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

Chapter 16: That's Not My Job

Feeling the twinkle of sunlight on her eyes, Lyra took a big breath in through her nose. The smell of fresh laundry and freshly picked flowers filled her nose. By this point, she knew the drill.

Hearing the door open, two familiar voices filled her ears.

Rem: Nee-sama Nee-sama, our guest sleeps well into the late morning.

Ram: Rem Rem, our guest appears to be a deadbeat who sleeps in till noon.

Rem: Nee-sama Nee-sama, it would appear so. Would you mind waking him while I check on our other gue-

And now Ram will probably say something along the lines of "Don't leave me alone with such a despicable man" or something, right?

But something else occurred. Something entirely unexpected. Rem cut off her own words.

*sniff sniff*

Ram hadn't said her usual snarky line about Subaru this time.

Instead, Lyra heard a moment of silence. Neither twin said a word. Until...

Rem: Nee-sama...

Hearing Rem call for her elder sister, the twins began whispering to each other.

With the pillow she laid on covering much of her ears and thus blocking much of her finer hearing, Lyra could not tell what the two were saying.

Finally, Lyra could hear rustling.

Peeping one eye open, Lyra looked over to where she heard the sound coming from.

Subaru was stirring awake in his bed.

Rem: Guest-sama, are you awake?

Ram: Guest-sama, are you waking up?

With Subaru waking up, Lyra knew that his previous death had been a rather painful one. Unfortunately , though, he hadn't been given time to come to terms with the pain or the events that occurred during the previous loop unlike Lyra.

Lyra  could almost feel the impending freakout before it happened, as if she were a fortune teller staring into a crystal ball.

Almost like clockwork, Subaru had taken his first look with his eyes in this loop and saw the two responsible for his previous death. Immediately, he began screaming, scaring the maids out of the room.

Lyra was almost thankful. While she was in a calmer state of mind then Subaru was now, she wasn't sure how she could hope to face Rem or Ram right now.

With Lyra never being addressed by the twins, she remained in bed. Wishing to disassociate with the world for a while, she fell back asleep.

She didn't know how long she had been asleep for now but she was awoken again by someone coming through the door.

With the slight sound of a chair dragging across the room's rug, Lyra could hear someone sit down right next to him.

This had never happened before. Had the twins returned? No. She only heard one set of footsteps, and these weren't the sound of their usual dress shoes.

The curiosity biting into her, Lyra almost opened her eyes, but only a second before she did, her bedside guest let her presence be known to her.

Emilia: Good morning, Lyra. Are you awake? How's your gate?

It was the royal candidate herself, the kind hearted silver haired half-elf,  Subaru's crush,  and one of Lyra's newest friends, Emilia.

Hearing her ask about her gate, Lyra realized this was probably the umpteenth time she'd been asked by her this very same question. Every time Emilia had asked this question, Lyra's response was always the same.