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“…Shaula was always doing her best.”
Hearing the whole story and the reason for why Shaula wasn’t there, Emilia looked down at the ground where even the dust had scattered out into the desert, and she grieved in her own way.
There was an anguished look on Emilia’s face at seeing Subaru look so down after explaining what had happened to Shaula.
“Lady Emilia, what of the first floor? Were you able to safely clear the examination?”
However, Julius chose intentionally to move the conversation along.
“Yes.” She nodded. “It was really difficult and hard to understand, but it seems like I managed to complete it… Also, you remember who I am now, too, Julius?” Emilia asked nervously.
“………Yes…I do. Indeed, I can remember it clearly.”
Julius answered with a start.
Putting his hand to his mouth, Julius murmured, “Lady Emilia” again, pondering on it, nodding as he considered the person who should have disappeared from inside him.
“Do you remember me Beatrice? Meili?”
“…You don’t have to worry. I remember, I suppose. Indeed, without you mentioning it, I wouldn’t have remembered that I had forgotten.”
“Me too. I remember, too. And do you remember what you promised me?”
“Of course. I’ll never forget it. Thank goodness. Ram and Patrasche remembered me, so I thought it should be fine, but…”
Hearing their responses, too, Emilia touched her hand to her chest in relief.
Subaru stopped her there, though.
“Wait a second. If everyone remembers Emilia-tan now, then…”
“Ms. Ram slew Lye Batenkaitos.”
Subaru’s eyes widened at Julius’s conclusion.
Lye Batenkaitos, one of the three Archbishops of Gluttony and a mortal enemy with whom Subaru and Ram had a deep connection.
However, if Emilia’s name had returned, then…
“…Can you remember, Rem?”
The gaping wound in Subaru’s heart, the girl who had been forgotten by everyone.
This journey was to take back what had been stolen—and for Subaru, it was primarily to rescue Rem.
Impatient, driven by that restless hope, Subaru looked around at everyone.
However…
“…Sorry, Subaru. I can’t remember Rem yet.”
“…Argh! Why?!”
“Betty, too. I can’t remember Ram’s sister. And…”
“And? And what? Did something happen?”
“I can’t remember Julius, either. The damage done by Gluttony has not been completely undone yet, I suppose.”
“Julius…” Emilia nodded just like Beatrice.
Meili shrugged, not having known Julius before his name was stolen, but there was no reason for Emilia or Beatrice to lie. So Rem’s and Julius’s names had not been restored…
“On that point, I can imagine why my name is not yet restored,” Julius spoke up. And looking at everyone with his almond-shaped eyes, he continued. “The Archbishop Roy Alphard, the Gluttony who stole my name, is alive and bound. I suspect that is why my name has yet to return.”
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