, as in no do-overs."
"Yeah, I'm definitely impressed."
Felt looked surprised.
"If I were to sell this, I'd take no less than fifteen… no, twenty holy coins. Its worth at least that."
Subaru took the phone and raised his fist in satisfaction. "All right! Negotiations complete! Now if we're done talking then lets get outta here and have a celebration drink."
As Subaru tried to lead the two out of the loot house, Felt instantly caught on.
"Hold it! Why are you in such a hurry?"
"Life doesn't last forever. Make every second count-" Subaru tried to bullshit his way out of her suspicion.
"Yea, yeah! I don't care about any of that. Why do you even care about the insignia anyway? The insignia is worth a lot more than it looks. That's why everyone wants it."
Felt showed him the jewel and looked convinced.
"In other words, this would sell for more than your metia-"
"Hang on, Felt! that's a dangerous way to think! He appraised it for more than twenty holy coins! Just sell it for that! don't ask for more!"
"El- The woman who asked you for it can't go higher than twenty, either. She won't pay more than that!"
"How do you know that?" Felt asked
Subaru is looking terrified. "You just admitted that you're with them."
Subaru looked at the door in a panic and back at her. "I don't have much time! Please Felt!"
"Begging won't help. I acknowledge you as a negotiating party. But not hearing what my client says wouldn't be fair."
Rom looks at Felt with a thoughtful look.
"The reason I want that insignia is so I can return it to its owner."
"Huh?"
"I want to return it to it's owner so please hurry! that's all! So please!" Subaru bowed his head to them.
"Felt, it doesn't look to me like the boy's lying."
"Don't get taken in by him. He's obviously joking. Return it to its owner? Ridiculous! If you're gonna lie, make it believable!"
Rom begins to glare at her.
"I won't be fooled!"
"He really wants to save you! But your just making it harder!." Petra moaned as she saw Felt's stubbornness.
Felt just looked down and clenched her fists in anger and guilt.
"I'm so sorry, Big bro."
Subaru slowly raises his head in despair.
"Felt…"
KNOCK KNOCK
"Who's that?" Rom asked as he looked at the door.
"It might be for me. it's a little early though."
Subaru was shaking with fear. Memories of when Elsa slaughtered everyone flashed in his mind.
"Don't open it! W-We'll be killed!"
Felt ignored him and opened the door, slowly. Like a little bitch.
Subaru stared at the opened door with despair, afraid and shaking in place.
The door opened to reveal…
"Kill you? I wouldn't do something so terrifying."
Subaru and Felt gasped in shock and surprise.
For infront of them was…
the silver haired half-elf and the true owner of the insignia.
Emilia smiled and intertwined her fingers with Subaru's "This is the one." she said to Rem and Beatrice, making them smile.
Subaru will not die this time.
Title card:
Reunion with the Witch
The Scene changes to an angry Emilia scolding Felt in the corner of the loot house.
"I'm glad you're here. This time, you won't get away."
Subaru was confused as he watched from the side with Rom beside him.
Why is she here? It's still light out. Wait, if she hadn't been with me, would she have arrived this early?
"I guess that's true huh?"
"That must've hurt his pride."
Subaru realized that he really did hold Emilia back and made her arrive here late in the first loop.
"You never quit, do you?" Felt tried to move away from Emilia.
"Sorry, but this is something I cannot give up on. If you do as I say, I won't hurt you." Emilia raised her hand and summoned six icicles all around her and pointing at everyone in the loot house including Subaru.
"I have only one demand. Return my insignia. It's very important to me."
Everyone tensed at Emilia's glare as the ice shards floated around her.
"If she were just another magic user, I wouldn't back down but this one's trouble…"
"What's with you Old Man Rom? Admitting defeat before we even fight?"
Rom ignored Felt and looked at Emilia.
"Young lady, you're an elf, ain't ya?"
Emilia slowly closed her eyes as if she was annoyed.
"Not exactly. I'm only a half-elf."
Felt started to get scared.
"A half-elf… and with silver hair… wait, are you… "
Emilia waved with annoyance at the cowering girl.
"It's an accidental resemblance! Really, it's bothersome to me."
Subaru looked between Emilia and Felt not knowing what to do.
Felt pointed at him while glaring. "You set me up, didn't you?" she accused.
"Huh? No, I didn't do anything…"
"After you said you'd return it to its owner, I thought you were suspicious!"
Emilia looked at Subaru, clearly baffled. "What do you mean? You two aren't working together?"
Subaru looked between Felt and Emilia with a hysteric gaze. He was sweating and panicking, trying to find something to use in this situation….
