Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu

Just now joining us, Julius?

Thanks for gracing us with your presence.

Please... You will ruin my reputation.

But I am not the man called "Julius."

Let's see...

Perhaps I shall go by "Juli."

Even if it is temporary,

a man with a knight's status 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, there were only some scratches!

A little spit fixed them right up!

What about you?

Been busy writing apologies

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.

Thanks to all of you, we succeeded in defeating the White Whale.

But it's not over yet.

I have to settle a score with the Witch's Cult guys that 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 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 learned it then.

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

I would not term 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 we defeat them is as simple as it gets.

Raid them before they can read our movements,

and crush them!

Is there a way to protect the villagers?

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 asking prices,

they'll ask the merchants to evacuate the Arlam

villagers and Roswaal mansion residents.

And a messenger from Crusch-san's household

is headed for the mansion with a handwritten letter.

There will be chaos

if we don't notify Emilia and the rest about the alliance and such.

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, we don't have to worry about being outnumbered.

I would like to offer one correction.

My name is Juli.

Please take care to use it.

That'll just be a hassle in casual 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 return home alive!

You really managed to win?

Huh?

The subjugation of the White Whale

was a long-standing wish of the Imperial Knights.

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 cannot 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.

Seriously, I hate you from the bottom of my heart!

That is fine.

I have no intention of befriending you, either.

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

Fate, bring it on!

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 arrived,

but I'll leave you to work the details out for yourselves.

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 have been waiting for you, believer in love.

In the Witch's Cult, I am a Sin Archbishop, 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 witch's generous love...

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?

My Gospel has no account of you.

That book is the Gospel?

Then why did you appear here?

Why visit here?

What fortune are you here to deliver?!

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 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 Cult members 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...