(Rem x Reader) Re:Reader - Starting YOUR New Life in Another World

Chapter 57: The Endless Eight - Part 3

A/N: Hello everyone! I really want to thank everyone for their kind reviews and comments on last week's chapter! This week's chapter will get into the real nitty-gritty of what challenges YN and Subaru will face in this "sub-arc." This chapter will also have an exclusive piece of art I had commissioned for a scene I very much enjoyed writing.

Please enjoy!

Chapter 57: The Endless Eight – Part 3

After frantically searching, the three who remained unscathed were beginning to reach their point of exhaustion as sunrise grew nearer. As the first few rays of pink and orange began to shine over the horizon, Emilia was first to voice her opinion.

Emilia: I... I think we should give it a rest... for now at least. We—

Rem: Emilia-sama and Subaru-kun may rest if they need to, Rem will not. Not until her YN-kun is safe and in Rem's arms.

Subaru: Rem, Emilia-tan is right, we should regain our strength and then continue to search—

Rem: Please respect Rem's decision on this matter.

Emilia: You reeeally should get some rest though. You've been looking the hardest out of all of us. I think YN would understand if you took a break to regain your stamina and—

Rem: No. Rem will not stop.

While the three talked, Rem had not made eye contact with either of them as they stood at the end of an alley that led out to the main avenue of the city. Looking up at the direction of the incoming sunrise, Rem continued.

Rem: Rem will continue to look until YN-kun is found, because that's what he would do for his Rem.

Turning their gaze to the ground, both Subaru and Emilia knew that to be true, it would be something just like YN to do.

In truth, Rem watched the sky not in hopes YN would somehow come back from it as he had left, but rather she was seriously doubting her chances of finding YN, and was questioning if she should take drastic measures. Taking clues from what he had said in the tavern, Rem had begun to try and comprehend the mysteries that surrounded Returning By Death because she knew the consequences of YN trying to explain it to her.

Rem could... before it's too late... kill Subaru-kun.

As she began to seriously consider alternative solutions, she tightly shut her eyes, hoping to ward off the tears that may come flowing out at any moment.

If Rem is beginning to understand how it all works, then doing that should cause a rewind or reset to an earlier time, then YN-kun will know he'll be taken. But—

Shaking her head, Rem found flaws in her burgeoning strategy.

Subaru-kun might remember Rem suddenly acting hostile when he goes back too though... Or at the very least, YN-kun will ask how he died. No, this isn't something Rem can do without consequences. Unless—

Walking forward onto the street, some of the day's earliest workers could be seen beginning their day, leaving their houses and making their way to their place of employment.

If Rem faked losing control in a fit of rage, Subaru-kun might understand...

The longer YN was missing, the more desperate and deranged Rem could tell her thoughts and feelings were getting.

Even if Rem herself won't remember it, should would still bear the responsibilities and guilt of it upon her soul if she did such heinous things...