Kazuma then looked at Subaru as he spoke. "Um can I borrow him for a bit".
Subaru, still struggling to keep Shalltear from biting him and Albedo from clinging to him like a leech, barely registered Kazuma's voice.
"Oi, oi, oi—personal space!" Subaru gasped, prying Shalltear off before turning to Kazuma. "Wait, borrow me? What am I, a rental service?"
Kazuma sighed and waved off his complaint. "Look, man, you're acting weird today. We need to talk—guy to guy."
Subaru glanced at Kazuma, then back at the two Overlord women who were way too close for comfort. If Kazuma was offering him a temporary escape, he'd take it.
"Yeah, sure! Let's talk!" Subaru said, immediately grabbing onto Kazuma's shoulder like a lifeline.
Kazuma dragged him away, leaving behind a very pouty Shalltear and a sulking Albedo.
As soon as they were far enough from prying ears, Kazuma folded his arms and raised an eyebrow. "Alright, spill it. Who are you, and what have you done with the real Subaru?"
Subaru froze. Shit.
"How the hell did he figure it out so fast?!"
Ainz and Tanya wentt too then as Tanya spoke. "If you are going to have a conversation like this, better too have it in a private place".
Few minutes later they were in the rooftop, as the trio was looking at him.
Subaru looked as he spoke. "I swear I am Subaru".
Tanya looked at him as she spoke. "No your not, Subaru is Confident, a bit of clown, not smart enough, doesn't pay attion in class, and is more outgoing, you are Confident, Fouces, Relax, Paying Attention in Class, and not catter box that makes everyone laugh"
Subaru sighed as he looked at her leaning the wall. "Ok you got I am Subaru, just not the one you guy's know".
Kazuma pointer as he spoke. "The hell do you mean by that".
Subaru crossed his arms, taking a deep breath. "I mean exactly what I said. I'm a Subaru... just not your Subaru."
Ainz, Tanya, and Kazuma exchanged glances.
Tanya narrowed her eyes. "Explain."
Subaru scratched the back of his head. "Look, I don't know the exact details, but let's just say I'm from a different version of Re:Zero. Different experiences, different... abilities."
Kazuma groaned. "Ugh, don't tell me this is some multiverse nonsense."
"Bingo!" Subaru pointed at him. "I woke up in this chibi hellscape, and now I'm stuck here. So believe me, I'm just as confused as you are."
Ainz stroked his bony chin. "That would explain why your magical structure is completely different from the Subaru we know. You're practically radiating multiple curses and—"
"—Wait, wait, wait!" Kazuma cut in. "You're telling me you woke up in our world with no clue what's happening? Then why the hell are you acting like it's normal?"
Subaru shrugged. "Well, I have been through worse. This is, like, low-tier weird compared to what I usually deal with."
Tanya sighed, rubbing her temples. "Of course it had to be a multiverse situation. Just once, I'd like something in this damn world to make sense."
Ainz nodded. "Agreed. Though, this does raise a question... what exactly makes you different from the Subaru we know?"
Subaru smirked. "Oh, you guys have no idea..."
Ainz looked as he spoke. "Do you have a clue on this world".
Subaru looked at him as he spoke. "A weird universe with Demon, Human, Elf, Skeleton, Vampire, Monster who goes too a school but wears wired outfit to highschool".
Kazuma looked as he spoke. ".... Actual you are 100% we all are from different worlds teleported here".
Tanya sighed, rubbing her temples. "So, you do understand the situation."
Subaru nodded. "Yeah, pretty much. I woke up here, suddenly chibi, and now I'm dealing with you lot while trying to figure out what's going on."
Ainz crossed his arms. "That still doesn't explain how you got here. If this is a different world, did you die and reincarnate again?"
Subaru shook his head. "No, pretty sure I just... fell asleep and woke up here. One second, I was in my usual world, then boom—chibi school life."
Kazuma pinched the bridge of his nose. "You're telling me you got dragged into this by accident?"
