Re:Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu (WN)
Chapter IV.98: The Warm Disappeared Bed
- If you close your eyes, you can still remember the sight clearly.
White. It was a white silver world on one side.
Awakened young Emilia finds herself in the snow scenery exhaling in white breath.
The mind asks why. But there is no answer.
I had no memory before or after, and my consciousness was neglected.
Wake up a fallen body and run over to the window to see the view outside. The familiar green forest settlement was now in the middle of being covered up and slowly frozen at the white end.
For Emilia, who sees snow for the first time, we also don't know that it is clearly a phenomenon called 'snow'. However, instincts were burning that cold and dangerous vividly to a young girl.
Without knowing why, Emilia clogs her throat and runs out with a tight face.
A building built through a great tree - as soon as it popped out of an old house, a cold wind to cut itself off and a cold baptism with a blade piercing the soles of the feet struck the girl.
Soon after, the snow takes my foot and rolls it from my face to the ground.
Cold feeling. Snow crystals like white powder. For the first time ever close the grain of ice falling white, terror arises in Emilia. Something that is tremblingly beautiful but horribly cold.
You can't shut out cold with simple clothes, like just wrapped a thin cloth around your body. Tremors from the core of the body come from both cold and fear.
The snow takes her temperature away, the white crystals are about to take her mind off her, and Emilia snows all over her body as she leaks a whimper and runs out again.
Shin, powdered snow is falling from the sky without exhaustion. Gasping, the snow entering through his lifted jaw sticks up his throat, tears conveying to the side running as he coughs up.
I don't know why I'm crying right now.
I'm just scared. It was horrible. How can I be alone? Where did everyone go? Where did everyone go who was always nice, laughed at me and reached out to me?
In an attempt to think of everyone's face, Emilia feels that thought brings forth.
The faces of everyone in the settlement floating in the back of their brains - their faces, their smiles, smeared in black shadows, trying to take their presence away from Emilia's head.
"- Eh."
Shaking her head, Emilia keeps running in tears.
Don't think about it. If I think about everyone, I'll be swallowed by the black shadow. Out of my own head, everyone I care about is gone.
But if I hadn't thought about everyone, I'd be alone. In a cold, unseen white world, alone - it was an intolerable fear for young Emilia.
The young Emilia is powerless, ignorant, and can only rise in the white end.
Yet the snow that falls rolls in like a mockery of Emilia, dropping her little body into the end of the white.
- No one. I can't see anyone. I can't even '-' to everyone anymore.
"- Yikes!
Losing his place in the white world, his scumbag limbs stopped moving, and Emilia cried like a baby and crouched into the spot.
From the knee down it sinks into soft snow and I don't feel that cold though it should be. The white skin, which was said to be like snow, was burned bright red cold by its' snow '.
As it were, Emilia sinks into the snow with her head in her arms, as she escapes from everything.
The relentless snow continues to fall on the young girl's body, and Emilia's little body disappears into the white...
"- Emilia!!
A high voice, cleaving silence, awakened Emilia, who closed her eyes and fell into an unwakened sleep.
Pushing open her eyelid, edged by her long lashes, Emilia rose to jump. As soon as possible, its light body is held up forcefully from the snow.
"-"
"It's okay, Emilia. It's okay, 'cause it's okay. Good... they found me... eh"
I meant to raise my voice, but my throat cut cold to the extreme only leaks a plundered breath. But knowing such Emilia's condition, the opponent was embracing young Emilia and shook her voice with heartfelt joy at her safety.
Emilia expresses her emotions throughout her body as she rubs her face against her short silver hair and squeaks her red nose. To show in action that I feel the same way again for the immense love I can be directed towards myself.
Again, the good fortune of being held up like this and exchanging words in your arms.
In the white snow, which still gave little Emilia despair, a definite warmth now existed before her eyes, wondering if everything was over.
With Emilia trembling in joy and cold, the short silver-haired woman runs out looking around, tightening her loose expression in relief.
and lips to Emilia's ears in her arms as she exhaled white,
"Emilia, okay? I don't know anything right now, and I'm sure I have a lot to worry about... all of it, because I'm fine. All of it, because I'll do something for you. Because if I get separated from you here, I will never leave you alone..."
Speaking hard, Emilia remained unaware of what she was being told. I'm just terrified of the assumption that I'm going to be separated from the person in front of me, grabbing my opponent's chest with a fishy finger, and desperately shaking my neck sideways with tears.
