Re:Lyra-Starting Life in Another World (Re:Reader-Lyra Edition)

Chapter 15: Interrogation

Still staring in absolute disbelief, Lyra asked her question.

No response.

Puzzled and maybe questioning what she was seeing, Lyra began to walk up to her, slowly, but not taking her eyes off of her for the first few paces.

Almost halfway to the silent, non-responsive Ram, Lyra thought that she should see if Subaru himself was watching this as well.

Subaru, are you seeing this?! Lyra wondered.

Going to turn her head up and behind to see if Subaru was visible on top of the cliff, her head only made it about halfway around before another gust of wind made her stop looking.

She hadn't heard this gust coming....and it was so sudden that ... something was definitely off...

Turning her vision back towards Ram, in the short time that Lyra had gone to turn her head, Ram had advanced with that breeze. She stood only a few paces away, and now both of them stood right in the middle of that clearing at the bottom of the cliff.

The two stood there, staring at each other, waiting to see who would make the first move.

With tension rising, Lyra made a rather large gulp, hoping to swallow her anxiety.

In response, Ram snorted.

Feeling as if the tension was finally broken, Lyra knew that this was Ram in front of her. Putting her hand on her chest to help expel the air trapped within her, Lyra sighed a sigh of relief.

Lyra: *sigh* You were spooking me there, Ram. But... What are you doing out here?

With an unchanged expression and a tone that almost conveyed an air of utter contempt, she answered.

Ram: That's a better question for yourself, isn't it?

Lyra: ... —Hk!

She truly hadn't thought of this that way. To Ram, it would be rather suspicious as to why she was still nearby the mansion. She really did have a reason to be so on-guard.

Ram: Out with it. Why are you still here?

Lyra: Well, it's really complicated...but I promise it's for a good reason, I just can't—

Ram: Can't what? Can't tell me? Do you honestly think I'd believe whatever you have to say?

Lyra: Ram...

Ram: Save it. I won't be the one you have to 'explain' things to.

Lyra: — —? 'Explain'? I-I don't understand—

?: AHHHHHHHHH!

Cutting off Lyra, a loud yelling noise rose from the cliff behind her and Ram.

Off to the very far edge of the cliff from where the two stood, Subaru had made his escape, jumping off the cliff edge with the rope still tied around himself. Not hesitating for a moment, he cut himself loose and fell another two feet down, almost face-planting but rolling right up and sprinting off, into the brush, totally oblivious to the presence of the two people who were standing on the other side of the clearing.

Lyra: Suba—

Ram: It's pointless!

Snapping her head back to Ram who had shouted over her, she couldn't figure out why it would be "pointless" to shout over to him. Obviously he could explain all this to Ram and—

Ram: Barusu was to be dealt with first, but it looks like you'll be the first instead.

With complete contempt for Lyra, Ram spoke these words. It was a tone only used for those she bore absolutely no sympathy for. A near lament for her very existence.