# E30 - A Step Forward
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**[00:03] Subaru**
First off, there's something
I'd like to say.
**[00:09] Subaru**
You look pretty good in that uniform.
***SIGN*** If it's
***SIGN*** to save you
***SIGN*** I don't care
***SIGN*** how many times
***SIGN*** I die
**[01:46] Echidna**
Why, thank you!
**[01:47] Echidna**
Hearing you say that tells me that recreating
it from your memories was worthwhile.
**[01:53] Subaru**
So what is this place?
**[01:55] Echidna**
As one who is qualified,
you entered the graveyard.
**[01:58] Echidna**
Thus the trial began.
**[02:00] Echidna**
That's all there is to it.
**[02:01] Echidna**
Didn't you hear me say, "First,
you need to face your own past"?
**[02:05] Subaru**
I'm gradually starting to remember.
**[02:08] Subaru**
What did you do to me?
**[02:10] Subaru**
I had completely forgotten about you.
**[02:13] Echidna**
It was quicker to meddle with your memories
**[02:15] Echidna**
than it would've been to trust
that you could keep a secret.
**[02:18] Subaru**
And? Did I pass the trial?
**[02:23] Echidna**
Having seen every moment of it,
**[02:26] Echidna**
I think the result you
achieved was more than suitable.
**[02:28] Subaru**
Every moment? Wait, you—
**[02:31] Echidna**
"I'm so sorry!"
**[02:34] Echidna**
When you said that, even I teared up a bit.
**[02:37] Subaru**
Shut up! Don't tell anyone
about that! It's too embarrassing!
**[02:40] Subaru**
Anyway, so this world is actually...
**[02:43] Echidna**
Yes, that's right.
**[02:45] Echidna**
It's a fabricated world
**[02:47] Echidna**
that I recreated with utmost
faithfulness to your memories.
**[02:50] Echidna**
Everything, including your parents. Understand?
**[02:55] Subaru**
You fabricated all that? Really?
**[02:57] Subaru**
But some stuff was mentioned
that even I didn't know.
**[02:59] Echidna**
Are you sure you didn't know?
**[03:03] Echidna**
Did you never once entertain
the thought of your father
**[03:06] Echidna**
being different in any way
from what you'd pictured?
**[03:11] Echidna**
Did you really think you could
hide the parts of your heart
**[03:14] Echidna**
that you thought no one knew about?
**[03:17] Echidna**
The desire to have them know,
so you'd feel less burdened...
**[03:19] Echidna**
The selfish wish that they'd still
love you, even if they knew...
**[03:23] Echidna**
Can you state with certainty that
you did not seek any of that
**[03:27] Echidna**
from your imaginary parents?
**[03:29] Echidna**
That would be far too idealistic,
not to mention convenient.
**[03:33] Echidna**
Don't you agree?
**[03:37] Subaru**
Don't make fun of my parents, Echidna.
**[03:41] Echidna**
What?
**[03:42] Subaru**
I gave all of my answers,
**[03:44] Subaru**
and both my mom and my dad accepted them.
**[03:47] Subaru**
They told me to give it
my all, and to take care.
**[03:53] Subaru**
Their voices, their smiles,
and everything else
**[03:56] Subaru**
shattered what I had imagined.
**[03:58] Subaru**
My parents are too big to even
fit in my puny imagination!
**[04:03] Subaru**
Don't underestimate them!
**[04:06] Subaru**
I told them everything I wanted to say.
**[04:08] Subaru**
I'm not gonna let anything
you say sidetrack me.
**[04:15] Echidna**
This trial is over, in the truest sense.
**[04:18] Echidna**
I look forward to seeing how
you handle the next question.
**[04:21] Subaru**
Wait, "next question"?
**[04:22] Subaru**
What does that mean?
There's more than one trial?!
**[04:25] Echidna**
There are three graveyard trials in total.
**[04:27] Echidna**
You must pass all of them
to set the Sanctuary free.
**[04:30] Echidna**
I'm so glad I finally got to tell you this!
**[04:34] Echidna**
Seeing you so surprised makes my heart leap.
**[04:38] Echidna**
It's already starting to disappear.
