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

Just now joining us, Julius?

Thanks for gracing us with your presence.

Please, you're going to ruin my reputation.

But I am not the man called "Julius."

Let's see...

Perhaps I'll go by "Juli."

Even if it is temporary,

a man with the status of a knight must never lower himself

to the rank of mercenary.

The man you see here is not Julius Euclius, the knight,

but a simple wanderer called Juli.

A proper household's code of chivalry is a real pain, huh?

Bull.

It seems you're doing better than I expected.

How are you feeling?

Well, it was just some scratches!

A little spit fixed them right up, pretty much!

What about you?

Been busy writing letters of apology

for fighting so seriously with an amateur?

I didn't mean that.

I was talking about the damage to your honor by the mabeast subjugation.

But I'm glad your wounds from before seem to have healed.

We succeeded in taking out the White Whale thanks to all of you.

But it's not over yet.

I have to settle a score with the Witch's Cult guys who picked a fight with me.

Once that's done,

the White Whale subjugation will be complete.

The Witch's Cult is next?

Can we trust the allegations that the White Whale and the Witch's Cult are connected?

We only came as reinforcements for the White Whale's subjugation—

What was that for?

If you can't believe him,

then you just need to believe me!

I'd prefer it if you believed me, though.

I don't like to recall it,

but I've run up against the Witch's Cult before.

I found out then.

Didn't you look into that, Old Man Wil?

I wouldn't call it definitive evidence,

but the distributions of Whale appearances and Cult activities

coincided in several respects.

That makes it doubly credible!

On that note,

we're going to head for the Mathers domain.

The Witch's Cult is hiding in the forest there.

The way to defeat them is as simple as it gets.

Raid them before they can read our movements,

and crush them!

Is there a way to keep the villagers safe?

I asked Anastasia-san and Russell-san

to talk to the merchants along the highway.

Under the condition that Margrave Mathers buys their cargo at the asking price,

they'll ask the merchants to evacuate the villagers

of Arlam and the residents of Roswaal's mansion.

And a messenger from Crusch-san's household

is headed to the mansion with a handwritten letter.

There will be chaos if we don't

notify Emilia and the others about the alliance and all that.

Sounds like we're all ready.

Yeah!

We have never enjoyed such an advantage in a battle with the Witch's Cult.

Yeah.

With Julius and his crew joining us, we don't have to worry about being outnumbered.

I'd like to offer one correction.

My name is Juli.

Please take care to use it.

That's just gonna be a hassle in informal settings!

The battle with the White Whale was so tough, I thought I'd die.

Some of us did die.

Some others vanished, never to return.

Let's win the war without losing anyone here.

Let's all go back home alive!

You really managed to win?

Huh?

The subjugation of the White Whale

was a long-standing wish that the Imperial Knights were to fulfill.

It seems I owe you my thanks.

You don't have to force it.

For putting an end to a calamity that all nations ignored for far too long,

I thank you.

I'm...

grateful to you, too.

For coming to back us up.

Even after what happened.

About that... I was...

Oh, damn it! Crap!

I know, okay?! I know it now!

It was my fault.

Sorry. I... I apologize.

I apologize, as well.

I can't take back my words and actions,

but I apologize from the bottom of my heart for belittling you.

I'm sorry, but...

I hate your guts.

I feel bad for what happened, and I'm grateful you're here.

But I hate your guts.

I seriously hate you from the bottom of my heart!

That's as it should be.

I'm quite certain I could never befriend you, either.

All right, as I say every time, let's get this fight started.

Bring it on, Fate.

You must be exhausted, Lia.

You should rest a bit.

No.

I don't think I'll be able to fall asleep.

What about you? Aren't you tired?

I'm fine.

The forest barrier is all fixed up, too.

You don't have to worry about anything.

Yeah.

But...

This feels like the time

I found a cockroach in the corner of a quiet room.

You were drawn to the smell, huh?

Perfect cockroach bait.

Do I really smell that bad?

Thanks for coming to meet me.

Sorry to say it when you just got here,

but I'd rather discuss the details with your boss.

So don't get in my way.

If they'd stuck around long enough for me to order them

to gather their stuff and go home, this would've been easier...

I've been waiting for you, believer in love.

I am a Sin Archbishop of the Witch's Cult, representing sloth,

Betelgeuse Romanée-Conti!

I welcome you, beloved child blessed with love!

Wonderful!

Wonderful!

Hey.

I really appreciate the unexpected welcome.

But I'm not sure I really feel this "love" you keep bringing up.

It always begins suddenly.

Everyone, on a certain day,

realizes that they are loved.

They feel the love!

The love! The love! The love! The love! The love! The love! The love!

Um... And what am I supposed to do now?

Ah, the generous love of the witch...

You wouldn't happen to be Pride, would you?

Of the six Sin Archbishops,

only Pride's seat remains vacant.

You have

received the Gospel, haven't you?

The Gospel?

My brain

trembles!

Presentation of the Gospel!

Proof of love!

Proof! Proof! Proof! Proof!

Huh?

There is no account of you in my Gospel.

That book is the Gospel?

Then why did you appear here?

Why visit here?

What fortune are you here to bring me?!

Oh! So that's the Gospel!

I see, I see!

I understand, I understand.

You should have just said so.

Aw, darn it! I'm sorry!

What?

My Gospel is, well, you know...

I used it as a coaster, and it got messy,

so I threw it out.

Proof of love!

Authority of Sloth!

Unseen Hand!

What?!

It's an "unseen hand," right?

So if I can see it, I can evade it!

You can see my Unseen Hand?!

Okay, I'm just about done buying time!

Prepare to be buried alive!

Suffer as you regret all the things you've done!

How... How could this be?

My fingers, so cruelly, so mercilessly,

so chaotically, so arbitrarily, so artlessly, so meaninglessly...

My brain... My brain trembles!

Yikes, that guy's kinda scary!

I think all the Witch's Cultists are like that.

Yes, of course...

Fine. Fine!

I understand. Let's do this! I'm ready to do this!

The time has come to learn which of us is worthy of her love!

Her love! Yes, her love!

Sorry to interrupt your fun, but...

ove?!

I've got someone else lined up to take you on!

I-It's over... right?

He's very much dead.

The most powerful healer in the capital guarantees it.

I see...

Wilhelm-san, I'm sorry to ask such an unreasonable favor.

Was it unreasonable?

Isn't cutting someone down from behind without warning

the worst thing a knight can do?

Chivalry is long dead.

You need not concern yourself with that.

Hmm... Doesn't look like he's carrying anything useful.