Subaru shrugged. "Wouldn't be the first time something like this happened to me."
Tanya groaned. "Great. Another anomaly. As if this place wasn't weird enough."
Ainz tapped his bony fingers together. "If he truly is from a different version of his world, then we must assume there are deeper mechanics at play here."
Kazuma sighed. "Oh, wonderful. First, we get thrown into this weird chibi world, and now we have to deal with multiverse Subaru on top of it."
Subaru crossed his arms. "Hey, look on the bright side—at least I'm not completely useless."
Kazuma smirked. "Yeah? Prove it."
Subaru grinned. "Alright, but don't say I didn't warn you…"
Subaru Streath out his arm as he focused on it. "I wonder if I can summon it".
Kazuma looked as he spoke. "Summon wh-".
As Subaru arm then glow the air tricks, as he then holds Witch's Edge, which was still in it's Dagger form. "So thi things transcends worlds".
Ainz looked as he spoke. "What is that"
Subaru looked as he spoke looks at him. "My weapon Witch's Edge, it is soul weapon".
Tanya looked as she spoke. "You use dagger's?".
Subaru spinner the dagger in his hand as he spoke. "Better then sword in my opinion".
Kazuma then spoke looking at him. "That doesn't ex-"
Subaru then uses Air Glide as eh flyed up as he looked at them. "I am pretty sure you guys have seen Roswaal use this wing magic".
Ainz, Tanya, and Kazuma all stared as Subaru hovered in the air, effortlessly maintaining his position.
Kazuma groaned. "Okay, what the hell? When did you get actual combat abilities?"
Subaru smirked. "Long story. Let's just say my life hasn't exactly been peaceful lately."
Ainz narrowed his glowing eyes. "You're saying you've undergone significant growth since your original world… but that still doesn't explain why you're here or why you have eight curses attached to your soul."
Tanya crossed her arms. "I've seen magic before, but your abilities are far more refined than what I remember from the old Subaru. Your demeanor, combat skills, and even your thought process—this isn't just a 'change' in personality. You're a different person entirely."
Subaru sighed, landing on the rooftop gracefully before dismissing Witch's Edge. "Alright, fine. I'll be honest—I am Subaru, just… not the one you guys know. I come from a different timeline, a different world, and trust me, I really don't have the time to explain everything in one sitting."
Kazuma rubbed his temples. "Fantastic. Now we have a multiversal Subaru running around with OP powers. Just what this school needed."
Ainz raised a skeletal hand. "Then tell us this—do you intend to return to your world? Or are you trapped here like the rest of us?"
Subaru frowned, glancing up at the overly colorful sky. "That's the million-dollar question, isn't it?"
Ding!
[Digestion processes 15%]
Subaru looked as he landed back. "I am pretty sure I am gonna wake up in 1 or 2 hours".
Kazuma raised an eyebrow. "Wake up? What, is this some kind of dream for you?"
Subaru shrugged. "More like a forced hallucination thanks to some weird system nonsense. Once this reaches 20%, I'm out of here."
Tanya narrowed her eyes. "System? You have a system? Since when?"
Kazuma then spoke looking at him. "So what is your System is called".
Subaru looked as he spoke. "Sin System".
Kazuma blinked. "Sin System? That sounds incredibly ominous."
Ainz and Tanya exchanged glances before Ainz spoke. "Sin, as in the Seven Deadly Sins? Or something else?"
Subaru nodded. "Yeah, pretty much. It revolves around those sins and grants me abilities based on them."
Kazuma scratched his head. "That's… kinda terrifying, actually. So what, do you get stronger the more sinful you act?"
Subaru sighed. "Not exactly. It's more complicated than that. I don't have to act on the sins, but my emotions, actions, and even other people's perceptions of me affect how much power I get from each sin."
Tanya frowned. "That sounds like a dangerous double-edged sword."
Ainz analyzed Subaru for a moment. "And I assume the 'Digestion' progress is related to this system?"
