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

Chapter 78: Lady In Red

A/N: Guess who's back? That's right, Arc 3 adaptation begins NOW!

I think a lot of you are really going to enjoy this Act as it answers so many of the lingering questions from the first two Acts.

The regular Sunday releases will re-resume starting this week. The entirety of Arc 3 is already adapted and written. It ended up being 208k words; 33 chapters in total.

I hope you all will look forward to the return of the weekly releases! Please enjoy the chapter!

Chapter 78: Lady In Red

Having arrived back once more to the Great City, the Capitol was as lively and crowded as Lyra had remembered it to be.

This place is just massive...

As Lyra navigated the ground dragon carriage, Rem gave her directions to the inn they had been expected at. Getting checked in, Roswaal requested the carriage Lyra had spent so long trying to find parking for to be called back up the entrance.

Approaching the curb, Subaru and Lyra dismounted the driver's seat as they pulled up to the other four awaiting them.

Roswaal: Juuuuust in time. Very good work.

Bowing her head, Lyra accepted the praise while Subaru disinterestedly looked about while picking his ear. He earned himself a quick stomp on his feet by Ram, who scolded him

Ram: Barusu, be sure to acknowledge Roswaal-sama's praise, even if it is the fruit of Lyra's work.

Subaru: -Tch, jeez...

Mounting the driver's seat in their absence, Rem and Ram both shared the reins as Roswaal entered into the carriage. Leaving the door open, he explained their sudden departure.

Roswaal: Rem and Ram will be joining me for a short business meeting in regard to garnering some support of Emilia-sama's upcoming Roooooyal Selection appearance. You all are free to do what you must until later once we return.

Emilia: Subaru has to make good on some promises he made to a few people here in the Capitol, so I'll be sure to keep an eye on him while he does.

Roswaal: Ahh, is this perhaps another one of these 'dates' I've been hearing so much about as of late?

Emilia: Not quite, this time it's just for-

Roswaal: Lyra-chaaaannn,-

Cutting off the half-elf's words, Roswaal grinned as he called over to Lyra, who was standing off to the side making small talk with Rem and Ram.

Roswaal: Please chaperone these two while they're out, would you? We can't have them getting into tooooo much trouble.

Lyra: Yes, Roswaal-sama.

Emilia: Roswaal! If there'd be any trouble, it would only be because Subaru over worked himself again!

While trying to somehow defend Subaru, Emilia had more so made it sound like she was skirting the possibility of trouble being a result of her own actions, and thus would have to be from Subaru's doing.

A put-down, to say the least.

While Subaru normally would have commented on that as well, he instead prioritized another problem with this arrangement.

It's gonna seriously be less fun if Lyra has to third-wheel!

Clearing his throat, Subaru had an idea.

Subaru: Hey, Ros-chi, don't you normally only take one of the twins with you? Why not leave Rem-san behind to make sure it isn't Lyra who starts any problems.