For Emilia, who is young and knows nothing, the only way to survive is to appeal to the emotions of her opponents.
By continuing to do that, Emilia can remain a adorable Emilia to everyone. It has always been. So on this occasion, and in the future...
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"No, you can't, Emilia. Until now, even if that's good, I can't stay from now on. You have to be strong, smart, and brave. Otherwise, you will surely have a sad ending without being able to take care of yourself. That's sad for me... for everyone and for my brother"
"- Ugh."
Desperately shake your head to the side.
Yet the other party ruthlessly trumps Emilia's appeal. If that should not be the case, I will contest the sweetness of young Emilia on this occasion.
I couldn't believe it. I couldn't help but suffer.
Until now, I've also managed to be told that doing so would not work. But why not this time?
It's the most painful, hard and scary time I've ever had, how come it doesn't make sense the way it's done before. If there is a better way to do it, how could I have come unaware of it at this time? - Everybody, I hate you and I can't wait.
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"I'm sorry, Emilia. I'm sorry. Don't tell me one thing that matters to you, hide everything... and make me stay a pretty princess forever... forgive us..."
- I won't allow it. I won't forgive you. I won't forgive you. I won't forgive you. I won't forgive you. I won't forgive you. I won't forgive you.
"Don't hate the gentle lies of those people around you who cared about your smile..."
- I hate it. I hate it. I hate it. I hate it. I hate it. I hate it. I hate it. I hate it. I hate it.
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I don't like lying. I hate lying. Lies are all sad. Lies are all the causes that didn't come to mind. Lies leave Emilia alone. So I hate lying.
Because I hate lies. Because I hate liars. Guys, it's '-'.
"Our sweet Emilia... one day, I'm sure, about you..."
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Shivering voiceless voices. I don't want to hear anything anymore. Whatever you ask, nothing changes.
A cold breeze blows, Emilia's golden cuts sweep away the end of the person's words from the world.
To Emilia's rejection, the silver-haired woman looked sad and turned her face forward to shake off all her emotions,
"- Ah."
- And the real end is coming.
A person who was running holding Emilia stopped her leg by capturing its presence in the front.
With her face raised to a faint shake, Emilia noticed that in the sight she looked up - the face of a person holding herself was so tense that she had never seen it.
The emotions that come to mind in that expression are complex, filled with surprise and sadness, anger and mourning, disgust and vision, and some relief.
Beating the cheeks, the momentum of the white and cold wind increases.
There was no longer enough snowstorm to make it difficult to even have his eyelids open, and Emilia held her own ears, like frozen, in horror and raised her voice.
And -.
And -.
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The morning of the fifth day of "Sanctuary" - for Natsuki Subaru, a day of fate that hung this loop breakthrough raised the curtain from the worst report.
"Balth. - Where did Emilia go?
"- What?"
Svalbard, who was washing his face in the water field and wiping his body with a wet cloth towel, returned his flashy words when he heard Ram's remarks as the naked men on his upper body stepped into the place where they lined up.
Currently, time is around eight o'clock in the original world just past the early morning. With the refugees and settlement dwellers who kept waking up, the men were all there and sweating their sleep on the water field.
In the washing area of the men thus exposed to nakedness, Ram, who came with a grand foothold, opened his mouth the most with words asking Emilia where she was.
Some men shy away from the spot to be on this spot as a matter of course, but Subaru cannot afford to make fun of them either.
Whatever, I can't swallow the meaning of Ram's words at all.
"Emilia said... what's wrong?
"Like I said. When I asked Emilia to take care of me, the building was full of shells. I thought it might be something Balth was taking around..."
"A mockingjay shell... why would you do that? In the first place, I had a good talk with Emilia, and then I left the building... so here I am."
Unable to hide his shock in his interactions with Ram, Subaru recalls what happened in the morning.
Holding his hand, he dawned overnight from the night he was told, and waking up in the morning, Emilia smiled quietly at Subaru, who was watching his sleeping face by the bed.
Even then, I think it was a good way to wake up not like a hypotensive girlfriend. Emilia gave a quiet voice to Subaru, who wanted to continue her story last night after dropping her gaze into her hand, which remained gripped.
"Really, I want to talk to you after I put it together in my head. I need Ram to be in good hands, and by the time it's over, I'm sure we can talk."