**[04:41] Echidna**
If you go outside,
**[04:42] ---**
you should find yourself back in the graveyard.
**[04:45] Subaru**
Hey, Echidna...
**[04:47] Echidna**
What is it? You want me to let you hit me?
**[04:50] Echidna**
You do have that right, it's true.
**[04:53] Echidna**
But I'm a girl. My face is—
**[04:55] Subaru**
Thanks.
**[04:58] Subaru**
Even if they weren't real...
**[05:01] Subaru**
Even if I didn't get to say
it to my real parents...
**[05:04] Subaru**
It's thanks to you that I got
to say what I wanted to say.
**[05:07] Subaru**
So...
**[05:09] Subaru**
Thanks.
**[05:12] Echidna**
You are a very intriguing human.
**[05:14] ---**
I just can't comprehend you.
**[05:16] Echidna**
It actually frightens me.
**[05:18] Subaru**
It's an honor to know I can frighten a witch.
**[05:27] Subaru**
Oh, yeah.
**[05:28] Subaru**
It sounded like you really want
me to go through the next trial,
**[05:33] Subaru**
but I can't grant that wish for you.
**[05:36] Echidna**
Meaning?
**[05:38] Subaru**
I'm not the one who'll pass the
trials and set the Sanctuary free.
**[05:43] Subaru**
Someone else is gonna grant that wish for you.
**[05:48] Echidna**
Is that so? I wonder...
**[06:01] Subaru**
Where...
**[06:03] Subaru**
Oh, right. I went through the trial.
**[06:10] Subaru**
Emilia!
**[06:18] Subaru**
Emilia?! Hey, hang in there!
**[06:21] Subaru**
Emilia! Emilia!
**[06:24] Emilia**
Subaru?
**[06:26] Emilia**
Right... I was undergoing
the trial... and...
**[06:37] Subaru**
Emilia?
**[06:39] Emilia**
I-I'm... It wasn't me!
**[06:42] Subaru**
Huh?
**[06:43] Emilia**
It wasn't! And yet...
**[06:46] Emilia**
I keep telling you it wasn't me, and yet...
**[06:48] Subaru**
Hey, calm down!
**[06:50] Subaru**
Look at me, Emilia!
**[06:52] Emilia**
No! Don't look at me like that!
**[06:54] Emilia**
No! No!
**[06:56] Emilia**
It wasn't me!
**[06:56] Subaru**
It's okay! Come on, it's okay!
**[06:58] Emilia**
...me all alone...
**[06:58] Subaru**
I'm with you! I'm here!
**[07:00] Subaru**
I won't leave you alone!
**[07:02] Subaru**
It's okay!
**[07:04] Emilia**
Father...
**[07:06] Emilia**
Help me!
**[07:08] Emilia**
Puck...
**[07:09] Emilia**
Puck!
**[07:15] Ram**
She's finally calmed down,
and is resting now.
**[07:19] Ram**
The aroma hypnosis will prevent any nightmares.
**[07:23] Subaru**
Sorry to put you through the trouble.
**[07:25] Ram**
I didn't do it for you.
**[07:27] Ram**
Still, the Sanctuary is even
farther from being set free now.
**[07:31] Otto**
Um, may I say something?
**[07:34] Subaru**
What's up, Otto?
**[07:35] Otto**
It might be possible to get
everyone outside the barrier
**[07:38] Otto**
without doing the trial and
freeing the Sanctuary.
**[07:41] Garfiel**
Huh? What're you talkin' about?
**[07:42] Garfiel**
There's no way in hell.
**[07:44] Otto**
Just hear me out.
**[07:46] Otto**
I know that anyone of mixed blood who
touches the barrier loses consciousness.
**[07:50] Otto**
I saw it with my own eyes.
**[07:52] Otto**
So...
**[07:55] Otto**
Why don't those of us
**[07:57] Otto**
who aren't affected by the barrier
carry the others through it
**[08:00] Otto**
while they're unconscious?
**[08:03] Subaru**
I get it! That way, we could get everyone—
**[08:06] Ryuzu**
An amusing idea, but one you
would be better off not trying.
**[08:10] Ryuzu**
I would rather not become
an empty shell of a soul.
