Subaru-kun!
Wh-What happened?
What the hell is that thing!?
Subaru-kun, stay down.
We've lost our Windbreak protection!
What, you still don't get it?
There's only one massive creature that can fly through fog like that!
It's the White Whale!
Rem, can you see the White Whale?
I cannot! It's too dark!
What happened to the other carriages?
They seem to have scattered.
But I do not know where they have fled!
Damn it!
After we finally found some transportation...
Run past it, to the left!
Left, left, left, left, left, left, left!
Eat this!
D-Did you get it?
It didn't work.
Wh-Why is it targeting us?
There are other carriages out there!
Complaining won't change anything!
Think...
Think. Think, damn it!
We need a way out!
There has to be a way.
Something! Anything! Anything at all!
Subaru-kun.
Please take this.
Did you come up with something?
I shall get off the carriage and intercept it.
In the meantime, you escape the fog.
Otto-sama,
please take care of Subaru-kun.
He has the payment we promised you.
P-Payment?
That's the least of our worries now!
Getting out alive comes first!
Subaru-kun, I am not very smart,
so this is the only plan I can think of.
Please...
H-Hold on, Rem!
I won't let you! I won't let you go!
If...
If you also die, I'll...
I believe I was born for this very moment.
What are you talk—
Rem...
What did you...
It will be all right.
I shall always be watching over you.
Where's Rem?
Natsuki-san, you're awake?
Please don't move.
The land dragon's still running at full speed!
I don't have time to worry about you!
Who cares about that!?
Where's Rem? What happened to Rem?
Answer me, Otto! What happened to Rem!?
So we could escape,
she jumped out of the carriage to intercept the White Whale.
Go back.
Huh!?
I said to go back!
We have to...
We have to save Rem!
Go back right now!
Wh-What good will that do?
Did you not see how fearsome that monster, the White Whale, is?
It'd just be suicide!
I saw the monster up close!
That's why I'm telling you to go back!
Have you lost your mind!?
You want to squander the small hope that she left us?
Don't you dare talk about Rem!
You abandoned her!
You have no right to talk about her!
Turn back!
You still don't understand how terrifying the White Whale is!?
When a punitive force, assembled by Lugunica, set out to subjugate it,
that monster killed the former Sword Saint!
There's no way we can win!
It killed... the Sword Saint?
I'm weak and so are you.
So there's no way we can save that girl.
But...
I know Rem isn't all that strong either.
For now, we were fortunate to escape it.
But as long as we're in this mist, there's no telling when it'll show up again.
Otto, watch what you say!
Huh? What do you mean, Natsuki-san?
Don't talk like this is some game!
We were "fortunate"!?
You must be joking.
Do you know how Rem felt when she—
Who is Rem?
Huh?
There wasn't anyone with that name
among the merchants who broke off from us.
Who are you talking about?
What do you think you're doing!?
Cut the crap...
You talk about how Rem let us escape,
and then ask who she is?
Do you have a death wish!?
I'm telling you, I don't know what you're talking about...
What's gotten into you all of a sudden?
Did seeing the White Whale make you go mad?
Why? Why!? Why is it so persistent!?
I thought we'd left it behind!
Why is it only after us?
Even in this darkness...
Why?
Rem...
Is...
Is there some mark it's following!?
No way.
That monster is...
The White Whale is...
a witchfiend too?
Then, it's being drawn to me?
You can't be serious.
Rem,
I... No...
It's my fault!
Natsuki-san, please die.
Huh?
It's all your fault!
I-It's following us because of you!
T-Take responsibility!
Die! Die, so that I can live!
I don't wanna die...
No... I don't wanna die...
Help... I don't wanna die!
I don't wanna die! I don't wanna die!
I don't wanna die!
No! No!
Help me!
No! I don't wanna die!
I don't wanna die...
Huh?
Rem...
Rem, forgive me.
You're...
Where is he?
Where's Otto?
I see...
Let's go.
The forest?
Huh?
Subaru?
It is Subaru!
What happened to you, Subaru?
You're a mess, Subaru. You stink!
You guys...
I wasn't too late this time?
Subaru?
Rem—
Why are you so eagerly touching me, Balse?
I understand that, after a few days away, you're happy to see me.
But don't instinctively jump on me like that.
It's indecent.
Oh...
Yeah, that's right...
So, Balse, tell me what happened.
You were in terrible shape.
Your dislocated shoulder, split forehead, and broken ribs have all been mended.
But if you move too much, they'll reopen.
I've discarded your muddy, blood-soaked clothes.
Oh, thanks.
Hey, about who healed my wounds...
It was Emilia-sama.
I don't know what happened in the capital between you two.
I wasn't told, and I'm not interested either.
Judging by her reaction,
I'm sure you did something you shouldn't have.
That's harsh.
I think it's an appropriate assessment.
Perfect for a loser, afraid to approach
the heart of the matter, who'd do anything to put it off a little.
Rem is dead.
I... couldn't do anything.
The fog... the White Whale... appeared on the road.
So, to cover my escape, Rem...
But...
I was left alone in the fog.
And...
Balse.
Rem...
Who is that?
Huh?
Who is Rem, Balse?
Wh-What do you mean, "who"?
Don't be ridiculous!
Sh-She's your younger sister!
You know, Rem! Rem... Rem!
