Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-, Vol. 13 by Tappei Nagatsuki & Shinichirou Otsuka

Author:Tappei Nagatsuki & Shinichirou Otsuka
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Yen On
Published: 2020-07-21T16:00:00+00:00

“You have done well to call out to me. —I am happy, Subaru.”

CHAPTER 4

LIES, LIARS, AND CON ARTISTS

1

—The first thing she felt when she awoke with her right hand empty was loneliness.

As she woke up, her head feeling blood-deprived, she had a hazy thought. Before she slept, and even while she slept, she felt like someone had been holding her hand. Realizing this was an extremely selfish sentiment to have, she rose.

“…What a terrible girl I am. That’s incredibly selfish of me.”

Her face reddened from shame and self-derision, the girl—Emilia—curled up in the center of the bed as she let those words slip.

The sensation on her palm was that of the boy who had spent time together with her until she slept. Just how self-centered was she to feel lonely because that sensation was gone when she awoke?

He’d stayed close to her all that time, yet she was still trying to cling to him.

This, right after speaking of such lofty ideals the night before to Subaru. She was always relying on him. She was truly relieved when he’d asked about what really happened in her past, wasn’t she?

Once again, she harbored the selfish hope that Subaru—that someone—would come save her while she did nothing.

“”

Pursing her lips at the weakness of her own heart, Emilia subconsciously touched the crystal on her neck.

That faint sensation was connected to the spirit that had been at her side for all that time—the part of her family whose face she hadn’t seen in these last several days. That moment, she thought very strongly, I want to hear his voice.

“Maybe it was a dream… I thought I heard Subaru speaking at my bedside like he was talking to Puck…”

If her weak self really had hallucinated what she’d heard, her ears were being terribly convenient. It was not as if her ears, a little longer than those of others, were somehow deprived of the blood coursing through her body. It was just that she thought—

“…Why can’t I remember properly?”

“—You mustn’t blame yourself too much, Lia. I am partly responsible for this.”

“Eh…?”

She suddenly someone speak, not with her eardrums, but through the echo of telepathy directly to her mind. Even though there was no audible voice to accompany it, Emilia immediately knew who it must have been.

“Puck…?!”

Emilia practically shot up as she placed the crystal upon her palm. Within Emilia’s field of vision, a faint green light grew, taking form little by little, its power manifesting into a tangible shape.

“Hmm, this is a little smaller than usual? Well, I’m pretty like this anyway, aren’t I?”

Speaking in high spirits, a gray-colored cat twirled around on top of Emilia’s palm—with a long tail, round eyes, and a pink nose, this was the adorable spirit, Puck.

“Puck…ahh, Puck…!”

“Heya, Lia. It’s been a while, huh. I forced myself out so we could have a little family discussion.”

“Family…discussion…”

Their reunion after several days spawned joy, surprise, and a little bit of anger in Emilia’s heart. But though she yearned for an explanation, the teary-eyed Emilia immediately realized something was wrong.

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