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It's not all bad news though, I'm happy to announce that I posted 2 new stories!
Classroom of the Elite- Hachiman in Class A
In order to get some pocket money, Hikigaya accepted his father's request to apply to the Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School and was accepted, becoming a student in Class A.
Emiya Shirou becomes a Jujutsu Sorcerer
After wishing to send his younger sister to a happier world, Emiya Shirou arrived in an unfamiliar new world.
Here, the negative emotions of humans accumulate and generate curses, giving rise to Cursed Spirits that harbor ill will towards humanity.
But even Cursed Spirits, if killed, will die.
Crossove between Fate x Jujutsu Kaisen, with the addition of Yotsuya Miko
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32 -The Ignorant and Weak Past
"What a foolish idea, and the execution was just terrible!"
Echidna suddenly spoke, criticizing Natsuki Subaru, who in his second loop had decided to lie in wait.
"Ugh!!! Damn it, I can't argue back at all."
Subaru bit his lip in frustration as he watched his past self's actions.
With his current combat experience and the detached perspective of an observer, he quickly noticed how the servants around his past self were becoming increasingly wary.
Even by the most generous standards, his behavior was highly suspicious—so much so that if this had been a noble household with a more aggressive maid like Rem, he might have been assassinated.
"And this is a fantasy world, yet you didn't consider the possibility of enemies having transformation or long-range killing abilities at all? What were all those games, novels, and anime experiences for?"
Echidna's words pierced his heart like arrows.
"N-no, normally, things like altering appearances or killing from a distance are boss-level abilities. How could early-stage enemies have such overpowered skills?"
"And yet Reinhild is right beside you as a counterexample, no?"
Echidna pointed at the passing Reinhild. Struck hard, Subaru could only hold his face in his hands.
"Right... Reinhild did have the ability to alter how others perceive her appearance, but I ignored that clue because I treated Reinhild's powers like a game-breaking bug. If I had thought it through a bit more back then, maybe... Speaking of which, are there many people who have such broken disguise abilities?"
Subaru asked, suddenly curious.
"Well, at the time, Camilla could make others see her as their beloved.
Pandora's Authority could also cause misperceptions.
I heard that the current Sin Archbishop of Gluttony has a similar ability... and Petelgeuse, whom you've seen—if he finds a suitable vessel, he too can appear as someone familiar to you."
"Given Petelgeuse's madness... No, being killed by someone familiar in such a deranged state would definitely cause me to misjudge things in the next loop."
While Subaru and Echidna continued their conversation, his past self's foolish behavior continued. Subaru then witnessed that infamous scene:
Thinking he was flawlessly replicating his previous loop's behavior,
Natsuki Subaru returned to his room, excitedly flailing his arms in celebration, and then praised his own acting in front of the mirror.
"Pfft!"
"Yamero! Skip that part, skip it!"
Echidna burst out laughing while Subaru scratched his hair wildly in embarrassment.
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"It's finally ending."
Though it had only been around twenty minutes, Subaru's actions in this second loop were truly a black mark on his history.
And having a stunningly beautiful woman with insatiable curiosity critique him the whole way made it worse.
For the first time, Subaru found himself eagerly awaiting his own death—not because of the pain, but to escape the constant social death.
"Need a breather?"
Time had stopped with Subaru's death, and Echidna looked at him slumped in his seat and asked.
"So the culprit was Leander. If it had been Winston, I'd probably regret not staying alive longer. But since it was Leander... it was embarrassing, but I guess there's not much regret from that second loop."
Subaru looked around at the frozen scene and muttered.
Though the pain at the time had scattered his focus, the memories remained intact.
The Sanctuary's system had picked up on all the details he had missed—like the sound of Leander's armored footsteps—and even simulated the scene after Subaru's death, when Leander arrived at the scene.
"Let's keep going."
Time resumed.
Third loop: searching for the true culprit with Eline.
Fourth loop: completely self-destructive.
Fifth loop: did absolutely nothing.
Sixth loop: everything crumbled at the last second.
Subaru observed each of his past selves' actions, with Echidna continuing to give commentary.
Some of the problems she pointed out were ones he'd noticed too, but many were issues he hadn't even realized.
Subaru looked at Echidna beside him.
He had thought she was just a quirky woman at first, but now he understood: she was the Witch of Greed, the embodiment of wisdom and knowledge.
He turned his gaze to the scene in front of him.
The trial had reached the decisive moment of the seventh loop, where Natsuki Subaru was heading to evacuate with the main group.
—So that's what my face looked like back then, huh. So anxious...
Subaru sighed and looked again at Echidna.
"It was at this point that I fully realized how weak I was... because during the final battle, I couldn't do anything. Hey, Echidna…"
After a moment's hesitation, Subaru bit his lip and asked:
"If you had been by my side back then... how many loops would you have needed?"
"Hmm... let me think. If I gave it my all, and assuming my relationship with Roswaal doesn't interfere, I think I could've helped you reach that kind of imperfect happy ending by the fourth loop. As for a perfect ending, maybe just a teensy bit more."
"I see. Just a little, huh..."
Subaru slumped in his seat, staring at his powerless self.
Then he glanced again at Echidna, recalling the despair he had experienced at the Roswaal mansion, and how he had managed to overcome it.
—The Witch's blessing? The Witch Cult?
No matter how he looked at it, the person who could understand the memories erased by Return by Death, who possessed immeasurable knowledge, and had the wisdom to solve anything—Echidna—was clearly the most suitable partner for him.
"I understand now. Let's end this farce. I've decided... I'll make a contract with you."
Time ticked on, but nothing happened.
The fictional world continued to move forward.
Even though the war was already over, things were still progressing. Subaru looked at Echidna, puzzled.
"It seems like you're misunderstanding something."
Echidna put down her soda.
"You think what's happening now is me retaliating for you calling me a 'useless product' in the previous loop?
You think I'm analyzing all this as a way to get back at you for underestimating my intelligence?
You think all the examples I gave were just to... retaliate? —How could that possibly be?!"
Looking at Echidna smugly referencing her past insulted self, Subaru nearly let the words "wasn't it, though?" slip out.
"I'm the Witch of Greed! You think I'd go all out over such a tiny~~ thing?! This is just the trial. That means what you're seeing is truly what you've been running from all along.
Why are you so eager to end the trial? Is it because you've found peace?
Or is it because the trial is about to show you what you're still afraid to face?"
Echidna showed a sly smile as she looked toward the door slowly opening—
The scene had shifted to the night after the final battle, to the moment Reinhild came to see Subaru.
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I'm happy to announce that I posted 2 new stories!
Classroom of the Elite- Hachiman in Class A
In order to get some pocket money, Hikigaya accepted his father's request to apply to the Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School and was accepted, becoming a student in Class A.
Emiya Shirou becomes a Jujutsu Sorcerer
After wishing to send his younger sister to a happier world, Emiya Shirou arrived in an unfamiliar new world.
Here, the negative emotions of humans accumulate and generate curses, giving rise to Cursed Spirits that harbor ill will towards humanity.
But even Cursed Spirits, if killed, will die.
Crossove between Fate x Jujutsu Kaisen, with the addition of Yotsuya Miko
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