And that's what I said and kicked Subaru out of the room.
Although Subaru had some feelings of departure, it is also cruel to make Emilia hurry, given her mood. Most importantly, there's Emilia, who seems so calm. Too much attention can also be counterproductive. Yes, I made a decision.
"That's what I said and broke up with you, and I thought I'd leave the rest to you..."
"So I left the building before Ram picked me up...... so. Yes. - It's a fault, Balth."
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There's no grunting sound in Ram's cold voice either.
In fact, it was Svalbard's fault that he didn't take over verbally with Ram, forgiving Emilia for how she was doing. But I didn't expect this to happen only to Emilia.
"Hey, you know, I'm on the run..."
"By the time you get here, are you trying to say that Ram is so crude that he won't check his surroundings?
"No, I didn't mean to... but that's not why..."
"Are you sure you don't know that?
The pursuit of Ram is unforgiving to Subaru, who clogs his voice.
Cold rum gaze, as usual, adds so much cold air at this moment. When I asked you last night, you looked bored and flushed Subaru with the same look.
Subaru laid his eyes down when he saw disappointment and dismay floating commonly in his eyes.
"- Is that what you say Emilia escaped?"
"What other way of looking at it? Or do you want to believe that an opposition to the liberation of the 'Sanctuary' is targeting Tiger Sight for the opportunity for Balus and Ram to align themselves and leave Emilia's side, and just this morning, they moved it into action... yes, you want to believe?
"... not unlikely."
"If you want to talk about it, it's too ugly. In any case, the fact that Lady Emilia is absent remains unchanged. It's not good to look out for a better way out of the Sanctuary."
Though in a harsh posture, the consideration of lurking your voice to the extent that you can't hear it around you is also in the ram. Even with her, Emilia threw out a challenge to the 'Trials' and disappeared, which can lead to a result that discredits Roswar's reputation when she finds out all around her.
I think so, but I think it's a problem that needs to be treated with caution.
"Emilia......"
Face up, Subaru calls to whisper her name in an unreliable voice.
As Ram put it, assuming Emilia throws everything out and tries to escape, the 'sanctuary' junction never lets her escape to the outside world, which is a half elf.
Emilia remains tied to the 'Sanctuary' and can't escape, whether she runs or not.
I'm not such a stupid girl that I don't realize that. However, based on that, it should be noted that as much as I would like to escape, she has been cornered.
"That's on me and the pack..."
Puck's miscalculation about how shocked Emilia would be by her breaking ties to herself was not enough imagination.
And judging that scratched Emilia only on the surface, Subaru's mistake missed a signal from her by mistake when she saw it as calm.
If Emilia escaped, they overlapped, but it was the result of the loss.
"As Emilia escapes and hides...... Balth, do you have any idea?
"Wait, don't make up your mind like you escaped. In the first place, how can you go anywhere without touching people in this' sanctuary '? It's almost impossible for Emilia to wander around."
Hand-wrestling the ram trying to reach a conclusion, Subaru complains so.
The ram, which was bordered by a half body, exhaled, faintly pulling his jaw, and then
"I admit it's early, but what if it is? What the men have not seen is also evident from the fact that Balth was here. So you expect the rest of the women in the cathedral to find you?
"If you're from the village of Aram, if you see Emilia walking around all by herself, you'll speak up. Worst case scenario, someone from the inhabitants of the 'Sanctuary' might be watching... since we hit that one. But it shouldn't be too late to draw conclusions"
While arranging proposals for dealing with them early, Subaru halfway understood that it was merely a forwarding of conclusions. Lamb, who is first and foremost in an attitude of listening to Subaru's suggestions, will think the same thing.
What we have in common as perception between Subaru and Ram is that Emilia has lost her place of her own volition and that it is not convenient for that fact to be known to too many.
Except if you think that's for Emilia or Roswar.
"If you're going to find one of them early, you know, like a piece of neck skin. However, we should assume the worst possible. You know that, Balth."
"... yes, I don't want to think so."
Ram's push is also an admonition not to distract from the worst possibility.
If Emilia, who leaves the building, escapes the 'trials' and cannot be found as it is, and the fact becomes known throughout the 'sanctuary' - an unproductive wound of recovery is created.
To deal with it before it does, there is no other way for the Subaru to run away knowing what's going on.
"Ask around and if you can't find it with that..."
