04x09 - Empty Shell

[bunniefuu]

Like hell I'm gonna let them
k*ll me again.

It really is a desert out here.

What the hell is this?!

No!

What the hell...

What the hell am I supposed to do?

Answer me, Natsuki Subaru!

No, no, no!

Someone!

Someone help!

Am I under the desert?

Crap...

Crap! Oh crap! Oh crap!

The hell?

What the hell, what the hell is this?!

This is the third one...

How long has it been?

Three... four hours?

sh*t!

f*ck this!

Why? Why won't you let me through?!

f*ck you!

Stop f*cking with me!

I ran, and ran, and ran...

Screw it.

I'll k*ll you.

I don't know who.

But I'll k*ll you.

I swear I'll k*ll you.

k*ll, k*ll, k*ll...

k*ll...

k*ll, k*ll, k*ll...

k*ll, k*ll, k*ll, k*ll, k*ll, k*ll...

It wasn't Shaula then.

Beatrice and Meili are just kids.

I can k*ll them easily.

Emilia lets her guard down around me,

which means the dangerous ones
are Ram and Echidna.

As for that b*stard Julius,

it'd really help if he died somewhere
completely unrelated to me.

I don't see Emilia and Beatrice anywhere.

One of them must've...

Oh, it's just you.

Stop following me!

I don't have time to play with you!

I have to k*ll every last person alive!

If you don't stop f*cking with me...

f*ck!

f*ck! f*ck, f*ck, f*ck!

The hell? What the hell is this?!

You, and every last one of them!

Those corpses!
The one's still breathing too!

What the hell are you all thinking?!

What do you want from me?!

I don't even give a damn
about any of you!

Yet all of you keep forcing
your sh*t on me!

If you're all so busy dealing
with your sh*t,

then so am I!

I'm so busy dealing
with all this bullshit!

Just leave me alone.

Forget about me...
let me rot here alone...

Wh-What are you...

No, no!

I don't wanna die!

Lizard!

What the hell...

What the hell are you?!

Try guessing it right next time,

my hero.

Subaru, hey.

Are you okay, Subaru?

Emilia...

I'm so glad.

I was really worried back there.

Subaru?

Something wrong?

He is still half asleep, I suppose.

You look lax for someone
who had us worried sick.

It's you!

Looking at them is frustrating,
I suppose.

It was Betty and Emilia who found him.

Oh, don't be like that.

Isn't it nice how Subaru
and Patrasche are really close?

Hey, Subaru.

Are you sure you're okay?

Oh, I'm fine, totally fine, no problem.

It was probably
just the fatigue piling up.

People fall asleep like that all the time.

I see.

But if you're tired,
be sure to say so, okay?

Don't force yourself.

This is gonna be risky, but...

I'll try hiding my amnesia this time.

I need to know if my amnesia
is related to why I'm being k*lled.

Honestly, it makes sense
if they're k*lling me

because I might remember
something inconvenient.

But being k*lled because I forgot
just doesn't add up.

Subaru.

You're furrowing your brows again.

How on earth did I even end up
getting this close to a girl like her?

I didn't see their corpses.

But...

Try guessing it right next time,

my hero.

That voice didn't belong
to either of them.

Heck, it didn't belong
to any of these guys...

Barusu.

Stop spacing out.

Help me fetch some water.

Right, my bad.

I heard you fell asleep
at the library.

Could you refrain
from further acts of stupidity?

It causes trouble
for everyone around you.

Yeah, I've learned my lesson.

Sorry for worrying you.

Me? Worried about you? Why?

In case anything happened to me, maybe?

G'morning Master!

Get enough beauty sleep?

I slept super well, by the way.

I was dreamin' of the good old days.

I saw you, Ma, and...

I get it, I get it.
I'll hear you out later.

By the way, did you notice anything
when you saw me this morning?

This morning?

You were a lady-k*ller as always!

I've been waitin' 400 years
fer your proposal!