Then he noticed a small flower placed on Emilia's white robes.
The same one…
from the first loop.
Her nature never changes, no matter how many times I start over in this world.
Subaru smiled warmly as he remembered his first loop.
"Hey what are you laughing about?!"
"Come on, isn't that enough? Return her insignia." Subaru said to Felt.
He turned to the magic powered Emilia and smiled at her.
"And you Sat- You, hurry and get out of here. Try not to let anyone steal again."
Perplexed, Emilia stared at Subaru with a hand on her hip. "Why are you suddenly being so nice? I don't understand at all."
Felt stomped her foot down and yelled at him. "I don't understand you, Either! what's up with you?"
"We were so confused back then!" Felt facepalmed as she understood the reason for his weirdness now. Emilia nodded her head and glared as she knew what comes next.
Subaru smiled at the two confused girls and looked at Emilia.
He noticed something shining behind the elf girl.
"Puck! Shield her!"
Emilia's back was covered by an ice made shield that blocked an on coming strike from a blade.
"Nice, quick thinking." Crusch nodded in approval.
Emilia looked back in surprise.
"That was a bit closer than I expected. You saved us." Puck held his thump to Subaru in gratitude.
Subaru smirked. "Nice one Puck. Thank goodness it was before five, while you're still on duty. Thanks!" Subaru held his thump to the cat on Emilia's shoulder.
Everyone in the room looked at the crouched attacker as she got up.
"A spirit. that's a spirit right? How wonderful."
Elsa giggled as she faced them. "I have never dissected a spirit's stomach before."
"Hey, what do you mean by that?" Felt asked in confusion.
"If the item's original owner is here, we can hardly negotiate. So I have changed my plans. I shall slaughter everyone here. You failed to see your job through to the end. You talk a big game but you do terrible work. You really are just another slum dweller."
Elsa tilted her head as she insulted Felt.
The little blonde glared at the killer with her body shaking in anger.
"You bitch… " Felt looked at her side to find a growling nasty eyes boy.
"Don't get your kicks from picking on a little kid, you guts loving sadist! Felt is doing her best to live strong… just because your plan was thrown off, you think it's over and flip tables? Are you a kid? You should value life more. Do you know how much having your belly cut open hurts? Well I do!"
"What are you talking about?"
"I'm in the process of letting the justice and chivalry I never knew I had to denounce all the world's unfairness! And what I consider unfair is you this situation, and… "
Subaru quickly turned around and smirked at the camera.
"Stay tuned folks.."
Garfiel and Otto laughed their asses off. Even Julius was chuckling.
Petra and Beatrice giggled uncontrollably.
he looked back at Elsa with a smirk and clapped his hands, confusing Felt.
"Done buying time for you, Puck! Get her!"
"A brilliant display of awkwardness, which I hope survives through the ages. I better live up to your expectations!" Puck powered up and faced the bowel bitch.
"We haven't introduced ourselves, have we? My name's Puck. Remember my name after you die." Puck shoot a bunch ice shards at the killer as he cheerfully spoke about her death.
Elsa covered herself in her black cloak and let herself be encased with ice.
"Did they get her?"
"Don't trigger that flag old man!"
"Stupid old man!"
"Old Man Rom is NOT stupid!"
The dust settled to reveal Elsa encased in ice and immobile.
"One should always be prepared." Elsa's voice sounded from beneath the ice as her jacket glowed and destroyed the ice around her.
Her cloak disappeared and revealed her smirking form as she ran towards Emilia while licking her lips and holding her blade.
"Don't underestimate a spiritual-arts user." Emilia did a pose with her hand and manifested a shield of thick ice infront of Elsa's attack.
Elsa began cartwheeling away from Emilia while dodging Puck's ice shards as he shot at her from above.
"For a girl, you're well accustomed to battle." Puck said as he was shooting at the cartwheeling killer.
"My, it has been a while since I've been regarded as a simple girl."
Elsa jumped on a table and began swiping her blade against icicles being shot at her from both Puck and Emilia.
"Well, from my perspective, all opponents are basically babies. Still, you're so strong. I almost pity you."
Elsa jumped from corner to corner and all over the walls as she dodged the ice shooting due.
"Being praised by a spirit, I am deeply touched."
As Elsa fought with them, the window showed Rom, Felt, and Subaru huddled in a corner to take cover from the ice.
"If it turns into a battle of attrition, we should have a chance."
"No, fer a spirit, the real battle is how long they can stay corporeal."
Subaru winced. "That's right, it must be almost five… " he looked at the window and found the light of the sun had been snuffed as Night time fell on the land.
