Subaru Natsuki, who returned from the new Three Kingdoms

She did not act immediately, maintaining the composure expected of a maid.

Good morning, guest.

Rem lowered her head slightly, her tone revealing nothing unusual.

"Rem discovered last night that the guest had left the mansion. Where did the guest go?"

Subaru Natsuki did not answer.

He stood in the morning light, staring blankly at the blue-haired girl in front of him.

At this point in time, Rem is still alive.

Her neck was intact, and her body did not turn into a blue butterfly that could only flutter around him.

This should have been a happy thing.

Krem looked at him with only a deep-seated wariness and hostility.

No dependencies.

There was no intimacy.

There were no tear stains left on her face after she cried herself to sleep by the bedside.

Those things disappeared with his death.

For Rem, they had only known each other for a short day.

He remained just a suspicious guest who had suddenly arrived at the mansion, spouting strange things and carrying the scent of a witch.

"guest?"

Rem noticed that Subaru Natsuki was staring at her, and her wariness increased even more.

What are the guests thinking?

Subaru Natsuki snapped out of his daze and suddenly sighed.

"I'm thinking about my butterflies."

He looked up at the gradually brightening, azure sky, a hint of nostalgia in his eyes.

"They are all so kind and loyal..."

Rem fell silent.

She couldn't understand a word Natsuki Subaru was saying.

She was clearly asking him where he had been last night.

This kind of irrelevant answer is even more suspicious.

It's okay if the guest doesn't want to answer.

Rem lowered her head slightly.

"Rem will tell her sister and Lord Roswaal the truth about the guests leaving without permission last night and returning to the mansion this morning."

After saying that, she turned and walked into the mansion.

Subaru Natsuki stood still and did not stop him.

Quietly watching Rem's receding figure.

“Rem,” Natsuki Subaru suddenly spoke.

The blue-haired maid stopped and turned her head in confusion.

"You are very important to me."

Subaru Natsuki's voice came from behind.

"Very important."

Subaru Natsuki's face lacked his usual exaggerated smile, and his serious gaze made him seem unfamiliar to Natsuki.

Rem was so earnest that she momentarily forgot how to respond.

But they've only known each other for a day.

Natsuki Subaru wouldn't even tell her where he went last night.

Saying such things out of nowhere seems like he's deliberately teasing her.

Krem felt a strange, inexplicable unease, but her words remained cold and unforgiving.

"Rem understands."

"The guest really is a pervert who can fall for a maid."

Leaving those words behind, Rem quickly walked into the mansion.

She walked much faster than before, as if she didn't want Subaru Natsuki to see her expression.

Natsuki Subaru watched her figure disappear behind the door, a slight smile gradually appearing on his lips.

The sharp tongue remains.

It seems to be Rem.

However, he still couldn't understand what Rem was thinking.

But that's okay, there's still plenty of time.

There are four days until Elsa appears.

Capella infiltrated the mansion later.

Reinhardt will arrive at dusk that day.

These few days will be a good opportunity for him to make up for some of the regrets he didn't have time to do in the last round.

For example, Rem.

In the last round, his relationship with Rem changed too quickly.

Rem initially acted very arrogant towards him.

Then Elsa and Melly launched a surprise attack. He lost his left arm while protecting Rem, and then fell into a coma due to excessive bleeding.

When he woke up again, Rem was already crying herself to sleep by the bedside.

At this point, Rem showed a kind of dependence on him.

Natsuki Subaru was wondering if Rem felt that Roswaal didn't respect her status as a servant enough, so she wanted to switch allegiance to him.

This was reasonable, but Rem was of a high status, so he didn't dare to ask directly.

I'm thinking of waiting a bit longer.

Unfortunately, before the opportunity came, Rem was turned into a butterfly by Capella and could only stay by his side. However, this should be considered as Rem's indirect answer in the previous life.

In addition, there's Betty from the Forbidden Library.

Natsuki Subaru only learned from Parker before he left that Betty had feelings for him.

For a normal person, seeing Betty is an incredibly difficult task.

He could freely find the entrance to the forbidden library and even be healed by her.

Children's affection for him is tantamount to the hearts of all people.

What a powerful imperial sign this is!

Unfortunately, he failed to seize the opportunity in the last round.

He was unable to have a proper conversation with the young girl, nor could he find out why she spent so many years alone in the forbidden library, repeatedly flipping through a blank book without a single word.

Of course, besides regrets, there were also good things in the previous life.

For example, Elsa.

The thought that Elsa and Merry would attack him in the village again in a few days made Subaru Natsuki feel better.

Now that he's prepared, he can protect Rem and the village children without losing his arm, and then capture Elsa.

Then they took her back to the dungeon, untied the ropes binding her hands, and took out another bottle of fine wine.

Drink it one more time.

Thinking of this, Natsuki Subaru suddenly stopped in his tracks.

and many more.

He used to think that returning from death would help him defeat the enemy on the battlefield.

Just a few days ago, he was already thinking about how to plan ahead and become a top strategist who could predict the future.

Looking back now, those ideas were really too much...

"shallow."

Natsuki Subaru stood in the empty hallway, his expression gradually becoming serious.

"That's too superficial!"

They actually used such a powerful ability as death reversal in such an evil and unorthodox way!

Am I, Natsuki Subaru, still too young?

With the ability to return to the point of death several days prior, he could relive those banquets that had already ended.

To share the same wine with the same hero.

After finishing one round of drinking, you can have another round.

As long as the save file is in the right location, he can drink every delicious wine in the world that is worth savoring countless times!

"How come I didn't think of something this important sooner?"

Subaru Natsuki clenched his fist excitedly.

"This is the true purpose of Return to Death!"

He walked up the stairs with great enthusiasm, ready to make up for the regrets left by the previous round starting today.

Just as I turned the corner in the corridor, a familiar feeling suddenly welled up from the bottom of my heart.

Natsuki Subaru stopped in his tracks.

Same as last time...

The corridor is lined with many identical doors.

One of the doors stood quietly in front of him.

On the surface, it looks no different from any other door.

Subaru Natsuki recognized him at a glance.

The gates to the Forbidden Library!

......

Inside the forbidden library, Betty gently stroked the Gospel in her hands.

blank...

Why is it still blank?

It's been four hundred years.

Every time a stranger came to the mansion, regardless of whether he had the chance to enter the forbidden library.

Betty would always flip through the Book of Wisdom.

Subaru Natsuki's arrival this time was no exception.

But there was still nothing in the book.

"Mother...have you really given up on Betty?"

"That person... will they never appear again?"

A profound sense of emptiness and loneliness enveloped Betty.

Along with it came despair over the uncertainty of the future and boundless loneliness.