**[08:20] Subaru**
You're that girl from—
**[08:22] Subaru**
Ow, ow, ow!
**[08:23] Ram**
Barusu, here's your tea.
**[08:24] Subaru**
Tea, my ass! That's hot!
You're gonna burn my cheek off!
**[08:27] Subaru**
I didn't know what was going on!
**[08:28] Ram**
So dramatic. What a pathetic
excuse for a man.
**[08:32] Ram**
Avoid making any unnecessary comments.
**[08:35] Garfiel**
Ram, get me some tea, too.
**[08:37] Ram**
It's coarse tea.
**[08:39] Garfiel**
Don't you usually talk more humble-like?
**[08:41] Ram**
I just brewed some leaves I picked up.
**[08:43] Ram**
Show your gratitude to me for making it
by drinking every last drop.
**[08:48] Ryuzu**
I heard you had brought in more
people from outside, Young Gar.
**[08:53] Ryuzu**
What a noisy boy he is.
**[08:55] Otto**
Um... And you are...
**[08:58] Ryuzu**
I am Ryuzu Bilma.
**[09:00] Ryuzu**
It is my duty, you might say,
to represent this community,
**[09:04] Ryuzu**
though I am old and frail, as you can see.
**[09:07] Subaru**
As we can see?
**[09:09] ---**
So you're what they call a loli hag?
**[09:11] Subaru**
I figured I'd meet one eventually,
**[09:12] ---**
but you really fit the stereotype.
**[09:14] Ryuzu**
How dare you call me an old woman
when we've only just met.
**[09:17] Ryuzu**
Well, no matter.
**[09:19] Ryuzu**
And you are Barusu... which makes you Young Su.
**[09:23] Subaru**
Young Su?
**[09:24] Otto**
So, Ryuzu-san, what makes
you say my idea won't work?
**[09:29] Otto**
Something about an "empty shell of a soul"?
**[09:31] Ryuzu**
Have you not heard?
**[09:33] Ryuzu**
When one of mixed blood touches the barrier,
**[09:35] ---**
it takes away their consciousness.
**[09:36] Ryuzu**
More specifically, it repels their soul.
**[09:40] Otto**
Repels their soul? Uh...
**[09:43] Subaru**
So when a mixed-blood tries to force
their way through the barrier,
**[09:47] Subaru**
their soul is separated from their body,
**[09:49] Subaru**
and only their soul remains inside
the barrier, leaving an empty shell, right?
**[09:56] Ryuzu**
Ah, you do catch on quickly.
**[09:59] Ryuzu**
That is the gist of it, yes.
**[10:01] Ryuzu**
When a body without a soul exits the barrier,
**[10:05] Ryuzu**
it is, in other words, dead.
**[10:08] Otto**
Dead?
**[10:11] Garfiel**
This tea's gross!
**[10:13] Garfiel**
It tastes like grass!
**[10:15] Subaru**
Did you actually make it with grass?
**[10:18] Subaru**
Still, if the qualification to undergo
the trial is having mixed blood,
**[10:23] Subaru**
doesn't that mean you or Garfiel
could do it if you wanted to?
**[10:27] Ryuzu**
If we are speaking only of making the attempt,
it stands to reason that we could.
**[10:30] Ryuzu**
But we cannot free the Sanctuary.
**[10:34] Ryuzu**
That is the contract that
has been handed down
**[10:36] Ryuzu**
among us residents of the
Sanctuary for generations.
**[10:48] Emilia**
Subaru?
**[10:50] Subaru**
Morning, Emilia-tan.
**[10:52] ---**
Did you sleep well?
**[10:53] Emilia**
Morning...
**[10:55] Emilia**
Did you stay with me all night?
**[10:57] Subaru**
I wouldn't have been able to
sleep in my room, anyway.
**[11:00] Subaru**
Otto talks in his sleep, you know.
**[11:04] Emilia**
I'm sorry about yesterday.
**[11:06] Emilia**
I really lost my composure in the graveyard.
**[11:10] Subaru**
Oh, don't worry about it.
**[11:12] Subaru**
More importantly...
**[11:20] Emilia**
I-It's not like that!