Elsa continued to swipe at the ice shards shot at her as she spoke.
"Oh, and just when we were having such fun. What a bore."
"That's what sucks about being a ladies' man. The girls just wont let you sleep. But you know, staying up late is bad for your skin, so we should wrap this up!"
Elsa dodged a strike and tried to jump away but she found her foot stuck on some ice that prevented her from moving.
"I wasn't just randomly throwing those around." Puck slowly flew down and sat on a smirking Emilia's shoulder.
"Does this mean I've been had?" Elsa shrugged not at all afraid.
"Goodnight!" Puck shouted as Emilia prepared a powerful magic attack with both hands.
The attack left a trial of oncoming spiky ice shooting swiftly straight at the stationary Elsa. It looked like the end for the lady.
But Elsa managed to free her foot and jump out of the way of the trial attack.
"My how lovely. I thought I was going to die." The screen showed Elsa's bare foot so cut and injured from the ice she was forced to break to avoid the attack, it had a pool of blood beneath it. Elsa just looked at Emilia with an excited smirk, not at all in pain.
"Yuck!"
"Ewww!"
Everyone looked at her in surprise.
"But you're a girl, so I don't find that sort of thing very impressive."Puck cooed as he yawned.
"Puck, can you keep going?" Emilia asked the cat on her shoulder.
"Sorry, I'm really sleepy… I underestimated her a bit… My mana's gone, so I have to disappear."
"I'll take care of things here, so you can rest. Thank you."
"If anything happens to you, I'll act according to my contract. If it comes down to it, call me, even if you have to squeeze me out of my odo." Puck whispered to Emilia before disappearing into thin air.
"You're going away?" Elsa pouted. She took a piece of ice and placed her foot sole on it. The foot sole and ice seemed to merge with some steam coming out around the foot.
Elsa tapped the ice shoe she had essentially made and began walking on it.
"Well, that is very unfortunate." Elsa quickly charged at Emilia.
Emilia manifested a shield and an Ice shard and protected herself from the killer as Elsa ran circles around Emilia and swiped at her. Ice shields.
Subaru looked really anxious and uneasy as the battle continued with him huddled in a corner.
Flashes of images from his failed loops, showed him the dead corpses of the people he couldn't protect.
Subaru's leg began shaking in place as he found it harder and harder to intervene into the fight.
"I think I understand now, why you fight and work so hard." Emilia and Rem looked at the boy beside them in sadness.
"How many times did you go through this, Subaru-kun?" Rem asked with fear filling her eyes and desperation coating her voice.
Subaru gave no answer.
"We can't keep watching, Felt." Subaru looked up at Rom as the old man stood from his place.
Felt stood up with Rom and nodded.
"Yeah, I know. If we're going to run, we should get moving now. About before…."
Felt looked down at the still sitting Subaru. "Well… I guess you kinda saved me."
Subaru looked surprised by the bashfulness Felt was displaying.
"But just a little. Also don't call me a little kid! I'm fifteen, you know! That can't be much younger than you!"
"I'll be eighteen this year… "
"No way! you're totally a kid! You need to live a life that shows more on your face."
The screen shows Elsa still beating on Emilia's shields. Until finally, the killer managed to land a kick on the half girl.
Emilia quickly landed on her feet on the bar and jumped out of the way of a spinning Elsa with a blade aimed at her. Emilia slammed against the shelves behind the bar and fell to the ground with all of the objects and collectibles on the shelves falling on top of her.
Seeing Emilia out of commission, Rom decided to be the next opponent.
"Here I come!" armed with a bat, he charged the killer.
"Ah, but isn't it a bit boorish to cut in on a dance?"
"If you wanna dance, I'll show you the best dancing you've ever seen."
Elsa and Rom traded blows one after the other. Elsa landed infront of the Ice trial left by Pucks final attack.
Rom charged at her with his bat.
"Here we go roun' and roun'"
Rom delivers a hit so strong it breaks all of Puck's ice.
"Eh? What in the-"
Rom looks up and finds Elsa standing on the tip of his bat.
"You are so strong, I was able to do this." Elsa smirks as she aims a swipe to cut his head off.
"Goddamn she's tenacious!" Ricardo yelled out as he watched Elsa smoking them one by one.
Everyone was at the edge of their seats as they watched the intense fight.
"Not happening!" Felt quickly throws her blade in the air, hitting Elsa's own, making the killer mess Rom's neck and cut deep into his shoulder instead.
"Old Man Rom!" Felt screamed in shock as Rom fell on the floor bleeding.
Elsa dropped on top of his body with an annoyed stare.
"You bad girl… " Felt recoiled in fear.
