The Sage's Partner - Re: Zero OC (DROPPED)

Chapter 8 - The Continuous Week

"W-Why..." Orion voiced out, his teeth gritting in frustration. "Why the fuck did we reset, Subaru!"

Glaring at the younger boy, Orion continued, "How the hell did you die? Did you trip down the stairs or something? Did you find another way to reset? If so, then why!?"

Subaru, who had been staring at his hands catatonically, looked up at Orion. "I... I don't know."

"You don't know?" Orion asked with a strained voice.

"No! I don't know, okay!?" Subaru shouted. "I was just about to cash in my promise to Emilia-tan, and now I'm back here! All those moments... they're all nothing now! Do you think I want this!?"

Orion clenched his fist as he went through his time with Emilia, Rem, and even Ram, though it wasn't to the same extent as the other two. All those experiences which were now... nothing. At least to them.

'But... it's the same for Subaru,' Orion thought, looking at the boy whose eyes had begun to water with unshed tears. 'Fuck. What the hell am I doing, taking it out on him? Aren't I supposed to be the older one?'

"You're right... I'm sorry, Subaru. For acting so childish. It's just..." Orion's expression turned pained.

"Yeah... I get it, Senpai. I feel the same too," Subaru added, wiping his eyes. "Dammit! Why the hell did I die? How!?"

Taking a deep breath, Orion shook off his sadness. Now wasn't the time for lamenting lost moments. Rather, they should look to the future.

A future that would be remembered by the world.

"I don't know, but we have to find out," Orion said. "While I can't discount the possibility that you reset based on the number of days, it is more likely that you died in your sleep somehow. But more importantly... the reset point."

Subaru widened his eyes. "It changed..."

"Yeah. And that's both a blessing and a curse," Orion added. "A blessing because we don't have to redo our entire lives here, which would get messy as we get closer with people, and a curse because if we find ourselves in a shitty situation..."

"There may not be enough time to get out of it..." Subaru sighed. "Man, this power is so shitty! Didn't you get a cool ability? A 'divine protection' or something? I want something like that!"

Orion smirked before returning to a serious frown. "That aside, we need to understand how you reset. And if it's still by death, as we guessed, we need to figure out what killed you, and if possible, stop it before it happens."

Subaru pumped his fist. "Then we just need to follow the same path, right? Easy peasy!"

Orion nodded his head.

'I don't like the idea of willingly following the same path that probably led to death, but we have no information on what happened,' Orion thought. 'I just hope we can actually follow the same path and not introduce some... unexpected variables.'

"Alright! I'm feeling energized now! Now I just need to see Emilia-tan's cute face and I'll be back to 100%! Let's do this, Senpai!" Subaru said, getting off the bed to his feet.

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It was now the fourth night of the loop, the point where things reset last time.

"I got a bit better at magic and swordsmanship and was able to help Emilia a bit better since I could read a bit more, but it was mostly unchanged, just as we hoped," Orion said, fiddling with the sword at his side.

"Well, I wasn't able to follow the exact same path, but I think I did alright," Subaru said, thumbing his bandaged hand. "Even that damned dog bit me like last time!"