I love time travel the most!

If it weren't for you, I would never have discovered my great potential.

I can do it, I definitely can do it!

Felt appeared in front of Kobayashi in an instant. Seeing that they were only inches apart, her face lit up with joy, revealing her cute little tiger teeth.

“Felt, your next words will be, ‘Success.’”

"We succeeded!...What?!"

The words that came to her ears made the little girl pause.

In that instant, she revealed a weakness, and her head was pinned down by a hand, preventing her from getting any closer to the man in front of her.

"Okay, that's it."

“How, how could this happen?!”

Ferut was stunned for a moment, but quickly shouted, "You cheated! You tricked me!"

Then she swung her arms incessantly, spinning them like windmills towards the man in front of her. Unfortunately, because she was so petite, no matter how hard she tried, her arms couldn't reach him.

Kobayashi held the badge out to the side with one hand and placed the other hand on the little girl's head.

"This scene is inexplicably hilarious."

Subaru Natsuki couldn't help but make a sarcastic remark.

Perhaps it's because I'm an otaku, but I often see this in anime, though I've never encountered such a scene in real life.

"Trying to cheat? I didn't."

Kobayashi blocked Felt's path and said as if lecturing her, "Your attack intentions are too obvious. You're straightforward and don't use any feints. You're only thinking about increasing your speed, which is why I saw through you. That sentence is proof of that."

"Damn it!"

Ferut stepped back, breaking free of her restraints.

She glared at him and said angrily, "Fine, I'm out of luck this time. You can take the badge."

The adage "a wise man doesn't suffer a loss in front of him" is also one of the principles of the slums. Although she is not a wise man, it applies quite well to her in the current situation.

Then the little girl turned and left.

The biggest problem with double-crossing is that you do something bad but don't get any real benefit, and you also have to take the blame. Therefore, she plans to leave for a while.

But just as Felt was about to leave, a gorgeously dressed, elegant young woman blocked her way.

"What does it mean?"

"I can't let you get away; I still have a lot of questions to ask you."

Kobayashi looked at her with a smile.

Ferut smirked: "Hmph, I might not be as good as you at stealing, but I'm very confident in my ability to escape!"

The reason they haven't been caught for so long is because of their extraordinary ability to escape.

If she gets caught today, she'll be done for on the spot...!

"Lord Kobayashi, we've caught her."

Ryuu grabbed Felt's collar, lifting her legs off the ground so she couldn't get any leverage.

Natsuki Subaru covered his forehead and exclaimed, "I didn't expect Ryuzu, who seemed so weak, to be so powerful."

Felt felt the same way. Even though she had already created some distance and increased her speed to the maximum, she was closed in and brought back within a few breaths. It seemed she had kicked a hornet's nest.

"Put her down, Liu Zi."

"Yes, Master Xiaolin."

The waiter released the thief who was trying to escape, seemingly unafraid that she would run away again.

Kobayashi laughed and said, "Felt, don't even think about running away, or next time it won't be your badge that gets stolen, but your thin bra and your panties that I don't even know you're wearing."

"Hey, you! I'm wearing clothes! Even if I'm poor, I'm still wearing something underneath!"

Ferut glared at him, embarrassed and annoyed.

Natsuki Subaru couldn't stand it any longer and said, "Kirin, there are guards in this world. If you're mistaken for a child molester... Besides, you don't actually have any inappropriate thoughts about her, do you?"

"...Am I that kind of person in your eyes?"

"Who knows? Everyone has their own unique hobbies. But it's okay, I understand."

Xiaolin rolled her eyes at him, clearly annoyed. He knew it was impossible, but he still had to be cheeky.

"Don't worry. Even if it's going to be a fight, it won't be me; Ryuu will take care of it."

"If Lady Kobayashi needs it, I will strip her naked in an instant. However, this lady is far too barren; there is nothing worth admiring about her."

"Is Liu Zi implying that she lacks feminine charm?"

"Yes, that's exactly right."

Kobayashi and Ryuuji kept provoking the little girl who dared not speak out, and Natsuki Subaru only then realized that the master and servant had a perverse hobby of playing the villain.