This is no time for—
I have no younger sister.
Don't say that!
If not for Rem...
That's right!
What would you call that whole mess in the witchfiend forest!?
You, Rem, and I fought those witchfiends and—
Something is seriously wrong with you, Balse.
As much as I hate to admit it,
but you were half-responsible for the ulgarm eradication.
Roswaal-sama and I handled the rest.
This long-lost sister you call "Rem" has no place in it.
Hey, that's not funny...
Not even the worst nightmares are this crazy!
I am always serious.
You must be the one who's dreaming.
Dreaming...
Dreaming?
Dreaming!?
Like hell I am!
Balse, you shouldn't stand—
Shut up!
Just...
Just be quiet and watch!
You've gotta be kidding me...
Balse, are you satisfied?
Rem isn't...
No such person has ever lived in this room.
Go back to your room and sleep.
Your exhaustion is making you confused.
All I have to do is keep running and running and running.
What good will running do?
Lend me your courage, Rem!
Subaru?
Why...
did you come back?
Let's go.
We can't stay here!
Go? Where?
No... Why?
Anywhere that isn't here!
And if you have to ask why, I'd say, "For your sake."
I came back for you!
That again, Subaru?
You came back, covered in wounds, and worried me to death.
Weren't you in the capital so Ferris could treat you?
Why are you here now?
If...
If you protest, I'll drag you away if that's what it takes!
In a few days, you'll see I was right, whether you want to or not!
So just...
Wait! Wait, Subaru!
What happened to you?
You weren't this kind of person before.
I thought you...
And yet—
Just shut up and listen to me!
You can't stay here!
You'll regret it! I know you will!
No one will be saved.
I don't want to suffer and cry anymore!
Just do as I say!
Then everything will work out! Trust me!
Why doesn't anyone understand!?
I'm sorry.
I don't understand what you're saying.
I want to.
But right now, I'm not sure I have time for that.
There's so much I need to do.
So for now...
It won't work.
You won't make it. You'll fail!
You can't do it. It's no use.
You're all talk! You can't save anyone, or be saved!
You'll keep acting reckless and unreasonable,
until the corpses pile up as high as your thoughtless decisions!
That is your future!
Why?
Why are you crying like you're in great pain?
After...
After she sent me here...
No, after she brought me here, there's...
There's something I must do for Rem's sake...
Rem?
You too?
You've forgotten Rem too?
Subaru?
Fine, I'll tell you everything.
If you're all going to forget Rem,
I'd rather expose everything and end up vomiting blood!
If you're coming for me, then come.
I'll gladly give you my beating heart!
Emilia...
Yes?
I...
can use Return by Death to—
What was that about?
Usually...
Huh?
Emilia?
Don't... Wha— Huh?
You have the look of someone who believes they're the most unfortunate soul in the world.
Beatrice...
I suppose Bubby won't be coming out.
Don't worry. I suppose Bubby won't die.
He just returned to his original form for now.
I suppose you have something you want to say.
Please kill me. Right here.
You would ask me to kill you?
I suppose that's far too cruel.
You understand nothing.
You understand nothing at all.
Huh? Beatrice?
I suppose I won't be granting your wish.
If you want to die, then feel free to do it on your own.
I suppose Betty wants no part of it.
What are you...
Everything is already hopeless,
but your staying here is a problem.
I suppose, at the very least, I will protect the mansion.
Beatrice?
Betty is not like Roswaal.
I don't care if it would secure me a future.
Pain, suffering, fear...
I suppose I've had enough of it all!
I suppose the least you can do is die out of my sight.
Emilia...
Sorry... I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry...
Someone...
Anyone...
Please kill me!
I've been waiting for you, believer in love.
Betelgeuse...
My, my, my...
The one you clutch to your chest there
wouldn't be the half-devil girl, would it?
How diligent you are!
Before we could even act,
you took the half-devil's life, in the Ordeal's name!
I'm diligent?
That's right!
You are diligent! Fantastic!
Still...
Unable to overcome even one Ordeal,
much less to confront one of the sins,
and after all that waiting...
She trips over the first pebble in her path, and it's over...
Ah, you are
truly slothful...
You saw the Unseen Hand just now, did you not?
No...
That's unacceptable.
This isn't right! It's all wrong!
It's a mistake! A mistake!
My Authority...
The Authority of Sloth...
My Unseen Hand, which love granted to me...
No other can be allowed to see it!
It is for my eyes alone!
You held her, as if she were terribly precious to you.
But when the half-devil's body is torn apart, how beautifully will you cry?
Stop...
Stop!
Please stop!
What are you doing?
What are you doing to my daughter,
you degenerates?
Disgrace in the Extreme
So, the story is slowly reaching its climax.
Why don't you simply announce the next episode this time, Emilia-tan?
What a fateful encounter this is.
Oh, how I have longed for this opportunity!
Emilia-tan?...
My name is Emilia!
A half-mage and contender to the throne!
E-Emilia-tan?
What's wrong with you all of a sudden?
Hey, what is up with you, Emilia-tan?!
Are you lusting after my nefarious witchcraft, intent on seizing power?
You better be well-equipped then, to have your own people rise against you!
That's just wrong, so very wrong, Emilia-tan!
That's wrong in so many ways, Emilia-tan!
Next time: From Zero
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