"At that time, we'll have to do everything we can to lice the woods."
"... that's not a task that ends in a day or two."
Face up, Subaru sees the forest trees surrounding the 'sanctuary' and frowns at the root.
A 'sanctuary' inhibited by the junction and cut off from contact with the outside world, but nevertheless too wide to cover and conceal every person. Not to mention, assuming Emilia is hiding in the woods, she doesn't even have to stay in one place.
Today, and tomorrow. Betting and contract deadlines are only about forty-eight hours away.
We must find Emilia in it, challenge her to the Trial, and break through.
- Can you do that?
Nothing else. That the more I hunt down Emilia until this happens, the less I realize like the rough of her heart, the more power I give to the hunted down Emilia to turn forward.
"Buy too much, pack..."
"... I guess the fact that my contract with the Great Spirit is broken also has something to do"
"It wouldn't be irrelevant in the sense that you no longer have the best support of your heart. I just didn't expect it to break... me or him, I don't think."
There was another ride to hunt down that cut.
If I recall the calm Emilia voice last night and this morning, I can only assume so.
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I didn't think so.
Hold on, I wasn't going to take action after I checked.
But suppose Emilia had noticed...
"- Mr. Natsuki!
Subaru, who was stretching his face, was surprised to see him jump on his shoulder unexpectedly by a sharp call.
When I saw it, I saw the center of the settlement - a young man with gray hair waving heavily from the side of the square, desperately rushing this way.
Otto should have stayed in the cathedral and prepared breakfast with the villagers, not taking part in the morning water bath.
He's changed his blood phase. He puts his hand on his knee as he gets to the front of Subaru and stays in a rough breath.
"One, thank you for what I have to tell you. Finer, that's a cool number...... for now, two big ones. Good news and bad news."
"I'm also concerned about the news, but I need to ask you something first. Is Emilia on your cathedral side? You know, someone's talking about it."
"-? No, Master Emilia hasn't even seen me this morning. I haven't heard those voices from the cathedral."
Otto gives preference to unintentional questions over stories he brings. Still, the expression of Subaru and Ram is clearly cloudy in his answer according to discipline.
Otto seemed disturbed by the reaction between the two of them, but apparently decided that the topic he had was a higher priority than pursuing it,
"So, good reward or bad reward...... which one do you want"
"I know you don't like it being a set... well, good news first"
If you hear bad news, you're going to need a lot of time to twist your head on that countermeasure. Even if it isn't, the current situation, the worst that Emilia can't locate. I wanted to keep the bad news up here and avoid being the feather holding my head.
To Svalbard's decision to place the one cushion, Otto nodded with his arms together,
"That's good news. As I was meeting with Mr Natsuki, I talked to the evacuees. They were each prepared in detail, so if you want to go, you can always do it today. I asked you to be able to respond to sudden instructions, so you can do it right away."
"- Right. I'm sorry, but if it's true, I told everyone that it was my job to install cooperation."
"Fortunately, I've been getting along with you guys in the last few days. If you think about your future relationship, it's honestly good luck to have these opportunities. Whatever, don't be late to get ready."
A clear voice returns to the words of labor, but Otto's face, who has accomplished his proud work, is never bright. Was there anything wrong with the good news that was reported now so cloudy?
Losing silent attention, Subaru urges Otto's other report he brought - that is, ahead of the bad news.
"So, what's the bad news?"
"Earlier, an angry garfiel yelled at the cathedral, looking for Mr. Natsuki."
"Looking for me...? What? Not yet, not that far this time. I don't know..."
As a final settlement, Garfield's persuasion awaits this time. Subaru has avoided discussing with Garfiel as much as possible, even after the meeting with Otto and the establishment of a bet with Roswar, that is why contact with Garfiel requires careful attention.
It was worth it, and until this morning Subaru wanted to celebrate his fateful day with little or no decent face to face with Garfiel.
"If possible, it would be ideal to deal with him after talking to Ryuse θ..."
That's it.
Otto put his finger up on the fudge at Subaru's words, hoping for an orderly offense.
Subaru rounds his eyes at the trick. I don't know what 'it' Otto pointed out is about.
Otto said with a rugged look to Subaru, who also raised the question mark overhead.
"It seems that Mr. Lewes has been missing since this morning. I'm talking about Garfield looking around the village in desperate shape. Natsuki and I wanted to talk about it."