Even if I transform, I will never be captured.

That's the kind of reaction a girl should have!

Satella, admiring Emilia's shy beauty up close, felt refreshed. It's true that gentle girls are better; female hooligans like Misaki Shokuhou are heretics!

However, seeing that Emilia seemed to have reached her limit, and that she might explode if Satella continued to tease her, she reluctantly let her go.

Once released, Emilia immediately moved away from Satella, panting and blushing. She puffed out her cheeks at Satella, seemingly trying hard to be angry, but then suddenly burst out laughing for some reason.

"Big sister, what are you doing?" Satella asked curiously, "Why are you dressed like this?"

"Didn't I tell you? This is disguise! I'm not Satella now, I'm a promising apprentice knight!"

Satella placed one hand on her chest and bowed in a knightly salute: "I am Satella, nice to meet you!"

"Even so... the name hasn't changed at all, has it?"

“No, it’s changed!” Satella shook her finger, her little face serious. “The ‘Sa’ in Satella’s name has the grass radical; while the ‘Sha’ in Satella’s name has the silk radical, so they are completely different.”

This name was Satella's masterpiece, which she had thought of for a long time, and she was very satisfied with it in every respect!

"No, in my opinion, nothing has changed. I don't understand any of the characters with the grass radical or the silk radical."

Emilia tilted her head, puffing out her pink cheeks like a steamed bun with a "Mmm": "So, Big Sister is just joking with me again, isn't she?"

"I'm not kidding this time. I'm going to be Emilia's knight and protect her forever, just like we promised."

Emilia was somewhat touched by Satella's words, but still asked curiously, "But isn't your sister a Dragon Envoy?"

"So that's why you need a second identity."

Satella will not give up her identity as a Dragon Envoy, as it is a great advantage for both her and Emilia.

Satella knew she would encounter many obstacles if she wanted to become Emilia's knight as a dragon envoy, so she came up with the idea of ​​disguising herself as a man.

Height-increasing insoles + Versatile En-tertainer: these are the two items Satella used for this transformation.

Height increase goes without saying, everyone knows that. 【Versatile En-tertainer】, a high-level magic originating from the world of Konosuba, although it belongs to the banquet category, is an absolute bug skill.

In short, once this skill is applied to a target, it will transform them into a super entertainer.

—Don’t underestimate the words ‘Super Artist’. According to the skill’s setting, the word ‘art’ encompasses all things that can be called art and skills, such as playing the zither, chess, calligraphy, and painting, and elevates all these abilities to the highest level at once.

In other words, if Satella were to use this skill on herself, she could become a master of traditional Chinese painting, a top singer, and would also be proficient in sculpting, chess, magic, and many other things.

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The ability to perfectly transform one's voice into a male tone, just like before, is also thanks to this skill.

With her voice and height perfectly altered, all that's left is to slightly modify her appearance. Deceiving a group of natives from another world will be a piece of cake.

—In the period dramas that Satella watched in her previous life, there were so many female characters disguised as men, and none of them were recognized.

"If I'm still recognized like this, then I'll turn on them! I'm going to be a knight as the Dragon Envoy, and what can they do to me?"

Seeing Satella's childlike, willful expression, Emilia couldn't help but cover her lips and laugh.

But this is my older sister.

I love my older sister the most!

……

After dinner, Emilia went to the bathroom to take a shower, because she had to leave early the next morning to return to the Border Earl's mansion, so she needed to go to bed early tonight.

Satella then took out a magical artifact called the Mirror of Dialogue and started fiddling with it.

Speaking of the dialogue mirror, it is one of the few advanced technologies in Re:Zero, and its effect is similar to that of a video phone in modern society.

Soon, through some kind of magical method, the signal from the dialogue mirror was received by Reinhard.

"I didn't expect to receive a message from Lady Satella so late." With an impeccable smile, Reinhard said, "But for Lady Satella to contact me so late, it must be something very important, right?"

"It's nothing important, I just suddenly remembered it—how's Natsuki Subaru doing with you lately?"

"In order to become someone who can stand by Satella's side, Subaru trains hard every day and has made great progress since he first arrived."

"Alas……"

Satella pursed her lips with a slight chill and said, "It's like this, if you're going out on any missions recently, please leave Subaru Natsuki here. I might need his help with something soon."

To find the White Whale, they need to use the 'Witch's Fragrance' on Subaru Natsuki. But if Satella remembers correctly, Reinhard left the capital before the White Whale arc began. To prevent Subaru Natsuki from leaving as well, Satella made this 'phone call' to Reinhard.

Satella's original intention was to wait a while longer, until she estimated that the white whale was close to the capital, and then take Subaru Natsuki out for a stroll. Maybe they could run into the white whale and kill it.

but……

"Reinhard, I think I just heard Satella's voice?"