"You have neither the resolve nor the strength to fight. You should have at least stayed in the corner, making yourself small." Elsa cooed at Felt teasingly.
Subaru is shown still in the same position as he watched with an uneasy grimace.
Damn, we're done for… there's really nothing I can do.
I guess I'll have to Return by Death and start over.
The images of his death while bleeding hi guts out were shown as Subaru clenched his shirt in frustration and nervousness.
No, I don't want to feel that pain again.
I don't wanna die…
"My poor Subaru-kun."
Emilia nodded with Rem's words and squeezed his hand as she watched the screen with a grimace of frustration that she couldn't hug him then.
Elsa charges at Felt.
I g-guess, as long as I have a life all I can do is fight with all my might.
Elsa is shown to be standing over the cowering Felt. The killer was about to drive a finale strike to cut the little girl in half.
She struck.
And missed.
"Hiadara!" Just like that knight that saved the young boy from the carriage, Subaru jumped and held Felt in both hands out of the way of danger.
Elsa turned around and blocked an ice shard.
Emilia got up from the bar and weakly shot more ice at the black widow.
"Are you okay?" Subaru asked the fallen Felt.
"Why did you… "
"Listen Felt. I'm going to by us some time. I'll give you an opening somehow. So when I do, run as fast as you can!"
"What? You're telling me to tuck my tail and run?!"
"Yes… stick out your butt, tuck in your tail, and run. You're fifteen, and I'm eighteen. That means you're probably the youngest one here. So it's a given we'd pick the method most likely to keep you alive."
"Give me a break. A minute ago you were cowering in fear!"
Subaru smiled.
"That was then. This is now. I'm not cowering now, so it's fine."
Felt looked down and sighed. She really wanted to spend some more time with him. He seemed fun.
The camera shows Emilia blocking Elsa with her shield, when the killer suddenly turned around and dodged the bat coming down on her by our lap pillow loving cunt.
"Take this!"
Elsa quickly stab her blade at Subaru's face but he manages to block it narrowly.
"Now! Go, Felt!"
Felt runs towards the door while Subaru is holding Elsa off.
"He is very reliable." Frederica smiled at the way this boy worked hard to save everyone. But then frowned when she remembered the Sanctuary incident.
How many times did he die to save everyone then?
Her blood froze.
"You think I'll let her go?"
Elsa suddenly manifests a small dagger out of fucking nowhere. And throws it at the little girl.
As the dagger flew towards Felt, a block of wood was suddenly thrown at it, stopping the dagger's momentum.
After the dagger fall Subaru smirks as he managed to stop Elsa from hurting Felt.
"Yeah, I'm awesome!"
"But that hurt the tips of my toes more than I expected-"
Subaru was kicked in the face.
"Worthless Barusu!"
The loot house is shown with slashing and breaking noises coming out of it. Felt is running away from the house with a scared look on her face.
Subaru fell down but he smirks at the killer.
"You let one get away." He mocked her as he tried to stand with the bat acting as a stick.
"For once, I do feel a tiny bit annoyed."
"Don't forget about me." Emilia quickly shot another shard at Elsa. But the killer blocked it like it was nothing.
"By now, I have quite tired of that game. Do you think you can still keep me amused?"
Subaru looks over at Emilia. "If you've got some hidden power, now would be a good time to use it."
"I do have a trump card. But if I use it, I'll be the only one left standing."
"No exploding yourself, please… don't do anything hasty."
"I won't use it. Not when you're still here… Doing you best."
Subaru remembers the last time he saw Emilia in his first loop. The last words she gave him.
Do your best, Subaru. You worthless child.
"Just now, I didn't see anything… " Subaru slowly got up straight on his legs without leaning on the bat.
"Huh?"
"Non of that entire conversation ever happened! I finally remembered why I'm here to begin with."
Emilia widened her eyes as Subaru glared determined at Elsa. "I'll kill you shitbag! I won't let you play your trump card!"
"I'll blow you away."
Subaru's eyes light up with conviction.
"I'll live."
He aims his bat at Elsa.
"I'll get my happy ending." Emilia stared at him eyes wide.
"So this is the will that burned my way of the future." Roswaal softly looked on with a frown and no speech pattern. Ram looked at him with a thoughtful gaze.
"Seems you have a bit too much energy." Elsa mocked as she swiftly charged at the smiling boy.
"You black widow!" Subaru began trading strikes and blows with Elsa.
"Well, there's no doubt you'll be the first caught in my web." Elsa was about to strike him but an Ice shard ruined her aim.
"Nice cover!"
Emilia is trying to aim at Elsa but she is afraid of hitting Subaru instead.
