Re:Zero – Starting Life in Another World. Volume. 1.
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‘CHAPTER 4:- FOURTH TIME’S THE CHARM.’
‘Sub-Chapter 4.’
Now that Subaru had made it safely back to the main street, he did his best to look for Not-Satella. However, all that he could really do was open his eyes wide and stare at the passing crowd. Using his memories from the third time around, Subaru positioned himself near the fruit store he had become familiar with.
The face of the scarred store owner that Subaru could see out of the corner of his eye was very stern.
“This time our meeting wasn’t exactly the best, was it… But, I know that you really are a kindhearted guy!” Subaru said, giving the villainous-looking shop owner a thumbs-up, to which the shop owner turned his face away from, annoyed.
Subaru drew his thumbs back feeling unloved, and then returned his gaze to the street. As always there were tons of people passing by, of all shapes, sizes, and kinds.
It had been over ten minutes since Subaru had started his lookout, and it had already been nearly an hour since he had started his fourth run.
“I’m not sure I can trust my sense of time, but it would be strange if the theft hasn’t happened yet…” said Subaru to himself, when an anxious thought crossed his mind.
“Hey, old man.”
“What is it, Mr. Penniless?”
When the shop owner came out in front of his store and looked at Subaru, he had already given up trying to hide how annoyed he was.
“Well, it’s true that I am penniless, so I won’t deny that, but… Old man, I’ve got something I’d like to ask you. Have you seen any sort of commotion happen around here lately?”
“You’ve got guts asking me a question without buying anything.”
“Well I know that, but last time… Wait…”
As Subaru was talking he realized why the shop owner was in such a bad mood. The first time around, when Subaru and Not-Satella had visited the fruit shop together they had met again with…the shop owner’s daughter. She hadn’t been saved yet this time around.
“How could I have forgotten about that?! Don’t tell me that I have to go find her first?”
“What are you talking about? Oh, fine. Whatever. Look, kiddo. Those sort of ‘commotions’ you’re talking about aren’t exactly unusual around here.”
“I’m glad you answered my question, but are you serious?!”
Now that Subaru thought about it, the loot cellar was filled with things stolen from all over the capital. If there were that many thefts occurring, it spoke volumes about the level of security in the capital.
“Does this mean I’ve completely run out of options…?”
“However, the most recent commotion wasn’t the usual fare. Someone was using magic and shot off two or three blasts of it. Just look.”
The shop owner leaned forward and pointed to a stall about four spaces to the left. When Subaru followed with his gaze, he saw that right beside that stall was an alleyway, and there were a few holes gouged out of the wall leading into it.
“Oh, wow.”
“There were some icicle-shaped things that were used like arrows, and one of them stuck inside that wall. It disappeared immediately afterward, though.”
Each of the four holes was a little bigger than a quarter. Since they were able to make a hole like that in a stone wall, Subaru shivered to think what would happen if they hit a person.
“This magic looks like it’s on a different scale from the first time I saw it… I wonder if Not-Satella’s a little more upset than usual this time…”
If Subaru approached her without thinking, he might be the one on the receiving end of that magic. Subaru felt a cold sweat form on his brow.
“But if that’s the case then I was too late this time as well.”
If the theft had already taken place, it was going to be difficult for Subaru to meet up with Not-Satella on his own. In other words, what he should shoot for now was…
“I need to try to meet up with Felt. If possible, I need to try to catch her before she enters the loot cellar, and then exchange my cell phone for the badge, but…”
Given that was a place at which he had already been killed twice, Subaru wanted to avoid the loot cellar as much as he could.
“If I go too late, then it’ll be what happened the first time all over again. However, if I go and meet up with Rom and wait for Felt, then I’ll end up repeating what happened the second time around…”
What was most important was Felt’s location. Right now, Felt was probably being chased around the capital by Not-Satella. If he could, Subaru wanted to meet up with her before she arrived at the loot cellar.
“Maybe I could just rely on my Return by Death and use this time just to gather information…?”
While that seemed like a viable option, Subaru shook his head and quickly rejected that plan. This was something he realized after experiencing death three times, but every time it was incredibly painful. He didn’t want to experience something like that ever again.
Subaru was anxious about relying on his Return by Death power when he didn’t know how or why it worked. Say Subaru decided to throw away this fourth time around by watching things unfold with the intention of dying afterward so he could reset everything. What if when he did that, his Return by Death didn’t activate because he had run out of the number of times he could use it? No one would be laughing at that end.
“In the end, I’ve really got to cling to life as long as I can. Well, I suppose that goes without saying, though.”
After making his decision, Subaru twisted around to stretch his body. The shop owner didn’t seem too pleased as Subaru did his radio exercises in front of his store, but as Subaru finished and was jogging in place he waved back at him.
“I don’t know why you suddenly decided to help me, but thanks, old man.”
“It’s no big deal. Just a little while ago, another penniless person like yourself helped my little girl out, you see.”
As he listened to the shop owner’s reply, Subaru first was surprised and then burst out laughing. Oh, the power of fate. No matter how troubled this shop owner’s little girl was, someone was going to save her. Just knowing that made Subaru feel that it was worth coming here.
“All right! I’m really going to get going now. Next time I’ll buy one of your abbles for sure!”
“Well, if you do you’ll be a customer, and I’ll welcome ya. Work hard, Mr. Penniless,” the shop owner said in a monotone.
“Gotcha. I really am praying that the next time I come back here will be with money in my hands, I tell you,” said Subaru as he left running.
Subaru’s destination was the slums, but this time, in a different direction from the loot cellar. If he headed toward the loot cellar, he was sure to raise a couple of bad flags, so this time he was going to try a different route.
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