Chapter Summaries

Subaru rallied the Oni villagers to attack the Witch Cult before it could strike, warning them that the cult had poisoned the Mana in the air. Ram agreed to join him, and as the villagers prepared for battle, Baren promised to protect Subaru.

• Subaru told the villagers that Witch Cultists were in the forest and urged them to attack before nightfall, claiming the Lesser Spirit Antares had warned him that the Mana was contaminated.
• Ram entered the village square and announced that she would go with Subaru to kill the Witch Cultists, prompting the hesitant villagers to prepare for battle.
• Baren laid out weapons for the villagers and joked about selling them, then promised Subaru he would stand between him and danger.
• Subaru remembered finding Baren's corpse near his home in a previous loop and hid how deeply Baren's promise had moved him.

Subaru and Rem searched the forest for the Witch Cult and encountered the black-robed cultists. After Subaru killed one and the others attacked, Antares sent up a signal for reinforcements as Subaru and Rem prepared to fight.

• Subaru and Rem entered the forest together while the Oni spread out to search for the Witch Cult.
• Rem sensed that the forest carried the same unpleasant smell as Subaru and warned him that something was ahead.
• Black-robed Witch Cultists emerged and asked why Rem was with their target.
• Subaru shot and killed one cultist, prompting the others to charge at him and Rem.
• Antares sent a red signal into the sky as Subaru and Rem readied themselves for the battle.

Subaru, Rem, Ram, and the Oni fought an overwhelming Witch Cultist force, but the cultists turned their bodies into sources of mana contamination. The chapter ended as flames erupted from several Oni fighters.

• Rem noticed that the Witch Cultists carried a faint version of Subaru’s scent as the Oni reinforcements joined the battle.
• Subaru sensed mana contamination and charged through the enemy ranks while Ram supported him with wind magic.
• Subaru killed Sergei, the Witch Cultist contaminating the mana, and Rem pulled Subaru back with an ice chain.
• The Witch Cultists activated miasma magic stones in their bodies, spreading contamination throughout the sky.
• Subaru warned the Oni to put away their horns, but several fighters burst into flames before he could stop it.

Subaru and the Oni villagers struggled against Witch Cultists whose contaminated mana ignited anyone using their horns. Antares saved Rem by freezing the mana in Ram, but Ram and the village defenders were left helpless, and Rem fled with Subaru as Baren and Setanta fought to protect them.

• Subaru realized every Witch Cultist spread contamination, while Oni who used their horns burst into flames.
• The Witch Cultists targeted Subaru, and Ram cut down those surrounding Rem, causing Rem to catch fire from the contamination.
• Antares cooled Rem's flames by freezing the contaminated mana in Ram, leaving Ram unable to fight.
• Setanta and Baren defended the sisters and Subaru as the Witch Cultists overwhelmed the village defenses.
• Baren urged Subaru to escape, and Rem carried Ram while leading Subaru away from the burning village.

Subaru fled the Witch Cultists with Rem and the unconscious Ram, escaping on the Ground Dragon into a fog-filled forest. The Cultists abandoned the chase, but Subaru and his companions encountered a gigantic creature with a yellow eye.

• Subaru discovered he could use Ram’s wind magic after Antares absorbed the wind-aspected mana from her horn, and he used it to fight off the Witch Cultists.
• A black Ground Dragon Subaru had rescued charged in, lifted Subaru, Rem, and Ram onto its back, and carried them through the woods as the Cultists pursued them.
• The Ground Dragon fled into dense fog, where the Witch Cultists stopped at its edge and gave up the chase.
• Antares warned Subaru that the fog’s mana had been contaminated for a long time, while the Ground Dragon sensed danger and raced onward.
• Subaru lit a fireball and saw a gigantic yellow eye beside them; the creature roared, and he urged the Ground Dragon to run.

Subaru and Ram escaped the White Whale after Rem jumped off the Ground Dragon to draw the Witchbeast away. Once they reached clean air and Ram recovered, she asked who Rem was, leaving Subaru shocked that she had forgotten her sister.

• The White Whale chased Subaru, Rem, and Ram through the forest, destroying trees as the Ground Dragon tried to escape.
• Rem told Subaru she wanted a future with him and leaped off the Ground Dragon to lure the White Whale away, accompanied by Antares.
• Subaru considered using his handgun to start over but continued onward with the weakened Ram.
• The Ground Dragon reached a safe area where the air was unpolluted, and Ram began recovering her strength.
• When Subaru urged Ram to return and save Rem, Ram asked who Rem was.

Subaru discovered that Ram no longer remembered Rem as he tried to return and save her. A Witch Cult Sin Archbishop appeared after the Ground Dragon sacrificed itself to save Subaru and Ram from a deadly blast of air.

• Subaru insisted that Rem was Ram’s twin sister and said he had to return to save her, but Ram denied knowing anyone named Rem.
• Ram grabbed Subaru and stopped him from running back into the forest, insisting he would not throw his life away.
• The Ground Dragon sensed a strange current of air and slammed Subaru and Ram aside, but the blast turned it into a bloody mist.
• Ram moved in front of Subaru and raised a barrier of wind as a man in a white robe emerged from the dust and criticized their escape.
• The man identified himself as Regulus Corneas, the Witch Cult Sin Archbishop representing Greed.

Ram confronted Regulus after he claimed he had come to kill the villagers who escaped, but he killed her instantly and left Subaru helpless. A clown-faced man then killed Subaru while mentioning his planned objective, and Subaru awoke at the start of a third loop with Rem in his arms.

• Ram accused Regulus of orchestrating the village attack, and Regulus said he had come to eliminate those who escaped without permission.
• Ram attacked Regulus with powerful wind magic, but he killed her in an instant without being injured.
• Regulus turned on Subaru, but a white dove appeared and Regulus vanished before Subaru could understand what had happened.
• Overcome by despair, Subaru tried to shoot himself, but a clown-faced man appeared and said he could not save a dead child.
• The clown-faced man killed Subaru with a beam of light, and Subaru grasped that he had an objective before dying.
• Subaru began a third loop, waking while Rem rested in his arms.

Subaru struggled to find a way to save everyone from the Witch Cult, the White Whale, and the Sin Archbishop, then accidentally revealed Return by Death to Rem. A mysterious figure killed Rem for hearing the secret, and Ram attacked Subaru before Rem’s final words stopped her.

• Subaru searched for a way to defeat the Witch Cult and save everyone, but saw no way to fight, escape, make weapons, or summon reinforcements.
• Subaru told Rem about Return by Death, and the living room vanished into darkness around him.
• A silver-haired figure in a black robe killed Rem, and Subaru realized the punishment had followed his confession.
• Ram found Rem’s body and choked Subaru, blaming him for her sister’s death.
• Rem briefly regained consciousness and told Ram not to hurt Subaru before she died.

After Rem died in Ram’s arms, Subaru was thrown from the house and, consumed by grief and hatred, attacked the Witch Cultists with Antares. Subaru died in the fight, but the chapter ended with a familiar voice reaching him again.

• Rem died after asking Ram not to hurt Subaru, and Ram’s grief unleashed a violent storm that destroyed the house.
• Ram’s conflicting desire to avenge Rem and obey her last wish led her to hurl Subaru out of the village.
• Subaru tried to shoot himself, then blamed the Witch Cultists and went after them when they appeared in the woods.
• Subaru and Antares fought the Witch Cultists, killing several before Subaru succumbed to his wounds.
• As Subaru died, he urged Antares to leave him, then heard a familiar blue-haired girl’s affectionate voice.