Well, someone's patient.

If you didn't notice anything,
then it's fine.

That so?

Shaula, can you do me a favor?

Hm? Yeah?

Julius.

I want to talk about yesterday night.

Just the two of us, alone.

Last night, you say.

I believe the matter
was settled then and there.

Did you think otherwise?

Yeah, that's right.
I'm not satisfied at all.

Not satisfied, eh?

That complaint certainly sounds like you.

But don't you think
that's a bit too selfish?

I mean, you sure as hell
don't look satisfied to me, either.

So we're just gonna keep
on stomaching this?

Are you seriously okay with that?

Can you even do it?

What other choice is there?

My feelings are exactly
as I said last night,

and I have nothing more to say.

Because I completely failed to see
your secret dealings with Lady Anastasia,

or rather, Echidna.

My secret with Echidna?

I know there was no malice
behind your deeds.

And I can't say I've talked
to Echidna much,

but I believe she can be trusted.

No, I have no choice
but to believe in her.

To save Lady Anastasia,

I have no choice
but to bet on that possibility.

Even if she doesn't recognize me
when we bring her back.

What?

Please.

Don't make me look any more pathetic
in your presence than I already am.

I was a little scared
when you brought up last night.

I wasn't sure what I would do
if you apologized.

If I apologized?

How would I have answered?

But I suppose we will never know.

Are you good now, Master?

Yeah.

From the looks of it,
Julius had nothing to do with the library.

Though it looks like there's still
something between him and yesterday's me.

I don't really get it,
but was I helpful?

Yeah, you were.

Thanks to you being there for me,
I can now face Julius without worrying.

That's good, then.

In that case, Master, Master...

Could you give me a big,
tight hug as a reward?

I don't wanna.

You're horrible!

Didn't you say you'd do anythin'
as long as it didn't cross the line?!

Yeah, but that crosses the line
for my pure-white heart.

Just what were you doing,
and who the heck's after you,

Natsuki Subaru?

I've hit a wall here.

Maybe I should ask Patrasche for advice.

You're askin' the earth dragon?

I don't like the way she stares at me.

Hey, quit badmouthing Patrasche!

You could slander literally anyone
on this planet,

but there's no way in hell
I'll let you trash talk her!

Just how much do you love
that earth dragon?!

Anyways, let's split here.

Catch you later.

Wait, what about my reward?!

But I'm not givin' up!

Being your very own convenient woman
is my reason fer livin'!

What could possibly make Natsuki Subaru
worth going that far for?

Master?

Argh, damn it!

You don't have to think of yourself
as just some convenient woman or anything.

I was wrong.

Master...

You being there for me really helped,

that's all.

Master...

Have you finally...

fallen fer me...

Crossing the line there!

If they've all just been faking it
until now,

I don't even know
what to believe anymore.

In the end, Patrasche really
is the only one I can trust.

Maybe I'd be better off living
in a paradise with just the two of us...

Oh dear, what did I just hear?

So you want to run away somewhere far,
far away with Patrasche.

Beatrice and the Miss would cry
if they heard that.

Not exactly what I'd call a quality joke.

I'd really appreciate it
if you forgot I said that.

Right, right.

But I wouldn't laugh at you
if that's what you really feel.

Remember how I told you I spent
a long time living with witchbeasts?

Witchbeasts...

Like you were raised by wolves
or something?

Didn't you say
the exact same thing yesterday?

Mama was really strict.

And since I was always with Elsa,
who was just so sloppy,

I had to take care of a lot of things.

Wait, wait, wait.

You're overloading my brain.

I'm busy.

Can't you play with Shaula or something?

The half-naked lady?

That's fine and all, but right now,
it's you I have business with, Mister.

Me?

About last night,

how seriously can I take what you said?

What the...

No way.

No, no way, this can't be real!

Meili!

Hey, Meili!

Meili! Meili!

sh*t!

sh*t, sh*t!

Did I...

...do this?

Why would I...

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