Rem's Death

After that, Subaru Natsuki trained alone.

In the original story, he had worked as a servant at Roswaal's mansion and had chores to keep him busy.

But thanks to Hane's intervention, he was now Emilia's guard. He had no chores, and far fewer chances to interact with Ram and Rem.

Hane had packed his schedule with training, leaving him no time to grow closer to them. He worked himself to exhaustion almost every day and fell asleep as soon as he finished dinner.

Even Emilia had to check whether he had a spare moment before looking for him.

Yet the grueling training never bored Subaru Natsuki. It left him feeling fulfilled, and he threw himself into it every day.

The feeling of growing stronger bit by bit was sweeter to him than the thought of resting his head in Emilia's lap.

Then, at dawn on the fourth day, a piercing wail rang through the mansion.

Hane was about to take Subaru Natsuki to train when Emilia stopped them.

"Subaru, Master Hane, could you come with me?"

"What happened? That scream—did something happen?"

Subaru Natsuki frowned as he asked. Hane said nothing. He had a good idea what had happened: Rem was dead.

Because Hane was here, Subaru Natsuki had not died over and over as he had in the original story. More importantly, training had given him far fewer chances to get himself killed.

"Subaru, don't ask. Come with me and you'll see."

Emilia's voice was low.

Subaru Natsuki glanced at Hane, who nodded.

The two followed Emilia to a room. When she opened the door, they saw Ram kneeling beside a bed, sobbing her heart out. Rem lay on the bed, her short blue hair framing a pale face.

"Who did this? Who killed Rem? I'll kill them! I'll