**[11:22] Emilia**
What? That's funny... Why did I...
**[11:25] Subaru**
Are you finally getting assertive enough
to reach out for me subconsciously?!
**[11:28] Emilia**
No, no, it's not like that at all!
**[11:30] Emilia**
I think I just wasn't thinking...
**[11:31] Subaru**
You denied that so fast! And you
"weren't thinking"? Really?!
**[11:34] Emilia**
I mean...
**[11:37] Subaru**
As long as you can smile, it's all right.
**[11:39] Subaru**
You can undergo the trial again tonight.
**[11:45] Emilia**
Again... tonight...
**[11:52] Ram**
I need to tell you something, Barusu.
**[11:55] Ram**
Not all of the residents are in favor
of setting the Sanctuary free.
**[12:00] Subaru**
What do you mean?
**[12:02] Ram**
Only the heavy-handed people like Garf,
led by Ryuzu-sama, are pushing for its freedom.
**[12:09] Ram**
There is a conservative faction that
doesn't want the Sanctuary to be freed.
**[12:13] Subaru**
There are people who don't want it set free?
**[12:16] Ram**
The conservatives believe that having
minimal interaction with outsiders is ideal.
**[12:21] Ram**
In their opinion, destroying that
will cause nothing but trouble.
**[12:26] Subaru**
I get Garfiel, but they
don't even trust Ryuzu-san?
**[12:30] Ram**
Or Frederica, either.
**[12:37] Ram**
It was Frederica who gave
Emilia-sama the glowing stone.
**[12:40] Subaru**
So you think Frederica started this whole thing?
**[12:44] Ram**
Circumstantial evidence suggests that
Frederica has some plan in mind.
**[12:50] Ram**
As it is, Emilia-sama escaped
disaster by a hair's breadth,
**[12:54] Ram**
thanks to your noble...
**[12:56] ---**
your relatively noble sacrifice.
**[12:58] Subaru**
You didn't have to amend that.
**[12:59] Subaru**
I mean, I didn't sacrifice myself,
so you can amend *that*, but...
**[13:03] Ram**
Just be careful, Barusu.
**[13:05] Ram**
To the ones who oppose
setting the Sanctuary free,
**[13:08] Ram**
the best way to assure they get what
they want is to harm Emilia-sama.
**[13:13] Ram**
You never know who might be your enemy.
**[13:15] Ram**
Be alert at all times.
**[13:35] Garfiel**
C'mon, Ram, join us.
**[13:38] Garfiel**
The hell? You're no fun.
**[13:40] Subaru**
Do you like Ram or something?
**[13:43] Garfiel**
Well, she's hot, ain't she?
**[13:45] Garfiel**
Nothin' unusual about a guy bein'
attracted to a strong, capable girl.
**[13:50] Garfiel**
I hope it works out better this time.
**[13:53] Garfiel**
We don't want a short nap for a morolok to
be a whole day's sleep for the rest of us.
**[13:58] Subaru**
Is there something you want to do
after getting out of the barrier?
**[14:02] Garfiel**
Well, that came outta nowhere.
**[14:05] Garfiel**
What do I wanna do once I'm outside?
**[14:07] Garfiel**
A guy who can come and go as he pleases
**[14:09] ---**
wouldn't have a clue how the old hag and I feel.
**[14:13] Subaru**
What about Frederica?
**[14:16] Garfiel**
Huh?
**[14:17] Subaru**
What does Frederica think
about the Sanctuary?
**[14:20] Garfiel**
Didn't she tell you a damn thing?
**[14:23] Subaru**
She only said she couldn't
explain it to me in detail.
**[14:26] Subaru**
All she told me about you was your name,
**[14:29] ---**
because of some oath.
**[14:31] Garfiel**
Oath, my ass.
**[14:33] Garfiel**
Hah! Talk about a handy excuse.
**[14:35] Garfiel**
Sounds just like her damn master.
**[14:37] Subaru**
Are you and Frederica not
even that close at all?
**[14:40] Garfiel**
If you're askin' whether we get along or not,
**[14:43] Garfiel**
nope, we don't.
**[14:44] Garfiel**
Anyway, when you were in the
graveyard yesterday, didn't you—
**[14:54] Subaru**
Emilia!
