As he continued to realize many things, there was the protection and clean-up of the village. The future seemed full of difficulties. —Also, before that, there was another mountain that Subaru had to climb.
“Ahh, umm, Emilia-tan… I have a really important thing to talk to you about, but..”
“Yes, what is it?”
Emilia had put one finger in her silver hair, and she slowly turned her neck to face Subaru. Her bluish purple eyes were full of trust, and seeing them Subaru was able to feel that his actions had been worth it. However, he was still scared when he thought of how those eyes would react to what he would say next.
Subaru had a problem that he could not avoid that he needed to tell Emilia– that was naturally, about Rem.
If you were speaking of people he needed to thank, in this time’s loop there was not a single existence who had so wholeheartedly helped him than Rem.
Thanks to her deep love and dedication Subaru she had kindly healed his heart that was once broken, and she had called back to him a resolve to stand back up and fight against fate.
If there hadn’t been that moment, Subaru would not have been standing here right now, were it not for her existence he would never have been able to escape from the hell of giving up.
Rem had stayed by his side and continued to support him during his most bitter and painful moment.
Towards her, who had done all of this for him, Subaru held the deepest affection and wonder.
Up until now, Subaru had believed that his thoughts were earnestly focused on only one person. In reality, to Subaru the person on his mind was also Emilia and no one else.
However, the existence of Rem, while leaving his affection towards Emilia unchanging, had become just as large to him and remained in his heart.
And so Subaru made a clear choice. It may be unsightly to become serious all of a sudden, but since he was unable to give up on his thoughts towards either party,
–He decided to take both Emilia and Rem.
Also, he had already received permission from Rem for this insolent idea. All that was left with this problem was persuading Emilia, and he had been told by Rem to talk to her together, but,
“If I depended on Rem up until that point, I’d be the worst of the worst.”
Even if he had created the chance for Rem to also join in on the conversation, it was Subaru’s responsibility to begin speaking about it. He was scheming to receive the love of two girls, so it was a hurdle that he had to overcome.
Taking a breath, he chose his words while feeling his heart throbbing quickly. His forced his line of sight that was swimming around to face forward, and looked at Emilia. She was staring back at him. Super cute.
“It’s something that is really hard to talk about, but I would like you to hear me out. Of course, I think that I’ll need to report this to her sister eventually as well, but… First, I wanted to tell you.”
“….Yes?”
In hesitation, Subaru had made an unnecessary introduction, confusing Emilia. Agonizing over his weakness of putting it off like this, Subaru desperately racked his brains for words.
His head was put into full gear, the fastest it had been during these past few days. He worked his synapse so hard it seemed like sparks would come out, and tried to find the best response – !
“Actually, it’s about Rem. Rem is, uh, she.. to me… Uhh, you know? And so, by that confession I was really acting for myself but..”
Sweat slowly spread over his forehead as Subaru started to speak. It seemed like he was already trying for some sort of excuse, but he thought that Emilia, who was good at guessing would understand with him saying just this much.
In front of Subaru who was covered in sweat, Emilia raised her hand and said “wait.”
“Subaru, calm down. I lost track of what you were trying to say. I understand that you are trying your best to explain it. You’re a good kid, so slow down.”
“Saying it’s because I’m a good kid, it feels like my rating went down.. No, I’m not being manly. Ahh, I’ll say it cleanly. Um, so… actually Rem also said that she loved me, so since Emilia-tan also likes me… uh, you’ll both be mine, uh how should I put it..?”
Entrusting himself to the momentum he made a two-timing declaration.
Thinking back to his statement just now, he drew back considerably. Of course, Emilia’s response would be similar to his own, or she would probably look at him with eyes of disappointment and scorn. After imagining such a pessimistic situation, Subaru nervously looked at her, and
“ ——-”
Emilia’s response was completely different from Subaru’s imagination.
She frowned at his words, and stayed quiet while putting a finger to her lips in deep thought. Scrutinizing his declaration, she was thinking of a proper punishment to give to him – it wasn’t a light atmosphere like that.
“Subaru.”
“Yes.”
After his name was called, Subaru turned to face Emilia directly.
She also faced directly towards his gaze filled with resolution. However, her eyes were full of bewilderment, and Subaru was unable to understand her reaction.
And then, the following words completely went beyond Subaru’s comprehension.
“–Who is Rem?”