Elsa begins cutting and slashing Subaru's hands and face, wounding him and making him bleed.
"Ouch, damn it! How do you like this?!"
Subaru yelled a cry of war as he held the bat as high as he could over his head to strike her.
Only he was duping her as he let the bat go and spun around to kick herin the face…
"Woah!"
"Nice, Trick!"
but Elsa swiftly caught his ankle in one hand.
"I caught you."
"F'ck!"
"This is bad!" Otto was at the edge of his seat.
Elsa smiles while Subaru glares hatefully. She giggles as she held her blade high.
Subaru glared and waited for her to cut leg off as she was holding it firmly.
Suddenly… a loud voice echoed.
"That's enough."
Everyone looked around to find the source of the voice.
Suddenly, something fell through the ceiling of the loot house filling the room with dust.
Subaru quickly pulled his leg out of her grasp and ran into the dust cloud.
Elsa was faced by the source of the interruption.
A red haired knight slowly emerged from the fog and commanded the air around him to clear the area making his coat rustle in the air.
"It looks like that was a close call, I'm glad I made it in time. Now…"
"You're… "
"Shall we put an end to this?" Reinhard smiled at Elsa.
Everyone cheered as the hero entered.
"Badass!"
"Have my babies."
"That was so coo- wait, what the fuck!?"
The scene changes to show Felt running around the empty slums in distress.
"Anyone! Is anyone here?!" Felt looked around pleading for help but she was met with people closing their doors and shutting their windows in her face.
"Damn it! Please… please, someone… someone help!" Felt ran with tears in her eyes.
She ran with her eyes close calling as loud as she can.
When she bumped into someone, falling on her behind.
Felt looked up.
"Very well… I'll help." Reinhard gave a charming smile.
The scene changes back to the Reinhard standing infront of Elsa with a bleeding Subaru staring at him from behind.
"Reinhard?"
"That's right Subaru. We meet again. Sorry I'm late."
Reinhard looked at the woman before him up and down.
"Black hair, black clothes, and a blade unique to the northern provinces. There is no mistaking those characteristics. You are the Bowel Hunter."
"What kind of evil nickname is that?"
"It was derived from her unique killing style. Her name is known, even in the capital, as that of a dangerous individual.
"Reinhard… "
"Yes, a knight among knights, born to a line of master swordsmen, correct? How remarkable, having all my opponents be so much fun."
"There many things I'd like to ask you. I insist that you surrender."
"You expect such a starving predator to resist such a choice, juicy prey?"
Reinhard just chuckles a bit and looks back at Subaru.
"Subaru, stand back a bit. If you stand next to her that would be appreciated." Reinhard points at Emilia as she was healing Rom's wound.
Subaru smirks and nods. "That woman is like a monster so don't lower your guard… "
"As luck would have it.." Rienhard looks Elsa in the eye. "Hunting monsters happens to be my specialty."
Subaru kneels beside Emilia and notices Rom breathing in pain.
"Old Man Rom is still alive?"
"He isn't out of the woods yet. I have to heal him now."
Subaru looks at her in surprise. "You really want to? He's part of the gang that stole your insignia."
Emilia starts working on the healing spell.
"That's why I need him to recover, so he'll repay the favor by giving me information."
Subaru stares as Emilia speaks softly. "He wouldn't lie to one who has saved his life. This is as much for my own sake."
"Man, Subaru is going to drown in love for you Emilia!"
Emilia blushed as the twins teased her.
The scene returns to the fight between Elsa and Reinhard. The Bowel Hunter (Gay ass name) charged at Reinhard with sonic speed.
"I would rather not use violence on a woman."
Reinhard kicks his foot on the floor emitting a shock wave around him breaking the wood he was standing on and killing Elsa's momentum, forcing her to stand before him unguarded. Reinhard swiftly kicked her in the side making her roll a few feet away.
"Just as the rumors say… No, you're even better."
"I'm not sure I'll meet your expectations."
"Aren't you going to use that sword at your hip? I would love to experience its legendary sharpness."
"This sword can only be drawn when needed. The fact that it hasn't left its sheath, means that this is not one of those times."
"I do believe I have been underestimated."
"It's an upsetting judgment for me, as well. Therefor, "
Reinhard picked up a sword from the ground.
"I shall take you on with this instead. Do you object?"
"No, it is wonderful. Wonderful! Do entertain me please!" Elsa smirks manically and charges.
Reinhard simply activates his power and the sword glows. He blocked the strike and made Elsa drop the blade from her grasp.
Catching the tip of the blade by his two fingers, Reinhard looked at Elsa.
