Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- (Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活)

Barusu.

How long do you intend to sleep?

Wake up already, Barusu.

Bororokka?!

Where are we?

The air is still and cool.

We're most likely underground.

Ram?

You say we're underground?

Beneath the dunes.

If you believe what Lady Beatrice said before we were separated,

it's probably because of a distortion in space.

And that sent us flying?

Wait, separated? That's right!

Where are the others?

Why is it just you and me here?

You're asking me that?

I don't see Lady Emilia or Lady Beatrice.

You really blew it this time.

Is this really the time for that?!

We have to find the others...

No, wait... Rem...

Barusu.

We need to find all of them, but Rem comes first!

She can't even move on her own!

We have to... We have to find her, quick!

Barusu, calm down.

Calm down?! You expect me to calm down?!

Don't you even care that Rem's in danger?!

You know I do!

You're right.

Sorry. I mean it.

I was being dumb... and a total jerk.

That's nothing new.

Anyway, I can feel my faint link with Rem.

I don't know where she is,

but she's alive, at least.

Oh, yeah! The synesthesia you have as twins!

I see ya woke up, Natsuki.

Lady Anastasia and... Patrasche?

Sorry I borrowed her without askin'.

Even I didn't have the guts to go lookin' around alone.

I mean, that's fine, but...

I never said it was just the two of us here.

How did the surroundings look?

Not good. I didn't see an exit or any of the others close by.

Looks like only us three were sent here...

Oh, and Patrasche, of course.

Just us?

No point in crying over it.

Since the useless Barusu is awake now,

let's go look for Rem and Lady Emilia.

Look for them?

I'm sensing some malice behind this team formation!

None of us can fight!

I think... I can feel a breeze... or maybe not...

Can't you speak with spirits, Barusu?

Lesser spirits to guide us, huh?

Problem with that is, my link with Beako is so strong it scares lesser spirits.

Well, you're only a half-baked magician born of Lady Beatrice's pity, after all.

Don't worry. I had no expectations.

Grr...

Natsuki.

She's trying bravely to hide it,

but right after we were sent here, before you woke up,

Ram was pretty distraught 'cause she didn't see Rem around.

Really?

So you're playin' a part in keepin' her emotionally stable.

You ain't useless.

The path splits here.

As if it's telling us to agonize over the choice.

What do we do?

Based on the knowledge I have,

Freud said that in times like this, you always go right.

Who even is that?

Apparently, behavioral studies suggest that humans tend to choose the left.

So my sense of justice tells me to check the right!

You really trust this Freud a lot.

Again, who even is that?

A door?

It's huge, and it looks thick.

Can we move it?

I think that'll be tough. Looks like it's completely sealed.

Although, Natsuki...

why do ya think this is a door?

It just looks like an iron wall to me.

Huh?

Agreed.

It just looks like a pile of iron scrap blocking my path.

W-Well... I just thought it kinda looked like a door...

Huh?

Eh?

What was that?

Natsuki, did you do somethin'?

Did I... You were watching, weren't you?

I only touched it!

I didn't do anything.

I don't know what happened, either.

Let's go.

Patrasche?

I know you're trying to protect us.

But in the situation we're in, nowhere is safe.

We need to be prepared to take risks at some point,

and now is that time.

She's got you whipped.

If there's gotta be whipping between me and a woman,

I'd rather be the one to be whipped.

Pervert.

I didn't mean it that way!

That's two of them.

And this one just vanished, too.

What's the point in walls that don't stop anyone's progress?

What is it?

Well, we haven't seen any yet, so it might be hard to imagine,

but maybe they're meant to keep mabeasts out.

There's a chance that this could be connected to a sandworm's tunnel, too.

They may be intended to keep only mabeasts from passing.

Yikes. If that's what it is, that's terrifying.

Does anyone else feel weirdly heavy?

But I guess this isn't the time for whining.

It's a little hard to walk,

but it's no big deal.

If we keep up this pace, our goal might be closer than we—

Barusu.

Shut up.

Uh... Oh, right...

But it seems so boring to just keep quiet.

You think we're walking for fun?

Remember our objective.

Well...

Natsuki, that's enough.

Look at our situation.

When people are feelin' irritable,

nothin' ya say to anyone is gonna end well.

Right?

Damn it!

After all this?! What the hell?!

You let us pass through three doors!

Why get in our way now?!

Damn it! Damn it! Damn it all!

Natsuki, that's enough.

We've hit a dead end.

I know that! I don't need you telling me!

Hey. What the hell has your problem been all this time?

Nothing.

Nothing, my ass!

I asked you what your damn problem is!

I'm busting my ass here, and you keep clicking your tongue!

I can hear you, you know!

So what's your problem?! Huh?!

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Just calm down, both of you!

There's no need to get so—

Shut the hell up!

Can't you see Ram and I are talking right now?!