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- Subaru! You're back! - he heard suddenly.
- Beatrice?
The girl squeezed through the crowd, holding up the ruffles of her dress.
- I see you are all right - she said, looking at Subaru and Emilia. - Betty was worried. You have not been back for a long time. If something happened to you while Betty was away, I wouldn't be able to look at myself in the mirror! I would never let you go anywhere alone, not even to the toilet!
- Hey, I'm not a kindergartener... How about you, Beako? Weren't you supposed to be sleeping?
- What kind of tone is that?! That Betty did something wrong?! Remember, I'm the only reason you still have both your legs! You should be thanking and hugging, not complaining!
- Good, good! - he answered, taking her in his arms. The girl snuggled lovingly into him. - You must have been very busy while I was away? Did I make trouble for you again?
- Of course you do," she said. - You've gotten into the habit of it, so don't even worry about it anymore. Okay, that's not true... Be a little concerned. Be concerned and thankful.
That's her," Subaru thought amused. - She must have pointed that out to me.
The girl turned to Emilia:
- I'm glad you're all right. If you had been hurt, Bubby would have suffered.
- True, he probably would have been sorry. Fortunately, everything went according to plan, but only thanks to Subaru and Reinhard! - said the half elf, and then added: "It's nice that you were worried about me.
Beatrice snorted and turned her head away seemingly with contempt, but in truth she wanted to hide her blush.
- Just a little question, my lovely Beako. Since we have time for Liliana's concerts, I'm guessing that the war is indeed over. But where are the others? Where are the ones left here? Anastasia, Ferris, the wounded people? Did they escape before you demolished the town hall? - Asked Subaru jokingly.
- Huh? This was her doing?! - Emilia was confused. - We'll have to pay for the reconstruction... We will take responsibility for it as spellcasters...
- How can you say such things?! Betty didn't do anything! It collapsed by itself after I left! - The girl was outraged.
Subaru laughed.
- I'm kidding, I'm kidding!
- Huh? What is it then? - Emilia asked uncertainly, but nobody answered her.
Subaru looked at Beatrice.
- Everyone's okay, right?
However, someone else answered him instead.
- Yeah. We'll evacuate in time. Don't worry, babe.
- Miss Anastasia? - Emilia choked out.
They all turned away.
The candidate from Kararagi emerged from the crowd, surprising everyone with her new look.
- Why the uncertainty in your voice? Yes, it is me. I just changed my hair color - she said, combing through her dark green locks.
- Why? - Emilia was shocked by this change.
- What's wrong with me? I even like this color.
- Yeah... Yes, very nice! - The half elf immediately nodded her head. - I was just surprised...
- I actually did it for the purpose of fighting the cult," Anastasia said, smiling. - I'll spare you the details. In any case, I'm glad you're all right. Subaru, you have shown that you are a real man!
- I don't know if I wanted to hear this... but what about the others? Was anyone okay? I guess since Liliana decided to give a concert, we were ultimately victorious? We got the towers back, the city is saved, the warriors came back with shields and such. Hm? - He asked seemingly lightly, but actually with a heavy heart.
If someone died... I'll have to do it over again.
Subaru had made the decision some time ago that he would use the return through death as little as possible. Of course, he never did it with pleasure, but there was more to it than just the fear of pain and suffering. He still couldn't forget the visions of the worlds after his death that Witch Echidna had shown him at the Sanctuary. He didn't know how true they were, but they still gave him no peace. From that moment on, he stopped treating returning through death as a permanent part of his tactics... but he was willing to go through the pain and suffering of fighting the Witch cult as many times as necessary to find a version of events in which no one died. All for the archons he didn't want to lose.
- Subaru...
Something in his face must have betrayed what he was thinking about, for Emilia and Beatrice stared at him anxiously. Anastasia only smiled warmly.
- Take it easy. You're the last, everyone else is back.
- Everybody?
- Like I said, there's nothing to worry about. Everybody's back. We didn't lose anyone, we won!
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