Chapter 44: Is it the legendary beautiful girl's four-dimensional underwear?
[[ "So, Rem wants to hear the details..."
"There's a sorcerer in the village attempting to disrupt the Royal Selection. Although Beatrice has already dispelled the curse, the opponent even cursed me – it's possible the village will be destroyed."
"...Are you serious?"
In the scene, Rem and Subaru are heading towards the village.
Although it seems Rem finds Subaru's words hard to believe, she must have noticed his serious expression and decided to trust him. ]]
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~Inside, the Theater~
"Brother wasn't acting just now either."
Al says.
Just now, Subaru told Ram and Rem about this, but they didn't believe him.
Subaru had to say, "If you find it suspicious, it's okay to come with me. Feel free to verify the truth of my words."
And they must have considered that a suspicious person shouldn't go alone, so they chose to have Rem accompany him.
"That's also a difficult point for Natsuki-san, which is that even if he knows something, it's hard to convince others. Many times, he can only rely on simple trust."
Otto thinks, recalling the time in the Sanctuary when he believed Natsuki-san without any evidence and helped him.
"I hope it's not just me, a one-sided..."
Otto hopes that his trust in his friend can reach Natsuki-san.
"However, saying it's a sorcerer attempting to disrupt the Royal Selection is just Subaru's guess. Saying it like that is probably to make little Rem pay more attention."
Felix says.
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[[ Then, in the scene, Subaru and Rem arrive at the edge of the forest together.
"...The barrier has been broken."
Just now, Subaru judged that the children were in the forest, so he went to the edge of the forest with Rem, and as expected, it was true.
Then Subaru intends to go deeper into the forest.
"Subaru, what are you doing?!"
"The kids are inside, I have to save them."
"Do you have concrete evidence? Passing through the barrier requires approval from Lord Roswaal... How can you act on your own accord... Besides, the current situation is too suspicious. It's almost as if they're taking advantage of Lord Roswaal's absence to create this problem... Can you be sure this isn't a feint, and the target is the mansion?" ]]
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~Inside, the Theater~
"Rem is a stubborn person."
Garfiel says.
In such an urgent situation, what about approval or not?
"Hmm... I feel like Rem-san is making excuses here."
Anastasia says.
Because even if it's a feint, there are Beatrice and the Great Spirit Puck at the mansion, and she also heard that Ram-san can forcefully use her horn to temporarily greatly increase her combat power. On the contrary, Subaru's combat power is lower.
If the enemy's combat power can even break through the mansion, what difference does Rem's participation make?
What Anastasia is thinking, if Al were to say it, would be "Don't run from a small earthquake, you can't run from a big one."
If it's really a feint, rest assured that the mansion can be defended.
If it can't be defended, then she can't win either.
"...No, as the saying goes, don't persuade others to be kind if you haven't experienced their suffering. I should say less."
Perhaps in Rem's eyes at the time, the mansion was above all else. What if the village was destroyed as long as the mansion could be protected?
Anastasia closed her mouth.
"However, is Lil' Bro really planning to go alone? Even with that blue-haired girl. It's better to bring the capable people from the village together, even if they're not strong enough, they can delay time, or perhaps ask that little girl spirit for some trump cards before leaving. There are many ways."
Then Al shrugged.
"Forget it, he doesn't want to involve others. Lil' Bro is really a good person."
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[[ "Then what do you say we do? Abandon the kids who are currently in danger and return to the mansion to consolidate the defense? If you say it's okay if all the villagers die tomorrow, then that's a feasible method. Rem, let's go, we can only figure out a way to solve this ourselves."
In the scene, Subaru is persuading Rem.
"Why go this far... What does Subaru have to do with this village..."
"..."
"It's not that there's no connection. I know their appearances and names, and I know what they want to do in the future. For example, Petra wants to be a tailor in the capital when she grows up, and Luca wants to inherit his father's business and become the best lumberjack in the village. "
"We promised to continue doing radio calisthenics together tomorrow. My personality is to keep promises and also help others keep promises - I definitely want to do radio calisthenics with those kids again. So, let's go."
Rem looks at Subaru's back and closes her eyes.
"It can't be helped."
Then Rem opens her eyes and smiles at Subaru:
"Because the order Rem received was to monitor Subaru. If I let you go alone now, I wouldn't be able to complete the mission, right?"
"Okay, let's do that. You can monitor carefully and see if I do anything suspicious."
Then, Rem pulls out a large morning star from somewhere.
"Rem-san, this is..."
Subaru can't help but tremble.
"For self-defense."
"No, but this..."
"For self-defense."
Subaru seems to be sweating profusely and goes into the forest with Rem. ]]
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~Inside, the Theater~
"Hey, hey, where did that come from? Is it the legendary beautiful girl's four-dimensional underwear?"
Al complains.
Since the scene doesn't show how Rem pulled out the morning star, it makes everyone wonder.
How can such a large morning star be stuffed inside a small woman's clothes?
"Haha, this has caused Natsuki-san quite a psychological shadow... Ah, am I being a bit gloating by laughing like this?"
Otto can't help but laugh.
"Speaking of which, Petra did tell me that her former dream was to be a tailor in the capital."
Frederica says.
"Huh? Before? What about now, Sis?"
Garfiel asks his sister curiously.
"Hmm... She said she wouldn't tell me, her sister. But..."
Frederica looks at the scene and finds Subaru, who has found Petra.
"That child's thoughts are still easy to guess."
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[[ "Subaru?" Rem finds six children who have lost consciousness due to the curse by their scent.
Among them is Petra.
Petra slowly opens her eyes and notices Subaru.
"You're awake, Petra. Okay, good child, strong child. But don't push yourself. I'll take you back soon and get you out of all this. Just rest now..."
Subaru tries to comfort Petra.
"Someone is still... still, inside..." ]]
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~Inside, the Theater~
"It's her!"
Rem outside the scene says loudly.
Petra in the scene says that there is another child deeper in the forest, and that is Meili.
"Used Subaru-kun... made Subaru-kun get hurt..."
Rem grits her teeth.
But then she thinks of the help she gave everyone later, as Emilia-sama said just now, and also because of her action, she completely stopped doubting Subaru-kun...
"Sigh."
Rem sighs.
Let it be. But the fact that Subaru-kun was hurt is absolutely unforgivable.