"If you've lost your weapon, I strongly suggest you surrender." Reinhard threw the blade and made it stab into a pillar.
Elsa looked annoyed and threw the broken handle of her weapon behind her as she charged hands empty.
"She's got a second one, Reinhard!" Subaru shouted from the side.
Suddenly, a second blade manifested in her hand and she swiped at Reinhard. She would have almost cut his stomach had he not been fast enough to step back.
Elsa kept her eyes on Reinhard but spoke towards Subaru. "I'm impressed you knew."
"Well, I've personally experienced it… "
"But I don't have a mere two fangs, would you mind if we start again?"
"If I divest you of all you weapons will you be satisfied?"
"If I lose my fangs, I'll use my claws. If I lose my claws I'll use my bones. And if I lose my bones, I'll use my life." Elsa began jumping all over the loot house at demonic speeds that turned her into nothing but a blur.
"Scary!" Petra shivered as she remembered the night she met her face to face. Thank god she had a hero who… already…
knew…
that she needed…
...help.
Petra's eyes leaked a few tears.
Did she… die.
Did he… oh, god.
"This is how a Bowel Hunter fights." Reinhard manages to block various speedy attacks with ease.
"Surely Reinhard won't fail to land the decisive blow, will he?"
"Because I'm using my spiritual arts, he cannot fight at full strength."
"What do those have to do with each other?"
"If he was truly intent on fighting all the mana in the atmosphere would turn away from me. I'm almost done healing him. When I give the signal, let him now."
Subaru looks down to find Rom's wound fully closing up.
"Whoa!"
"Now he's all right. Go ahead."
Subaru quickly turned to Reinhard. "I don't really get it, but do you thing Reinhard!"
Reinhard nods and activates his blessings, soaking up all the mana in the air around him.
"Oh, what will you show me?" Elsa asked as she watched the mana being sucked into his sword.
"The Swordplay of the Astrea family." Reinhard readies sword.
Elsa smiles and prepares two blades in both hands. Wait. How the fuck did sh-
"The Bowel Hunter, Elsa Granhiert."
"Reinhard Van Astrea, of the line of master swordsmen."
The two face off as Rienhard's sword glows so bright it blinded everyone around him.
Reinhard raised his glowing sword which was emitting Whale noises, and struck Elsa with a blow so strong it made the entire loot house explode.
"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!"
Subaru looks at Rienhard in shock as the entire Loot house was blown to bits.
"This is excessive!" Otto yelled in astonishment.
Reinhard smiled sheepishly.
Garfiel just looked at the screen with a frown.
How was the bitch alive then? And how was that guy able to beat her with one swing!
"Hunting monsters is your specialty, my ass! You're a monster yourself!"
Some laughed at this, but Reinhard smiled warmly. He genuinely cared for his friendship with Subaru. He treats him like any other person.
"Even I'm a bit hurt by a comment like that, Subaru."
The Sword Saint looks at the Sword in his hand as it vaporizes into dust from the sheer power it used in strike.
"I'm sorry I asked too much of you. Rest well now."
(That's how, Sword-kun died. RIP.)
"How stro'g is tis guy" Garfiel asked in shock.
"That's the Sword Saint for you." Priscilla commented in boredom. Non of this interested her.
Except for one thing.
That boy…. He interested her greatly.
Subaru stood up and looked around. "There isn't a shadow left, let alone a body… this is all that's left after just one sword swing?"
"It's over now?" Emilia stood up and tried to walk but stumbled and almost fell as she held her head in her hand.
Subaru caught her immediately. "Yea, somehow or other. Literally."
Emilia notices something and steps back from him. "Why are you staring at me? That's quite rude."
"It's just, you still have your arms and legs, even your head… "
"Of course I do. Don't say such scary things."
"Yeah, you're right. Its obvious huh? I still have my arms, too. And there's no knife in my back or gaping hole in my gut."
"You talk as if you've experienced those things before."
"There was a time when I did."
"It's morbid to see him talk about it like this." Rem spoke softly.
Emilia nodded as she glanced at her knight with deeply saddened eyes. "Poor Subaru." The half-elf muttered as she wished he would give her another one of he's stupid smiles.
Subaru looks at the standing swordsmen. "Oh, yeah, Reinhard… I haven't thanked you yet. You saved my ass! Back in the alley too. I guess you heard my heart's cries for help, friend."
Reinhard appeared to be really happy.
"If I did do that, I'd certainly be proud… Friend."
"You guys seem chummy." Julius huffed softly and narrowed his eyes a little.
Reinhard just smirked at him.