**[14:58] Emilia**
I'm sorry! I... I...
**[15:01] Emilia**
...again...
**[15:04] Roswaal**
I see. That is unfortunate.
**[15:07] Roswaal**
Still, just learning that you cannot lose
your right to undergo the trial is something.
**[15:13] Subaru**
Well? What did you call me in here
without Emilia to talk about?
**[15:17] Roswaal**
Just a bit of conspiracy.
**[15:20] Roswaal**
I am not so big-hearted that I would
invite one who cannot be trusted.
**[15:26] Subaru**
Can't be trusted? Are you
talking about Emilia?
**[15:29] Subaru**
What the heck are you—
**[15:30] Roswaal**
Be calm, Subaru-kun.
**[15:33] Roswaal**
I would like you to continue to help and
support Emilia-sama as you always have.
**[15:37] Subaru**
You don't have to ask me to do that.
**[15:40] Subaru**
But what are you going to do?
**[15:42] Roswaal**
The same, naturally.
**[15:44] Roswaal**
I will give my utmost to help
Emilia-sama win the royal selection.
**[15:48] Roswaal**
What I mean to say is that
we are partners in crime.
**[15:51] Subaru**
Shouldn't you just say we're partners?
**[15:53] Subaru**
You keep contradicting yourself.
**[15:56] Roswaal**
Oh? And what might that—
**[15:59] Subaru**
Quit playing dumb!
**[16:00] Subaru**
Everyone knew the Witch's Cult
would start causing trouble
**[16:03] Subaru**
when Emilia's participation
was announced to the public!
**[16:06] Subaru**
And what the hell were you doing?!
**[16:08] Subaru**
You hid information about the
Witch's Cult from Emilia, didn't you?!
**[16:11] Subaru**
Emilia didn't know anything!
**[16:13] Subaru**
If she had, everything would've been different!
**[16:16] Subaru**
And if it had...
**[16:19] Subaru**
that wouldn't have...
**[16:22] Subaru**
You should've been there.
**[16:25] Subaru**
If you had been there,
that wouldn't have happened.
**[16:28] Subaru**
If you had been protecting everyone...
**[16:30] Roswaal**
But you fulfilled my role in my absence.
**[16:35] Roswaal**
As a knight, your performance
was commendable.
**[16:37] Subaru**
Who gives a—
**[16:39] Ram**
Calm down, Barusu.
**[16:41] Subaru**
Ram, you're okay with all this?!
**[16:43] Subaru**
You were left behind at the
mansion like a sacrificial pawn!
**[16:47] Ram**
I condone everything that Roswaal-sama did.
**[16:50] Ram**
No matter how I was treated, even if
I was cast aside, that wouldn't change.
**[16:56] Subaru**
Then you're fine with Rem being sacrificed
for a stupid reason like that?!
**[17:05] Ram**
I don't know who you're talking about,
**[17:08] Ram**
but the name of a stranger
means nothing to me.
**[17:14] Roswaal**
Why did I conceal information that
I should have disclosed to Emilia-sama?
**[17:19] Roswaal**
Why was I not present at the mansion
**[17:23] ---**
when the Witch's Cult was preparing to attack?
**[17:26] Roswaal**
There is but one answer to all these questions.
**[17:28] Roswaal**
To ensure that I would not have to
confront the Witch's Cult myself,
**[17:33] Roswaal**
I personally...
**[17:36] Roswaal**
led these events to happen.
**[17:40] Roswaal**
After all, if I had solved
the problem myself,
**[17:43] Roswaal**
there would be no way for Emilia-sama,
nor you, to claim any credit.
**[17:49] Roswaal**
It had a tremendous effect, did it not?
**[17:52] Roswaal**
The attitudes of the villagers
of Arlam toward Emilia-sama
**[17:54] Roswaal**
are drastically different than they
were before the Witch's Cult attacked.
**[17:59] Roswaal**
They now see her not as an incomprehensible
relative of the witch,
**[18:01] Roswaal**
but as one who contributed
to saving their lives.
**[18:05] Subaru**
Do you... have any idea what you're saying?!
