"!!!"
Natsuki Subaru jolted awake again and sat bolt upright in bed.
Looking up, he happened to notice the two little maids, Rem and Ram, clinging tightly to each other with frightened, pitiful expressions.
"Guest, are you all right?"
Perhaps noticing that something was off with Natsuki Subaru, Rem and Ram asked with concern, "You look very unwell... Do you have a headache?"
"I..."
Natsuki Subaru had just wanted to say something, but the words froze on his lips.
If he remembered correctly, he had just rammed himself to death on those thorns. Then, because he had died, Return by Death had activated and reset the timeline. In other words, this was already his third loop, and everything had to start over from the beginning.
"Urgh..."
Having figured it out, Natsuki Subaru let out a pained groan.
This feeling of endlessly repeating the same cycle was truly awful. Having a game delete your save file was bad enough, but what he faced now was living, breathing reality.
"Guest? Guest?"
At that moment, Rem and Ram leaned closer again. "You seem to be in a lot of pain. Can you tell us what happened?"
"You two..."
Seeing the two maids approach him on their own initiative, Natsuki Subaru's memories surged over him like a tide—their meeting and growing close in the first loop, then the suspicion and falling-out of the second.
And based on the memories inherited from the previous loop... these two maids seemed to be victims of the Witch Cult, while he himself carried the Witch's scent. Of course, Natsuki Subaru had no idea where that scent had come from, but Xie Dongwen's sophistry had reminded him of something.
"No, sorry."
Natsuki Subaru forced out a smile. "I think I just had a nightmare... Ever since I encountered that