"Y-You forgot Rem too?"
Inside Roswaal's mansion.
Tears streaming down his face, Natsuki Subaru looked painfully at Emilia, who wore a puzzled expression.
Grief and fury surged within him, and his right hand suddenly clenched his collar.
If it's coming, then let it come. It's just one heart—I'll give it to you!
"Emilia!"
Having made his decision, Natsuki Subaru spoke again.
The silver-haired, violet-eyed girl hesitantly nodded. "Mm."
She truly wanted to know what he was trying to say.
"I've gone through Return by Death—"
But before Natsuki Subaru could finish, his entire body froze in place.
It felt as though endless darkness had swallowed the whole room.
At the same time, he could feel countless tentacles gently caressing his face and body.
Until one of them slipped into his chest and gripped his pounding heart.
Natsuki Subaru once again felt an overwhelming terror he could not suppress.
Just as he thought his heart was about to be crushed.
All the darkness swiftly vanished from his sight, and the strange sensation around his heart disappeared as well.
Natsuki Subaru went blank. "What happened?"
Before he could come to his senses, the girl he loved suddenly fell forward into his arms.
"Huh? Emilia?"
Then Natsuki Subaru watched in shock as blood poured from her mouth.
The warm blood quickly stained a large portion of the clothes on his chest red.
But even more spilled onto the ground and over the tops of his bare feet.
Natsuki Subaru immediately realized that the girl was dead.
He collapsed into the pool of blood and let out a hysterical wail.
"Uuuaaahhhhh—!"
Time slowly passed along with the blood.
From afternoon until night, Natsuki Subaru held Emilia tightly in his arms, his eyes long since numb and dim.
From his perspective, even the moonlight streaming