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"Hey! What's going on, nya!?"
Felix, outside the screen, was dumbfounded.
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Julius collapsed on the ground, poisoned.
And Subaru walked over step by step.
"No wonder you're called 'The Best,' Julius Juukulius."
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"Subaru!"
Emilia couldn't hold back any longer.
She couldn't accept Subaru like this.
Emilia trembled slightly, tears welling up in her eyes.
Beatrice and the others also looked sad.
They realized even more how precious the genuine Subaru from their world was.
Their hearts cherished Subaru even more.
Even though they knew that the Subaru in this world didn't know Julius, but…
It was still so painful.
"Subaru…"
Julius looked at the ruthless Subaru on the screen with complicated eyes.
"Juli…us…?"
Anastasia was also stunned to see her knight in this state.
"Then… then why is Felix… was he… threatened by Natsuki Subaru-sama…?"
Crusch, who had been silent all along, couldn't help but ask.
"Don't know, nya, don't know, nya! What's going on?"
As a healer, he actually poisoned someone; as a friend, he actually killed his friend.
Felix was a little broken.
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"You bastard, who are you…?"
Julius asked Subaru's identity while lying on the ground.
"If you know your position, you should pay more attention to your surroundings. After all, you are the knight of a king/election candidate who is currently in the eye of the storm. Of course, you have to consider that it's not just your master who will be targeted, but also you. But…"
Subaru then reached out and stroked Felix's cat ears and then stroked his head.
Felix also showed a happy expression.
"But it took me a lot of effort to comfort the sad person. I didn't expect to worry so much about other people's lives, but it was worth it."
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Huh?
Now, everyone inside and outside the screen was stunned.
Felix, outside the screen, didn't know what to think and reached out to touch his hair, then couldn't hold back:
"Ah—what, what, what is going on, nya!"
"Crusch-sama, Crusch-sama, this is fake, right? Right?"
Felix quickly turned his head and asked Crusch repeatedly.
How disgusting, how disgusting, nya!
Although he didn't hate Subaru, seeing Subaru stroking him and him showing such an expression was really disgusting!
"Felix… although it's painful, Subaru poisoning me should be to make Anastasia-sama withdraw from the election or lose, but what's going on with Felix? How did Subaru make Felix obey to such an extent?"
Julius thought painfully.
"Tha… that, Julius…"
"Felix…"
Felix didn't want this scene to create a rift between the two of them.
Looking at Felix's complicated look as if he wanted to say something but hesitated, Julius spoke:
"It's okay, Felix. This is just something that happened in another world."
Julius tried to comfort him in a gentle tone as much as possible to reassure Felix.
What exactly happened to Felix?
Felix looked at the gentle Julius and fell silent.
The only situation he could think of that would make him like this was related to Crusch-sama.
After all, for Crusch-sama, even such a thing… I…
Subaru just said that it took him a lot of effort to comfort the sad person…
The sad person must be Felix.
Why was he sad?
Without a doubt, it was because of Crusch.
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"What… what are you planning to do…?"
"This has nothing to do with you anymore. Don't worry, in my plan, as long as you're gone, there's no need to harm your master. Ah, but if she still wants to resist, it's hard to say."
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"As expected… it's because of me."
Anastasia frowned.
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Subaru looked at Julius's eyes, which showed concern for his friend Felix and regret for his master—
"A knight to the death. It's hateful."
The Best Knight, Julius Juukulius, died.
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Felix, outside the screen, gritted his teeth. He really wanted to rush in and slap himself and then kill Subaru…No, he should treat Julius first…
"Hateful…?"
Julius repeated Subaru's words on the screen.
Subaru had repeatedly expressed his dislike for him.
But he knew that Subaru wasn't sincere, and he would also sarcastically retort.
But now, he couldn't make the so-called "retort."
Expressing dislike in the same way, it was obviously different on the screen.
"Subaru…"
Julius was saddened by himself and Subaru in this world.
If it weren't like this, they would have become very good friends.
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"Subaru-sama, did I do a good job?"
"You did well. Sorry for making you do such a painful thing."
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"Die, what qualifications do you have to apologize to me?"
Felix, outside the screen, clenched his fists.
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"It's okay, nya, as long as I can help Subaru-sama. Because this is all for creating the future that Her Highness and Subaru-sama desire, right?"
"Ah, yes. For this purpose, we can't let your friend live."
"Yes…"
Felix gently tugged at Subaru's sleeve, sadly silent.
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"Your… Your Highness!? Is it Fourier Lugunica!?"
Felix was shocked by the "Your Highness" mentioned by himself on the screen.
Fourier Lugunica.
The kingdom's fourth prince.
Even now, he would feel extremely sad when he remembered that Crusch-sama had lost her memory of Fourier.
The sentence "I also want to see the future that Your Highness dreams of" had already been forgotten.
After that, Felix remembered the secret resurrection technique and the blood of the divine dragon.
On the screen was the future that Your Highness I mentioned was—
"Marry you as my wife, and let Felix be our knight. Then, guess what? The three of us can always be together. This is my terrifying happiness. How is it?"
This was the confession that His Highness had made to Crusch-sama before his death, and he would never forget it.
Then…
Is Subaru using me for the reason of being able to revive His Highness?
... ...
Before anyone could think more, Otto spoke:
"Eh? Am I also involved!?"
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"—Oh, looks like you're still busy?"
"Same as the agreed time."
On the screen, Otto came and talked to Subaru.
"Yes. After all, time is limited, and a merchant's way of thinking is 'time is money.'"
"You still dare to call yourself a merchant, your skin is really thick. You're the 'Merchant of Death,' right?"
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"Although I don't know why, that's a cool nickname!"
Garfiel couldn't help but shout loudly.
"Ah, what the hell is this nickname… If according to Natsuki-san's saying, this seems to be called… chuuni?"
Otto was first ashamed of his awkward nickname, and then he had a huge question.
In this world, what is my relationship with Natsuki-san? How did Natsuki-san find me?
And…
"Why do my eyes look so disgusting? And that outfit!"
On the screen, Otto was wearing a suit and a black tie; his eyes were lifeless, looking like a walking corpse.
"It's like seeing my zombie version… haha, a little disgusting."
Otto made a joke that wasn't so funny to him to suppress his discomfort.
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"Speaking of which… I haven't asked your name yet."
Subaru asked Otto.
"I haven't introduced myself, and I don't plan to give my name. Of course, I don't plan to ask the guests' names either, so everyone can feel more at ease."
"Well, you're right. It's not like we can become friends."
"Yeah, once something happens, we'll become enemies. Befriending someone like you will end up like this, right?"
Otto pointed to Julius's corpse.
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"Natsuki-san…"
In this world, they were just a pure business relationship, not friends at all.
Natsuki-san was one of Otto's best friends, and Otto also hoped that he could have a place in Natsuki-san's eyes.
But in this world, it was really…
... ...
"Ah, speaking of which, from here on, I can't remember what happened after that. Elsa?"
Meili asked Elsa.
"Hmm… yes, although it's surprising, I can't remember either… no, in our memories, the story ends here, right? And then we came here."
"Is that so? That's fine. I want to see what will happen to Big Brother after that!"
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"—It ends here."
In the city burning with flames, Reinhard said to Natsuki Subaru in front of him.