Reinhard looks at Felt as she entered through a broken wall. "She was desperately running around the streets, and asked for my help."
"That's… " Emilia glared at the girl but Subaru waved her off.
"Now, hang on… if she hadn't brought Reinhard we'd have been destroyed. Just look at this face and spare me the ice statue punishment?" Subaru pleaded with his hands for her.
Emilia looked away with a pout. "I wouldn't do something so violent!"
"and what does your face have to do with anything?"
"Subaru!"
Reinhard quickly called out for his friend as Elsa emerged from a bunch of debris.
"How did she survive that?!" Felix shouted
"Oh no! Emilia-sama!" Petra held her hands to her mouth in fear.
The Bowel Hunter ran with a nasty glare on her face and a blade in her hand towards Emilia, preparing to kill.
Reinhard ran towards her but he wouldn't be fast enough.
"She'll go for the gut!"
Quickly picking up the bat he was fighting with, the battered Subaru pushed Emilia away and stood before Elsa with the bat infront of him to shield his own guts from the blow.
"He got in my way again!" Elsa growled as she glared at the boy.
"Lolimancer! Lolimancer! Lolimancer!"
Everyone was cheering. Otto, Garfiel and the twins were howling his name.
"That's enough, Elsa!" Reinhard ran infront of Emilia.
Elsa threw her blade at him but she missed. Everyone stared as the killer smirked with blood running over her ragged face.
"Soon enough, I'll disembowel everyone here." she jumped and landed on a broken pillar.
"Till then, take good care of you bowels."
with that, The Bowel Hunter climbed the wall and disappeared into the night.
(and we will never see her again.)
"And we saw th't bitch again." Garfiel glared hatefully.
Reinhard ran to Emilia's side in a hurry. "Are you unhurt?"
"Whether I'm unhurt doesn't matter! More importantly, " she pushed Reinhard outta the way and walked to the beaten Subaru's side.
"Are you all right? That was far too reckless!"
"Oh, it was no problem."
"I sure took the long road, but I finally reached this point."
Subaru quickly pointed at the sky and did his pose.
"My name is Natsuki Subaru! And I just saved your life from a heinous villain! Are we okay on that?"
"Okay?"
"It means are we clear on that? So… Okay."
"O-Okay…"
"I, your rescuer, saved your life. And you are the heroine I saved! So wouldn't that mean you should repay me in kind? Wouldn't it?"
"All right, I get it. Only if it's within my power of course." Emilia glared at Subaru thinking that he will take advantage for some gold or something really gross.
"Pervert Barusu."
"Let's see how he uses this. Will he ask for money? Or fame? Maybe even a home!" Anastasia looked on with intrigue as she wanted to learn how this boy thinks.
"In that case, I have only one request!"
Emilia steeled herself and glared at him. She was ready.
"My request is…"
Emilia stared at him with anticipation, gulping.
"Tell me your name."
"That's very disappointing." Anastasia sighed deflated.
"He has his heart out on his sleeve." The old swordsman sitting beside Crusch smiled warmly at the screen.
Emilia stared at the boy for a few seconds. Then she giggled softly.
"Emilia."
"Huh?" Subaru looked at her with surprise.
"My name is Emilia. Just Emilia." Subaru stared as she smiled under the moon light. As if she was an angel.
Emilia smiled warmly at him. "Thank you, Subaru. For saving me." Emilia opened her palm for him.
Subaru looked at it. Memories of his past loops played.
All those times I got hurt, all the crying I did, all the pain I felt, all the fighting with my life at stake… and my reward was her name and a single smile.
"Jeez… talk about unequal compensation"
Subaru took Emilia's hand and shook.
"This is boy is so in loooooooove!" Al shouted from the back which made the others laugh.
Emilia smiled and leaned her head on his shoulder.
"Anyway, Subaru, I'm impressed that you're unhurt."
"That thing protected me just in time. If not for that, I'd be in two pieces right now."
"True, if not for this…" Reinhard picked the bat from the ground.
But it was cut in half…
"Eh?"
All three of them slowly turned or looked down at Subaru's belly.
Where his clothing was cut.
"Uh-oh. I should have seen this coming."
Subaru's guts burst open and blood spelled everywhere as he fell down, fainting.
"Subaru?" Emilia worriedly knelt by his side.
Subaru looked up at her as she looked down at him.
Man… she's so cute when she's panicking… A parallel world fantasy...
"Subaruuuuu!" Emilia blushed beet red but had a smile on her upturned lips as she liked the way he complimented her even when they first met.
Knowing the circumstance behind their meetings together made her happiness deflate however.
Darkness…
"There. His treatment should be complete. He should be over the hump now."