**[18:10] Subaru**
That's only how it looks in hindsight!
**[18:12] Subaru**
Do you know how many people died
because you weren't there,
**[18:15] ---**
and didn't tell anyone anything?!
**[18:16] Roswaal**
I do express my condolences for all
those on our side who were lost.
**[18:20] Roswaal**
Or would you rather hear me apologize?
**[18:23] Subaru**
No! No! No! No! That's not it!
**[18:25] Subaru**
That's not what I want!
**[18:27] Subaru**
If I was still useless trash
that couldn't do anything,
**[18:29] Subaru**
what would you have done?!
**[18:31] Subaru**
If none of the villagers,
or Emilia, could've been saved—
**[18:34] Roswaal**
I had faith...
**[18:36] Roswaal**
in you.
**[18:38] Roswaal**
I trusted that you would do anything
in your power for Emilia-sama,
**[18:41] Roswaal**
give your best effort in establishing
an alliance with Crusch-sama,
**[18:44] Roswaal**
put your life on the line to
stop the Witch Cult's attack,
**[18:47] Roswaal**
and that you would complete all
of these tasks with excellence.
**[18:49] Subaru**
What the hell do you know about me?!
**[18:52] Subaru**
When I last saw you, I was absolute trash!
**[18:55] Subaru**
I only got a little less useless because
of all that happened after that!
**[18:59] Subaru**
And no one else even has any
idea what happened after that!
**[19:02] Subaru**
What made you believe in me?!
**[19:03] Roswaal**
It appears tonight's conversation
has reached its end.
**[19:07] Roswaal**
By the way, if you tell Emilia-sama
what we have discussed...
**[19:11] Subaru**
As if I could ever tell her!
**[19:13] Roswaal**
Even overcome by such outrage,
**[19:16] Roswaal**
deep down, you understand that
all is as it should be.
**[19:19] Roswaal**
That for the sake of her chances
in the royal selection,
**[19:21] Roswaal**
it would not do to create friction between
her and myself or the villagers.
**[19:27] Roswaal**
I knew you would make a fitting
partner in crime for me.
**[19:34] Emilia**
I'm sorry. I failed again.
**[19:37] Subaru**
You don't have to beat yourself up so much.
**[19:40] Subaru**
It looks like you can't lose your
right to undergo the trial,
**[19:42] Subaru**
so it all just depends on
your own feelings now.
**[19:46] Emilia**
My own feelings...
**[19:49] Subaru**
I can tell this has been hard on you.
**[19:51] Subaru**
But there's no point in freeing the
Sanctuary if you're not the one to do it...
**[19:56] Subaru**
I think.
**[19:58] Subaru**
Think you can try again...
to make that happen?
**[20:07] Emilia**
Subaru, you jerk.
**[20:08] Subaru**
Wait, why the sudden abuse?!
**[20:10] Emilia**
When you ask with such gentle eyes and words,
**[20:13] Emilia**
how could I say I can't do it?
**[20:16] Emilia**
I'm not very smart,
**[20:19] Emilia**
but I do know that this is my duty.
**[20:22] Emilia**
Don't spoil me. Just believe in me.
**[20:25] Emilia**
I mean, I know I'm probably not
very convincing right now—
**[20:29] subaru**
That's not true! I'll be waiting,
and believing in you!
**[20:34] Emilia**
Good. Thank you.
**[20:37] Emilia**
But I know I'll be causing trouble
for the people of Arlam.
**[20:41] Emilia**
That's the one thing I regret.
**[20:43] Subaru**
Oh, about that...
**[20:45] Subaru**
Would you mind leaving all that to me?
**[20:48] Emilia**
All right. I trust you.
**[20:52] Emilia**
I wouldn't start doubting
you now, after all this.
**[20:55] Emilia**
I trust you.
**[20:59] Otto**
Anyway, I'm impressed you were
able to convince Garfiel.
**[21:03] Subaru**
It took two whole days, though.
**[21:06] Subaru**
He understands that since Emilia
is already inside the barrier,
**[21:08] Subaru**
setting the people of Arlam Village
free won't cause any problems.
**[21:13] Otto**
I was sure he was the type that would
never listen to what we had to say.
