When he regained consciousness, Subaru first felt an unpleasant pungent odor.
"————"
A pungent stench that is unforgettable once you smell it
The stench that resembled medicine made Subaru wrinkle his face, propped up his upper body on the cold floor, coughed, and his whole body ached. He coughed more violently, and slowly stood up with his hands against the wall.
On his wrist was a handkerchief stained by dried blood and vomit. Subaru was able to confirm how much time had passed, and that the "Death Return" had not been activated. He was not dead, and the world was still the aftermath of the tragedy.
——In my mind, people fell to the ground one after another under the claws of the beast, and the end of the love dragon.
"...Uh, uh"
I survived. Because of some fate, I survived.
Regret that he wanted to die right now was clogging his chest. However, Subaru suppressed the urge to bite off his tongue, leaned against the wall, and staggered forward.
The stench made it easy for Subaru to understand where this place was.
Following his memories, dragging his feet and holding his regrets, Subaru headed for the exit.
It's the building where I'm imprisoned. I don't know why I flew here, but I intuitively feel that the reason lies in the pyroxene and the contact barrier.
"--Well!"
Grab the pyroxene hidden in your arms and throw it out. The stone will make a soft sound and roll far away. This stone has no value anymore, and this world has no value.
——This is the world that ends. What is here is the world that must end.
"————"
Before giving himself "death", Subaru wants to see how this world ends
You must witness it to the end, swallow it, and turn it into food
This is the duty Natsuki Subaru should fulfill when he failed at the right time.
Ahead is the exit of the building. The white wall is so cold that you can't feel it with your fingers. The light shining in from the outside forces your eyes to squint. It seems that the night has ended before you know it and day is coming.
Didn't Javier notice that he was here? That lazy guy, Subaru puffed out white mist and stepped outside——
"--ah?"
——The entire silver world gave Subaru an unexpected impact.
Understanding, despair, repeated changes several times
——Stamped on Subaru’s soul, depicting a circular picture of hell
Subaru was going to try his best to correct the picture again, but in fact, after two "deaths", logically speaking, he should be able to let the brush touch the picture.
But Subaru had no idea that the moment the brush touched the picture, the content of the picture was changed into another drawing of hell.
"——Ha, Hu Ha"
In the silver world, his breath turned into white mist. Subaru stepped on the white snow and put his hands on his knees to breathe.
After leaving the building, he walked aimlessly for several hours. Last night, Subaru was able to return to the settlement safely, thanks to Otto's blessing and guidance.
And now, without blessing, here in the deepest part of the "Cremaldi Lost Forest" - the flying snowflakes changed the scenery, but did not allow anyone to help Subaru.
"hateful……!"
Walking around exhausted his energy, and his body temperature was taken away by the low temperature of the snowy scene. Subaru thought that he should at least prevent his body temperature from dropping, so he wiped the sweat on his forehead with Petra's handkerchief, and then walked again
"The agreement with Petra has not been made yet..."
The sun rises, which means the tragedy of visiting the mansion is inevitable.
Nothing can be done, unable to rescue Petra and Frandelica, Beatrice continues to hold the magic book, Ram is dead, Patrasio is also dead, what happened to Yuexing? Javier,
Roswaal, what are they thinking? Emilia—
"But, I..."
Take everything back and start over, you have the responsibility to make everything go on the right path
This is something only Subaru can do, something Subaru must do
Only Subaru must continue to think about everything he lost for this
Only Subaru's heart must continue to remember the sacrifices he made for this
Only Subaru must continue to pay the price for these things
Pay the equal price, keep accumulating sacrifices, and get everything back
"————"
The moment you understand your responsibilities and obligations, the forest opens up in front of you
The scenery that I thought would last forever ended, and a settlement buried in heavy snow came into view.
Not surprised, he had already made up his mind. Even if the big tiger suddenly appeared in front of his eyes, he would only die with a burning hatred and a smile, and his heart would have been frozen for a long time.
However, contrary to his consciousness, the beast did not appear, no, not only that -
"No one, no one...?"
The extinguished bonfire was covered with snow, and there was no human presence in the "sacred area".
Because it is a settlement with a small population, this explanation does not apply because it gives the impression that there is no human habitation here.
Like now, there are no footprints on the silver snow, because there is no sign that anyone has walked there
"It's snowing...no one is here..."