"By the way, Emilia-sama, what is your relation to Subaru?"
"A passing acquaintance? I don't recall ever meeting him before. I thought our meeting today was the first time."
"No he was looking for you. He said he had something to give you."
"That's why it's so strange… "
"What shall we do with him? I would be glad to take him home as a guest."
"No, I'll take him home with way, I can learn what's really going on."
"I guess, we know now." Reinhard frowned. But he looked to his side to find Felt glaring hatefully at him.
"Lady Felt-san?"
"You mean to tell me that we could've had Subaru on our team! Why didn't you take him with you?!"
Reinhard sweated in worry.
The Emilia camp huddled a little closer to protect their member.
"No one is gonna snatch him, commoners." Priscilla laughed at the group's idiotic antics.
Emilia looked at Felt and Rom.
"What would become of them?" she asked.
"Officially, I cannot overlook what they've done. But… unfortunately, I'm off duty today."
Emilia giggled. "You're a bad knight."
Emilia slowly sat next to Felt, the little girl trying to look away from the guilt.
"Is this old man your family?"
"Something like that, he is the only one I have… he's like my grandpa."
"I see. I only have one family member, too. But he's always asleep at the most important times."
"I thought you'd be a lot harsher on me. I'm sorry. You saved my life and I can't let a debt go unpaid. I'll return what I stole, keep it hidden so no one can steal it again!"
"It feels funny, having you give me that warning."
As Felt opened her palm to Emilia revealing the insignia, Reinhard looked at the jewel with wide eyes.
The stone… was glowing.
Felt gasped as her wrist was grabbed roughly by the Sword Saint.
"Reinhard!" "You're hurting me! Let go!"
Reinhard glared at the jewel shaken. "H-How could this be?"
he looked at Felt and asked sternly. "What is your name?"
"Huh? It's Felt…"
"And your family name? How old are you?"
"I don't have anything fancy like a family name! I'm… about fifteen, I think. I don't know my birthday. Just let me go!"
"Emilia-sama, I am afraid I cannot keep my promise to you. I shall be taking this girl with me."
"May I ask why? If it's for stealing my insignia… "
"That is, indeed, no small crime. But next to the gravity of overlooking the crime unfolding before me, it's trivial."
Reinhard stood up with the struggling Felt as he kept a firm grip on her wrest.
"I need you to come with me. I'm sorry but I cannot allow you to refuse."
"Get over yourself! Just because you saved me-"
Reinhard just forced a sleeping spell on her making Felt fall unconscious into his grasp.
"That wasn't very courtly, either."
"Who do you think you are? Lolimancer?" Everyone in the room laughed and giggled at Julius's deadpanned question to Reinhard.
The man had the decency to blush as this was an embarrassing scene for his knightly self.
"I was careful not to use too much. Emilia-sama I'll be calling upon you soon shortly. I hope you understand." Reinhard carried Felt princess style and handed Emilia her Jewel back.
"Please take care of Subaru."
The moon behind them both glowed brilliantly, startling them both and making them look up at it.
"Today might be our last chance to gaze calmly at the moon."
The screen stopped at Subaru's sleeping face.
"That's nooot worrying at aaaall." Roswaal sang out in sarcasm as the screen was obviously eluding to some rough times for Subaru.
Second title card:
Starting life in another world from zero.
Credit song: Styx hylix acoustic version
Episode 2 Directors Cut end.
"...First Arc. End."
"Hmm does this mean we will watch every major obstacle he overcame in different arcs each?" Julius asked.
"Maaaaybe, but that meaaaaaans that the second arc will be the mabeast invaaaaasion."
"Barusu knew the layout to the mansion immediately."
"Subaru-kun also knew how to read and write when he came to the mansion."
Everyone's blood ran cold as they looked at the twins.
Beatrice had a forgone expression on her face.
Everyone stayed silent.
Subaru Natsuki… will die again.
"Oh dearest god." Reinhard whispered in distress.
Emilia gripped his hand tight and though about crushing it just to see if he wakes up. She needed him to tell her about his pain.
Rem looked at Subaru with a depressed expression. Spirits, please don't let it be true.
'Did I… hurt my Subru-kun-?'
The screen activated once again.
"...Second Arc. Begin"
Episode 3….Second Arc's intro…
Start.
I am speed.
Okay guys, I want to seriously thank all of you. everyone is warning me to keep my health and safety my main focus and I was really touched by that. I hope I can post a reply to all your reviews. I can't believe how big this fic blow up.
Wait for me... as I finish Episode 3. Where the fuck is that pillow? WE NEED SLEEP!