Subaru nodded. "Yeah. The system is digesting something—whether it's emotions, memories, or even experiences, I don't know. But once it hits 20%, I wake up."
Kazuma chuckled nervously. "So if we just piss you off enough, will Wrath skyrocket and push the Digestion to 20% faster?"
Subaru glared at him. "Please don't."
Ainz crossed his arms. "Fascinating. And right now, which sin is your highest?"
Subaru hesitated for a moment before answering. "Lustful Allure. 65%."
Silence.
Kazuma's face slowly twisted into a smug grin. "Oh really?"
Tanya raised an eyebrow. "Lust? Huh. I expected Wrath or Pride."
Ainz sighed. "I have a bad feeling about what comes next."
Kazuma slung an arm around Subaru's shoulder. "Listen, buddy, I am a certified expert in dealing with troublesome skills and party members with questionable reputations. If your highest sin is Lust, then you and I need to have a talk."
Subaru groaned. "Why do I feel like this talk is going to be very stupid, I will wake up onces disgustion is at 20% if I have an emotional reaction, It can speed it up"
Kazuma chuckled nervously. "So if we just piss you off enough, will Wrath skyrocket and push the Digestion to 20% faster?"
Subaru glared at him. "Please don't."
Ainz crossed his arms. "Fascinating. And right now, which sin is your highest?"
Subaru hesitated for a moment before answering. "Lustful Allure. 65%."
Silence.
Kazuma's face slowly twisted into a smug grin. "Oh really?"
Tanya raised an eyebrow. "Lust? Huh. I expected Wrath or Pride."
Ainz sighed. "I have a bad feeling about what comes next."
Kazuma slung an arm around Subaru's shoulder. "Listen, buddy, I am a certified expert in dealing with troublesome skills and party members with questionable reputations. If your highest sin is Lust, then you and I need to have a talk."
Subaru groaned. "Why do I feel like this talk is going to be very stupid?"
Subaru then looked at the sky, as he saw the Witch's in the hanging Garden, as he pushed him away. "Do you guys see what I see".
Tanya looked as she spoke. "What the sky".
Subaru looked as she spoke. "So only I can't, this really puts to question Pandora".
Kazuma then spoke looking at him. "Ok who the hell is Pandora".
Subaru looked at hin as he spoke. "Witch of Vainglory". He then looked at Kazuma. "Also why that skill is so high-level a lot of time with the one gave him that skill, and just because that skill is related too lust the one I got from is no where near lust full". He then looked and Carmilla, who was seating next too the other Witch's waiting for him too wake. "If anything she is the most sweetest person I meet"
Ainz looked as he spoke. "Who is this witch or Vainglory"
Subaru looked as he spoke. "Ask Roswaal if you want, just don't tell them I told you"..
Kazuma groaned. "More witches? How many of them are there?"
Subaru sighed. "Seven main ones, each representing a different sin. And Pandora… well, she's a special case. The Witch of Vainglory."
Ainz narrowed his glowing eyes. "You speak as if she's still around."
Subaru crossed his arms. "That's because she is."
Tanya raised an eyebrow. "Then why don't we see her?"
Subaru looked up again at the Hanging Garden where Carmilla and the other Witches sat, watching him in silence. His eyes met Carmilla's for a brief moment before he turned back to them. "Let's just say… she doesn't follow the normal rules of reality."
Kazuma clicked his tongue. "Great. Another overpowered cheat character. Just what we needed."
Subaru shook his head. "She's way worse than just overpowered. You can't kill her. You can't even hurt her."
Ainz frowned. "That sounds impossible. Everything must have a weakness."
Subaru sighed. "Yeah, well, try telling that to the people who thought they killed her… only for her to rewrite reality and act like it never happened."
Silence.
Tanya's eye twitched. "You're joking."
Subaru shook his head. "I wish I was."
Kazuma ran a hand through his hair. "Okay, forget that nightmare fuel for a second—what's this about your Lust skill being Carmilla's fault?"