**[21:19] Subaru**
For a trader, you're a pretty
lousy judge of character.
**[21:27] Ram**
That's quite an old-fashioned
good luck charm.
**[21:29] Subaru**
Petra gave it to me before we left.
**[21:32] Subaru**
Right after Frederica hired her as a new maid.
**[21:35] Ram**
Frederica would never do anything
mean to a new recruit.
**[21:39] Ram**
She would never be that fiendish.
**[21:41] Ram**
You don't need to worry about the girl.
**[21:44] Subaru**
Do you have faith in Frederica or not?
**[21:47] Subaru**
I can't tell.
**[21:48] Ram**
I don't know what she's planning,
**[21:50] Ram**
but Frederica is Frederica.
I have no doubt about that.
**[21:54] Ram**
Also, I have a message from Roswaal-sama.
**[21:59] Ram**
If you're worried about
having to face Frederica,
**[22:02] Ram**
turn to Beatrice-sama.
**[22:04] Ram**
And tell her this:
**[22:06] Ram**
"Roswaal said to ask the question."
**[22:09] Subaru**
Question?
**[22:10] Ram**
I don't know the details.
**[22:12] Ram**
But when Beatrice-sama hears those words,
**[22:15] ---**
everything will change.
**[22:17] Ram**
That's what Roswaal-sama said.
**[22:21] Emilia**
Subaru!
**[22:22] Subaru**
Hey.
**[22:24] Emilia**
Um... was I interrupting
your conversation with Ram?
**[22:27] Subaru**
Nah, no problem.
**[22:29] Subaru**
We weren't talking about anything important.
**[22:32] Subaru**
Besides, you take priority!
**[22:34] Emilia**
That makes me really happy,
**[22:36] Emilia**
but you should give priority
to the villagers right now.
**[22:39] Subaru**
Sure.
**[22:43] Emilia**
May the blessing of the spirits be with you.
**[22:50] Subaru**
Thanks for volunteering to take
us as far as the barrier.
**[22:54] Garfiel**
It's fine, man.
**[22:57] Garfiel**
Anyway, small fry...
**[22:59] Garfiel**
You went through a trial at
the graveyard, didn't you?
**[23:04] Garfiel**
You don't have to hide it.
**[23:06] Garfiel**
I can tell.
**[23:08] Subaru**
And what's the point in asking me this?
**[23:11] Garfiel**
It's simple.
**[23:12] Garfiel**
You can go through the trial
in Emilia-sama's place.
**[23:16] Subaru**
I can't! The precedent would—
**[23:18] Garfiel**
Is it really even necessary
to overcome your past?
**[23:24] Garfiel**
I watched Emilia-sama go through the trial.
**[23:27] Garfiel**
I saw how it broke her.
**[23:29] Garfiel**
And every time, she comes
back totally freaked out.
**[23:32] Garfiel**
I can't stand to watch it.
**[23:34] Subaru**
I have faith that Emilia can
make it through the trial.
**[23:38] Subaru**
So I—
**[23:39] Garfiel**
You can expect what you want from her.
**[23:41] Garfiel**
But does she really want to overcome her past?
**[23:45] Garfiel**
When she cries about how scared she is,
ain't that how she really feels?
**[23:49] Subaru**
How Emilia... really feels?
**[23:55] Subaru**
Does Emilia actually...
**[23:58] Garfiel**
Barrier's close now.
**[24:00] Garfiel**
This is as far as I can take ya.
**[24:04] Garfiel**
Take this.
**[24:07] Subaru**
This is...
**[24:09] Garfiel**
I'm not gonna tell you my reasons.
**[24:12] Garfiel**
But if you don't come back,
**[24:14] ---**
we're gonna be the ones suffering.
**[24:16] Garfiel**
Show it to Frederica if push comes to shove.
**[24:33] Subaru**
It's okay.
**[24:41] Subaru**
No one's here?
**[24:54] Subaru**
What's going on?
**[25:02] Subaru**
Rem... What about Rem?
**[25:15] Subaru**
Rem!
**[25:50] Elsa**
You promised, didn't you?
**[25:53] Elsa**
That you'd take good care of
your bowels until we met again.
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