With his palms pressed against his face and his nails scratching his cheeks, Subaru began to doubt whether his sanity was normal.
The "sacred area" is filled with silence. There is no breath of people, no chirping of insects and birds, only the occasional sound of the wind shaking the leaves, informing the eardrums of slight changes. In this world, nothing can be heard -
"--ah?"
In the silent world, a silvery hell, something changed, and Subaru was stunned. At first, Subaru thought it was a white ball of yarn that was blown by the wind.
However, I soon realized that it was not a ball of yarn, because the thing rolled to Subaru's feet, trembled slightly, and then raised its two long ears towards Subaru, who was wide-eyed.
Long ears, white and soft fur, short hands and feet, two red eyes, tilted its head, wriggled its mouth busily, and chirped.
"rabbit……?"
In Subaru's eyes, it was a rabbit, and it was an exaggeratedly small rabbit.
It is almost as big as a clenched fist, and about the same size as a small animal such as a mouse. The characteristic long ears are too short compared to a real rabbit. With a round tail, all the parts combine to form a small and cute creature.
In the "sacred realm" where insects, animals, earth dragons, and humans were all covered in snow and disappeared, a rabbit suddenly appeared
"Why is there a rabbit here...is it a rabbit?"
The puzzles are endlessly derived, and the amount of information is overwhelming the brain, making Subaru feel like vomiting. Will the rabbit at his feet be a clue to what happened in the "Sanctuary"?
With the mood of a drowning man grasping at straws, he reached out his hand to the rabbit——
The next second, Subaru's left hand was completely severed from the wrist.
"...ah?"
Blood spurts out from the messy section, and dark red blood vessels hang down. Are those white and thin lines muscle fibers or nerves? No matter which one it is, the sight of the human body being destroyed is extremely curious.
Exactly two seconds after escaping the reality of losing his left hand - severe pain from a different dimension breaks through the brain
"Gah, ah!? Uh-oh! Ahhh, ahhhhhhh-!!"
The world is white and hot
Writhing in pain, Subaru dug his bleeding left hand into the ground. Subconsciously chewed the snow, chewed the dirt and ice cubes for no apparent reason, tasted the dirt, bit the ice cubes, and moved his eyes and feet in order to find out what was going on.
, a white ball of wool - red spots are scattered on the fur, and the mouth is moving.
As he chewed, Subaru's fingers could be seen from the small mouth that was moving. Subaru understood that he was being eaten.
hand was eaten
"Ahem, gah——ahhh——!!"
I don’t want to understand, I don’t want to feel, but understanding and pain both drive my spirit crazy
The soul cracks like a glass work of art and shatters into a debris like gravel
"Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh!"
However, the broken heart was forced to wake up by the pain
There is a burning sensation in the calf, and the stimulation of ruthlessly scraping away the bones and flesh with a rasp makes people roll their eyes. Dark red bubbles well up in the depths of the throat. The whole person is convulsing like a fish out of the water. There is no fainting, no way to faint, pain.
Too strong, the pain is too painful, the cruel pain forces the consciousness to stay awake
Chirping, my ears heard countless chirping sounds
There were so many high-pitched sounds that Subaru was surrounded by countless auras. His eyes had already abandoned his work and gave up looking around. Thanks to this, he was saved.
Fortunately, only my ears are still functioning. I can't stand this situation.
"————"
Teeth gnawed all over the body, and the touch of the teeth sinking into his body made Subaru understand that he was being eaten by a group.
He screamed, fell to the ground and lay on his back, screaming towards the sky. Suddenly, something furry got into the open mouth, the tongue was bitten off, the throat was ravaged, and the path from the esophagus to the stomach was opened by the thing from the inside.
chew, devour
The sharp teeth that invaded from the anus met the things that entered from the mouth in the body. The two sides ate the internal organs in one direction and left as if in a competition, gradually turning Natsuki and Subaru into minced meat.
The real feeling of being chewed up by living creatures and turned into broken pieces of meat
It’s not scary, and I can’t feel the pain anymore. I don’t even know where my consciousness is anymore.
It is being eaten, slowly being eaten away. The left eye has been eaten, the ears are gone, and all the internal organs have been eaten. Now, even the face is peeled off, a hole is opened in the skull, and the teeth are piercing the brain -