Subaru exhaled, glancing at Carmilla again. "She's the Witch of Lust, but she's nothing like what you'd expect. She's not seductive, not manipulative… honestly, she's the most innocent and caring person I've ever met."
Kazuma's eyes narrowed. "And yet, somehow, your Lust skill is at 65%. Sounds real innocent, buddy."
Subaru groaned. "It's because of her nature. Her presence alone can make people fall for her, but she hates that. She doesn't want people to love her just because of her power. I spent a lot of time with her, and since my Sin System reacts to emotions and relationships, my Lust skill shot up because I kept resisting her natural charm."
Tanya rubbed her temples. "Let me get this straight… Your system punished you for not being a pervert?"
Ainz sighed. "That is… a very strange system."
Kazuma smirked. "Yeah, but it still means Subaru's got it bad for a Witch."
Subaru glared at him. "I do not."
Kazuma wiggled his eyebrows. "Dude, your Lust stat says otherwise~."
Subaru facepalmed. "I hate this place."
Tanya looked at them as he spoke. "What is your relationship with the Witch's"
Subaru looked at them as he spoke. "Typhon is like my little sister, and the rest they are my lovers".
Kazuma looked at him as he blineked. "Ok what hell happened too Emilia in your universe".
Subaru looked at him as he spoke. "She is my friend, but I am pretty sure she likes me more then a friend and maybe I do as well, I am just her bodyguard".
Ainz and Tanya stared at him in silence for a few moments before Tanya finally spoke.
"So, let me get this straight. In your world, you have a harem of Witches?"
Subaru sighed. "I wouldn't call it a harem… but yes, most of them love me, and I love them back."
Kazuma rubbed his temples. "You're telling me that in your world, the Witches of Sin—the most terrifying beings to ever exist—are your girlfriends?"
Subaru shrugged. "More or less."
Kazuma's eye twitched. "And you're telling me Emilia, the girl you bent over backward for, is just your friend?"
Subaru leaned against the railing. "Look, my world wasn't the same as the one you guys know. It played out differently. Emilia and I… we're close, but not in the way you're thinking. I chose my own path."
Ainz nodded. "Interesting. So, you weren't bound by fate to chase after her like the Subaru we know."
Subaru sighed. "Fate? Maybe. But I chose to be with the Witches."
Ainz then spoke Looking at him. "How old are you".
Subaru looked at them as he spoke. "14 turning 15 in my world".
All of them blineked as they spoke looking at him. "What?, our Subaru is 15"
Subaru brain for the first time went too fire. "Wait what".
Kazuma, Tanya, and Ainz all stared at him as Subaru processed that information.
Kazuma scratched his head. "Wait, wait, wait… You're telling me you are 14? Our Subaru is already 15."
Tanya narrowed her eyes. "That means there's at least a year of difference between your timelines."
Subaru blinked rapidly. "No, no, no, hold on. That doesn't make sense. If I was brought here like this… then why am I younger?"
Ainz crossed his arms, deep in thought. "Perhaps whatever force brought us to this world did not take us from the exact same points in our respective timelines."
Subaru ran a hand through his hair. "But that still doesn't explain why I'm younger. If I was reborn into this body or something, I should remember that happening!"
Kazuma then muttered, "Isekai logic is BS, man. Just accept it and move on."
Subaru sighed. "Yeah… easier said than done."
Tanya, however, was now thinking harder. "If he's younger, and his world progressed differently from the Subaru we know… then is there a possibility that he was never meant to be this Subaru in the first place?"
Ainz's skeletal fingers tapped his throne-like chair. "An interesting theory. That could mean he was pulled here from a parallel timeline entirely. One where the events we know never played out the same way."
Subaru groaned, rubbing his temples. "Great, so now we're dealing with timeline nonsense too. As if dealing with Witches wasn't enough."
Kazuma laughed. "Buddy, welcome to the club of 'Why is the universe messing with us?'".
To be continued
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