The person who entered at the sound was Subaru Natsuki, dressed in a white knight's uniform, with sharp eyes and a spirited demeanor.

Through his connection with the Satella sisters, Subaru Natsuki in this world gets involved with Reinhard and is undoubtedly doing much better than in the original story.

"It was indeed a call from the Dragon Envoy. She said she might need your help with something recently."

Looking at his squire, Reinhard smiled and nodded.

He was very satisfied with Natsuki Subaru.

This spiky-haired boy possesses a fighting spirit that most people lack, and his occasional novel ideas are also quite interesting.

Given time, he might become a remarkable person.

Seeing Natsuki Subaru's eager expression, Reinhard said, "How about this, I have to go to a neighboring country tomorrow. I was originally thinking of taking you with me, but since the Dragon Envoy needs your help, you might as well set off for the Border Count's residence tomorrow."

After saying that, Reinhard winked knowingly, "Although I'm talking about the near future, Subaru probably wants to spend more time with the girl he likes, right?"

"Yes!" The boy named Natsuki Subaru's eyes shone with excitement.

Are we finally going to meet again?

With the girl he admires.

Despite having only received about a week of training, Natsuki Subaru has already developed considerable combat power under the dual influence of Reinhard's [Blessing of Education] and [Blessing of Training].

Having achieved academic success, and then Satella Tan being in trouble, this is simply an opportunity bestowed upon me by heaven, the standard development for increasing favorability in light novels!

The transmigrator named Natsuki Subaru believed this.

This time, we must make Satella look at us in a completely different light!

With this belief, just as dawn broke, Natsuki Subaru, who hadn't slept all night, set off on the road leading to the border lord's residence.

Then he died.

Chapter 93 Emilia's Determination

"—Sir Knight, what's wrong? If you're going to leave the city gate, hurry up and don't block the way."

"Gah—?"

Standing guard at the city gate, Natsuki Subaru was stunned as the stern-looking guard called out to him.

His reaction made the guards impatient. If it weren't for Subaru Natsuki's knight uniform, they probably would have already scolded him.

"Sir Knight, please do not stand in the way of the city gate. It will be very troublesome for the people behind you."

"what?"

The voices of doubt remained, but amidst the crowd, he and the earth dragon beneath him slowly moved to the outside of the city gate.

Then he—Natsuki Subaru—looked around.

"Huh? Huh? -- What's going on?"

He didn't ask anyone; he used all his strength just to voice his doubts and confusion.

The city gates of the capital were teeming with people: dragon-drawn carts carrying goods for merchants, commoners carrying loads of vegetables into the city hoping to sell them for a good price, and occasionally knights like him riding majestic earth dragons past. As they passed him, they would nod to him out of courtesy.

Natsuki Subaru did not return the gift.

This was extremely rude, but at that moment he had no time to think about returning the courtesy!

"what is going on?"

"It was just evening... wasn't it?"

Even in this season of deepening autumn, the sun, hanging high in the sky, still exudes a heat that makes one sweat profusely.

My hand unconsciously touched my lower abdomen, and I was immediately filled with a chill, followed by a sharp pain.

—It is not physical pain, but a pain that originates from the soul.

A boy named Natsuki Subaru was swallowed by a giant whale a moment before. Before his consciousness completely disappeared, he saw a huge tooth slice his body in two...

But now he's not only not dead, he doesn't even have a single wound on his body.

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Natsuki Subaru felt like he was going crazy.

With his memories in disarray, Natsuki Subaru desperately tries to recall what happened before he lost consciousness.

—To help the girl he admires embark on a journey alone, his eagerness was so intense that he didn't stop even as night fell, and then…

A giant whale appeared, and with no chance of resistance, he was swallowed whole.

"...Oh right, Satella!"

He didn't care why he had returned to the city gate unharmed; on the way, Natsuki Subaru had received some information—

Satella, who was originally scheduled to return to the Border Earl's mansion, is still staying in the royal city. This means that Satella may also be attacked by the monster on her way back!

With this thought in mind, Subaru Natsuki disregarded everything else and urged the earth dragon beneath him to speed toward Satella's residence in the royal city.

"Please, please don't have it already!"

It only took Natsuki Subaru about ten minutes to reach Satella's house. Just as he was about to knock, his hand froze in mid-air, and a voice came from inside:

"...How could this happen?!...Why did this happen?!...Waaaaaahh ...

—That was the sound of crying.

A hysterical cry, a mixture of regret, surprise, self-blame, and fear, as if trying to vent everything inside.

For a moment, Subaru Natsuki was stuck there, unsure whether to knock or not.