"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!"
"What did you suddenly die!?"
Subaru screamed in despair.
After having died twice, he had finally found a ray of hope. Someone from the same world as him.
He felt so happy... He felt so relieved...
With his help, his thoughts finally cleared and figured out his cheat.
Return by Death.
Even though he felt a strange pain in his heart, even though he felt terrified by the warning of whoever gave him thia power, even though he felt that he will die, he wanted to say it.
Even though he will loop again after dying, he wanted to get it off his chest.
He has died twice, so maybe he can die atleast thrice if this worked like video games.
He had pushed through the pain and shouted, "I am fine! My cheat is Return by Death!"
But instead of himself, the reincarnator who was trying to help him died.
Blood coming from everywhere, blood-shot eyes staring at him hauntingly.
And this time... he has killed someone.
"I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you—"
"Shut up!"
Subaru felt a shiver as he heard the strange, obsessive voice in his head.
—This is not just having a video game-like return after death cheat... The thing inside me is doing it!
Subaru realised the truth about his power and shouted at her.
"You killed him! Bring him back! Bring him back! You can bring me back, so bring him back!"
"I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you—"
"Shut up! Bring him back!"
"I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you—"
She kept repeating this inside him like a broken recorder, yet not bringing him back.
"If I die... He will come back..."
While muttering this with dead eyes, Natsuki Subaru made a decision.
His eyes went to his victim's sword, and he took it off from the dead body with shaking hands. His hands were now physically covered in blood as well.
He took out the sword from its sheath, and saw his own pathetic reflection in it.
"I didn't even ask for his name..."
—He is nothing but a pathetic murderer.
Subaru gulped, and held the sword against his neck with shaking, bloodied hands.
The sharp edge drew blood from his neck, but he couldn't push it further to kill himself.
The pain just from getting a small cut in the neck was too much.
It was too much!
"What are you waiting for, Natsuki Subaru!? Just do it!"
He shouted, and just as he was about to fling the sword into his neck, someone suddenly snatched his sword.
"What are you doing!?"
A red haired guy with blue eyes stopped him.
"Don't stop me! Let me kill myself!"
Subaru shouted, trying to snatch back the sword from the Sword Saint's hand with a maniacal expression.
"Did you kill him?"
"Yes! I killed him! I am a pathetic murderer! I am criminal, so kill me!"
Reinhard narrowed his eyes.
The person who is lying dead seems very strong. Even though he is already dead, Reinhard can feel that the victim has atleast more internal mana pool than Ferris. There are no signs of a fight. It's like this person's heart exploded from the inside.
Moreover, the person who is claiming to kill him seems to be very, very weak. And yet... the Dragon Sword Reid has already determined him to be a worthy opponent.
Reinhard sighed and said, "I am taking you into custody."
Seeing that the red haired knight was going to take arrest him, not execute him on the spot, Subaru started shouting.
He needs to die quickly!
"What's this!? This is medieval fantasy! Not modern world! Execute me! Dammit!"
Subaru tried to bite his tongue off, but this isn't an anime that just doing that will kill him without actually having a poison mechanism in his mouth.
Moreover, Reinhard realised what Subaru was trying to do, and restrained him completely, even his tongue.
"Mhmph! Mhmph!"
—If you aren't going to kill me, atleast let me kill myself!
Subaru tried to do everything, but he couldn't move at all in Reinhard's restrains aside from breathing. As if he has become incapable of doing anything aside from breathing and talking.
"I will be taking you to the Knight Order."
—I want to die!
For the first time, Subaru is actually wishing for death, yet Reinhard is preventing him from having it!