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

Chapter 76:A Test Of Aptitude

A/N: Here's this week's final chapter. I haven't done a double header in awhile and if story seems to line up oddly for you, check the last chapter, as you might have missed it.

Chapter 76: A Test of Aptitude

Feeling the sensation of being airborne, it ended with a quick thud first on his rear, and then on his lap.

Lyra: Ouch-ouch-ouch...

Reaching behind her, Lyra could feel the smooth touch of fresh cut grass, about the length she kept the mansion's lawn. Trying to open her eyes though, a new cascade of bright light challenged her vision.

Agh... This is a different light. It's natural in its color, not like the Trial's or that white space I get sent to.

Rubbing her eyes to adjust, Lyra heard a few familiar voices fill her ears.

?: Woah, hey, Lyra, and Rem-san? Where did-? How did-?

?: Lyra? Rem? Where did you just pop in from?

?: Myyyyy, how nice of you both to drop by. We were just wondering where you both could have absconded off to.

?: How bothersome all this is, I suppose.

?: Rem, are you hurt? Was Lyra cushioning enough for you?

?: Wha-? Who-?! Mathers?!

Somewhat recognizing the voices, it was the last one that drew a blank from YN.

Was that Puck? No... It's more masculine, but I don't know who that is...

Deciding she needed his eyes, Lyra forced them open. Filling her vision initially was the calming hue of blue that was Rem's azure hair. The thud she had felt on her lap was the maid landing on top of her, sitting sideways like she would when Lyra drove the carriage to Saluzzo.

Lyra felt Rem'stwo soft hands gently rest on either side of her face. Rem spoke to her.

Rem: That's Rem's Lyra-chan. We did it.

Lyra: Are... are we out?

Looking to her left and right, Lyra tried to figure out where they had been released to. Taking the hand she had reached behind herself with, it returned with a handful of loose blades of grass.

A few paces to his right was the lord of the Mansion and her employer, Roswaal. And standing to her immediate flank was the elder sister of Rem, Ram, who coolly observed everything as she did. Standing behind her though, as if frightened by their sudden appearance out of nowhere, Lyra's wayward traveling companion, Subaru, looked on at them with his piercing eyes. The three obviously had just returned to the mansion.

To his left though was the gazebo where Subaru had been passed out after using Shamak for the first time. Inside was Emilia, and the two resident spirits, Puck and Beatrice. But behind them sat someone Lyra did not recognize.

A young man of shorter stature, he seemingly was holding his head in frustration, which let his bangs hang forward, blocking his face, and making Lyra unable to get a good look at him.

Who's he? Was he that new voice?

Given everything that had just occurred, a new face being present wasn't a coincidence.

Just as Lyra went to speak up about it and voice her curiosity, the mystery guest stood, slamming his hands down on the table.

I've been given another chance! I won't waste it!

With an evil grin on his youthful face, he spoke.

?: Margrave!

Referring to Roswaal by his title, the three who had just arrived turned their attention to the outburst being had to their side.