The four of them then headed toward the warehouse of stolen goods.

Felt didn't know what Kobayashi and the others wanted to do, but their goal was definitely to find Grandpa Rom. However, the little girl, powerless to resist, could only let them pose her in various ways.

While she was being watched over by Ryuu, Natsuki Subaru couldn't help but talk to Kobayashi.

"Kobayashi, why are we going to the stolen goods warehouse? We already have the badge, so we don't need Felt coming along, right?"

"Does Natsuki-kun mean you should quickly return the badge to its owner and resolve this crisis?"

"Is not it?"

In Subaru Natsuki's mind, as long as he could return the badge to Satella, the transaction would not take place, Satella would not come to the slums, and the kind silver-haired girl would not die as a result.

"But what about Ferut?"

"……what?"

"Satella is out of danger now that she's found the badge, but have you thought about what will happen to Felt who didn't get the badge?"

Kobayashi's question left Subaru Natsuki speechless.

He really hadn't thought about it.

Thinking about it carefully, he had never retrieved the badge before the transaction, and what he was doing now was precisely retrieving the badge ahead of time.

But what happens next?

While Satella won't die even if the badge is recovered, the deal falls through. Won't Elsa hold a grudge against Felt because of this?

It's not impossible that the perverted Bowel Hunter killed two people for fun.

Looking back, the first time he and Satella went to the stolen goods warehouse, Felt and Rom had already met a tragic end.

In other words, regardless of whether the deal is made or not, both of them will die because they are insiders!

Damn it! It's all because I've reincarnated too many times; my brain got so foggy that I completely forgot about it!

"So, Natsuki-kun."

As Kobayashi looked him straight in the eye, she questioned, "Do you have the idea that you would rather sacrifice others than not achieve your own goals? Answer me, your thoughts are important."

He had to determine whether the fragile, triangular-eyed boy before him had gone astray. If he had, then he wouldn't hesitate to use his personality-correcting fist.

"Breathe—breathe—"

Natsuki Subaru first took a deep breath.

Then, under Kobayashi's intense gaze, she slowly spoke: "I know what death feels like, and I've experienced it several times. It's an extremely painful and terrifying thing, so... Felt and Rom, I absolutely cannot let them die!"

"But saving everyone is an incredibly difficult task, a path full of thorns. Are you confident that you can persevere?"

"I have!"

"Then Natsuki-kun, you must remember this: never be content with the status quo until you know if this is the future you want. You must absolutely, absolutely revere death!"

This is all Kobayashi can do.

If one dies content with the status quo, death rewind cannot be triggered. This is the weakness of Subaru Natsuki's rewind ability, or rather, his ability to update save points.

Therefore, to avoid any accidents, we can only give him a preventative check-up first.

"I know, I will."

Natsuki Subaru nodded heavily.

Although they only know how to rely on others and haven't grown yet, their greatest strength is their versatility, which is the only advantage a newcomer has.

Just then, the little girl's voice came from behind.

“Hey, young man.”

"what happened?"

"Young man, you and the older sister who originally asked me to steal the badge are from different factions, right? Are you business rivals or something?"

"Should I call him a business rival or a kinslayer? Or perhaps more like my enemy?"

Subaru Natsuki answered the question.

Perhaps out of sympathy, he answered the little girl's question very readily.

"I don't understand. So you're in cahoots with the older sister who was robbed, which is why you came to find me?"

She seemed to be trying to figure out if she had bitten off more than she could chew. If they were in cahoots, she might be in danger; but if they weren't, it meant there was still room for negotiation.

Natsuki Subaru blushed and said shyly, "I wouldn't say we're in the same group, but rather I'd rather be considered one of them."

"I see, so you're not in cahoots."

Ferut's lips curled up, and her eyes flickered slightly, as if she had come up with some wicked idea.

However, she did not ask any further questions to avoid arousing suspicion.

Then, he asked Kobayashi, "Young man, how did you do that just now? Was it some kind of [Blessing]?"

"Protection?"

Natsuki Subaru looked bewildered.

The so-called "blessing" is one of the special products of this world, something that only a lucky few can possess.