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The situation had changed significantly—or at least that’s what Subaru wanted to think, even if it wasn’t necessarily true.
This wasn’t the first time he had come clean about his memory loss, and he had seen everyone accept the shock before, too, even if it was just on the surface.
But just by changing his mindset and stance, he’d changed his perspective, too.
Last time, he had doubted everyone and suspected everything they did or said. He probed them from all angles, totally convinced they were plotting something.
But after removing that filter of doubt, what came through in all of their actions and words was pure concern for Subaru.
Basically, they were taking great pains not to upset him. Their attitudes only seemed suspicious and unnatural because he was looking for something to be afraid of.
“Do this right. Do this right, Subaru Natsuki…”
Spurring himself on, he looked down at his palm.
Whatever caused him to lose his memory, the odds were high it was in Taygeta. Making it through the examinations was crucial, but they also needed to discover the cause of the memory loss, too.
It was something that had not occurred to him before, but if someone other than Subaru also lost their memory, the situation was going to start getting stupid as everyone had to introduce themselves again.
And also, they didn’t really have the time to spare taking things at a leisurely pace.
“Last time and the time before, the tower ended up a chaotic mess.”
The time before, Subaru had discovered everyone’s corpses one after the other—or at least the corpses of everyone other than Emilia and Beatrice.
And last time, he had witnessed everyone’s death, one after the other, sending his heart into ruin.
That disaster wasn’t far in the future. Knowing the greatest tragedy was lying in wait for them, he had a duty to prevent it. He would do everything he could in order to avoid that. And so the first thing he did…
“ ”
…was stand at the ledge near the spiral staircase. Behind him, he detected a faint breath.
Someone was approaching with a moderate degree of stealth, just barely noticeable if he focused. Using his cheat-like foreknowledge, he turned around at the last moment.
“—!”
“Whoops, watch out. Don’t go falling instead of me.”
The assailant’s outthrust hands hit nothing but air, and Subaru caught them as they started to stumble forward. Their body was light, not in an ominous way, but in a way befitting their appearance.
“Now then, let’s chat. You’re gonna take some responsibility for killing me.”
Saying that, Subaru smiled as he revealed his stunning power of deduction to Meili, the person who had pushed him down twice before.
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